Connect Savannah March 5, 2014

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Week At A Glance Wednesday / 5 Film: Sonny & Jed, aka Bandero Bandits (1972, Italy) Psychotronic Film Society presents this rare spaghetti western/romantic comedy homage to Bonnie & Clyde. Starring Telly Savalas. For mature viewers.

8 p.m The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. $7 sentientbean.com

Thursday / 6 Africa On the Rise: How the Forgotten Continent Is More Important Than Ever to the United States Savannah Council on World Affairs presents a lecture by Todd Moss, vice president for programs and senior fellow at the Center for Global Development. In addition to his organizational responsibilities, he directs The Emerging Africa Project and his work focuses on U.S.-Africa relations and financial issues facing sub-Saharan Africa.

Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Free for members, students and accompanying family members, educators and active military and their dependents. $10.00 for non-members.

912-272-4466 Call for times. savannahcwa.org

Lecture: Puebloan Building Cultures and Economic Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau: Past and Present

compiled by robin wright gunn | happenings@connectsavannah.com Week At A Glance is Connect Savannah’s listing of events in the coming week. If you want an event listed, email WAG@connectsavannah.com. Include specific dates, time, locations with addresses, cost and a contact number. Deadline for inclusion is 5pm Friday, to appear in next Wednesday’s edition.

Lunch 'N' Thinc: Dr. Erika Tate, BluKnowledge

Dr. Erika Tate with BluKnowledge "a socialjustice design and research firm resolved to end health and scientific inequities through empowering community education and advocacy."

11:30 a.m. & 1 p.m Thinc Savannah, 35 Barnard St. 3rd Floor.

Free to attend. Member lunch: $5; Non-member lunch: $10 912.544.1200. elise@thincsavannah.com

Friday / 7 The Band Perry

Part of their "We Are Pioneers World Tour 2014." With Easton Corbin & Lindsay Ell. 7:30 p.m Martin Luther King Jr Arena, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $25-$162 savannahcivic.com

Black Maria Film Festival

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Featured artists for March are Jason Bible and Pete Love. Chris Desa is the evening's host.

7:30 p.m First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. $5 suggested donation. savannahfolk.org

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LOCAL ART GhoStock: Resurrection MUSIC A paranormal and metaphysical enthusiast expo, featuring lectures, FOOD films, psychic readings, paranormal investigations, haunted tours, late night CULTURE entertainment and more. Some subject matter may be too intense for small

children. artmarchsavannah.com March 7-9

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Non-Fiction Gallery 1522 Bull St.

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Savannah Council on World Affairs and Sylvester & Co. are sponsoring this program that will examine the challenges of a rising Africa facing America's foreign policy. The speaker is Dr. Todd Moss, VPthe forwhole Programs Fellow Bring familyand on Senior the March andat for Global enjoythe freeCenter art activities!

JoinDevelopment. us as we craft His musical instruments will fill therelations streets and work focuses onthat U.S.-Africa with theissues soundfacing of creativity! financial sub-Saharan Africa, including policies that affect private investment, debt, and aid.

8 p.m Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Open to the public. Free for SCWA members, educators, students & accompanying family members, & active duty military & their dependents. $10 charge for others. savannahcwa.org March by Bike! For rules and information visit facebook.com/spokemodels

First Friday Art March

Desoto Hilton, 15 E. Liberty St.

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FREE TROLLEY!

SCAD Printmaking Fundraiser 2301 (Upper) Bull St.

Get on the trolley at every Art March stop!

The trolley picks up in approx. 20 min. intervals.

7 DeSoto Avenue Attractions Indie Arts Market Kids Activity Area Bike Scavenger Hunt Check-in Vinyl Appreciation

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One West Victory 2404 DeSoto Ave.

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Maldoror’s Frame Shop 2418 DeSoto Ave.

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World Affairs program: Africa on the Rise: How the Forgotten Continent is more Important than ever to the United States

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First Friday for Folk

SCAD welcomes back this award-winning Lunch 'N' Thinc: Dr. Erika Tate, festival committed to the exhibition of BluKnowledge cutting edge independent films. Named as Dr. Erika Tate with BluKnowledge "a social- one of MovieMaker Magazine’s “25 Film justice design and research firm resolved Festivals Worth the Entry Fee” (Spring to end health and scientific inequities 2010) through empowering community education 7 p.m and advocacy."

Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. 11:30 a.m. & 1 p.m $5. Free for SCAD. Thinc Savannah, 35 Barnard St. 3rd Floor. blackmariafilmfestival.org Free to attend. Member lunch: $5; Non-member First Friday Art March lunch: $10 Open houses, new exhibitions, and family912.544.1200. elise@thincsavannah.com friendly activities at this monthly Friday Savannah Stopover night art gallery hop in SoFo (South of Over 100 musical performances over three Forsyth). Visit the Indie Arts Market on De days, by hot and soon-to-be-hot bands and Soto Ave. Ride your bike on the Art March soloists, all "stopping over" in Savannah while making their was to the SxSW Festi1 val in Austin, TX. -8 2 $30 - $125 for various passes to enter multiple Brighter Day shows.

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Join SCAD architectural history profesTheatre: Peter Pan, Jr. sor Patrick Haughey in an exploration of Savannah Christian Preparatory School Puebloan architecture.

Fine Arts Council presents Disney’s Broad5:30 p.m way musical based on the play by J.M. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

Barrie and showcase the 1953ofDisney Free and open to the public.

Savannah's premier locally film. produced p.mfine crafts. Featuring paintings, scad.edu arts 7and sculptures, andTheater, wearable MarketSt.has Trustees 216arts, East the Broughton $10 something for everyone! scadboxoffice.com

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Bike Scavenger Hunt. After-party at The Wormhole for 21+ starts at 9pm.

Sponsored by Connect Savannah.

Friday, 6-9 p.m Desotorow Gallery, 2427 Desoto Ave., and galleries throughout SoFo Free & open to the public 810-919-7101 artmarchsavannah.com

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2307 Bull St. Art march: Join us after the March for Creative FRiday, Mar 7 where artists drink Industries Night, for cheap and enjoy tasty eats!

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$10 per person. VIP admission: $60. Some special events have additional charges.

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Lecture: Assessing for Learning: The Big Picture

Armstrong presents Peggy L. Maki, a higher education consultant who helps colleges and universities incorporate assessments of student learning into education practices, processes and structures. Maki will discuss the importance of assessment for enhancing learning and increasing institutional efficiency. In Ogeechee Theater.

12-1 p.m Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Free and open to the public. angeles.eames@armstrong.edu. armstrong.edu

Savannah Boat and Outdoor Show

The 12th annual Savannah Boat and Outdoor Show features hundreds of boats and a wide variety of marine equipment and services. It's coastal living at its best with fun family including pirate shows, interactive archery, fishing classes, the Army Anglers Bass Fishing Tank, the Tupolev N007 Russian Boat, a unique piece of cold war history, face painting, balloons and even a bouncy house. noon Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, 1 International Dr. Adults- $8 ($5 on Friday only); Military and seniors $5; Children $4; Children 3 and under FREE 864-250-9713. email@jbmshows.com. SavannahBoatandOutdoorShow.com

Seersucker Live: The Jig Episode

An evening of literature and entertainment, featuring national bestselling author Beverly Donofrio, screenwriter Ross Klavan & writer/editor Amy Paige Condon. These three writers will perform original works in Seersucker’s usual talk show format.

7 p.m The space formerly known as The Sparetime, 36 MLK Jr. Blvd. $10 Gen. Adm. $5 with student I.D. or Savannah Stopover Music Festival Pass. Limited seating. 18+ with valid I.D. SeersuckerLive.com

Theatre: Fool for Love

Collective Face Theatre Ensemble presents Sam Shepard's acclaimed drama set in a Mojave Desert motel, revealing a destructive cycle of attraction, revulsion, love, lust and bitter hatred.

Reception following performance 8 p.m Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. are $20 general admission; $15 seniors/students/ active military (912) 232-0018. musesavannah.org

This bluegrass musical is a modern retelling of the Gospel of Matthew placed in the setting of rural Georgia. Music by the late Harry Chapin.

7:30 p.m Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. $15 912-695-3330

Saturday / 8 St. Practice Day on River Street: Charity Bar Crawl

A pub crawl benefiting Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia. A chance to practice your St. Patrick's Day party skills the week before the big event. Thirteen participating River Street drinking establishments. Start at Spanky's between 2-5pm, Finish at Saddlebags between 4-10pm. Prizes.

2 & 10 p.m Spanky's (River Street), 317 East River St. $15 912.660.9001. Brian@staffordpromotions.com.

BarCrawlSavannah.com

Dolphin Project: Lecture and Research Survey Training

The Dolphin Project presents a program from 10am-11am about bottlenose dolphins, the sea mammals living in our coastal waters. Stay from 11-12 for the one-hour training on how to participate in ongoing Photo-ID research surveys on inshore waters. No experience necessary.

Especially seeking skippers with boats, photographers with minimum of 300mm lenses, team leaders and assistants. Kayakers welcomed.

10 a.m.-noon Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. Free and open to age 10 and up. Training for age 16 and up. gadolphin@comcast.net

Forsyth Farmers Market

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

Film: This Night I’ll Possess your corpse Mar 12

9 a.m.-1 p.m Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. Free to attend. Items for sale.

912-484-0279. forsythfarmersmarket.com

GhoStock: Resurrection

A paranormal and metaphysical enthusiast expo, featuring lectures, films, psychic readings, paranormal investigations, haunted tours, late night entertainment and more. Some subject matter may be too intense for small children.

March 7-9 Desoto Hilton, 15 E. Liberty St. $10 per person. VIP admission: $60. Some special events have additional charges.

678-524-7537. ghostgeek@ghosthounds.com. ghostock.com

Savannah Boat and Outdoor Show

Savannah Stopover

Over 100 musical performances over three days, by hot and soon-to-be-hot bands and soloists, all "stopping over" in Savannah while making their was to the SxSW Festival in Austin, TX. March 6-8 $30 - $125 for various passes to enter multiple shows. savannahstopover.com/

the band perry: Mar 7

Features hundreds of boats and a wide variety of marine equipment and services.

It's coastal living at its best with fun family including pirate shows, interactive archery, fishing classes, the Army Anglers Bass Fishing Tank, the Tupolev N007 Russian Boat, a unique piece of Cold War history, face painting, balloons and even a bouncy house.

10 a.m Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, 1 International Dr. Adults- $8 ($5 on Friday only); Military and seniors $5; Children $4; Children 3 and under FREE 864-250-9713. SavannahBoatandOutdoorShow.com continues on p. 6

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6 pm dinner followed by a 7 pm “Friday Night Fever” Kabbalat Shabbat (Sabbath evening) Musical Service. At 8 pm Rabbi Gary Zola, Executive Director of the American Jewish Archives and Professor of the American Jewish Experience at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, will begin his presentation providing a rare opportunity to hear a series of voice recordings of leading American rabbis, revealing how they handled pivotal world events from the pulpit. Topics include the rise of Adolph Hitler, the outbreak of WWII, and the struggle for civil rights. There will be an Oneg (reception) after the presentation.

Temple Mickve Israel, 20 E. Gordon St. Friday night’s meal is $8 per person or $16 for a family. Reservations are preferred by March 5.

Call synagogue office at 912-233-1547 for more information and/or to make meal reservations.

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week at a Glance | continued from previous page Savannah National Wildlife Refuge Kids’ Photography Workshop

Budding photographers ages 16 and under can learn more about their point-and-shoot cameras, and how to capture great images with them, using the natural environment of the refuge.

8:30-10 a.m Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive off S.C. 170.

Free. Registration required.

(843) 784-9911

Seersucker live: Mar 7

Savannah National Wildlife Refuge’s Natural Resource Discovery Day

A day of fun, educational activities celebrating National Wildlife Refuges and the “Wild Things” that call them home. Information on bird banding. Explore a wildland fire engine. Target shooting.

10 a.m.-4 p.m Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive off S.C. 170.

Free and open to the public.

843-784-9911. amy_ochoa@fws.gov

Savannah Stopover

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Over 100 musical performances over three days, by hot and soon-to-be-hot bands and soloists, all "stopping over" in Savannah while making their was to the SxSW Festival in Austin, TX. March 6-8 $30 - $125 for various passes to enter multiple shows. savannahstopover.com/

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American Jewish Archives and Professor of the American Jewish Experience at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, begins his presentation based on his book We Called Him Rabbi Abraham: Lincoln & American Jewry. Dr. Zola will explain why many of Lincoln’s characteristics have caused American Jews to embrace the sixteenth president as a man who possessed a Jewish soul.

Temple Mickve Israel, 20 E. Gordon St. Free and open to the public 912-233-1547

Theatre: Fool for Love

Shamrock Scramble

This fun "Prepare for St. Pat's" themed scavenger is a perfect way to have fun and support two, great local breast cancer support groups. Entry to the event includes a free drink, potato from Spudnik and fun!

Register early on Active.com.

2 p.m The Rail Pub, 405 West Congress St. 20.00 912.604.3425. js4568@stu.armstrong.edu

lecture: American jewry’s relationship with abraham lincoln

11 am Shabbat (Sabbath) Morning Service followed by a Kiddush Lunch. At 1 pm Rabbi Gary Zola, Executive Director of the

Collective Face Theatre Ensemble presents Sam Shepard's acclaimed drama set in a Mojave Desert motel, revealing a destructive cycle of attraction, revulsion, love, lust and bitter hatred.

8 p.m Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. are $20 general admission; $15 seniors/students/ active military (912) 232-0018. musesavannah.org

Theatre: Cotton Patch Gospel

This bluegrass musical is a modern retelling of the Gospel of Matthew placed in the setting of rural Georgia. Music by the late Harry Chapin.

7:30 p.m Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. $15 912-695-3330

Theatre: Peter Pan, Jr.

Savannah Christian Preparatory School Fine Arts Council presents Disney’s Broadway musical based on the play by J.M. Barrie and the 1953 Disney film.

7 p.m Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. $10 scadboxoffice.com

Third Annual Brain Injury Awareness Walk

This walk and its family-friendly activities promote awareness and support for acquired brain injury survivors. Sponsored

by Memorial University Medical Center.

10 a.m Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads. $15. T-shirt and refreshments included.

912-350-7274. JolleJe1@memorialhealth.com

Wilmington Island Farmers' Market

Vendors offering produce, prepared foods, crafts, plus storytime, musical performances, and community information. Every Saturday.

9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Wilmington Island Farmers' Market, 111 Walthour Rd @ Islands Community Church.

Free and open to the public wifarmersmarket@aol.com. wifarmersmarket.org/

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Chamber Music: Brass Recital

experience that is unique and accessible; complete with local

Springtime Made in the South

The fifth and final concert in the Savannah Philharmonic's chamber music series for this year.

5 p.m Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard St. see website savannahphilharmonic.org

Crafts, artwork, interiors, one-of-a-kind designs in this annual showcase of southernness.

11 a.m.-5 p.m Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, 1 International Dr. $7 madeinthesouthshows.com/Savannah_Spring_ Show.html

GhoStock: Resurrection

Theatre: Fool for Love

A paranormal and metaphysical enthusiast expo, featuring lectures, films, psychic readings, paranormal investigations, haunted tours, late night entertainment and more. Some subject matter may be too intense for small children.

March 7-9 Desoto Hilton, 15 E. Liberty St. $10 per person. VIP admission: $60. Some special events have additional charges.

678-524-7537. ghostgeek@ghosthounds.com. ghostock.com

Savannah Boat and Outdoor Show

Features hundreds of boats and a wide variety of marine equipment and services.

Pirate shows, interactive archery, fishing classes, the Army Anglers Bass Fishing Tank, the Tupolev N007 Russian Boat, a unique piece of cold war history, face painting, balloons and even a bouncy house.

11 a.m Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, 1 International Dr. Adults- $8 ($5 on Friday only); Military and seniors $5; Children $4; Children 3 and under FREE 864-250-9713. email@jbmshows.com. SavannahBoatandOutdoorShow.com

Collective Face Theatre Ensemble presents Sam Shepard's acclaimed drama set in a Mojave Desert motel, revealing a destructive cycle of attraction, revulsion, love, lust and bitter hatred.

3 p.m Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. are $20 general admission; $15 seniors/students/ active military (912) 232-0018. musesavannah.org

Theatre: Cotton Patch Gospel

This bluegrass musical is a modern retelling of the Gospel of Matthew placed in the setting of rural Georgia. Music by the late Harry Chapin.

3 p.m Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. $15 912-695-3330

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Savor farm-to-table housemade French-inspired cuisine with a hand-selected wine collection.

Relax on our outdoor patio, or dine in our beautiful forty-two person dining room while you enjoy the convenience of private off-street parking.

Representing the evolution of today’s brasseries, we venture beyond the image of cafés and breweries, and instead call to mind an image of simplistic sophistication.

529 E Liberty St. Savannah, GA 912.238.0045

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week at a Glance | continued from previous page Savannah Christian Preparatory School Fine Arts Council presents Disney’s Broadway musical.

3 p.m Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. $10 scadboxoffice.com

Monday / 10 Lecture: Impacting Women's Lives in Burma

Savannah native Amelia Iaderosa discusses her volunteer work with the Karen Women's Organization in refugee camps and in Karen State/Burma displacement areas, on the border of Burma and Thailand. In Ogeechee Theatre.

1:30 p.m Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn Free and open to the public.

912-429-3950

Wednesday / 12 Film: This Night I’ll Possess your corpse (1967, Brazil)

Long unavailable in the USA, this incredible, freaky and surreal B&W horror film follows iconic Brazilian villain “Coffin Joe” in his cruel, sadistic and twisted search to find the right woman to bear him a son.

Shot for a paltry sum, and utilizing creative and ultra-cheap special effects, it is one of the most unforgettable and bizarre “Psychotronic” films ever made and a must-see for fans of intense, unpredictable world cinema. In Portuguese with English Subtitles.

8 p.m Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. $7 Mature audiences only. www.sentientbean.com

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Theatre: Peter Pan, Jr.

Tuesday / 11 Concert: Spring is in the Air

The Savannah Winds, community wind symphony in residence at Armstrong, performs in concert.

7:30 p.m Armstrong Fine Arts Center, 11935 Abercorn St. $14. Free to Armstrong. armstrong.edu

Harlem Globetrotters. March 13, MLK Arena.

Sarah Jarosz. March 15, Randy Wood Guitars.

Tara Feis. March 15, Emmet Park.

St. Patrick’s Day Parade. March 17.

Savannah Music Festival: March 20-April 5.

Avett Brothers (Savannah Music Festival). March 20 & 21, Johnny Mercer Theatre.

Tybee Arts Association: Sordid Lives.

Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn : March 21-31.

Mar30 Savannah Stage Co.: Syncopation.

March 21-30, S.P.A.C.E. Graveface Fest II. March 22, Dollhouse Productions.

Punch Brothers (Savannah Music Festival). March 22, Trustees Theater.

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Savannah Music Festival). March 22, Lucas Theatre.

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder (Savannah Music Festival). March 27, Lucas Theatre.

Gabriel Iglesias. March 27, Johnny Mercer Theatre.

Vince Gill & Paul Franklin (Savannah Music Festival). March 28, Johnny Mercer Theatre.

Taj Mahal (Savannah Music Festival). March 29, Lucas Theatre.

Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn (Savannah Music Festival). March 30, Lucas Theatre.

Robert Cray Band (Savannah Music Festival). April 3, Lucas Theatre.

We The Kings. April 3, AASU. Branford Marsalis (Savannah Music Festival). April 5, Trustees Theater.

Amos Lee. April 8, Johnny Mercer Theatre.

AASU theater: Godspell. April 10-19.

