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girl scout centennial: free tours

Free tours of Juliette Gordon low’s birthplace. no reservations required. tours begin every 12 minutes. sat., 10am-4pm, sun. 11am-4pm, Mon. 10am-4pm. Juliette Gordon low birthplace, 10 east oglethorpe ave. other free tours offered in conjunction; see Week at a Glance.

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Wednesday savannah stopover opening night kick off and block party what: band Poster reception in the

atrium of the Jepson center. Winners announced at 8pm. block Party in telfair square features oberhofer. Pond and dinosaur Feathers open. see our voluminous coverage this issue. when: March 7, 7 p.m. where: Jepson center & telfair square, 207 W. york st., cost: $15. Free for 4-day & ViP pass holders. info: savannahstopover.com/

film: dance with the devil (1997, spain) what: to mark the 43rd birthday of

oscar-winning actor Javier bardem, Psychotronic Film society screens one of his least-known films. when: March 7, 8 p.m. where: sentient bean, 13 e. Park ave. cost: $7 info: sentientbean.com/

thu., March 8, at Jepson center. Featuring Gypsy Jazz from ricardo ochoa and sasha strunjas. the artful table continues Fri. March 9, with lecture at savannah theater by dixon, followed by lunch at Jepson center and telfair academy. cost: $40 - $150 for varied events. info: telfair.org/

theater: Menopause: the Musical

what: the hit musical comedy about four women with seemingly nothing in common but a black lace bra who meet by chance at a lingerie sale. shows nightly at 7:30pm. Matinee sat. 2pm. when: thu. March 8, Fri. March 9 where: lucas theatre, 32 abercorn st. cost: $53 - $47 info: 912-525-5050. lucastheatre.com/

lola sheppard on urban design

what: scad’s school of building arts Winter lecture series continues with award winning co-founder of lateral office and co-director or infranet lab. when: thu. March 8, 5:30 p.m. where: scad Moa, 601 turner blvd cost: Free and open to the public

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Friday girl scout shabbat service/dinner

what: congregation Mickve israel celebrates the savannah Jewish community’s century of ties to Girl scouting, including members in the first Girl scout troop, with Girl scout shabbat dinner, dinner 6pm. services 6:45pm. reservations required for dinner. when: Fri. March 9 where: congregation Mickve israel, 20 east Gordon st. cost: dinner: $12.50. $8 age 5-12. Free/ under 5. info: mickveisrael.org/

dinner with president polk

what: an “upstairs/downstairs” reenactment of the March 11, 1849 dinner that savannah’s owens family hosted for President James K. Polk. reservations: 912/790-8880 or sommersc@telfair.org Friday, 7pm. saturday, 6pm and 7pm. when: Fri. March 9 where: owens-thomas house, 124 abercorn st. cost: $15/telfair members. $20/General.

greening of fountain

st. Patrick’s day Parade committee and the city of savannah hold a ceremony turning the water green in the Forsyth Park Fountain, when: Fri. March 9, 12 p.m. where: Forsyth Park cost: Free and open to the public

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thursday tea at Mrs. davenport’s

what: learn about tea traditions and experience an early 19th century tea. March 8, 9, 15, 16, 21 at 5 p.m., and March 22, 29, 30 at 4:30 p.m. where: isaiah davenport house Museum, 324 e. state street cost: $18. reservations recommended. info: 912/236-8097. davenporthousemuseum. org

old fort Jackson camp over

the artful table: celebrations

what: a two-day event with guest lecturer and celebrity interior designer barry dixon. Preview Party is

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(Monday @ Johnny Mercer theatre)

what: experience history and spend the night at a real fort. dinner and breakfast, cannon firings, exploration of the fort by candlelight, s’mores around the campfire and a take home haversack filled with soldier supplies. ages 4 and up. reservations required.

Motives: compilation of shakespearean tragedies

what: unique look at mental health through the lens of shakespeare’s tragedies. Produced by aWol, inc. when: Fri. March 9, 7 p.m. where: Johnny Mercer theater, 301 W. oglethorpe ave. cost: $20/adults, $5/age 5 and under. info: www.awolinc.org/

odd lot improv anniversary special

what: the second anniversary of local improv troupe. when: Fri. March 9, 8 p.m. where: Muse arts Warehouse, 703 louisville rd. cost: $5 info: www.musesavannah.org/

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saturday 56th annual deep south regatta

what: traditionally the opening regatta for the international lightning class association (ilca) racing year. over 40 competing boats are expected for three major races. when: sat. March 10 where: savannah yacht club, 730 bradley Point road info: 912-658-8772

st. patrick’s day rugby tourney

what: savannah’s decades-old sports tradition continues. when: sat. March 10 where: daffin Park info: 912/308-8711

girl scout centennial: bridging to the next century

what: hundreds of present and past Girl scouts age 10 to 110 will converge on savannah from around the us to walk across the talmadge bridge for a “bridging ceremony.” age 9 and under hold a simultaneous event in Forsyth Park. sorry, registration is closed. when: sat. March 10, 7 a.m.-12 p.m. info: www.gshg.org

forsyth farmers’ Market

what: double snaP dollars for all market purchases. More than 25 local farmers and vendors every week. when: sat. March 10, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. where: south end of Forsyth Park info: forsythfarmersmarket.org/

what: Fun day of Girl scout themed activities and entertainment designed for scouts present (and past) and the general public, in honor of Girl scouts’ 100th anniversary. begins following bridging to the next century ceremony. when: sat. March 10, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. where: Forsyth Park cost: nominal charge info: www.gshg.org/

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girl scout centennial: party in the park

tara feis irish celebration

what: alcohol-free family event sponsored by the city of savannah. irish all-female group Girsa headlines. when: sat. March 10, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. where: emmet Park, east end of bay street cost: Free and open to the public

tybee’s irish heritage celebration parade

what: a family-friendly parade to celebrate st. Patrick’s day (a week early). starts at city hall and proceeds down butler to tybrisa. when: sat. March 10, 3 p.m. where: tybee island cost: Free and open to the public info: tybeevisit.com/

scottish block party @ darien

what: scottish music, ale, food, and culture. celtic-rock fusion band rathkeltair performs. savannah ceili band opens. no coolers please. when: sat. March 10, 4 p.m.-10 p.m. where: broad street/darien Waterfront, 107 broad st. in front of Waterfront Wine & Gourmet shop , darien cost: $15. Free for 13 and under. $25/couple/advanced. info: 912/437-4770

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what: celebrating savannah’s Jewish community’s ties to the founding of Girl scouting in March 1912. children’s activities 1-3 p.m. childfriendly Girl scout service 3:00-3:45 p.m. day includes tours of Mickve israel and the special centennial Girl scout exhibit. where: congregation Mickve israel, 20 east Gordon street cost: Free and open to the public info: 912-233-1547. mickveisrael.org/

girl scout sunday at christ church episcopal

what: regular sunday worship service includes hymns and readings honoring Juliette Gordon low, member of christ church. when: sun. March 11, 10:30 a.m. where: christ church episcopal, 28

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when: Mon. March 12, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. where: First Girl scout headquarters,

celtic cross Mass

cost: Free and open to the public info: http://www.gshg.org/

what: catholic Mass part of the st.

Patrick’s day pre-parade events. when: sun. March 11, 11:30 a.m. where: cathedral of st. John the baptist, abercorn street at harris street, cost: Free and open to the public info: savannahsaintpatricksday.com

fort pulaski’s storytelling tribute to gullah women

what: Griot and folklorist lillian Grant-baptiste pays homage and tribute to Gullah women and their role in preserving the history of the people of coastal Georgia. when: sun. March 11, 2:30 p.m. where: Fort Pulaski national Monument, u.s. highway 80 cost: Free with park admission info: www.nps.gov/fopu

film: Melancholia (2011, sweden)

What: Kirsten dunst, Kiefer sutherland, charlotte Gainsbourg and true bloods alexander skarsgård star in this award-winning disaster film that caused quite a stir at the recent cannes Film Fest. when: sun. March 11, 2, 5 and 9 p.m. where: Muse, louisville rd. cost: $8 cash only info: Musesavannah.org

seven string heaven!

what: Jazz performance featuring the benedetto Players, howard alden & howard Paul, with special Guest ben tucker. sponsored by coastal Jazz association. when: sun. March 11, 5 p.m. where: Westin savannah resort, 1 resort drive., cost: $10, free cJa members. info: coastal-jazz.org/

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Monday girl scout centennial: sunrise ceremony

what: Join thousands of Girl scouts on the official 100th anniversary of Girl scouting (founded in savannah on March 12, 1912) to celebrate the movement’s achievements and look to the future. when: Mon. March 12, 7 a.m. where: Forsyth Park, bull st. (between Gaston st. and Park ave.), cost: Free and open to the public info: http://www.gshg.org/

girl scout centennial: free tours of first girl scout hQ

what: Visit the place that Girl scouts called home from 1912 until the late 20th century. (closed on Friday and saturday, open Monday for free tours.)

330 drayton st.,

girl scout centennial: tours of andrew low house

what: this house museum was the home of Girl scout founder Juliette Gordon low after her marriage. tours daily. Free tours March 12, the 100th anniversary of Girl scouting. when: Mon. March 12, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. where: andrew low house, 329 abercorn st. cost: Free and open to the public info: www.andrewlowhouse.com

free yoga classes

what: Pause, Pose, breath, cleanse, relax, release each week with instructor erika tate. February 13, 21, 27, March 12, 19, 26 & april 2. when: Mon. March 12, 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. where: Moses Jackson advancement center, 1410 b richards street, cost: Free and open to the public. info: (912) 525-2166

the pink floyd experience

what: traveling tribute show for the late great band. when: Mon. March 12, 7:30 p.m. where: Johnny Mercer theater @ savannah civic center, 301 W. oglethorpe ave., cost: $30-$55 info: www.savannahcivic.com/

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tuesday book signing: the irish in the american civil war

what: savannah author and historian bill Gillespie signs his new book, the irish in the american civil War. when: tue. March 13, 4-5:30 p.m. where: e. shaver, 326 bull st. cost: Free to attend, books available for purchase.

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Wednesday film: shivers (1975, canada)

what: to mark the 69th birthday of cult film director cronenberg, a rare public screening of his first feature. when: March 14, 8 p.m. where: sentient bean, 13 e. Park ave. cost: $6 cash only info: sentientbean.com/ cs

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news & opinion Not enough green on St. Patrick’s Day

by JiM Morekis | jim@connectsavannah.com

I’m sure I’m not the first to notice the ironic analogy between the legend of St. Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland and this year’s banning of live snakes (!) from the St. Patrick’s Day celebration downtown.

I’m also not the first to point out that the snakes on River Street have often been more entertaining in years past than the live music featured there on St. Patrick’s Day. While old–timers still remember fondly the March afternoon when The Dixie Dregs played live to thousands on River Street (Google ‘em, kids), that legendary concert was, and remains, an anomaly.

Many people were upset last week when word got out that the Savannah Waterfront Association, which organizes the River Street portion of the festival on typically very limited funds, wasn’t going to feature live bands after the parade this year.

One could easily see the move as yet another slap in the face to local musicians, many of whom depend on the St. Patrick’s weekend for a substantial portion of their annual revenue and many of whom are already hamstrung by the City of Savannah’s various efforts to negatively target much live music within city limits.

But the sad truth is that live music at the St. Patrick’s celebration in Savannah has never been much to write back home to Ireland about.

There are several reasons for this.

First, the distinct lack of big–name traditional Irish music at our celebration — as opposed to the fine Celtic entertainment inside pubs like Kevin Barry’s — is due to the simple fact that there really aren’t that many big names in Irish music, and those few big names will be in New York or Chicago that day playing for lots more money than Savannah will ever consider paying them.

(An exception was when The Prodigals played here a few years ago, back when there was a $5 bracelet fee for imbibing on River Street. More about that momentarily.)

Second, there has always been a clear lack of will on the part of festival organizers to seriously showcase live music on St. Patrick’s Day. It’s not a new thing by any means.

As someone who’s been attending Savannah St. Patrick’s celebrations for several decades, I can tell you that for better or worse, organizers have assumed that partygoers prefer to, well, party, than quibble over the difference between, say, Journey and a Journey tribute band.

But the main reason for the dearth of live music, of course, is money.

And that’s where stuff gets real.

Live musicians, well–known or not, cost money. Playing music is their profession and their livelihood, and they need to be fairly compensated.

Except when they don’t.

Anyone who’s been in downtown Savannah after 11 p.m. on a weekend night knows the currency of the realm in 2012: Subwoofing, bass– booming, booty–shaking Top 40 dance/club music played off an iPod and/or iTunes.

Hey, I’m not knocking it — it’s called pop music because it’s popular!

And not to put too fine a point on it, but... booty–shaking makes the world go ‘round. So there’s that.

The bottom line — so to speak — is that only the most purist club owner would fight the cost/benefit analysis after they do this simple math: Booty Music = Very Cheap + Very Popular.

Live Music = Not As Cheap + Not As Popular.

Many of us, this writer included, bitched about the $5 bracelet fees in effect for several years on River Street, which once in a blue moon enabled a fine act like The Prodigals to play here. But the five bucks you paid for the privilege of drinking on a public street — which under Savannah law you can do regardless, for free, any other day of the year — did go in part to pay the salaries of live musicians you heard on St. Patrick’s Day. The return of River Street to full and free public enjoyment with no

entrance fee, while probably a good thing on constitutional/taxpayer grounds, has hampered the ability of the Savannah Waterfront Association to pay for live entertainment, and caused that burden to be put back on private club/bar owners.

There are conspiracy theories making the rounds that the City government, which has in some minds tended to see the St. Patrick’s celebration as being “too white” an occasion, is going out of its way to screw with the festival this year.

While I rarely miss an opportunity to call the City out for selectively enforcing the law — if not totally making up “laws” on the fly — I give ‘em a pass here.

On St. Patrick’s Day, as on most other days of the year, it really is all about the green....

Since you’re going to have to get your live music fix before St. Patrick’s Day, it’s a good thing that the second annual Savannah Stopover takes place this weekend. Please enjoy the copious coverage by our indefatigable Bill DeYoung this issue and be sure to hit us up at connectsavannah.com and on Facebook for ongoing coverage during the event.

Special thanks to festival organizer Kayne Lanahan, her staff, and our many valued advertisers who are hosting Stopover concerts this year.

See you there! cs

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The right wing and women

Editor, Regarding your recent column “Cherish the Ladies:” Being a dyed–in–the–wool liberal, it is so refreshing to read an article in this state that actually has

compassion & a sense of reason re their fellow human beings. Aside from the appalling stupidity exhibited by the right wing in this country, it is astounding to me that the great women’s movement in this country has not blasted these self–serving (expletive) into oblivion.

One wonders if their attitude would remain consistent

were the victims their wives, children or grandchildren.

Thanks for a sense of relief that there are people of reason south of the Mason-Dixon line. Keep up the good work.

Marvin rappaport

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by Jessica leigh lebos | jll@connectsavannah.com

Strawberry fields forever After a mild winter and just the right amount of rain, the rows of squat, dark green plants are finally ready to bear their gifts.

Lift back a scalloped leaf and there they are: Heart–shaped and red as your grandmother’s lipstick, the first fruits hang heavy, awaiting the pluck of a gentle hand. If you’ve ever felt that first dribble of juice down your chin, you know: There is no finer way to herald the coming of spring than a sun–warmed strawberry picked right from the patch.

If you haven’t, you’re in luck: It’s pickin’ season for the next three months (give or take coupla weeks) at the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens at the Historic Bamboo Farm, just off Highway 17 near the interstate. The gates are open every day, and admission’s free—grab a bucket and pay for what you pick.

Easier to as refer simply “The Bamboo Farm,” this 55–acre slice of horticultural heaven offers up more than fixings for jam and pies. One of my personal favorite spots in all the land, it’s a respite from city life where, depending on the season, you can wander through a thousand–tree camellia orchard or stare right into the lacy faces of several hundred bearded irises. Butterflies alight on bunches of daylilies as ducks glide serenely along the surface of several ponds, full of catfish and large–mouth bass that rise to snap up pieces of bread thrown from the docks.

(Fishing, however, is not allowed, much to the chagrin of a certain husband who keeps a rod in the car at all times and has been known to throw a line into the Kayton Canal after losing interest in his child’s soccer game.)

All around are curious remnants of University of Georgia agricultural science experiments, like dragon fruit trees and a banana grove planted to determine which species grow best in the Lowcountry. And, of course, a person could get lost amongst the

myriad varieties of bamboo jungle, planted by the original owners in 1890.

It’s like some utopian planet from Star Trek, minus the Tribbles.

It’s also a place to acquire the skills to create your own piece of paradise: Overseen by the UGA Cooperative Extension, the former rice plantation and USDA research station is one of the richest resources for plant education in the state, hosting community classes and a Master Gardener program.

“We want to provide opportunities for lifelong learning here,” says Jackie Ogden, the county’s tireless Cooperative Extension coordinator who teaches canning techniques and organizes a host of events throughout the seasons. “There’s always something happening.”

She’s not kidding: In the next two months alone there’s a trail ride (March 10), the Spring Festival (March 24) proffering native plants for sale and free food preservation and gardening workshops, a cooking class (April 11) and the always–anticipated Sunday Supper in the Strawberry Patch (April 29.) I’ve already suggested to the family that we pitch a tent, seeing as blackberries the size of your thumb will start plumping out right as the strawberries die down.

The Bamboo Farm is partially supported by state funds, but it helps that it has good friends in high places.

It could have ended up just another dusty aggie project on the outskirts of town where people abandon their cars, but its combination of majestic

beauty and educational outreach has attracted a good number of outdoorsy philanthropists intent not just to see it survive but thrive.

The roster of the Friends of the Coastal Gardens reads like a short list of Savannah’s most prominent players, and the group aims to make it one of the most enviable public green spaces in the country with an ambitious master plan.

“This is going to be a significant botanical garden to match others along the East Coast and in the U.S.,” says Alan Beals, president of FCG. “There’s a lot of excitement.”

Indeed, loud cheers went up at the Farm’s annual Wild Game Supper last Friday when Beals revealed that five of the plan’s ten major projects have already been funded, including a new visitor and educational center by Jim and Barbara Andrews, a formal English garden by Tom and Dottie Davis and a shady oasis by Bob and Alice Jepson. Waterfalls, improved wheelchair access and a new entranceway are already under construction (sadly, my husband’s private fishing shack remains tabled.)

Beals, former CEO of the Savannah CVB (now Visit Savannah) and his wife, Sandi, have already seen the land cleared for their own pet project: The world’s largest bamboo maze. At three–and–a–half acres, the labyrinth will dwarf the only two of note on the

map (one in Denmark, the other in the south of France) and will stay standing all year round (unlike corn mazes, which disappear at the end of fall.)

The growing shoots are expected to be staked and ready by the end of the year.

“I’m very enchanted with the idea of the bamboo maze,” waxes Beals. “It’s going to be a major attraction.”

