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Step Afrika!

What: DC-based

step troupe performs a program tracing the evolution of African-American dance traditions.

Sept. 23, 7 p.m.

Where: AASU Fine Arts Auditorium, 11935 Abercorn St. Cost: Free When: Thu.

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Wednesday

Louis Armstrong Tribute

What: Bob Masteller pays tribute to Satchmo,

followed by a performance by the Jody Espina Quintet. Part of Savannah Jazz Fest.

When: Wed. Sept. 22, 7 p.m.

Where: Blowin’ Smoke, 514 MLK Jr. Blvd.

Cost: Free Info: www.savannahjazzfestival.org/

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Film: Stop Me Before I Kill (UK, 1960) What: Little-known suspense drama about a

race car driver who suffers from violent tendencies after a traumatic automobile crash.

When: Wed. Sept. 22, 8 p.m.

Where: Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $5 Info: psychotronicfilmsavannah.org/

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Thursday

Storyteller and Concert

What: Ocean-inspired stories told by J’miah

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Nabawi at 6pm, followed by a performance by the Savannah Ceili Band at 7pm.

When: Thu. Sept. 23, 6 p.m.

Where: Ships of the Sea Museum, 41 MLK Jr. Blvd.

Cost: Free Info: www.shipsofthesea.org/

Author: Stuart Woods

What: The NYT-bestselling mystery

writer talks about his new book “Santa Fe Edge.” Sponsored by Savannah Book Fest.

When: Thu. Sept. 23, 7 p.m.

Where: Trinity Church, 225 W. President St. Cost: Free and open to the public Info: www.savannahbookfestival.org/

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What: Two classic farces (“The Bear” and “The Proposal”) by Anton Chekhov, updated to include a Savannah flair.

When: Sept. 23, 24 & 25 at 8 p.m.

Where: Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 D Louisville Rd. Cost: $15/general, $10/students Info: www.musesavannah.org/

Step Afrika!

What: The Washington DC-based step troupe

performs a program tracing the evolution of African-American dance traditions.

When: Thu. Sept. 23, 7 p.m.

Where: AASU Fine Arts Auditorium, 11935 Abercorn St. Cost: Free Info: www.armstrong.edu/

Lecture: Johnny Cupcakes

What: The fashion designer and entrepreneur

and Joe Louis Walker all perform in the park.

Lecture: Oceans in Peril

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What: Georgia Kyle, the Eric Culberson Band

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Theater: Southern Fried Chekhov

gives a free talk.

When: Thu. Sept. 23, 8 p.m.

Where: Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St. Cost: Free Info: www.johnnycupcakes.com/

JazzFest: Blues Night

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Step Afrika explores the origins of African-American step/dance traditions in a free performance at AASU this Thursday.

When: Thu. Sept. 23, 7 p.m.

Where: Forsyth Park Cost: Free Info: www.savannahjazzfestival.org/

What: Skidaway Institute director Jim Sanders

will look at man’s impact on the ocean.

When: Thu. Sept. 23, 7 p.m.

Where: Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, 10 Ocean Science Circle Cost: $5 Info: www.skio.usg.edu/

Friday

Lecture: Celebrating 75 Years of Armstrong’s History What: Janet D. Stone, Armstrong

professor emerita of history, discusses the rise of AASU. When: Fri. Sept. 24, 12 p.m.

Where: AASU Univerity Hall rm 156, 11935 Abercorn St. Cost: Free Info: www.armstrong.edu/

Film: Easy Rider

What: The classic motorcycle road movie

starring Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson. Presented by SCAD Cinema Circle.

When: Fri. Sept. 24, 7 p.m.

Where: Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St. Cost: $6-8 (additional service fees may apply) Info: 912-525-5050.

JazzFest: Jazz in the Park

What: Performances from the North Florida

Jazz Band, Red Holloway, and the Andreas Oberg Trio.

When: Fri. Sept. 24, 7 p.m.

Where: Forsyth Park Cost: Free Info: www.savannahjazzfestival.org/

Light Up the Night

What: Get the best seat in the house

for the largest ever fireworks display in Savannah. Features live music from Grupo Kachimbo. Portion of proceeds benefits Donate Life GA. When: Fri. Sept. 24, 7 p.m.-10 p.m.

Where: Westin Savannah Harbor, Hutchinson Island Cost: $10 (incl. $5 food/bev credit) Info: www.westinsavannah.com/

Theater: Children of Eden

What: A musical about parents, children, faith

and centuries of unresolved family business. Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell).

When: Fri. Sept. 24, 7 p.m., Sat. Sept. 25, 7

Annual Fall Festival

What: Outdoor screening of “ET” on

Friday night, followed by craft sale, rides, games and spaghetti dinner sale Saturday.

When: Fri. Sept. 24, 7:30 p.m., Sat. Sept.

25, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Where: St. Frances Cabrini Church, 11500 Middleground Rd. Cost: Movie: $5/person, $15/family; Saturday: Free Info: 912-925-4725.

Film: Pelada (2010)

What: A documentary following

two soccer fanatics who look at global variations on pick up soccer games, from prisons in Bolivia to moonshiners in Kenya.

When: Fri. Sept. 24, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Jepson Center, 207 W. York St. Cost: $6 (cash only) Info: www.reelsavannah.org/

Theater: Hedwig and the Angry Inch

What: The tragic comedy musical about

a transgender rock star who escapes from behind the Iron Curtain to pursue success.

When: Fri. Sept. 24, 8 p.m., Sat. Sept. 25, 8 p.m., Sun. Sept. 26, 8 p.m.

Where: Bay St. Theatre, 1 Jefferson St. Cost: $16-21 Info: www.baystreettheatre.org/

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Saturday

Smithsonian Museum Day

What: The Juliette Gordon Low Birth-

place is participating in the national event. Visit the website to print out a free ticket for two to the museum.

When: Sat. Sept. 25 Where: Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, 10 E. Oglethorpe Ave. Cost: Free Info: www.smithsonian.com/museumday

Pirates on the run

What: A run/walk fundraiser for AASU’s

scholarship program.

When: Sat. Sept. 25, 8 a.m.

Where: North end of Forsyth Park, Bull and Gaston Streets Cost: $22/person Info: www.active.com/running/savannah-ga/armstrong-pirates-on-the-run2010

Fishing and Water Safety Event

What: A fishing tournament and water safety program for kids age 5-12. Rod, reel and bait provided.

When: Sat. Sept. 25, 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m.

Where: Tybee Pier and Pavillion Cost: Free Info: www.safekidssavannah.org/

Salt Marsh by Land and Sea

What: Take a guided kayak trip through

the salt marshes and learn about its history and ecology. Reservations req’d.

When: Sat. Sept. 25, 8:30 a.m.

Where: Wilderness Southeast Cost: $55/person Info: 912-236-8115. www.wildernesssoutheast.org/

Forsyth Farmers’ Market

What: The Savannah Local Food Col-

laborative hosts this weekly market featuring regionally grown, fresh food and food products.

When: Sat. Sept. 25, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Where: South end of Forsyth Park

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and a look at the importance of how cities are designed. Presented by the Georgia Conservancy.

When: Sat. Sept. 25, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Where: Jepson Center, 207 W. York St. Cost: $35-75 Info: www.georgiaconservancy.org/

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Polk’s Saturday Market

What: Featuring a variety of arts, crafts

and specialty foods vendors along with all the market’s usual produce and local goods.

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JazzFest: A Jazz Picnic

What: A full day of music featuring the Coastal Jazz All-Stars, Marcus Printup, Joe Grandsen and headliner Spyro Gyra.

When: Sat. Sept. 25, 3 p.m.

Where: Forsyth Park Cost: Free Info: www.savannahjazzfestival.org/

SCADanimate!

What: A showcase of animated short

films by Animation Dept faculty and students.

When: Sat. Sept. 25, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St. Cost: Free and open to the public Info: www.scad.edu/

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Sunday

Gospel Brunch at the Jepson

What: Featuring a performance by the

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Author: Carol North

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Music: Caffeband Vallenato What: The Colombian group will

Overcoming by Faith Choir at 1:30pm.

Call for brunch reservations (recommended).

When: Sun. Sept. 26, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Where: Jepson Center, 207 W. York St. Cost: Free (food is available a la carte) Info: 912-790-8833. www.telfair.org/’

get you dancing. Part of AASU’s Latino Heritage Week.

When: Mon. Sept. 27, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m.

Where: AASU Student Union Plaza, 11935 Abercorn St. Cost: Free

Music: Rachmaninov’s “Vespers”

What: Jay Brandes and Elizabeth Mann

What: The Taylor Festival Choir performs

a choral masterpiece.

When: Sun. Sept. 26, 3 p.m.

Where: St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 10 W. 31st St. cost: $15 suggested donation; $5 students

Vinyl Appreciation

What: A collection of DJs and record col-

lectors share analog musical treasures for your listening pleasure.

When: Sun. Sept. 26, 5 p.m.-10 p.m.

Where: Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 D Louisville Rd. Cost: $3 Info: 912-713-1137. www.musesavannah.org/

Lecture: Impacts of the Oil Spill

discuss the science of the clean up and the long term effects on the ecosystem.

When: Mon. Sept. 27, 7 p.m.

Where: JEA, 5111 Abercorn St. Cost: $5 Info: /www.skio.usg.edu/

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Tuesday

Energy Conservation and Re-Development What: Pat Shay discusses overcoming

financial barriers to energy conservation measures. Presented by USGBC. When: Tue. Sept. 28, 5:30 p.m.

Where: Wild Wing Cafe, City Market Cost: Free and open to the public

What: North, a local author, discusses

the pros and cons of ePublishing.

When: Tue. Sept. 28, 7 p.m.

Where: Books-A-Million, 8108 Abercorn Cost: Free

Film: The Secret in their Eyes

What: This Argentinean film won a 2010

foreign film Academy Award.

When: Tue. Sept. 28, 7 p.m.

Where: AASU Student Union Building, 11935 Abercorn St. Cost: Free Info: www.armstrong.edu/

Film: Shadows and Light

What: A collection of surreal and

experimental films from the 1920s running in conjunction with the Jepson Center’s Twilight Visions exhibit.

When: Tue. Sept. 28, 8 p.m.

Where: Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. , Cost: $10/general admission, $5/w SCAD ID Info: www.lucastheatre.com/

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When: Wed. Sept. 29, 10:30 a.m.

Where: Armstrong Center, 13040 Aber-

corn St. Cost: Free

Fiesta Day

What: Runway-style event featuring at-

tire from Caribbean, Central and South American countries. Bolivian ensemble La Familia Montano will provide live music. AASU Latino Heritage Week.

When: Wed. Sept. 29, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Where: AASU Student Union Plaza, 11935 Abercorn St. Cost: Free Info: www.armstrong.edu/

Music: Vicci Martinez

What: An acoustic performance from this

Tacoma-based singer/songwriter who’s opened for Sting.

When: Wed. Sept. 29, 7 p.m.

Where: AASU Student Union Plaza, 11935 Abercorn St. Cost: Free

Film: Die Abentuer des Prinzen Achmed (Ger, 1926) What: Lotte Reiniger handmade hun-

Wednesday

Stormy the Road We Trod

What: A forum of distinguished panel-

ists representing different eras of AASU historically discussing integration.

dreds of marionettes silhouetted against detailed backgrounds to create this tale based on the Arabian Nights.

When: Wed. Sept. 29, 8 p.m.

Where: Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. Cost: $10/general admission, $5/w SCAD ID cs

Dealing with the calendar crush

by Jim Morekis | jim@connectsavannah.com

It’s one of the more common observations about Savannah life: Why does everything have to happen at the same time?

As complaints go, it’s a pretty mild one. But nonetheless the fact remains that, for better or worse, events in Savannah tend to happen in tight clusters rather than being spread out through the year.

As I write this, we’re seeing the year’s major cluster, the big September crush, explode into action. A similar if incrementally lesser phenomenon happens each spring.

If the number and scope of events is a measure of a community’s vitality, the results are impressive. Case in point: We expanded our Week at a Glance section this week by half a page to allow room to cover the dramatically expanding calendar of events. But it still ran over and needed to be edited down to size....

The calendar-crushing remains a source of frustration for local event planners. A leading festival organizer once told me there are only 11 weekends out of the year when major events are scheduled in Savannah.

A Facebook friend humorously urges event planners to acquaint themselves “with the eight

months of the year that aren’t called September, October, March and April.”

An outgrowth of this tendency, which unfortunately only adds to the calendar crush, is a popular school of thought among organizers of new events: They often think the best way to get attention and attendees is to piggyback on or around the time of another, similarly-themed event.

I understand the logic behind this, but whether or not it’s best for the community at large is another issue.

A quick look at all the events coming up over the next week runs the gamut of possibilities.

The key event obviously is the multi-day Savannah Jazz Festival, with events each night this week through late Sunday afternoon (see Bill DeYoung’s coverage this issue).

On the southside, Armstrong Atlantic State University holds a series of fun, free events for Latino Heritage Week.

Friday night brings the largest fireworks display Savannah’s ever seen (read Patrick Rodgers’ story this issue.)

Throughout town, there are plenty of lectures and art openings, including a totally unique exhibit by Matt Hebermehl at the Jepson Center. For the first time ever, artwork will hang from the high ceiling of the Jepson’s Atrium as part of Hebermehl’s “Birds in Flight” show.

There’s theater too, with the continuing run of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Bay Street Theatre (see Bill’s review this issue) and the opening of the unique Southern Fried Chekhov at Muse (also see Bill’s story).

Of particular note is the number of independent film screenings. Some are an extension of the Telfair’s “Twilight Visions” exhibit.

Another is the soccer-themed Pelada, screened

by Reel Savannah. The classic Easy Rider screens at the Trustees.

Like I said, the complaint of having too much to do is a pretty minor one in the scheme of things. Enjoy yourself this week, whatever you choose to do. cs

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

If it seems too good to be true

A woman called the Islands precinct to file a fraud report.

She explained to the officer that three weeks prior she had entered a contest in Nevada to win $8 million and a vehicle.

She was later contacted by an individual who told her to wire money necessary to cover shipping of the vehicle. She was contacted several more times with other instructions to wire additional funds as well. In total, she sent more than $5,000 over the course of a week to several different people. The elderly woman said that she still has several of the phone numbers she was called from by the individuals. At one point, she was called by a person who identified himself as an FBI agent from Chicago who told her that what she was doing was illegal, and that she needed to wire an additional $2,500 to him. He gave her two phone numbers to call, and said

that when someone answered the phone to give them the passcode 123F to receive further instructions.

• Police were called by a man in reference to disorderly conduct, the man said that he could hear loud arguing from his neighbors in the apartment below him.

He described the argument as two females yelling and slamming doors. He then heard a loud scream, which is what prompted his call to the police. The responding officer went to the neighbors’ door and knocked several times but received no answer. There was one light on inside, and the man who reported the incident said the neighbors’ cars were still outside. Because he was unable to make contact with the couple, the officer was unable to investigate further.

• Shortly after 3am, an officer in a marked patrol vehicle was headed eastbound on Hwy 204 when he noticed a car having trouble maintaining its lane. After following the vehicle for one mile, the officer had seen the driver completely leave the lane on the right side of the road three times, including once correcting himself with a jerking motion. The officer initiated

a traffic stop. When he approached the driver side of the vehicle, the officer noticed the driver puffing away at a cigar and acting nervously. Because of the smoke, the officer couldn’t detect an odor of alcohol, and the driver, when asked, denied drinking anything.

When asked again, he said he’d had a couple beers. The officer asked the driver to step out of the vehicle and noted that he appeared to be unsteady on his feet. The driver consented to a portable breath test, and noted that he would not pass because he was 20 years old, and that the legal limit was .02 grams for him. The officer reported that the youngster seemed well aware of procedure and laws pertaining to DUI. The portable breath test result of .151 grams was nearly twice the legal limit if he had been 21.

• An officer was walking along Broughton Street one night when he saw a young man remove the lid from a city trash can, pull out the paper garbage bag and slam the sack on the sidewalk, spread-

ing its contents all over the place. The officer jogged toward the trash smasher and yelled for him to stop. The guy paused, turned toward the officer, then took off running. The officer pursued him, catching up at Congress Street and knocking him off balance. The litterbug landed on his stomach at which time the officer tried to cuff him. The suspect turned and tried to elbow the officer, who avoided the strike and countered with a karate chop to the face stunning him long enough to get cuffs on. Another officer arrived and photographed the suspect’s injuries (a chipped tooth and blood from his mouth) as well as those to the officer (a small laceration on his pinkie). The suspect was transported to Memorial. While at the hospital, he was informed of his charges, which included littering, obstruction by fleeing and felony obstruction by resisting. cs Give anonymous crime tips to Crimestoppers at 234-2020

Is grass-fed beef healthier for us than grain-fed beef? I’ve seen these claims: it’s lower in fat and calories, has more omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins, and is a good source of conjugated linoleic acid.

— Diana, Houston First a note about the terms grass-fed and grain-fed. As a rule, beef cattle are raised on mother’s milk, then on pasture grass for the first couple years.

After that, most grass-fed cattle keep on grazing, but grain-fed cattle are sent to a feedlot to stuff themselves for a couple months prior to slaughter, a process called “finishing.” A high-grain diet lets cattle put on as much as a pound of meat per six pounds of feed consumed.

Large feedlots now account for 75 percent of U.S. beef production.

All the worse for us, some think.

Several studies show grass-finished beef not only has significantly less fat than grain-fed, it’s also higher in certain fats considered beneficial. Omega-3 fatty acids, linked to the prevention of heart disease, arthritis, cancer, and possibly depression, are significantly higher in grass-fed beef. So are those conjugated linoleic acids you mentioned, which may help reduce cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and fat buildup. Grass-fed beef is also higher in carotenoids, a source of vitamin A, plus vitamin E and other antioxidants that help prevent cancer and coronary heart disease.

Grain-fed beef doesn’t come off worse in every comparison. It scores better on monounsaturated fat (one of the good ones). And anyway beef overall is leaner than it was years ago.

So, is grass-fed beef better for you? I won’t claim the difference is dramatic, but overall, given what we know, yes.

What about palatability? Researchers say cooked grass-fed beef contains compounds associated with a “green” smell, whereas those in grain-fed beef smell “soapy.” But test results for taste, tenderness, and juiciness have been all over the place—the only thing that

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jumps out is that meat eaters seem to like what they’re used to.

Grass-fed beef has two potential downsides: greenhouse gas emissions and price. Here we get into the delicate issue of bovine methane output or, for the uneducated, cow burps. (Yup—the main source is burps, not farts.)

Methane is a major contributor to the greenhouse effect, and among the major producers of methane are cud eaters, including cows. The typical cow produces 200 to 400 quarts of methane a day.

A big advantage of grain finishing is that cattle get to the slaughterhouse sooner and thus produce less methane—just 13 percent of bovine greenhouse emissions are produced during the feedlot stage.

Don’t expect that to be the last word, though. A couple years ago two scientists from the Humane Society (Koneswaran and Nierenberg, 2008) claimed raising beef cattle on grass produced 40 percent less greenhouse gases and consumed 85 percent less energy than the feedlot method to boot.

Not likely, said two scientists funded by the beef industry (Avery and Avery, also 2008). The grass-is-good claim was misleading, they said, because the feedlot beef used for comparison was Japanese Kobe beef, produced by pampered cattle that get fattened far more slowly than typical American grain-fed cows.

The Averys calculated that because of the additional land required, producing the U.S. beef supply using only grass would release an extra 277 billion pounds of greenhouse gases per year.

Nonsense, the Humane Society scientists retorted. You need to figure in the emissions involved in transporting the feed, the greenhouse gases that get pulled out of the atmosphere by pastureland soil, and other esoteric factors I won’t get into. Plus we shouldn’t be eating so much meat anyway. If they ever get this settled, I’ll let you know.

In the meantime, one thing nobody disputes is you’ll pay a premium for grass-fed beef—a conservative estimate puts it at 16 percent. Some say grazing cattle in pasture is more humane than the feedlot method; if you agree (the evidence is mixed), perhaps you won’t mind the extra expense. Or maybe you just prefer that grass-fed taste. But the health argument alone doesn’t strike me as persuasive. For most Americans there’s a simpler, cheaper way to eat healthy: eat less. cs

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Civilization in Decline: “Tom Tom,” a 2-year-old Yorkshire terrier, was laid to rest at the Oakland Cemetery in Monticello, Ark., in March, even though he was in good health. His owner, Donald Ellis, had just passed away but had left explicit instructions that he wanted Tom Tom buried along with him, and not later on, because he felt that no one could love Tom Tom as much as he did. Ellis’ reluctant family finally took Tom Tom to a veterinarian, who tried to change their minds but ultimately acquiesced and euthanized the dog out of fear that they would put him down anyway, less humanely.

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• Unlikely Successes: (1) In July, the world’s largest four-day rodeo, the Pendleton Round-Up, released a signature-brand men’s cologne, Let’er Buck, to mark the company’s 100th anniversary. A spokesman claimed that the $69-a-bottle product has the fragrance of “sensuous musk and warm sandalwood.” (2) Thai Airways announced in June that it would begin selling seven curry sauces directly from its airline food menu in take-out shops in Bangkok, Phuket and Chiang Mai. • Shaking Up the Condom Market: (1) The Swiss government announced in March that it would help bring to market “extra”-small condoms for boys as young as 12. (The decrease in circumference from a “standard” condom would be about 5/16th of an inch.) (2) The Washington Post reported in May that high school and college-age adults had complained that condoms given away by the District

of Columbia’s HIV-prevention program Weird Science were of too-low quality and that the city • On an August ABC-TV “Nightline,” should spring for deluxe Trojan Magnums professor Matt Frerking of Oregon Health (in gold-colored packaging, giving them, and Science University allowed cameras said a city official, “a little bit of the bling to record his narcolepsy-like “cataplexy,” quality”). which causes temporary muscle paralysis • In July, the prominent BrewDog each time he contemplates romantic love brewery in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, began (hugging or holding hands with his wife, producing the world’s strongest (and viewing wedding pictures, witnessing afmost expensive) beer, called The End of fectionate couples). He noted that he can History, which is 55 percent alcohol and often fend off an impending attack by sells for 500 pounds ($780) a bottle. As concentrating on his own lab work in if to enrage both anti-alcohol and neuroscience. animal-welfare activists, BrewDog • Breakthroughs: (1) When released the first 12 bottles taxiderForget the Ron Sveden’s left lung collapsed in Tea Party, mally inserted inside the carcasses May, doctors initially diagnosed a Where’s the of roadkill (seven ermines, four tumor, but on closer inspection Bacon Party? squirrels and a rabbit). Said learned that Sveden, of Brewster, company founder James Watt, Mass., had ingested a plant seed BrewDog aims to “elevate the that had somehow migrated to status of beer in our culture.” his lung and sprouted open. He • At least two employees at the is recovering. (2) A Pomeranian Olive View-UCLA Medical Center puppy recently found wandering in in Sylmar, Calif., were accused in San Bernardino, Calif., was diagnosed May of carrying on a makeshift with reproductive-organ complications “beauty salon” inside the facility’s that destined him to be put down, Neonatal Intensive Care unit. Allegbut a woman volunteered $1,165 for edly, eyebrow waxes and manicures “transgender” surgery. “Red” is now happy were given near sensitive equipment and ready for adoption (and neutered). used to combat infant infections and respiratory disorders. An investigation is Leading Economic Indicators continuing, but a hospital official said the • To most, the toilet is a functional apnotion of a “salon” was overblown and pliance, but to thoughtful people, it can be that perhaps a few nail treatments were an instrument upon which creativity blosinvolved. (Simultaneously, the facility is soms. Thus, the price tags were high this being investigated for taking kickbacks summer when commodes belonging to from nursing homes for placing discharged two literary giants of the 20th century went Medicare or Medicaid patients into those on sale. In August, a gaudily designed toilet homes.) from John Lennon’s 1969-71 residence in Berkshire, England, fetched 9,500 pounds

(about $14,740) at a Liverpool auction, and a North Carolina collectibles dealer opened bids on the toilet that long served reclusive author J.D. Salinger at his home in Cornish, N.H. The dealer’s initial price was $1 million because, “Who knows how many of Salinger’s stories were thought up and written while (he) sat on this throne!”