Bay Street Theatre: Fuddy Meers. April 11-20.

Savannah Record Fair. April 20 & 21, May Poetter Hall.

Nickel Creek. April 22, Johnny Mercer Theatre.

Claire Lynch Band. April 25, Randy Wood Guitars.

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editor’s note

Gays, God, and the almighty dollar In one case, a baker refused to bake a gay jim@connectsavannah.com couple’s wedding cake. The others: a florist refusing to provide flowers and a photograGeorgia dodged pher refusing to shoot a gay wedding. a bullet this year, The refusals were on the basis of religious through the good graces mores, but were also all performed during of Arizona and Delta Airprivate business transactions — the “freelines. And possibly Paula dom” in the bill’s title being the freedom to Deen. base one’s private business decisions on one’s The so-called “Presprivate core beliefs. ervation of ReliAnd in a perfect irony, that’s what killed gious Freedom the bill: Corporations making it clear that Act” is dormant for the remainder of the they’d in turn base their own long-term Georgia General Assembly session this year, decisions about who they’d do business with our august elected officials apparently havon their own corporate core beliefs. ing had an unusual attack of common sense.

In the words of Delta Airlines’ statement: The Peach State’s steady slide into “If passed into law, these proposals would national laughingstock status has stalled, at cause significant harm to many people and will result in job losses. They would also least for now. violate Delta’s core values of mutual respect Arizona provided an excellent test case, with a result clear enough even for our stub- and dignity shared by our 80,000 employees born Tea Party overlords to see clearly. Ari- worldwide and the 165 million customers zona Gov. Jan Brewer, at one time a darling we serve every year.”

LGBT citizens are, generally speaking, of the conservative movement, vetoed her fairly affluent, successful, and upwardly state’s nearly identical version of the bill.

Her veto came only after enormous pres- mobile compared to the general population. sure from corporate interests, including the No news flash there.

Unlike those mired in poverty and unlike NFL, which made it clear they wouldn’t underprivileged minorities, gay and leshesitate to move Super Bowl XLIX out of bian citizens wield a lot of leverage where it Arizona should the bill become law. counts most in America: The marketplace.

(Not a hypothetical: Arizona lost one Make no mistake, it was capitalism which Super Bowl already, in 1993 when it refused killed these onerous bills, not politicians to institute an MLK holiday.) having a collective epiphany about inclusivCapping an increasingly surreal week, our own Paula Deen again jammed her foot ity and open-mindedness.

Conservatives are correct that religious directly into her mouth in a cringeworthy People interview, where she compared herself freedom is integral to the idea of America.

But religious freedom has always meant to Michael Sam, “that black football player different things to different Americans — who recently came out.” precisely why the religious guarantee of the I doubt Deen intended to be political— First Amendment is mainly a negative one, a especially since the interview was likely done long before the anti-gay legislation hit promise not to establish a state religion.

Religious freedom in and of itself is a the national radar—but her latest gaffe just really poor basis for writing laws—somereinforced the headwinds against the bill. thing the Founders anticipated and later I’ve learned to never look a gift horse in generations are apparently still learning. the mouth, so anything that leads to the The American concept of religious freedemise of this kind of misguided, misandom is downright devilish to boil down to thropic legislation is a good thing.

But it’s important to look at why and how written legislation, one reason why astute the Georgia version met its demise before it lawmakers rarely attempt to do so.

Maryland was the first colony based on could even reach Gov. Nathan Deal’s desk. religious freedom, specifically as a haven for The origin of the “Preservation of Religious Freedom Act” comes not from a burn- Catholics. Massachusetts was established by religious conservatives escaping Anglicans ing, unquenchable desire to serve God, but and Catholics. Pennsylvania had full and simply from attempts to refuse service to open tolerance of all religions. Despite being gay couples planning weddings. It’s bigotry based on slave labor, the Carolina colony gussied up as freedom.

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had extraordinary religious freedom, since it was founded purely for commercial purposes, i.e., to make money.

As for Georgia, Gen. James Oglethorpe banned Catholicism here, but mostly due to politics: His mission was to form a military buffer against Great Britain’s enemies in the New World, Spain and France—both Catholic countries. No pesky spies that way.

In keeping with our original bakery motif, the only remotely solid conclusion we can make is that religious freedom in America is pretty much whatever you make of it. But it usually boils down to everyone at least having a wedding cake of their own — rather than using their freedom to take someone else’s wedding cake away.

The bigger question, one much more uncomfortable to ask and difficult to answer, is what happens to those who can’t afford their figurative piece of the pie at all?

What big multinational company comes to the defense of the poor and the sick when the chips are down?

In Atlanta, legislators dropped the antigay bill like a hot potato. But they’ve taken up others that also discriminate.

One bill prohibits any abortion coverage through any Obamacare health care exchange in Georgia, even in instances of rape and incest. It also eliminates abortion coverage for anyone in the state employee’s health care plan.

That bill is also based on “religious freedom.” Crickets from Delta Airlines.

Another bill forbids any state participation in an Obamacare exchange. (It’s the “Health Care Freedom Act.” Sound familiar?) Not a peep from the NFL or The Home Depot about that one.

And speaking of religious freedom—literally—get a load of this: Another bill would permit gun owners to bring their weapons into church, unless the church specifically posts signs forbidding it.

With all this talk of religious freedom, I guess someone totally forgot about freedom for actual churches, eh?

I join the majority of you in being happy to see the discriminatory anti-gay bills die the legislative death they deserve.

But let’s not pat ourselves on the back too hard. Until the working poor and the sick and all those on the short end of America’s wealth inequality stick also have the NFL and Delta Airlines sticking up for them, we still have a long way to go. cs

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At the root of good food: Meet Teri Schell

By Jessica Leigh Lebos jll@connectsavannah.com

If I roamed the earth 12,000 years ago, I’m sure I’d be less hunter and more gatherer.

First off, I’m nearsighted as hell. If my family had to depend on my aim to eat, we’d all starve.

Plus, it’s far less stressful to pluck berries than to chase down a mastodon.

My inner troglodyte often manifests as a primal urge to forage the urban jungle.

Dandelions from the front yard find their way into salads. Grapefruits pilfered from a neighbor’s tree are nibbled surreptitiously while walking the dog.

Come late spring, you may spot a hungry lemur disguised as a 40-something year-old woman snatching loquats off the median at Abercorn and Victory.

It’s not just the call of the wild: We’ve managed to cultivate some fairly productive raised beds over the years, and in the summertime can source at least a few meals exclusively from our “backyarden,” sometimes supplemented by fish caught by my own personal caveman.

Another benefit of having a garden to glean is that when I’m feeling lazy, I can excavate a package of chicken apple sausage from the freezer, cook it up with a few chard leaves that survived the frost and call it dinner.

My daughter has deemed this perfectly delicious but admittedly ubiquitous meal “The Everyday.”

packaging it in pretty-colored plastic and trucking it across continents is not necessarily progress.

No one knows this better than Teri Schell. As one of founders of the Forsyth Farmers Market, her aim is to get the sustainably-grown food from nearby farms into your reusable shopping bags.

Since 2009, the Saturday market has flourished not only as a culinary exchange but as a leveler of socioeconomic justice, where chefs from fancy restaurants like Alligator Soul and 22 Square comingle with home cooks coming from the nearest bus stop.

Still, convincing people to eat local has its challenges.

“We’re trying to make it attractive to shoppers who can afford it, make it accessible to those who can’t, and help the farmers Local good food guru Teri Schell make their money—all in four hours on a Saturday,” sighs Teri. “It’s a delicate balance.”

“The Everyday AGAIN?” she frowns as Poor Teri—she absolutely hates attenshe busts in after soccer practice, famished tion, but her name constantly pops up as as a saber-toothed tiger.

Savannah’s egalitarian food guru. She helped create the Savannah Chatham Food Policy I tell her that Paleolithic children would be delighted to have such a fine pile of nutri- Council, and she’s an obsessive grant writer who persuaded the national organics nontion to eat. profit Wholesome Wave to put up double “Then send mine to Paleolithica,” she grumbles as she pushes forkfuls around her dollars for those using EBT cards at the market. plate.

“It’s not all me doing this stuff,” she proKid kvetching aside, everyday accessibiltests. “We had a thousand volunteer hours ity to fresh vegetables isn’t such a prehislogged last year at the market.” toric notion: It turns out that a diet rich Whether she likes it or not, more recogin produce grown close to home is the nition came a few weeks back at the Georbest possible thing for our bodies and our gia Organics Conference on Jekyll Island, environment.

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“There are a lot of underpinnings to why there isn’t better health in these communities,” she says, referring to the high diabetes and obesity rates among Savannah’s poorer citizens.

Accessibility and education is key, and Teri and others are studying models for a distribution hub that will help get organic produce to more wholesalers.

She’s also excited about FFM’s Gulfstream-funded mobile market, Farm Truck 912, coming to a neighborhood near you later this spring.

Where does this lady find the time for all this while tending to her own garden and family?

“I actually don’t cook,” she grins sheepishly, admitting she leaves most of the kitchen work to her husband, teacher and fellow food activist, Christopher.

The momentum of Savannah’s good food movement may be gaining speed, but asTeri reminds, that means it needs more support than ever.

No worries, I say! Let’s just write a grant to plant a ready-to-glean urban foraging spot like the Beacon Food Forest in Seattle, WA, a public paradise of fruit orchards, edible ground cover and shared garden plots.

We can grow Savannah’s local food justice community until we convince everyone to emulate our primal ancestors’ eating habits.

Until then, I’m happy to share my secret loquat spots. cs

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“She quietly and doggedly keeps all these pieces moving because of her passion for equality, and lucky for folks … she uses her love of food as the framework for change,” says Sentient Bean owner and fellow good food conspiracist Kristin Russell.

Raised hardscrabble on a farm in Alabama, Teri is deeply rooted in the revolutionary idea that good food is not just for the privileged—it’s for everyone.

“I ate so well as a poor kid in Birmingham,” she recalls. “Then my dad started making money and my mom was all, ‘yay, packaged food!’ Very soon after, I developed stomach problems.”

It wasn’t until she landed a gig at a health food store in her 20s that she made the connection between her gut issues and the need for leafy greens. An epiphany about the farreaching positive effects of sustainable farming on society soon followed.

She later did a stint at the People’s Intergalactic Food Conspiracy in North Carolina (which has since switched to the much less imaginative moniker The Durham Food Co-op) and operated a short-lived organic food store on Tybee in 2000.

At the Georgia Organics conference, rumors reportedly spread like compost-fed wax beans that Savannah is “about to blow up” as the next national local food “it” spot.

Teri’s devotion to the cause has certainly fueled the momentum, though she rolls her eyes at the suggestion.

A spate of new locavore restaurants and the coming of celebrity chef Hugh Acheson will surely mean increased demand from local farmers, but Teri remains wary, recognizing the difference between being a “foodie nexus” and a community where food justice is served.

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You may have seen them last week in your Facebook news feed. Photos of River Street in the 1970s presented a bleak, muddy, debrisstrewn landscape.

The photographs were recently added to the City of Savannah’s municipal archives and document how a “dilapidated area of the city” was transformed “into a thriving community riverfront,” explains supporting documentation from the archive If not from the presence of recognizable structures like City Hall, it seems almost impossible that these photos are of the same waterfront that today attracts millions of visitors every year. It speaks to the vision of architects Eric Meyerhoff and Robert Gunn, who convinced city leaders to imagine the possibilities.

Creating great public spaces does require imagination. News that Chatham County wishes to transfer control of the longdelayed Truman Linear Park Trail to the City of Savannah presents an excellent opportunity to imagine how the Truman Greenway will become a beneficial community asset.

For inspiration, we can look to Atlanta, where enthusiasm for the Beltline trail network is attracting national attention. The project “will ultimately connect 45 intown neighborhoods, provide first and last mile connectivity for regional transportation initiatives, and put Atlanta on a path to 21st century economic growth and sustainability,” according to the Beltline’s website.

“Getting around popular destinations like Piedmont Park, Virginia Highland, PonceyHighland, Inman Park and the Old Fourth Ward is now a whole lot easier,” the website boasts, thanks to the Beltline’s 2.25-mile Eastside Trail, “a combination of multi-use trail and linear greenspace.”

Glenn Kurtz described the Eastside Trail in a more succinct and tangible way.

“It is so incredibly popular,” he said.

Kurtz speaks about the trail not from the perspective of a transportation planner or as the chairman of the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition (he’s both), but from the viewpoint of a satisfied trail user.

He compared two recent shopping trips made by bike from his home in the Grant

River Street, August 1973, photograph by Eric Meyerhoff. Courtesy of the City of Savannah, Research Library & Municipal Archives Park neighborhood. For one he pedaled his bike on streets dominated by heavy motor vehicle traffic. It was “stressful.” The other trip, made partially on the Beltline, was just the opposite.

“The moment you hit the Beltline, that stress disappears,” Kurtz said. “It’s transformative from that perspective.”

And, Kurtz said, it’s transforming attitudes about cycling.

“It gives people, who wouldn’t normally ride bikes, a chance to try it in a safe environment,” he said. “Their immediate reaction to the trail is, ‘we need more of these.’”

The transformation hasn’t been limited to people. Neighborhoods and businesses are also rethinking their relationships to the Beltline.

“It’s interesting because initially everyone’s back was to the trail, but we are reorienting to face it,” he said.

The latest example of this reorientation came last week when Kroger officials announced the company is funding construction of a connection to the Eastside Trail that will make it easier for trail users to shop at its Ponce De Leon Avenue supermarket.

Kurtz credits the success of the trail to the support of citizens who believed in it and a public involvement process that allowed them to cooperate with government officials to achieve the best possible outcomes. Savannah city officials are signaling they intend to employ a similar approach as the details of the transfer from the county are being worked out.

“The City is committed to ensuring that the community is part of this process,” said Susan Broker, director of the Citizen Office.

“The trail will serve many functions and it is critical to engage adjacent neighborhoods and garner their support.”

Kurtz acknowledges the Beltline has had its skeptics. Residents of some neighborhoods worried about crime, the most common trepidation voiced in response to the announcement of new trail projects. Yet if those concerns are allowed to dominate the discussion, Kurtz said, communities will never be able to create desirable and popular public spaces.

“It’s like deciding you don’t want to have public parks because people might sleep in them,” he said. All public works projects can be misused, but measures can be taken to minimize potential problems.

It takes a little effort to imagine the overgrown parcels of land adjacent to the Truman Parkway becoming the scene of pleasant strolls, family outings, shopping trips and bicycle commutes. It must have been similarly difficult for people to imagine that the grim, forlorn Savannah waterfront of the 1970s was destined for any use other than a parking lot.

Yet what was once described as “rundown and neglected” went on to win an award for Cultural Achievement from the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Surely, the vision of similar possibilities exists for the Truman Greenway. Let’s hope the city will embrace it. cs

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of marijuana; Tony Oleando Houston, 38, possession of a controlled substance, tampering with evidence, obstruction and Set SunGazers to stun driving with a suspended license; Leonard Eight men were charged and a ninth is Randy Washington, 34, sale of a controlled being sought after police raided two houses substance; Timothy Leonard Alexander, 23, on West 39th Street last week. possession of marijuana; Alex Alexander, “Operation SunGazer” “focused on two 20, possession of marijuana; and Emanuel houses in the 800 and 900 blocks of West Lee Williams, 35, possession of a controlled 39th Street and the subjects who were fresubstance, possession of tools for the comquenting them,” police say. mission of a crime, obstruction of an officer It followed a seven-week investigation by fleeing and violation of parole. following complaints and information proStill being sought is Joshua Morgan vided by area residents. Detectives identified McNear, 22. the suspects involved in the drug activity Capt. DeVonn Adams, Central Precinct and “had warrants for the arrest of several Commander, said the investigation followed of the suspects in hand before Friday’s concerns voiced by community residents to operation.” address rampant street-level drug activity.

Police recovered various amounts of “Street-level drugs are associated with cocaine and marijuana along with two weap- everything from small property crimes to ons and a large sum of money. homicides,” he said. “A rise in criminal activArrested were Deandre Wiggins, 20, ity in this area caught our attention months charged with possession of a controlled ago and information from residents helped substance with intent to distribute and us focus on these two houses.” tampering with evidence; Lawrence WilAnyone with information on illegal activiliams, 56, charged with possession of a con- ties in the area or on McNear’s location is trolled substance; Eshon Maurice Grant, 21, asked to call Crimestoppers at (912) 234charged with possession of a controlled sub- 2020 or text CRIMES (274637) using the stance with intent to distribute, tampering keyword CSTOP2020. with evidence, obstruction and possession All cases from recent Savannah/ Chatham Police Dept. reports

He was charged • Detectives took one with two counts of suspect into custody but theft by receiving stoanother is at large after a len property by detechome invasion on the Southtives and speeding, side. About 12:30 a.m. Feb. no permit, reckless 21, police responded to driving and fleeing to reports of a home invasion at elude police officers Edgewater Trace Apartments by the Georgia State on 10000 block of Abercorn.

Patrol. Middleton has At 11:20 p.m, Corey Peoples, 26, of the 9400 block Deandre Wiggins was one of a history of arrests dating to 2007. of Whitfield Avenue, was those arrested The silver 2008 arrested for the crime during a Honda Element he traffic stop on Truman Parkwas driving was stolen from a 31-year-old way. A gun was recovered. woman when she approached her house on Investigators continue their search for West Hall Street and was confronted by a the second suspect, a black male in his gunman who robbed her of her keys and early 20s, 5-4 to 5-6 and 275-300 pounds. purse about 3 a.m. Saturday.

An off-duty officer recognized the • “An alert off-duty officer and coordiHonda by its Virginia license plate and nation between Metro Police and Georgia alerted police. Troopers and uniformed state troopers on Sunday morning” led to officers followed the Honda back towards the arrest of a Savannah man less than 24 Savannah and attempted to stop it with hours after the car he was driving was stostop sticks. The driver eluded the sticks but len in a robbery, police say. crashed into a guard rail before attempting Derrick Leonard Middleton, 24, of to run from the officers. cs the 700 block of West 47th Street, was arrested after he lost control of the car on I-16 and then lost a foot race with troopGive anonymous crime tips to ers and police just after 2 a.m.

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I’ll get straight to the point: What’s up with penis-stealing sorcerers in Africa? I’ve heard large mobs adamantly believe their penises have been stolen using black magic. How is it so many people can have the same hallucination? How often do these penis-theft hysterias break out?

—Jim, Baltimore Hysteria? Come now. In the age of identity theft and other first-world problems, it’s almost refreshing to have an issue that speaks to the brotherhood of man.

I acknowledge you don’t get many substantiated cases of penis theft in, say, Paris.

While rumors of genital larceny appear sporadically throughout the world, most commonly they’re found in developing nations with poorly-educated tribal cultures where belief in witchcraft is still strong. In Senegal, for example, it’s believed penises can be stolen by cannibal witches, or via impotence spells cast by sorcerers, or simply by ordinary, everyday evil spirits.

A penis-theft episode typically involves

four stages. First the “victim” has an odd encounter, such as a stranger unexpectedly shaking his hand. Next is the sensation of an electric shock or chill traveling to his genitals. Third, he checks his crotch and becomes convinced his penis, testicles, or both have been stolen or shrunken. The final step is crying “Thief!” and enlisting others to confront the suspect, sometimes with the “victim” stripping on the spot to prove his genitals are gone. When an epidemic swept Nigeria in 1990, men walked around grasping their penises to prevent theft.