It goes without saying that we are quite enthralled with the idea as well; my daughter has already announced her plans to build a yurt inside it.

But I’m guessing what you really want to know is just what in tarnation was served at that Wild Game Supper under the pavilion.

Thanks to the hunting members of FCG who donated their bounty, we dined on wild boar sliders (like roadside barbecue, only more badass), spicy venison sausage and toothpick after toothpick of sweet venison meatballs. Volunteers served up the main buffet featuring fried quail (tastes like chicken) from nearby Dorchester Plantation and delicately battered fish, all accompanied by a delightful dill–and–pea salad and the best key lime pie I’ve ever put in my mouth.

Before we left with full bellies and a bucket of strawberries, I wandered back to the kitchen to compliment one of the chefs, farm supervisor Jim Fountain, a former Extension agent who keeps the growing cycles moving through the seasons. (Standing next to him at the deep fryer, his wife of 50 years, Linda, rolled her eyes. “This is his third job since he retired.”)

What I really had to know was: Where’d the fish come from?

All I got for an answer was a sly smile.

Whether it was pond bass or not, I’d better hide the rods and reels next time we go picking. cs bamboo Farm berry picking info: 912/921–5460 or bamboo.caes.uga.edu

Keeping cyclists in (positive) mind “They symbolize America’s independent spirit. They deserve our respect,” Leonard said.

Chuck agreed. “If populations are threatened, bad news for us all.”

Amanda said, “I get frustrated because they move slowly, but then I remind myself that they are just trying to get where they need to go.”

William was conflicted. “They have the right to be out there, but they’re unpredictable. I’m afraid what might happen if I bump into one.”

Amy was clear. “If they are stupid enough to get in the way, they deserve what happens to them.”

Then Michael said, “They’ll absolutely take over a place and wreak havoc if you give them any opening.”

To have a productive conversation, it helps if everyone involved is talking about the same thing. Take the discussion above.

Leonard? He was thinking about eagles. Chuck was sharing his thoughts on bees and our ecosystems.

Amanda thought they were having a conversation about turtles, while William was describing the uneasy feeling he gets when he wades in the surf at Tybee, knowing there are stingrays around. Amy was complaining about armadillos, and Michael was grumbling about squirrels in his attic.

All animals, but I’ve heard people make all those comments about a specific animal: a human on a bicycle.

Many images are conjured when people hear the word “cyclist” and I’ve learned these can be very different from the positive pictures I see in my mind’s eye. One person may recall club riders in bright clothing, who he had difficulty passing on a winding road. Another will remember the time she had to brake suddenly to avoid an inattentive cyclist. These negative associations have a way of persisting in people’s memories and blocking out countless other encounters that were unremarkable.

This type of thinking seems even more pronounced in online discussions. Just as “Godwin’s Law” states that if a conversation thread goes on long enough, people will eventually start comparing each other to Nazis, discussions about bicycle

infrastructure always degrade into a contest to see who can share the most shocking story of reckless cycling.

Negative images of bicycling shade public discourse in unfortunate ways that rarely happen when we talk about cars.

For instance, the intersection of Victory Drive and Skidaway Road is the scene of an alarming number of car crashes. Yet no one has suggested an obvious fix that will immediately reduce the number of collisions to zero: Ban cars from the area.

When it comes to cyclists, however, that same solution is sometimes recommended and punctuated with an account of irresponsible cycling to support the erroneous notion that cyclists don’t belong on our streets.

An extension of this argument casts cyclists as an invasive species and warns that accommodating them, whether through infrastructure or legislative measures, will only embolden and encourage them to misbehave. In other words, if you let squirrels get into your attic, they will act like they own the place.

It’s true that some bike riders break the rules, but the scofflaw shouldn’t dominate our conversations to the extent it does. After all, when we get behind the wheel, we do so with the knowledge that we will be sharing the road with other drivers who may be inexperienced, distracted, aggressive, impaired and sometimes all four at the same time. Yet when we hear the word “driver” our first thought probably isn’t of someone speeding through a residential neighborhood or texting while driving.

Most people imagine themselves carefully and lawfully operating their automobiles. Through infrastructure improvements, education for cyclists and motorists, and effective law enforcement, we can make our city safer and friendlier.

And as more of us become comfortable making bicycling a part of our daily lives, we will replace the visions in our heads of wild and potentially dangerous creatures with more realistic and meaningful images.

When we hear the word “cyclist,” we’ll think of ourselves. cs

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Who knew the Girl Scouts of America were so crazy controversial?

In January, it was the commitment to uphold their policy of accepting transgender children.

A couple of weeks ago, an Indiana legislator went viral when he published a letter to fellow lawmakers calling GSA a “radicalized organization,” claiming its role models were all “feminists, lesbians and communists.”

Even the beloved Girl Scout cookies have been under attack for containing preservatives and palm oil.

But Girl Scout founder Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low would probably have taken it all in stride. When she offered the radical notion that young

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Clearly, the seditious concepts of diversity, inclusion and tolerance were core Girl Scout values from the very beginning.

This weekend marks the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts, now 3.7 million members strong. Thousands of girls in green sashes and dignitaries from all over the world are pouring into the city to celebrate the occasion.

In addition to festivities at the First Girl Scout Headquarters, The Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace and various other locations, Congregation Mickve Israel on Monterey Square has crethe second-ever girl scout troop was comprised of members from congregation Mickve israel. ated a unique exhibit to honor Low’s legacy and women should learn about business, be included in the Girl Scouts when explore the Jewish Girl science and self–reliance, she probother organizations ostracized them: Scout connection. ably ruffled more than a few Southern Orphaned and disabled girls were “In the Beginning, We Were There” feathers back in 1912. actively recruited. Members of Savanis a unique trove of memorabilia, By the time she gathered those first nah’s Jewish community, banned from early historical tidbits and evoca18 girls to her home in downtown other social clubs, were involved in tive photos collected from Girl Scout Savannah 100 years ago this week, Daisy’s effort from its inception. The headquarters and Mickve Israel memsparky Daisy had already thumbed first African–American Girl Scout bers. Large panels feature shots of her nose at uptight social conventions troop was established in 1917; troops the first scout camping trip on Wasand judgments. were officially integrated in 1956 after saw Island with original troop leadEven more subversive was Daisy’s an active internal campaign. The ers Leonora Amram and Mildred insistence that marginalized groups Senior Girl Scout Handbook has had Guckenheimer. Mannequins model

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vintage–era uniforms and first–issue badges. Also on display are receipts from the first commercially–produced Girl Scout cookies, baked right on Bull Street at Gottlieb’s Kosher Bakery.

“We had such an awesome time putting this together,” says Phoebe Kerness, the chair of the Mickve Israel Museum Girl Scout committee. “We went down to the headquarters to rummage through the scrapbooks, and on page after page, there were the Jewish girls.”

This Sunday, March 11, the synagogue will host an afternoon of activities in conjunction with the city’s other Girl Scout events. Visiting scouts will have the opportunity to take a guided tour of exhibit, earn an exclusive “Shalom Y’all” badge and perhaps even bake a batch of cookies using Isser Gottlieb’s original recipe.

(The exhibit will be on display all year for locals who don’t care to brave the crowds.)

As for the recent hubbub surrounding the Girl Scouts, Daisy Low would have likely enjoyed that her push to empower young women and create a more tolerant society is still considered radical.

Here’s to another century of controversy. cs

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Young Maeve and her sister Bernadette (piano and bodhran) are part of the eight–member group Girsa (it’s Gaelic for “young girls”), headlining the 2012 Tara Feis celebration March 10 in Emmet Park. All eight of them are college–age or younger.

It was all Mom Flanagan’s doing.

“She made me practice a lot, which I didn’t want to do,” Maeve Flanagan explains. “But I loved the music, obviously, my whole life. I grew up with Cherish the Ladies. My dad played the concertina, and my brothers and sisters and I would dance around the house to it.

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I’d play them a couple of times and record them, then just put the tape recorder right near the door so she’d think that I was playing.”

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“I would love to be able to just do Girsa,” she says. “Law has always been a passion of mine, too. I’m the oldest — the rest of the girls are younger than me, and three of them are studying abroad right now. So it’s kind of not feasible to do anything full time with Girsa until everyone’s graduated.

“I don’t want to say that law school is a backup to music, but I do need to have a real job, I guess, along with music. My uncle is Brian Conway, he’s one of the most prominent fiddle players in the United States. And he’s also an ADA right near here where we live.

“I interned with him, and I saw that he was able to do it, so I was like, I’ll go for it.” cs

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“If any of the girls were to play by themselves, it would be strictly traditional. But when we get together, we like to experiment and mess around.

So it’s our own sound.”

One of the highlights of the group’s self–titled debut album is a heartbreaking cover of the Guy Clark song “Immigrant Eyes.” Girsa filmed a video for the song on Ellis Island, where Clark’s lyrics are set. They also do Steve Earle’s riveting “Galway Girl.”

All the girls live in or around Falls River, N.Y. “We’ve been pretty much playing together our whole lives,” says Flanagan.

“My mom grew up with some of the other girls’ moms. My mom teaches the fiddle, and she taught the girls in the band who play the fiddle how to play. So we’d end up competing against each other, and with each other in bands.

“I was probably 13 or 14 when one of the other girl’s mom, Pamela Geraghty’s mom Pat, was like ‘You girls really need to start a band.’ So she’s the one who assigned everything. She kind of forced us into the band ... but it was great that she did that.”

Sure, Maeve hated all that practice, “but I appreciate it so much now. The friends that I’ve made, I wouldn’t trade it for the world.”

Although Girsa has yet to perform in Ireland as a group, most of the girls have competed there in the Fleadh, the all–Ireland competition held each August. As soloists, duos and trios, they’ve come home with many a prize.

For the time being at least, Girsa is just something the girls do when they’ve got the time. Flanagan, as a matter of fact, is in law school.

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Carjacked while texting A man crashed a stolen car into a tree on Wilmington Island.

Police say Javell Demetrius Wright, 20, of a Pinetree Road address had sped away from a traffic stop on East Victory Drive. He reached speeds in excess of 120 MPH before he missed a curve and struck a tree on the 7100 block of Johnny Mercer Boulevard about 1:30 a.m.

The 2012 Ford Fusion he was driving had been reported stolen about 11 p.m. on Texas Avenue from a 30-yearold woman who said she was texting on her cell phone when two masked men approached. They forced her out of the car at gunpoint, and sped away in it, taking her purse with them.

Islands Precinct patrol officers spotted the car at Whatley Street and Victory Drive and attempted to stop it before it sped away and crashed.

Wright ran from the scene and was pursued on foot by officers who caught and arrested him.

He has been charged with theft by receiving stolen property, obstruction of a law enforcement officer, fleeing to elude a police officer, driving with a suspended drivers license, reckless driving, driving too fast for conditions and failure to stop at a stop sign.

• A shooting left one man dead, after a resident defended his home.

Just before 2 p.m., officers were dispatched to 1475 Benton Blvd. after receiving a call from a man claiming he had been involved in a shooting.

On scene they discovered Rufus Lee Harris, 25, suffering from at least one gunshot wound. Officers also discovered a running vehicle with some “questionable items” inside.

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standing outside his door holding a shotgun. When confronted by Harris the complainant shot him and called police.

Harris was transported to Memorial University Medical Center where he died. This is an ongoing investigation and police are continuing to look for witnesses that may have heard or seen anything.

• A 44-year-old Pooler man received serious injuries when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a pickup truck that turned in front of him.

Parvel Leon of Lake Pointe Drive in Pooler was traveling east on Robert B. Miller Road about 11:41 a.m. and the pickup driven by Robert Cressey, 48, of Statesboro was westbound when the pickup turned left into the employee entrance of Gulfstream in front of the motorcycle. The motorcycle struck the right side of the pickup, throwing Leon into the west bound

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• A woman and man extricated from a pickup truck and the driver of the car that collided with it were treated at a hospital after a two-vehicle crash at Ogeechee and Cottonvale roads.

Stephanie Oglesby, 49, and John Dunn, 56, each of Dove Field Drive addresses, escaped serious injury when the Ford Ranger pickup she was driving turned on its side after the collision with a car driven by Kristen Anne Boswell, 27, of a Carlisle Lane address.

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If you tossed a frog into already-boiling water, it would leap out. But a frog placed into a pan of water with a low flame under it will slowly be boiled alive, the temperature change being too subtle for the frog to notice. This is exactly what is occurring today with the breakdown of moral values. The boiling bubbles are rising all around us, and few people realize what is taking place. —James Williams We were glad to get your letter, James, for three reasons: (1) We feel it’s our sacred duty to fact-check parables, miracles, etc. No disrespect, but if we’d been on hand in a certain Middle Eastern locality 2,000 years ago, that bit with the loaves and fishes would have gotten more scrutiny. (2) The story behind this much-told tale is so bizarre it’s a column all by itself.

(3) Best of all, here was an experiment screaming to be done.

I looked at Una. She emphatically shook her head.

“But Una,” I said. “At Straight Dope we get our hands dirty.”

Una glared. “You don’t get your hands dirty,” she said. “I get my hands dirty. Look, I’ve painted my groin with alcohol to determine whether whiskey makes a good antiseptic. I’ve blasted bacon with a laser. I’ve drunk skunky beer to see if brown bottles prevent spoilage better than clear ones. But no way am I boiling any effing frogs.”

“You don’t have to boil them, Una. You just have to warm them up a little. I have total confidence that the frogs will jump out before any permanent damage is done.”

“So,” she retorted, “I only have to inflict a modest amount of torture on helpless research subjects, after which I’ve got a kitchen full of hot, pissedoff frogs.”

I conceded these difficulties. After further negotiation, Una agreed to a limited research program at the

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library and came back with this dossier: 1. The first reference to boiling frogs for science comes from a German researcher named Goltz, who in 1869 set out to discover—get ready for this—the location of the frog’s soul. For Goltz’s purposes, “soul” meant the part of the frog that would sense danger and impel it to escape death. So he immersed (a) a blinded but otherwise intact frog and (b) a decapitated frog in water, and gradually raised the temperature. At 77 degrees Fahrenheit the largely intact frog started to get uncomfortable. By 100 degrees it was desperately trying to escape, and at 108 degrees it died. Aside from a few reflex twitches, the decapitated and basically dead frog was inactive, unsurprisingly to anyone but Goltz. The problem with this experiment, other than its being sadistic and ridiculous, was that the total heating time was only ten minutes, hardly a slow increase.

2. In 1872 another German named Heinzmann tested brainless and blinded frogs and found when the temperature increased slowly enough—from 70 to 100 degrees over 80 to 95 minutes—blinded frogs died of heat exhaustion without struggle.

3. In 1875 yet another German, one Fratscher, confirmed Heinzmann’s results. Curiously, Fratscher and Heinzmann had the same supervisor.

I make no accusations, but no one else has corroborated these astonishing findings.

4. On a related subject, psychologist Edward Scripture in 1897 noted a grisly experiment where a frog’s foot was clamped in a screw press that was tightened at a thousandth of an inch per minute. The foot was crushed without the frog showing distress.

Getting back to boiling, modern commentators agree the results claimed by the German researchers are preposterous. However, no one to my knowledge has attempted to precisely replicate the earlier work.

In the experiments I’ve come across, researchers have placed frogs in water and heated it relatively quickly till the frogs jumped out, failing to recognize that the point of the exercise was to heat the water gradually.

So, do I think the story is a crock?

Of course. Am I likely to prove this beyond a doubt? Absent a change of heart by Una, no. cs

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news of the weird Next Economic Bubble The royal family of Qatar, apparently striving for art-world credibility, purchased a Paul Cezanne painting (“The Card Players”) last year for about $250 million, which is twice as much as the previous most-expensive painting sold for. (Qatar is vying with the United Arab Emirates to become the Middle East’s major intellectual hub.)

At the same time that Qatar’s purchase was made public in February, artwork of the probable value of about $200 million became news in reports of the imminent Facebook initial public offering. Graffiti artist (“muralist”) David Choe stood to make about that amount because he took stock instead of money to paint the lewd themes on the walls of Facebook’s first offices. Even though Choe was quoted as saying, originally, that he found Facebook “ridiculous and pointless,” his shares today are worth up to one quarter of 1 percent of the company.

The Entrepreneurial Spirit • Last year, the Cape Town, South Africa, “gentlemen’s club” Mavericks began selling an Alibi line of fragrances designed for men who need excuses for coming home late. For example, as men come through the door, they could splash on “I Was Working Late” (to reek of coffee and cigarettes) or “My Car Broke Down” (evoking fuel, burned rubber and grease).

• Bipartisanship: White supremacist Richard Treis, 38, was arrested in

February in St. Louis, along with his seem to flow “in an impromptu manalleged partner, black gang member ner” and gradually find the best routes.

Robert “Biz” Swinney, 22, and charged • Medical Marvels: (1) Claire with running a huge methamphetOsborn, 37, of Coventry, England, was amine operation. The two, who had diagnosed in October with an aggresmet at a prison halfway house, had sive, inoperable throat-mouth canallegedly meshed their unique talents cer and given a 50 percent chance of • Treis as a meth cook and Swinney survival. However, less than a month as a street seller who recruited people later, during a severe coughing spell, to buy restricted pseudoshe actually coughed ephedrine products from out the entire tumor in pharmacies. Said a deputy, two pieces. Subsequent “They put away their diftests revealed no trace ferences to get the job of cancer in her body. man that was a done.”

(Doctors hypothesized lot of rain that, fortuitously, the Science on the Cuttumor was growing on a weak stalk that ting Edge was overcome by the • Can’t Possibly Be True: force of the cough.) (2) “(A) growing number of In January, doctors at scientists” are at work on North Carolina State biocomputer models based University performed on movements of slime knee-replacement to solve complex-systems surgery on a cancerproblems, according to a stricken house cat.

December report in LonSuch surgery on dogs don’s Daily Telegraph. has been done, but Though slime molds are because of cats’ smaller single-cell organisms lackbones and joints, doctors had to use ing a “brain,” said professor Toshiyuki micro techniques usually employed on Nakagaki of Japan’s Future University humans.

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Leading Economic Indicators • In an incident reported in February

by Indo-Asian News Service, a Pakistan International Airlines captain made a revenue-enhancing decision for his full flight PK 303 from Lahore to Karachi.

Two overbooked passengers would not have to make alternative arrangements if they accepted seats for the 640-mile flight in the plane’s restrooms.

• Real estate reassessments hit Pittsburgh like a bombshell in December when officials announced enhanced estimates of property value in order to raise needed tax revenue. In the first wave of assessments (which engendered criticism countywide), a real estate attorney who lives in the Mount Washington neighborhood was stunned to find his condominium apartment had jumped $55,000 in value, now “worth” $228,700 and, worse, his private parking space on the ground floor of the building, previously valued at $5,000, now “worth” $287,800. cs by chuck shepherd universal press syndicate

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Alan Bibey, a three–time International Bluegrass Music Award winner (as Mandolin Player of the Year), heads this top–drawer group of young, hotshot pickers. To wit: Justin Jenkins (banjo); Kameron Keller (bass); Adam Haynes (fiddle) and singer/guitarist Dustin Pyrtle.