• Blairsville, Ga., advertising agency owner Mike Patterson introduced the “first ever patriotic home-based business opportunity” recently, and, though it resembles a traditional pyramid scheme, Patterson termed it “network marketing” and an important way to fight government “tyranny.”

For joining up at $12, $24 or $50 a year and enlisting others, Patterson promises recruiters “up to $50,000” (actually, up to $283,000 by securing $50 memberships).

On spelling- and grammar-challenged Web pages, Patterson laid out salesmanship “levels” and “matrix” patterns that promise a member 60 cents per $24 recruit -- leaving $12 for patriotic programs and $11.40 for Patterson. (For some reason, after rounding up 29,523 members -- Level 9 -- the payout drops to 15 cents each.)

• In September, the Romanian Senate rejected a proposal by two legislators to regulate and tax fortune-tellers and “witches,” even though the government is desperately seeking new revenue. A witch complained about potential record-keeping burdens on the “profession,” but one of the bill’s sponsors told the Associated Press he thinks opposition came from lawmakers who were frightened spells and curses. cs By chuck shepherd UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

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Greener than money?

GPA embraces eco-friendliness in State of the Port address

Despite the lingering effects of the recession, the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has overseen an increase in imports and exports that far outpaces the national average.

“The Port of Savannah experienced a remarkable recovery in FY2010,” said Curtis Foltz, the GPA’s Executive Director. “The 9.7 percent increase in TEUs (twenty foot equivalent units) for the year allowed the GPA to return to near record levels reached in FY2008.”

Last week’s “State of the Port” address, delivered by Foltz to a crowd of nearly 1,200 people (the largest attendance in the event’s history) at the Trade and Convention Center was a unique look at just how successful the port has been, even during these difficult economic times.

“Georgia’s deepwater ports are one of the brightest spots in the Georgia economy right now,” said Alec L. Poitevint, the GPA’s Chairman of the Board.

Savannah’s port is still the 4th largest

container port in the country, but the opening of new routes over the past year has drastically increased the reach of ships that stop.

Beyond the expansion of its geographical reach (there are shipping lines from here to just about everywhere except Antarctica and Greenland), one of the more notable aspects of the port’s growth has been an increased focus on environmental stewardship, long a source of local contention.

Thanks to several improvements at the port, including electrification of ship cranes, updated refrigeration containment racks and a diesel additive program, among others, the port has reduced its diesel consumption by 4.5 million gallons per year. Diesel consumption overall is half of what it was 10 years ago, despite the fact that the number of containers coming through the port has nearly doubled over that same period.

What might be even more impressive

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Georgia’s ports in Savannah and Brunswick continue to be one of the state’s largest drivers of the economy, contributing $15.5 billion in income and $2.6 billion in state and local tax revenue in fiscal year 2010.

The Port of Savannah prepares to keep up with a Panama Canal expansion

is that the decisions to be more environmentally responsible came from port executives, and weren’t part of improving compliance with any state or federal environmental regulations.

“It’s more than just greenwashing,” said Robert Morris, Senior Director of External Affairs for the GPA. Reducing diesel wasn’t the only way the port conserved resources. A staggering 94 percent of construction debris created by more than $88 million in infrastructure improvements was either recycled or re–used. The port recycled 128 tons of scrap metal last year, and about 30 tons of paper.

Although the economic and environmental improvements surely inspired confidence in attendees, the point that couldn’t be stressed enough by Foltz and others was the necessity of harbor deepening. The deepening has been

at the top of the GPA’s priorities since 1996, but with the date of the Panama expansion approaching, the situation is becoming dire.

“The Savannah Harbor must be prepared for the demands of global shipping after the Panama Canal Expansion is completed in 2014,” said Foltz. “It is imperative that the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project is approved and remains on schedule.”

Among other interesting tidbits from the “State of the Port” address was the ratio of imports to exports. Although the U.S still counts its trade deficit in the tens of billions, Savannah’s port has a higher level of exports than imports.

The top three exports are wood pulp, paper and food.

Helping keep food in the top three is more than 1,000 loads a week of frozen poultry that depart from the port. cs

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Good Urbanism 101

Class explores sustainable, walkable communities

by Patrick Rodgers | patrick@connectsavannah.com

The qualities that make a city more or less livable for residents often seem intangible unless you know what to look for.

The reason why a certain area may be more welcoming for pedestrians, or why certain roads are more prone to traffic problems may seem abstract, but that’s why Good Urbanism 101 was started several years ago, to foster discussions about smart growth, community needs and how urban planning

can be part of the solution.

After a successful series in Atlanta, the program, which is run by the Georgia Conservancy and a team of Georgia Tech professors, stops in Savannah this weekend to look at how planning and decision–making can help ensure the qualities that make the Hostess

City such a unique place to live can be preserved well into the future.

We talked with Katherine Moore, the Growth Management Program Manager for the Georgia Conservancy, and David Green, a professor and urban designer about the conference, cul–de–sacs and how small decisions can have big impacts.

What is smart growth?

Katherine Moore: Some people call smart growth sustainability and growth management. What we’re trying to do is promote more walkable, sustainable communities that are more viable on a long term basis. Savannah is certainly a model for that, and that’s why we’re hosting our next Good Urbanism 101 class there.

Do we need to stop building parking lots and start building sidewalks? Or is it more complex than that?

David Green: It’s much more complex than that. This is really looking at the components of the cities and how they work. In no way does this propose that we get rid of cars. It’s about creating a framework that allows both cars and pedestrians to operate successfully. It talks about the implications of decisions we make. So often we think that we’re making decisions that are getting us to a certain kind of town or city, and in fact those decisions lead us in opposite directions.

Katherine Moore: What we try to get folks to realize through the class is it’s the very first decision about how to lay out the streets and the blocks that have the largest determining influence

Georgia Tech professor David Green (center) works with students at Georgia Tech on planning and design. He brings his “non-dogmatic” approach to Good Urbanism 101.

How can the lay out of things accommodate change?

Katherine Moore: Our whole argument is how smaller blocks are actually the ones that best accommodate changing land uses over time. They still work today, and Savannah is a perfect example, when they were laid out hundreds of years ago. If you think about the larger blocks that happen now with retail centers, especially here in the Atlanta Metro area, that can only be a mega–block, and if it were going to be redeveloped in the future, one would have to come in and almost bulldoze and rework the entire water, wastewater, storm water infrastructure and maybe reinsert some streets to break that mega–block down into something more walkable.

David Green: Because of the fundamental aspects of Oglethorpe’s plan, we use it as a model of the way things can work in terms of setting up a very clear public/private structure that stays operational through time and can accommodate a number of different uses.

The blocks can accommodate things like parking decks without being a fundamental detriment to the system.

Quality of life as it relates to city planning seems pretty subjective. Some people want to live in a gated community at the end of a cul–de–sac and other want to live in the heart of downtown.

Are there specific metrics you guys use to define successful planning?

David Green: We try to remove ourselves from the qualitative value judgment of how people want to live their lives and talk about the implications of those lifestyles. For instance, there are people who prefer to live in gated communities in the suburbs that are more removed, and then there are people who prefer to live in town where it’s more connected, but there are other challenges that come along with that. For years, the discussion revolved around quality of life, but it now brings in another level of sustainability because there are impacts on the environment that these different land use and development patterns have. We talk about that as well. That’s slightly more objective than just quality of life.

As soon as success is related to things like sustainability and conservation, some would say you sound like tree huggers. Is what you guys are doing just thinly veiled hippie propaganda?

David Green: No. There’s one section that I do on conservation easements, which are the bulwark of a lot of environmentalists and I actually talk about how bad they really are. There are things that the environmental movement does, when you completely analyze it, that are completely wrong.

We talk about the issue of buying local and how that’s not necessarily the best thing to do, and how people in the environmental movement get caught under these generalities and catch phrases and don’t actually analyze the processes. It’s also not a veiled attempt to get people to come in and develop more easily either. A lot of the things we talk about, at least on the surface, are more difficult for developers to do even though they might be better in the long run.

Is Good Urbanism any different than New Urbanism?

David Green: Our goal is not to make things homogenous. We’re not a movement. We’re just three professors who have a lot of experience and like talking about these things in an objective and non–dogmatic way.

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Is this mostly a lecture?

David Green: It’s a series of discussions.

Each of us will lead a discussion and they build on each other. It’s typically very lively and we get a lot of debate because people show up with different points of view. We’re not dogmatic about these points of view. Our goal is to disseminate the ways things work from a kind of non–judgmental basis.

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Who usually attends these events?

Katherine Moore: We’ve done a total of four classes in the Atlanta metro area. We have had representatives from Metropolitan planning organizations.

We also have engineers, landscape architects, architects and planners. We get some department heads. We also have had a very wide variety of other non–profits, folks in the organic food or community gardening community, pedestrian and bicycle folks, graduate level students and developers, which is who we really want to get. cs Good Urbanism 101 When: Sat., Sept. 25, 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.

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Friday brings the biggest fireworks show Savannah has ever seen

by Patrick Rodgers | patrick@connectsavannah.com

This week Savannahians will reap the benefits of the state’s recently loosened restrictions on fireworks when the American Pyrotechnics Association (APA) hosts its annual convention here.

“You have to have a fireworks friendly state, and Georgia has just become that in the last few years,” says Brent Fisher, owner of Falcon Fireworks, explaining some of what’s required to be host city for the APA’s annual gathering.

Conventions may come and go in the Hostess City, but the APA’s will come with some serious perks: Two fireworks shows, one of which will be the biggest Savannah has ever seen.

“We’ve been planning just the two fireworks shows for the last six months,” says Fisher, who is the local host for the APA event. “As soon as we finished the 4th of July shows we’ve jumped on this and have been working on it steadily ever since.”

How much bigger could a fireworks show be? According to Fisher, just the finale of

Friday night’s show will have as many shells as the entire 4th of July fireworks on the river.

Fisher would know too; the UGA chemistry major has been in the fireworks business for 35 years, and is responsible for shows on the 4th of July, First Fridays and Sand Gnats games, among others.

This performance, however, could be his masterpiece.

“There’s an awful lot of pressure because these are my competitors, my contemporaries, my friends and they’re guys that are probably the most critical audience in the world so far as a fireworks production,” Fisher explains.

Don’t be fooled by the name. Even though the organization is called the American Pyrotechnics Association, its membership is international.

Fisher will be performing for hundreds of the best pyrotechnics professionals in the world, who have travelled from as far as Japan, China and Australia to be here for the convention.

“We represent the creme de la creme of the fireworks industry,” says Julie Heckman, Executive Director of the APA. “We have a following. I get flooded with emails the following week saying, ‘Are you coming back next year?

We’ve never seen fireworks like that.’”

Heckman and some APA members decided to capitalize on the popularity of their fireworks shows by making it a charity benefit as well, and this week’s event will be the first time they try out pyrotechnics for a good cause.

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the river, Friday night’s event is called “Light Up The Night For Life,” and proceeds will benefit several organ donation organizations, including Donate Life Georgia.

“It was a little difficult trying to figure out what charity we wanted to partner with,” says Heckman. “We had several members who’ve been touched by organ donation, either as organ donors or transplant recipients.”

Although you’ll be able to watch the fireworks from anywhere with a clear view downtown, the $10 ticket to the event at the Westin will include live music from local Latin band Grupo Kachimba, an a la carte tapas menu, and more, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting Donate Life and others.

The ticket to the Westin will also give you a front row seat to see some firework displays that have never been seen before — made specifically for this show.

“What we do have is something unique that’s never been seen before,” says Heckman, who wouldn’t say what the big surprise might be.

“We have a number of shells that are being made specifically for this event,” says Fisher. “A lot of the larger shells we’re using are handmade. You wouldn’t see shells like this anywhere else.” cs Light Up The Night For Life When: Friday, September 24, 7–10 p.m.

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seeing green

by Sharon Bordeaux

It’s not every day you can hike a path to a stony waterfall or be mesmerized by a soaring eagle, but every day it’s possible to experience the beauty and variety of plants.

Recovering from Zoochauvinism The nominees for my favorite environmental slogans are: “Save the Earth, It’s the Only Planet with Chocolate,” “Biodiesel – No War Required” and “Prevent Plant Blindness.”

That last one might need to be explained, especially if you’re zoochauvinistic. Most people are.

Zoochauvinists are more aware of animals than plants to such a degree that they are virtually blind to the majority of plants in their daily landscapes.

This is not at all surprising since animals are responsive and mobile and many of them are very cuddly. No matter how much you talk to the shrub by your front door it cannot look adoringly at you or jump up and down if you ask, “Want to go for a ride?”

You can live a normal life while afflicted with plant blindness. However, as a philosophical bumper sticker posits, “Why be normal?”

To be able to say “I geek plants” gives you a readily available connection to the restorative powers of nature. It’s not every day that you can hike a stony path to a waterfall or be mesmerized by a soaring eagle, but every day it is possible to experience the beauty and boundless variety of plants.

Scientific studies show that plants have a positive effect on the human

psyche, and you can easily prove this for yourself. An excellent and highly palatable way to gain a deeper appreciation of the local flora is to join a native plant group. You’ll meet some fine, friendly people, learn about the magnificent natural world that surrounds our manmade civilization, and become a protector of the environment.

Luckily for us, there’s a vibrant young organization in our area that can provide all this and more. Coastal WildScapes was created three years ago by a group of friends who share a love for the biodiversity of Georgia’s coastal region, especially its native plants. They believe when people’s eyes are opened to the intrinsic value of these indigenous species they’ll rally to protect them.

It’s understandable that people recovering from plant blindness may think, “Protect them? But there are a gazillion plants everywhere.” Ah, but many of them are not natives.

The plants that would grow naturally in various settings have been displaced

by buildings and pavement, by domesticated plants and by invasive plants.

There are over 16,000 native plant species in the United States and more than one third of them are at risk.

Each one of these plants is a significant part of nature’s masterful jigsaw puzzle. Its existence within a specific ecosystem provides food and shelter for specific insects and animals. When one piece of the puzzle is missing, the overall integrity suffers. We humans are still learning that messing with the puzzle is a bad idea.

Coastal WildScapes has been steadily gaining momentum, speaking to groups from Jacksonville to Savannah on topics such as gardening for biodiversity and planting for wildlife.

They have assisted with several landscaping projects including a native pollinator garden at Demere Park in Glynn County, a conservation and rain garden at a Glynn County elementary school and native landscaping for the City of Darien. There have been plant and

butterfly walks and a water hyacinth removal outing.

Continuing their mission of education and inspiration, Coastal WildScapes is co–hosting a conference on Sept. 25th and 28th entitled Open the Garden Gate. Taking place in Richmond Hill, this event will focus on the importance of indigenous plants, preservation of their natural habitats and using these natives in landscaping.

The keynote speaker will be Doug Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants. The mix of presentations, panel discussions, plant and garden vendors and the opportunity to mingle with likeminded people promises to be invigorating.

The conference schedule, admission fees and other details can be found at coastalwildscapes.org. This website is worth a visit if for no other reason than to admire its loveliness and clarity of purpose. (But there’s a good chance that you’ll want to do more!)

The photo of a gulf fritillary butterfly floating over snake root and goldenrod blooms provides a glimpse of the magical world of native plants. We just need to open our eyes and our spirits will be uplifted.

I am reminded of a line from the ancient Hindu Atharva Veda, “Full of sweetness are the plants.” If that’s not on a bumper sticker it ought to be. cs

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INGRAM HILL

At 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23 Live Wire Music Hall, 307 W. River St. With Benjy Davis Project. $10 With nods to the more rootsy progressive bands like Cracker, the Gin Blossoms and Tonic, Ingram Hill is a guitar–heavy, relatively pensive rock ‘n’ roll trio out of Memphis. There’s definitely a Southern vibe to their tunes. Next week, the band will release its third CD, Look Your Best. Says singer/guitarist Justin Moore: “I definitely think this is our best record. I know all bands say that, but I really mean it. I love our first record, June’s Picture Show, and it’s near and dear to my heart, and I think Cold In California was really good, too. I’m proud of both of those, but I really think we hit our stride and had a definite direction with Look Your Best.”

They’ve got an infectious sense of humor, too: On the band’s website, check out homemade videos of their acoustic covers of Chris Brown’s “With You” and Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl.” Ingram Hill’s best–known songs are “Will I Ever Make It Home” and “Almost Perfect.” Moore, who cites the Black Crowes and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers as major influences, says Ingram Hill’s goal is to simply give audiences a good rock ‘n’ roll show. “I want them to experience some sort of emotion, preferably positive,” he explained. “Whether it’s a song that they can totally relate to, or if it just puts them in a good mood. I guess that’s what I would want.

Disgust and hate are definitely not the emotions I want anyone to feel.” See ingramhillmusic.com

HOT PINK INTERIOR

At 11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25 The Jinx, 127 W. Congress St. With Mass Plastic It’s been one thing after another for this local quartet, which formed in 2004 but has only performed sporadically in the intervening years. HPI is Amy Ochoa on guitar and vocals, Robyn Reeder on drums, Craig Johansen on lead guitar and vocals, and Sebastian Edwards on bass. “We all have different tastes,” Ochoa explains. “Craig and I are more metal–influenced, ‘70s and ‘80s classic rock and that sort of stuff, and Robyn’s much more modern, more in the punk/ new wave vein. Way too cool for any kind of hair metal or anything like that.

So we blend those styles of music.” Ochoa, who’s a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service park ranger at the Savannah National Wildlife Preserve, started the band with Reeder, the owner of Primary Art Supply. Soon after HPI got started, Ochoa became a mother (daughter Ronni is nearly 5 now) and Reeder was diagnosed with breast cancer, which has since spread to her bones. “She has good times and bad times,” Ochoa says of her rocking co–founder. “And she’s been feeling really good lately, and had some good scans, and so she was anxious to just get out and do stuff. So we kind of leave it up to her when we’ll play now.”

Ochoa and Johansen occasionally perform a duo set as Devil–Oh–Seven. See myspace/com/hotpinkinterior

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Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Thursday for the Nov. 17 concert by violinist Robert McDuffie and the Venice Baroque Orchestra at the Lucas Theatre. This Savannah Music Festival–sponsored performance includes Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, as well as Philip Glass’s The American Four Seasons, written specifically for the Georgia–born McDuffie. Go to savannahmusicfestival.org, or call 525–5050... North Georgia bluegrass gets a vocally– charged workout with festival veterans Frances Mooney & Fontanna Sunset, stopping in Saturday at Randy Wood Guitars in Bloomingdale ... CS

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Huc-a-Poos Eric Dunn & Markus Kuhlman (Live Music) Two from the Train Wrecks 9 p.m.

J.J. Bonerz Doctor Rockit & the King Bees (Live Music) Jazz’d Tapas Bar Eric Mintel Quartet (Live Music) One of the headliners of Saturday’s Forsyth Park jazz festival Jinx TBA (Live Music) Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Frank Emerson (Live Music) 8:30 p.m.

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Pour Larry’s Jason Courtenay (Live Music), followed by DJ Tap Rocks on the Roof The Accomplices (Live Music) 9 p.m.

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Bito’s Pizzeria TBA (Live Music) Blowin’ Smoke BBQ Savannah Jazz Festival After-Hours Jam (Live Music) Broughton & Bull Gail Thurmond (Live Music) Piano & vocals 7 p.m.

Fiddler’s Crab House (River Street) The Tips (Live Music) Forsyth Park Bandshell Savannah Jazz Festival “Jazzy Picnic in the Park” (Live Music) Spyro Gyra, Eric Mintel Quartet, Marcus Printup and Joe Gransden, others 3 p.m.

Huc-a-Poos Bottles & Cans (Live Music) 9:30 p.m.

J.J. Bonerz Rhythm Riot (Live Music) Classic rock Jazz’d Tapas Bar Savannah Avenue (Live Music) Jinx Hot Pink Interior, Mass Plastic (Live Music) 11 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Frank Emerson (Live Music) 8:30 p.m.

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The Eric Mintel Quintet, from left: Mintel. Nelson Hill, Dave Antonow and Dave Mohn

Jazz to the world

Sample the music with the Savannah Jazz Festival

by Bill DeYoung | bill@connectsavannah.com

First things first: Eric Mintel wishes to publicly thank Savannah keyboard player Eddie Wilson for the use of his piano this weekend. Mintel and his group are coming down from Pennsylvania to perform Friday (at Jazz’d Tapas Bar), and Saturday (for the Savannah Jazz Festival’s “Jazzy Picnic” in Forsyth Park). If it weren’t for Eddie Wilson, Mintel says, he would’ve had to rent his 88 keys and hope everything worked out OK. So thanks, Eddie.

That’s a precise little microcosm of the world of jazz – everybody jams, everybody shares, everybody’s ultimate goal is the betterment of the communal musical experience.

That’s not to say there aren’t any egos in jazz – perish the thought – but it’s a form of music that not only encourages collaboration, it thrives on it. You can’t get a new color until you mix a couple of the old ones together.

Although the Savannah Jazz Festival officially began earlier this week with a few jam sessions and a film screening, the pot gets bubbling Wednesday, with a mini–concert at Blowin’ Smoke BBQ. Thursday begins a four–day run on the new bandshell stage at Forsyth Park.