The result of this delusional drama can be pretty ugly. About 20 witches accused of penis theft were lynched in Nigeria in 2001, and 12 in Ghana in 2002. One survey counted 56 separate cases between 1997 and 2003, with at least 36 suspected thieves murdered. In a 2008 outbreak in Congo, urgent messages went out by radio to avoid strangers wearing gold rings in taxis, leading police to put 13 suspected sorcerers into protective custody to prevent lynchings.

Baffled Westerners may wonder what kind of idiot could seriously believe his penis had been stolen. From a glance at the reports it’s evident that in many if not most cases the claim isn’t that your genitalia have disappeared without a trace; rather, you think they’re shrinking. There’s a perfectly ordinary explanation for this—namely, the operation of the cremaster muscles, which pull the testes toward the body, typically in response to cold or fear. This is usually accompanied by a tingling sensation that could easily be interpreted as electric shock.

The mystery is why this commonplace experience should be taken as a sign of the

In Senegal, for example, it’s believed penises can be stolen by cannibal witches. dark arts. The default explanation is mass hysteria, which tells you nothing. A slightly shrewder take on things is that penis theft and other bizarre outbreaks in the developing world are “culture-bound syndromes,” which suggests they’re pathologies confined to mobs of superstitious yokels. But the germ of truth is that penis theft is a local manifestation of a broader phenomenon.

Consider Southeast Asia, home of a disorder known as koro, where your penis isn’t stolen but rather starts to withdraw into your body. If you don’t halt the process by grabbing your member or tying it down with string or wire, supposedly it will retract completely inside you, with fatal results.

Sometimes attempts to avoid this fate cause severe penile injury, to the point of requiring amputation.

Koro isn’t blamed on sorcery. In 1967 an outbreak in Singapore was triggered by a rumor, repeated in news reports, that eating meat from pigs inoculated against swine fever would lead to koro. While pork rotted on the shelves, frightened men crowded the hospitals, with 469 “victims” by the time the panic ran its course.

In 2004 a koro outbreak in the Guangdong region of China started when a third

grader became convinced his penis was shrinking. While his mother held the kid’s member, a local healer used traditional medicine to “cure” him. That might have been that, except the school principal then felt compelled to announce that boys should be careful of their penises. Numerous students suddenly felt their penises shrinking until the same healer put things right. On the bright side, a mere 64 kids professed to be afflicted, an improvement over an earlier koro outbreak in the region that affected more than 2,000.

What’s going on? The likeliest explanation is what’s been called “the witchcraft of modernity”: In a rapidly urbanizing society, when you dump a bunch of bumpkins into the middle of a faceless crowd, you can’t be surprised when some of them get weird.

Although you can find tales of disappearing penises in antiquity, penis theft as a mass-market phenomenon is relatively recent, first showing up in Nigeria in the early 1970s and spreading to most of West and central Africa by the 1990s. The scenario is easy to picture: teeming Lagos, a frightening encounter with a stranger, the activation of the cremaster.

Add in journalists uncritically spreading wild tales, and we understand the frisson victims experience: it’s the shock of the new. cs

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Government in Action

• Rape-prevention activists estimate that local governments have backlogs of untested evidentiary “rape kits” that total up to 400,000 nationally - signifying free crimes for rapists, lost justice for victims, and ruined reputations for men wrongly arrested. (As TV police dramas emphasize, many rape victims are reluctant to submit to the indignity of swabbing and photographing so soon after being violated and comply only because detectives assure them of the rape kit’s importance.) Memphis, Tenn., has an inventory of 12,000, and the state of Texas at least 16,000 -- dating back to the 1980s. However, the cost of testing (about $500 each) is daunting for many city budgets, according to a February report by the Rape Kit Action Project in New York.

• More Texas Justice: After 37 years in prison, Jerry Hartfield goes to court in April for a retrial of his 1977 conviction (and death sentence) for murder in Bay City, Texas. Actually, the 1977 conviction was overturned, but before Hartfield could demand his release (he is described in court documents as illiterate with an IQ of 51), the then-governor commuted the sentence to life in prison in 1983. It was only in 2006 that a fellow inmate persuaded Hartfield that the commutation was illusory - since there was, at that point, no “sentence” to commute. Hartfield’s lawyers call Texas’ treatment a blatant violation of his constitutional right to a “speedy” trial, but prosecutors suggest that it is Hartfield’s own fault that he has remained in prison the last 30 years.

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17 the federal government’s Centers for Mediaround the store, all the while constantly care and Medicaid Services (CMS) from telling each other, “I love you, brother.” (2) using competitive bids to decide how much Glenn Rundles, 32, was captured only days after robbing two women at knifepoint in to pay for medical devices - and among the most steeply overpriced products are East Post Oak, Texas, in January - despite “vacuum erection systems” (“penis pumps”) a wanted poster called by some the “worst that invigorate seniors’ lives. CMS pays an police sketch ever,” a “cartoon” of a comically average of $360, while the Department round-faced man (displayed at http://huff. of Veterans Affairs, which to/1cXWT3p). also buys the pumps but by • Suspicion Confirmed: competitive bid, pays about After Florida Highway $185. In a January report, the Patrol Trooper Donna Health and Human Services Jane Watts ticketed Miami inspector general estimated Police Department officer R.i.p the government could save Fausto Lopez in 2011 for sarah jones $18 million a year (and benespeeding to an off-duty ficiaries another $4.5 million) job at 120 mph, naturally if CMS could use competitive some in law enforcement bidding. began harassing her as a “rat,” according to a February Associated Press report.

Great Art! One provocation stood • Frances Wadsworthout - other officers’ accessJones’ jewelry design show ing Watts’ driver record by (“Heaven Sent”) at the claiming to be on official Museum of London runs business. Watts identified until April, with centerpiece those officers’ employers brooches that resemble bird and recently filed a lawsuit droppings. Why, she was asked, would a woman want to wear jewelry under the federal Driver Privacy Protection Act, which provides penalties of up to suggesting that a pigeon soiled her lapel? $2,500 for each of the more than 200 unau“The stain is very intimate,” said the artist. thorized searches by 88 officers from 25 It’s “something that you wouldn’t want, and police agencies. you’re turning it into something beautiful.”

Wadsworth-Jones’ pieces have sold for as Democracy in Action much as the equivalent of $4,000.

Christopher Schaeffer likely became the • In December, the New York City parks department, responding to alarmed visitors first public officeholder in the U.S. sworn at Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens, built in as an openly declared “Pastafarian” - an a wooden fence to shield the sculpture “Bear adherent of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster - when he took his seat Eats Man” so that parents might examine on the Town Council of Pomfret, N.Y., in the structure before children start asking them awkward questions. The sculpture by January. Schaeffer was wearing the traditional Pastafarian religious head covering (a Ms. Thordis Adalsteinsdottir is of a bear colander). clutching, and about to bite, a man - who appears in shock and sports an erection that The Aristocrats! art aficionados have justified as possibly (1) Timothy Margis, 38, had risen prorepresenting the man’s involuntary reflexfessionally to become the director of Public ive shock, according to a New York Times Safety of Concordia University in River report.

Forest, Ill. He is also the man who was fired in February after admitting that he Police Report had committed a “lewd act” in a colleague’s • Inexplicable: (1) Three suspects fled office (which police later explained involved with about 30 pieces of jewelry from a masturbating into a woman’s shoe). (2) burglary at Timothy’s Fine Jewelry in Catherine Dajnowski, 40, was arrested in Broomfield, Colo., in January, but not before creating a puzzling scene on the sur- February in Boca Raton, Fla., after she had climbed into a shopping cart in the parkveillance video. Crushing the glass cases ing lot of a Publix supermarket and would with sledgehammers, they moved quickly

not allow a Publix employee to return it to the store. Dajnowski called 911 three times from the cart, demanding that police come make the employee leave her alone - the third time during which a sheriff ’s deputy was standing right beside the cart.

Creme de la Weird

DIY Pervert: Andrew Stoodley pleaded guilty in February in England’s Stroud Magistrates Court for invading the privacy of a neighbor woman whom he had admitted photographing surreptitiously about 100 times. (“She is a very beautiful woman,” he said, “and I enjoy looking at her.”) The worst episode, committed in July 2013, involved Stoodley dangling first a mirror, using a stick and string, outside her curtainless bedroom window at night and later, said the prosecutor, a cellphone camera “up and down (outside the window) like a yo-yo for 20 minutes.”

Least Competent Criminals

Clumsy: (1) The surveillance video of The Shambles bar in Chicago showed that an attempted break-in one night in January went awry when the unidentified perp removed the front entrance lock but gave up and fled seconds later when he couldn’t open the door - which he was shown furiously pulling on, oblivious that it was a “push” door. (2) Robert Williams, 42, was charged with robbing a PNC Bank in Laurel, Md., in February after starring in the surveillance video by twice spilling his entire loot ($20,650) on the bank’s floor. After he finally gathered the bills and fled in a pickup truck, police punctured the tires, and when Williams tried to run, he slipped on the ice, slashing his head open.

Undignified Deaths

In December, a 38-year-old man, apparently fed up with his girlfriend’s demands that he continue accompanying her at a shopping mall in Xuzhou, China, threw himself off a seventh-floor balcony, to his death. A witness reported the man yelling that the girlfriend already had “more shoes than she could wear in a lifetime, and it was pointless buying any more.” Following increasingly heated exchanges, the man dropped her shopping bags and leaped over the railing. CS By chuck shepherd UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

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For Danielle Hicks, there’s no place like Ohm by bill deyoung bill@connectsavannah.com

MAR 5-11, 2014

For Danielle Hicks, it’s always been about following her dreams.

In Tifton, her Georgia hometown, she caught the theater bug. After high school she was awarded a scholarship to New York’s American Musical and Dramatic Academy, a breeding ground for “triple threats” (performers who can dazzle the showbiz world with singing, acting and dancing).

Whatever. “I had an interest in acting,” Hicks says, “but the truth is I grew up singing in my father’s rock ‘n’ roll band.

“Also, I was a great little actress in Tifton, Georgia, but when I got up to Manhattan, I was at a school with kids from New Zealand who were doing commercials since they were 5.”

By the time she graduated, in 2003, Hicks was focused on becoming a “single threat.”

Her teachers, fellow students and pretty much everybody else told her she was a hell of a singer.

So she showcased, played clubs and made some recordings, working a corporate job during the daylight hours. She rented a sweet one-bedroom on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

All well and good, you say. But how did Danielle Hicks become the top blues and jazz chanteuse in Savannah?

Here’s how: Her sister Johnna called.

“We grew up really, really poor,” Hicks explains, “sharing a bedroom in a single-wide trailer. She told me multiple times in our adult life that when I moved away, it kinda broke her heart. And that ‘It was just the same old thing, but without you. And it was awful.’ She’d been asking me to come home for a long time.”

So when Johnna was accepted into Mercer Medical School in Savannah, Danielle took a leave of absence, sublet her apartment —at a loss—and hustled south to help with the transition.

“I think it was my seventh month of paying my Manhattan rent, and draining my 401K, that I was like, ‘I am living in the South whether I want to admit it or not.’

18 That’s kinda how it happened.”

Danielle Hicks has a sultry jazz/blues singing style. She performs, with guitarist Nate Saraceno, as Danielle Hicks and the Eight Ohm Resistance. Next date: March 9 at Molly McGuire’s.

She had to pay a company to empty her apartment and ship her stuff to Georgia.

Hicks fanned out in the direction of the Savannah music scene, visiting open mics, networking and sitting in. She spent two years as vocalist for the blues band Jubal Kane before striking out on her own, first by fronting a small band.

This evolved into Danielle Hicks and the Eight Ohm Resistance. It’s just her and guitarist Nate Saraceno, former bassist for the Eric Culberson Band.

Saraceno uses an onstage looping technique to create, on the spot, a bass, guitar and percussion background over which Hicks ladles her sexy, supple voice.

“Nate is a genius,” Hicks says. “He doesn’t like it when I call him that, but he is so smart. He’s so quiet, but he is a very thoughtful individual. He started working on this looping, to give him a foundation to play leads, and then he took it to a whole other level when he showed up with a stand for the bass. And that has really transformed our show.”

The pair’s next date is Sunday, March 9 at Molly McGuire’s on Wilmington Island.

“I still sing some rock ‘n’ roll … but I want to do a blues album, with some nice jazz influences,” she explains (they’ve been writing songs together, many of which you’ll experience at an Eight Ohm performance).

Dr. Johnna Hicks, meanwhile, graduated in 2013.

Her innate theatricality imbues Danielle’s Hicks’ stage persona—she sways and smiles and practically “acts” the song lyrics as an allinclusive come-on to the audience.

After the album will come more regional shows, and hopefully a tour of the East Coast that will take Hicks back to New York City for an “I told you so” visit.

However it plays out, the new dream is to consider herself a Savannahian. “I’m 30 years old and I’m thinking about buying here,” Hicks says. “I paid Manhattan rent for 10 years, now I’ve rented here for three and a half … I want to travel the country behind an album I’m really proud of, but I can definitely see calling Savannah my home, sure.”

And now, this

• Our friends at Savannah Metal Punx are bringing a catered band-fest to Dollhouse Productions Wednesday, March 12.

The FTN Mini Metal Fest 2014 (try and guess what FTN stands for), co-sponsored

by Black Southern Death Cult, will feature Lich King, Exmortus, Shadow of Creation, Death of Kings, plus Savannah’s own Beard and Void/Icon. Your $12 ticket for the show (catering by BOH Will Rise!) awaits at brownpapertickets.com.

• The band We The Kings will play the Armstrong Atlantic State University Auditorium April 3. Tickets for the 8 p.m. show are $10 at vendini.com. The Florida fivesome plays pop-slah-punk music; you may recall their singles “Check Yes Juliet” and “Say You Like Me,” or perhaps you saw them a few years back as part of the Vans Warped tour.

• Gary Sinise and his Lt. Dan Band will play at Fort Stewart April 5, for free, and the public is invited. Call (912) 767-6212. CS

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By Bill DeYoung bill@connectsavannah.com

And so we come to it, the rockingest week of the year.

Some of the hottest independent bands and artists in America will be in town March 6-8 for the fourth annual Savannah Stopover Music Festival (Savannah Stopover to its friends).

There are something like 100 shows over those three days, in various downtown

venues. If you’re so inclined, you can walk the walk and catch a little (or a lot) of everything.

Herewith our second Stopover package for 2014 (if you missed last week’s issue, catch it online at connectsavannah.com.

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I hear the Seeds in this bashing Brooklyn trio, I certainly hear vintage, snotty Who, and on the track “Santa Tereza,” praise the Lord I hear vintage Crazy Horse. Stones, Stooges, swagger, it’s all here with a sort of retro-garage ferocity, just a shade lighter than punk but definitely fuzzed, and not something your grandma would enjoy listening to. How cool is that? Key tune #2: The relentless “Wolf At Your Window.” The band’s Kickstarter-funded debut full-length is called ZIL—it’s frenetic and fiery and funny, all at the same time.

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Lead singer (and sole guitarist) Vlad Holiday will impale your heart with his upbeat, anthemic songs, which have very strong echoes of the best ‘80s synth-rock (keys and computerizing by Amanda Carl).

The band, which has just signed with the Hold Steady’s label Washington Square, has an EP out (The Sidelines) and a couple of great tracks including “Caiti” and the uber-catchy and danceable “Don’t Look Back.” As for the name: Holiday says it “represents the general theme of the record and group. Our songs are hopeful, but the kind of hope that follows oppression and a boneshaking urge to succeed on your path in life, or breaking out of this said cage.” OK!

Uncut declared 26-year-old Caitlin Rose “The Uncrowned Queen of New Nashville,” and while the jury’s still out on that one, there’s no dispute that there is a New Nashville (see our Those Darlins interview, this issue). And Rose, whose supple, sexy voice carries her beautifully through self-penned, old-school country ballads, dust bowl swing and even psychpop tunes, seems to embody everything that Old Nashville once embraced: Sincerity, showmanship, and a rainbow stewpot of unbridled talent that’s boiling over.

Add a dash of contemporary cool. Rose first made her mark in the U.K., where genuine country music is still a thing to be embraced and marveled at. Over here, they’re just starting to figure it out: Her second album, 2013’s The Stand-In, was one of the best-selling indie releases to come out of N-Town that year.

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Frontman Will Horton has a voice that belies his Tennessee lineage, just twangy enough to let you know where he comes from, but also strong and rangy enough to coax the most honey from the rock (and roll). This six-member gang out of Knoxville blasts blues/ rock like with the finesse of the Fab Thunderbirds, hooky hard pop like the Who and the Stones, and a confetti swath of non-linear influences from the Black Keys to Pink Floyd to My Morning Jacket. Even better, they’ve got an incredible keyboard player (Kevin Hyfantis) who never gets buried in the mix. Reportedly one of the most energetic live shows in the South today.

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Savannah’s resident worldfamous heavy music band is headlining a showcase for its brand-new record label, Retro Futurist. “It started becoming apparent that there needed to be some more labels for younger, smaller bands,” Kylesa guitarist (and new label exec) Philip Cope recently told an interviewer. “Years ago it was easier for smaller bands to get picked up pretty fast if they were good. But now it seems like with a lot of bigger labels, bands really need to go out and put in quite a bit of work before they can get signed … but at the same time a lot of bands really give and put in their best work when they’re fresh.”

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Speedy

We’d just been playing a lot of the album songs for such a long time that we were really excited to have new stuff.

Carpark asked us if we wanted to do a single for Record Store Day. And we said “Let’s just do an EP. We have these new songs; it’ll be fun to have something new out.” We didn’t take it quite as seriously as an album; it was just a two-day session.

Ortiz

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CS: You’re leaving for your first The first thing you can tell about tour of Europe. I guess people Sadie Dupois is that she’s pretty darn sharp. are hearing your music on the No matter that she studied poetry at M.I.T. Internet … and Barnard, or that she is in the final stages of finishing her MFA at the University of Sadie Dupuis: We don’t really have Massachusetts Amherst. any expectations considering The words and music she writes for the Speedy Ortiz: Lyricist and lead singer Sadie Dupois says she’s “always just been intererested we’ve never toured there. We band Speedy Ortiz are surreal and intriguin bands that focus more on wordplay.” know that generally people are ing; even when you can’t understand them, very kind to artists over there. they just sound cool. And when you can, they We’ve been getting news slowly each other. Was that intentional? draw you in and hold you in their stare. a combustible mix of two terms normally that dates are selling out, which is certainly As with her earlier band, Quilty, Dupuis used in quantum mathematics: strangeness great for countries we’ve never been to gives Speedy Ortiz a thread to follow, and charm.

Sadie Dupuis: I think we just got lucky, in before. through grungy guitar walls and maze after that our playing styles are pretty different maze of shaggy, left-turning melody. In a CS: Your lyrics are kind of inscrutable. but seem to complement each other. We’re CS: Did I read that you actually taught way, she’s a more literary Liz Phair, with Are they stream-of-consciousness or pur- certainly most conscious of how the guitars songwriting? one eye on the gutter and the other on the posely ambiguous? are working together, so I’m glad that came thesaurus. through on the new thing.

Sadie Dupuis: I worked at a summer camp for And Speedy Ortiz rocks with playful Sadie Dupuis: I know what they’re all about. a long time, teaching mostly guitar, but I had abandon.