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Meddin Studios, 2315 Louisville Road $15; $10 with student ID Since several members of General O & the P’s are still in school, it’s entirely fitting that this show is taking place on SCAD’s last day of finals. The band is about to take off for a two–week southeastern tour, and this is their “gas money” gig. Cusses may be the marquee name on this bill, but today, it’s all about the Panhandlers. Their all–new EP is about to drop.

Since Daniel Wilson joined on keyboards, xylophone, trombone and vocals, and with the addition of bass player Crystina Parker, the band’s complex compositions have taken on an exciting new depth in performance.

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day the 9th, before the club morphs into a Stopover venue with Girl in a Coma, Turf War and the Big Sleep. At press time, the exact by-the-clock time for Hellzapoppin’ had yet to be announced; check wormholebar.com for the latest). Look for returning favorite “Zamora The Torture King” (that’s him in the worth–a–thousand–words photo), nose–balancer Frank Simon, Swedish juggler and daredevil Maryanne Madgdelen and others ... And wouldn’t we be remiss if we didn’t give one last shout-out to the San Diego band The Pink Floyd Experience, which has been building walls and flying pink pigs worldwide since 1995. At the Johnny Mercer March 12, it’s the full music ‘n’ visuals Floyd and pony show — check it all out (and in) at thepinkfloydexperience.net .... cs

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The moral: Get there early.

Extras: The opening night show, with Oberhofer, Dinosaur Feathers and Pond in Telfair Square, coincides with the Stopover Poster Art Competition inside the Jepson Center. There are more than 40 entries from local artists and students, and prizes will be awarded during the event.

Jack White’s Third Man Records has a “Rolling Record Store” (a big yellow truck with vinyl for sale, DJ tables and portable amps for impromptu performances). It’ll be crawling the streets on Saturday (with or without Mr. Stripe).

Local bands: Indeed, check your schedule to find Stopover sets by Dare Dukes & the Blackstock Collection, Sincerely Iris, Lovely Locks, Jamison Murphy, Free Candy, Indian Giver, Damon & the Shitkickers, Roland, Train Wrecks, KidSyc@Brandywine, Word of Mouth, Magic Locks, Triathlon, Crazy Man Crazy, Lonesome Swagger, General Oglethorpe & the Panhandlers and others from the Savannah scene.

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A melting–pot concoction of beat–heavy dance pop, cucumber–cool Britwave synthesizer, ethereal vocal harmonies from the Enya songbook and a lead falsetto borrowed from Bee Gee Barry Gibb, Claire Boucher’s music is as intuitively familiar as it is fresh and innovative.

Using the moniker Grimes, the Montreal–based Boucher is the buzz of today’s indie dance world. Although the 23–year–old made initial waves with the melodic and somewhat experimental albums Geidi Primes and Halfaxa, she’s moved up a meganotch with Visions, just released on high–profile 4AD Records. Everyone from Pitchfork to Vogue has rushed to profile the emergent artist.

Said W magazine: “Boucher looks and acts like a comic book nerd’s dream girl ... a Princess Peach voice over synthy, laptop–crafted melodies. The effect is magical and almost biorhythmic.”

You recently said “I really hate being in front of people, but I’m also obsessed with becoming a pop star.” Explain.

Claire Boucher: I’m naturally introverted, but also my favorite kind of music is pop music, pretty icon–oriented music. And essentially, that’s the kind of art I wanna make. So it’s a really weird thing that I’m like doing this because it’s incredibly nerve–wracking for me, and doesn’t feel natural at all. But I feel very compelled to do it.

Playing live can be really, really rewarding, but the risks are very high.

Like, a bad show is one of the most humiliating experiences. Being humiliated in front of a bunch of people isn’t ideal, but at the same time the adrenaline from that possibility is like, pretty good. But in a dream world, yeah, I would just like to record and make videos.

You also told someone that you think of Visions as your first album. Why? Claire Boucher: I always wanted to make pop music; you can hear that on my earlier records. I literally just didn’t know how – I didn’t know what a BPM was. Visions is way closer to what I’ve always wanted to do than anything I’ve done before. I guess. Or, actually, it’s the only record I’ve ever made that I feel happy about after the fact. All my other records, I hear them and I just cringe. I just didn’t know how to make them better, when I made them.

Whereas this one I feel like it’s still going somewhere that’s artistically interesting, so I feel good about that, but I am actually able to do it.

Do you feel like you’re on the edge of something big? And do you want that to happen?

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Claire Boucher: I definitely want that to happen, but I don’t feel one way or another about it because ... I mean, it’s always best to assume that you’re in a dangerous spot, otherwise you can get totally fucked over. The press can always turn on you at any time; they’ve done it a million times before. It gets to the point where I say something stupid and like it comes up in every

interview, you know? And I say a lot of stupid things. You know, the higher you go, the longer you have to fall.

If you become all that, and everybody’s talking about you, doesn’t that restrict where you can go, creatively? Because people will then expect a certain thing out of you.

Claire Boucher: That’s why I have a bunch of other projects and bands. For doing other types of music, music that’s drastically different from Grimes.

Because Grimes is like the pop project. And actually, I can go a lot of directions in Grimes. I certainly wouldn’t release a noise album as Grimes, because it would alienate my fans. Though I would release a noise/pop album.

I will never censor myself, that’s like my main priority, but in terms of the shows I can play ... it used to be my friends would call me and say “Hey, we’re putting on a show tonight, do you want to play?” and I’d be like “Yes.” I wouldn’t even think about it. But now, if I did that, it kinda fucks over my booking agent and ... it’s just weird, like I can’t maneuver like that any more.

My year is literally like, I know what I’m doing up until next December. I can’t just like pick up and ... in a way, that sucks, but it’s probably worth it.

Is everybody kissing your ass now – “whatever you want, Claire”?

Claire Boucher: Yeah, but luckily my crew is really real with me. You can tell someone’s your friend when they’ll still tell you that what you’re doing sucks.

Your music is very visual – and your videos seem to capture the mood of the music. Do you see it all in one piece?

Claire Boucher: I was a visual artist and a dancer before I ever made music.

And I’ve always really cared about music videos, both from a video perspective and a dance perspective, and I think that’s one of the reasons I’m also very interested in music. When I listen to music it’s like a recreational experience for me – I sit and think about all the videos. Like when I drive around, I look out the window and think of all the places where it would look good to shoot a music video. That’s just what I do, and obviously I know much less about it than I do music, and it’s something I’m working on now.

Probably the biggest perk of this job, or the thing that I’ve enjoyed the most, is the fact that I’m getting into making videos and learning about cameras and lighting, and technical stuff. Directing, and how people behave on a set. I think I almost like it more. It’s really cool and very interesting for me.

I have to ask why the project is called Grimes. Where did that come from?

Claire Boucher: That’s a secret. Everyone asks that, probably because I’ve never said where it’s from. But I just don’t say where it’s from. It’s a dissociative word, you know?

What does the live show consist of?

Claire Boucher: On this tour, I have three guys working with me, and I kind of just set them free to do what they want. One guys takes my vocals and just fucks with them, runs my vocals through his computer and does crazy shit.

Another guy does electronic drums, so he jams over what I’m doing. Which is pretty malleable in that respect. I work with a keyboard, a sampler, and

then I have two different vocal pedals. One that has all the background vocals – I make loops on it – and the other is just straight up.

All the samples I’m using are the stuff I recorded, with different keyboard lines. I change the vocals up a lot. If I had backup singers that would be amazing, but I obviously can’t reproduce exactly, vocally, what I have done on the records.

Sometimes I fuck up, or miss parts. And some songs, like “Be a Body,” it’s a very different song live. And “Symphonia” is almost exactly the same, although the layered vocals thing is different.

Do you do some of the older stuff, like “Heartbeats”?

I really like those kind of almost ambient tracks.

Claire Boucher: The samples are just way too lo–fi.

It just doesn’t sound good when you put up un– mastered samples of that old shit. And it wouldn’t work, because I’ve deleted the raw files anyway.

Like, I don’t have any of the raw files for Geidi Primes or Halfaxa at all.

When I made those records, I never thought anyone was going to hear them. So when they were done I just deleted them so I could have space on my computer hard drive. cs grimes 10 p.m. Friday, March 9/Jepson center

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If you’re counting, four of the top barometers of relevance and coolitude — Paste, Mojo, Uncut and Pitchfork — ranked The War on Drugs’ second album, Slave Ambient, among their “Best of 2011.” For an indie band on an indie label, that’ doesn’t mean a bunch of money’s on the way, but it’s pretty damn good praise.

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“It’s as if the Spiritualized and Springsteen albums filed alphabetically next to one another in your record collection had melted together on a hot August afternoon,” Stuart Berman wrote in his Pitchfork review.

Adam Granduciel’s Philadelphia–based quartet is, on paper at least, a rock ‘n’ roll band. The guitar–based songs are melodically smart, and they move, and in the case of Slave Ambient, they’re awash in reverb and string synthesizers which never seem to dominate, but augment and sweeten Granduciel’s bittersweet lyrics of love, loss and loneliness. It all creates a shimmery and inspiring sonic picture.

We spoke with Granduciel a few days before The War on Drugs took off on a European tour.

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adam granduciel, left, began the war on drugs in 2005 with (the now-departed) kurt vile.

Slave Ambient is very much a studio record. Has it been weird, or daunting, to play the songs live without the overdubs?

Adam Granduciel: I think at first I was pretty daunted by some of the songs on here, being able to play them as a band. But actually it’s taken on a life of its own.

I think the main thing we focus on is the actual song, and through each person’s approach to it, and with certain pieces of equipment that we have, it ends up being real thick–sounding and really huge. I think you definitely still get the idea from seeing it live that listening to the record would be a pretty intense thing as well.

We’re not playing to any backtracks. We use a sampler for some of the drum machine stuff, but we’re never locked in to any sort of structure. A lot of the sounds are just coming from our keyboards and guitars and bass and drums. I think it’s definitely more of a rock band thing, and the record’s a little more subdued at times.

But it’s been super–satisfying to be able to pull it off live. It gives you ideas for future recordings, too.

All the records, including Slave Ambient, were done as solo records, in a way. I was in charge of the whole thing, and I play most of the stuff on there. The band now, we’ve all been together for a year — before, it was always different people coming in and out. Now we have just a really tight unit, and we just went into the studio a couple days ago and recorded new stuff, and it’s great — it sounded like War on Drugs music, and it didn’t have to be labored over.

At the end of the day, it’s always about serving the song, right?

Adam Granduciel: Yeah, it’d be silly to bog myself down with getting backtracks together, and trying to do it perfectly ... it should be two different things, the live experience and the amount of time spent recording. And then the amount of time spent rehearsing, and playing as a live band. And playing to each person’s strength.

What has your own evolution been, to where you’re comfortable with using the studio as an instrument?

Adam Granduciel: For a long time, it was just a huge interest in music and playing music. Doing it because you loved doing it. And even when I decided that I was going to do music full time, I was still working full time, also. So it’s like, you’re going to work every day, then you come home and you’re playing with your friends, and staying up late recording.

Then I guess I started getting into home recording, and trying to learn how to do it, and then over the years ... a couple months before the first record came out, I got the tape machine that I use now. And spent two or three years just kind of learning a different process of recording. Arriving at certain things and techniques that I hadn’t really seen done, but I just stumbled upon. And found a way to make the production kind of a part of how I was writing songs, you know?

For a long time, I was writing in a conventional way, on acoustic guitar or piano and starting with my little eight–track recorder. And then after the first record I just started writing in a different way. Doing a lot more production. Just experimenting, not even really working on anything in particular. Just having fun with working on music and arriving at different sounds.

Do you think you might strip it all away at some point, and just record as a band, together, without all the overdubs?

Adam Granduciel: Yeah, I think it’ll probably happen sooner than people would expect. I definitely couldn’t make a record like Slave Ambient again, in the same way that I did it. When I was in the studio the other day, we did a lot of the stuff live as a band, just some basic tracks, and they’re great. I hear potential in them just to be great in their own beautiful kind of way.

The way I approached Slave Ambient, I think it’s exciting to listen to – there’s a lot of awesome sounds and layers – but I don’t think that’s exactly what people hear when they hear music. I think at the end of the day what they hear is a certain feeling in songs, or a feeling in the certain way someone records or what sounds they decide on.

So I think I could make more band–style, maybe not even stripped down but just not as intensely produced. And still have them be great, and hopefully the songs still translate.

Tell me how big an influence Dylan was on you?

Adam Granduciel: He was a big influence for me, I think, at a certain time in my life. It’s a little different now. But when I was 22, 23, getting into it as heavily as I did was pretty important, I think.

I’d been really familiar with a lot of the albums, and then I got heavy into certain things like his inflections, you know? A different side of him; not so much the cool factor of ’65..... A friend of mine at the time was like my partner in crime in terms of our Dylan obsession. He’s a true scholar in his own right. For hours and hours, we’d talk about his diction, the way he would turn one word into a totally different word, suspending a syllable. I always thought that was great. Even then, I didn’t think about it on a songwriter level, more on a fan level. But I see in my songwriting how little bits of those moments of conversations poke through, and from my stuff the ways I try to approach it lyrically.

He’s got multiple versions of multiple songs. He’s always, What’s it feel like? What’s the moment like? cs the war on drugs at 9:30 p.m. saturday, March 10/ships of the sea Museum Garden, 41 MlK

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nce upon a time Rodney Crowell, one of the great Texas singer/songwriters, was hired to produce a country/pop album for Johnny Cash’s daughter Rosanne, also a writer of considerable strengths. It was 1977.

Considering your family, was it a foregone conclusion that you would do this?

Chelsea Crowell: Writing, definitely.

I didn’t know how much I was going to participate in it, but I knew that’s what I wanted to be around. Writing, I never had a question about. Maybe I had resistance towards music and getting onstage. I started playing guitar when I was 13, and then I stopped and started again when I was 17 or 18.

I guess it’s a complicated matter that I try not to think too much about.

Your second album is out now, you’re on tour and you’re playing SXSW — what changed?

Chelsea Crowell: I loved the band I was in, and we had a lot of fun. Then my musical partner Stephen took off to go on the road with another band — I was doing something — and Loney Hutchins and I went into record an EP. Within the first three days, we realized that we had

probably several albums’ worth of work. I don’t think it had ever really struck me before that I could make a record, but I just did it, didn’t really come up for air, didn’t think about it because all the material was there.

And it wasn’t until I was done with it that I though ‘Oh ... I’ve just done what the rest of my family does.’

It was a snowball, making that first record, being experimental. And since then I’ve stair–stepped leaps and bounds in terms of what I’ve learned.

And I’m focusing now on what I’m going to do for the next record I’m going to make, starting in May. It becomes more and more focused with each one.

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Crystal City, sonically, reminds me of the Emmylou Harris/Daniel Lanois collaborations. It’s like, there are no rules as to how a “country” record or a “singer/songwriter” record should sound like. You can put different things together.

Chelsea Crowell: I don’t think that it’s for everybody. I’m a really stubborn, headstrong person in the studio. With what you’re talking about, there’s a lot to cover. And it can be daunting, to say the least. Especially when you’re borrowing from every genre of music that you’ve ever fallen in love with at some point in your life. And I have a proper musical education, thanks to my parents.

So there’s a lot of borrow from.

That kind of editing is not for everybody. It’s both liberating and daunting, I guess.

What do you want to happen, Chelsea?

What’s the sort of nirvana situation for you in all of this?

Chelsea Crowell: I try not to go too far ahead. Maybe that’s how I avoid the huge, dark shadows and thinking about the judgment and stuff. I really enjoy being on the road. I really enjoy playing music. Breaking even, selling records is really satisfying. Making money, paying bills by selling records ... I think the first time I was able to pay my bills by selling records was one of those moments in life where I didn’t give in to anything, and yet still made enough money to pay some bills. I mean, even if it was just that one month, but then it kept on going!

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From the late 1970s, and through all of the ‘80s, they made one smash hit after another, with her singing, him arranging and producing, both of them writing. They raised the bar for country music, and for rock ‘n’ roll.

Crowell and Cash were married for most of those years, and along with a bunch of great records they produced three daughters.

Chelsea, the one in the middle, has a mile–wide creative streak.

She attended Belmont University in Nashville, and the Memphis College of Art, studying history, English and photography Two or three years ago, she entered the family business. Crystal City, Chelsea Crowell’s second album, has just been released to glowing reviews.

The supporting tour brings her to town for the Savannah Stopover this week.

That’s right, guys. She is Johnny Cash’s granddaughter.

Her official bio reads, in part: “She likes black coffee, has never been to rehab and usually brings extra clothes to the studio in case her body temperature or mood changes.”

We reached out to Rodney Crowell via e–mail, requesting a Chelsea–centric comment for this story.

His reply: “I knew Chelsea was a songwriter when, at the age of four, she sang confidently in the back seat of the car, ‘Old MacDonald had a farm and Bingo was his name.’”

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Nina’s older sister Phanie plays drums, and Jenn Alva is the bassist.

The music can be feral punk or moody, multi– planed lyrical pop, all of it played with a tough edge and capped with Nina Diaz’ distinctive, spine–rattling voice, which can go from a purr to a yowl to a scream at the turn of a syllable. Sort of a Bjork–sings–Patsy Cline kind of vibe.

In 2010, director Robert Rodriguez asked the band to write and perform a song for his film Machete; he returned the favor by helming the video for their cover of David Bowie’s “As the World Falls Down.”

The band’s latest album, Exits & All the Rest, is the fourth on Blackheart Records, the indie label owned and operated by Joan Jett, Girl in a Coma’s mentor.

I’ve seen videos of you, solo and acoustic, covering Jeff Buckley and John Lennon songs. I know Phanie and Jenn were playing together before you joined up — did you bring different musical tastes into the mix?

Nina Diaz: Me being the younger sister, of course I listened to the things they were listening to. And I had my own silly music I was listening to at the time — I was 13. There are guilty pleasures that are still around, like Aqua and stuff. I always took everything to heart, whatever I was listening to, and at 13 I got into Morrissey. And when I was about 15, that’s when I really got into Jeff Buckley.

There wasn’t a sound, or an idea of “This is what Girl in a Coma is gonna sound like.” It’s just something that happened as we’ve progressed as musicians. And as you learn covers you find that it helps your writing style, to see more outside of the box than your typical comfort zone.

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But had you thought, ever, that you might become a singer in a rock band?

Nina Diaz: It’s really funny that you say that. Whenever we tour, we end up mixing somehow with whoever we tour with. And the fans of those bands either like us or they don’t. Jumping around and singing, it’s not an act, it’s something that happens with this music.