Spyro Gyra headlines the Saturday concert – that’s the big one – playing a 9:30 p.m. set, at the close of an eight–hour

On Brubeck “Brubeck paved the way for a lot of us guys, and what we’re doing today – he was one of the first guys to tour college campuses and bring jazz to the college circuit. Because back in that day, students weren’t able to go into clubs or anything like that. So he broke that wide open, and he was able to keep a lot of jazz musicians working.”

On the show “We’re going to do a lot of the tunes from that classic Time Out album, our own treatment. Plus some Brubeck that people might not have heard before, some new things that he’s written and some obscure things, because a lot of people only know ‘Take Five’ and ‘Blue Rondo a la Turk.’”

On the power of jazz “I just feel like jazz is a main music for bringing people together. I’ve seen this happen over and over again, where people might not have really understood jazz too much before, or known much about it. What we’re doing is bringing the audience into it, adding a little bit of humor, breaking that wall down between the performer and the audience. And at the end of the concert – this always happens – people are saying to us ‘I never realized I love jazz.’

There’s a lot of power to this group, a lot of energy.”

On the band “Even though it’s my name, it’s the Eric Mintel Quartet. Because those other three guys are like an appendage.

We’re really on the same page musically, spiritually, we’re a band of brothers.

We’ve all been together for six years, and because of playing together so much, all four of us are on that same level of what we want to do with jazz, what we want to do to get to that next level, and making people happy along the way.

“The sax player is Nelson Hill. We call him The Great Nelsondo – he’s a magician on that thing. He’s had an incredible career – he played lead alto with Maynard Ferguson in the early ‘80s. He’s a protege of Phil Woods. He played with Gloria Estefan’s Miami Sound Machine, he did a stint with Buddy Rich and lived to tell about it.

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Dave’s been with me about six years, Antonow’s been with me six years, and Nelson’s been with me 10 years.” cs

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No one blends jazz with other music better than Savannah Jazz Festival headliner Spyro Gyra

Conversely, you could argue that Spyro Gyra was instrumental in bringing the worlds of jazz and pop together in wholly positive ways.

Before the New York–based band exploded into the national consciousness with Morning Dance (the song and the album) in 1979, the jazziest thing on the air was Chuck Mangione’s flugelhorn rave–up “Feels So Good.”

Spyro Gyra headlines Saturday’s “Jazzy Picnic in the Park,” the penultimate concert event in the 2010 Savannah Jazz Festival.

Fronted, then as now, by saxophonist Jay Beckenstein, Spyro Gyra proffered an amalgam of jazz, rhythm ‘n’ blues and Caribbean flavors. To this day, Morning Dance and Catching the Sun are among the brightest examples of what could be done with jazz and pop before Kenny, John Tesh, Dave Koz and the rest re–invented it as elevator music.

With more than 10 million in album sales, Spyro Gyra remains a viable recording and touring band. Along with Beckenstein, the 2010 lineup includes pianist Tom Schulman (a member since 1977), bassist Scott Ambush, drummer Bonny Bonaparte and guitarist Julio Fernandez.

It’s been nearly 40 years for the band.

Could you have imagined that all this time later Spyro Gyra would still be going?

Jay Beckenstein: Certainly not at the beginning, I never imagined that this would have been successful at all, let alone have this kind of legs. When we put out our first recording, it was more of a farewell statement to Buffalo, N.Y. than anything else. Because as musicians, the individual members realized that Buffalo wasn’t going to be where we were going to make it. We were young men, we had big hopes, and frankly that meant Los Angeles, Nashville or New York.

My life is far from simple, but I’m not complaining. This is a band that struck the lottery with a radio song, and it opened a door. And we stuck our foot in it big time and kept it there.

In the 1970s, “jazz fusion,” to me, was Weather Report, Mahavishnu and Return to Forever. It all seemed kind of inaccessible from a pop standpoint. But what you did was put melody back into it. Was that a specific notion on your part?

Jay Beckenstein: You know, we had no specific notion. Every musician, to some degree, is a product of his times.

You sort of program yourself with a lot of music as you grow up. And then you start to hybridize your own version, if you’re fortunate enough.

And the world we came out of was that world of fusion, with Miles being the god at the top of the mountain. But at the same time, it was Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder – and a lot of rhythm ‘n’ blues things that had a lot of melody. When you think of Stevie Wonder, the melodies are glorious.

So if you put Stevie Wonder and Weather Report together, maybe you get Spyro Gyra, I don’t know.

The Caribbean flavors were very cool, too.

Jay Beckenstein: That was another side of it, wasn’t it? Well, that’s New York City. I grew up in New York City and I went up to Buffalo for school, by way of Germany, but when I was a child in New York my dad loved Afro–Cuban music. Salsa was on the radio. And there were lots of Caribbean communities in New York. So that got into my head.

Morning Dance arrived when the Clash, the Police and Elvis Costello were making waves. Disco was dying. Suddenly here’s this pop/jazz instrumental that’s got a cool little groove, and it’s all over the radio. It was also the days of Styx and Kansas. How did you pull that off?

Jay Beckenstein: It’s a testimony to how interesting radio was back then, and to how the ownership of radio stations was not a big corporate thing, where one company owned 300 stations. Where the personalities of the owners and the DJs influenced what got played. And so you had a much broader palette of colors, and opportunities for artists.

Whereas now it’s Lady Gaga 24/7.

A lot of artists who arrived in your wake have come and gone, and you’re still out there doing this. What’s the secret to the band’s longevity?

Jay Beckenstein: We’re stubborn! Some of it I’ll pat us on the backs for. I think Spyro Gyra’s always been a good place to be a musician. It wasn’t about “leader and sideman” – if you were in the band, you had a full voice. So, it’s musically satisfying. Nobody left the band because they couldn’t have their say.

And there’s a lot of luck involved.

None of the principal members have dealt with illness or ever had a terrible bout with self–inflicted wounds or anything like that.

And if we went out there making unsatisfying recordings, and limp performances, that’s how it really goes away.

To last 40 years, you have to play New York 300 times. And if you’re putting on bad shows, it ends around Show Three.

So I credit us with going onstage with a lot of enthusiasm, and always trying to make music that’s inspiring to us – and hopefully, because of that, inspiring to an audience.

And always looking at tomorrow as our best day. Not looking back. CS Savannah Jazz Festival Spyro Gyra Where: Forsyth Park, Drayton Street When: At 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25 Admission: Free “Jazzy Picnic in the Park” full schedule: 3 p.m: Army Signal Corps Swing Band 4:15 p.m.: Eric Mintel Quartet 5:30 p.m.: Coastal Jazz Hall of Fame All–Stars 7 p.m.: Marcus Printup/Joe Gransden w/Savannah Jazz Orchestra 8:15 p.m.: Joe Gransden/Marcus Printup Combo 9:30 p.m. Spyro Gyra

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How ’bout them Georgia blues?

With a new set of no-frills tunes, Georgia Kyle plays the Jazz Festival

by Bill DeYoung | bill@connectsavannah.com

Years of playing solo gigs, from dark coffeehouses to bustling clubs to the busy subways of Boston, have given Kyle Shiver an edge. He’s a blues player, with a steely sense of finger–picking acoustic guitar attitude and guttural bottleneck slide, and he sings in a deep Southern voice that sounds as if he’s lived every moment of every one of his songs. Which may or may not be the case.

It was during his seven years in Beantown that a waitress starting calling the Albany native Georgia Kyle, and he figured it suited him, and so upon his 2002 arrival in Savannah (a city he had never even visited before) he became, officially, Georgia Kyle.

With his quartet, he’ll open the Savannah Jazz Festival’s Blues Night, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23 at Forsyth Park.

The Eric Culberson Blues Band follows, with blues veteran Joe Louis Walker set

to close with a 9:30 set.

“My heart really does lie with the blues,” explains Shiver, who also plays a bit of rock ‘n’ roll, and a variation of bluegrass he likes to call marshgrass.

“I’m into the fact that you can stomp your foot and clap your hands and sing. I’m into that kind of thing. I really like the Black Keys, and I like some of the White Stripes stuff – there’s bands around that listen to what I listen to, and they’re pretty easy to find. I like R.L. Burnside, and the Black Keys listen to R.L. Burnside. That’s not hard to detect.

“Growing up in Albany, I had Jimi Hendrix and I had Merle Haggard. And I didn’t really have this huge plethora of different types of music to listen to regularly until I was older.”

He says he discovered early on that blues is the thread between all different types of music. A longtime personal favorite is Georgia’s own Precious Bry-

I also had physical copies of it. And this year I was thinking ‘Man, I can’t believe I haven’t put out another CD.’ People e–mail and ask me about it. They ask me at the shows.

“I would like to have another CD, but financially it hasn’t really worked out for me.”

Shiver’s fondness for “simplicity” gives his new recordings a fresh, immediate feel, as if he’s sitting right next to you, singing the blues.

At the Forsyth gig, he’ll be accompanied by Paul Cooper on drums and Brian Pruitt on bass, with the amazing Tony Richards on guitar. “Swampy, muddy and swirly” is what he calls the music they make.

“I’m very blessed,” Shiver adds, “to be able to play with a lot of different musicians, in a lot of different configurations.” CS Savannah Jazz Festival Blues Night Where: Forsyth Park Bandshell, Drayton Street between Gaston and Park When: 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23 Admission: Free

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ant, a master of the “Piedmont Blues” style of guitar.

“I’m a John Coltrane freak,” Shiver explains. “I know Coltrane all upside down and every which way. And he plays the blues. When he starts bustin’ out, he’s playing the blues.”

He believes in directness. “It all comes down to simplicity,” he says.

That was the idea behind An Angel and a Devil, an 11–song collection of Shiver’s original blues and hardscrabble spirituals. It’s not a CD, but available as a download at georgiakyle.com.

He’s the only person on the recordings. An Angel and a Devil was cut live, with no overdubbing. That’s where his finely–honed edge came in handy.

“I literally went in there and sat down and messed around with the microphones for a few minutes, and just busted it out,” Shiver says. “I’m not playin’ to a click track. We don’t have a bunch of digital blah–blah. I’m sitting there playing. And I think I played every song but one, one time. That was it.”

He did put out a CD, Live at Cafe Loco, two years after he first landed in Savannah. “I put it on the Internet, but

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Jeff Beasley One Man Band After gigging and recording with several versions of a self–titled, hard–rocking band, local vet Beasley commits to tape what he’s best–known for: He’s the only musician in attendance, picking (and playing slide on) his acoustic guitar, blowing on the ol’ harmonica, and providing the percussion with a bass drum pedal, an old suitcase and a tambourine. Onstage with this rig, Beasley looks a bit like Bert the Chimney Sweep in Mary Poppins (you’ll wonder why he doesn’t have a trumpet attached to his shoulders), but this CD is all business. It’s Mississippi Delta blues, mostly, sung in a distinctive rasp that recalls Randy Newman with its traces of irony and dry wit. Beasley’s original tunes (“Down to the River,” “Like Rain,” “Ain’t Done Lovin’ You Yet”) are keepers, but he also takes serious possession of classic growlers from the likes of Taj Mahal (“Fishin’ Blues,” “Paint My Mailbox Blue”) and Delbert McClinton (“Back to Louisiana”).

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Harry O’Donoghue A Splash of No Regrets For those of you who only know this native Irishman from his ongoing stint as an onstage regular at Kevin Barry’s on the river, this CD will come as fresh and welcome as a breeze out of the ocean. It is a fully–realized set of acoustic ballads – some original, some from the Celtic tradition – that features not only O’Donoghue’s supple tenor voice and guitar, but pipes, whistles, flutes, piano, percussion, cello and angelic background vocals by Marian Makus. O’Donoghue co–produced the album in New Jersey with master musician Gabriel Donohue, who toured for years with the Chieftains’ band, and there isn’t a voice or instrument out of place. From the haunting “The Mad Lady and Me” and “The Galway Shawl” (the one–two punch that opens the disc) to the traditional Scottish lament “Loch Lomond” to O’Donoghue’s “The Time Has Come (Ron’s Song),” A Splash of No Regrets is a thing of spectral beauty.

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Savannah needs at least one contemporary country singer, and Chuck Courtenay fits the bill nicely. Produced in Nashville by pedal steel player Tommy Butler, Different Man finds this Chatham County stage vet in full Brad Paisley/ Jake Owen mode, with a deep and throaty baritone singing songs about wild wimmen, fishin’ and drinkin,’ against a full band complete with (of course) wailing pedal steel.

There’s a great version of “Baby Please Roll Down Your Window,” a tune

by Savannah’s own Greg Williams. Courtenay plays these tunes out with a full country band, but more often you’ll find him alone onstage in a pub corner, crooning ‘em with an acoustic guitar.

Personal fave: Merle Haggard’s “Makeup and Faded Blue Jeans.” It’s good stuff.

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Strategic Howling/Best of First Friday 2010 The Savannah Folk Music Society’s annual recap of performances from its monthly concert series includes a wide range of acoustic music, from blues to bluegrass, and it’s the variety that makes it a nice listening experience. Michael Maddox takes us down to the delta (“Driftin’,”) there’s old–school harmonic folk story–songs from the likes of Kathy Waters and Linda Combs (“Cat Eyed Willie Claims His Lover”), the gospel side (“Just a Closer Walk With Thee” from the Islands Christian Church Band) and even a brilliant, Guthrie–esque lament from the pen of Bruce Springsteen (Jason Bible’s “The Ghost of Tom Joad”). A couple of our local folkies are well– represented (Harry O’Donoghue, Lauren Lapointe) and visiting First Folk regulars (Roll on Rodney, Southern Tied), and what the set lacks in consistency (some performances, frankly, are better than others) it makes up in charm. Society chief Hank Weisman and his musical partner, John Powers, have made a concurrent CD as the Old Folkers, Openers, and both recordings can be had at savannahfolk.org. CS

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Book reviews

Doubles

by Nic Brown (Counterpoint) Doubles tells the story of Slow Smith, an almost–famous tennis player, whose wife, Anne, is in a coma. Seeking reprieve from his predicament, Slow accepts an invitation from his old coach, Manny, to leave Chapel Hill — where Anne lay sleeping — and resume the career he put on hold.

The catch is that Slow plays doubles. In order to make his comeback, he needs to reunite with Kaz, his childhood friend and former tennis partner. Kaz, like Manny, lives in New York City. So the coach and his player head North on I–95 to find him.

When Slow steps out of the Fiat convertible in Manhattan, he learns that Manny has coordinated a meeting with Kaz to break the ice: a night of GHB, slow–dancing and strippers in the back of a rundown Upper West Side storefront. It is only in the wake of the debauchery that Manny tells Kaz about the comeback. Nevertheless, the old pair do play as a team, and they do win the tournament. But their success does little to resolve the tension that has been brewing between them since Slow jumped ship.

That the victory does so little to settle the tension demonstrates that — in spite of its connotative title — tennis is tangential to Doubles. There are only three matches portrayed, all distilled to a few pages in length. Nic Brown mostly sidesteps the match psychology of the players, except so far as it offers a side of comic value to the reader.

For example, when Kaz blames a mid–game slump on Slow forgetting to eat a banana, Slow requests an emergency washroom break, and runs to grab the yellow fruit from the club bar.

He eats it; they win.

It is not only the omission of tournament cutscenes that ferries Doubles away from tennis. Neither Kaz nor

Slow appear to show much love for tennis in the first place — certainly not anything beyond the nebulous pursuit of a higher ranking. And then there is the dubious issue of how our balding protagonist and his partner could beat a top–ranked American pair without having played together in over a dozen months.

Savannah Perspectives

by Matt Propst (Schiffer)

Locally–based photographer Propst follows up his Savannah Cemeteries book, also published by Schiffer, with this more general but still worthwhile tome, Savannah Perspectives.

As the title indicates, this is a somewhat less educationally oriented book than the first one, and is more oriented toward composition and color. While many of the usual postcard shots are featured — looking up at Gen. Oglethorpe’s statue in Chippewa Square, the iconic Wormsloe entrance — Propst includes some lesser–traveled spots such as Fort Jackson and the King–Tisdell Cottage (unfor-

This dearth of detail need not concern us. While Doubles would be a lousy first stab at sports fiction, it promotes our affections in being about something much deeper than tennis.

Its heartwood is exposed as the characters deal with the complex fallout when Slow discovers that one of his closest friends has wronged him. The complications unfold from here. It turns out that almost every combination of people in Slow’s friendship circle — Manny, his lover Katie, Anne, Kaz — has a history that threatens the stability of their relationships therein.

What holds our interest is the manner in which the characters in troubled relationships dispel the tension generated by their unwholesome past. They deal with it in one of two extremes: by harbouring contempt, or by forgetting the past. Either they choose to remember the nefarious incident and abandon their challenged relationship, or they choose to forget the past and preserve their relationship as they always have.

This novel resonates with us long after we put it down.

But not in the sense in which a good book might involuntarily conjure up beautiful episodes and imaginary worlds once we are through with it. Rather, the strength of Doubles is that it leaves us asking a number of potent ethical questions. Are there times when forgetting the past is not only convenient but what we ought to do? When a friend offends us, why compromise the valued relationship by sounding the alarms of moral judgment? Isn’t it better — and easier — to just forgive them?

The melancholic impasse we face at the end of Doubles steers these questions back toward us. However unhappy Slow is for being unable to forget, it is difficult to see how we would have chosen to deal with his adversity any differently.

For the hurt we remember — the hurt we are unable to forget — is always delivered by the ones we love the most.

— Emilio Reyes Le Blanc

tunately referred to as “King–Tisdale” in the caption).

Propst in particular has quite an eye for Savannah’s squares, which are actually quite challenging to photograph well. Despite the apparent lush beauty of our squares to the naked eye, most photographers are unable to get their cameras to adequately navigate the huge gradation in light and shadow present in almost all these heavily–canopied landmarks.

The result in lesser hands is usually a muddy mess, but Propst expertly captures this local chiaroscuro in all its green–hued glory.

In all, this is a sharp–looking yet inexpensive gift idea for those who want a keepsake of Savannah, as well as a quick and informative photographic guide for those who live in Savannah and want to learn more about it. — Jim Morekis

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Southern Fried Chekhov is a cross-cultural comedy

by Bill DeYoung

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With the exception of Shakespeare, few playwrights attract as much analysis and interpretation as Anton Chekhov, the Russian author of The Seagull and other dramatic works deep in subtext and subtleties.

Chekhov (1860–1904) is among the most admired and emulated writers of the past 100 years.

He was a licensed physician who once said, in truly Chekhovian fashion, “Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress.” He was also a prodigious short–story writer.

Beloved for his detailed dramatic works, Chekhov was also a humorist. This didn’t get past Eric S. Kildow, who teaches and directs for the theater program at Armstrong Atlantic State University.

Kildow decided to adapt two of the master’s more comedic works, farces called The Proposal and The Bear, to a strictly Southern setting.

The show, onstage this weekend at Muse Arts Warehouse, is called Southern Fried Chekhov.

“When people think of Chekhov, they tend to think of his more serious plays, The Seagull and Uncle Vanya and The Three Sisters,” Kildow says.

“The reality is, Chekhov intended those to be funny. He’s a man who really does have an eye and an ear for comic situations, and the ridiculous in life.”

AASU theater vet Eve Butler performed the literary surgery on the two short plays.

“We changed a lot of the idiom from which Chekhov wrote,” explains Kildow. “Eve started with a couple of public domain translations, which were clunky and unwieldy. So she adapted them into speakable text, changed the idioms and

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It’s not as sacrilegious as it sounds, Kildow insists. “The thing is, you don’t change the jokes.

The core of the humor and the situation remains absolutely the same, it’s just some of the wordplay winds up being different.

“And given the fact that it was a translation to begin with, it was different from what Chekhov originally wrote in Russian.”

For what is essentially an experiment in theater, Kildow knows he’ll attract regular Savannah play–goers, theater students – and, hopefully, those simply curious to see what he’s up to.

“You have to walk a fine line between textual fidelity and updating,” he admits. “And what can you do to get people to swallow Chekhov?

“In my research, I haven’t found when a Chekhov play was done anywhere in Savannah, at least over the last 10 years.”

Southern Fried Chekhov has been underwritten by theater fans – plus Kildow’s friends and family – through an online process called crowdfunding.

It was an experiment – just like the concept of the production itself – and it worked out well.

It was, he says, a way to appeal to those people most intrigued by his idea, “as opposed to trying to reach too deeply into your own pockets, especially since artists often don’t have money.

“Or sort of picking away at a single donor for a long period of time. You throw it to the winds and see if you can get a lot of people you know to just toss you $5 each.” CS Southern Fried Chekhov Where: Muse Arts Warehouse, 703D Louisville Road When: At 8 p.m. Sept. 23–25 Admission: $15 public, $10 students Contact: SFCREV@gmail.com

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Theatre

by Bill DeYoung | bill@connectsavannah.com

There are so many things to recommend about Bay Street Theatre’s production of John Cameron Mitchell’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch, it’s difficult to know where to start. This is vibrant live theater, as exuberant and electrifying as a rock ‘n’ roll concert, and a story that’s both hilarious and horrifying.

It’s alternative theater, to be sure – the loud music and frank dialogue about changing one’s sex won’t exactly sing for dedicated Rodgers and Hammerstein fans – but it’s a production that rewards anyone open to its non–traditional approach and clear–headed emotionalism.

Hedwig owes one hundred percent of its magnetic attraction to Christopher Blair, who’s onstage virtually the entire 90 minutes, in full drag, and upon whose performance the entire thing relies. Blair is a wonder, a revelation, a fireball, and he makes Hedwig Robinson such a likeable character that, de-

spite her flaws and her occasional lapses in taste, we root for her to succeed.

The show is presented as a real–time rock performance, taking place in some godforsaken Midwestern lounge (here it’s actually set in Savannah). Hedwig, brazen and flamboyant (and extremely bitter) is fronting her band, the Angry Inch, and the songs and dialogue tell her unhappy life story.

She’s begun life as a purposeless young man in East Berlin named Hansel, with an absent father and a cold, loveless mother. Hansel finds sweet refuge in the rock ‘n’ roll of American Armed Services radio, to which he listened while curled up inside the kitchen stove, his head resting on the top rack.

Hansel gets free of the oppressive Communist city by marrying U.S. soldier Luther Robinson, who insists the young German undergo a sex–change operation before they relocate to

America.

This, Hansel reluctantly does, becoming Hedwig, but the botched surgery leaves her with a closed–up vagina and a tiny mound of useless flesh (the “angry inch”). When Luther walks out, Hedwig is left alone, penniless, and – still – purposeless.

The songs, by Stephen Trask, are powerful and persuasive, from the hard–driving opener “Tear Me Down” to the sweet ballad “The Origin of Love” to the riotously funny “Sugar Daddy.”

Strutting and posing in dress and heels, in a succession of brazen wigs, Blair’s Hedwig plays the “rock chick” as if she understood the role from the day she/he was born. Or re-born.