But it’s certainly very associational. A lot of CS: Why is Real Hair an EP and not a sina daily songwriting class as well. One of the “It’s tempting to paint Speedy Ortiz as times I hear super-blunt lyrics that are either gle, or a full-length? things that happened in the class was, you’d more than they are,” said Pitchfork in its clichéd or just uninteresting to the ear. From write a song in an hour. While helping stureview of the band’s brand-new EP Real a band that I would think otherwise was Sadie Dupuis: We certainly will do a fulldents, I’d also try to find time to write songs, Hair (Carpark Records): “Not just a very great. So I’ve always just been more interlength. We finished this record quite a bit too. Based on whatever lesson we were good band on their own terms, but an anti- ested in bands that focus more on wordplay, before it came out, and we’d been playing working on that day. And I wound up using dote to the mushmouthed, low-personality or not being 100 percent straightforward. I the songs for a long time before that. And a bunch of those for a solo side project . We murmur blanketing much of circa-2014 think I’ve just grown up liking that kind of so as soon as it was done, within a couple don’t play a lot of those songs any more. CS indie rock.” music, and that’s why I write that way of days I wrote some new songs, because it’s With Dupois and Matt Robidoux on hard for me to write new things when there’s Speedy Ortiz plays at midnight Friday, March 7 at the guitar, drummer Mike Falcone and bassCS: I like the way you and Matt play guistill stuff sitting in the pipeline. I just had Jinx (technically Saturday morning). ist Darl Ferm, Speedy Ortiz’s live show is tars—you really complement and enhance four songs that were done pretty quickly.

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Those Darlins musicians. That really turned me on to the stuff I’d been learning and growing up with, but never really stopped to give it a chance.

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Slinky, sinewy, sexy and tough as nails. Hard, hard-rocking and hard to pin down. That’s Those Darlins, the Nashville rock ‘n’ roll quartet that plays a Stopover show March 7, on its way to SXSW. Next stop: Next Big Thingsville.

Indie rock doesn’t have big bands so much as it has buzz bands. And the buzz around Those Darlins, whose noisy garage rock has a seductive snarl, is immense. The new Blur the Line album is a hooky amalgam of Bangle-esque jangle pop, moody Riot Grrrl attitude and undiluted Sonic Youth aggression.

There’s a bit of world-weary Lucinda Williams barroom poetry in there, too, echoes of the band’s earliest days as a gritty country/Americana trio call, simply, Darlins.

The band is fronted by two songwriting, guitar-slinging women, Jessi Zazu and Nikki Kvarnes; Linwood Regensburg is the drummer, and Adrian Barrera plays bass.

CS: Certainly there are lots of women in

road bands now, more than there used to be, but what’s life on the road for you like?

Do your bandmates and crew feel like they have to protect you?

CS: People always seemed surprised to

learn that Nashville has a pretty great rock ‘n’ roll scene, don’t they? That’s it not just the Taylor Swift/Brad Paisley overground.

Jessi Zazu: Yeah, over the last five years, espe-

cially, a lot of bands have sprung up. There’s tons of bands. At least in terms of the underground rock circuits in America, and overseas too, it’s more well known as a rock ‘n’ roll town now. But I’d say the average Joe still sees it as a country town. Hang on …

Nikki’s laughing at me …

CS: When you and Nikki started the Dar-

lins band, it was an acoustic thing. Why? Jessi Zazu: That’s just what we liked at the

time, when we met. Nikki and I both grew up in the country, and on rock ‘n’ roll. Our parents really liked rock ‘n’ roll. I mean, I definitely had country influences from an early age, because of my family, and my grandfather, who taught me how to play. But it kind of took a back burner to what I thought was cool. We liked rock ‘n’ roll and punk music in high school, but at a certain point we both started to get into more traditional Appalachian folk music and early Nashville country.

That’s what we bonded over when we met.

We started the band because we had a combined mutual love for that type of music.

3Over time we started to go back to that

From left, Darlins Barrera, Zazu, Regensberg and Kvarnes. more rock ‘n’ roll feeling and sound, because that’s what we felt more natural doing.

Jessi Zazu: The few women, we usually become pretty close with. The rock ‘n’ roll girls out there that are far and few between.

But you have to constantly remind yourself that this isn’t a competition, and you should be encouraging.

I don’t ever really feel like I need to be protected. Just in general, all bands sort of protect each other, male or female. You run in a group, you’re a team, you know? You’re a gang and you’ve got each other’s backs. I don’t really think about being a woman and how different it is that much. The only time it really gets on my nerves is when people say stuff that’s just kinda stupid, like “I can’t believe you can play that guitar.” It’s like well, I can, so just deal with it.

The thing with guy bands is that most of them are just used to getting their asses kissed by girls. They’re used to playing in bands, and the only females they have interaction with are the ones that are in the audience. Who are just like “Oh my God, I will sleep with you, because you are amazing.”

So when they meet girls who play in bands —all we’re surrounded by are dudes who play in bands. “There are thousands of you.

Just because you play an instrument doesn’t make you special in our eyes in any way.”

That magic isn’t there. They don’t have that special spell over us that makes us fawn over them. Because they can play guitar.

Sometimes that can be weird, because guys are expecting us to be like, “Oh my God, you are so hot because you play guitar.”

Instead, we’re like “Yeah, whatever.” It’s not like you’re just another one of the dudes.

Most guys, it’s not a big deal, but every once in a while you run into a guy who doesn’t really know how to interact with a girl in any other way than having them kneel down before them and offer their services. That gets annoying. CS

Television and Wire. Really just checking all kinds of different stuff out.

I didn’t know how to play rock ‘n’ roll, CS: What kind of bands were you into? hardly. I’d been taking guitar lessons from my grandfather for years. And all the stuff Jessi Zazu: When I was kid in elementary I knew on the guitar was early country. school, I was into like CCR, the Beatles’ And one day it just clicked for me. It was Rubber Soul, Janis Joplin, early blues … a mix weird, I knew all this stuff, but I didn’t realof things. I listened to R.E.M. Automatic For ize what I was learning. I liked playing it, the People and some other stuff. In middle because I liked playing guitar, but I started school I started getting into the Strokes, really getting into the Carter Family. I was Those Darlins perform at 12:30 a.m. Friday, March 7 the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, but classic rock for so intrigued by them and the fact that they (technically very early Saturday morning) at Knights of me turned into a love of ‘70s punk and new were two women. I read their biography, and Columbus, 3 W. Liberty St. wave-type stuff. I got into the Ramones, I was just floored by their whole entire life as 23

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The TV-watching world (you know who you are) is already familiar with Wild Child, a quirky folk-pop band out of Austin. Last year, they supplied a song for a Purina Cat Chow commercial (the one that goes “You know you mean the world to me …”). So in a manner of speaking, Wild Child is the Stopover band that’s been heard by the most people.

This really tickles singer and violinist Kelsey Wilson, whose voice is prominent on the cutesy kitty-food spot. “It funded most of our album,” she chuckles.

“We don’t ever play it live, but we might have to ‘cause it’s unfortunately now our second best seller. We might have to buckle down and actually do it. Just suck it up.”

Serendipity has played a large part in this band’s evolution. Wilson, a classical and bluegrass violinist who’d never written a song or sung a note in public, met ukulele player Alexander Beggins when they were both hired for the same sideman gig in a touring group.

“When I met Alex, we came to find out that I can do what he can’t do, and he can do what I can’t do,” says Wilson. “So we were able to actually create something.”

Left brain, meet right brain.

They wrote a bunch of songs together, and recorded an acoustic album, Pillow Talk.

Live shows, at first, were difficult propositions. “Just now it’s getting to the point where we’ll break off and sing alone,” she says. “I have to sing alone a lot of the times now. But it’s OK because we can just look at each other, drink some whiskey and push

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“So we just started making them louder and louder, faster and faster. Just started plugging in and turning everything up a little bit more. And the songs got bigger, and by the time we were writing for the second album, we had all of that in mind.”

Reaction to The Runaround, the second album, was swift and glowing. The Austin Chronicle named Wild Child the Best indie band AND the Best Folk Band of the 2013 SXSW conference.

The uber-competitive Austin music scene, explains Wilson, probably made Wild Child try harder. “We’re ridiculously lucky, because

By Bill DeYoung everyone here is in a good band,” she says. bill@connectsavannah.com “And most of them are better than whatever band you’re in. You can go to any coffee out my fears of people staring at us.” shop, any day of the week, and see the most “That was another thing we really helped incredible musicians you’ve ever seen in your each other with, ‘cause if we were both sing- life. And then feel terrible about yourself! ing at the same time, it was only half as “But then, it’s the most motivating thing scary.” in the world. It’s like, ‘We gotta practice. A Adding more instruments made it easier. dude is playing for tips at King Fu Coffee, Wild Child now includes bass and drums, and he’s better than all of us put together.’” keyboard, and cello.

The band’s organic, pop-infused string “We knew wanted it to be quite a bit band music is catchy and instantly likeable. bigger,” explains Wilson. “When we first This is a band you want to bring home and started writing, we were just writing songs introduce to someone you love. for a ukulele, a violin and two vocals. But the Just don’t call it sweet. “I don’t want to songs just kept getting bigger as we wrote make sweet music any more,” Wilson says. “I them. mean, we still want the sweet songs, because “Once we started touring together, playing we love playing them, and they come so easy bigger and bigger shows, and rowdy shows to us. But I want to be able to actually grab in loud, disgusting bars for really drunk col- someone’s attention and be loud.”’ CS lege kids, you can’t play twee, beautiful ukulele string music in a bar.

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Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak

By Bill DeYoung bill@connectsavannah.com

When Wye Oak’s ethereal, spooky song “Civilian” was used in an episode of The Walking Dead, it enhanced the mood of regret, despair and hard-won, grudging optimism perfectly. TWD introduced a worldwide audience to the Baltimore alt-folk duo—Jenn Wasner’s haunting alto, and her lonesome highway acoustic guitar, with drums, keys and moods by Andy Stack.

The Civilian album painted Wasner’s lyrically dense songs with shoegaze colors, unexpected dynamic shifts in atmosphere and ambiance, and the sort of airy guitar gymnastics that make grown men weep.

It was one of the best reviewed indie albums of 2011.

The dynamic duo returns in April with its fourth full-length LP, called Shriek. And hold on to your oak trees, kids—there isn’t a lick of guitar on the whole thing! Wasner wrote all the songs on bass. (Check out the advance single, “The Tower,’ on YouTube. It’s amazing.)

We call Jenn to ask, what’s the deal?

We’ll let her tell you: “I’ve always been a multiple instrumentalist. My first instrument was actually piano. I’ve played guitar for most of my life, though. But it’s never been in my nature to stick to any one particular thing. Mostly because, being a songwriter first and foremost, you kind of have to chase the inspiration wherever you find it. That’s what I’m used to.

“After we made Civilian, for the following two years we didn’t stop touring. We played

Andy Stack and Jenn Wasner are Wye Oak, from the great state of Maryland.

250 dates the first year, and it was as crazy as that sounds. We really felt strongly about the record, and we just didn’t know how to say no. But we probably took on more than we should. And it really broke us down, not just creatively but also personally. It really takes a toll.

“So after that we took some time off, and I’m happy to say I’m feeling a lot better about everything in the world.

“Seeing as I spent every single night of that tour playing guitar, and being a guitar player, all of a sudden that instrument had all this baggage. It’s not like I’m trying to make some sort of grand statement about it —I love the guitar—but I was too burnt out on it to really get anything new out of it. So it wasn’t really a choice between guitar and other instruments, it was a choice between writing songs and not writing songs.

“As soon as I allowed myself, I realized that I can do whatever I want. It’s up to me, when it comes down to it. As soon I gave myself that freedom to pursue that creative feeling wherever I found it, the songs started to come. And those are the songs that came to be on Shriek.

“Everything basically comes down to the quality of the songs themselves. As far as the trappings, and what costumes they’re in, how they sound and what they’re like sonically, at the heart of it I don’t think I’d ever want to stray from why it is I do what I do.

So to me, it’s not that different, because it’s still my songwriting.

“I think that people that follow us aren’t going to be that surprised, because honestly there have been songs with no guitar since the beginning of our band. Everyone’s looking for something different in the music that

they make, but it’s not really my job to consider what other people are looking for.

“Of course I hope people like the thing that I’ve made. I’ve put years into, and poured so much time and energy into it, I love it and I’m proud of it. So of course you want people to like it.

“But I fully expect that there will be plenty of people who don’t. And that’s really not going to change the way I feel about it. Because people are looking for different things. I don’t take it personally. First and foremost, I made this thing for myself, and I’m happy with it. And that means the world to me.” cs Wye Oak performs at 11:30 p.m. Thursday, March 6 at Knight of Columbus, 3 W. Liberty St.

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A few days ago, T. Hardy Morris was hanging around his house in Athens with Alice Cooper’s 1971 classic Love it To Death blasting from his speakers.

“It sounds killer,” the Dead Confederate frontman recalls. “All the tones are great.

Everybody that’s playing on the record is kicking ass. The drummer’s killing it, everybody’s doing something special, and everything that they’re doing is very audible to me. On a lot of modern records the song may be fine, the melody’s good, but I’m like ‘Nobody’s kicking ass on this recording at all. They’re just playing parts that are kind of passible.’”

He checks himself, and chuckles at what he’s just said. “I don’t know,” he says, “that’s just kinda what it sounds like to me.”

It was this love for the sound of his favorite old-school records that led Morris to a certain Nashville studio, where he cut his very first solo album, Audition Tapes.

It’s an all-analog, straight-to-tape recording. And he didn’t take loads of time perfecting every note, either.

“It just feels like that’s the way you ought to do a record,” Morris says. “Do it live, do it quick, and knock it out. It’s not a big exhausting project.”

Lately, he’s been thinking about the past.

“I guess I’m more of a record guy,” he adds.

“There’s lots of little things that interest me about records. Something was right about that time. Because the medium of an album only holds a certain amount of music, records became this specific length that made sense. Even though it was conforming to that medium, it feels complete.

“Like Dark Side of the Moon is the length it is because it fit. They had to make it that long because it was on the vinyl. Obviously, Pink Floyd would have made something hours long if they could have.”

Audition Tapes has the same rough-hewn, garage-band quality of Morris’ work with his longtime band. The electric guitars are crunchy and layered; the songs—more personal than we’re used to—sound like first or second takes. There’s reverb-y, Jim James quality to the recording. It’s a warm record.

T. Hardy Morris “In the digital age, we can be completely limitless,” Hardy opines. “But I kinda like the constraints of the old stuff. I don’t think it’s necessarily retro, I just think it sounds right. I think music was in a pretty special place, in the late ‘60s, early-mid ‘70s, I just love that whole era.

“Especially the ‘70s, I love the way those records sound. It just feels like they were doing it right. I just prefer that process more than Pro Tools and all the newer stuff.”

Lyrically, what wound up on Audition Tapes found Morris—a native of Augusta —looking back as well.

“A lot of the songs are coming from early teenage years in the town I grew up in,” he explains. “When your hometown seems like the whole world. Some of it takes places in those earlier years, like before you can drive, and some of it’s a little bit after. But it’s from before you get out of your hometown and your world kind of expands.

“Looking back even years ago, and writing now, it seems like I’ve touched back on that part of my life a lot. That just seems to be the place my wanders to when I start writing, I guess it’s more of a reminiscent thing.

Not every song, but some of those stories start popping up. I got lots of stories from my youth!

“I’ve never written a lot of love songs or anything like that.”

T. Hardy Morris performs at 11 p.m. Friday, March 7 at Congress Street Social Club.

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2005. Several years were spent touring and writing songs, but once the trio was discovered by Garth Brooks’ manager, Bob Doyle, Kimberly Perry, lead singer of the sibling group The Band Perry, sees more things got on a fast track.

The group signed to Republic Nashville than a little symbolism in “Done,” the recent Records and the Band Perry’s self-titled chart-topping single from the group’s Piodebut album (released in 2010) put the neer album. group on the country music map in a major “That was actually one that Reid and Neil wrote, and it was the very last one writ- way. The first album produced two number one country singles in “If I Die Young” and ten for Pioneer,” she said, mentioning her younger brothers and bandmates. “So it was “All Your Life,” with the former also going very fitting that the title was called ‘Done.’ top 15 on the Billboard all-genre Hot 100 It’s cool, it really taps into a sentiment more singles chart. The album, meanwhile, sold than a story, and it’s cool to see the fans more than 1.4 million copies, as the Band make it their soundtrack for wherever they Perry played some 600 shows in support.

“Better Dig Two,” the first single from Pioare in this particular moment. We’ve seen a neer, went to number one on the Hot Counlot of feedback from our fans that says ‘All try singles chart.

I want to be is done with school so I can Now “Done” has followed suit, and a third get on to the summer,’ or ‘All I want to be is done with my diet so I can get back to eating single, “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely,” cracked the chocolate.’ So it’s been really cool to see them top 10. take the song and use it for whatever they Kimberly Perry said the rapid growth in need it for.” the Band Perry’s fan base was apparent even The song could also be about a relationin the live shows that came soon after the ship hitting a dead end. But that wasn’t what April 2013 release of Pioneer. inspired the song, Kimberly Perry said.

“We ended up seeing the fan base grow “We were ready to be finished with this by leaps and bounds, almost instantly,” she album and let it find its wings in the world, said. “We judge a lot of that growth out by so that was specifically what we were tapour shows and how many folks are out in ping into,” she said. the seats and how many songs they’re singAfter fronting her own band as a teening along to. So we began to see that grow ager, Kimberly Perry, 30, Reid Perry, 25, and almost in real time.”

Neil Perry, 23, formed the Band Perry in As early as last summer, dates were

By Alan Sculley

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From left: Siblings Neil, Kimberly and Reid Perry, aka The Band Perry.

already being booked for the headlining tour that is now taking the Band Perry across the country. The tour — the group’s first fullfledged arena headlining stint —visits the Civic Center Arena March 7.

This is great news for the siblings, who went into the making of Pioneer ready to stare down the much-dreaded sophomore slump, but wondering what shape the album would take.

“We were coming off of ‘If I Die Young’ and the first album and all of the success that that was,” said bassist Reid Perry. “We were marching kind of into an unknown, wondering what the Band Perry was going to sound like next and what we were going to say. So Pioneer, it answers some of those questions and it still poses a couple of questions of its own.”

It turned out to be a fairly lengthy albummaking process.

After considering a full list of producer candidates from both within the Nashville country music scene and outside of the country establishment, they chose one of music’s biggest production names, Rick Rubin, whose projects have ranged from the Beastie Boys to Slayer to Johnny Cash to ZZ Top. “Some kids grow up wearing Batman capes and they want to be Supermen.

We just kind of wanted a beard like Rick Rubin,” Kimberly Perry said, joking about

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THE BAND PERRY | continued from previous page Rubin’s famous long, bushy beard. “He’s a hero of ours. So we went out there and got a lot of counsel, gosh, about our song collecting, some therapy, if you will, about making the second album. We just really gained a lot of perspective and wisdom through Rick in that.”

But while Rubin helped the Band Perry with its songwriting and in choosing outside songs for the album, the group decided his rather minimalistic concept for the album was not the direction to go in recording Pioneer.

“We needed macro production as opposed to making this current incarnation with minimalism,” Reid Perry said.

“We knew we needed big songs to fill up big arenas.”

That idea led the group to bring on Dann Huff to produce the sophomore record.

“He was the first producer to ever come see us in our live element,” Neil Perry said.

“So Dann came out and he saw us and he pulled in the more aggressive drum beats that we have in our live shows, the more exciting, bigger electric guitars. So he really did a great job implementing those things.”

Pioneer indeed has a bigger sound and

rocks considerably harder than the first album, which was no shrinking violet when it came to energy and sass, either.

The rocking material on Pioneer has given The Band Perry’s concerts a different character compared to shows the group played when it toured behind the debut album.

“That was what we were able to embrace more with Pioneer versus maybe even our first record, which we are extremely proud of,” Kimberly Perry said. “But it was also our first point of introduction. So just like when you’re meeting somebody for the first time, you make a good introduction, but you don’t necessarily lay all of your cards out on the table.