I was talking to Phanie and I said “I guess I just have to embrace this, don’t I?” Everyone else will tell you what you are, but you have to figure it out for yourself.

And just recently I realized OK, this is the kind of performer I am. But I would like to do other things, to show different sides of myself. That’s why I like to play with other musicians sometimes. Collaboration gives me that other side in my brain, to be that other part of the musician I know I am.

Has the success of the band been surprising to you?

Nina Diaz: We’ve met a lot of people: We got to play with Joan Jett and Cherie Curie. We opened up for Morrissey. I mean, you’re working with Robert Rodriguez. From the get–go, we just all wanted to have fun.

We still have fun, but there’s more of a business side to it. We’re not messing around any more, not drinking, not falling into the usual routine of we’re just gonna go out on tour, and party, then come home and sleep, then go on tour and party. Now we come home, we rest, but we still keep up the mentality that we’re going to be out on the road again. Relationships are hard, sacrifices are made, we’re out on the road and we do our thing and we try to be the best that we can at it.

Nina Diaz: I hear myself in the beginning, when I was younger, and I honestly don’t understand how the girls would have even given me a chance. I was a kid —my voice sounds like a chipmunk. I had a lot of growing up to do. And I still have a lot of growing up to do.

We notice that the more success you have, the more people start to talk about you in a bad way. You get, like they say, haters; that’s something that we’ve been dealing with moreso now than ever before. But it’s nothing that’s going to keep us locked up in our room or anything — it’s like “Oh! I guess we ARE doing pretty good, since people are starting to talk about us in that kind of way.”

Are they saying ‘They’re a chick band, how can they be any good?“ Or “It’s just Tejano rock ‘n’ roll”?

Nina Diaz: My sister just had a confrontation with someone recently; he told her “Women don’t have a say in rock ‘n’ roll. What do you know about your equipment? Do you know what kind of pedals you use?” And then I said, “Do you know how to write a song?” It doesn’t really matter if you know every little detail. When it comes down to it, if you’re a musician, or call yourself a musician, can you back it up? In the sense of, can you actually play a song that inspires someone?

Then there are the people who say “Why are Girl in a Coma making it when I’m trying just as hard?” They say oh, it’s because they’re all girls. It’s because they’re Hispanic. It’s a negative thing in some aspects, but it’s also a positive thing in the way we’re going to get noticed. Instead of just being another all–girl band.

I loved the Donnas when they were underground.

Then they put on all this makeup, and everybody loves them. I feel like they had to conform to what everybody wanted. We feel the same way sometimes; we do get the pressures of “You have to look a certain way.”

When it comes down to it, we just want to be healthy and we’re just gonna play our music. We all have big hips, and that just happens, you know. We can’t change that. cs girl in a coma at midnight Friday, March 9 Wormhole, 2307 bull st.

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Nina Diaz is the lead singer for the San Antonio rock ‘n’ roll trio Girl in a Coma. She also plays wicked guitar, and she writes the band’s songs (although one of their albums is an all–covers affair that stands very, very tall on its own).

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David Lamb and MorganEve Swain’s voices blend, move, wax and wane together like the grain in a fine cut of wood; they turn and travel in tandem like a school of wild horses traversing a wide and windy prairie.

It’s the sort of musical telepathy that only the great acoustic Americana duos possess. And while the Rhode Island twosome is represented, recording–wise, by a stark, wind–blown and exceptionally fine 2011 album, Salt For Salt, it’s in the live context that they are best experienced. Lamb plays guitar and banjo, and simultaneously thumps a bass drum using a foot pedal, while Swain is virtuostic on fiddle, cello and upright bass.

Fans of Iron & Wine, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, the Civil Wars, the Band and even Johnny & June will want to investigate this dynamic duo.

Yes, the influences are wide–ranging. As a matter of fact, Lamb and Swain – sweethearts and roomies – are card–carrying fans of the Georgia metal bands Mastodon and (until recently from Savannah) Baroness.

We spoke with Lamb on March 1.

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Influences “There’s obviously some blues in there, but there’s a lot of other roots

music, early country and old–time. And stuff from all over the world — Eastern European, Greek music, klezmer ... plus we both have been steeped in a lot of rock ‘n’ roll throughout our lives. There’s all sorts of stuff making its way in there.”

Metalheads “Personally, there’s things in the song structures of a lot of what Mast-

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odon does that are pretty complex. And their musicianship is incredible.

It’s inspiring to listen to what they do. There may be songs like “Nothing Left” and “Shiloh” on the Salt For Salt album that may represent that a little bit. It may not be the kind of thing where you can really pinpoint the inspiration, but it definitely is stuff that we listen to a lot.”

Evolution “When I started the band, it was just a solo project; when I moved to

Maine some friends joined. We played together for about five years, but they also had their own band that they were focusing on. The Bottom of the Sea was more like a solo album, and I did some solo touring on that, and that’s when I met MorganEve. She was playing in the band Barn Burning. We hit it off really well.”

Two–person band “There are just musical matches that work sometimes. We both have

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very similar interests in music in general. It’s not often that you’ll find somebody that will sit down and listen to a Willie Nelson record, and put on a Mastodon record next. And enjoy them both. And I think there’s a kind of musician that has a certain amount of taste in what they bring to someone else’s song, the wisdom of not over–playing and things like that.

MorganEve absolutely has that. And we realized that with the combination of what we can do together, and what our goals and views of music are, we could make it pretty full–sounding with just the two of us.” cs brown bird 9:30 p.m. Friday, March 9/blowin’ smoke, 514 MlK

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Eastern European-isms:

“I would say that dates back to my childhood. I’m from the United States, from Utah, but my father’s from Colombia and my grandmother was fascinated by spirituality in general. She had a friend who was a klezmer arranger for six or seven bands, and she would take us to a lot of shows. I think it was kind of ingrained in me that way.”

The right players:

“It’s been hard to find people because there’s somewhat of a certain style or pastiche that’s required to achieve the aesthetics that I would like to achieve with the music. We had two drummers for a while and

they would do kind of like math rock drum stuff. It was OK with the music; it didn’t really add to it the way it should. So it’s been difficult to find someone who was like–minded musically, although a lot of people have been very interested. Just in the past six months we’ve got six steady members that are all pretty enthusiastic and put a lot of work into the group.”

Goals:

“I think a lot of it is exploration of music in general. As you see in mythology and religion, and literature and culture, there are trends and motifs ... what I try to do is find those motifs and bring those into a lot of the types of music that are very interesting to me. And for whatever reason are compelling and have also been kind of marginalized.”

The band name:

“The band was named Christ, Lord as an arbitrary decision originally. My birth name is Christian Shepherd, and that sort of stands testament to the familial and societal relationship with religion I grew up in. As it’s been scrutinized, I’ve realized it is much more than that. It can be a cry of joy, praise, anger, anguish, sadness etc. Likewise, no person can pigeonhole our style or personas or values through the name. In that way, we are like a speakeasy; you don’t know what’s inside until you have the courage/curiosity/concern to cross that threshold.” cs christ, lord 8:30 p.m. March 9, blowin’ smoke, 514 MlK 4 p.m. March 10, live Wire Music hall, 307 W. river st.

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hristian Ballew is the founder, songwriter and overall visionary behind the engaging six–piece Atlanta band called Christ, Lord. He plays accordion, banjo, piano and organ and sings. There’s violin, trumpet, clarinet and even a guitar and standup bass in the lineup.

The sound has its deepest roots in klezmer, the melodic dance–band music of Eastern European Jewish culture. It’s also a pastiche of cabaret, theater, gypsy jazz and folk balladry; among his influences, Ballew names a motley crew: Jacques Brel, Yves Montand, Serge Gainsbourg, Tom Waits, Man Man, Miles Davis and world music innovators Beirut.

The sole Christ, Lord album is called Magnalia Christi, and all the song titles are in Latin (apparently).

We spoke with Ballew this week, and while he was extremely friendly and cooperative, we found him to be just as inscrutable as his music suggests.

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Dark, dank and decadent, the music of XRay Eyeballs is unmistakably from New York’s soft white underbelly, a sort of 3 a.m. barbiturate crawl on the wild side.

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Ah, but look a little closer, at the core it’s just adrenalized garage rock, with hooks and melodies and everything; in that way, the ‘Balls have much in common with their mopey antecedents in the Velvet Underground and the Jesus and Mary Chain.

Singer and guitarist O.J. San Felipe (from San Francisco) and bassist Carly Rabalais (from East Texas) were sweethearts, and musical kindreds, when they moved to Brooklyn formed a band called Golden Triangle.

That morphed into XRay Eyeballs, which now includes Sarah Baldwin (The Girls at Dawn, Fergus & Geronimo) on drums, and Liz Lohse (Heaven, Runaway Suns) on guitar and synths.

The band’s most recent album is titled, appropriately, Splendor Squalor.

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Carly and O.J. “One of the reasons we be came close really quick when we first met was that we had a lot of similar tastes in music. But at that point, I’d never even been in a band. We did Golden Triangle, and that was my first take on music. We started Xray Eyeballs together at home. We weren’t really planning for it to become a real band; it was just kind of an experiment. In the beginning, O.J. did all the writing for it, and then on this last album I contributed more. But a lot of the vision is his, and I throw in things here and there.”

The New York experience “I think that’s what we want it to be like, kind of this fantasy world, this underground thing that not too many people experience. I think about the contrast between the place I grew up and where I am now. That’s what I like about exposing people there to a band like this. This kind of sound doesn’t really exist there. I like tapping into these places that might shock or interest people in smaller places.”

Sarah and Liz “As a business decision, we had to incorporate people to help us bring it to the next level, who had a lot of talent and dedication to put into the band.

Doing a good job and being successful is kinda at the forefront for all of us. If you have people in the band that aren’t on the same page, or have other things going on that are priorities, that could be difficult. I think we have a great lineup now, and we’re all on the same page. And it’s nice also having girls — for a while I was the only girl. I like it.” cs

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Lakesha Green loves her Shakespeare.

The All Walks of Life, Inc. theater arts director studied the Elizabethan acting tradition in college, and four years ago when she came on the staff of the youth non–profit, she had no doubt her teenage charges would love him, too.

“When I was their age I saw ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and it really affected me,” remembers Green. “I thought, ‘Well, let’s run with that.’”

And run she has. She’s written and directed three productions in three years based on her favorite plays of the Bard, including 2010’s “Choices,” an interpretation of the story of that famously catastrophic young couple,

and 2011’s “Situations,” inspired by Shakespeare’s sonnets, especially number 116: “Let me not the marriage of true minds/Admit impediments...”

Her challenge has always been making Shakespeare relevant to the kids. By incorporating lively hip hop soundtracks and modern choreography, Green says her shows “keep the students engaged while they’re still learning all they need to know.”

Rounding out the trilogy this year is “Motives,” an amalgam of Shakespeare’s tragedies, including “Macbeth,” “Othello,” “Hamlet” and “Antony and Cleopatra.” Set to songs

by Anthony David, Beyonce and Adele, the show runs at 7 p.m. this

Saturday and Sunday at the Johnny Mercer Theater.

Let’s see here—death, mental illness, more death—these are big themes. But the success of the first two shows convinced Green that her AWOL kids can handle complex emotional performances.

“I’m more intrigued by the tragedies, and I think the students are more in tune with them as well,” she muses. “They see themselves in these characters and how their relationships play out. This show is heavy, but it makes you think instead of cry.”

This is AWOL’s first time in the 2500–seat Johnny Mercer; last years’ performances sold out the 1200–seat Lucas. Davena Jordan, AWOL’s indefatigable executive director who runs

Walking away from this, I feel like I relate better to people with mental illness and all kinds of people in general. If you can make hip hop and Shakespeare work together, you can understand anyone.

Though Ella had little theater experience before coming to AWOL, she saw “Situations” last winter and knew she wanted to be involved in this year’s performance. Much of the 69–member cast hadn’t been on stage before meeting Green either, but now most of them can flawlessly quote monologues from Shakespeare’s greatest hits.

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Shakespeare and putting on a stellar production are priorities, she has other motives in mind for her students.

“The thing I’ve worked into the process of this is the theme ‘walk in your purpose so you can collide with your destiny,’ she says. “My goals are to get everyone thinking about others, and to help understand that others are affected by what you do.”

Though her affection for old William has not waned, Green says “Motives” will the last of her Elizabethan–era productions for AWOL. She’s already thinking ahead to the next batch of productions: A trio of musicals.

“Yep, I’ve already mapped out the next three years. And I don’t know how it happened, but I’m writing musicals now,” she laughs. “You can’t stop, you just have to keen in and keep on going.” cs awol presents “Motives” when: 7 p.m. March 10 and 11 where: Johnny Mercer theater cost: $20/$5 children 5 and under info: 912/303–4987 or awolinc.org

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the organization along with her husband, Tony, was a bit nervous about making the leap. She’s spent the last month tirelessly promoting the production throughout the community.

“I’m just so proud of these kids, they’ve worked so hard and the show is so, so good,” says Jordan. “I hope we’ll see everyone out in the audience this weekend.”

Employing the Shakespearean theatrical device of a “play within a play,” “Motives” opens with a scene in a mental institution and is peopled with characters who identify with Will’s iconic protagonists.

For Ella Joseph, a sophomore at Savannah Early College Academy who plays the role of the facility’s psychiatrist, taking part in the production has given her a better understanding of why these plays continue to be taught in school year after year.

“It seems like Shakespeare has a character that everyone can relate to, the plays show the trials and tribulations we go through,  ” says the 16 year–old. “I know them from English class, but acting in the ni play, tneIdsee isetherP eht deeper meanings.”

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I could have chosen from a number of hibachi meals—the usual chicken, steak, shrimp dishes doused with teriyaki sauce and served with fried rice. Or, I could have selected any of those proteins stir–fried in a variety of interesting sounding sauces, like Black Pepper or Black Bean Sauce.

But hey, it’s called Super Bowl, so I went for the namesake: a bowl of Chicken Yaki with Udon noodles.

Delivery was quick at this counter service style restaurant. The dish lived up to my expectations, offering nice flavors, plenty of chicken and warming, tender udon noodles. It was a rare chilly winter day and the chow hit the spot, arming my chilled bones and stoking me for the hike back to my parked car.

Sliced veggies added texture, color and more flavors. In all, it was a good, quick lunch and a good value for downtown, where casual lunches have begun to soar into the over–$10 range.

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The new Asian fusion restaurant Lime Grill is open at 125 E. Broughton St. I poked my head in after the Wynton Marsalis concert to see the menu and the stunning remodel of the former Seasons of Japan Bistro.

It’s a moodier, more atmospheric space now. The menu crafted by Chef Wasan Trimas delivers just what I would expect from the talented chef — a fusion of Thai, southeast Asian and pronounced French influences

— and characteristics of his vast culinary experiences.

The restaurant is caught up in the dogmatic city alcohol licensing process — and won’t have a license for wine or beer in hand until late March — or perhaps even early April. I was disappointed to see at least half a dozen diners walk out after learning there were no alcohol sales. Trimas’ food is quite capable of standing alone; I’ll have a review next week. cs

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Hart was also in the independent comedy Let Go, which premiered last fall at the Savannah Film Festival.

Also on sale now are tickets ($39.75, $49.75) to see comic Jim Gaffigan in the Mercer Theatre – on Aug. 10! (Nothing like making those plans early).

Gaffigan, the guy who makes those “audience asides” in a high-pitched voice, and riffs for hours on how much he loves to eat Hot Pockets, has a new standup show he calls Mr. Universe.

Dates to remember

• St. Patrick’s Day: March 17. There’s .... uhh .... a big parade and stuff.

• Savannah Music Festival. March 22– April 2. A whole lotta shows.

• David Mamet’s November. March 22–April 1. Muse Arts Warehouse.

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

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Allison. Jazz Corner (Hilton Head).

April 6 and 7.

• Daniel Tosh. Johnny Mercer Theatre. April 10. The last Comedy Central star; tickets are almost gone.

• Josh Turner. Johnny Mercer Theatre. April 15.

• Savannah Urban Arts Festival: April 15–22.

• Charlie Daniels Band/Little Big Town. Forsyth Park. April 20. A free show.

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

• Brian Regan. Johnny Mercer Theatre. May 3. The semi-annual Savannah show from one of our favorite comics.

• Trace Adkins. Johnny Mercer Theatre. May 4.

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a native son: paintings by west fraser — Fraser was born in savannah in 1955 and spent most of the past three decades working in the south carolina lowcountry and coastal Georgia. he is well known for his landscapes (many, though not all, of which are painted en plein air) and city scenes. telfair Museums present this show through May 6. telfair academy, telfair square

works. this exhibition, his first major traveling museum survey, seeks to place Villareal’s body of work within the continuum of contemporary art. February 3- June 3.

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brian antoine woods — brian antoine Woods artworks are on display at the Midtown Municipal building from January 24- June 29. Woods’ work illustrates the oral history of his family, the rakestraws, a generation of settlers, slaves, farmers, and pioneers who experienced the evolution of cotton first-hand. Woods has performed volunteer work and teaching with the 21st century afterschool program and at the city of savannah’s department of cultural affairs spring break art camp.

Midtown Municipal building, 601 e. 66th st. crash & collapse — exhibition at indigo sky community Gallery is part of the telfair’s Pulse Festival and features the work of chris olszewski, an active member of the chippewa of Mnjikaning First nation and professor at scad. ten percent of all sales go to the american indian college Fund/native american scholarship Program. indigo sky community Gallery, 915 Waters ave. free art at the butcher — on saturday, March 10 at 7:30 pm, Jimmy butcher is cleaning out the closets to make room for future creations. raffling off a variety of classic originals, and selling a few newer pieces. doors will open at 7:30pm and we will start announcing the raffle winners at 9pm. the butcher, 19 e. bay st.

free (and otherwise) art this saturday night at the butcher on bay street girl scout centennial exhibit — as part of an ongoing rotating art exhibition in savannah’s city hall rotunda, the city has mounted a photograph exhibit in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Girl scouts. the exhibit features historic images from the collections of the Juliette Gordon low birthplace and the Girl scouts First headquarters, depicting the savannah Girl scouts’ interaction with the city of savannah during the early to mid-20th century, including Girl scout events at city properties and Girl

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scouts with city officials at city hall. the exhibit will run through June 2012. in god’s country — the Gallery at st. Paul’s presents an exhibition of works by artist bobi Perry. st. Paul’s episcopal church, 1802 abercorn st.

Jea March show — the art show at the Jea beginning March 1 will feature the works of richard hochman. hochman has been taking pictures since he got his first brownie at the age of ten. his enthusiasm for photography

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ode to france — recent photographs by Gracie byrd Jones, March 1-29. Jones is a savannah college of art and design photography student whose work reflects the artist’s time spent in the small quiet village of Provence.