With the talented Cecelia Arango as Yitzhak, Hedwig’s lover, foil and frequent abuse–target, the Angry Inch is a hard–rocking band. One or two

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of Trask’s more dramatic numbers, to these ears, sound a bit too much like Jim Steinman’s rock–operatic stuff from Meat Loaf ’s Bat Out of Hell, and several echo sinewy Lou Reed or mid–period Bowie, but in this context they’re welcome and carry the story from one dramatic high to the next.

A major part of the plot concerns self–involved rock star Tommy Gnosis (Travis Harold Coles), who’s putting on a giant concert next door at the same time Hedwig’s on the low–rent lounge stage. Much of Hedwig’s bitterness comes from the fact that she taught Tommy how to play guitar and co–wrote many of his hit songs, yet he has abandoned her, too, and never publicly acknowledged her.

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Activism & Politics Chatham County Democratic Party

For info, contact Tony Center at 912-2339696 or TonyCenter@comcast.net Chatham County Democratic Headquarters, 313 W. York St. , Savannah http://www.chathamdems.net/

Purrs 4 Peace

Three minutes of simultaneous purring by cats (and honorary cats) around the world, conducted online (Facebook & Twitter) each Sunday at 3 p.m. by Savannah residents Confucius Cat and his human Staff. Details at www.ConfuciusCat.blogspot.com. Contact @ConfuciusCat (Twitter) or Acolytes of Confucius Cat (Facebook).

Breast Cancer Awareness Soiree

Primary Art Supply and Civvies host this party benefiting the National Breast Cancer Foundation, October 20, 7-11pm at Civvies, 22 E. Broughton St. Admission enters you into several raffles from participating local businesses. Tickets: $12/adv, $15/door, available at Civvies or Primary.

Charity Yard Sale

Thomas & Hutton host a yard sale benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Oct. 9, 8am-12pm. Rain or shine. Furniture, clothing, toys, books, jewelry, appliances, sports items, household items, electronics and tools. 50 Park of Commerce Way (off Chatham Parkway).

Community Yard Sale

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

The United Methodist Women of Canaan Community Church host a yard sale on Sat., Oct. 9, from 8am – 2pm at 2410 Elgin Street, Savannah, GA 31404. There will be kid’s activities and food vendors on site. All proceeds benefit UMW mission projects. For more info or to donate, call 912-234-3260.

meets the first Monday (excluding Holidays) of each month from 4:30 to 6:00 PM at the SRP offices located at 11 East 73rd Street.

All persons interested in America’s Future are invited. Contact Marolyn Overton at 912598-7358 for additional info.

The Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home hosts this event featuring a silent auction, hors d’oeuvres, live entertainment and a full bar. $100/donation per person requested.

October 16, 6:30-9pm. 504 E. Bay St. Call 912-233-6014 for more info.

Benefits

A nonprofit housing program for homeless women and their children. Hope House is requesting donation of new or gently used furniture for its transitional housing program, Peeler House. Pick-up can be arranged and a tax deductible letter will be provided. Call 236-5310.

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A Chance Evening

A unique benefit for the Savannah Children’s Choir. Participants will enjoy a three course meal in one of three secret locations.

Downtown dinner in restored historic home?

Casual-but-elegant art-filled loft? Or blue jeans by the marsh for a picnic? September 25, 6-8pm. Purchase tickets at www.savannahchoir.org

Boys & Girls Club Fundraiser

Sept. 30, 6-8pm at Savannah Station.

Burgers and ice cream floats, along with a performance by Stephanie Edwards.

Silent auction and more. $50/person, or $500/table. Contact the Club for info at 912.233.2939.ext 2

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Pirates on the run

A run/walk fundraiser to support the scholarship program at AASU. Sept. 25, 8am at the North end of Forsyth Park. $20/person if registered by Spet. 20. $22/after. More info at Fleet Feet Sports 3450 Waters Avenue Savannah, GA 31405 or www.active.com

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Thunderbolt Museum Fundraiser

The Co-Lab Studio and Gallery, LLC is accepting applications for interns. Background in graphic design, film, fashion or music is helpful. This is an unpaid position with many artistic opportunities and benefits. Contact thecolaboratory@gmail.com or visit the blog: zecolab.tumblr.com

As part of its ongoing work with incest survivors, the Rape Crisis Center has built a cinder-block wall where incest survivors can throw plates as an anger management technique. In order to continue, donations of china are needed. Call 233-3000 to make a donation.

Oct. 15, 4-7pm: Spaghetti Dinner benefiting the Thunderbolt Museum Society will be held at the museum. Tickets are $7.00 each.

Call 912-351-0836 for info. Thunderbolt Museum, 2702 Mechanics Dr. , Thunderbolt

Trick or Trot Road Race

The Sunrise Rotary hosts its 13th Annual Fall Classic 10k Run, 5k Run/Walk on Oct. 30 at the May Howard Elementary on Wilmington Island. Proceeds benefit The Midtown Community Center, West Broad Street YMCA, and SAFE Shelter. Contact Dodie Gay at 912-655-6117. To register for the race or to donate, visit www.TrickorTrot.net

Call for Entries 1st Annual Classic Car Show

Cars, trucks, hot rods, street rods and antiques welcome. October 9. Pre-registration (before Oct. 1) $15. Late registration (after Oct. 1) $20. A fundraiser for American Legion Post 184 in Thunderbolt, 3003 Rowland Ave. Call Darrell Farringer for info: 912-655-6360

Auditions: Youth Theater and Music Programs

All Walks of Life Inc will host auditions for its annual music and theater programs for young people. The theater program is looking for dancers, singers and actors ages 8-18. The music program is open for youth ages 12-18. Auditions for both will be held September 23 & 24 from 6-8pm at the S.P.A.C.E. black box theater, 9 W. Henry St. For more info: www.awolinc.org

Call for Artists - Studio space available

Studio 2-TEN is now open, featuring over 3,000 square feet of gallery space and artist studios. Space is available for short and long-term. Located near Starland District.

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Junior League Community Applications

The Junior League is accepting applications for its “Done in a Day” community assistance projects and funds. JL volunteers assist local organizations or social service agencies through hands-on volunteer work and funding of up to $1500.00 per project. Open to 501c3s with focus on those advocating for women and children. Application deadline: Dec. 15. www.jrleaguesav.org or call 912790-1002.

Urban Hope Volunteers

Christian After School Ministry that provides inner city children an alternative to the streets. Urban Hope seeks adult volunteers to help with homework, art classes, or other fun activities. Please visit our website, www. urbanhopesavannah.org, for more info, call Cassie at 912-398-9811.

Classes, Camps & Workshops AASU Flex Term

Flex term allows courses to be completed in 7 weeks. The next flex term begins October 13. Application deadline for new and returning students is October 11. To apply and register visit Victor Hall on the Armstrong campus. For more info, contact Charity Hardy at 912.344.2631 or charita.hardy@ armstrong.edu.

Abstinence Education

Hope House and Savannah State University are providing an after-school program for youth and young adults ages 12 to 29.

Program activities last for about 2 hours every Wednesday at SSU. Transportation is provided. Snacks, field trips and supportive services are provided at no charge. 2365310. Savannah http://www.savstate.edu/

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4th Tues. of every month. Starting the conversation with loved ones to plan care in case of illness or sudden medical event.

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Art Therapy Group

Art Therapy Groups forming for adults, facilitated by registered, board-certified art therapist. For details please call Karen Abato, ATR-BC, LCAT 912-220-0071

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.

Beading Classes

Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced at Bead Dreamer Studio, 407A E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 920-6659. Bead Dreamer Studio, Savannah http://www.beaddreamer.com/

Boatbuilding Workshop

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Brand Management for Non-Profits

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Conversational Spanish

Do you want to practice your Spanish?

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Discuss strategies to feel great dating and enjoy dating. Improve your dating skills. This is for people of all cultures, colors races and ages. For more info, call: 912-604 3281

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 for the first time or teenage drivers who already received a license. The group meets once a month and the cost is $30.00. For more info: 912-443-0410.

English as a Second Language

We are tiny groups, 2-4 students. Learn English in a fun, relaxed way. We meet when you have time in a coffee shop downtown Savannah. Single meetings are available too. There is a small fee per class. call: 912-604-3281

Family Care Mediation

Mediation is a new way to find the best possible answers to familiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; important quality-of-life and care questions. A safe place for respectful, civilized conversation resulting in an agreement that fits the family. The Mediation Center. 5105 Paulsen St. 912-354-6686 or mediationsavannah.com

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

register. Savannah

German Language Classes

Have fun learning German with small groups of 3-6 students. Classes meet Monday & Thursday evening at the Sentient Bean. The choices are Beginners I or II, or advanced Conversational class.

There is a small fee per class. I am a native professor from Switzerland. For more info: (912) 604 3281 The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave ,

Guitar, mandolin and bass lessons

Jazz, classical and rock with emphasis on reading and improvisation skills. Ardsley Park. 912-232-5987

Housing Authority Neighborhood Resource Center

The Housing Authority of Savannah hosts a series of regular classes at the Neighborhood Resource Center. 1407 Wheaton Street. Adult literacy/GED prep: MonThurs, 9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm. Financial education: 4th Fri of month, 9-11am.

Basic Computer training: Tues & Thurs, 13pm. Community Computer lab: Mon-Fri, 3-4:30pm. For more info: 912-232-4232 x115 or www.savannahpha.com

Knitting Class

Knit your own scarf, hand-warmer or blanket. You choose your colors and what you like to knit. I teach you how to do it. We meet in small groups downtown Savannah. Meeting in a coffee shop.

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Instruction in mindfulness stress reduction meditation. Group practice with time for questions and comments. Wednesdays, 7:15-8:15pm. Yoga Co-op Savannah. 2424 Drayton St. $13/class (less with membership). www.yogacoopsavannah.com or 912-429-7264.

Modeling at the Mighty 8th

Intermediate to advanced model building seminar. $25/person. October 16, 9am-3pm at the Mighty 8th Airforce Museum. 175 Bourne Ave. Pooler. Reservations recommended. Call Heather: 912-748-8888.

Music Lessons

Certified teacher who holds BA in Music Education is offering private music lessons. All ages and stages welcome. Piano, brass, woodwinds, music discovery, and beginner guitar. Please contact Ms. Amy at 912.659.0993 or visit www.msamyschoolofmusic.com

Savannah Entrepreneurial Center

Offering a variety of business classes. Call 652-3582. Savannah Entrepreneurial Center, 801 E. Gwinnett Street , Savannah

Savannah Learning Center Spanish Classes

Be bilingual. Call 272-4579 or 308-3561. e-mail savannahlatina@yahoo.com or visit www.savannahlatina.com. Free folklore classes also are offered on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Savannah Learning Center, 7160 Hodgson Memorial Dr. , Savannah

Sketching and Painting Workshop

Workshop taught by Sandy Branam will combine water color washes with pen and inks to create depth, texture, and sparkle.

Whether interested in landscapes, objects in nature or portraits you learn from this approach combining drawing & painting.

Cost is $440. Room and Board is included.

Wildacres Artist Retreat, Oct. 11-15, 2010.

For more info, call Judy Mooney: 443-9313 or judymooney@bellsouth.net.

Starfish Cafe Culinary Arts Training Program

This 14-week full-time program is designed to provide work training and employment opportunities in the food service industry, including food preparation, food safety and sanitation training, customer service training and job search and placement assistance. Call Ms. Musheerah Owens 912234-0525 ext.1506 The Starfish Cafe, 711 East Broad Street , Savannah http://www. thestarfishcafe.org/

of children and to develop skills to help children cope with their emotions. Monthly classes. 3rd Wednesdays, 1-5pm. 4th Saturdays, 9am-1pm. The Mediation Center. 5105 Paulsen St. 912 354-6686

Veterans benefits seminar

The seminar will shed light on the littleknown VA Aid & Attendance pension program, which provides eligible veterans and surviving spouses up to $2,582 per month, tax-free. River’s Edge retirement community, 6206 Waters Ave. Sept. 25, 2-4pm. For more info, or to RSVP: 912-354-6146

Vocal Coaching

Vocal coaching, sightsinging, eartraining and theory. Classical, jazz and pop. Adult beginners welcome. Ardsley Park and Wilmington Island. 912-897-6800

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The ending of Hedwig and the Angry Inch is one of the most moving and powerful denouements I have ever seen onstage, anywhere. I won’t describe it here; suffice to say Blair shines even brighter than before, and the play’s themes of soul, identity and purpose are focused in a single scene, under a single spotlight. CS Hedwig and the Angry Inch continues Sept.

24–26 at Bay Street Theatre at Club One, 1 Jefferson St. See clubone–online.com

Studio Painting Classes

Ongoing adult painting classes with artist Zola Delburn. Small classes for the beginner or intermediate painter. The classes are applicable to landscapes, still lives, abstracts, portraits, etc. Each session lasts 6 weeks, 1 class per week. $130. You are responsible for your supplies, except for easels. contact Zola Delburn at 912-484-5800 or zoladelburn@yahoo.com

Transitional Parenting Seminar

Trained presenters with experience working with families in divorce will help parents learn to recognize the typical reactions

Wine-Down Wednesday September 29th 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Featuring the latest wine pairings and tastings of the Mansion on Forsyth Park’s Artist Series Wine Collection.

This week’s $5.00 specialty cocktail Grand Bohemian Martini $5.00 house wines Live music Drink free all night by emailing devon.thurmond@mansiononforsythpark.com before 6:00 pm on September 28th with a list of 4+ women you are bringing.

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A 30-minute course that covers issues to help volunteers get started is held the first and third Thursday of the month at 6 p.m.

The first Thursday, the class is at Savannah State University, and the third Thursday, at United Way, 428 Bull St. Register by calling Summer at 651-7725 or visit www.HandsOnSavannah.org. United Way of Coastal Empire, 428 Bull St , Savannah http://www.uwce.org/

Weather Spotter Training

CEMA and the National Weather Service offer free training. Thursday, Oct. 28th at 5:30pm. Space is limited. If you are a weather enthusiast and are interested, reserve your spot by Monday, Oct. 25th.

Dustin Hetzel at DJHetzel@ChathamCounty.org to reserve a seat and directions to the Chatham County Annex.

Clubs & Organizations Asian American Women’s Group

For anyone interested in creating a community to support one another, to experience belonging and build friendships with a group of Asian American Women.

The goal is to foster intergenerational dialogue between women ages of 25-75 on topics like family, expectations and being bi-cultural. Meets twice a month. Email Lene22@aol.com for more info.

Buccaneer Region SCCA

is the local chapter of the Sports Car Club of America. It hosts 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/solo.html.

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Live Music w/The Fundamentals of the Sapphire Bullets

Tickets On Sale Now $25 advance • $30 at door* *if available

Available online at www.buccaneerball.eventbrite.com or in person at The Crab Shack Gift Shack

Local MINI Cooper owners and enthusiasts who gather on the first Sunday of the month at 10 a.m. to go on motoring adventures together. Visit coastalminis.com.

Starbucks, Victory Drive and Skidaway Road , Savannah

Coastal Readers & Writers Circle

A Creative Writing and Reading discussion group that meets the 3rd Sunday of every month, 3:30-5pm at the new Savannah Mall Branch Library.

Bring: Passages from any of your writing that you would like to read and passages from a book, publication, or production that you would like to share with the group. www.TellingOurStoriesPress.com for more information

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

Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet

Every Wed. 5:00PM at My House Consignments & More, 206 W. Broughton St. No fees. Wanna learn? We love to show what we know. Many different levels get together in the store. Talk, knit, share have fun! Call 912-236-4111

Low Country Turners

This is a club for wood-turning enthusiasts. Call Hank Weisman at 786-6953.

Make Friends in Savannah

For anybody, every age, every race and nation. We chat, hang out, go to movies and more. Meet in a coffee shop downtown Savannah. A small fee covers the efforts of the organizer, a well educated, “out of the box” woman, who lived in New York and

Europe. Call 912-604-3281.

Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary

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

MOMSnext

Mothers of School-Aged Children is currently registering new moms and will meet the 1st Monday of each month, 10am-11:30 at the Islands YMCA starting October 4th. Discuss topics that are relevant to mothering a child entering elementary school all the way through high school, as well connecting women in our community. For more info, call 912441-5036 or 210-0491 or email gbcon2@ comcast.net

Moon River Chorus

Ladies’ barbershop chorus. Rehearsals are Thursdays from 7-9 p.m. Visitors are welcome. Call Sylvia at 927-2651 or sylviapf@aol.com. Whitefield United Methodist Church, 728 E. 55th Street , Savannah http://www.whitefieldumc.com/

Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS)

Join other moms for fun, inspiration, guest speakers, food and creative activities while children ages birth to 5 are cared for in a preschool-like setting.

Meets the second and fourth Wednesday of the month from 9:15-11:30 am Call 898-0869 and 897-6167 or visit www. mops.org. First Baptist Church of the Islands, 6613 Johnny Mercer Blvd , Savannah http://www.fbcislands.com/

Old Time Radio Researcher’s Group

International fan and research group devoted to preserving and distributing oldtime radio broadcasts from 1926 to 1962.

Send e-mail to Jim Beshires at beshiresjim@yahoo.com or visit www.otrr.org.

Richmond Hill Roadies Running Club

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

Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club

Members of Starfleet International and The Klingon Assault Group meet twice a month, on the first Sunday at 4 pm. at 5429 LaRoche Ave and the third Tuesday at Chen’s Chinese Restaurant at 20 E. Derenne Ave. at 7:30 p.m. Call 308-2094, email kasak@comcast.net or visit www. roguephoenix.org. Savannah

Safe Kids Savannah

Safe Kids Savannah, a coalition dedicated to preventing childhood injuries, holds a meeting on the second Tuesday of every month from 11:30am-1pm. Visit www. safekidssavannah.org or call 912-3533148 for more info

Savannah Adventure Club

Dedicated to pursuing adventures, both indoors and outdoors, throughout the Low country and beyond. Activities include sailing, camping, skydiving, kayaking, hiking, tennis, volleyball, and skiing, in addition to regular social gatherings. Free to join. Email savannahadventureclub@ gmail.com or visit www.savannahadventureclub.com

Savannah Area Sacred Harp Singers

The public is invited to come and sing early American music and folk hymns from the shape note tradition. This non-denominational community musical

Savannah Art Association

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

Savannah Brewers’ League

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

Savannah Browns Backers

This is an official fan club recognized by the Cleveland Browns NFL football team.

Meet with Browns fans to watch the football games and support your favorite team Sundays at game time at Tubby’s Tank House in Thunderbolt. The group holds raffles and trips and is looking into having tailgate parties in the future. Call Kathy Dust at 373-5571 or send e-mail to KMDUST4@hotmail.com or Dave Armstrong at Darmst0817@comcast.net or 925-4709.

Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr , Thunderbolt

Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States

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

Savannah Fencing Club

Beginner classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings for six weeks. Fees are $40. Some equipment is provided. After completing the class, you may become a member of the Savannah Fencing Club for $5 per month. Experienced fencers are welcome to join. Call 429-6918 or send email to savannahfencing@aol.com.

Savannah Friends of Music

Fall General Membership Mtg. Thurs., Sept. 30 at the Johnny Harris Banquet Center, 1701 E. Victory Dr., at 11am. Summer music camp scholarship recipients will provide the entertainment. Buffet luncheon at noon. Send $20 check for reservations no later than September 24th to Diane Brennan, 18 Mainsail Crossing, Savannah, GA, 31411. New members welcome. For info, call Lynne Davis at 355-4252.

Savannah Guardian Angels

Come meet the Local Chapter of the Guardian Angels on the 1st Monday of every month from 7pm-9pm at Elite Martial Arts in Pooler,GA. Free snacks and drinks and info on the Guardian Angels. For more info:www.SavannahGuardianAngels.com

Savannah Jaycees

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

Savannah Newcomers Club

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

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

Call 351-3171.

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Savannah Parrot Head Club

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

Savannah Sunrise Rotary Club

Meets Thursdays from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at the First City Club. 32 Bull St , Savannah http://www.savannahsunriserotary.org/

Savannah Toastmasters

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

Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah

Savannah Wine Lovers

A sometimes formal group that also sometimes just gets together to drink wine. Visit http://groups.google.com/ group/savannah-wine-lovers.

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meets the second and fourth Tuesdays at 7pm at Books a Million to discuss, share and critique writing of fiction or non-fiction novels, essays or short stories. A meet-and-greet precedes the meeting at 6:30pm. Contact Carol North, 912-9208891. 8108 Abercorn St , Savannah

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Meets at the Savannah Mall at the Soft Play Mondays from 11-12 and Thursdays from 10-11. Activities include songs, stories, crafts, and games for young children and their caregivers. Free, no registration, drop-ins welcome. Call Trinity Lutheran Church for details 912-925-3940 or email KellyBringman@gmail.com Savannah Mall,

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Southern Wings

Local chapter of Women in Aviation International. It is open to men and women in the region who are interested in supporting women in aviation. Regular meetings are held once a month and new members are welcome. Visit www.southernwingz. com

Stitch-N’s

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

Tarde en Espanol

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

236-8566.

The 13th Colony Patriots

A Tea Party group that meets the 13th of each month at Logan’s Road House at 6pm. 11301 Abercorn St. Open to the public. Dedicated to the preservation of the United States Constitution and life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all Americans. www.13thcolonypatriots.com or call 912-596-5267. continues on p. 46

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A literary society for bibliophiles and writers. Monthly meetings for the Writer’s Salon are held on first Tuesday and the Book Club meets on the third Tuesday.

All meetings start at 7:30 p.m. at meet at 207 E. Charlton St (Flannery O’Connor’s Childhood Home). Call 233-6014, facebook Peacock Guild or email peacockguild@ googlegroups.com for more info.

The Philo Cafe

A weekly discussion group that meets from 7:30pm-9pm at Books-A-Million, 8108 Abercorn St., 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.

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A club for enthusiasts of electronic music and instruments, including the theremin, synths, Mooger Foogers, jam sessions, playing techniques, compositions, gigs, etc. Philip Neidlinger, theremin@neidlinger.us.

Tybee Performing Arts Society

meets the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the old Tybee school All interested, please attend or send e-mail to ried793@netscape.com. Old Tybee School, Tybee Island , Tybee Island

Urban Professionals

Meets first Fridays at 7:30 p.m. at Vu at the Hyatt on Bay Street. If you’re not having fun, you’re not doing it right. Call 272-9830 or send e-mail to spannangela@ hotmail.com. Vu Lounge at the Hyatt, 2 W. Bay St. , Savannah

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General meetings are on hiatus for July and August, but will resume Tuesday September 14 at 6pm, and continue on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, at the American Legion Hall located at 1108 Bull Street. Committee Meetings will continue to be held during the summer months. For more info visit the VNA website at: vna. club.officelive.com

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671

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

Abeni Cultural Arts Dance Classes

Classes for multiple ages in the art of performance dance and Adult fitness dance. Styles include African, Modern, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, & Gospel. Classes are held Monday through Friday at the St. Pius X Family Resource Center. Classes start at $25.00 per month.