“I feel like Pioneer gave us the opportunity to [showcase] even more who we are and what we’ve grown up loving. We got to embrace more of the rock ‘n’ roll roots, along with maintaining our traditional country roots.” CS The Band Perry Where: Savannah Civic Center, 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave. When: At 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 7 Tickets: $25-$162 at etix.com

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Almost any day of the week, Kristin Myers heads out to the beach with a trashbag.

If the waves are good, she’ll bring along her surfboard, too. But no matter what, she always has some way to collect the plastic bottles, silvery mylar birthday balloons, hypodermic needles and other ubiquitous detritus brought in by the tides.

“Basically, I pick up anything that doesn’t belong,” says Myers, who lives in Surf City, New Jersey, part of the area battered by Superstorm Sandy in 2012.

While cleaning up the beach is noble, it’s hardly exceptional, though what she does next is: She takes the garbage home and makes a study of the rusted beer cans and sun-bleached rubber gloves, drawing their

Myers has assembled a dozen of these ink-on-vellum pieces in the collection “From Tides to Trash,” currently showing at Fresh Exhibitions in the Starland District. The gallery will host an artist’s reception this Friday, March 7 as part of the First Friday Art March, and the exhibit will justly close with a beach clean-up on Tybee Island Saturday, March 15.

Also included in the show are several Artist Kristin Myers in her element encaustic works, the precise black lines of the found garbage coated with melted blue paraffin. details in simple lines until they become “It reminds me of surf wax,” says the arttangled with a certain ethereal beauty. A ist with a grin. scrap of rubber becomes a complex form, a A graduate of SCAD’s painting proplastic cup layered with fishing line enchants gram, Myers earned her MFA from Moore the eye.

College of Art and Design in Philadelphia “It’s a way to create awareness of the garlast year and returned home to draw, surf bage we create,” she explains. “My hope is and steward her beloved stretch of the that it will cause a ripple effect.”

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How form follows dysfunction: “Beer Can in the Sand” Grainey, president of Clean Coast.

“If you’re someone who’s concerned about the world, it’s a way to bond with people who feel the same way.”

Grainey, who is also active in the local chapter of the Sierra Club, reminds that Clean Coast hosts regular beach clean-ups on Georgia’s heavily-used beaches as well as isolated spots like Ossabaw and Wassaw islands. Such places may only be accessible by boat, but as those who spend time on the water know, the tides take our garbage even where humans can’t reach. (The Great Pacific Garbage Patch—thousands of miles wide and growing—is a horrific example.)

“I know I’ll never clean up all the trash, but it’s better than ignoring it,” says Myers, who is offering free prints of an original piece to the first two dozen volunteers at the Mar. 15 clean-up. In the same vein of “every little bit counts,” she’s also trying to source biodegradable burlap bags from local coffee roasters rather than use plastic ones.

Myers will return to Surf City after her Savannah show and a bit of wave-shredding at Tybee. But regardless of what part of the coast she finds herself, she’ll likely always carry a bag to collect the trash she’ll inevitably encounter.

The artist and soul surfer also promises her muse will remain the same: “My work will always be about the ocean.” cs

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hair and aquamarine eyes, she hardly fits the reality-show cliché and doesn’t mind being called the “Anti-Snookie.”)

She is happy to be back in Savannah for the exhibit, and yes, the avid surfer brought her board should the waves at Tybee call. She is represented by New Jersey’s m.t. burton gallery, and this is her first show with Fresh Exhibitions, the gallery arm of Art Rise Savannah.

Formerly known as Desotorow, Art Rise Savannah is the tremendous organizing force behind the increasingly wellattended First Friday Art March and and the national online art magazine The Savannah Art Informer.

“We want to cover the whole spectrum,” says ArtRise Executive Director Clinton Edminster, pointing out that the organization’s mission includes hosting community events and creating financial opportunities for local artists.

“We’re developing the capillaries so that artists and the people who want to appreciate and buy art can be very close.”

The Art Rise community often spills over into Savannah’s activism circles, and those who appreciate art as well as the environment will applaud Myers’ effort to link her trash-to-treasure drawings with a local cause. All stretches of sand remain dear to her heart, and for the interactive part of her Fresh Exhibitions show she called on Clean Coast Savannah to help her organize a beach clean-up on Tybee.

“Maybe picking up trash for one day doesn’t seem like a lot, but it’s a positive action that people can take,” says Karen

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Fool for Love is a tumultuous ride

Sam Shepard’s drama pushes the boundaries of real and surreal

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If you think your relationship is dysfunctional, wait ‘til you meet May and Eddie.

The dueling lovers at the center of Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love are so enmeshed in a cycle of tragic affection that they barely know what’s real anymore, circling around each other’s version of the truth like a couple of wounded jackals.

They tussle, they reconcile, they fight again, each pass of the heart taking them deeper into towards the root of a well-kept secret. Told with a visceral ferocity that sweeps its audience into the fray, their story is a fascinating study of what keep us coming back to the ones we love, even when it means entering back into the storm.

It takes a certain courage to present such complex intimacy onstage, and the cast of the Collective Face’s production of Fool for Love has welcomed the challenge.

“We feel comfortable having these raw emotions,” explains Collective Face founding member Maggie Hart, who plays the hardbitten but hopeful May. “We’re a family-based company, we have a lot of trust. That’s essential while we’re trying to find these characters in a safe environment.”

Both Hart and co-star Richie Cook have worked together in previous Collective Face productions, including The Glass Menagerie and Angels in America, so they’re no strangers to emotionally-charged material or to each other. Still, the stark depth of Fool for Love has peeled back another layer for these skilled actors. (In addition to regular Collective Face appearances, Hart works at the

The Collective Face cast of Fool For Love: Christopher Blair, left, Maggie Lee Hart, Richie Cook and Bill DeYoung.

Savannah Children’s Theatre and as a character tour guide downtown; Cook was last seen in Savannah Theatre’s production of Les Miserables.)

“I like the confusion of it,” says Cook of his role as the rodeo-battered Eddie. “A lot comes out of the rehearsal process, and you really grow with the other actors.”

Hart agrees, adding that the performance is a heady culmination of “the research you go through during the show.”

She’s referring not only to the inner soul-searching but also to the outer details: Director David I.L. Poole had his actors

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“All the best writing in plays is biographical,” informs Poole of his motives. “Think of Long Day’s Journey into Night, Streetcar, The Glass Menagerie—they’re all, in their way,

telling their author’s stories.”

Such information adds nuance to the performance, and exploring the every possible emotional note of these characters is the relentless goal of the director.

“It’s like orchestrating a symphony,” considers Poole. “There is this gritty realism to this play as well a surrealistic quality that’s constantly changing.”

Shepard is known in his plays for presenting families and relationships unadorned in all their genuine roughness, relying little on theatrical device or pandering tricks. Here, however, he employs

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I call it the Sandfly Foodie Loop, that quaint circle of restaurants in the little community of Sandfly that sits at the end of Skidaway Road. Places like the DriftAway Café and Sandfly BBQ hold their own niche, but somewhere in between great American casual dining and a fine family BBQ joint lay a bit of a void.

Where do you go if you want to dress up a little before an evening out? Where do you find that perfect taste of panini when you and a friend want a casual but elegant lunch?

Joyce Shanks and husband Jim, owners of the successful Bella’s on Habersham, wanted to fill that void with something special and started looking around four years ago to see what they could find. When Wright Square Café closed its doors in Sandfly, a perfect venue opened up and they decided to make a go of this much-discussed idea.

The mood of Fiore is quietly elegant, flavored with a touch of European old-world charm. With the warm celadon green walls, vast dark wooden floors and whimsical spots of color from eponymous flower paintings (‘La Fiore’ means ‘flower’ in Italian), the suffused light from the ivory-shaded lamps tempts the casual visitor to come inside.

The tantalizing scent of olive oil, wine sauces and toasted bread brings you further into the dining room and soon you find yourself choosing the perfect place to sit. It’s seductive.

My first experience there was a casual lunch with a friend, and we were charmed and delighted with both the fine food and peaceful atmosphere. The lunch menu covers wonderfully golden paninis, luscious burgers made with Hunter Cattle grass-fed beef, piled-high hoagies, inventive and tasty salads, and Create-Your-Own Pasta dishes.

My friend and I choose their coffee every time over any kind of tea or soda: Kona coffee with its own little pitcher of real cream.

Stroll over to the wine shelf and take a look at what they have to offer, or choose from their full-service bar where silent movies play all day.

Warm woods and cream-colored marble counters give the bar a classic look, but clear bowls of large seashells in ivory, peach and various shades of brown hint that you have found yourself in a town near the sea. Along with that theme you’ll find weekly specials of fresh fish glazed with wine and Italian spices, then baked in parchment for dinner, or try the Cedar-Planked Wild Salmon or

Above, Joyce Shanks pours some wine; at right, her daughter and chef, Reina, with a delectable dessert Fra Diavolo Shrimp.

Joyce and Jim Shanks wanted to create a restaurant with a friendly neighborhood feel, similar to Bella’s, letting the menu branch out from the expected dishes. All of their sauces, like the pomodoro or pesto, are made fresh each day, and the meats are brought in locally from Hunter Cattle and Savannah River Farms.

For vegetarians or those wanting whole wheat or gluten-free choices, there are plenty of ways to satisfy your hunger. I recommend the juicy portabella burger or the pasta rich with cold-pressed olive oil and fresh garlic.

The Panini sandwiches here are a treasure, the crusts buttery and crispy, the melting cheese and thinly-sliced meats scrumptious. Try the Chicken Pesto Panini with a fresh salad, or the Muffaletta on a huge seeded bun, bursting with flavor—you can get it by quarter, half or whole sizes, though be warned: a whole Muffaletta is enough for two, especially served with the delicious herb-sprinkled fries.

The Porchetta is Joyce Shank’s royal feast: “Tender pork shoulder pounded thin, slathered with garlic & herbs, rolled up and simmered all night in Pinot Grigio!” I can hardly wait to try it!

Chef Reina Shank is the daughter of the owners and lends a knowledgeable hand in the developing menu. She creates weekly specials to tempt the regular customer, as well making the new decadent dessert, The Fioreo: two chocolate chip cookies with

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Zen and the art of structure and sound

the installation’s success. The way in which the visitor interacts with the hanging fabric defines the intensity, length and oftentimes repetition of a certain sound.

The journey within this physical Ensō quickly becomes a shared one—a group sensation of sorts. As people walk through the archways, the sounds interact as well as the visitors. Each combination of guests within the installation create a new song. The experience is continually unique as the combination of sounds changes with all the nuances of whoever is present inside the circle.

Woolhiser’s "Ensō" comes as part of a series of installations exploring similar themes of personal and spiritual exploration.

Her previous work, “Passage,” employs similar material and concept but in a smaller, more confined experience.

In her exploration of spirituality and the self, she labels her the steps of her process as “translations.” It is her job as an artist to interpret and reinterpret concepts of representation. Therefore, “translating” this information into experiences to which a spectator can relate.

Sara Lee Woolhiser is currently a painting and sculpture student at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Upon graduation, she plans to return to her home state of California in order to pursue a Master’s degree in Education as she establishes her own independent studio. cs

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Friday nights, as usual, present Savannah dwellers with a myriad of artistic events to attend. This time around, the experience extends beyond the visual into a festival of the senses as we are engulfed into a sensorial representation of absolute enlightenment. Last week, Sicky Nar Nar Gallery opened its doors to “Ensō,” an installation

by Sami Lee Woolhiser complemented with sound design by Kevin Lee Jr. Ensō, by the definition provided by the artist, is “a circle that is hand-drawn in one or two uninhibited brushstrokes to express a moment when the mind is free to let the body create.”

Under this concept, Woolhiser embarks in the incredible task of creating a physiSami Lee Woolhiser’s installation flows throughout the gallery space. cal journey that recreates through art this very intrinsic Zen technique. She carefrom a radiant blue to white in an organic immediate exploration of the rest of the fully extrapolates many possible scenarios way, rather than a perfect airbrush finishspace. Unlike other installations that make in order to fully engulf each visitor in her ing. This blue bottom, however, hangs a the spectator worry about disturbing the vision. few inches from the floor. Even though its piece, "Ensō" draws you into its center.

Woolhiser has succeeded in creating an The measurements of her arches seem to ethereal stronghold. The combination of the color and position establish strong footing, it is still a flowing entity, evoking the sense match, or at least ressemble, those that are archways and their circular disposition are used in modern architecture. This piece of subliminal symbols of stability and balance. of openness that the artist looks to bestow information calls upon the visitor’s knowlSpectators feel safe within the structure and upon the viewer.

Sicky Nar Nar’s windowed space is a edge of space and immediately recall the are inspired to stay inside of it rather than visual treat for the approaching visitor. structural sturdiness of an arch. outside.

As the piece itself has been tailored to the To add a deeper layer to the experience, The artist explains that the purposeful use of bed sheets as her painting surface give physical space of this gallery, Woolhiser has Woolhiser’s work with sound designer Lee successfully used the space to her advantage, allows your auditory and tactual senses to be Sicky Nar Nar, 125 W. Duffy St. the installation a sense of home and femiengaged in the piece. This interactive qualninity. More than just femininity, she makes leaving a walkway on the outside of the installation that is proportional to the size ity is the cherry on top of the metaphorical emphasis of the quaint experience of runof the inner archway. This balance makes the sundae. The gallery space is activated in four ning through freshly tended sheets–a symspectator a constant part of the installation, dimensions, seeing as the sound changes bol to many of motherly care. no matter where you are standing. through movement add an element of time.

The technique she uses on her sheets The gradated hanging fabrics create an The experience is left in the hands of the establishes through color and gradation a visitor, making them a crucial element in strong spiritual bedrock. The sheets change universally-pleasing sensation that attracts

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Fishbowl Kooky Time Experimental Film Exhibition — Savannah College of Art and Design’s

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by Nancy Adams, and a watercolor by Brad Hooks, with proceeds going to a Mission Blue Hope Spot program. Fri., March 7, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat., March 8, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sun., March 9, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at The Irritable Pelican / gallery brajon, 1207 U.S. Highway 80.

Hematologic — Painting by Madeleine Craw-

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of seven fine artists. There will be interactive work, a performance piece, paintings, and more. Fri., March 7, 7 p.m MAKE/ SHIFT, 115 E. Park Ln. Savannah Rocks! Travels to Blick! — Savannah

Rocks! Is traveling to the BLICK Art Supply Gallery March 7-31. The Blick Gallery will be hosting the retrospective photography show featuring vintage and current photos and memorabilia of Savannah’s Rock and Roll music scene. Grand finale closing party March 28 6-8pm. Blick Art Materials, 318 East Broughton St. Two Feathers — An exhibition by local artist

Rebecca Cook. March 7-9 at Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St.

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Art With Meaning: Folk Art in the Twenty First Century — A show of mixed-media art,

presenting an educational overview of the three branches of Folk Art: everyday life, religious beliefs and distressed art. A joint project of Beach Institute and the Hurn Museum. Mondays. Beach Institute, 502 9E. Harris St.

Irritable Pelican and gallery brajon combine for ‘Forever Blue’ this weekend Contemporary Southern Landscape — The unique

landscape of the South is the subject of this exhibition. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.

New Work by Mohamed Danawi — An illustration professor at SCAD, Danawi creates bold posters evoking conceptual humor.

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Creature Comforts: Humane Society Benefit Show — Exhibition benefiting Humane Society of

Nicola Lopez: “Babel Revisited: History Repeats Itself” — A four-part, print-based installation

Greater Savannah,featuring work in various media from artists from all over Savannah.

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Dustin Yellin: Triptych — Yellin’s largest and

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F/5 Visual Impact — Graduate exhibit featuring the work of five graduating seniors in the Fine Arts program at Armstrong. Works

by Margie Bach, Jennifer Fitch, Rachel Greneker, Jennifer Hardee and Rachel Sawyer. Reception is Friday, March 7, 5:30 p.m. Ashmore Gallery, 412 MLK Blvd.

Jason Middlebrook: Submerged — Middlebrook transformed logs once submerged in the Savannah River and that provided infrastructure for over 200 years. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

Karin Mead Photography Exhibition — Mead’s

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JEA, 5111 Abercorn St. Matthew Brandt: Lakes and Reservoirs — Brandt’s

photographs are bathed in a mixture of water collected from the site in which the composition was derived. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

Nathan Mabry: Process (B-E-A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E) — A six-piece, sculpture-based installa-

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Brethauer creates nature enhanced driftwood ships and candles holders. Gallery 209, 209 E River St.

Rivers: Exhibition by Tim Rollins and K.O.S. (Kids of Survival) — Collaborative paintings inspired

by speeches/writings/music of Martin Luther King, Jr., Harriet Jacobs, Mark Twain, W.E.B. Du Bois & Duke Ellington. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

Sam Nhlengethwa: Life, Jazz and Lots of Other Things — Nhlengethwa’s first solo museum

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Savannah Black Heritage Festival: Ancestral Pot Maker and Other Artists — Works by Ancestral

Pot Maker Terrance Robinson and others.

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The Tides of Trash — Kristin Myers collects trash from the beach and uses it to create artwork reflecting the object’s enduring existence. Related event: Beach clean up on Tybee Island, Sat. March 15, 9am. Contact Kristin for location. Free and open to the public. Artist Reception March 7, 6-9pm. kristindraws@gmail.com. Fresh Exhibitions, 2427 Desoto Ave. cs

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I wish he had still tackled the role since I find him worthy of winning an Oscar — he should have scored for 2004’s Kinsey but absurdly wasn’t even nominated — but he seems to have completely veered off that path, now choosing to only appear in the types of films that don’t win awards for their actors.

And yet, Neeson’s career pirouette has blessed the action flick with something it usually doesn’t harbor: a leading man who can emote as well as he can punch. His presence immeasurably aided the exciting Taken and the underrated Unknown (Taken 2 was simply too wretched to be saved), and now he performs similar duty with Non-Stop. Yet this new picture isn’t straight-up fisticuffs and firearms, as it also contains an old-fashioned mystery in the whodunnit? vein. Thus, it’s more like Murder on the Orient Express and less like Snakes on a Plane.

Actually, Shakes on a Plane would have been a sound title, as Neeson’s character, Bill Marks, is a jumpy sort, thanks to his alcoholism and his pteromerhanophobia (no, not a fear of pterodactyls but a fear of flying). Neither of these hang-ups are exactly conducive to someone who makes his living as an air marshall, but them’s the breaks for Marks, whose latest assignment is a New-York-to-London flight. It’s not too

long into the intercontinental jaunt, though, before he receives an ominous text message on his secure cell phone: Place $150 million into a specified account or watch a passenger get murdered every 20 minutes.

It sounds ridiculous, but Marks takes the threat seriously and begins checking out the 150 passengers on board to winnow them down to the likeliest suspects. Could it be the bald guy (Corey Stoll) who’s always furtively glancing around the cabin? The attractive woman ( Julianne Moore) sitting next to Marks? The mild-mannered professor (Scoot McNairy) who was supposed to be heading to Amsterdam? The Middle Eastern man (Omar Metwally) who naturally fits America’s idea of an in-flight antagonist? Surely it couldn’t be one of the stewardesses, veteran Nancy (Downton Abbey’s Michelle Dockery) or newbie Gwen (12 Years a Slave’s Lupita Nyong’o)?