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

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

This isn’t to say that Gone is a brainy flick; on the contrary, the narrative leaps taken by scripter Allison Burnett are head–smackingly stupid. Her story, primarily culled from Kiss the Girls and The Silence of the Lambs, centers on Jill (Amanda Seyfried),

a Portland, Oregon, resident who became the only person to successfully escape from a psychopath who likes to kidnap women and dump them into a hole before eventually murdering them.

Unfortunately for Jill, there was never any evidence that she had been snatched or tortured, so the cops locked her up in a looney bin for a short period. Now a year later, she’s convinced that her sister Molly (Emily Wickersham) has been nabbed by the same madman, and as before, the police believe that she’s merely a delusional nutjob. (The detectives on the case are all portrayed as uncaring, insensitive and inept, meaning the cont’d on page 42

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city of Portland probably won’t be using this film as a recruitment tool any time soon.) So it’s up to Jill to save her sister single–handedly, a task that requires her to contend with various seedy suspects (including one pegged as having “rapey eyes”).

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

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

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

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As scattershot and unfocused as its characters, Wanderlust casts Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston as George and Linda, a Manhattan couple who have just purchased their first home (a “micro–loft,” no bigger than one of Donald Trump’s closets). But when George loses his job thanks to his boss’ illegal activities and Linda has her documentary about penguins with testicular cancer rejected by HBO, the pair find themselves broke and homeless.

While traveling to Atlanta to stay with George’s vulgar, wealthy brother and his spacy wife (Ken Marino, the film’s co–scripter, and Michaela Watkins are quite funny in these roles), they chance upon Elysium, a blissful commune where the residents live off the land, share everything (including partners) and smoke lots of pot. As they become acquainted with (among others) the philosophical Seth (Justin Theroux), the cheerful Eva (Malin Ackerman), the nudist winemaker Wayne (Joe Lo Truglio) and commune founding father Carvin (Alan Alda), each spouse weighs the pros and cons of permanently staying at this so–called “intentional community.”

Writer–director David Wain’s film sports an intriguing premise, but the end result never really commits to any particular viewpoint (is Wain laughing with the commune residents or at the commune residents?), a wishy– washy approach that doesn’t allow for any insights into the existence of such a beatific place in our capitalist society. This wouldn’t matter if the movie fulfilled its obligations as a comedy, but genuine laughs are spread rather thinly throughout, with some bizarre and inspired bits taking a back seat to the usual raunchy gags –– this includes an agonizing scene in which a nervous George, about to have sex with Eva, ad–libs various vulgar come–ons in front of the mirror.

This endless improv sequence is the type that’s usually found as an extra feature on the DVD for a Judd Apatow film (oh, did I mention he’s one of this movie’s producers?), meaning the home–entertainment branch will have to find something else to fill its slot on the disc. Given the abundance of comparable material –– from Rudd sitting on a toilet to Lo Truglio and his prosthetic penis (he’s no Michael Fassbender) bouncing through the woods –– I don’t think they’ll need to put in any overtime.

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Channing Tatum’s best shot at being taken even semiseriously as an actor would be to only make movies with Rachel McAdams for the rest of his life. A fine performer with a vulnerable and disarming beauty, McAdams has previously been romantically linked on screen to Ryan Gosling, James Marsden and Owen Wilson (among others), but it’s no major feat to generate chemistry with talented guys like these.

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

Based on a true story, this centers on Paige and Leo, a madly–in–love married couple whose lives change drastically after Paige loses much of her memory in a car accident. She can remember her life before Leo — her wealthy, right–wing parents (Jessica Lange and Sam Neill), her circle of

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

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

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

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When it comes to the twin businesses of sexual politics and romantic revelations, the number of modern–day comedies that have managed to smartly upend all the tired stereotypes and withering clichés is a dismally small one, sporting a losing ratio comparable to that of the 2011 Indianapolis Colts. Four Weddings and a Funeral is one example of a shining success; Bridesmaids is another. This Means War, on the other hand, loses the battle almost from the start.

That’s a shame, because this calendar year likely won’t see a more appealing trio of players sharing one marquee than this film’s dream — and dreamy — team of Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy.

The two dudes respectively play FDR and Tuck, crack CIA agents who are BFFs until they both fall for the same woman. That would be Lauren, a lonely workaholic who goes from having no boyfriends to having two guys fighting over her. With her best friend Trish (Chelsea Handler) offering her dubious advice, Lauren simultaneously dates both studs in order to determine her best match. For their part, FDR and Tuck are utilizing all the espionage tools at their disposal (satellites, wiretaps, etc.) to thwart the other fellow in his amorous advances.

In popcorn–picture terms, it has promise, and indeed, there are a couple of sequences in the midsection that fulfill the film’s potential.

But for the most part, the movie is a clumsy mess, replete with an action–packed subplot (involving a cardboard Euro–baddie seeking revenge) that comes across as so unnecessary, it could only have been added in the hopes of luring teen boys away from the more manly multiplex competition.

As for the resolution of the romantic dilemma ... well, the filmmakers would have been hard–pressed to come up with a worse ending. But then they tack on a ghastly epilogue, and what seemed near–impossible becomes a harsh reality.

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Actors often like to brag about how they performed their own dangerous stunts on a particular picture, but how many A–listers can actually claim to

have been waterboarded as part of the deal? Yet here’s Denzel Washington and his co–workers on Safe House, all revealing on the interview circuit how the two–time Oscar winner refused a stunt double for the scene in which his character, former CIA agent Tobin Frost, gets tortured via a technique that’s all the millennial rage among U.S. government leaders. It’s an intense sequence, one of the few in a movie that otherwise hits all the familiar marks as it hurtles toward the end credits.

Still, a little professionalism can go, if not a long way, at least enough distance to make the ride a painless one, and Safe House is nothing if not slick and steady. Washington’s apparently traitorous agent tests the patience of noble novice agent Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) as both men flee through Cape Town, South Africa, evading the usual band of nondescript thugs. These ruffians are in the employment of — gasp! — a dirty double–crossing official in the Central Intelligence Agency.

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All two– and four–legged creatures are fair game when it comes to presenting them as villains, and the wolves on display here are indeed intimidating. Granted, they often look like animatronic animals on steroids, but they certainly put the fear of God in the human protagonists.

The prey in The Grey is a group of oil–rig workers whose plane crashes in the Alaskan wilds. The no–nonsense Ottway (Liam Neeson), whom we first meet as he’s sticking his gun in his own mouth (a wolf ’s howl distracts him from pulling the trigger), appoints himself leader and attempts to lead the other six survivors out of the wilderness – no small task given not only the elements but also the wolf pack that’s picking them off.

To its credit, The Grey tries to add substance to its terror–tale premise, but Ottway’s soft–gaze flashbacks to his long–gone wife and the religious chats among the men only skim the surface of any true existential analysis.

And while there are a couple of good sequences focused on the brutal landscape, the man–on–wolf action is both fleeting and feeble – anemic enough that even Twilight haters might join Team Jacob rather than watch this shaggy undertaking. cs

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sorority–sister friends, her slick fiance (Scott Speedman), her interest in attending law school — but she can’t remember anything afterward.

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

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Savannah City Council is accepting applications to several City of Savannah boards, commissions and authorities. At least one seat is available on each of 19 boards or commissions. Deadline is 12noon, March 16, 2012. Applications can be found by clicking “Boards, Commissions and Authorities” link under City Government on the City’s homepage www.savannahga.gov. Citizens with a wide range of backgrounds and experience are needed. For more information, contact the Clerk of Council at (912) 651-6442 or email clerkofcouncil@savannahga.gov.

Drinking Liberally

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

Occupy Savannah

Habersham & Bay Streets, 10am-6pm daily. General Assembly every Saturday at 3PM. For more information or to get involved visit our facebook page www.facebook.com keyword Occupy Savannah or send an email at occupy.savannah.ga@ gmail.com. [010912]

Savannah Area Young Republicans

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

Savannah Tea Party

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

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

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 912596-5267. [122911]

Benefits 19th Annual March of Dimes Shamrock Run

5K Race & Fitness Walk; 1/4 mile Kiddie Run --Strollers are welcome. Pets are welcome and must be on a leash. Friday March 9, 6-9pm. Starts and ends at City Market, W. St. Julian Street. $35. Register at http://www.active.com/running/savannahga/march-of-dimes-savannah-shamrockrun-5k-race-and-fitness-walk-2012

Household Supplies Drive

Park Place Outreach, youth emergency shelter is accepting canned food and household supplies. Household items needed include, cleaning supplies, laundry detergent, fabric softener, paper towels and toilet paper. Please visit www.parkplaceyes.

org for directions.

Call for Entries

A book-a-holic’s dream. Tables of discounted books, plus other deals in the Thrift Shop. Saturday, March 3, 12 noon- 3pm at the Humane Society for Greater Savannah parking lot, 7215 Sallie Mood Drive.

Rain Date: March 10, Information: 912-3549515 x 112.

Apply for Summer Music Scholarships

Humane Society Quarterly Book Sale

One Small Voice - Benefiting Savannah Children’s Choir

Annual benefit concert and awards ceremony by Savannah Children’s Choir honoring SCAD President Paula Wallace and Savannah Friends of Music. Saturday, March 10, 6-8 p.m. Cocktail reception. Venue: JCB Headquarters, 2000 Bamford Blvd., Pooler.

Tickets: $100. Available at www.savannahchoir.org.

Parties A La Carte

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

Shamrock Scramble Scavenger Hunt

A benefit for the Susan G. Komen Coastal Georgia Affiliate, and Young Survivor Coalition. A city wide scavenger hunt, Thursday, March 15, beginning at 5:00-5:30 p.m. (Onsite registration starting at 5:00) at Blowin’ Smoke BBQ at 514 MLKing Jr. Blvd. Tickets, $20 per person and include a commemorative cup, event participation, inclusion for door prizes, and attendance at the post event oyster roast party. Register by visiting www.shamrockscramble.com.

St. Baldrick’s Fundraiser for Children’s Cancer Research.

Get your head shaved in City Market to raise money for children’s cancer research. You can donate to the cause, shave your head or just come watch others go bald!! Saturday, March 10, at 1pm. Savannah City Market, W. St. Julian Street, next to Wild Wing Cafe.

FREE. $20 donation to shave. Info: www. stbaldricks.org/events/savannahcitymarket

St. Patrick’s Day Fire Ball benefiting America’s Second Harvest and MDA

Friday, March 16, 2012, 6-11 pm, at the Charles H. Morris Center, in Trustees Garden (East Broad Street) in historic downtown Savannah. Hors d’ouevres, open bar, and dancing to live entertainment by The Design. Formal attire. Tickets $40. Purchase at America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia; please call 912-721-1796 or email kfranklin@helpendhunger.org.

The Market @ 3 West Ridge Road

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

Walk for Life

A sponsored fundraiser for the Savannah Care Center. Saturday, March 24th in Daffin Park. Registration begins at 8:30am. The Walk begins at 9:00am. Kick-off will be near the Leisure Svcs. Bldg. Register online at www.savannahcarecenter.org and click on Walk for Life. Sav. Care Center is a pregnancy resource center. All services are free and open to the public.

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

Artists/instructors sought to teach Summer Art Camp

he Department of Cultural Affairs seeks applications from artist/instructors to teach summer art camp from June to August. Interested individuals should submit an application and a proposal to include: a resume, description of proposed class, and up to five portfolio images (in digital format). Previous experience in art instruction is required.

Applications: www.savannahga.gov/arts.

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

Call for Recycle Artists & Crafters

The Chatham County Resource Conservation & Education Center is seeking Recycle Artists/Craftspeopkke to apply for the first annual ReVision Art and Eco Festival, Saturday, April 28, from 10 am-3pm. at 1321 Eisenhower Dr. Emphasis on recycled art/ crafts, which will be for sale by local artists/ crafters. Environmentally friendly products (hybrid cars/solar power/etc), a Trashion Show,(fashion made from recycled materials) live entertainment, food, a plant sale, and activities for children. Contact 912-6527923 for information.

as well as self-nomination by the student.

Information on the Junior League of Savannah website, www.jrleaguesav.org (under Community Impact) for more information and to complete the application. Application Deadline: March 15, 2012.

Middle School Debate Contest

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

Prize: 1st place=$100 and 2nd place=$50 APPLICATION: Type an essay, no more than 300 words, answering the same question above. The student who types the best essay will also receive a $25 award. Debate contestants will be chosen by how well they support their argument (research/opinion), grammar, and spelling. Please provide name, phone number, grade (6-8), address, city, school, & dream job. Mail applications to: Brandon Coleman, 12409 Largo Dr., Apt. 57, Savannah, GA 31419 Information: 912695-6214.

Classes, Camps & Workshops Advanced Creative Photography

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

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

Art,-Music, Piano and Voice-coaching

For all age groups, beginners through advanced, classic, modern, jazz improvisation and theory. Serious inquiries only. 961-7021 or 667-1056. [122811]

Convertible Cars Needed for St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Artist’s Way Course

Jr. League of Savannah “Kids Who Care” Scholarship Applications

Beading Classes

Be a part of the biggest event in Savannah!

The St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee seeks convertible cars and drivers to carry former Parade Grand Marshals and other dignitaries in this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade on Saturday, March 17. Owners may drive their own cars or the parade committee will provide drivers. Contact John Bunker, 912-898-7978 or email johnandbobbiann@hotmail.com.

Kids Who Care scholarships salute high school seniors who have made a positive difference in the lives of others by volunteering. Five $1,000 college scholarships will be awarded to high school seniors from the Low Country area in recognition of their outstanding volunteer service and outstanding community involvement. These scholarships are not based on academic or athletic ability.

Nominate high school seniors that have been active volunteers. Nominations may be made by anyone - principals, counselors, students, community groups and individuals,

A 7-week class offering a shared journey into personal creative growth by following the international bestseller “The Artist’s Way,” by Julia Cameron. Mondays, March 12-April 30, 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Register online: ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/ artistway.html Offered in Savannah at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St. by Georgia Southern Continuing Education.

Info: (912-644-5967) or jfogarty@georgiasouthern.edu.

Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced at Bead Dreamer Studio, 407A E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 920-6659. [122811] Bead Dreamer Studio, Savannah

Beginning American Sign Language

An introduction to Sign Language and the culture of the United States Deaf Community. Tues. and Thurs, March 13–29, 6:30pm8pm. Registration:ceps.georgiasouthern. edu/conted/signlanguagesavannah.html Offered by Georgia Southern Continuing Education at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St. Information: 912-644-5967 or

buddhist Meditation classes

learn to solve your daily problems through buddha’s teachings. March 1 and March 15 at 7-8:15 pm. $10 or $5 students/seniors. meditationinsouthcarolina.org. Quality inn Midtown, 7100 abercorn street

champions training center

offers a variety of classes and training opportunities in mixed martial arts, jui-jitsu, judo and other disciplines for youth and adults at all levels of expertise. 525 Windsor rd. call 912-349-4582 or visit http://www. ctcsavannah.com/ [122811]

clay art classes

new clay classes begin March 5 at savannah’s clay spot, and run for eight weeks. classes include wheel throwing pottery for adults, teens, and children as well as a variety of specialty clay classes like printing on clay, using porcelain, and art made for the home and garden. 1305 barnard street contact: lisa alvarez bradley, lisa@ savannhasclayspot.com 912-509-4647 www. savannahsclayspot.com.

coast guard auxiliary boating classes.

regular classes on boat handling, boating safety & navigation offered by the u.s. coast Guard auxiliary. learn from the experts. For dates & more information, visit our web site: www.savannahaux.com or telephone Kent shockey at 912-897-7656. [010912]

community kitchen/culinary arts Job training program

america’s second harvest of coastal Georgia is accepting candidates for its community Kitchen/culinary arts job train-

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

Participants spend first nine weeks in the classroom learning culinary theory and food safety; acquiring practical skills such as budgeting, resume writing and job interviewing; and assistance in obtaining a Ged, if needed. Participants are trained to achieve servsafe certification through the program, identifying them as persons who have mastered a national food safety and sanitation course accredited by the american national standards institute and the conference for Food Protection. they spend another nine weeks in Grace’s community Kitchen for hands-on culinary experience. the next class begins Monday, March 26. applicants must be at least 18 years of age, unemployed or underemployed and able to fully commit to the 18 week program. interested persons must attend a mandatory assessment session. For more information and the location and time of the assessment, contact iris holmes-Mccraw, director, community Kitchen at 912-721-1798 or imccraw@helpendhunger.org.

creative photography course

begins Feb. 28 at the coastal Georgia center in the historic district of savannah.

Go in-depth into photography principles, aperture and shutter combinations, bracketing and composition, and spend time in the field and the classroom. you’ll need a dslr camera, changeable lenses, and a tripod. you must be able to write files to a usb drive for critiques. tuesdays, 2/28 to 3/13 and

March , 2012 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11

Asbury Memorial Theatre presents

Fridays 8pm Saturdays 8pm Sundays 3pm

TICKETS $10

Asbury Memorial Theatre

1008 East Henry Street

Corner of Henry and Waters

www.asburymemorial.org/theatre

Call 912-233-3595 for more information.

saturdays, 3/3 and 3/10 (in the field). For fee information and registration, contact ceps. georgiasouthern.edu/conted/cesavannahmenu.html, or 912-644-5967 or jfogarty@ georgiasouthern.edu.

Free. thursdays at 7:30 p.m. island christian church, 4601 us highway 80 e savannah. 912-897-3604. contact: James lavin or Minister John laMaison www.islandschristian.org. [020512]

offered in savannah by Georgia southern univ. continuing education. creative Writing 1 Mondays, Feb. 6 - Mar. 26. introduces participants to the fundamental techniques of writing fiction and non-fiction. creative Writing 2 Mondays, apr. 9 - May 29. experienced students will refine their skills, workshop their compositions, and prepare to get published. each course is $200/person. all classes from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. http:// ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/creativewriting.html location: coastal Georgia center, 305 Fahm street.

the Mediation center has three workshops a month to assist citizens who do not have legal representation in a family matter: divorce, legitimation, modifications of child support and/or visitation and contempt. schedule: 1st tuesday, 5:30-7:30pm. 2nd Monday, 2-4pm. 4th thursday 10am12noon. Fee:$20 to cover all documents needed to file. register at mediationsavannah.com or 912-354-6686. [122811]

creative writing courses

drawing instruction

Private and group drawing lessons by artist and former scad professor Karen bradley. call or email for details, (912)507-7138. kbillustration@mac.com

dui prevention group

offers victim impact panels for intoxicated drivers, dui, dWi, offenders, and anyone seeking to gain knowledge about the dangers of driving impaired. a must see for teenage drivers seeking a drivers license or who have already received a license. Group meets monthly. $30/session. information: 912-443-0410. [122811]

english for second language classes

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

family law workshop

fany’s spanish/english institute

spanish is fun. classes for adults and children are held at 15 e. Montgomery cross rd. call 921-4646 or 220-6570 to register.