For more information call 912-631-3452 or 912-272-2797. Ask for Muriel or Darowe. E-mail: abeniculturalarts@gmail. com St. Pius Family Resource Center,

Adult Intermediate Ballet

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

African Dance & Drum

Learn the rhythms of West Africa with instructor Aisha Rivers. Classes are held every Sunday - drums at 4pm, dance at 5pm Rhythms of West Africa, 607 W. 37th St. , Savannah http://www.ayoluwa.org/

Argentine Tango

Lessons Sundays 12:00-3:30. Open to the public. Cost $5.00 per person. Wear closed toe leather soled shoes if available.

For more information call 912-925-7416 or email savh_tango@yahoo.com.

Doris Martin Dance Studio, 8511-h Ferguson Ave. ,

Beginners Belly Dance Classes

Instructed by Nicole Edge. Every Sunday, Noon-1PM, Tantra Lounge, 8 E. Broughton St., 231-0888. Every Thursday, 7PM-8PM, Fitness Body and Balance Studio 2127 1/2 E. Victory Dr., 398-4776 kleokatt@gmail. com or www.cairoonthecoast.com

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. Tues: 6-7pm & Thurs: 7-8pm. Visit www.cybelle3.com. For info: cybelle@cybelle3.com or call 912-4141091 Private classes are also available.

Walk-ins are welcome.

Beginners Fusion Belly Dance

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Every Thursday at Doubles Night Club (7100 Abercorn St.) Join the SwingCats for a free lesson at 7:30pm, followed by dancing from 8-10pm. No partner required. Drink specials.

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. Windsor Forest Recreation Building, Savannah

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Ceili Club

Experience Irish Culture thru Irish social dancing. No partner or experience needed.

Learn the basics of Irish Ceili dancing. 7176 Hodgson Memorial Drive. Mondays at 7:30 p.m. For more info email PrideofIrelandGA@ gmail.com.

Chicago Step Classes

Coastal Georgia Steppers is offering adult Chicago-style steppin dance classes every Sunday from 4:00– 6:30pm at the Tominac Gym on Hunter Army Airfield. All are welcome. Free admission; no partner required.

For more info, send email to Robert.neal75@ yahoo.com.

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Dance or learn flamenco in Savannah with the Flamenco Cooperative. Meetings are held on Saturdays from 1-2:30 p.m. at the Maxine Patterson School of Dance. Any level welcome. If you would like to dance, accompany or sing, contact Laura Chason at laura_chason@yahoo.com. Maxine Patterson School of Dance, 2212 Lincoln St , Savannah

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. Nassau Woods Recreation Building, Savannah

Irish Dance Classes

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

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 B. at 272-8329.

Modern Dance Class

Classes for beginner and intermediate levels. Fridays 10-11:15am. Doris Martin Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd. For more info, call Elizabeth 912-354-5586.

Savannah’S only adult entertainment venue open 7 dayS a week

Pilates, Jazz & Tap

The Gretchen Greene School of Dance offers two weekly Pilates classes, an open-level Tap class, and serious training for Ballet dancers. Pilates and Tap are open to all levels of experience and are $12 per class (or a 10-Class Card for $100.) Pilates: Wed. 9:3010:30am & Thurs. 6:30-7:30pm. Tap class is Tues., 7:30-8:15pm. Ballet classes are $15 and for Intermediate/Advanced dancers.

Tues. & Wed., 11am-1pm. Call 912-897-4235 or visit ggsod.com/adults for more info.

Pole Dancing Class

For exercise...Learn dance moves and spins while working your abs, tone your legs and arms, a total body workout. Ladies Only!

The only thing that comes off is your shoes.

Pre-registration req’d. Beginners Classes, Wednesdays 8pm. Level II Classes, Mondays 8pm. Pole fitness, Mon&Wed, 11am. 912398-4776 or visit www.fitnessbodybalance. com. Fitness Body & Balance Studio, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. ,

Salsa Classes

Learn Salsa “Rueda de Casino” style every Wednesday, from 6-7pm Beginner, 7-8pm Intermediate, at the Delaware Recreation Center, 1815 Lincoln St. Grace, 234-6183 or Juan, 330-5421. Delaware Recreation Center, Savannah

Salsa Lessons

Offered Saturdays 11:30am-1pm. $10.00 per class. Packages prices also available.

Contact Kelly 912-398-4776 or www.fitnessbodybalance.com

Salsa Lessons

Salsa Savannah offers beginner and intermediate salsa lessons on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at several locations. For more info, contact: salsasavannah@gmail.com, or call 856-7323. www. salsasavannah.com

Savannah Shag Club

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

Shag & Beach Bop

The Savannah Dance Club hosts Magnificent Mondays from 6:30-11 p.m. Free basic shag, swing, salsa, cha cha, line dance and others are offered the first two Mondays and free shag lessons are offered last two Monday’s. The lesson schedule is posted at www.shagbeachbop.com. Lessons are held 6:30-7:30 p.m. Doubles Lounge, 7100 Abercorn St. ,

Events Annual Fall Festival

St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church hosts its Fall Festival Sept. 24-25. Friday at 7:30pm, watch Spielberg’s classic “ET” outside. $5/person or $15/family. Saturday, spaghetti dinners for sale, $7/each (dine-in or take out) along with a Craft Sale from 11am-5pm and children’s rides from noon4pm. 11500 Middleground Rd. 912-925-4725.

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Sat., Sept. 25 from 10am–1pm in the parking lot of the Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, directly across the street from Candler Hospital (5353 Reynolds). Along with receiving tips and advice on car seat safety, participants can visit with local firefighters and enjoy refreshments.

Diesel Train Rides

Take a ride back in time at the Roundhouse Railroad Museum. Saturdays (11am, 1pm, 2pm) and Sundays (1pm, 2pm) in September and October. $10 adult admission. 601 W. Harris St. 912-651-6823. www.chsgeorgia. org

Happy Geechees Reunion

The Armstrong Center

The Armstrong Center is available for meetings, seminars, workshops or social events.

Classrooms, meeting space, auditorium and 6000-square-foot ballroom. 344-2951. Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah

Yellow Fever!

A living history production presented by the Davenport House Museum every Friday and Saturday evening in October. First show at 7:30pm, then every half hour until 9pm.

324 E. State St. Call 912-236-8097 for info or reservations. Adults: $15/adv, $17/door.

Kids: $10/adv, $15/door. Not appropriate for children under 8.

The 2010 reunion will take place Oct. 9 at the Wilmington Island Club. Starts with Continental Breakfast at 10am, then lunch at 1pm. For members from the four original high schools: Benedictine, Commercial, St. Vincent’s, and Savannah High, classes from 1929-1958. Tickets are $35 each. For more info: Call Marion Manson, 898-3477.

Film & Video

Sat., Oct. 2 from 11am-4pm an Irish tea will be held at the Social Apostolate at 502 East Liberty St. See the Social Apostolate and enjoy an Irish Tea and art show featuring local artist Sandy Branham. The event benefits the Social Apostolate’s ministry to homeless and at-risk individuals and families.

Hosts screenings of critically acclaimed independent films from around the world at Victory Square Cinemas, 1901 E. Victory Dr. For schedule and more info, visit www. reelsavannah.org

Irish Tea

Music in the Parlour with Diana

An afternoon of music, with homemade scones and sweet tea. Saturdays and Sundays, 1-3pm. $30/person. Limited seating.

Reservations required. Call Diana Rogers: 912-236-2866.

Non-Profit Networking

Thursday, Sept. 30, 5:30-7:00pm at Billy’s Place above McDonough’s. A short program on using branding techniques to raise more money, attract more volunteers, and help more people will be presented. Free, registration is req’d. Contact the Georgia Center for Nonprofits: 912-234-9688 to RSVP.

Step Up Poverty Simulation

Saturday, October 2. Simulation is open to the public and will take place from 10a. m.-12:30 p.m. at The Salvation Army Corps Community Center, 3000 Bee Road. Groups of 35-75 people assume roles of families living in poverty. The goal is to survive for one month, which takes place in four 15-minute “weeks.” To register: 912-232-6747 or email styler@stepupsavannah.org.

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Psychotronic Film Society

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

Reel Savannah

Savannah Beach Film Festival

The SBFF takes place Oct. 2, 8pm, at Huc-aPoo’s. A Few tickets are still available. $5.

Proceeds are being dedicated to building a gazebo for a local retirement community. Tix and info available at Huc-A-Poos (1213 Hwy 80, Tybee): 912-786-5900.

Fitness A New Kung Fu School: Ving Tsun

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

Belly Drills

Belly Drill your body with Cybelle. This is an intense dance workout utilizing basic bellydance moves. Geared to all levels of ability.

Dance your way to a better sense of well being. Bring water bottle. Thurs: 6-7pm.

Visit www.cybelle3.com. For info: cybelle@ cybelle3.com or call 912-414-1091. Walk-ins welcome.

Bellydancing for fun and fitness

The most fun class you’ve ever taken to get you in the best shape in the least amount of time. We provide bright colorful veils, jangling coin hip scarves, and exotic music.

Every Wednesday, 6:30pm. $15 drop-in or $40 for four classes. Call 912-660-7399 or email ConsistentIntegrity@yahoo.com

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2 hour dance workout utilizing basic bellydance moves. This is geared to all levels of ability. Dance your way towards a better sense of well being. Bring water bottle. $25/ class. 912-414-1091 http://cybellefusionbellydance.wordpress.com/

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Crunch Lunch

30 minute Core and ABs concentration class. Offered 11:30am & 12:15pm Mon, Wed & Fri @ Fitness Body & Balance 2127 1/2 East Victory Dr. www.fitnessbodybalance. com 912-398-4776.

Curvy Girl Bootcamp

Exercise class assisting women of size to reach their fitness goal. Every Tues & Thurs, 6-7pm. Lake Mayer Community Center. $70 a month or $10 per session. For more info call 912-341-7710 www.preservethecurves. com/curvycamp

Fitness Classes at the JEA

Spin, firm it up, yoga, Pilates, water aerobics, Aquasize, senior fitness, and Zumba. Prices vary. Call for days and times.

355-8111. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St , Savannah http://www.savj.org/

Fix Your Back

This 45 minute class takes a new twist on boring old back exercises. Try having fun and giving back pain the boot at the same time. Every Thursday at 6:30. $40 per month.

Space is limited. 912-660-7399 Consistentintegrity@yahoo.com

Hatha Yoga classes

Every Monday and Wednesday from 5:306:30 p.m. Pre-register by calling 819-6463.

St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for Well Being, Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/

Mommy and Baby Yoga Classes

Mondays, 10-11am (crawlers and toddlers) and 11:30-12:45 (infants and pre-crawlers) at the Savannah Yoga Center. The cost is $14 per class. Multi-class discounts are available. Walk-ins welcome. Call 232-2994 or visit www.savannahyoga.com. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. , Savannah http://www.savannahyoga.com/ continues on p. 50

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Fine Food in a Casual, Friendly Atmosphere Where You

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Pilates Mat Classes

Mat classes are held Tues & Thurs 7:30am8:30am, Mon 1:30pm-2:30pm, Mon & Wed 5:30pm-6:30pm, Thurs 12:30pm-1:30pm, & Sat 9:30am-10:30am. All levels welcome!

Private and Semi-Private classes are by appointment only. Carol Daly-Wilder, Certified Pilates Instructor. Call 912.238-0018 Momentum Pilates Studio, 310 E. 41st St , http://savannahpilates.com/

Pregancy Yoga

Ongoing series of 8-week sessions are held on Tuesday evenings from 6-7:15 PM at 7116 Hodgson Memorial Drive. Pre-natal yoga helps mothers-to-be prepare for a more mindful approach to the challenges of pregnancy, labor & delivery. Cost is $100 for 8 weeks. Call Ann Carroll at 912-704-7650 e-mail ann@aikyayoga.com.

Rolf Method Bodywork

For posture, chronic pain and alignment of body/mind/spirit. Jeannie Kelley, LMT, certified advanced Rolf practitioner. www. islandsomatherapy.com, 843-422-2900.

Island Somatherapy, 127 Abercorn Street , Savannah

Smart Living Fitness Club

Providing nutritional education and an exercise program to encourage lifestyle changes, on Mon. thru Wed. from 5:30-7pm.

St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605 for info.

Squats N’ Tots

Stretch and strengthen overused body parts, as well as focus on muscle endurance, low impact aerobics, and abdominal work. Your baby (age 6 weeks to one year) can get in on the fun, or simply stay close to you on your mat. Call to pre-register 912819-6463. St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for Well Being,

The Yoga Room

Visit www.thesavannahyogaroom.com or call 898-0361 for a schedule of classes, times and fees. Savannah Yoga Room, 115 Charlotte Dr , Savannah

Zumba Fitness

Classes every week in the Pooler and Rincon area. Zumba is a fusion of Latin and international music dance themes that cre-

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Gay & Lesbian First City Network Board Meeting

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

Gay AA Meeting

meets Sunday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at 311 E. Macon St. Savannah

Georgia Equality Savannah

The local chapter of Georgia’s largest gay rights group. 104 W. 38th St. 944-0996.

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Savannah Pride, Inc.

Meets first Tues of every month at 7 p.m. at the FCN office located at 307 E. Harris St. Everyone is encouraged to attend. Without the GLBT community, there wouldn’t be a need for Pride. Call Christina Focht at 663-5087 or email christina@savpride.com.

First City Network, Savannah http://www. firstcitynetwork.net/

Stand Out Youth

A Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning youth organization. Meets every Friday at 7 p.m. at the FCN building located at 307 E. Harris St. Call 657-1966, email info@standoutyouth.org or visit www.standoutyouth.org. First City Network, Savannah http://www.firstcitynetwork.net/

What Makes A Family

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

Health Better Breathers of Savannah

Meets to discuss and share information on C.O.P.D. and how people live with the disease. For info, call Dicky at 665-4488 or dickyt1954@yahoo.com.

Community Cardiovascular Health

Control your high blood pressure. Free blood pressure checks and information at the Community Cardiovascular Council at 1900 Abercorn St. Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 232-6624. . , Savannah

Free blood pressure checks and blood sugar screenings

Conducted at three locations. From 8:30a. m.-12:30p.m. and 5:15p.m.-7 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday at the SJ/C AfricanAmerican Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605 for appt. Every Monday from 10a.m.-12p.m. at the Smart Senior office, No. 8 Medical Arts Center. No appt necessary. Every MondayFriday from 10a.m.-2p.m. at St. Mary’s Community Center at 812 W. 36th St. Call 447-0578. Savannah

Free hearing & speech screening

Hearing: Every Thurs. 9-11 a.m. Speech: 1st Thurs. of each month. Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E. 66th Street. Call 355-4601. 1206 E 66th St , Savannah http:// www.savannahspeechandhearing.org/

Free prostate cancer screening

In honor of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, get a free screening on Sept. 30 starting at 10am. Sponsored by Union Mission and the J.C. Lewis Primary Health Care Center. 125 Fahm St. 912-495-8887.

Healthcare for the Uninsured

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

Help for Iraq War Veterans

A method used at Fort Campbell to treat lack of sleep, anger, flashbacks, nightmares and emotional numbness in veterans is available in Savannah. 927-3432.

Huntington Disease Education Day

September 25. Registration begins at 8:30am. Program runs 9am-4pm. Presentations from Emory University, Medical College of Georgia, and St. Joseph’s/Candler featuring info on the most current medications, treatments, and more. For info, please call Fran McCarey (912) 819-2224 or log onto

www.lowcountryhd.com. Marsh Auditorium - Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. , http://www.lowcountryhd.com/

Hypnobirthing Childbirth Classes

Classes provide specialized breathing and guided imagery techniques designed to reduce stress during labor. Classes run monthly, meeting Saturdays for three consecutive weeks. To register, call 843683-8750 or e-mail Birththroughlove@yahoo. com. Family Health & Birth Center, 119 Chimney Rd , Rincon http://www.themidwifegroup.com/

HypnoBirthing Classes

Learn to birth in a calm and gentle environment without fear. Uses relaxation, meditation and guided imagery to achieve the birthing experience you desire. Tiffany, tiffany@savannahdoula.com.

Hypnosis

One-on-one hypnosis for losing weight, quitting smoking, insomnia, and other issues. 80% of your actions are controlled by your subconscious. Good for all issues. It’s safe. You are always in control and it works.

912-660-7399.

I am your ‘life’ coach

You like to be happy, healthy and successful? I am your coach, helping you to live your life to your fullest potential in all fields. I help you to expand your talents. I offer small groups or one person appts. Please call: 912-604-3281

La Leche League of Savannah

Mothers wishing to find out more about breastfeeding are invited to attend a meeting on the first Tuesday of every month at 6:30 pm. La Leche League of Savannah is a breastfeeding support group for new and expectant mothers. 897-9261, www.lllusa. org/web/SavannahGA.html. Family Health and Birth Center, Savannah

Meditation and Energy Flow Group

Meet with others who practice meditation or want to learn how, discuss techniques, & related areas of holistic health, healing, Reiki, Energy Medicine, CAM. Reduce stress, increase peace & health! For info: www. ellenfarrell.com or 912-247-4263

Asbury Memorial UMC Presents

God On Broadway!

MOROCCAN RESTAURANT & BAZAAR

Authentic MoroccAn cuisine Belly DAncing nightly

Best MiDDle eAstern restAurAnt Best exotic restAurAnt 2006

We specialize in birthday parties!

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118 East Broughton St. 234-6168

Where Theology and Theatre come together as you’ve never seen before!

OctOber WOrship series

3 – south pacific 10 – Fiddler On the roof 17 – big river 24 – the Music Man 31 – Jekyll and hyde 11:15 a.m. Worship Service - Come early as these are popular services.

1008 east henry st. (corner of Waters Ave.) For more info, check out our website: www.asburymemorial.org

Free every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30-9:30 a.m. at GenerationOne. 3507587. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www.memorialhealth.com/

Mobile Mammogram Tests

Pets & Animals

St. Joseph’s/Candler mobile breast cancer screenings are available at the following locations in Sept. Appointment required. Call 819-6800 and specify that you’re calling about the mobile unit. 9/1: Bryan Co. Health Dept. 9/2: Islands. 9/7 & 21: Rincon. 9/8: Savannah. 9/9: Bluffton.

9/14: Landings. 9/22: Pembroke. 9/28: Pooler. 9/29: Sun City.

A Walk in the Park

William Carroll of the NYU Cancer Institute will give a free lecture on Sept. 30, 6:30pm. “The Promises and Challenges of Targeted Therapy for Cancer: Lessons from Pediatric Leukemia.” Mercer Auditorium at Memorial. 4700 Waters Ave. Call 912-350-8115.

Every first Sunday of the month at 2 p.m. in Forsyth Park. The cost is a $10 donation, with all donations given to Save-ALife. Bring a mat or blanket and a sense of humor. Yoga for dogs is a fun way to relax and bond with your four-legged pet.

Great for all levels and all sizes. 898-0361 or www.thesavannahyogaroom.com.

Savannah

Pediatric Cancer Expert

Planned Parenthood Hotline

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

1-800-264-7154.

The Quit Line

A toll-free resource that provides counseling, screening, support and referral services for all Georgia residents 18 or older and concerned parents of adolescents who are using tobacco. Call 1-877270-STOP or visit www.unitegeorgia.com.

Yoga for Cancer Patients and Survivors

This yoga class is free for people with cancer and cancer survivors. 6.30 pm on Tuesdays and 12:10 pm on Thursdays, FitnessOne at Memorial. For more info, call 350-9031.

Yoga for Meditators

A physical yoga practice developed for people who sit in meditation. Thursdays at 6pm. $10/class. Savannah Zen Center.

505 Blair St.

Nature and Environment Dolphin Project of Georgia

Professional pet sitting, boarding, dog walking and house sitting services offered in downtown Savannah and the nearby islands. All jobs accepted are performed by the owner to ensure the safety of your pets. Local references available. Please call 401.2211 or email lesleycastle@gmail. com to make a reservation.

Dog Yoga

Tails Spin and Dr. Lester host low cost vaccine clinic for students, military and seniors on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 5-6pm. The cost for each vaccination is $12.00, with $2.00 from each vaccination to be donated to Savannah Pet Rescue Agencies. Habersham Village Shopping Center. For more info: www.tailsspin.com

Professional Pet Sitting and Dog Walking

Insured, bonded, certified in pet first aid and CPR. 355-9656, www.athomepetsitters.net.

Savannah Kennel Club

The club meets monthly on the fourth Monday at 7 p.m. from September through May at Ryan’s restaurant on Stephenson Avenue. Those who wish to eat before the meeting are encouraged to come earlier.

Call 656-2410 or visit www.savannahkennelclub.org. 209 Stephenson Ave , Savannah

The Blessing of the Animals

Boat owners, photographers and other volunteers are needed to help conduct scientific research. Must be at least 18 years old. Call 727-3177, visit www.TheDolphinProject.org.or e-mail gadolphin@comcast. net.

Offering a variety of fun educational programs including Beach Discovery Walks, Marsh Treks, Turtle Talks and the Coastal Georgia Gallery, which features an up close look at dozens of local species.

Open daily, 10am-5pm. For more info, call 912-786-5917 or visit www.tybeemarinescience.org. Tybee Island

Readings & Signings

Walk on the Wild Side

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

Open daily from 10-4 except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. 898-3980, www.oatlandisland.org. 711 Sandtown Rd , Savannah

Wilderness Southeast

Offers a variety of programs every month including guided trips with naturalists, canoe rides and more. Their mission is to develop appreciation, understanding,

group classes • teacher training program workshops • private lessons

Author: Stuart Woods

The NYT-bestselling mystery writer makes a stop in Savannah to discuss his newest book “Santa Fe Edge,” Sept. 23, 7 p.m., at Trinity Church, 225 W. President St. A question-and-answer session and book signing will follow. Sponsored by the Savannah Book Festival. Free and open to the public.

Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club meets the last Sunday of the month at 4 p.m. at the African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605. Savannah

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Tea time at Ola’s

A book discussion group that meets the fourth Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Ola Wyeth Branch Library, 4 E. Bay St. Call Beatrice Wright at 652-3660. Bring your ideas and lunches. Tea will be provided. 232-5488 or

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Low Cost Pet Clinic

Join the Savannah Children’s Preparatory Choir on Sunday, Oct 3 for a Blessing of the Animals at All Saints’ Episcopal Church at 4pm. The Blessing will be held in the churchyard at 804 Jones St, Tybee.

Each animal must bring their human.