There are other suspicious characters to consider, and the strength of the screenplay by John W. Richardson, Chris Roach and Ryan Engle is that practically no one is a straw suspect, with Marks honing in on each player in turn. Elevating the intensity is the fact that the killer is carefully building the scenario so that Marks looks like the villain, a burned-out man who has nothing to lose. So rather than being supported in his investigation by his fellow flyers, he instead has to worry about them also standing in his way.

As crisply directed by Jaume ColletSerra (who also helmed Unknown), NonStop is such a sterling example of popcorn entertainment that it’s a shame when it tries to inject some heft into its storyline.

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screenshots | continued from previous page The reason behind the nefarious plot is not only farfetched but also a tad tasteless, adding real-world concerns into a work that isn’t built to support it.

It’s only in this moment that Non-Stop encounters any sort of narrative turbulence; the rest of the time, it’s first class all the way.

The Wind Rises

OOO When Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film, The Wind Rises, opened in Japan last July, the writer-director was blasted by many of his fellow countrymen as being “anti-Japanese” and “a traitor.” Then in January, at the annual awards meeting of the Boston Film Critics Society, Village Voice scribe Inkoo Kang accused his movie of whitewashing Japan’s shameful history and called it “morally repugnant” and “disgraceful.”

Sometimes, a fellow can’t win no matter what.

Despite Kang’s passion, the movie nevertheless was voted Best Animated Feature by her peers in Boston and is currently an Oscar nominee in that same category (where it almost certainly will lose to Frozen). It’s easy to sympathize with Kang but difficult to accept her criticisms, as anyone who knows anything about Miyazaki

understands that he’s antiwar (he’s embarrassed by his country’s participation in World War II and also condemned Bush’s callous destruction of Iraq) and has even criticized the warmongering policies of Japan’s current right-wing administration.

Clearly, The Wind Rises isn’t a film about war but a valentine to the creative spirit.

The controversy swirling around the movie stems from the fact that its central character is Jiro Horikoshi (voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt), the airplane designer whose creations were employed during WWII (including those which attacked Pearl Harbor).

Yet while the politics of war often hover around the picture’s edges, its primary thrust is looking at how this young man pursued his dream of aviatic inventions, inspired in no small part by the love of his sweetheart Nahoko (Emily Blunt) as well as his own imaginary conversations with the famous Italian aircraft designer Giovanni Caproni (Stanley Tucci).

As with all Miyazaki movies, the animation is frequently breathtaking and the filmmaker’s empathy for his characters is never in question. The 73-year-old artiste has insisted that this will be his final motion picture, that he’s now officially retired. While it

would have been preferable if his final at-bat was a masterwork on the order of Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky or My Neighbor Totoro, electing to be gone with the Wind certainly isn’t a “disgraceful” way to wrap up a distinguished career.

a fellow gladiator named Atticus (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) and catches the eye of the upper-crust Cassia (Emily Browning).

But Corvus reenters the picture, lusting after Cassia and doing his damnedest to kill Milo. Every once in a while, the actors sway back and forth and some stuff crashes to the Pompeii floor to remind viewers that there’s a volcano OP bubbling in the background, ready to blow Pompeii? Oy vey. its lid. And after a few of these false-alarm Just as James Cameron used a historiearthquakes, Mount Vesuvius finally does cal disaster as the backdrop to a romance just that, erupting as powerfully as James between two kids from opposite sides of Deen in one of his 1,098 films. the track, so too does director Paul W.S. Tedious in the extreme, Pompeii is basiAnderson. But that’s where the comparison cally an amateurish amalgamation of such ends, because whereas Cameron managed sword’n’sandal works as Spartacus, Games of to make Titanic as majestic as the ship it Thrones and Gladiator, although it definitely honored, Anderson’s film comparatively feels sets its compass to Titanic, right down to like a toy boat bobbing upside down in the a scene that swaps out that film’s lifesaving bathtub. flotsam for a mighty steed. And while imiSet in 79 A.D., the film centers on Milo, tation can indeed be the sincerest form of who as a little boy watches his entire vilflattery, that’s not the case when the results lage (including his parents) get slaughtered are as ham-fisted as those here. The 3-D by a Roman leader named Corvus (Kiefer effects are negligible, the tidal wave set-piece Sutherland). Cut to 17 years later, and is often risible (particularly that ship that Milo (now played by Game of Thrones’ Kit smoothly sails down the street) and SutherHarington) is a slave whose skill in the land delivers another awful performance gladiator arena means that he can provide (yeah, yeah, he’s beloved thanks to TV’s 24, good entertainment for the masses. He’s but ever check out most of his film work?). shipped off to Pompeii, where he befriends continues on p. 42

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screenshots | continued from previous page And while I have to assume it was unintentional, it’s worth noting that the three most likable characters are all black, and without exception all are sacrificed so that our lily-white lovebirds might have a better chance of escaping a fiery death. When it’s not busy tracking the fortunes of our mopey lovers or chucking Milo into the arena for gladiator-on-gladiator action (the highlights of the film), the script (credited to three writers) wastes its time on a business deal between Corvus and Cassia’s father ( Jared Harris), the sort of arid drivel that immediately landed The Phantom Menace in hot water when its heroes opened the movie discussing trade routes and taxes.

ROBOCOP

OP There are basically two ways to approach RoboCop, a movie I wouldn’t buy for a dollar even on picture-perfect Blu-ray. Obviously, the first is to compare it to its 1987 predecessor; just as obvious, the second is to treat it as its own entity. The results? On its own, it’s merely average; in comparison, it’s close to awful. Either way, most viewers will justifiably be feeling a fair amount of rage against the machine.

Paul Verhoeven’s ‘80s effort is a sci-fi gem that has only grown in stature over the ensuing years. Pulling no punches in either its violent set pieces or its satiric riffs, the picture casts Peter Weller as Alex Murphy, THE LEGO MOVIE a Detroit cop who, after being blown away OOO by criminal scum, is transformed by a major An ADD-friendly effort that will please conglomerate into RoboCop, a metallic law adults because of their own pop-culture officer who eventually finds himself fighting savvy and children because they’re, well, white-collar corruption as much as he’s takchildren, The LEGO Movie employs those building blocks right from the start —with a ing down thieves, murderers and rapists.

The new version, which marks the EngLEGO logo (Warner Bros.)—and keeps ‘em coming until a third-act twist. Of course, it’s lish-language debut of Brazilian director Jose Padilha (Elite Squad and Bus 174, both all a bit disingenuous since the Legos aren’t excellent) and the screenwriting debut of for the most part actual plastic building Joshua Zetumer, sticks with the basic outblocks but computer-generated pixels, but of course that’s to be expected in these post- line but veers off in many unexpected ways.

That’s actually a commendable approach, Ray Harryhausen/Willis O’Brien times. At but when none of the changes are an any rate, the picture sports a unique look, improvement over anything in the original, even if adjusting to it feels a bit like having then clearly there’s trouble in New Detroit. to get used to Peter Jackson’s High Frame Gone is practically all of the pitch-black Rate on the first Hobbit film. humor (remember those hilarious comThe plot is the usual pablum about an mercials and newscasts?), with the nyuks ordinary guy who against all odds morphs coming solely from the presence of Samuel into a beloved champion—in this case, it’s Emmet (voiced by Chris Pratt), a construc- L. Jackson as a FOX-styled TV personality.

Also missing are ample vignettes of Robotion worker with no friends but plenty of bad entertainment choices (his favorite TV Cop in crime-busting mode, whether shooting a would-be rapist in the penis or hurling show is a bit of inanity called Where Are a would-be thief across a convenience store.

My Pants?). But Emmet begins his jourInstead, this new picture gets bogged ney from zero to hero after he’s pegged by down in one numbing scene after another, punk girl Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks) and most centered around RoboCop’s attendant wizard Vitruvius (Morgan Freeman) to doctor (Gary Oldman), his brilliant creator be a “Master Builder,” the chosen one who (Michael Keaton) and his mourning wife can stop the evil Lord Business (Will Fer(Abbie Cornish). rell). And during his Matrix-like odyssey, These are all cardboard characters bereft he comes into contact with such known of personality or depth; the only person who figures as Batman (Will Arnett), Abraham makes any sort of impression is Jackie Earle Lincoln (Will Forte) and Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams, in the house!) and such Haley, playing the new character of a gun newbies as Bad Cop (Liam Neeson), Metal specialist rubbed the wrong way by R-Cop. Let’s forget the comparisons for a Beard (Nick Offerman) and Unikitty (Alimoment. Folks who wouldn’t know Roboson Brie).

Cop from Paul Blart: Mall Cop will find Walt Disney understood the value of a the film to be a particularly joyless exershort running time in a family film , and cise. Aside from Jackson’s schtick, the only with a 100-minute run time, The LEGO laughs are unintentional, fostered by the Movie often does feel like too much of a sequences in which we see Murphy stripped good thing; I was satiated more than once. of his Robo-armor: nothing left but face, right hand and a pulsating chest of glop.

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WINTER’S TALE

OOP Look, here’s the thing about Winter’s Tale, the film adaptation — make that condensation—of Mark Helprin’s 671-page novel: You either fall into its fantasy world fully or you run from the auditorium looking for the closest RoboCop showing.

Since critics can by nature be a rather cynical lot, it’s no surprise that the picture is receiving reviews generally reserved for Adam Sandler abominations. Yet anyone who has enjoyed past films that subscribe to the “magical realism” concept — gems like The Purple Rose of Cairo, Amelie or Like Water for Chocolate — or even those who miss the grand romantic gestures often seen in movies from Hollywood’s Golden Age should love at least half of the picture.

That would be the first half, which introduces Colin Farrell as Peter Lake, a petty thief making the rounds in 1916 New York.

Because Peter is a gentle soul, his vicious mentor, crime boss Pearly Soames (Russell Crowe), now wants him dead, but the execution is thwarted by the sudden arrival of a white horse with, shall we say, unusual traits.

After saving Peter, the animal eventually leads him to a mansion in which resides Beverly Penn (Downton Abbey’s Jessica Brown Findlay), a young woman who’s dying of consumption. The two instantly fall for each other and, despite his criminal standing, Peter is even accepted by Beverly’s father (William Hurt).

Between their irrefutable chemistry and obvious beauty, Farrell and Findlay prove to be one of the most enchanting screen couples in many a moon, and the magical mood cast by writer-director Akiva Goldsman suits their romance well. Unfortunately, the movie introduces a new character about midway through, and it never recovers from the miscasting of this crucial role.

For it turns out that Pearly isn’t just a ruthless mob boss but an actual demonic entity; he eventually takes a meeting with Lucifer, who’s played by none other than ...

Will Smith. What the devil?

THE MONUMENTS MEN

OOP It’s a question that’s been posed in one way or another through the ages, but let’s co-opt the variation employed in Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway. Chewing over weighty matters, Sheldon Flender (Rob Reiner) asks fellow playwright David Shayne ( John Cusack), “Let’s say there was a burning building and you could rush in and you could save only one thing: either the last known copy of Shakespeare’s plays or some anonymous human being. What would you

do?”

That query is the tickle at the back of the throat throughout The Monuments Men, a true-life World War II tale that was captured in book form by Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter. That novel, titled The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History, served as the source for this film version from writer-director-producer-star George Clooney and his frequent collaborator, writerproducer Grant Heslov.

It’s the sort of picture for which no expense was spared, given its high production values and its A-list cast. It’s also the sort of picture that one wishes were better, as the number of missed opportunities seemingly equals the number of unexploded landmines at the war’s close.

It’s deep into the war, and art preservationist Frank Stokes (Clooney) is being given the go-ahead by FDR to assemble a group of men with the purpose of hightailing it to Europe, where they’ll try to locate and take back the thousands of paintings and statues that the Nazis had stolen during their tear through various countries. The classic works have been earmarked for inclusion in the Fuhrer Museum being planned

by Hitler; the more modern ones (like those by a fellow named Picasso) are being destroyed.

Clearly, it’s a daunting assignment, so Stokes recruits the best that the U.S. art world has to offer: museum curator James Granger (Matt Damon), architect Richard Campbell (Bill Murray), sculptor Walter Garfield ( John Goodman) and art historian (and ballet director) Preston Savitz (Bob Balaban). He completes the group with two overseas allies, the charismatic Frenchman Jean Claude Clermont ( Jean Dujardin) and the boozing Englishman Donald Jeffries (Hugh Bonneville), as well as Private Sam Epstein (Dimitri Leonidas), a Jewish kid from New Jersey whose family had managed to escape from Germany just in time.

The Monuments Men serves up a terrific premise for a movie, although buffs will recall at least two previous efforts with the same subject: the 2006 documentary The Rape of Europa, with its Monuments Men-friendly tagline, “Imagine the World Without Our Masterpieces,” and John Frankenheimer’s 1964 The Train, starring Burt Lancaster as a French Resistance operative attempting to stop the Nazis from absconding with prized works of art.

It’s usually a pleasure when a new one appears on the horizon, and this particular picture has enough going for it to deserve a look. CS

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Activism & Politics

Drinking Liberally

An informal, left-leaning gathering to discuss politics, the economy, sports, entertainment, or anything else that comes up. Every first and third Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. Tondee's Tavern, 7 E. Bay Street (912) 341-7427 Free , 7 p.m. livingliberally.org/ drinking/chapters/GA/savannah. , 7 p.m Muffins with Mary Ellen

Alderman Mary Ellen Sprague hosts a weekly gathering for District 4 constituents every Wednesday morning. Residents and business owners of District 4 are invited to drop-in to ask questions and discuss local issues. Free and open to the public.

Wednesdays, 6-9 a.m. 912-659-0103. ogeecheecoffee.com/. Wednesdays, 6-9 a.m coffee deli, 4517 Habersham St. Savannah Area Young Republicans

Get involved. Contact is Michael Johnson, via email or telephone, or see website for info. 912-604-0797. chairman@sayr.org. sayr.org. Call or see website for information. Free . 912-308-3020. savannahyoungrepublicans.com.

Savannah Tea Party

Free to attend. Note new location, date and time. Food and beverages available for purchase. Call for additional information.

Reservations not necessary. Annual Dues $10.00. Free , 5:30 p.m. 912-598-7358. savannahteaparty.com. , 5:30 p.m Victorian Neighborhood Association Meetings

Open to all residents, property owners and businesses located between Anderson and Gwinnett, M.L.King,Jr. Blvd to East Broad Street. Free second Tuesday of every month, 6-7 p.m. 912-233-0352. alpost135. com/. second Tuesday of every month, 6-7 p.m American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. Young Democrats

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Mondays at 7pm on the second level of Foxy Loxy, Bull Street. Call or visit the Young Democrats Facebook page for more information. Free . 423-619-7712. foxyloxycafe.com/. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. Auditions and Calls for Entries

Call for Artists

The Sentient Bean is seeking experienced artists interested in showing their work for the duration of one month at the Bean.

Artists must have a website with current images representing a sample of the work to be shown in order to be considered.

To apply, please send an email to sentientbooking@gmail.com with the subject line “art show” and include the following information: 1. Artist name and phone number 2. Link to website that has current and relevant images of work for proposed show 3. Link to artist resume (preferred) or artist resume attached as a PDF file ONLY 4. Type of work to be shown, including medium, general sizes, price range, and how many of pieces will be in the show 5.

Link to artist statement (preferred) or artist statement attached as a PDF file ONLY . sentientbean.com/booking#visualarts. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. Call for Proposals for Neighborhood Arts Programming Instructors

City of Savannah seeks proposals for visual and performing art instructors for the 2014 Neighborhood Arts Programs funded through its Weave-a-Dream program. Arts programming will take place throughout 2014 at Crusader, Woodville and Tatemville Neighborhood Centers. See City of Savannah Cultural Affairs website for details and proposal requirements. Proposal deadline: March 17, 2014. Find applications on the Cultural Affairs website. Call or email for information. Through March 17. (912) 6447927. cnorthcutt@savannahga.gov. savannahga.gov/arts. Through March 17

City of Savannah TV Show Seeks Entries

The City of Savannah's TV station, SGTV is seeking insightful and well-crafted profiles, documentaries, animations, original music videos, histories or other original works by or about the citizens of Savannah to run on "Engage", a television show produced by the city. Interested in collaborating with filmmakers, artists, musicians and others in producing original content for the program. While the City does not offer compensation for such programs, SGTV does offer an opportunity to expose local works to a wide audience. More than 55,000 households in Chatham County have access to SGTV. Submit proposals via website. The City reserves the right to reject any programming that does not meet content standards. . savannahga.gov/ engagesgtv.

Gallery Seeks Local Artists

Kobo Gallery, 33 Barnard Street, in downtown Savannah seeks 2-D and 3-D artists to join its cooperative gallery. Must be a full-time resident of Savannah or nearby area. Work to be considered includes painting, photography, mixed media, sculpture, glass, ceramics and wood. If interested please submit 5-10 images of your work, plus resume/CV and biography to info@kobogallery.com. . Kobo Gallery, 33 Barnard Street ,.

Homeschool Music Classes

Music classes for homeschool students ages 8 - 18, and their parents. Offered in Guyton and Savannah. See website for details. . CoastalEmpireMusic.com.

Theatre Auditions

Casting for a theatre production of The Last Supper, 80 minutes of musical theatre as an interpretation of Leonardo da Vinci’s most challenging creation, the painting of The Last Supper. Call for information.

Location for Audition: Habitat for Humanity 4605 GA Hwy 21 in Rincon Thu., March 6, 7 p.m. (912) 657-1120. Thu., March 6, 7 p.m Habitat for Humanity, Rincon Office, 4605 GA Hwy 21.

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Call for proposals for its 2014 Weave-ADream—Cultural & Arts Projects initiative.

Applications will be accepted through the calendar year, while funds are available.

Programs are to be completed prior to December 31, 2014 and the application must be submitted at least eight weeks prior to the start date of the project. Project funding is available up to $2,500 per program/ project. Emphasis on proposals that actively involve youth, seniors, and those who have limited access to arts based programs in Savannah. Applicants must be a non-profit, 501c3, head-quartered in Savannah’s corporate limits. Proposed programs must also be produced within the City’s corporate limits. No individual artist applications will be accepted. Applications are available on the Department of Cultural Affairs website. Mondays.. 912651-6417. cnorthcutt@savannahga.gov. (savannahga.gov\arts. Mondays.

Wilmington Island Farmers Market Seeks Vendors

The Wilmington Island Farmers' Market, scheduled to reopen for Spring 2014, seeks applications from potential vendors.

Vendor application, market rules and regulations are available on the website. . wifarmersmarket.org.

Benefits

St. Practice Day on River Street: Charity Bar Crawl

A pub crawl benefiting Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia. A chance to practice your St. Patrick's Day party skills the week before the big event. Thirteen participating River Street drinking establishments. Start at Spanky's between 2-5pm, Finish at Saddlebags between 4-10pm. Prizes. $15 Sat., March 8, 2 & 10 p.m. 912.660.9001.

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Sat., March 8, 2 & 10 p.m Spanky's (River Street), 317 East River St. Chatham County Animal Control Seeks Donations of Items

Chatham County Animal Control is in need of items for pets in the facility. Seeking donations of canned and dry dog and cat food, baby formula, newspaper, paper towels, soaps, crates, leashes, collars, wash cloths, and towels. Open daily from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. . 912-351-6750. animalcontrol.chathamcounty.org. Chatham County Animal Shelter, 7215 Sallie Mood Dr. Forsyth Farmers Market Seeks Sponsors

Market sponsors invest in a healthy community and show consideration for the local economy. Sponsorship opportunities begin at $350. Help keep food fresh and local. . kristen@forsythfarmersmarket. com. forsythfarmersmarket.com. forsythfarmersmarket.com/. Forsyth Farmers' Market, 501 Whitaker St., South End of Forysth Park. $5 Bikram Yoga Class to Benefit Local Charities

Bikram Yoga Savannah offers a weekly Karma class to raise money for local charities. Thursdays during the 6:30pm class.