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feldenkrais classes

Meets at various locations in the savannah area. contact elaine alexander, GcFP. information: 912-223-7049 [122811]

found object Jewelry workshops

city of savannah sponsors a two-part workshop, focusing on the use of found materials, design, and construction. learn to solder with steel and expand their cold connection techniques. saturdays, March 3 & 10, 9am2pm at sPace, 9 West henry street. $50 per session. information: 912-651-6783 or visit www.savannahga.gov/arts.

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popular hobby will assist beginners in genealogy and aid those making slow progress.

Tuesdays & Thursdays, March 6-29, 10am11:30am. Offered in Savannah at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St., by Georgia Southern’s Continuing Education Program.

Registration: http://ceps.georgiasouthern. edu/conted/genealogy.htm1. Info: (912-6445967) or jfogarty@georgiasouthern.edu.

Group Guitar Lessons

Join us for a fun time, for group guitar lessons, at the YMCA on Whitemarsh and Tybee Islands (adults and teens only). Hands-on instruction, music theory, ear training, sight reading, ensemble playing, technique, and rhythm drills, by teacher Tim Daniel (BS in Music). 912-897-9559. $20/week. [122811]

Guitar, Electric Bass & Double Bass Lessons

Instruction for all ages of beginner/intermediate students. Technique, chords, note reading, and theory. Learn songs and improvisation. Studio located 2 blocks from Daffin Park. Housecalls available. Call 401255-6921 or email a.teixeira472@gmail.com to schedule a 1/2 price first lesson! [122811]

Guitar, mandolin and bass lessons

Guitar, mandolin or bass guitar lessons. emphasis on theory, reading music and improvisation. Located in Ardsley Park. 912232-5987 [122811]

Housing Authority Neighborhood Resource Center

The Housing Authority of Savannah hosts a series of regular classes at the Neighborhood Resource Center. 1407 Wheaton Street. Adult literacy/GED prep: Mon-Thurs, 9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm. Financial education: 4th Fri of month, 9-11am. Basic Computer training: Tues & Thurs, 1-3pm. Community Computer lab: Mon-Fri, 3-4:30pm. For more info: 912-232-4232 x115 or www.savannahpha.com

Learn Russian

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

Learn to Speak Spanish

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

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Ms. Amy’s School of Music

A small privately owned studio offering Private and Group Lessons, Piano, Clarinet, Trumpet, Trombone, Guitar, and more!

Parent & Me classes for infants - toddlers.

Group preschool music classes. www.msamyschoolofmusic.com

Music Lessons--Multiple Instruments

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

New Horizons Adult Band Program

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

Novel Writing

Write a novel, finish the one you’ve started, revise it or pursue publishing your work.

Award-winning Savannah author offers one-on-one or small group classes and mentoring, as well as manuscript critique, ebook formatting and more. Send an email

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Open Pottery Studio at Savannah’s Clay Spot

For potters with experience who want time in the studio, Choose from 4 hour time slots.

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

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

Painting and Drawing Lessons

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

Portrait Photography Course

Learn how to use the off-camera flash, studio lighting, available light, and photo editing to create flattering portraits of people, pets, close ups, and more. Any camera. Prints or digital files will be accepted. Suggested prerequisite: Creative Photography. Dates: Wednesdays, 1/18 to 2/1 or Mondays, 5/7 to 5/21. Time is 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Cost is $70/ person. Call to to register at 855-478-5551.

Registration closes Monday, Jan. 16 at Noon for the Jan. class; Thursday, May 3 at 5 p.m. for the May class. Offered by Georgia Southern University Continuing Education and takes place in Savannah,at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street. $70/person http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/ cesavannahmenu.html [122911]

Reiki--Level 1 and 2.

Taught by Cindy Beach, Reiki Master. Location: 111 E. 34th St. Registration: revfugon@ gmail.com Level 1, Saturday, March 10, 9am-1pm. Fee: $75. Upon completion, participants will have an understanding of the history and practice of REIKI, receipt of handouts of hand placements, and experience both in receiving and giving of Reiki.

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

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

ReSource Center at Habitat ReStore

1900 East Victory Drive. New home ownership resource center for anyone wanting to learn more about home ownership, homeowners insurance issues, home safety and security matters, and proper preparation for hurricanes and other severe weather.

Includes two internet-ready computers.

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Savannah Charlesfunders Investment Discussion Group

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

Savannah Entrepreneurial Center

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

Savannah Sacred Harp Singers

Everyone that loves to sing is invited to join the Savannah Sacred Harp Singers at Faith Primitive Baptist Church, 3212 Bee Road in Savannah. All are welcome to participate or listen in on one of America’s most revered musical traditions. For more information call 912-655-0994 or visit savannahsacredharp. com. [122211]

Savannah’s Clay Spot Winter Pottery Classes

Classes begin Jan. 9, 2012. Be Creative in 2012, Make it with Clay at Savannah’s Clay Spot. Check out www.savannahsclayspot. com for a new winter pottery class schedule for adults, teens, and children. Contact: Lisa Bradley, savannahsclayspot@gamil.com.

912-509-4647. www.savannahsclayspot.com [122911]

Singing Lessons with Anitra Opera Diva

Anitra is currently teaching the Vaccai Bel Canto technique for those interested in improving their vocal range and breathing capacity. Bel Canto carries over well as a foundation technique for different styles including opera, pop, rock and cabaret.

Henry St @ E Broad, Mon/Tues 6-9pm, 1 1/2 hour lesson $25. SCAD students and alumni $5 discount. Call 786-247-9923, anitraoperadiva@yahoo.com, www.anitraoperadiva. com [122811]

Winter 2012 Classes at Coastal Georgia Center

Register now for a variety of non-credit courses to be held in Savannah, January - May 2012, sponsored by Georgia Southern University. Classes held in downtown Savannah and on Skidaway Island. Course lengths, times, and fees vary. Beginning and Advanced American Sign Language; Creativity for Problem Solving; Creative Writing (Beginning and Advanced); Developing Your Imagination; Yoga for All; How to Stretch Your Energy Dollar; and The Artist’s Way, Organic Gardening. Information: ceps. georgiasouthern.edu/conted or contact Judy Fogarty at The Coastal Georgia Center (912-644-5967) or jfogarty@georgiasouthern. edu. [121211]

Work as a Spiritual Practice

Making the menial meaningful and the tedious a mere moment. Upon completion of this workshop, participants will have developed easy to use techniques to transform their workday experience; applied it to general scenarios, and entered into frank discussions related to change of attitude vs. change of job. Wed. March 20th and 27th.

111 E. 34th Street, Savannah, GA 31401; $50.

Register at revfugon@gmail.com.

Workshop: Dynamic Cartoon Characters

Sat. March 10, 10:30am-4:30pm. This twoday workshop explores all the steps needed to make innovative and appealing creations with a focus on varied drawing skills and techniques, concept creation, and how to fully develop a character. All supplies provided. No experience necessary. $180 http:// www.scad.edu/ce

Clubs & Organizations Savannah Authors Autonomous Writing Group

Meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, 6-8 p.m. beginning 2/21/2012.

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

by British writer Christopher Scott (more than a dozen published books) and local writer Alice Vantrease (one published novel, optioned for a potential Hollywood movie).

All are welcome. No charge to attend. Contact: Alice Vantrease (alicevantrease@live. com) or 912-308-3208.

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Avegost LARP

Live action role playing group that exists in a medieval fantasy realm. Generally meets

on the second weekend of the month. Free for your first event or if you’re a non-player character. $35 fee for returning characters.

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Buccaneer Region SCCA

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

Business Networking on the Islands

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

Coastal MINIs

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

Energy Healers

Meets every Monday at 6pm. Meditation and healing with energy. Discuss aromatherapy, chakra systems and more. Call 912-6952305 for more info. http://www.meetup.com/ SavannahEnergyHealers/ [122811]

Exploring The American Revolution in Savannah

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

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

Historic Savannah Chapter of ABWA

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

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Honor Flight Savannah

A non-profit organization dedicated to sending our area World War II veterans to Washington DC to visit the new WWII Memorial. All expenses are paid by Honor Flight Savannah, which is not a government-supported program. They depend on donations from the community to fund their efforts.

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Islands MOPS

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

Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet

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

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Low Country Turners

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

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

MOMSnext

For mothers of school-aged children, kindergarten through high school. Come as you are, to experience authentic community,

525 leonard neat st , savannah http:// www.stewart.army.mil/

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

savannah go green

old time radio researchers group

peacock guild-for writers and book lovers

a literary society for bibliophiles and writers. Monthly meetings for the Writer’s salon are held on first tuesday and third Wednesday. book club meets on the third tuesday. all meetings start at 7:30 p.m. and meet at Flannery o’connor childhood home (207 e. charlton st.). call 233-6014 or visit Facebook group “Peacock Guild” for more info. [012212]

richmond hill roadies running club

a chartered running club of the road runners association of america. For a nominal annual fee, members will receive monthly training sessions and seminars and have weekly runs of various distances. Kathy ackerman,756-5865 or billy tomlinson 596-5965. [122811]

rogue phoenix sci-fi fantasy club

Members of starfleet international and the Klingon assault Group meet twice a month, on the first sunday at 4 pm. at 5429 laroche ave and the third tuesday at super King buffet, 10201 abercorn street at 7:30 p.m. call 308-2094, email kasak@ comcast.net or visit www.roguephoenix.org.

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safe kids savannah

safe Kids savannah, a coalition dedicated to preventing childhood injuries, holds a meeting on the second tuesday of every month from 11:30am-1pm. Visit www. safekidssavannah.org or call 912-353-3148 for more info. [122811]

savannah adventure club

dedicated to pursuing adventures, both indoors and outdoors, throughout the low country and beyond. activities include sailing, camping, skydiving, kayaking, hiking, tennis, volleyball, and skiing, in addition to regular social gatherings. Free to join. email savannahadventureclub@gmail.com or “like” the savannah adventure club on Facebook. [122811]

savannah art association

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

savannah brewers’ league

Meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. call 447-0943 or visit www. hdb.org and click on clubs, then savannah brewers league. Meet at Moon river brewing company, 21 W. bay st. [122811]

savannah council, navy league of the united states

a dinner meeting held the fourth tuesday of each month (except december) at 6 p.m. at the hunter club. call John Findeis at 748-7020. [122811] hunter army airfield,

savannah fencing club

beginner classes tuesday and thursday evenings for six weeks. Fees are $60. some equipment provided. after completing the class, you may become a member of the savannah Fencing club for $5 per month. experienced fencers welcome. call 4296918 or email savannahfencing@aol.com.

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

savannah Jaycees

Meeting and information session held the 1st tuesday of every month at 6pm to discuss upcoming events and provide an opportunity for those interested in joining the Jaycees to learn more. Must be 21-40 years old to join the chapter. 101 atlas st.

912-353-7700 or www.savannahjaycees. com [122811]

savannah kennel club

Monthly meetings are open to the public and visitors. Meetings are held at logan’s roadhouse restaurant, 11301 abercorn st. on the fourth Monday of each month, september through May. dinner starts at 6 pm and meeting starts at 7:30pm. Guest speakers at every meeting. For more info, call 912-238-3170 or visit www.savannahkennelclub.org

savannah newcomers club

open to all women who have been in the savannah area for less than two years.

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

savannah parrot head club

love a laid-back lifestyle? beach, buffet and no dress code. check out savannahphc.com for the events calendar or e-mail Wendy Wilson at Wendyq1053@yahoo.com.

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savannah sunrise rotary club

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

savannah toastmasters

helps you improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly and supportive environment on Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at Memorial health university Medical center, conference room c. 484-6710.

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savannah writers group

Meets the second and fourth tuesdays at 7pm to discuss, share and critique writing of fiction or non-fiction novels, essays or short stories. a meet-and-greet precedes the meeting at 6:30pm. contact carol north, 912-920-8891 for location. [122911] savannah

seersucker live’s happy hour for writers

a no-agenda gathering of the savannah area writing community, held on the first thursday of every month from 5:30-7:30pm. Free and open to all writers, aspiring writers, and anyone interested in writing. 21+ with valid i.d. For location and details, visit seersuckerlive.com. [122911]

son-shine hour

Meets at the savannah Mall at the soft Play Mondays from 11-12 and thursdays from 10-11. activities include songs, stories, crafts, and games for young children

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“Kaidoku” each of the 26 letters of the alphabet is represented in this grid by a number between 1 and 26. using letter frequency, word-pattern recognition, and the numbers as your guides, fill in the grid with well-known english words (hint: since a Q is always followed by a u, try hunting down the Q first). only lowercase, unhyphenated words are allowed in kaidoku, so you won’t see anything like stocKholM or lonG-lost in here (but you might see aFGhan, since it has an uncapitalized meaning, too). now stop wasting my precious time and solVe!! psychosudoku@hotmail.com

happenings

mothering support, personal growth, practical help, and spiritual hope. islands MoMsnext meets every first & third Monday of the month, excluding holidays. childcare is available upon request. a ministry of MoPs international. For more info or to register for a meeting, call (912)898-4344 or email kymmccarty@hotmail.com. http://www. mops.org/ [122811]

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and their caregivers. Free, no registration, drop-ins welcome. Call Trinity Lutheran Church for details 912-925-3940 or email KellyBringman@gmail.com [122911]

Southern Wings

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

Stitch-N’s

Knit and crochet gathering held each Tuesday evening, 5pm-8pm All skill levels welcome. Free Spinning fiber into yarn group meets the first Monday of each month at 1pm. Wild Fibre, 6 East Liberty Street (near Bull St.) Call for info: 912-238-0514 [122911]

Tarde en Espanol

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

236-8566. [122911]

The Philo Cafe

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

The Philo Cafe

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

Theremin/Electronic Music Enthusiasts

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

Philip Neidlinger, theremin@neidlinger.us.

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U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla

Become part of the volunteer organization who assists the U.S. Coast Guard in the performance of their important duties. Meets the 4th Wednesday every month at 6pm at Barnes Restaurant, 5320 Waters Avenue.

Coed. All ages welcomed. Prior experience and/or boat ownership not required. Information: www.savannahaux.com or telephone Al Townsend at 912-598-7387. [122911]

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671

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

Woodville-Tompkins Scholarship Foundation

Meets the second Tuesday of every month (except October), 6:00 pm at WoodvilleTompkins, 151 Coach Joe Turner Street.

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

Dance Abeni Cultural Arts Dance Classes

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

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

| Submit your event | email: happenings@connectsavannah.com | fax: (912) 231-9932 | 1800 E. Victory Dr., Suite 7, Savannah, GA 31404 Adult Ballet Class

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

Adult Dance and Fitness Classes

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

Adult Intermediate Ballet

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

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Argentine Tango

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

Beginners Belly Dance Classes

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

Beginners Belly Dancing with Cybelle

The perfect class for those with little to no dance background. Cybelle has been formally trained and has been performing for over a decade. $15/class. Tues: 7-8pm. Visit www. cybelle3.com. For info: cybelle@cybelle3.com or call 912-414-1091 Private classes are also available. Walk-ins are welcome. Synergistic Bodies, 7724 Waters Ave. [122911]

C.C. Express Dance Team

Meets every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at the Windsor Forest Recreation Building.

Clogging or tap dance experience is necessary for this group. Call Claudia Collier at 748-0731. [122911]

Home Cookin’ Cloggers

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

Irish Dance Classes

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

Mahogany Shades of Beauty Inc.

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

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

Modern Dance Class

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

Pole Dancing Class

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

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

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

Salsa Savannah

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

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

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

Savannah Dance Club

“Magnificent Mondays” at Doubles, The Quality Inn /Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. Free dance lessons (6:30-7:30p): Shag, Swing, Cha-Cha and Line dancing. Everyone invited. No cover. Happy Hour till 9pm.

Call for details 912-398-8784. [122911]

Savannah Dance Club

“Magnificent Mondays” at Doubles, The Quality Inn /Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. Free dance lessons (6:30-7:30p): Shag, Swing, Cha-Cha and Line dancing. Everyone invited. No cover. Happy Hour till 9pm.

Call for details 912-398-8784. [122911]

Savannah Shag Club

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

Savannah Shag Club Pre-St. Patty’s Day Party

Featuring recording artist/DJ Gary Brown.

Shag, Bop, Swing, Line Dance, Cha Cha, Rumba and any dance your enjoy. Sat. March 10, 6:30pm-12:30am. Location: The Savannah Conference Hotel, 301 Governor Treutlen Dr., Pooler, Ga. $15/Advance. $20/ Door. A Donation Fund Raising Event. More info: 912-398-8784 or 912-927-4784. Tickets on-line: 2012prestpattyparty.eventb rite.com

Events Georgia Nature Photographers Association 3rd Annual Expo

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

Look under the tab “Annual Expo.”

Film & Video CineSavannah

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

Psychotronic Film Society

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

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

Back to back belly dance classes and two unique styles of dance. Every Sunday,

12noon-1pm, American Cabaret style, energetic and fast paced. 1-2pm, Tribal Fusion, a slower, more controlled style of dance. Both sessions $24, or a one hour session $15, or 4/$48.00. www.cairoonthecoast.com.

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

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Belly Drills

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

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

Bellydance Fusion Classes

Fusion bellydance mixes ballet, jazz and hip hop into a unique, high energy style of dance. Classes include drills and choreographies for all levels. Small classes held several days a week in downtown Savannah, and upon request. $10 per person. Contact Christa at 678-799-4772 or see www.bohemianbeats.com. [121811]

Bellydancing for fun and fitness

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

Fertility Yoga

Ongoing series of six week sessions of Fertility Yoga are held on Tuesday evenings from 6:00 PM to 7:15 PM at offices located at 100 Riverview Drive, off of Islands Expressway. Helps participants relax, start healthy habits to prepare their body and gain more confidence on the fertility journey. Instructor Ann Carroll, RYT 500. $100 for 6 week session. (912) 704-7650 or e-mail carroll3620@ bellsouth.net. [122911]

Fitness Classes at the JEA

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

355-8111. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St., http://www.savj.org. [122911]

Kung Fu School: Ving Tsun

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

Mommy and Baby Yoga Classes

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

Pilates Mat Classes

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

Private and Semi-Private classes are by appointment only. Carol Daly-Wilder, Certified Pilates Instructor. Call 912.238-0018.

Momentum Pilates Studio, 8413 Suite-A Ferguson Ave. http://savannahpilates.com.