Tybee Island Marine Science Center

Hidden Treasure”

stewardship, and enjoyment of the natural world. For more information: 912-2368115 or sign-up on our website www. wilderness-southeast.org.

The Sequel

1190 King George Blvd

920-7772

Mon–Wed 11am–midnight Thurs–sat 11am–1am sun 12:30–midnight

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652-3660. Ola Wyeth Branch Library, Savannah http://www.liveoakpl.org/

Religious & Spiritual Christian Businessmenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Committee

Meets for a prayer breakfast every Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. at Piccadilly Cafeteria in the Oglethorpe Mall, 7804 Abercorn St. Call 8983477. Savannah

DrUUming Circle

First Saturday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah on Troup Square at Habersham and Macon streets. Drummers, dancers and the drumcurious are welcome. Call 234-0980 or visit uusavannah.org. 313 Harris St. , Savannah http://www.uusavannah.org/

Gregorian Chant by Candlelight

For a peaceful end to your day attend the chanted service of Compline (Singing Good Night to God) sung at 9pm every Sunday night by the Compline Choir of historic Christ Church (1733) on Johnson Square; 28 Bull Street. Open to the public. All are welcome! Call 232-4131 for more info.

Live Web-streaming

Attend church from home Sundays at 9 and 11am with Pastor Ricky Temple and Overcoming by Faith Ministries. Log onto www. overcomingbyfaith.org, click â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Watch Nowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

927-8601. Overcoming by Faith Ministries, 9700 Middleground Rd. , Savannah

Metaphysics For Everyday Self-Mastery

A series of metaphysical/New Thought classes at The Freedom Path Science of Life Center, 619 W 37th St., Mondays 8pm, with Adeeb Shabazz. $10 suggested donation, 1877-494-8629, www.freedompathonline.org, freedompath@yahoo.com. Savannah

Midweek Bible Study

Every Wednesday at noon at Montgomery Presbyterian Church. Bring your lunch and your Bible. 352-4400 or mpcsavannah.com.

Montgomery Presbyterian Church, 10192 Ferguson Avenue , Savannah http://www. montgomerypresbyterian.com/

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The childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choir for 3 years through second grade will be known as Joyful Noise and the youth choir grades 3-5 will be known as Youth Praise. Joyful Noise will meet Sundays from 4-5 p.m. and Youth Praise will meet Sundays from 5-6 p.m. Call Ronn Alford at 925-9524 or visit www.wbumc.org. White Bluff United Methodist Church, 11911 White Bluff Rd , Savannah

Nicodemus by Night

An open forum is held every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at 223 E. Gwinnett St. Nicodemus by Night, Savannah

Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)

Meets Sundays, 11 a.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church. Call Janet Pence at 2474903. Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St , Savannah http://www. trinitychurch1848.org/

Realizing The God Within

A series of Metaphysical/New Thought classes presented by The Freedom Path Science of Life Center, featuring metaphysical minister and local author Adeeb Shabazz.

Mondays at 8pm. 619 W 37th St. , Savannah

Soka Gakkai of America

SGI is an international Buddhist movement for world peace and individual happiness.

The group practices Nichiren Buddhism by chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. Introductory meetings are held the third Sunday of the month. For further information, call 232-9121.

Stand for Peace

A sllent witness for peace that will be held in Johnson Square the fourth Sunday of every month from 1-2pm until the occupation ends. Sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Social Justice and Action Committee.

224-7456, 231-2252, 234-0980, uusavannah. org Johnson Square, Bull & Abercorn Sts. , Savannah

The Savannah Zen Center

Soto Zen Meditation: Tuesday evenings 6-6:30pm with study group following 6:30-7:30pm; Sundays 8am-9:30am which includes Dharmatalk. Donations accepted.

Rev. Fugon Cindy Beach cindy@alwaysoptions.com. The Savannah Zen Center, 505 Blair St. Savannah. More info: savannahzen-

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Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church

Services begin Sunday at 11 a.m. at 707 Harmon St. Coffee and discussion follow each service. Religious education for grades 1-8 is offered. For information, call 2336284 or 786-6075, e-mail UUBC2@aol.com.

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Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah

Liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. Sunday, 11 am, Troup Square Sanctuary. 234-0980, admin@uusavannah. org or www.uusavannah.org. 313 Harris St. , Savannah

Unity of Savannah

Two Sunday morning Celebration Services - 9:15 and 11:00. (Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church and childcare at 11:00.) A.W.E. interactive worship service at 7 p.m. every first Friday of the month. Noon prayer service every Thurs. To find out about classes, workshops and more visit, www.unityofsavannah.org or call 912355-4704. 2320 Sunset Blvd. Unity Church of Savannah, Savannah

Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bible Study

at the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Center of Wesley Community Centers. Call 447-5711 1601 Drayton St , Savannah http://www.wesleyctrs-savh.org/

Sports & Games American Singles Golf Association

Open to golfers age 21+. Members participate in local golf outings, and the occasional multi-chapter regional outing. For more info, email: gallopinggolfer@gmail.com

Cheerleading Tryouts

Sept. 25, 1-5pm at the Islands YMCA, 66 Johnny Mercer Blvd. Open to ages 5-18.

Please wear white tee and black shorts to try outs. Call 912-897-1192 for more info.

Fishing and Water Safety Event

Sept. 25, 8:30am-noon at the Tybee Pier and Pavillion. Open to kids ages 5-12. Free rod, reel and bait provided. A fishing tournament and water safety program. Pre-registration

required. Pick up forms at the Chatham County Aquatic Center on Sallie Mood Dr. or visit www.safekidssavannah.org. Call 912652-6793 for more info.

Oktoberfest Regatta

The Geechee Sailing Club hosts its annual fall race, open to all self-righting yachts 21â&#x20AC;&#x2122; or longer on Oct. 2nd and 3rd. Registration is Oct. 1st, 6-7pm at Tubbyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Thunderbolt.

Entry fee is $55. For more info: Rich Moore at 912-598-1754 or Mooregames1@comcast. net.

Savannah Bike Polo

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

Savannah Bridge Run 2010

The Enmark Savannah River Bridge Run takes place Saturday, Dec. 4 and features 5K Run/Walk, a 10K Run, a Double-Pump Race, a Team Challenge, the Double-Pump Team Challenge and a 1/4 mile Kids Run. Register before Oct.31 for $28, from Nov. 1-Dec.2 for $30. www.savannahriverbridgerun.com

Texas Hold â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Em Poker League

Free Texas Hold Em poker league is available to the public. Teaches new players how to play and advanced players can come and work on their skills. Prize tournaments for season points leaders. www.series7pokerleague.com for more info.

Support Groups Al Anon Family Groups

A fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics meets Monday at 12:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., Thursday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 8 p.m. at 1501 Eisenhower Dr. and Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Goodwill on Sallie Mood Drive. Call 598-9860 or visit http://al_anon_savannah.freeservers.com.

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Al-Anon Meetings

Meetings for families and friends of alcoholics are held every Monday at 5:30pm and Saturday at 11am. Melissa, 844-4524. First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave , Savannah http://www.fpc.presbychurch.net/

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If you or someone you know has a problem with alcohol, call 912-356-3688.

Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group

Senior Citizens, Inc. hosts a Caregiver’s support group for individuals caring for Alzheimer’s and dementia family members.

Meets every second Monday at the Wilmington Island United Methodist Church, 195 Wilmington Island Road. For more info, call 236-0363, ext. 143. Savannah

Amputee Support Group

Open to all patients who have had a limb amputated and their families or caregivers. Call 355-7778 or 353-9635.

Bleeding Disorders Support Group

Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http:// www.memorialhealth.com/

Cancer support group

Meets the first Wednesday of the month from 11am-12pm. at the Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion on Reynolds Street across from Candler Hospital. The group is open to anyone who is living with, through or beyond a diagnosis of cancer. Call 819-8784. Savannah

Citizens With Retarded Citizens

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

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Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Association

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Couples Struggling with Fertility Challenges

Meets every Saturday at 6:45 p.m. at Savannah Christian Church, Room 250. This is a group for couples struggling with primary or secondary infertility, whether they have been on this journey for one year or many years. Call Kelly at 596-0852 or email emptycradle_savannah@hotmail.com. 55 Al Henderson B;vd. , Savannah

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Domestic Violence Hotline

The Georgia Human Resources Department and Georgia Coalition on Family Violence have a new number, 24 hours a day. 1-80033-HAVEN.

Domestic violence support group

SAFE Shelter provides a domestic violence support group every Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Inc. Building at 3205 Bull St. Call Brenda Edwards, 6298888. Savannah

Fibromyalgia support group

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meets the second Thursday from 5:306:30 p.m. in Conference Room 2, Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St..

819-6743. 5354 Reynolds Ave. , Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/

First Line

An after-hours referral and information line to talk confidentially about birth control, sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy options. A free service from Planned Parenthood, available nightly from 7 to 11 p.m. at 1-800-264-7154.

Gray Matters Brain Injury Support Group

For traumatic brain injury survivors and their caregivers. Meets the third Thursday at 5 p.m. in the gym at The Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial University Medical Center.

4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www. memorialhealth.com/

Grief Support Group

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

HospiceSavannahHelps.org. Savannah

Heartbeats for Life

A free support and education group for those who have suffered or want to prevent or reverse Heart Disease, and/or Diabetes problems. Contact, Jeff: 912-598-8457; email: jeff@heartbeatsforlife-ga.org

Hope House

Provides housing and support services such as life skills, resources and referrals, follow-up care and parent-child activities funded by DHR Promoting Safe and Stable Families. Please call 236-5310 for information. Hope House of Savannah, 214 E. 34th St. , Savannah

KidsNet Savannah Parent Support Group

meets on the first Thursday of the month at 4:30 p.m. at the Department of Juvenile Justice Multi-Purpose Center, 1149 Cornell Ave. Call Carole Kaczorowski at 598-7001, Lorr Elias at 351-6375 or Bruce Elias at 644-5916. Department of Juvenile Justice Multi-Purpose Center, 1149 Cornell Ave , Savannah

Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Support Group

For patients with blood-related cancers and their loved ones. Call Jennifer Currin, 3507845. Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah http://www.memorialhealth.com/

Living without Violence

The SAFE Shelter offers free drop-in counseling to anyone who is in an abusive relationship. Meets every Thursday from 7-8:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Education Building at Whitaker & McDonough St. 2349999. First Baptist Church of Savannah, 223 Bull St. , Savannah

Memorial Health Focus

Focus is a program to encourage Sickle Cell patients ages 11 to 18 and their parents and caregivers to learn more about Sickle Cell disease. For info, call Saundra at 350-3396.

Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www. memorialhealth.com/

Multiple Sclerosis support group

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

Narcotics Anonymous

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

National Alliance on Mental Illness

A recovery support group for people living with mental illness. Tuesdays: 6:30-8pm, Trinity Lutheran Church, 12391 Mercy Blvd.

Thursdays: 6:30-8pm, Pine Woods Retreat, 1149 Cornell Ave. Suite 3A. Saturdays: 1:303:30pm, Candler Heart & Lung Building (2nd Floor). Call 912-353-7143 for more info.

Overeaters Anonymous

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

Pancreatic Cancer Support Group

Call Jennifer Currin at 350-7845. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www. memorialhealth.com/

Parkinson’s Disease Support Group

Meets the first Thursday of the month. 56:30pm in the Marsh Auditorium at Candler Hospital. For more info, call 355-6347 or 238-4666.

PRIDE Support Group

This is a support group for parents of children with bleeding disorders. Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www.memorialhealth.com/

Rape Crisis Center

assists survivors of rape and sexual assault.

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

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Support Group

The group welcomes anyone suffering with this disorder, and family members or caregivers interested in learning more about it.

For info, call Martyn Hills at 651-4094.

S-Anon Family Group

A fellowship for families and friends of sexaholics. For info, call 663-2565.

Safe Shelter Outreach Program

Providing services for survivors of domestic violence. All services are confidential and free. 3025 Bull St. 651-0004. Safe Shelter Outreach Program, 3025 Bull St. , Savannah

Seeking Support

1st Generation AA Northerner seeks same for support, fellowship and creative pursuits.

Call Anna: 912-412-0294.

Senior Citizen’s Inc. Alzheimer’s Support

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For families of persons suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia. Second Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Ruth Byck Adult Day Care facility, 64 Jasper St. Call ahead to reserve a seat. Call Stacey Floyd at 236-0363. 3025 Bull St , Savannah

Smoking Cessation Support Group

is open to anyone who has stopped smoking and needs additional support or to those who are considering trying to stop smoking.

Call 819-8032 or 819-3368.

Spinal Injury Support Group

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

Support Group for Parents of Ill Children

who have a seriously ill child receiving treatment on an inpatient or outpatient basis. A case manager facilitates the meetings, and a child life specialist provides an arts and crafts activity. Meets once a week.

Call Donna at 350-5616. Backus Children’s Hospital, 4700 Waters Avenue , Savannah http://www.memorialhealth.com/backus

Teens nurturing teens

Meets the third Sunday of the month at 3 PM on the 2nd floor of the Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion. This group is for teens who have a family member or loved one impacted by cancer. For more info, call 819-5704.

The Work of Byron Katie

The Work of Byron Katie ends unnecessary suffering. Let’s do some worksheets together. Looking for others who are interested in doing TW. I am a 2003 Graduate of the School for the Work with Byron Katie.

Contact twwurs@gmail.com, or call Urs 912-484-0134 for more info; or read “Loving What Is”

Tourettes Community of Savannah (TiCS)

Meets on the 3rd Saturday of every month.

For more information contact. Michelle McGee 912-224-9201 or sign up on the Facebook page Tourette’s Community of Savannah. Call for meeting place and times

Troup Square Al-Anon Family Group

A support group for friends and family of alcoholics, with special attention to issues of adult children of alcoholics. 495-9758 or www.al-anon.alateen.org. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. , Savannah http://www.uusavannah.org/

Wheeze busters

is an asthma support group for children that meets in the Rainbow Room at The Children’s Place at Candler Hospital. Call 921-3368. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. , Savannah http://www.sjchs.org/

Women who love too much

meets Fridays from noon to 1 p.m. Call Maureen Wozniak at 355-4987.

Theatre “Murder, Well Rehearsed”

The Aldersgate UMC (2020 Tennessee Ave.) will host a production of this thrilling whodunit on October 7-9. Tickets are $15/adults and $12/kids under 12. Includes dinner, which is served before the show at 7pm. All proceeds benefit the church. Reservations required, call Mary: 912-897-3866

GSU Performing Arts Center

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ARIES

(March 21–April 19) Rightwing talk show host Rush Limbaugh is a person whose ideas and attitudes repel me.

But in the dream I had last night, I enjoyed hanging out with him. He was affable and humorous. We had several fun adventures. Here’s how I interpret the dream: It doesn’t necessarily mean that Limbaugh is a better human being than my bias allows me to imagine. Rather, I’m becoming more relaxed about people I disagree with. I’m able to maintain a live–and–let–live approach to things that used to knock me off center. You’re now set up for a similar shift, Aries.

TAURUS

(April 20–May 20) You have entered a phase in your astrological cycle when your best lessons will come from doing hard work. I mean that in the most literal way: intensifying your commitment to doing your job with maximum integrity and intelligence and excellence. But I also mean that you should concentrate on what needs fixing, refinement, and upkeep in other areas of your life. Could your best relationships use some tweaks that would pump up the collaborative energy? Would you consider making a course correction in your spiritual path?

Is there any part of your rhythm that could use more discipline and organization?

GEMINI

(May 21–June 20) I’m getting excited to see what you’ll create in the coming weeks. You’re slipping into the most expressive groove you’ve been in for a while. I’m guessing that any minute now your imagination will start churning out a wealth of fresh perspectives and new approaches. Half–rotting problems that have just sat there immobile for weeks or even months will begin morphing into opportunities as you zap them with your frisky grace. Misunderstandings that have festered far too long will get cleansed and salved by your tricky ingenuity. Get the party started!

CANCER

(June 21–July 22) As I stood by the creek at dusk, the silhouette of a woman in a

kayak came flowing my way. The last crease of the orange sun hovered on the horizon behind her. I spied the reflection of the planet Venus shimmering in the violet water before I saw it in the sky. The temperature was balmy. A translucent spider floated nearby at the end of an airborne silk strand. Nine geese in v–formation trumpeted as they soared overhead. When the woman got close enough for us to see each other’s faces, she addressed me. “We win!” she exclaimed jubilantly, then paddled onward. I agreed. We were basking in a great victory, paradise having temporarily descended into our midst. This is the kind of triumph I expect you’ll be capable of achieving several times this week.

LEO

(July 23–Aug. 22) Focus on what’s small and slippery, Leo. Turn your gaze away from what’s big and obvious.

Exult in the salamander on the rock and a friend who has a new trick and the guilty pleasure you just discovered; excuse yourself from obsessing about the state of the economy, the meaning of life, and the clash between science and religion. Your pleasurable duty is to love what’s in the midst of changing, and not fixate on trying to make arrangements that will supposedly last forever.

Don’t just grudgingly attend to the mercurial details; dive in as if playing with them were your central purpose.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23–Sept. 22) “Artists suffer for their work, but they don’t mind,” read the headline in the San Francisco Chronicle. The attached article featured brief interviews with five artists who all said they enjoy doing their creative work so much that they gladly put up with the privations it causes them. That’s the spirit I’d like you to embrace in the coming weeks, Virgo. See if you can immerse yourself in a labor of love with so much enthusiastic devotion that you drive away some of your aches and anxieties.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23–Oct. 22) Albert Einstein was extremely famous during his lifetime. Although he had no publicity ma-

chine promoting him, his face became an iconic symbol for genius. “Einstein” was, in effect, a brand name that made people think of creativity, wisdom, and imagination. There were times that bothered him. “I am no Einstein,” he said, preferring to be his raw self rather than the idol on a pedestal. I offer his example up to you, Libra. You can benefit from slipping away from, ignoring, and even rebelling against your image right now.

Return to the source of your ever–evolving life energy.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23–Nov. 21) My proposed assignment for you would be fun, but it wouldn’t be easy. It would require you to dissolve at least one of your fixations, escape at least two of your habits, and override at least three of your dogmatic beliefs.

I’ll completely understand if you’re not up for the challenge.

But if you’re game, read the following excerpt of a poem

by Pablo Neruda (translated

by Alastair Reid), and incorporate its attitude into your daily rhythm. “I have a mind to confuse things, unite them, make them new–born, mix them up, undress them, until all light in the world has the oneness of the ocean, a generous wholeness, a crackling, living fragrance.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21)

I love to listen to DJ Schmeejay on San Francisco radio station KUSF. Like a throwback to the Golden Age of FM radio in the 1970s, he plays a “visceral, cinematic” mix that delights you with a flow of unpredictable juxtapositions. Unlike some music experts who harbor haughty elitist prejudices, the dude is an open–minded aficionado. His playlist may include a psychedelic tune, flapper–jazz, a pretty pop song, a barbershop quartet, 1960s folk, polka, and trip–hop. He understands that good entertainment keeps you guessing about what’s going to come next. I urge you to borrow his approach as you cruise and schmooze in the coming weeks. Charm people with good surprises. Expand your bag of tricks, and use everything in it.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22–Jan. 19)

I’m not a big believer that dreams are prophetic. I’ve recorded thousands of my own dreams, and just three have foreshadowed life events that actually occurred. However, I have often found it valuable to regard my dreams as pointers on how to develop unripe aspects of myself. When I was 19 I had a series of dreams suggesting that the best way to become a writer was to write at least three hours every day.

I acted on those prompts, and they worked. I bring this to your attention, Capricorn, because it’s prime time for you to tap into your own dreams for tips on how to create your best future.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20–Feb. 18) In his opening comments on an episode of his TV show, Stephen Colbert announced, “I have butterflies in my stomach. I just ate a cocoon quesadilla.” If I’m reading the omens correctly, you, too, will soon have fluttering sensations in your gut, but not because of food choices.

Rather, you’re likely to be quivery due to encounters with the Great Unknown –– arrivals from beyond the Wild Blue Yonder that will blow your mind and recalibrate your philosophy of life.

Don’t worry. Your appointments with the numinous are likely to be stirring, even awe–inspiring, but not frightening. P.S. You should celebrate the fact that you feel free enough to go exploring so far and wide.

PISCES

(Feb. 19–March 20) “If we wish to outline an architecture that conforms to the structure of our soul,” wrote Friedrich Nietzsche, “it would have to be conceived in the image of the labyrinth.” I take this to mean that clarity, assuredness, and single–mindedness are luxuries the ego may indulge in, but they are not the natural state of our deepest selves. Rather, at our cores, in the essential primal source that sustains us, we are complicated and meandering . . . mysterious and exploratory . . . curious and questioning. It’s perfectly healthy to be in a labyrinthine state of mind. I hope this meditation helps you enjoy your upcoming Season of Soul.

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St. Joseph’s/Candler’s Good Samaritan Clinic in Garden City needs volunteer nurses, physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, Spanish interpreters and clerical staff. The Good Samaritan Clinic serves people without insurance and whose income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty line. To volunteer call Greta Tholstrup at 429-1502.

Help Feed the Hungry

Savannah Hosea Feed the Hungry is in need of regular volunteers to maintain the food and clothing rooms. One or two regular volunteers are needed as a telephone clerk/receptionist. We also need several strong arms with vans or trucks to load, deliver, and unload boxes of produce 3x a week. Daytime hours. Visit 141 Telfair Rd. or Call 912-232-3085.

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Call Jodi at Royce Learning Center at 354-4047. Royce Learning Center, 4 Oglethorpe Professional Blvd , Savannah http://www.roycelearningcenter.com/ needs volunteers to assist in a variety of ways at its branches in Chatham, Effingham and Liberty counties. Call 652-3661.

Bull Street Library, 2002 Bull St , Savannah http://www.liveoakpl.org/

Oatland Island Education Center

Oatland Island Wildlife Center often needs volunteers. Call 898-3980. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd , Savannah http://www.oatlandisland.org/

Rebuilding Together Savannah

Volunteer organization in partnership with the community that rehabilitates houses of low-income homeowners, particularly the elderly, disabled and families with children. Visit www.rebuildingtogethersavannah.org.

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For info, call Rhonda Sheffield, volunteer coordinator, at 354-8225, Ext. 243. Riverview Health and Rehabilitation Center, 6711 LaRoche Ave. , Savannah

Ronald McDonald House volunteers needed

Help in the “home away from home” for the families of hospitalized children.

Volunteers also are needed to provide home-cooked meals for families staying at the house. Volunteer internships also available for college students. Nikole Layton, 356-5520. Ronald McDonald House, 4710 Waters Avenue , http://www. rmhccoastalempire.org/ cs

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Goodie bag Aaaah, fall is in the air – and the wine trade show invitations are flying!