Pay $5 for class and proceeds are donated to a different charity each month. This is a regular Bikram Yoga class. . 912.356.8280. bikramyogasavannah.com.

SCMPD Animal Control seeks Volunteers

Savannah Chatham County Animal Control seeks volunteers to serve as greeters, office assistants, animal photographers,event coordinators, groomers, property maintenance workers, kennel assistants, dog walkers, cat socializers, play area monitors, off-site adoption managers, veterinary service supporters, and foster coordinators. No prior animal shelter experience is necessary. Newly trained volunteers will be authorized to serve immediately after orientation.

Potential volunteers are asked to notify J. Lewis prior to orientation; though, walk-ins are welcome. Volunteers must be at least 17-years-old. . (912) 525-2151. jlewis01@savannahga.gov.

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Third Annual Brain Injury Awareness Walk

This walk and its family-friendly activities promote awareness and support for acquired brain injury survivors. Sponsored by Memorial University Medical Center. $15.

T-shirt and refreshments included. Sat., March 8, 10 a.m. 912-350-7274. JolleJe1@ memorialhealth.com. Sat., March 8, 10 a.m Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

Classes, Camps & Workshops

Art Classes at The Studio School

weekly drawing and painting classes for youth and adults. See website, send email or call for details. 912-484-6415. melindaborysevicz@gmail.com. thestudioschoolsavannah.com.

Art, Music, Piano, Voice Coaching

Coaching for all ages, beginners through advanced. Classic, modern, jazz improvization and theory. Serious inquiries only.

912-961-7021 or 912-667-1056.

Artist Sacred Circle

Group forming on Fridays beginning in March. 1:30pm-3pm. Based on The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron. Contact Lydia Stone, 912-656-6383 or rosesonthemove@ gmail.com. . 912-656-6383. rosesonthemove@gmail.com.

Beading Classes

Offered every weekend at Perlina Beadshop, 6 West State Street. Check website calendar or call for info. 912-441-2656. perlinabeadshop.com.

Beading Classses at Epiphany Bead & Jewelry Studio

Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced. Call for class times.

912-920-6659. Epiphany Bead & Jewelry Studio, 407 East Montgomery Xrds.

Beginning Belly Dance Classes

Taught by Happenstance Bellydance. All skill levels and styles. Private instruction available. $15 912-704-2940. happenstancebellydance@gmail.com. happenstancebellydance.wordpress.com. Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Bellydance for Fitness

This dance-based fitness class blends belly dance moves to create a core strengthening workout. These quick paced classes build heat, endurance, flexibility, and strength through core isolations. Be prepared to have fun and sweat as you shimmy. No prior dance experience is necessary. All levels are welcome. $15 for drop-in or 4 for $50 (must be used in 30 days) Tuesdays. 912-293-5727. firstcitysav@gmail.com. Tuesdays First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. Champions Training Center

Offering a variety of classes and training in mixed martial arts, jui-jitsu, judo and other disciplines for children and adults. All skill levels. 525 Windsor Rd. 912-349-4582.

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Chatham County Sheriff's Office Explorers Post 876

The Chatham County Sheriff's Office Explorers Post 876, is currently accepting applications from young men and women (ages 14-20 years old) who are interested in a career in Law Enforcement. Explorers experience mentoring, motivation, and learn skills which help prepare them for their roles as a productive citizen in the Coastal Empire. Interested parties may visit the Chatham County Sheriff's web page, click "Community" then Explorers Post 876" for applications, or contact Cpl. R. Bryant-Elleby at (912)651-3743. . 912651-3743. chathamsheriff.org.

Classical and Acoustic Guitar Instruction

Savannah Classical Guitar Studio offers lessons for all levels. Dr. Brian Luckett, Ph.D. in music. Starland District. Guitar technique, music theory, and musicianship. Folk/rock based lessons available. No electric instruments. $25/half hour. $45/ hour. brian@brianluckett.com.

Clay Classes

Savannah Clay Studio at Beaulieu offers handbuilding, sculpture, and handmade tiles, basic glazing and firing. 912-3514578. sav..claystudio@gmail.com.

Boating Classes

Classes on boat handling, boating safety and navigation offered by U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. See website or call to register.

912-897-7656. savannahaux.com.

Contemporary Soul Dance

Contemporary Soup dance Sundays at 3:30pm - 4:15pm. A softer genre of jazz and hip hop, this distinct dance style is an outgrowth of modern dance blended with elements of rhythm and blues. Dancers are encouraged to place emphases on the connection of the mind and body through movement. Contemporary Soul will help the recognize traditional boundaries through balance, floor work and improvisation. This class is open to ages 10+. $15 for drop-on or 4 for $50 Sundays, 3:30 p.m.

404-709-9312. inspiredanceprogram@ hotmail.com. Sundays, 3:30 p.m First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr.

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Family Law Workshop

The Mediation Center has three workshops per month for people who do not have legal representation in a family matter: divorce, legitimation, modifications of child support, visitation, contempt. Schedule: 1st Tues, 2nd Mon, 4th Thursday. Call for times. $30 912-354-6686. mediationsavannah.com.

Fany's Spanish/English Institute

Spanish is fun. Classes for adults and children held at 15 E. Montgomery Crossroad.

Register by phone. . 912-921-4646.

Figure Drawing Classes

Tuesdays 6-9pm and Wednesdays 9:3012:30am. $60/4-session package or $20 drop-in fee. At the Studio School. . 912484-6415. melindaborysevicz@gmail.com. thestudioschoolsavannah.com. Studio School, 1319 Bull St. Free Fitness Boot Camp

Mondays and Wednesdays, 6pm at Tribble Park, Largo & Windsor Rd. Children welcome. Free 912-921-0667.

Guitar, Mandolin, or Bass Guitar Lessons

Emphasis on theory, reading music, and improvisation. Located in Ardsley Park. .

912-232-5987.

Housing Authority Neighborhood Resource Center

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

Basic computer training: Tues & Thurs, 1pm-3pm. Community computer lab: Mon-Fri, 3pm-4:30pm. . 912-232-4232 x115. savannahpha.com. savannahpha. com/NRC.html. Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton St. Jazz Funk Dance

Jazz Funk dance Sundays at 2:30pm 3:15pm. This dance style is a blend of jazz and funk characterized by a strong back beat, groove, and electrified sound.

It implements all types of improvisational elements from soul and funk arrangements. Jazz Funk will get you in the mood to groove to the music and having fun Dance Conditioning doing it. This class is open to ages 10+.

Be prepared to sweat! Bring your towel and $15 for drop-in or 4 for $50 Sundays, 2:30 your water bottle! This class is designed p.m. 404-709-9312. inspiredanceprogram@ to enhance your strength, flexibility, balhotmail.com. Sundays, 2:30 p.m First City ance, and overall body fitness. With belly Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. Knitting & Crochet Classes dance movements in mind, this is a total Offered at The Frayed Knot, 6 W. State St. body work out! $10 drop in or $80 for 10 classes Wednesdays, 7 p.m. 912.312.3549. See the calendar of events on website. .

912-233-1240. thefrayedknotsav.com. salondebaile.dance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Wednesdays, 7 p.m Latin Cardio Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Latin Cardio is a cardio based workout class that is designed to get your off the Memorial Drive.

DUI Prevention Group couch and sweat while having fun! We Offers victim impact panels for intoxidance to all your favorite latin style dances cated drivers, DUI, offenders, and anyone like cha cha, samba, jive, rumba, salsa and seeking knowledge about the dangers of more! Don't worry...you will be sweating driving while impaired. A must see for teen off the pounds every time you put your feet drivers. Meets monthly. $40/session 912into action on the dance floor! No partner 443-0410. necessary. Workout clothes required! $10 English as Second Language Classes drop in or $80 for 10 classes Mondays, 6 Learn conversational English, comprehen- p.m. 912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@ sion, vocabulary and life communication gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. skills. All ages. Thursdays, 7:30pm, Island Mondays, 6 p.m Salon de Baile Dance StuChristian Church, 4601 US Highway 80 dio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Learn to Sew! East. Free. 912-897-3604. islandchristian.

Sewing lessons for all ages and skill levels. Private and Group classes. . 912596-0889. kleossewingstudio.com. Kleo's Sewing Studio, 36 W. Broughton St. #201.

Lyrical Fusion Dance

Lyrical Fusion dance Sundays at 4:30pm 5:00pm. This dance style is a combination of ballet, jazz and contemporary styles.

Dancers will be instructed how to perform precise movements while conveying the emotion of a song's lyrics through dance.

Lyrical Fusion will challenges the dancer's flexibility and their ability to perform with emotion. This class is open to ages 10+. $15 for drop-in or 4 for $50 Sundays, 4:30 p.m. 404-709-9312. inspiredanceprogram@hotmail.com. Sundays, 4:30 p.m First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. MICROSOFT – EXCEL 1

Looking for proficiency and confidence in basic Excel functionality? Our Microsoft Excel 1 course covers the basic Excel environment, creating workbooks, navigating the Excel working screen, formatting and navigating worksheets, entering data, entering labels and creating and working with charts. $95 per person Thu., March 6, 6:30 p.m. 912-644-5967. jfogarty@georgiasouthern.edu. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/.

Thu., March 6, 6:30 p.m Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Music Instruction

Georgia Music Warehouse, near corner of Victory Drive & Abercorn, offering instruction by professional musicians. Band instruments, violin, piano, drums and guitar. All ages welcome. . 912-358-0054. georgiamusicwarehouse.com/. Georgia Music Warehouse, 2424 Abercorn St. Music Lessons: Private or Group

Portman’s Music Academy offers private or group classes for ages 2 to 92, beginner to advanced level. All instruments.

Also, voice lessons, music production technology and DJ lessons. Teaching staff of over 20 instructors with professional, well equipped studios and a safe, friendly waiting area for parents and siblings. . 912-354-1500. portmansmusic.com. portmansmusic.com. Portman's Music Superstore, 7650 Abercorn St. Music Lessons--Multiple Instruments

Savannah Musicians Institute offers private instruction for all ages in guitar, ddrums, piano, bass, voice, banjo, mandolin, ukelele, flute, woodwinds. 7041 Hodgson Memorial Dr. . 912-692-8055. smisavannah@gmail.com.

New Horizons Adult Band Program

Music program for adults who played a band instrument in high school/college and would like to play again. Mondays at 6:30pm at Portman's. $30 per month.

All ages and ability levels welcome. Call for info. . 912-354-1500. portmansmusic. com. Portman's Music Superstore, 7650 Abercorn St. Novel Writing

Write a novel, finish the one you've started, revise it or pursue publication. Awardwinning Savannah author offers one-onone or small group classes, mentoring, manuscript critique, ebook formatting.

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scavenger is a perfect way to have fun and support two, great LOCAL breast cancer support groups. Entry to the event includes a free drink, potato from Spudnik and fun!

Register early on Active.com or show up early with a team and be ready to have fun!

20.00 Sat., March 8, 2 p.m. 912.604.3425. js4568@stu.armstrong.edu. therailpub. com/. Sat., March 8, 2 p.m The Rail Pub, 405 West Congress St.

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Beginner photography to post production.

Instruction for all levels. $20 for two-hour class. See website for complete class list.

410-251-4421. chris@chrismorrisphotography.com. chrismorrisphotography.com.

Piano Voice-Coaching

Pianist with M/degree,classical modern jazz improvisation, no age limit. Call 912-961-7021 or 912-667-1056. Serious inquiries only. .

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term paper writing, and English as a Second Language. Fun methods for children to help them learn quickly. Contact: cordraywriter@gmail.com or text or call 912-12660-7399. Call for fee information.

savannahga.gov/arts. Mondays, Saturdays.

Savannah Authors Meeting

Short Story Writing

Sewing Classes

Beginner in sewing? Starting your clothing business or clothing line? Learn to sew.

Industry standard sewing courses deRussian Language Classes signed to meet your needs in the garment Learn to speak Russian. All experience industry. Open schedule. Savannah Sewing levels welcome, beginner to expert. Call for Academy. 1917 Bull St. . 912-290-0072. info. . 912-713-2718. savsew.com.

Open to published or unpublished writers.

Project Management-Real World Applications Beginners are welcome. Savannah Authors Discover a documented step-by-step Autonomous encourages first-class guideline for managing projects. Stuprose writing, fiction or non-faction, using dents will be exposed to a wide variety of discussion, constructive criticism, instrucstrategic and real world scenarios. Course tion, and examples. The group was founded Outline: Day 1, Initiation and Closing Projby Christopher Scott (912) 398-1727 and ects Day 2, Success Planning for Projects Alice Vantrease (912) 308-3208. Visit us at Day 3, Project Simulation for Execution Day savannahauthors.org. We meet every sec4, Project Control and Project Manager ond AND FOURTH Tuesday of the month.

Professional Responsibility. $1,300 per Free second Tuesday of every month. (912) person. Includes a copy of the 5th Edition 308-3208. savannahauthors.org. second of the PMBOK® from PMI. Fri., March 7, 9 Tuesday of every month Private Residence, a.m. 912-644-5967. jfogarty@georgiasouth- 630 East Victory Drive.

Session II Visual Arts Classes and Workshops ern.edu. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/. Fri., Now Registering March 7, 9 a.m Coastal Georgia Center, City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural 305 Fahm Street.

Quilting Classes Affairs is now registering students for : Quilting classes for beginners and adceramics, metals, glass, fibers, jewelry, vanced stitchers. Learn to make your first painting and drawing, clay and basket quilt or learn a new technique. See the making, Fused Glass Wind Chime workwebsite, call, or come by the shop. varies shop, Clay Bird Feeders workshop, Stained . 912 925 0055. email@colonialquilts.us.

Glass Picture Frame,and Melon Basket colonialquilts.us. Colonial Quilts and Samaking class. Day and evening sessions vannah Sewing Center, 11710 Largo Drive. for children, teens, and adults in all skill Reading/Writing Tutoring levels, March 24- May 2. Three week and Ms. Dawn’s Tutoring in reading, writing, six week classes, and weekend workshops. and composition. Remedial reading skills, Call or see website for pricing and schedhelp with borderline dyslexia, to grammar, ule. Mondays, Saturdays.. (912) 651-6783.

Gives students with some experience in fiction and nonfiction storytelling the opportunity to use assigned readings, writing homework, and workshop style critiques to explore various writing techniques. Works of Ernest Hemingway, Graham Greene, Ann Beattie and others will be studied.

Upon completion, students will understand narrative structure and scenic writing, dialogue, character, place, word choice, rhythm and pacing, and the art of revision.

Offered by Georgia Southern's Continuing Education division in Savannah. Call or email for days/times/pricing. . 912-6445967. jfogarty@georgiasouthern.edu. ceps. georgiasouthern.edu/conted/cesavannahmenu.html.. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/.

Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Singing Classes

Bel Canto is the name of the style of singing invented by Nicola Vaccai, which helps the voice become flexible and expressive, improves the vocal range and breathing capacity and is the technique Anitra Warren uses to train her students. It carries over well as a foundation for opera, rock, pop, gospel and musical theatre. $25 Mondays-Sundays, 6 p.m. 786-247-9923. anitraoperadiva@yahoo.com. MondaysSundays, 6 p.m Institute of Cinematic Arts, 12 West State Street, 3rd and 4th flrs.,.

Singing Lessons with Anitra Opera Diva

Teaching the Vaccai Bel Canto technique for improving vocal range and breathing capacity. A good foundation technique for different styles--opera, pop, rock, cabaret.

Fridays 5:30-8:30pm. Institute of Cinematic Arts, 12 1/2 W. State St., 3rd floor. . 786247-9923. anitraoperadiva.com.

Spanish Classes

Learn Spanish for life and grow your business. Courses for professionals offered by Conquistador Spanish Language Institute, LLC. Classes offered in a series.

Beginner Spanish for Professionals--Intro price $155 + textbook ($12.95). Instructor: Bertha E. Hernandez, M.Ed. and native speaker. Meets in the Keller Williams Realty meeting room, 329 Commercial Drive. . conquistador-spanish.com.

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This two-day workshop will address many of the concerns of the food entrepreneur just getting started. Hosted by Chatham County Cooperative Extension Office in Savannah, UGA Food Science and Technology Extension Outreach Program, and the Center of Innovation for Agribusiness. Please preregsiter. $200 March 5-6. EFSonline. uga.edu. coastalgeorgiabg.org/. March 5-6 Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens, 2 Canebrake Rd. Stress Reduction: Arising Stillness in Zen

Stress-reducing practices for body, speech and mind. Five Thursday night classes

from 6- 7:00pm. $15 drop-in; $70 for series. Rev. Fugon Cindy Beach, Sensei.

Savannah Zen Center 111 E. 34th St. 31401 revfugon@gmail.com .

Vocal Lessons

The Voice Co-op is a group of voice instructors in Savannah, Georgia who believe in the power of a nurturing community to help voice students blossom into vibrant artists. Each of our instructors have earned the degree of Master of Music in Voice Performance. Group master classes are held once each month for students of the Co-op. In the winter and spring the students will have the opportuinty to present a vocie recital for the community.

Varies . 912-656-0760. TheVoiceCoOp.org.

The Voice Co-op, Downtown.

West Coast Swing Class

Interested in learning how to West Coast Swing? Come learn from the best in Savannah. Rick Cody will take you though the smooth rhythms of beach music to help you get ready for the dance floor. $12 drop in fee or $35 for 4 weeks Wednesdays, 7 p.m. 912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com.

Wednesdays, 7 p.m Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Yoga for Couples

A two hour class for prospective moms and their delivery partners. Learn labor and delivery stages and a "toolbox" of hands-on comfort measures from a labor doula, including breathing, massage, positioning, and pressure points. Bring and exercise ball. Quarterly, Saturdays 1pm-3pm at Savannah Yoga Center. Call or email to register. $100 per couple. . 912-704-7650. douladeliveries.com.

Youth Symposium 2014

The ladies of the Alpha Iota Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. and Frank Callen Boys and Girls Club will host Youth Symposium 2014- "Partners for Progress: Working Together to Build Bridges for Youth." The event will focus on the importance of partnerships in the community to support our youth. Male and female youth ages 13-18 are invited to attend this free event. This community service event will be held on March 8, 2014 at Frank Callen Boys and Girls Club and registration begins at 8:30 a.m. To register visit www.aissgrho.wix.com/savannahalumnae. Free Sat., March 8, 8:30 a.m. savannahalumnaesgrho@yahoo.com. Sat., March 8, 8:30 a.m Frank Callen Boys & Girls Club, 510 E. Charlton Street.

Clubs & Organizations

Abeni Cultural Arts Dance Classes

Classses for multiple ages in performance dance and adult fitness dance. African, modern, ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, gospel. Held at Abeni Cultural Arts studio, 8400-B Abercorn St. Call Muriel, 912-6313452, or Darowe, 912-272-2797. . abeniculturalarts@gmail.com.

Adult Intermediate Ballet

Beginner and Intermediate Ballet, Modern Dance, Barre Fusion, Barre Core Body Sculpt, and Gentle Stretch and Tone. no experience needed for beginner Ballet, barre, or stretch/tone. The Ballet School, Piccadilly Square, 10010 Abercorn.

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tration/fees/info online or by phone. . 912925-0903. theballetschoolsav.com.

Avegost LARP

Live action role playing group that exists in a medieval fantasy realm. generallly meets the second weekend of the month. Free for your first event or if you're a non-player character. $35 fee for returning characters. . godzillaunknown@gmail.com. avegost. com.