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Pregnancy Yoga

Ongoing series of 8-week sessions are held on Tuesdays from 6-7:15pm at 7116 Hodgson Memorial Dr., and Thursdays from 6-7:15pm at 100 Riverview Dr. Pre-natal

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Weekly events (entry $5): Fri. 5:45pm-Glow Golf. sat. 10am-luck of the draw doubles. sat. 1pm-handicapped league. tom triplett Park, hwy 80 W, Pooler. sun. 10 am-singles at the sarge in hardeeville, sc. info: savannahdiscgolf.com or savannahdiscgolf@gmail. com all skill levels welcome. instruction available. [122911]

stand-up paddleboarding

stand-up paddleboarding lessons and tours. a great way get out on the water and to stay fit. east coast Paddleboarding, savannah/ tybee island. eastcoastpaddleboarding.com or 781-267-1810 [122911]

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.

yoga for all

here’s yoga at the right time, price, and location. With expert guidance, you’ll practice this ancient discipline at your own limits and pace. sequences of poses and breathing techniques will reward you with increased awareness, concentration, flexibility, strenght, and endurance. Mondays Jan. 9 to Feb. 13, or tuesdays, Mar. 20 to apr. 24. 5:30-6:30pm. $65/ person. register by calling 855-478-5551 (toll free). registration ends Jan. 6 at noon for the January class; Monday, March 19 at noon for the March class. offered by Georgia southern university, held in downtown savannah at the coastal Georgia center. info: ceps.georgiasouthern.edu [121211]

yoga for cancer patients and survivors

Free for people with cancer and cancer survivors. 6.30 p.m., tuesdays and 12:10 p.m., thursdays, Fitnessone, 3rd floor of the center for advanced Medicine, Memorial university Medical center. call 912-350-9031.

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Zumba fitness (r) classes

Mondays at 7:15-8:15. located at the ballet school, studio b, Piccadilly square, 10010 abercorn. $7 per class or $60 for 10 classes. contact april for more info. 912-306-5598.

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Zumba fitness classes with anne

lake Mayer community center, 1850 e Montgomery crossroads, Wednesdays, 7pm-8pm. $5, Free if you bring a friend. (912) 596-1952. [010912]

Zumba fitness classes with Mai

Monday 8:30am-9:30 am, lake Mayer community center, 1850 G. Montgomery crossroads. $5 per class saturdays 8:30 am-9:30am, st. Paul cMe social hall, 123 brady st. $3 Per class. contact Mai @ 912-604-9890. [011412]

ZuMba! fitness with laura

thursdays 7:30pm., beginning Jan. 5th. a class act dance center- 118 Pipemaker’s circle suite 110 Pooler, Ga 31322.

912.748.4199. $10/class, cash only please.

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

gAy & lesBiAn first city network board Meeting

Meets the first Monday at 6:30 p.m. at Fcn’s office, 307 e. harris st., 2nd floor. 236-city or www.firstcitynetwork.org. [122911]

gay aa Meeting

true colors aa Group, a gay and lesbian aa meeting that welcomes all alcoholics, meets

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savannah disc golf club

sundays at 7:30pm, Wednesdays at 7:30pm and thursdays at 7:00 pm at 307 e harris st, top floor. [030412] savannah

georgia equality savannah

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

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savannah pride, inc.

Meets second tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Fcn office located at 307 e. harris st., 2nd floor. sPs mission of unity through diversity, and social awareness has helped promote the well-being of the lGbt community in the south, and organizes the annual savannah Pride Festival. call 912-288-7863 or email heather@savpride.com. [122911]

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stand out youth

a Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and Questioning youth organization. Meets every Friday at 7 p.m. at the Fcn building located at 307 e. harris st. call 657-1966, email info@ standoutyouth.org or visit www.standoutyouth.org. [122911]

what Makes a family

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

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alcoholics anonymous

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if you want or need to stop drinking, aa can help. Meetings daily throughout the savannah area. check www.savannahaa.com for meeting locations and times, or call 24 hrs 912-356-3688 for information. [122911]

free hearing & speech screening

hearing: every thurs. 9-11 a.m. speech: 1st thurs. of each month. savannah speech & hearing center, 1206 e. 66th street. call 355-4601. www.savannahspeechandhearing. org [122911]

health care for uninsured people

st. Mary’s health center is open for primary health for the uninsured of chatham county. the center, located at 1302 drayton, is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 aM to 3:30 PM. For information or to make an appointment, call 912-443-9409. [021912]

healthcare for the uninsured

st. Mary’s health center,1302 drayton st.. is open for health needs of uninsured residents of chatham county. Free of charge. open Monday through Friday from 8:30 aM to 3:30 PM. For information or to make an appointment, call 912-443-9409. [122911]

la leche league of savannah

Mothers wishing to find out more about breastfeeding are invited to attend a meeting on the first thursday of every month at 10am. la leche league of savannah is a breastfeeding support group for new and expectant mothers. 897-9544, www.lllusa.org/web/savannahGa.html. [122911] savannah

living smart fitness club

an exercise program to encourage healthy lifestyle changes offered by st. Joseph’s/ candler african-american health information and resource center. Mondays, tuesdays, and Wednesdays. on Mondays and Wednesdays the classes are held at the John. s. delaware center from 6:00 PM to 7:15 PM. on tuesdays from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM, the classes are held at the center on 1910 abercorn street. classes include Zumba (tuesdays) and hip-hop low impact aerobics with cardio and strengthening exercises (Mondays/Wednesdays). For more information, call 912-447-6605. [022612]

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23 Vodka brand, for short 24 Former Shanghai Shark ___ Ming 25 1,000 times a “mil” 26 Multipurpose doc, for short 28 Active chemical in cannabis 30 Slip of paper?

33 Seafood dish with butter, served in a bed of NBC News dispatches?

38 Huge ride 39 Masi of “Heroes” 40 From ___ Z (the whole ball of wax) 41 Stadium cheer 42 Ending for author or weather 43 Sphere in a scepter 44 Fish dish served with lemon and pepper, simmered in pretty hate and dissonant synthesizer lines?

47 Awards, like a slot machine 49 Mountain Dew energy drink 50 Org. with a “100 Years...” series 51 Bone Thugs-n-Harmony’s “___ Crossroads” 53 Facebook event of 2012 55 Former Illinois governor, in headlines 59 Dessert served a la mode, while the waiter jabbers about winning a million dollars?

62 1970s Mocedades hit that translates to “It’s You” 63 “You ___ Here” (mall map phrase) 64 Permeate 65 Keister 66 On the ___ (fleeing) 67 Chicken

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21 Talk about in an indirect way 22 Partner 27 Neon aquarium fish 29 Peller of the 1980s “Where’s the Beef?” ads 31 Author Mario 32 Finito 33 Fingerprint pattern 34 Gumbo ingredient 35 Fallout victims?

36 Rent splitter 37 They put up a Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list 45 University city north of Stockholm 46 Realty database site 48 California peak 52 James Lipton interviewee 54 Host with a 276-car stunt 56 Bubbling, like hot water 57 Doohickey 58 Naptime, perhaps 59 Upsides 60 Wednesday, figuratively 61 Prefix before sphere 62 Low point

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yoga helps mothers-to-be prepare for a more mindful approach to the challenges of pregnancy, labor & delivery. cost is $100 for each course. call ann carroll at 912-704-7650 e-mail ann@aikyayoga.com. [122911]

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poker tournament april 7th • 1pm-until $25 adv / $50 door prizes • snacks • fun

King’s inn bacK by popular demand:

burlesque revue th mar 9 !!!

live music

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hot Girls & you!!!

(proceeds benefit kicklighter academy for autism)

mon & thurs - military appreciation - no cover for military tues - 2-4-1 wells (4-12) wed - $1 drafts (8-12) $1 icehouse drafts all day every day for the military

savgentlemensclub.com the savannah gentlemen’s club 325 e. montgomery cross rd

912-920-9800

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a free program for women recently diagnosed with cancer. look Good…Feel better® is a free community program that teaches beauty techniques to women who are actively being treated for cancer. administered by the american cancer society, the program helps cancer patients manage the physical side effects of treatment such as skin changes and hair loss. trained cosmetologists, estheticians and nail technicians address make-up techniques, skin care and nail care as well as tips for using head scarves and other accessories.Participants receive a free make-up kit worth more than $250 in the shade that matches their skin tone. Presented monthly. the next session is March 12 from 1:30-3:30 p.m at the lewis cancer & research Pavilion. Women interested in attending should contact the local american cancer society at 912-355-5196.

planned parenthood hotline

First line is a statewide hotline for women who want information on health services. open every night from 7-11p.m. 1-800-2647154. [122911]

smokestoppers. smoking cessation program.

st. Joseph’s/candler’s group-facilitated smoking cessation program, offers an intensive class (7 sessions over 3 weeks) featuring a wide range of proven-effective strategies to help smokers control their smoking urges, manage nicotine withdrawal and stress, and avoid weight gain. orientation is Monday, March 12 at 6pm. orientation and class attendance is mandatory. class dates are 3/12 (orientation), 3/26, 3/27, 3/28, 3/29, 4/2, 4/5, and 4/10. cost is $100. classes are free for cancer survivors. For more information and to register, call (912) 819-3368 or 800-501-4054. or register online at www.sjchs.org.

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tybee island Marine science center

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walk on the wild side

the oatland island Wildlife center , 711 sandtown rd., offers a 2-mile native animal nature trail that winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland and salt marsh habitats, and features live native animal exhibits. open daily from 10-4 except thanksgiving, christmas and new years. 898-3980, www.oatlandisland.org.

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wilderness southeast

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

Pets & AnimAls low cost pet clinic

tails spin and dr. stanley lester, dVM, host low-cost pet vaccine clinics for students, military and seniors on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 5-6pm. Vaccinations: $12.00, with $2.00 per vaccination donated to savannah Pet rescue agencies. habersham Village shopping center. www.tailsspin. com [122911]

st. almo

savannah true animal lovers Meeting others. informal dog walks on sundays at 5pm (weather permitting). Meet at the canine Palace, 612 abercorn st. For info, call 912-234-3336. [122911]

reADings & signings circle of sister/brotherhood book club

meets the last sunday of the month at 4 p.m. at the african-american health information & resource center, 1910 abercorn st. call 447-6605. [122911]

savannah storytellers

the savannah storytellers are re-forming on Feb 16. Weekly meetings to follow. bess chappas will offer workshop on first meeting. call. Wallace Moye 354-0048. call for reservation (limited seating). Janice at 912-224-2904. [021212]

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. bring a book you’ve read this month and tell all about it. treats to share are always welcomed. tea will be provided. 232-5488 or 652-3660.

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

ARIES

(March 21–April 19) “Controlled hysteria is what is required,” said playwright Arthur Miller in speaking about his creative process. “To exist constantly in a state of controlled hysteria.

It’s agony. But everyone has agony.

The difference is that I try to take my agony home and teach it to sing.” I hope this little outburst inspires you, Aries. It’s an excellent time for you to harness your hysteria and instruct your agony in the fine art of singing. To boost your chances of success in pulling off this dicey feat, use every means at your disposal to have fun and stay amused.

TAURUS

(April 20–May 20) The Cherokee Heritage website wants people to know that not all Native American tribes have the same traditions. In the Cherokee belief system, it’s Grandmother Sun and Grandfather Moon, which is the opposite of most tribes.

There are no Cherokee shamans, only medicine men and women and adawehis, or religious leaders.

They don’t have “pipe carriers,” don’t do the Sun Dance, and don’t walk the “Good Red Road.” In fact, they walk the White Path, have a purification ceremony called “Going to Water,” and perform the Green Corn ceremony as a ritual renewal of life. I suggest you do a similar clarification for the group you’re part of and the traditions you hold dear, Taurus. Ponder your tribe’s unique truths and ways. Identify them and declare them.

GEMINI

(May 21–June 20) In the coming weeks, the activity going on inside your mind and heart will be especially intense and influential — even if you don’t explicitly express it. When you speak your thoughts and feelings out loud, they will have unusual power to change people’s minds and rearrange their moods. When you keep your thoughts and feelings to yourself, they will still leak all over everything, bending and shaping the energy field around you. That’s why I urge you to take extra care as you manage what’s going on within you. Make sure the effect you’re having is the effect you want to have.

CANCER

(June 21–July 22)

Artist Richard Kehl tells the story of a teenage girl who got the chance to ask a question of the eminent psychologist Carl Jung.

“Professor, you are so clever.

Could you please tell me the shortest path to my life’s goal?”

Without a moment’s hesitation Jung replied, “The detour!” I invite you to consider the possibility that Jung’s answer might be meaningful to you right now, Cancerian.

Have you been churning out overcomplicated thoughts about your mission? Are you at risk of getting a bit too grandiose in your plans?

Maybe you should at least dream about taking a shortcut that looks like a detour or a detour that looks like a shortcut.

LEO

(July 23–Aug. 22) An old Chinese proverb says: “My barn having burned to the ground, I can see the moon.” The speaker of those words was making an effort to redefine a total loss as a partial gain. The building may have been gone, but as a result he or she had a better view of a natural wonder that was previously difficult to observe. I don’t foresee any of your barns going down in flames, Leo, so I don’t expect you’ll have to make a similar redefinition under duress. However, you have certainly experienced events like that in the past. And now would be an excellent time to revise your thinking about their meaning. Are you brave enough and ingenious enough to reinterpret your history? It’s find–the–redemption week.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23–Sept. 22) “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” Numerous websites on the Internet allege that Greek philosopher Plato made this statement, which I regard as highly unlikely. But in any case, the thought itself has some merit. And in accordance with your current astrological omens, I will make it your motto for the week.

This is an excellent time to learn more about and become closer to the people you care for, and nothing would help you accomplish that better than getting together for intensive interludes of fooling around and messing around and horsing around.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23–Oct. 22) “When we are no longer able

to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves,” said Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl. His advice might be just what you need to hear right now, Libra. Have you struggled, mostly fruitlessly, to change a stagnant situation that has resisted your best efforts? Is there a locked door you’ve been banging on, to no avail? If so, I invite you to redirect your attention. Reclaim the energy you have been expending on closed–down people and moldering systems. Instead, work on the unfinished beauty of what lies closest at hand: yourself.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23–Nov. 21) In this passage from Still Life with Woodpecker, Tom Robbins provides a hot tip you should keep in mind. “There are essential and inessential insanities. Inessential insanities are a brittle amalgamation of ambition, aggression, and pre–adolescent anxiety — garbage that should have been dumped long ago. Essential insanities are those impulses one instinctively senses are virtuous and correct, even though peers may regard them as coo–coo.” I’ll add this, Scorpio: Be crazily wise and wisely crazy in the coming weeks. It will be healthy for you. Honor the wild ideas that bring you joy and the odd desires that remind you of your core truths.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21)

I don’t think you will need literal medicine this week. Your physical vigor should be good. But I’m hoping you will seek out some spirit medicine –– healing agents that fortify the secret and subtle parts of your psyche. Where do you find spirit medicine? Well, the search itself will provide the initial dose.

Here are some further ideas: Expose yourself to stirring art and music and films; have conversations with empathic friends and the spirits of dead loved ones; spend time in the presence of a natural wonder; fantasize about a thrilling adventure you will have one day; and imagine who you want to be three years from now.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22–Jan. 19) Each of us is the star of our own movie. There are a few other lead and supporting actors who round out the cast, but everyone else in the world is an extra. Now

and then, though, people whom we regard as minor characters suddenly rise to prominence and play a pivotal role in our unfolding drama. I expect this phenomenon is now occurring or will soon occur for you, Capricorn. So please be willing to depart from the script. Open yourself to the possibility of improvisation. People who have been playing bit parts may have more to contribute than you imagine.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20–Feb. 18) The “cocktail party effect” refers to your ability to hear your name being spoken while in the midst of a social gathering’s cacophony.

This is an example of an important practice, which is how to discern truly meaningful signals embedded in the noise of all the irrelevant information that surrounds you. You should be especially skilled at doing this in the coming weeks, Aquarius — and it will be crucial that you make abundant use of your skill. As you navigate your way through the clutter of symbols and the overload of data, be alert for the few key messages that are highly useful.

PISCES

(Feb. 19–March 20) Shunryu Suzuki was a Zen master whose books helped popularize Zen Buddhism in America. A student once asked him, “How much ego do you need?” His austere reply was “Just enough so that you don’t step in front of a bus.”

While I sympathize with the value of humility, I wouldn’t go quite that far. I think that a slightly heftier ego, if offered up as a work of art, can be a gift to the world. What do you think, Pisces? How much ego is good? To what degree can you create your ego so that it’s a beautiful and dynamic source of power for you and an inspiration for other people rather than a greedy, needy parasite that distorts the truth? This is an excellent time to ruminate on such matters.

Guided Silent Prayer

A couple of songs done acoustically, about 30 minutes of guided silent prayer, and a few minutes to receive prayer if you want (or remain in silence). A mid-week rest and re-focus. 6:45-8pm on Wednesdays at the Vineyard Church. 615 Montgomery St. (behind Blowin’ Smoke BBQ). www.vineyardsavannah.org [122911]

Savannah Zen Center

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

Soka Gakkai of America

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

The group practices Nichiren Buddhism by chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. Introductory meetings are held the third Sunday of the month. For further information, call 2329121. [122911]

Theology on Tap

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

Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church

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

Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah

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

234-0980, admin@uusavannah.org or www. uusavannah.org. [122911] 313 E. Harris St. ,

Unity Church of Savannah

Two Sunday morning Celebration Services - 9:15 and 11:00. (Children’s Church and childcare at 11:00.)

Noon prayer service every Thurs. To find out about classes, workshops and more visit, www.unityofsavannah.org or call 912-3554704. 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Sports & Games Adult Coed Flag Football

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

Savannah Bike Polo

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

Support Groups Al-Anon Family Groups

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

alcoholics anonymous

if you want or need to stop drinking, aa can help. Meetings daily throughout the savannah area. check www.savannahaa.com for meeting locations and times, or call 24 hrs 912-356-3688 for information. [122911]

alzheimer’s caregivers and families support group

senior citizens, inc. hosts caregivers and families support groups for individuals caring for alzheimer’s and dementia family members. locations and days: every 2nd Monday at Wilmington island united Methodist church, 195 Wilmington island road. every 2nd thursday, 5:30pm, at ruth byck adult day care facility, 64 Jasper st. For more info, call 236-0363, ext. 143.

amputee support group

open to all patients who have had a limb amputated and their families or caregivers. call 355-7778 or 353-9635. [122911]

brain injury support group

For traumatic brain injury survivors and their caregivers. Meets the third thursday at 5 p.m. in the gym at the rehabilitation institute at Memorial university Medical center. http://www.memorialhealth.com [122911]

breast cancer survivors group

Meets tuesdays at 5:20om, at First Presbyterian church on Washington avenue and Paulsen street. survivor’s and care providers welcome. enter via Washington ave. contact Melissa at 912-844-4524 or Krista at 912819-7053. [122911]

cancer support group

Meets the first Wednesday of the month from 11am-12pm. at the nancy n. and J.c. lewis cancer & research Pavilion on reynolds street across from candler hospital.