Last week, I trolled vendors represented by National Distributing Co. and Atlanta Wholesale Wines and found a few goodies you’ll see more of in coming weeks.

Put mine in a box Don Sebastiani and Sons have a reputation for making very consumer accessible and value–driven wines.

They kick that attraction up a notch this fall with a new line of boxed wines. Dubbed “The Big Green Box,” the wines will come in four single–varietal packages which are also entirely recyclable – even the cardboard comes from sustainable forests.

I’ll have tasting notes in a couple of weeks. Also, one of my favorite mass market wines from Don and Sons, Smoking Loon, is sporting a new label. Same great juice, same affordable price tag.

bites & Pieces Tim’s restaurant hopping turns up intriguing and satisfying meals.

Circa 1875

I don’t like to rush into a new restaurant to review. First, there are newbie bugs still being worked out. Second, the resulting review often causes a crush on the novice operator. I’ve seen this nearly close an unprepared restauranteur.

So, we’re a couple of months down the road from the opening of Circa 1875 Gastro Pub, the anticipated dining companion to the popular Circa 1875 pub next door. What immediately struck me was the comfort and “completeness” of the space. This little bistro, with seating on the main level and in a cozy basement dining room, feels as if it’s been in business for years. The lighting, the furnishings and the atmosphere are far more mature than the calendar would suggest.

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What’s a good Oktoberfest party without a genuine German biergarten glass boot? Score one at www.patinastores.com.

The boot holds one liter of your favorite brew and, as you near the bottom, the challenge is to guzzle the last few ounces without an air pocket blowout. Here’s the trick: Tip the toe to the left or right to allow the bubble to slide harmlessly up the side. No need to spill good beer!

Speaking of Oktoberfest Oktoberfest beers, also called marzen, are easily drinkable, mass quantity beers made especially for the popular German events that are now an international reason for the season. Our favorites this season come from Highland Brewing Co., Left Hand Brewing Co. and Samuel Adams. Score these great seasonal beers

now – they won’t last on shelves until October! For the classic Oktoberfest–Marzen, keep your eyes peeled for Ayinger Oktoberfest. It’s in short supply but is the best example of this beer style, especially on tap.

Spooky thoughts, Part II Speaking of all things October, I dropped into the Crypt Pub last week for a beer and was pleased to see a nice selection of draft beers available. One shortcoming is no printed list – and a bartender who couldn’t tell me the line–up. The taps are at the back of the restaurant, so I hiked back to eye–ball the taps myself. I settled on a Hobgoblin Brown Ale from Wychwood Brewery Co., a legendary UK brewer. Good beer, service needs to get serious. cs

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But what about the food? The reasonably priced “French bistro” menu offers a wonderful range of casual fare and more upscale dishes. And while it’s an impressive menu — it’s not an overblown menu — and it’s certainly a range of choices you’ll find nowhere else in the city.

Ms. TJ’s onion soup was a classic in its piping hot little ceramic pot. Rich, flavorful broth was thick with slow cooked onions and comforting crouton. The melted cheese atop the entire dish was thick and gooey — what a heart–warming starter.

I began with sauteed chicken livers on top of brioche, caramelized Vidalia onions, quince preserves and a finish of natural pan sauce. Savory, rich and a bit earthy, the dish was perfect on every count, with a beautiful variety of textures and complex flavors. The dish hinted of solid country style with an elegant haute cuisine touch.

For its lamb dish, Circa 1875 went decidedly back– country French in choosing a lamb shoulder chop. This more rustic cut, with new potatoes, haricots verts and rosemary pan reduction would perfectly at home on a French farmer’s table, and plays pretty darned well on Whitaker Street. The lamb was richly flavored on its own, and plenty of fat, typical to a shoulder cut, added elements you won’t find in pristine little lamb lollipops.

For me the piece de resistance was my cassoulet. At its purest, this dish is slow simmered white beans that are

seasoned perfectly and dressed with any variety of meats.

It’s a classic south of France peasant dish — and Circa 1875’s version is a foodie’s dream plate. The trinity of onion, carrot and celery season the beans, and the beautiful stew is topped with a fresh sausage link and confit duck leg. This dish is one built around complex flavors tendered by proper seasoning, natural fat and a chef ’s patience.

It is rare to find on any menu, much less one in the Lowcountry.

Desserts are homemade. We were nearly full, but topped off our tanks with a couple of freshly made fruit pies ala mode.

For a quick, casual supper, try the Prince Edward Island mussels steamed in white wine, fennel, shallots, garlic and parsley butter. It’s simple, quick and the plump PEI mussels are brimming with flavor.

I could drone on and on, but let’s just go bottom line: The cassoulet is among the top five dishes I’ve ever eaten — anywhere, from any chef. The cassoulet alone could forge the reputation of this little bistro.

Service is as mature and polished as the atmosphere and food. The wine list offers several interesting choices and superb by–the–glass options.

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The Jepson Center hosts a unique exhibit by Matt Hebermehl. ‘Birds in Flight’ features his signature flying bird forms hanging from the ceiling of the Atrium. The exhibit opens with a reception this Thursday, Sept. 23, 6-8 p.m.

2D*2.5D*3D — A collection of work from three artists: Amanda Hanlon (linoleum block relief prints ironwork), Carol Williams (assemblage of found objects), and Dicky Stone (turned wood sculptures). Kobo Gallery, 33 Barnard St. , http://www.kobogallery. com/ 2nd Annual FAAA Fine Arts Exhibition — The exhibition highlights artwork created members of the Friends of African American Arts, featuring work in a variety of media from artists including Peggy Blood, Phil Starks, and Luther Vann. Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St. , http://www. kingtisdell.org/ 5“x7” Art Auction — Over 200 donated works including photos, paintings and ceramics from local artists such as Betsy Cain, Carolyn Graham, Lori Keith Robinson and more. Proceeds benefit for Hospice Savannah. Closing reception and final bids: Oct. 8, 5:30-7:30pm. Hospice Savannah Gallery , 1352 Eisenhower Dr., http://www.hospicesavannahhelps.org/ Abandoned — Solo exhibition by Cindy Tower featuring large-scale oil paintings depicting dilapidated factories, weathered buildings and overgrown landscapes. Runs through Sept. 24. Alexander Hall Gallery, 668 Indian St. , http:// www.scad.edu/ Arrivals and Departures — An exhibit featuring work by Savannah Art Association members past and present in the new art gallery on the ticketing level of the airport. Airport Art Gallery, Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, Birds in Flight — An installation by Matt Hebermehl of his signature, patterned bird forms

hanging in the Jepson’s atrium.

Opening reception: Sept. 23, 68pm. Jepson Center, 207 W. York St., http://www.hebermehl.com/ Featured Artist: Minseon Gu — Gu, an Atlanta based artist, blends traditional Korean styles with artisan paper to create beautifully textured works on canvas and hand-painted fans. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St, http:// www.galleryespresso.com/ Featured Artists: Diane Dean & Shirley Daniell — Dean is an artist who works with acrylics, mixed media and encaustic.

Daniell is a jeweler who creates bold designs that are “not for the timid.” Gallery 209, 209 E. River St. Four Squared — An exhibition by four artist-mothers about their experiences of making art amongst the chaos of raising young children. S.P.A.C.E. Gallery , 9 W. Henry St. , http://www. savannahga.gov/arts Inaugural Fold — Paintings, drawings and sculpture curated

by Arthur Kouwenhoven and Casey Belogorska, including works by local artists Betsy Cain, Harry Delorme, Jeff Doran, Matt Hebermehl, Bertha Husband and Milutin Pavlovic. Atwell’s Art and Frames , 228 W. Broughton St. Jazz Improvisations — Artist Amiri Farris exhibits a collection of vivid paintings and mixed media works celebrating jazz musicians. Runs through Sept.

27. Friedman’s Fine Art, 28 W. State St. , http://www.friedmansfineart.com/ Lineage — A series of large scale abstract line drawings by Alexis Javier Perez. Local 11ten, 1110 Bull St.

Longitudes and Latitudes — An exhibition of student work inspired by study-abroad experiences. Runs through October 12.

AASU Fine Arts Gallery, 11935 Abercorn St. Mapping the Past — Collection of historical maps dating back as far as the late 16th century depicting North America, Great Britain and the world. SCAD Museum, 227 MLK Jr. Blvd Merica — A group art show celebrating the idiosyncrasies of our great nation. The Co-Lab, 631 E. Broad St., http://zecolab. tumblr.com/ Nature Graphics — A diverse collection of nature photography

by Dr. Michael Weinman. Runs through Oct. 30. Merril Lynch Building, 7414 Hodgson Memorial Dr. No Ordinary Folk — An exhibition of sculpture, drawings and paintings from self-taught folk artists from around the Southeast, including Ulysses Davis, William Golding, Bessie Harvey and more.

Runs through January 3, 2011.

Jepson Center, 207 W. York St. , http://www.telfair.org/ Noteworthy Art — The annual exhibition of Gretsch guitars used as canvases by local artists.

Part of the Savannah Folk Music Festival. Ellis Square Visitors Center, Barnard and Bryan Sts., http://www.savannahfolk.org/ Picturing the Beast — A group exhibition of limited edition trade portfolio prints highlighting the uses of animal imagery in contemporary printmaking. Runs through Sept. 24. Hall Street Gallery, 212 W. Hall St., http://www. scad.edu/

The Take Off — Oil and acrylic paintings by artists Overstreet Ducasse, Dree Rhodesis and Roosevelt Watson, collectively known as the DEEPressionists.

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In The Conspirator, Robin Wright plays Mary Surratt, who was convicted in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865.

The Conspirator Well, we won’t be getting The Conspirator for Christmas this year. No use putting it on your list.

As rumors circulate that the currently– filming–in–London X–Men prequel will be visiting us soon, let’s remember that it was precisely a year ago that Robert Redford was in Savannah, directing a drama set in the dark days after the Civil War. Our other 2009 Hollywood guest, The Last Song, has already come and gone (to DVD). But nary a word has been said about The Conspirator, which features hundreds of Chatham County locals as extras, and a dozen area locations utilized for their timeless look. It finished production last December, about three months after The Last Song company packed up.

Redford premiered the film last week at the Toronto International Film Festival, which is the sort of event one attends if one is shopping for a distributor.

Following the movie’s sole screening, Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions ponied up for the rights to distribute The Conspirator. It will be released to theaters in the spring of 2011.

The $20 million movie was bankrolled by the independent American Film Company, with its trumpeted intention of only making films that are factual representations of American history.

The Conspirator is the story of Mary Surratt, the only woman tried, convicted

and executed in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Robin Wright stars as Surratt, whose Maryland boardinghouse was a regular meeting place for John Wilkes Booth and his cronies in crime.

The cast also includes James McAvoy as Frederick Aiken, the Union veteran assigned to defend the tight-lipped Surratt (against his will), Kevin Kline as the imperious Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, Evan Rachel Rood as Surratt’s daughter and Tom Wilkinson as McAvoy’s supervisor.

In Toronto, Redford told the media: “Lincoln said: A house divided can not stand. Now, in our country, the so–called house is about as divided as it can be. As a result we have a condition of confusion and misrepresentation and it has everybody in turmoil. It’s a repeat of that time.

I found that pretty interesting but I didn’t have to create that. History provides that, this incredible canvas.”

In its somewhat checkered review, the Hollywood Reporter said the acting was top–notch, particularly that of McAvoy, but that since so much of the film is set inside a courtroom, it’s a tad dry. In fact, said the reviewer, it plays like a TV movie.

Quoth the Reporter: “The Conspirator is never less than thought–provoking and illuminating. It’s an answer to those who moan that they don’t make movies like they used to. But will those reluctant viewers embrace this new kind of old–fashioned history drama?” CS

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Is it safe to assume the Gigli wisecracks are permanently behind us? Granted, Ben Affleck’s professional dalliances with Jennifer Lopez – specifically, Gigli and Jersey Girl – didn’t exactly aid a career lull further bogged down by the likes of Surviving Christmas and Paycheck. But a better selection of roles as well as a stunning directorial debut with 2007’s Gone Baby Gone have led to a resuscitation that continues with The Town, his second eye–catching effort as writer–director.

While The Town doesn’t quite match the giddy pleasures of Gone Baby Gone (which, after all, was second only to No Country for Old Men on my 10 Best list for ’07), it aptly illustrates that Affleck won’t have to contend with either the label of “beginner’s luck” or “sophomore jinx.” A crackling drama with a fine sense of both spacial relationships (thank Affleck the director) and character relationships (thank Affleck the writer), this adaptation of Chuck Hogan’s novel Prince of Thieves (co–scripted by Peter Craig and Aaron Stockard) is set in a section of Boston known for producing more bank robbers than anywhere else in the country.

One of these heist–happy fellows is Doug MacRay (Affleck), who leads his three accomplices (the most volatile played by The Hurt Locker’s Jeremy Renner) on a caper that results in the masked bandits briefly taking a hostage, bank employee Claire Keesey (Rebecca Hall).

Electing to keep tabs on Claire to insure she doesn’t get too chummy with the FBI (repped by Mad Men’s Jon Hamm) and reveal anything that might incriminate the gang, Doug strikes up a friendship with the unsuspecting woman, a camaraderie that quickly turns into love.

A genre flick like this can’t avoid all the cliches, but it manages to sidestep some of the biggest ones. At any rate, it’s the little moments that make this stand out, whether it’s a cop looking the other way or

a final sip from a soft drink resting on the ground. The film can quickly shift from funny (as when Claire tells Doug that she’d be able to recognize her kidnappers’ voices if she ever heard them again) to frightening (Pete Postlethwaite’s wiry frame and low voice belie his demonic disposition), and it plays out in ways not entirely expected.

Exhibiting a complete command of his craft, Affleck sets The Town on fire, and his career behind the camera should only continue to heat up.

EASY A Heathers in the 1980s. Clueless in the ’90s. Mean Girls in the noughts. It seems like every decade insists on giving audiences a razor–sharp high school satire centered around the travails of a brainy and likable female protagonist. Easy A appears to be this new decade’s first entry in the sweepstakes, and while it can’t quite compare to its enduring predecessors, it will do just fine until something more permanent comes along.

Borrowing from the ’80s oeuvre of high school flicks – and not always gracefully (any film that uses the Breakfast Club anthem “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” for a crowd–pleasing finale is definitely cutting corners) – Easy A casts Emma Stone in a potential star–making performance as Olive, a virginal wallflower who, through convoluted means, ends up being tagged as the biggest slut at her California high school. Her best friend (Alyson Michalka) wants to dump her, the resident Jesus freak (Amanda Bynes) wants to alternately save or condemn her, and various nerds want to score

with her.

Soon, Olive is likening her situation to Hester Prynne’s in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, and rather than fight the rumors, she starts parading around the campus grounds wearing tight–fitting clothes accentuated by a red letter “A.” The Hawthorne comparisons are often clumsy, and Olive’s friends and tormentors are a rather nondescript lot (most invisible of all is Penn Badgley as the only guy who treats her decently). But there’s still much to enjoy: Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson as the Coolest Parents Ever; Thomas Haden Church wearing sensitivity well as a congenial teacher; Lisa Kudrow in a welcome appearance as a shallow guidance counselor; and no shortage of clever retorts penned by debuting scripter Bert V. Royal. Easy A may be about the kids, but aside from Stone’s contribution, it mostly benefits from all the adult supervision.

Machete

It’s an intriguing grudge match: The taciturn star of Machete vs. the over–the–hill stars of The Expendables. Even with the odds against him, I’d put my money on the dude who speaks softly and carries a big slice–and–dice stick.

More fun than a barrel of Sylvester Stallone DVDs, Machete is gleeful trash that delivers on the promise it held when it was just a twinkle in creator Robert Rodriguez’s eye, as one of the mock trailers shown in the 2007 Rodriguez–Tarantino collaboration Grindhouse. I’ll leave it up to the culture critics to determine whether its outlandish brand of gore and violence is more detrimental to society than the more continues on p. 36

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realistic sadism exhibited in movies like Kick–Ass, but everything about Machete is so over the top that it’s impossible to feel as if one’s morals are being compromised by this thing. When a movie quickly moves from a sequence in which the title bad–ass (played

by Danny Trejo) decapitates several men with one swift 360–degree turn to a scene in which a naked woman retrieves a hidden cell phone from her vajayjay, it’s clear that nothing’s to be taken seriously.

That’s not to say the movie won’t incense a significant amount of folks, particularly our friends in the GOP. As expected, the Mexicans are the heroes, demanding to be treated like people and eager to have a crack at the American Dream. On the other side of the spectrum are the rich Texas fat cats determined to keep them down, including a right–wing Senator (Robert De Niro) who ruthlessly guns down illegal border crossers when he’s not busy hitting the campaign trail. Machete is coerced into taking out this slimy politico, but he quickly realizes he’s been double–crossed, and he has to rely on two women – Michelle Rodriguez’s fiery revolutionary and Jessica Alba’s immigration officer – to help him out.

Whether it’s a beefy Steven Seagal or a topless Lindsay Lohan, viewers never quite know who or what Machete will throw at them next. Rodriguez’s shooting style is as playful as ever, but the film’s greatest pleasure rests with the casting of Danny Trejo. Usually spotted in fleeting roles as a menacing thug, Trejo fills the screen in his biggest part to date. Imposing and unconventional, he cuts through the image of the dashing action hero with exceptional ease.

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THE AMERICAN The title of George Clooney’s latest would suggest that here’s a film reminiscent of Mom and apple pie. In truth, the picture has more in common with Padre and panna cotta. Deliberately paced and artfully rendered, The American frequently feels like an Antonioni knockoff whose prints ended up at the nation’s multiplexes instead of its art–houses.

Working from Martin Booth’s novel A Very Private Gentleman, Dutch director Anton Corbijn and British scripter Rowan Joffe have fashioned a quiet, meditative piece about a seasoned assassin, Jack, who finds himself on the run from other hitmen. Ordered by his boss (Johan Leysen) to hide out in a small Italian town, Jack is soon tasked with providing another killer, the enigmatic Mathilde (Thekla Reuten), with a specially crafted rifle so she can carry out her own assignment. Having recently killed an innocent lover in order to cover his own tracks, Jack knows better than to get involved with anyone in the village, but he rebels against his own instincts, befriending an elderly priest (Paolo Bonacelli) and becoming romantically entangled with a local prostitute (Violante Placido).

An established master of minimalism, Clooney keeps his emotions close to the vest, an appropriate response given his character’s existential outlook.

The rest of the film follows suit, rarely breaking a sweat in its observations of Jack and his claustrophobic, suffocating lifestyle. The one exception to the low–volume level is a vehicular chase that punctuates the proceedings like a pin to a balloon; the rest of the film is moody and mannered, an approach certain to divide moviegoers.

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The prospect of journeying to Hell and back seemed less daunting than sitting through another horror yarn made in the fauxâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;documentary style of The Blair Witch Project, but The Last Exorcism proves to be a pleasant surprise â&#x20AC;&#x201C; even more so since Hostel gorehound Eli Roth is listed as one of the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s producers.

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Louisiana hellhole, to prove conclusively that exorcisms are bogus (he employs a smoking crucifix and iPodâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;emanating growls in his act) and merely prey upon the superstitions of rubes.

Cotton thinks heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s found a perfect showcase as devout farmer Louis Sweetzer (Louis Herthum) insists that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s his sweet and innocent teenage daughter Nell (Ashley Bell) whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s causing the livestock mutilations while being demonically possessed. After some initial scoffing, Cotton realizes that there is indeed something wrong with the girl, but is it merely psychological trauma or is Satan really hanging around?

Propelled by unexceptionally fine performances from Fabian and Bell, this creepy yarn builds to a powerhouse ending that would be even stronger were it not so choppy and truncated.

GET LOW Of all the actors who broke through in the 1960s, Robert Duvall is one of the great ones, ranking up there with Gene Hackman and Michael Caine. Yet with rare exception, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to think

of a great Robert Duvall performance following his careerâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;topper in the 1989 TV miniseries Lonesome Dove. Even his most acclaimed work since then, such as his Oscarâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;nominated turns in The Apostle and A Civil Action, hardly seems like a stretch for a man of his considerable talents. Duvallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s usually incapable of delivering a performance thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s less than acceptable, but his rigid devotion to the image of the folksy Southern sage does mean that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long lost the ability to surprise.

Get Low, then, finds Duvall in familiar territory, playing a 1930s Tennessee hermit who has the luxury of speaking little and choosing his words wisely since heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s invariably always the smartest one in the room. His character, Felix Bush, has lived in selfâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;imposed exile for decades, untroubled by the ugly rumors perpetuated by the nearby townspeople.

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Frank Quinn (Bill Murray), and Frank’s honest assistant Buddy (Lucas Black) to handle the preparations. As the men try to figure out how to pull this off, Felix takes some time out to visit former flame Mattie Darrow (Sissy Spacek).

Felix’s unburdening of his secret to a mob of partygoers (how radical these days to see a non–CGI–created crowd scene) feels anticlimactic given the lengthy buildup, and the plot points directly tied to this event – flashbacks, testy relationships with old acquaintances – stir little interest. Where the movie succeeds in its ability to successfully pit Duvall’s no–nonsense Felix against Murray’s calculating Frank. Rather than appearing out of place in this rustic setting, Murray flourishes, relying on his trademark wit and deadpan delivery to not only bring out the best in Duvall but also to frequently one–up him.

An Oscar campaign is guaranteed to be built around Duvall, but it’s really Murray who allows Get Low to hit its high notes.

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The Switch A vile scenario doesn’t necessarily have to translate into a vile movie, providing there’s some objective or empathy on the part of the filmmakers. Gaspar Noe’s 2002 French release Irreversible, for example, centers around arguably the most brutal rape sequence ever committed to celluloid, but several factors, specifically Noe’s decision to tell the story in reverse (thus delineating the heartbreaking – and commonplace – circumstances that could have prevented the tragedy), provide the picture with a purpose and keep it out of the exploitation zone.

Then there’s the case of The Switch.

Deciding that Jeffrey Eugenides’ short

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story would be perfect for expanding into a wacky comedy, the film’s creators – the Blades of Glory directing team of Josh Gordon and Will Speck, writer Allan Loeb and Jennifer Aniston herself (she serves as an executive producer) – ran with the premise of Jennifer Aniston as a single woman who badly wants a baby. Aniston’s Kassie Larson opts to go the route of a sperm donor, despite the objections of her best friend Wally Mars (Jason Bateman). Wally, a whiny neurotic who’s secretly smitten with Kassie, thinks it’s an awful idea – not so awful, though, that he doesn’t volunteer his own sperm (Kassie politely declines). Kassie’s sperm donor turns out to be a hunky athlete named Roland (Patrick Wilson), but through circumstances too mind–numbingly stupid to detail here, a drunken Wally accidentally spills the filled baby–batter cup and elects to replace the lost content with his own seed (produced while masturbating to a picture of Diane Sawyer).

The pregnant Kassie soon leaves town; cut to seven years later, when she returns with young Sebastian (Thomas Robinson) in tow. Wally immediately notices that Sebastian shares many of his characteristics and habits, and he slowly recalls the hazy details of seven years ago; Kassie, on the other hand, remains dumb as a brick and will need Wally to spell it out for her. But of course, he’s too scared to tell her the truth, so much hilarity ensues. Or not.

Did none of the filmmakers – or the (mostly women) audience members at my screening – not realize that Wally’s action of implanting his unwanted sperm into Kassie qualifies as a form of rape? If the movie ever seriously addressed this issue beyond some ever–so–modest poo–pooing by Wally’s boss and confidant (a deadpan Jeff Goldblum, the film’s lone bright spot),

NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS Considering that 2005’s Nanny McPhee hasn’t exactly established itself on this side of the Atlantic as a family classic, there’s nothing about the title Nanny McPhee Returns to suggest that this sequel will fare any better. Perhaps Universal Pictures would have been wise to keep the film’s original British moniker, Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, in the hopes that a few ill–informed folks stateside would mistake it for a softcore romp and hand over their hard–earned dollars.

Certainly, this children’s tale could use more bang for the filmgoer’s buck, relating an occasionally clever but often daft yarn about the efforts of the title character (again played by Emma Thompson) to help a struggling mother (Maggie Gyllenhaal, affecting a fine English accent) with her brood while her husband’s off fighting in World War II. The children are all well–cast, but this overdoses on the saccharine: Watching CGI critters do supposedly cute things (a bird constantly belching, pigs engaging in synchronized swimming) isn’t exactly my cup of tea – English Breakfast, English Afternoon, or otherwise.

THE EXPENDABLES The Truth In Advertising award for the summer of 2010 goes to The Expendables, which employs (however unintentionally) its own title to push the fact that this is a disposable action film that will dissipate from memory almost immediately. Its primary – make that only – selling point is its large cast of macho action stars.

But the truth only goes as far as the marquee. As the leader of a group of mercenaries hired to take down a South American dictator, Sylvester Stallone is almost always front and center, but those expecting him to share significant screen time with fellow Big Boys Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger will be disappointed that the other two are

only in one scene.

And really, is it that big a deal to have a cast that includes Steve Austin, Randy Couture and Terry Crews?

Nobody goes to this type of movie for the acting, but given the lack of excitement in most of the action scenes (more mano–a–mano skirmishes would have better served the film rather than the ceaseless gunfire and explosions), there’s little else to discuss. Faring best are Jason Statham as Stallone’s right–hand man – the actor’s natural charisma counts for a lot in the midst of all these stone faces – and Mickey Rourke in a nicely understated turn as a former member of Stallone’s squad.

Delivering the worst performance is Dolph Lundgren, who apparently hasn’t learned a single thing after 25 years in the business.

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Eat Pray Love With trips to Italy, India and Bali, Eat Pray Love easily qualifies as travel porn, and the first third of its title promises a fair amount of food porn as well. But whereas these labels often prove to be a superficial picture’s whole reason for being, more complex movies use them as mere window dressing on a story that’s already involving down to its core. Eat Pray Love, an adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir of the same name, joins the aforementioned pictures in this distinguished class.

This is a richly rewarding experience, following one woman’s journey both across the globe and within herself. Julia Roberts delivers her strongest performance since Erin Brockovich a full decade ago – as Liz Gilbert, she brings to the forefront the doubts, frustrations and longings inherent in a woman who soon realizes that she’s not content with her marriage or with her surroundings and elects to set out on new adventures.

Liz finds both spiritual and physical nourishment during her travels, but her lessons aren’t conveyed to us in the usual cookie–cutter platitudes; instead, the dialogue is frequently lyrical and lovely, never cheapening the thoughts or feelings being revealed.

Eat Pray Love is certain to get dismissed in some quarters as Sex and the City 2’s sister in failed counter programming. But with its themes of self–discovery and its impressive roster of award–caliber actors (Javier Bardem, Richard Jenkins, Viola Davis), it’s actually an intelligent movie for discernible grownups who wouldn’t be caught dead seeing Grown Ups. CS

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Strip away the ramifications of the plot and The Switch is merely one more failed Aniston rom–com bomb. But add it back in and we’re talking about a fairly revolting piece of work.

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354-1453 or 667-7993 14 MARSH HEN CT. 3BR/2BA w/upstairs bonus room, 2-car garage. Like new! $1,000. Prime Properties, 925-6870/897-2270

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Spacious 1-Bed, 1-Bath Merritt Condo,Gated Community, Pool,Fitness!

Great Whitemarsh Island Location! $795-$850/month. Call Southern State (912)898-0029 1BR/1BA, new hardwood floors,renovated and in a convenient location.Only electric and water utilities are needed. $575/rent, $575/deposit. 352-4391 or 658-4559.

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1BR/1BA Studio: 246 Ferrill St, Westside Savannah, Near Bay st. Carpet, wood-floors, fenced-in backyard. $475/month. $175/dep.

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912-247-5150 1BR APT FOR RENT: $525 Rent/Deposit, water included. Located at 1011 East 39th Street. Call 912-398-4424 1ST MONTH RENT 1/2 OFF! EASTSIDE-Area: 2118 New Mexico-3BR/1BA, new CH&A, remodeled, furnished-kitchen,LR,laundry-room, carport, fenced yard/outside pets OK. Available Now! $800/month, $775/deposit. No Section-8. 912-352-8251 ConneCtsavannah.Com Online listings & cOntent

2303-B Abercorn St.

1BR/1BA, Bonus room, W/D connections, all electric, No Pets. $550/month. Reese & Company.

912-236-4233

239 GODSELLS 2BR/1BA, CH&A, all electric, washer/dryer connections, $650/rent, $650/deposit.

Call 912-596-5642

2BDRM/2BATH Mobile home, very clean, w/new carpet. Fenced-in-yard, appliances furnished, 9902 Ferguson Ave. $625/month, $500/deposit.

Call 912-308-0699, 912-441-1188, or 912-308-9565 2 Bedroom Apartment Near Memorial 2 BR/1BA , CH&A, washer dryer hook-up, $580/month. 659-6206

2 Bedroom Merritt Condo

Large 2-Bed, 2-Bath Merritt Condo,Great Layouts, Gated Community, Amenities! Whitemarsh Island Location! $1000-$1100/month.

Call Southern State (912)898-0029 2BR/1BA APT. located at 9 Oak Forest Lane. Washer/dryer connection, alarm system. $650 Rent/Deposit.

Call 912-398-4424 2BR/2BA Gated Condo on Tibet Avenue. Washer/dryer connections, refrigerator, stove, CH&A. $825/month $825/deposit. Call 912-604-9395 2BR/2BA, southside condo, carpet, tile, pool, free water, screened porch, washer/dryer included. $675/month. Call Eric 912-220-1566 •3-4BR, Southside.

All electric, kitchen furnished, quiet neighborhood $875/month.

•2BR/1.5BA mobile home on private lot, kitchen furnished $550/month No Section 8 234-0548

3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH House at 3310 Iantha Street, Savannah, near Johnson High School.

2,000Sqft.

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3BR, washer/dryer, free cable, free internet, hardwood floors, offstreet parking, pet friendly, central heat/air, crown moulding, 1400sqft. Downtown location near SCAD bldgs. $875/month.

Call 912-596-4741

•8 Crows Nest: E xe c h o m e, Georgetown, gated community, 3BR/2BA, $1600/mo •2 Little River: 3BR/2BA, garage, corner lot, $925/mo •1304 East 39th St: 4BR/2BA, $895/mo •2318 Alabama Ave: 3BR/2BA, $800/mo •1309 East 68th: 2BR/1BA, den, $725/mo •5524 Emory Drive: 2BR/1BA $700/mo •100 Lewis Dr-apt 14C: 2BR/1.5BA, $595/mo •1222 East 54th St: 2BR/1BA, $450/mo •1317 Golden St: 2BR/1BA, $475/mo

4BR/2BA NICE House, nice area.

Southside Savannah All appliances included, wood floors, privacy fence. 3yr-option.

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4BR/2 full bath Home: On large private lot, porch. Near schools. Section 8 Only. $900/month, $750/deposit.

Call 964-7867 or 856-1448 4 WEST 53RD STREET 2BR ground floor, central heat/air, kitchen furnished, large storage room, off-street parking $650/month, $550/dep.

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Wilmington Island Townhome with great floor plan, 2BR, 1.5BA, upgraded flooring, appliances and energy efficient HVAC. Deposit & References Required. No pets. Avail Oct 1st. Only $850. Call 912-667-0622

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DOWNTOWN near SCAD & SOUTHSIDE near Hunter. Fully furnished, cable tv, wi-fi, free laundry, off street parking. Priv. bath, fridge, microwave avail./no drugs $100-$150/wk.

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$600/month 917 Elliot Street 2BR/1BA, newly renovated, new carpet, total electric LR, DR, CH&A, large fenced backyard, Section-8 welcome.

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508 West 35th lane.

1BDRM, CH&A, total electric, stove/refrigerator included. utilities separate. $400/month. $200/deposit. Ready for move-in 912-507-6293 Art PAtrol for the Latest Openings & Exhibits connectsavannah.com

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for rent 855 APT/CONDO FOR RENT: OAK FOREST-2BR, 1BA Apt, furnished kitchen $500.

DUANE COURT-2BR, 1BA Apt, furnished kitchen, $625.

28 CHATHAM STREET-2BR, 2BA, furnished kitchen $675.

256-A CROATAN-2BR, 1BA, newly remodeled $525.

WINDSOR CROSSING CONDO-total electric, 2BR, 2BA, $650.

POINTER PL.-2BR, 1.5BA, furnished kitchen, townhouse, near AASU $695.

1314 EAST 52ND-2BR, 1BA home, furnished kitchen, hardwood floors $695.

1323-25 E.DUFFY: 2BR/2BA, newly remodeled, furnished kitchen $750 2206 LOUISIANA: 2BR/1BA, furnished kitchen $525.

232 DYCHES DR: 3BR/1.5BA home, furnished kitchen $850.

RINCON: Like new 3BR/2.5BA exec. townhomes, pool $850.

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ARDSLEY AREA Large 2 Bedroom, newly remodeled, CH&A, ceiling fans, w/d hook-up, $700/mo. 1 West 52nd Street. 912-231-8597

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Furnished 2BR/2BA very nice home, near schools & shopping. $900/month, $800/deposit. Call 912-236-1952 ConneCt Savannah ClaSSified adS Work!

for rent 855 AVAILABLE NOW! FOUR BEDROOM HOUSES 1117 Wilmington Is.Rd $1650 724 Windsor Rd. $1295 THREE BEDROOM HOUSES 4 Woodward Ln. $1600 7 Runabout Ln $1325 26 Full Sweep $1195 19 Landward Way $1175 332 Mapmaker Rd. $850 110 Pleasant Dr. $925 1254 Robert’s Way $895 110 Bradford Ct. $895 207 Travis St.$885 1217 McCarthy $850 1734 E.33rd St. $795 117 Chatham St. $795 315 E.58th St. $775 TWO BEDROOM HOUSES 623 E.48th St. $995 1710 E.34th St. $595APT/ TOWNHOUSE Three Bedrooms 54 Stone Lake Cir. $1150 211 W.40th St. $750 527 E.38th St. $725 1203 E.54th St. $550 1234B E.55th St. $550 1210 E.54th St. $575 Two Bedrooms124 Hidden Lake $900 98 Hidden Lake $895 733-1/2 E.53rd $750 Windsor Crossing $650 Loft 116-1/2 E.Gaston St. $1285 543-1/2 E.60th St. $600 FOR DETAILS & PICTURES VISIT OUR WEB PAGE WWW. PAMTPROPERTY.COM Pam T Property 692-0038

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Bnet Management Inc. 1/2 Off Rent & Deposit Savannah East 1535 East 54th Street.3BR/1BA Apt, 1225Sqft. LR, DR, W/D connections, central heat/air, fenced yard $785/month*.

Savannah Southside 2031 New Mexico.

1212Sqft, 3BR/1BA, LR, DR, laundry room, fenced yard, central heat/air $825/month.

9 Lands End Circle: 3BR/2BA 1084sqft. LR, DR, fireplace, fenced yard, central heat/air $895/month.

SECTION 8 WELCOME 1/2 OFF DEPOSIT 844-3974/507-1489 •Caroline Drive2BR/1BA, living room, kitchen, $650/month •Varnedoe Drive2BR/1BA, living room, kitchen, $625/month 912-897-6789 or 344-4164 CLEAN, FURNISHED ROOM on busline, $110-120/week plus deposit. Call 660-2875 or 236-1952

CONDO FOR RENT/SALE: Southside at Windsor Crossing. White Bluff Rd. 2BR/1.5BA, Water, sewage &trash included. $650/month $500/security.

No pets.

925-4149

EASTSIDE: Large 2BR duplex on Mississippi. Furnished kitchen with washer/dryer connections,central heat/air, fully carpeted, off-street parking. $625/month, $325/sec. dep. Call Jim, 398-6211 FOR RENT 2129 Gable: 3BR w/den or 4th BR, all electric, new kitchen $825.

1926 Clemson: 3BR $795 22A Mastick: 1BR, all electric $525 Call 912-257-6181

For rent 921 West 46th street. 2BR/1BA, separate dining, fireplace in living room, CH&A, $650/month, $650/deposit. References required. 507-2309 or 507-2306

GARDEN CITY APARTMENT Recently renovated 2BR Apt., total electric, washer/dryer hookups.

Convenient location. $615/month.

Call 656-5000.

Harbor Creek Subdivision 3BR/2BA, LR, dining, kitchen, den, fenced backyard, large screened porch. $1500/month, 912-897-6789 or 344-4164

•MERCER POINT ISLAND CONDO• Gated community, great amenities.

2BR/2BA, first floor $1050/month.

Call 912-658-0695 OAK FOREST DRIVE

2BR/1BA, furnished kitchen, washer/dryer connections $500/rent, $500/deposit.

Contact ZENO MOORE REALTY 927-4383

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Lease-Purchase Available located in Savannah, Pooler, Bloomingdale, Rincon.

1bed 1bath $375 3bed 2bath $775-$1100 Please call 912-823-3302 or visit www.mtpisgahproperties.com Art PAtrol for the Latest Openings & Exhibits connectsavannah.com

HOUSE FOR RENT/CORNER LOT 821 Cubbedge Street,CARVER VILLAGE. 3BD/2BA, LR/DR/kitchen/FR, W&D/conn, storage-room, patio. No pets! $750/monthly-$750/dep. No Section 8. 803-749-3350 HOUSES FOR RENT 2031 Causton Bluff: 2BR, CH&A, washer/dryer hookup $610/month.

Call 238-5323 LARGO/TIBET AREA 2BR/1BA Apt, Rent $595, Security deposit $350.

Call 912-704-3662 or 912-656-7842

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897-1984, 8am-7pm WESTSIDE, Lamarville **1925 Cowan Ave. 3BR/1BA House $650/month. **1922 Fenwick Ave: 3/4 BR or den, 2BA $725/month. **1921 Fenwick Ave: 3BR, 1BA House $700/month. **1921A Fenwick Ave: 3BR/1BA Duplex $600/month. **1934 Fenwick Ave: 2BR/1BA Duplex $500. *All above have carpet, A/C, washer/dryer hookup, fenced yard. References, application. Oneyear lease minimum.

Deposit same as rent.

None total electric, No smoking, pets negotiable.

OFF LAROCHE: Upper, lovely brick 2BR, kitchen furnished, washer/dryer connection, CH&A, all electric $550. No pets.

912-355-6077 ONE & TWO Bedroom Apartments for rent. 656 East 36th, 702 E. Henry St. & 1201 E.Park Ave. Call 912-224-1876 or 232-3355. after 3:00pm

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1108 E.38th Street 2BR/1BA $700.

2401 Bonaventure Rd.#12, 2BR/2.5BA $750.

202 Croatan 3BR/1BA $825.

107 Fairmont 3BR/1BA + den $850.

509 E.39th: 4BR/2BA $900.

Several Rent-to-own properties.

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STAY MANAGEMENT 352-7829 RENT:Beach house at 5 Taylor St. 2 or 3 bedroom, LR and Kitchen, 2-Baths, central heat/air. $1200/month plus utilities, $1200/deposit. Call Alex @ 401-5710 Days/Nights/Weekends, email: alexcerbone@gmail.com RENT: DUPLEX 1218 E. 53rd. Garage Apt. upstairs, behind duplex. 1bedroom, 1-bath. $595/month, utilities paid by landlord plus deposit. Call Alex @ 912-401-5710, Days/Nights/Weekends, email: alexcerbone@gmail.com ROOMS FOR RENT, Southside location, Move-in Ready Now! Deposit of $110. 1st week free! $125/week, includes utilities. Call: 272-5396.

SHELL RD./SKIDAWAY AREA 2BR/1BA Apt. Rent $515, Security deposit $350.

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•Skidaway Townhomes: 2BR/1BA, living room, dining room, kitchen furnished $695 •Duane Court: 2BR/1BA Living room, kitchen, $650/month.

912-897-6789 or 344-4164 SOUTHSIDE •1BR apts, washer/dryer included.

Water & trash included, $600/month.

•2BR/1.5BA townhouse apt, total electric, w/washer & dryer/$625.

Call 927-3278

THE BRANNEN COMPANY •1 BEDROOM• 2017 Louisiana Ave, LR, eat-in kitchen, laundry room $475/month, $450/deposit.

•4 BEDROOM• 43 E. Fairmont Ave. 2BA, LR, DR, den $1100/month, $1,000/deposit.

Call 912-844-6294 TOWNHOUSE- Lewis Dr. 2 Bedroom, 1.5 Bath, Stove, Refrigerator, washer/dryer connections, dishwasher, central heat/air, total electric, no pets. $600/month $600/deposit. 912-657-4583, 912-495-1889.

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2 & 3 bedrooom apartments & houses. All appliances furnished, hardwood floors, tile, Section-8 Welcome.

912-844-5996

UPCHURCH ENTERPRISES 912-665-0592 912-354-7737

32 GOEBEL Avenue: 3BR/1.5BA garage apt. $800/month.

GARDEN CITY: 4125 Sixth St. 3BR/1BA Apt., new flooring & paint $600/month.

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for rent 855 •WILMINGTON ISLAND• 2BR/1BA Apt, CH&A, washer/dryer hookup, ceramic kitchen & bath, hardwood LR, fenced-in backyard, pet friendly. Refuse paid, $650/month.

•111 EAST 39TH STREET• 2BR spacious,upstairs apt. located between Drayton & Abercorn. High ceilings, hardwood and carpeted flooring,CH&A, windows galore.$650/month.

Call 441-3087.

WILMINGTON ISLAND

Spacious condo, newly renovated 3BR/2BA, spacious closets, full kitchen, vaulted ceilings, ceiling fans, new flooring, tile, laminate, carpet.

Back deck w/shed, washer/dryer, pool/tennis court. No pets. $975, last, sec.dep. References/credit check. 912-429-7876 or 484-4070

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connectsavannah.com rooms for rent 895 1BR/1BA efficiency apt for rent utilities included, cable, fully furnished, fenced backyard & patio, nice & clean, on busline!

You share nothing! $190/week. $190/deposit.

ALSO: 2 efficiency rooms available. $150/week.

Call Rosalind,912-484-0002 Clean room for rent. cable, CH&A, ceiling fans, $110-180. No deposit.

1BR efficiency available. call 604-4107 EFFICIENCY ROOMS Includes stove, refrigerator, private bath. Furnished! $180/week + deposit.

Call 912-844-5995.

Looking for two responsible persons. 2 rooms available. Private-baths, CH&A/cable/telephone.

Immediate occupancy. $500/month, $125/security deposit Mr. Brown: 912-663-2574 or 912-234-9177.

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

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Tired of being alone?

Large, private room and bath. Share kitchen, laundry,living,etc.

3800Sq.ft. and pool. All fees included: internet, cable, utilities. Mature female household seeking roommate.Will check references.

Available Now. $150/weekly.

912-351-0115 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.

NO DEPOSIT Legal Rooming House in business

over 20yrs.Freshly painted Apts $150/wk. & $165/wk.Rooms $80/wk.

Furnished and utilities included.Call 234-9779 NO DEPOSIT Limited time East & West Chatham & Bloomingdale •REDUCED RENT!• •Rooms $120 & Up. Furnished, includes utilities, central heat and air, Comcast cable, washer/dryer.

Hardwood floors.

Shared Kitchen & Shared bath. Call 912-210-0181.

ROOM 4 RENT: 2027 Vermont Street, East Savannah.

TWO ROOMS AVAILABLE. Nice neighborhood. Furnished rooms. $100-125/weekly. Serious inquiries only.

Call 844-9154

$400/month includes utilities. SF to share 2BR house on park. Central location, Call 912-247-6844

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Roommate Wanted Ads Still Only $24.50*

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2002 Dodge Caravan Wheelchair Assessible Van DODGE Grand Caravan Sport K, 2002- 36,300 miles. Rollx Conversion 8” lowered floor, power in floor ramp, power lock, electronic kneeling system, driver/passenger clip-in seats, door/ramp remote, passenger EZ lock power tiedown $17,500.00 (912)964-1793 2004 Chevrolet Colorado LS CHEVROLET Colorado LS, 2004- LOW MILEAGE: 16,360 Regular cab pickup, 2D, 6 ft bed, 5-cyl, 3.5 liter, automatic, 2WD, AM/FM Stereo/CD, air, power steering, bed liner $9,500.00 (912)964-1793 CADILLAC SEVILLE SLS, 1997- cold ac, low miles, leather, clean, Runs great! $2950, 441-2150.

CHEVROLET K5 Blazer, 1985- $2000. Needs minor repairs.

Call 912-224-4451

CHEVY SILVERADO, 2007

White, 4 DR Extended cab. V-8, Auto, PS, PW, Air, Excellent condition.

35,000 Miles. Used as local salesman truck. Carfax available. $14,000.

(912)238-3400 FENDER BENDER? Paint & Body Work.

Reasonably Priced.

Insurance Claims.

We buy wrecks. Call 912-355-5932.

Boats & accessories 950

Ford Mustang GT Convertible, 2006High gloss, black finish, 49K miles. A/T, leather, garaged, maturely driven. $17,900.

Call 912-748-8994 FORD Ranger XLT, 20034-door Super cab, 48,000 miles, fully loaded $9300. 912-398-3132

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Head gasket blown. $900. Call 912-665-0469 cold a/c, moonroof, 5 speed, great gas saver!!!

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