For anyone living with, through or beyond a diagnosis of cancer. call 819-5704. [122911]

citizens with retarded citizens

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

coastal empire polio survivors association

Meets the fourth saturday of the month at 10:30 a.m. call 355-1221; or visit www.coastalempirepoliosurvivors.org. candler’s heart/ lung building. 5354 reynolds ave. [122911]

couples struggling with fertility

challenges

Meets every saturday at 6:45 p.m. at savannah christian church, 55 al henderson blvd. room 250. a group for couples struggling with primary or secondary infertility, whether on this journey for one year or many years. call Kelly at 596-0852 or email emptycradle_savannah@hotmail.com. [122911]

families anonymous

a world wide twelve-step self-help support program for relatives and friends concerned about and affected by substance abuse or behavioral problems of a loved one, has a new group in savannah. thursdays at 7:30PM at skidaway island Presbyterian church, 50 diamond causeway. information: 912-660-6845 or email sandyjtyler@comcast. net. [011412]

fibromyalgia support group

meets the second thursday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in conference room 2, candler heart and lung building, 5356 reynolds st.. 8196743. http://www.sjchs.org/ [122911]

gambling problem?

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

narcotics anonymous

call 238-5925 for the savannah lowcountry area narcotics anonymous meeting schedule. [122911]

national alliance on Mental illness connection support group

a weekly 90 minute support group for any with a mental health diagnosis. Free & open to the public. We also have a weekly family support group. both groups meet on tuesdays, 6pm to 8pm. both are held at trinity lutheran church, 12391 Mercy blvd. Free and open to the public. [122211]

overeaters anonymous

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

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parkinson’s disease support group

Meets the first thursday of the month.

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

rape crisis center

assists survivors of rape and sexual assault. the rape crisis line is active 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 912-233-7273. the center offers free, confidential counseling for victims and their families. [122911]

grief support group

spinal injury support group

heartbeats for life

support group for parents of children with learning disabilities and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Full circle Grief and loss center, 450 Mall blvd. seven-week support groups for children and adults are offered by the bereavement counselors at no charge as a complementary service of hospice savannah. For information call 912.303.9442 or visit www. hospicesavannahhelps.org. [122911] a free support and education group for those who have suffered from, or want to prevent or reverse heart disease, and/or diabetes problems. one tuesday per month. topic for Feb. 21st. - live to be 100 and beyond. southwest chatham library, 14097 abercorn st. (behind target at savannah Mall) contact, Jeff: 912-598-8457; email: jeff@heartbeatsforlife-ga.org [011212]

leukemia, lymphoma and Myeloma support group

For patients with blood-related cancers and their loved ones. Memorial health university Medical center, http://www.memorialhealth.com. call Jennifer currin, 350-7845.

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Multiple sclerosis support group

discusses topics that are relevant to anyone with a debilitating disease every fourth thursday at 3:30 p.m. at st. James catholic church, 8412 Whitfield ave. at Montgomery cross roads. 355-1523. [86/010712]

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Meets every third thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m. at the rehabilitation institute at Memorial health. For info, call Jami Murray at 350-8900. http://www.memorialhealth. com/ [122911]

sponsored by savannah educational consultants and royce learning center. Professionally led support groups will be held on the 4th Monday of each month, 6-7:30pm.

Meetings will be held at royce learning center, at 4 oglethorpe Professional blvd. contact laurel brady, 912-659-4687 or email lbrady@savannaheducationalconsultants.com [122911]

support group for parents of ill children

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

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teens nurturing teens

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

Meets at the lewis cancer & research Pavilion. For more information, call 912-8195704. [021912]

teens with no one to turn to

are you between the ages of 11-18, or a concerned parent of a teen? Park Place outreach youth emergency shelter can help.

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

volunteers community cardiovascular council

clerical and medical volunteers needed for non-profit working to eliminate heart disease. Flexible shifts and training provided. staff the reception desk, answer phones, light administrative work, etc. Medical volunteers take blood pressure readings and assist in computer data management. 912232-6624 or knoxm@sjchs.org. [021212]

good samaritan clinic

st. Joseph’s/candler’s Good samaritan clinic in Garden city needs volunteer nurses, physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, spanish interpreters and clerical staff. the Good samaritan clinic serves people without insurance and whose income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty line. to volunteer call 912-964-4326. [live oak regional public libraries needs volunteers to assist in a variety of ways at its branches in chatham, effingham and liberty counties. call 912-652-3661. http://www.liveoakpl.org [122911]

Medical professional volunteers needed

st. Joseph’s candler’s st. Mary’s health center, a free clinic serving the uninsured, is looking for physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, lab techs, and patient care techs. located at 1302 drayton street, the center also needs non-clinical volunteers to schedule appointments. contact stephanie alston at 912-443-9409. [021912]

oatland island education center

oatland island Wildlife center often needs volunteers. call 912-898-3980. 711 sandtown rd. http://www.oatlandisland.org/

pre-school volunteers needed

For more information on a support group for men and women living with hiV/aids, please contact Mary Jackson at My brothaz hoMe, inc. at 912-231-8727. these two groups are

st. Mary’s community center is looking for early childhood education majors, retired elementary teachers and/or community residents to help 3 & 4 year olds with language development skills. the program is offered Monday-Friday, 9am-12pm. Please call artinique thomas at 912-447-0578.

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

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This spacious home is located just blocks from Armstrong University, near Windsor High School, shopping, and various restaurants. Also it is located within a few minutes of HAAF. Call Preferred Realty’s Cindy Osborne, 912-489-4529 or Scott Berry,912-920-1936 for an appointment today!

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WINDSOR FOREST 912-691-2073 Available For Sale for $69,900! www.ReliableIncInves3BR/1.5BA, LR, DR, utility room, carport. New wood floors, New tors.com

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PORT WENTWORTH near Gulfstream, ports, sugar refinery. Brick 1700sqft 3BR/2BA, super closets, screened porch, fenced backyard, roof, heating & air, excellent condition, walk to elementary school.

Call 912-964-9654

for rent 855

paint interior & exterior, and New vinyl floors in bathrooms, New ceiling fans and New high efficiency sliding glass door. This home is located just blocks from schools, shopping, and various restaurants. Also it is located within a few minutes of HAAF. Owner financing maybe available. Owner is licensed Georgia real estate agent. Call Preferred Realty’s Cindy Osborne or Scott Berry, 912-489-4529 or 920-1936 for an appt. today! for rent 855

HOUSES 4 Bedrooms 127 Magnolia Dr. $1800 2112 Mason Dr. $995 3 Bedrooms 408 Briarcliff Rd-$895 605 Dyches Dr $875 117 Greenbriar Ct. $850 54 Stone Lake Cr. $1150 Hinesville 189 W.Kenny Dr. $825 2 Bedrooms 16 Belfair Ave $795 6 Seneca St. $775 APARTMENTS 2 Bedroom Apt 98 Hidden Lake $875

Loves’s Seafood, Need experience servers, experience cooks, and experience dishwasher. Please apply in person.

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12350 Mercy Blvd.

Savannah, GA 31419 912-925-4815

SPACIOUS, AFFORDABLE 1 & 2 Bedrooms Available Ask about our Specials & Discounts!!

1/2-OFF 1ST MONTH’S RENT! Rent A Manufactured home,14x70,on high/wooded lot. 3BR/2BA,save $$$, Gas, heat and stove, central air, refrigerator,full mini-blinds, carpeting and draperies, washer/dryer hookups, 48sqft. deck w/hand rails and steps, double-car cement parking pad. Swimming pool, recreational areas, on-site garbage service(twice weekly) and fire protection included, cable TV available, guest parking. Starting at $500/month,including lot rent.

800 Quacco Road. 925-9673.

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2250 UTAH STREET 3BR, 1BA, Living room, kitchen/dining, w/refrigerator & gas stove, gas water heater & gas heat, washer/dryer hookups, CH&A. Fenced backyard. $725/rent & $675/deposit. Section 8 Accepted.

2009 MITCHELL ST. Liberty City, Total Electric, 4BR, 2.5BA, Living room, dining room, den, kitchen w/appliances, washer/dryer hook-ups.

CH&A, ceiling fans. $1050/Rent, $975/Deposit REF. & CREDIT CHECK REQUIRED

898-4135

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3BR/2BA, CH/A, double garage, newer energy efficient home: 134 Dogwood Way in Eden. $1100/month, $600/dep. Credit/Background check. Available immediately. 912-484-1347

3BR/2BA TOWNHOME, LR, DR, washer/dryer connection, ceiling fans in all rooms, patio, deck. $750/month plus deposit. Call 912-856-2490 Call 912-721-4350 and Place Your Classified Ad Today!

231-1981 or 238-4915 www.helenmiltiadesrealty.com Email: hmr1@aol.com

640 W. 37TH ST. Apt. B

3 Bedrooms, appliances provided including washer/dryer. Central heat/air, ceiling fans. $750/month.

Call 912-233-3945/251-648-5705 Happenings: All the info about clubs, groups and events. Only at www.connectsavannah.com

905 WEST 41ST STREET

6 room house, fully electric, parking garage $800/month. Call 912-354-3884

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MOVE-IN SPECIALS AVAILABLE 718 West 38th St. 3BR/2BA House, LR, DR, central heat/air, laundry room, fenced yard $685/month, NO DEPOSIT..

1719 Legrande St. 2BR/1BA house, LR, DR, hardwood floors, laundry room, kitchen w/appl. CH&A,fenced yard, $665/month.

2BR/1BA Apts. Newly Renovated, hardwood floors,carpet, paint, appliances, central heat/air, washer/dryer hookups. $600-$650/month, utilities may be added to rent if requested.

912-844-3974 SECTION 8 WELCOME

for rent 855

rooms for rent 895

CARVER HEIGHTS: For Rent/OptionElliott Street off Gwinnett. Newly renovated 3BR/2BA, small den. LR, DR, eat-in kitchen, larger rooms, total electric, heat/air, laminate throughout, laundry room, fenced backyard.

Call 912-224-4167

SOUTHSIDE •1BR apts, washer/dryer included.

Water & trash included, $625/month.

•2BR/1.5BA townhouse apt, total electric, w/washer & dryer/$650.

Call 927-3278 or 356-5656

EFFICIENCY ROOMS Includes stove, refrigerator, private bath. Furnished! $180/week.

Call 912-844-5995.

For Rent 1007 Jefferson St. $525/mo First month Free.

912-667-1242

GARDEN CITY APARTMENT

Recently renovated 2BR Apt., total electric, washer/dryer hookups.

Convenient location. $655/month. Call 912-656-5000.

GREAT APARTMENT! Ardsley Park/Baldwin Park 1BR/1BA with separate living and dining rooms. $650/month. Call: 912-659-6206.

HIGHLAND WOODS 800 QUACCO ROAD 925-9673

Mobile Home lots for rent.

First month rent free! Wooden deck, curbside garbage collection twice weekly, swimming pool and playground included. Cable TV available.

HOUSE FOR RENT 120 Fox Chase Rd 3 Bedroom Two Baths Garage Fence Back Yard $850.00 912-507-6262 HOUSE FOR RENT: 643 West 40th Lane (between Burroughs & Florence). 3-bedrooms with central heat/air. $675/month.

Call 912-844-0694 or 912-508-2397

LOWCOUNTRY RENTALS 912-665-0592 NEAR ISLE OF HOPE

7315 GARFIELD: 3BR/2BA, freshly painted, fenced backyard, single car garage. Movein Ready! $1000/month + deposit.

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1403 E. 38th: 2BR/1BA $650 604 E. 40th: 2BR/2BA $850 1919 Clemson: 3BR/1.5BA $850 1116 NE 36th St. 3BR/2BA $925 Several Rent-to-Own Properties Guaranteed Financing.

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Large 3BD/2BA & 2BD/2BA remodeled mobile homes in nice Garden City mobile home park. Pool, basketball court, playground, clubhouse. Low down affordable payments. Credit check required. Call Gwen or Della, 912-964-7675.

SECTION 8 WELCOME

ONE, TWO & THREE BR Apts. & Houses for rent. Stove, refrigerator, washer/dryer. 1/2 month OffGood for this month only.

912-844-5996 OR 912-272-6820 SEVERAL 2BR & 3BR Houses for rent. Also one 4BR & one 5BR available. Rent-to-Own is optional.

Call 912-376-1674

VERY NICE HOMES

*Nassau Woods mobile home, 2BR/2BA, C37 $625 *127 Linden Dr 3BR/1BA $850 *317 Linwood: Available April 1st.

4BR/2BA $1000 912-507-7934/912-927-2853

WINDSOR FOREST AREA

Available Now. 3BR/1BA, LR, family room, dining area, large kitchen, laundry room, central heat & A/C, shed w/electricity & concrete floor, newly painted interior & exterior. 2 new high efficiency sliding glass doors. No pets or smoking.$899/Rent + security deposit $929. (1yr. lease required) **Special Discount available for Police officers on rent & sec.dep.

No Section 8 Accepted! Call Scott Berry, Property manager at Berry Enterprises, 920-1936.

WON’T LAST LONG! WESTLAKE AVENUE 2BR & 3BR Apartments,starting at $500 & up. Heat/air, washer/dryer connections.

Call 912-656-5004 rooms for rent 895

APARTMENTS FOR RENT

2 Bedroom Apartments, kitchen with appliances, LV room, utilities included. $205-$225/weekly; Monthly $800-$850. 912-319-4182

ROOMS FOR RENT

SAVE $$$$ MOVE-IN SPECIALS Clean, furnished, large. Busline, central heat/air, utilities. $100-$130 weekly.

Rooms w/bathroom $145.

Call 912-289-0410.

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$50 Deposit EFFICIENCIES $170/per week & up.

Utilities included, Furnished, private bath. No Pets. Call 912-695-7889 or 912-342-3840 transportation 900

2002 F250 SUPERDUTY, Ext cab.

5.4L, HD towing pkg, loaded, long bed, white w/grey upholstery. No wear, new tires. Great condition.

Reg. service, private owner $8,000.

912-222-1355

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FORD Mustang, 2002- Excellent condition, 6cyl. Burgundy exterior, black interior. Fully loaded.

96K original miles. $4,500 OBO. 912-659-4452

LARGE VICTORIAN with windows on two sides, across from library, nicely furnished, all utilities.

TV/cable/internet, washer/dryer, $140/week. $504/month.

912-231-9464 Other apts. avail.

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Furnished, affordable room available includes utility, cable,refrigerator, central heat/air. $115-$140/weekly, no deposit.Call 912-844-3609 NEED A ROOM? STOP LOOKING! Great rooms available ranging from $115-$140/weekly. Includes refrigerators, cable w/HBO, central heat/air.

No deposit.

Call 912-398-7507.

NICE ROOM /HOUSE FOR RENT, Westside, 3BR/2BA in quiet neighborhood. For reliable, working person.

No drugs! Contact 912-844-8716 or 912-428-0496 ROOM FOR RENT: Safe Environment. Central heat/air, cable, telephone service. $450-$550 monthly, $125/security deposit, No lease.

Immediate occupancy. Call Mr. Brown:912-663-2574 or 912-234-9177.

ROOMS FOR RENT

Fully furnished, central heat/air, cable. No deposit. Safe environment. $125-$150 weekly & $450-$550 monthly. 912-228-1242

TOYOTA Tundra SR5, 2006- One owner. No accidents. Under 100K. Immaculate condition $15,800. customized, Leather interior.

No sales tax. Call 912-660-7532

cars 910

DODGE Stratus, 1996- Automatic, 4 door, AC, 4cyl $1950. 441-2150

Furnished, includes utilities, central heat and air, Comcast cable, TVs, washer/dryer. Ceramic tile in kitchen and bath. Shared Kitchen & Shared bath.

Call 912-210-0144.

cars 910

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CLEAN, comfortable rooms. Washer/dryer, air, cable, HBO, ceiling fans. $110-$140 weekly. No deposit. Call Ike @ 844-7065 CLEAN, QUIET, Room & Efficiencies for Rent.On Busline, Stove, Refrigerator, Washer/Dryer. Rates from $85-$165/week. Call 912-272-4378 or 912-631-2909

ROOMS FOR RENT Completely furnished. Central heat and air. Conveniently located on busline. $130 per week. Call 912-844-5995.

SPACIOUS ROOMS FOR RENT Newly renovated on busline.2 blocks from Downtown Kroger,3 blocks from Historic Forsyth Park. $150/week w/No deposit.

844-5995

rooms for rent 895

FENDER BENDER?

Paint & Body Work. Reasonably Priced. Insurance Claims. We buy wrecks. Call 912-355-5932.

MERCEDES ML320, 2000- 98K miles, Burgundy Red. One owner, garaged and pampered. Excellent interior/exterior and mechanical operation.

EVERYTHING works $7,995. Call with serious inquiries please.

JIM ROBBINS 912-655-2389 SATURN SL2, 1999- 5spd, cold AC, 4 door. Great on gas $1950. 912-441-2150

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VOLKSWAGEN Super Beetle, 19731973 VW Super Beetle with RARE AUTOMATIC Transmission; original 1600cc engine, dual port; daily driver; some visible rust areas; interior in excellent conditionn except for small tear in back seat; asking $3,900. Car sold “As Is”. Fun to drive! Please call 912-667-5988 for more info. I’ll be glad to email additional pictures.

VOLVO 855 Wagon, 1994Automatic, cold AC, 2nd owner, low miles, extra clean $1,950. 441-2150 WE PAY CASH for junk cars & trucks! Call 964-0515 SUVS 930

CHEVROLET Tahoe, 2005- Loaded.

Grey in color, 3rd row seats, excellent condition, one owner $15,000. 912-657-5302

FORD Expedition, 2003- In excellent condition $9,000. Call 912-844-5816. OBO Campers/rVs 960

SUBARU Forester SUV, 2001- Fully loaded. Absolutely immaculate inside and out. $5900 Call 912-660-7532

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421 E.49TH ST. (Ardsley Park) 3BR, possibly 4th, LR, DR, 2.5BA, sunroom, 2-dens, eat-in kitchen, 2600Sqft., courtyard, swimming pool, fenced yard, washer/dryer, refrigerator, stove, microwave, dishwasher. $1700/month, $1700/security deposit.

1428 BEL AIRE DR. (Cloverdale Subd.)

4BR/2BA, entrance foyer, LR, formal DR, den w/eating area combo with entrance to fe n ce d b a c k ya rd. $995/month, $995/security deposit.

105 BRANDLEWOOD DR. 3BR/2BA, LR, DR, 1-car garage, fenced yard $925/month, $925/security deposit.

141 E. 57TH ST. Great Ardsley Park location, 3BR/2BA, Living room w/fireplace, dining Room, screened porch, carport, fenced yard, $925/month, $925/sec. dep.

115 VAN NUYS (Wilshire Subd.)

3BR/2BA, LR, DR, den, eat-in kitchen, fenced yard. $900/month, $900/security deposit.

1115 E.55TH ST. Duplex (off of Waters Ave.) 2BR/1BA, LR, eat-in kitchen. $495/month,$495/security deposit.

for rent 855

RV, 2000 Forest River Sand Piper Travel Trailer, 8x33-1/2 ft length, 3ft Super Slide Full Kitchen, Sleeps 6-8,Sliding Glass Doors. Must see to appreciate.

May be seen at 22 Oglethrope Professional Blvd.

Savannah, Ga 31406 $10,000 912- 484-8690

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