Blindness and Low Vision: A Guide to Working, Living, and Supporting Individuals with Vision Loss

Workshops on the 3rd Thursday of each month on vision losss, services, and technology available to participate in the community. And, how the community can support individuals with vision loss.

Orientation and Mobility Techniques; Low Vision vs. Legal Blindness; Supporting People with Low Vision to Achieve Maximum Independence; Low Vision Simulator Experiences; Resources. Free and open to the public. . savannahcblv.org. Savannah Center for the Blind and Low Vision, 214 Drayton St. Buccaneer Region SCCA

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.

See website. . buccaneerregion.org.

Business Networking on the Islands

Small Business Professionals Islands Networking Group meets first Thursday each month, 9:30am-10:30am. Tradewinds Ice Cream & Coffee, 107 Charlotte Rd. Call for info. . 912-308-6768.

Chatham Sailing Club

Meets first Friday of each month, 6:30pm at Young's Marina. If first Friday falls on a holiday weekend, meeting is second Friday.

No boat? No sailing experience? No problem. . chathamsailing.org. Young's Marina, 218 Wilmington Island Rd. Drop N Circle Craft Night

Sponsored by The Frayed Knot and Perlina.

Tuesdays, 5pm-8pm. 6 W. State Street.

Enjoy sharing creativity with other knitters, crocheters, beaders, spinners, felters, needle pointers, etc. All levels of experience welcome. Call for info. . 912-233-1240.

Energy Healers

Meets every Monday at 6pm. Mediation and healing with energy. Discuss aromatherapy, chakra systems and more. Call for info. . 912-695-2305. meetup.com/SavannahEnergyHealers.

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. Email Kathleen Thomas at exploretherevolution@gmail.com for more info. first Thursday of every month, 6 p.m. exploretherevolution@gmail.com. galleryespresso.com/. first Thursday of every month, 6 p.m Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. Fiber Guild of the Savannahs

Open to all who are interested in the fiber arts: weaving, spinning, basket making, knitting, crocheting, quilting, beading, rug hooking, doll making, etc. Meets at Oatland Island Wildlife Center the first Saturday of the month September through June 10:15am. See our website for programs and events. Mondays, 10:30 a.m. fiberguildsavannah.homestead.com/. Mondays, 10:30 a.m Fiber Guild of the Savannahs, 711 Sandtown Road GA. Freedom Network

An international, leaderless network of individuals seeking more freedom in an unfree world, via non-political methods.

Savannah meetings/discussions twice monthly, Thursdays, 8:30pm. Topics and meeting locations vary. No politics, no religious affiliation, no dues, no fees. Email for next meeting day and location. . onebornfree@yahoo.com.

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Geechee Sailing Club

Founded in 1971, GSC promotes sailing and boating safety, education, and fellowship.Member of the South Atlantic Yacht Racing Association. second Monday of every month, 6 p.m. 912-356-3265. geecheesailingclub.org. liveoakstore.com/ tubbysthunderbolt. second Monday of every month, 6 p.m Tubby's Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr.

meets at First Baptist Church of the Islands, two Wednesdays a month, 9:15am-11:30am. . sites.google.com/ site/islandsmops. fbcislands.com/. First Baptist Church of the Islands, 6613 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

A non-profit organization dedicated to sending area Korean War and WWII veterans to Washington, DC to visit the WWII Memorial. All expenses paid by Honor Flight Savannah. Honor Flight seeks contributions, and any veterans interested in a trip to Washington. Call for info. . 912-5961962. honorflightsavannah.org.

Knittin’ Night

Historic Flight Savannah

Historic Savannah Chapter: ABWA

Meets the second Thursday of every month from 6pm-7:30pm. Tubby's Tank House, 2909 River Drive, Thunderbolt. Attendees pay for their own meals. RSVP by phone. .

912-660-8257.

Ink Slingers Writing Group

A creative writing group for writers of poetry, prose, or undefinable creative ventures. Based in Savannah and a little nomadic. Meets two Thursdays a month, 5:45pm. Discussion of exercises, ideas, or already in progress pieces. Free to attend. See Facebook page savinkslingers. . Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. Island MOMSnext

For mothers of school-aged children, kindergarten through high school. Authentic community, mothering support, personal growth, practical help, and spiritual hope. First and third Mondays, excluding holidays. Childcare on request. A ministry of MOPS International. Info by phone or email. . 912-898-4344. kymmccarty@ hotmail.com. mops.org.

Islands MOPS

A Mothers of Preschoolers group that

Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet

Meets every Wednesday. Different locations downtown. Call for info. No fees.

Want to learn? Join us. . 912-308-6768.

Knit and crochet gathering held each Tuesday evening, 5pm-8pm All skill levels welcome. Tuesdays, 5-8 p.m. 912-2380514. wildfibresavannah.com/. Tuesdays, 5-8 p.m Wild Fibre, 409 East Liberty St. Low Country Turners

A club for wood-turning enthusiasts. Call Steve Cook for info at number below. . 912313-2230.

Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary

Meets the first Saturday of the month at 1:00pm. Call for info. . 912-786-4508.

American Legion Post 184, 3003 Rowland Ave. Peacock Guild--For Writers and Book Lovers

A literary society for bibliophiles and writers. Writer's Salon meetings are first Tues. at 7:30pm at the Flannery O'Connor Home. Book club meetings are third Tues., 7:30pm. Location changes each month.

Call or see Facebook group "Peacock Guild" for info. . 912-233-6014. Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 E. Charlton Street.

Philo Cafe

Weekly Monday discussion group that meets 7:30pm - 9:00pm at various locations. Anyone craving good conversation is invited. Free to attend. Email for info, or see ThePhiloCafe on Facebook. . athenapluto@yahoo.com.

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Parking in the rear. Free to all Seniors .

912-344-5127. New Covenant Church, 2201 Bull St. Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club

A local club for fans from all over the sci-fi /fantasy universe, role-players and gamers. Meetings on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at Super King Buffet 10201 Abercorn St., Savannah at 7PM. Contact: kasak@comcast.net. Website: roguephoenix.org or on Facebook. . 912-308-2094. kasak@comcast.net. roguephoenix.org.

Safe Kids Savannah

A coalition dedicated to preventing childhood injuries. Meets 2nd Tuesday each month, 11:30am-1:00pm. See website or call for info. . 912-353-3148. safekidssavannah.org.

Savannah Brewers' League

Meets 1st Wednesday of the month, 7:30pm at Moon River Brewing Co. Call or see website for info. . 912-447-0943. hdb. org. moonriverbrewing.com/. Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St.

Savannah Authors Autonomous Writing Group

Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays each month.

Prose writing, fiction and non fiction. Discussion, constructive criticism, instruction, exercises and examples. Location: Charles Brown Antiques/Fine Silver, 14 W. Jones St. All are welcome. No charge. Contact Alice Vantrease via email or phone. . 912308-3208. alicevantrease@live.com.

Savannah Charlesfunders Investment Discussion Group

Meets Saturdays, 8:30am to discuss stocks, bonds and better investing. Contact by email for info. . charlesfund@gmail. com. panerabread.com/. Panera Bread (Broughton St.), 1 West Broughton St. Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States

A dinner meeting the 4th Tuesday of the month at 6:00pm (except December.) Location: Hunter Club. Call John Findeis for info. . 912-748-7020.

Savannah Fencing Club

Beginner classes Tuesdays and Thursdays for six weeks. $60. Some equipment provided. After completing the class, you may join the Savannah Fencing Club for $5/ month. Experienced fencers welcome. Call or email for info. . 912-429-6918. savannahfencing@aol.com.

Savannah Go Green

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

Call for info. . 912-308-6768.

Savannah Jaycees

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Meeting/info session held the 1st Tuesday each month at 6pm to discuss upcoming events and provide an opportunity for those interested in joining Jaycees to learn more.

Must be age 21-40. Jaycees Building, 101 Atlas St. . 912-353-7700. savannahjaycees. com.

Savannah Kennel Club

Monthly meetings open to the public. Held at Logan's Roadhouse, the 4th Monday each month, Sept. through May. Dinner: 6:pm. Speaker: 7:30pm. Guest speakers each meeting. . 912-238-3170. savannah48 kennelclub.org. logansroadhouse.com/.

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and writing critique in a friendly, supportive environment. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at Open to women who have lived in the 7:00pm, Atlanta Bread Company, Twelve Savannah area for less than two years.

Oaks Shopping Center, 5500 Abercorn.

Membership includes monthly luncheon Free and open to the public. See website and program. Activities, tours and events to or call for info. . savannahwritersgroup. help learn about Savannah and make new blogspot.com.

Tertulia en español at Foxy Loxy friends. . savannahnewcomersclub.com.

Savannah No Kidding!

Spanish conversation table. Meets second No Kidding. Join Savannah's only soand fourth Thursday of each month. cial club for people without children! No 7:30pm to 9pm at Foxy Loxy, 1919 Bull membership fees, meet great new friends, street. Come practice your Spanish, have enjoy a wide variety of activities and events. a cafe con leche or Spanish wine, and savannahnokidding.angelfire.com/ or emeet nice people....All levels welcome. mail savannahnokidding@gmail.com . The Free. Purchase beverages and snacks. .

Historic District, Downtown Savannah. foxyloxycafe.com/. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Savannah Parrot Head Club Bull St. Beach, Buffet and no dress code. Check U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla Join the volunteer organization that assists website for events calendar or send an email for Parrot Head gatherings. . savan- the U.S. Coast Guard. Meets 4th Wednesday at 6pm at Barnes, 5320 Waters Ave. All nahphc@yahoo.com. savannahphc.com.

Savannah Quilt Guild ages welcome. Prior experience/boat ownMeet the second Saturday, September ership not required. Call or see website for through June, at Woods of Savannah, 1764- info. . 912-598-7387. savannahaux.com.

C Hodgson Memorial. Social time 9:30am, Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671 Meets second Monday of each month, meetings 10:00am followed by a program.

7pm, at the American Legion Post 135, Open to all who are interested in quilting.

1108 Bull St. . 912-429-0940. rws521@ Membership is $25 per year. . (912) 598msn.com. vvasav.com.

9977. savannahquiltguild@comcast.net.

Logan's Roadhouse, 11301 Abercorn St. Savannah Newcomers Club

Savannah Sacred Harp Singers

Everyone who loves to sing is invited to join Savannah Sacred Harp Singers. All are welcome to participate or listen too one of America's most revered musical traditions.

Call or email. . 912-655-0994. savannahsacredharp.com. Faith Primitive Baptist Church, 3212 Bee Road.

Savannah SCA

Woodville-Tompkins Scholarship Foundation

Meets second Tuesday each month (except October) 6:00pm, Woodville-Tompkins, 151 Coach Joe Turner St. Call or email for info. . 912-232-3549. chesteraellis@comcast. net.

Concerts

13th Colony Sound (Barbershop Singing)

The local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism meets every Saturday at Forsyth Park for fighter practice and general hanging out. If you're interested in re-creating the Middle Ages and Renaissance, come join us! South end of Forsyth Park, just past the Farmer's Market. Free. www.savannahsca.org Free , 11 a.m. savannahsca.org. , 11 a.m Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St.

“If you can carry a tune, come sing with us!” Mondays, 7pm. . 912-344-9768. savannahbarbershoppers.org. Thunderbolt Lodge #693, 3111 Rowland Ave.

We play games that help us tell improvised stories. Get together over food - roleplayers, storytellers, or the merely curious and help us create an amazing story in just three hours. We'll use games with special rules that craft characters, settings, and conflicts. Weekends, in different locales check savannahstorygames.com for more information. free Fridays-Sundays. info@ savannahstorygames.com. savannahstorygames.com. Fridays-Sundays Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Chamber Music: Brass Recital

Savannah Story Games

Savannah Sunrise Rotary Club

Meets Thursdays from 7:30am-8:30am at the Mulberry Inn. . savannahsunriserotary. org.

Savannah Toastmasters

Helps improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly, supportive environment.

Mondays, 6:15pm, Memorial Health University Medical Center, in the Conference Room C. . 912-484-6710. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Savannah Writers Group

A gathering of writers of all levels for networking, hearing published guest authors,

The Band Perry

Part of their "We Are Pioneers World Tour 2014." With Easton Corbin & Lindsay Ell. $25-$162 Fri., March 7, 7:30 p.m. savannahcivic.com. Fri., March 7, 7:30 p.m Martin Luther King Jr Arena, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. The fifth and final concert in the Savannah Philharmonic's chamber music series for this year. see website Sun., March 9, 5 p.m. savannahphilharmonic.org. telfair.org.

Sun., March 9, 5 p.m Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard St. Concert by Baylor A Cappella Choir

The accalimed Baylor Univeristy A Cappella Choir in concert. "Requiem" by Maruice Duruflé with organist Isabelle Demers. No Admission Charge Tue., March 11, 7 p.m.

912-598-7242. TMcKee@StPetersSavannah.org. stpeterssav.org. stpeterssavannah.org. Tue., March 11, 7 p.m St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 3 West Ridge Road.

Concert: Spring is in the Air

The Savannah Winds, community wind symphony in residence at Armstrong, performs in concert. $14. Free to Armstrong.

Tue., March 11, 7:30 p.m. armstrong.edu.

Tue., March 11, 7:30 p.m Armstrong Fine Arts Center, 11935 Abercorn St. First Friday for Folk

Featured artists for March are Jason Bible and Pete Love. Chris Desa is the evening's host. $5 suggested donation. Fri., March 7,

7:30 p.m. savannahfolk.org. fpc.presbychurch.net. Fri., March 7, 7:30 p.m First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. Live Music with Craig Tanner

Live music every Wednesday with Craig Tanner and rotating guests such as Eric Britt, Eric Dunn and Mr. Williams. FREE Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Wednesdays, 6 p.m Bonna Bella Waterfront Grille, 2740 Livingston Avenue.

Piano Lessons

Give the gift of music. Piano lessons with a classically trained instructor, with theater and church experience. Adults & children welcome. All levels. Call Renee Miles, 912312-3977. GA Music Warehouse. . georgiamusicwarehouse.com/. Georgia Music Warehouse, 2424 Abercorn St. Savannah Stopover

Over 100 musical performances over three days, by hot and soon-to-be-hot bands and soloists, all "stopping over" in Savannah while making their was to the SxSW Festival in Austin, TX. $30 - $125 for various passes to enter multiple shows. March 6-8. savannahstopover.com/. March 6-8 Dance

Adult Ballet Class

Maxine Patterson School of Dance, 2212 Lincoln St, offers adult ballet on Thursdays, 6:30pm-7:30pm $12 per class. Call for info. . 912-234-8745.

Adult Intermediate Ballet

Mondays and Wednesdays, 7pm-8pm. $12/class or $90/8 classes. Call for info.

Academy of Dance, 74 W. Montgomery Crossroad. . 912-921-2190.

Argentine Tango

Lessons Sundays 1:30-3;30pm. Open to the public. $3 per person. Wear closed toe leather shoes if possible. Doris Martin Dance Studio, 8511-h ferguson Ave. Call or email for info. . 912-925-7416. savh_tango@yahoo.com.

Ballroom/Latin Group Class

Every Tuesday and Wednesday we will be having group classes at 8pm! Tuesdays classes will focus on FUNdamental steps, styling, and techniques. Wednesday's classes will be more specific and advanced elements. Each class will have specific themes, so stay tuned for details. $15/person and $25/couple Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

912-335-3335. savannahballroom@gmail. com. savannahballroomdancing.com.

Wednesdays, 8 p.m Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

Beginners Belly Dancing with Cybelle

For those with little-to-no dance background. Instructor is formally trained, has performed for over ten years. $15/person.

Tues. 7pm-8pm. Private classes and walk ins available. Synergistic Bodies, 7724 Waters Ave. . 912-414-1091. info@cybelle3. com. cybelle3.com.

Beginning Pole Fitness

Our pole classes offer a fun and flirty way to get a great workout in a safe and comfortable environment. Our National Miss Fitness 2013 and Miss Georgia Pole 2012 instructor, Sabrina Madsen, will teach you the basics including spins and pole dance moves. All fitness levels are welcome! $25 for drop-in or 5 for $100 (must be used in on p. 48 30 days) Tuesdays, 8 p.m.continues (801) 673-6737.

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firstcitysav@gmail.com. Tuesdays, 8 p.m First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr.

Info via email or phone. . 912-704-2052. prideofirelandga@gmail.com.

At Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. Beginners class-Wednesdays 7-8pm Advanced class-Fridays 6-7pm $15 per session, discount for Fitness on Broughton members. . 912-596-0889. edgebellydance. com. First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr.

Kids Group class on various Ballroom and Latin dances. Multiple teachers. Ages 4-17 currently enrolled in the program. Prepares youth for social and/or competitive dancing. $15/person Saturdays, 10 a.m.

912-335-3335. savannahballroom@gmail. com. savannahballroomdancing.com. Saturdays, 10 a.m Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

Bellydance lessons with Happenstance Bellydance

All levels and styles of bellydance welcome. Classes are every Monday from 5:30-6:30pm. $15/lesson. Drop-ins welcome or call Carrie @(912)704-2940 for more info. happenstancebellydance@ gmail.com happenstancebellydance. wordpress.com $15/lesson , 5:30 p.m.

(912) 704-2940. happenstancebellydance. wordpress.com. , 5:30 p.m Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Suite B. C.C. Express Dance Team

Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm. Clogging or tap dance experience is necessary. Call Claudia Collier for info. . 912-748-0731.

Windsor Forest Recreation Building, Windsor Forest.

Dance for Peace

A weekly gathering to benefit locals in need. Music, dancing, fun for all ages. Donations of nonperishable food and gently used or new clothing are welcomed. Free and open to the public. Sundays, 3 p.m.

912-547-6449. xavris21@yahoo.com. Sundays, 3 p.m Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. Dance Lessons (Salsa, Bachata)

Learn to dance Salsa & Bachata. For info, call Austin (912-704-8726) or Omar (Spanish - 787-710-6721). Thursdays. 912-7048726. salsa@salsasavannah.com. salsasavannah.com. Thursdays Great Gatsby, 408 West Broughton Street.

Dance Party

Join us on Thursdays at 8pm for fun, friendship, and dancing! Parties are free for our students and are only $10 for visitors ($15 for couples). free - $15 Thursdays, 8 p.m. 912-335-3335. savannahballroom@gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing.com. Thursdays, 8 p.m Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

FUNdamentals Dance Lesson

Every Tuesday and Wednesday we will be having group classes at 8pm! Tuesdays classes will focus on FUNdamental steps, styling, and techniques. Wednesday's classes will be more specific and advanced elements. Each class will have specific themes, so stay tuned for details. $15/ person $25/couple Tuesdays, 8 p.m. 912335-3335. savannahballroom@gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing.com. Tuesdays, 8 p.m Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

Home Cookin' Cloggers

Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm, Nassau Woods Recreation Building, Dean Forest Road. No beginner classes at this time. Call Claudia Collier for info. . 912-748-0731.

Irish Dance Classes

Glor na Dare offers beginner to champion Irish Dance classes for ages 5 and up.

Adult Step & Ceili, Strength and Flexibility, non-competitive and competitive programs, workshops, camps. Certified.

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Kids/Youth Dance Class

Line Dancing

Take down Tuesdays. Jazzy Sliders Adult Line Dancing, every Tuesday, 7:30pm10:00pm. Free admission, cash bar. Come early and learn a new dance from 7:30pm8:30pm. . doublesnightclub.com/. Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Mahogany Shades of Beauty

Dance classes--hip hop, modern, jazz, West African, ballet, lyrical and step.

Modeling and acting classes. All ages/all levels welcome. Call Mahogany for info. .

912-272-8329.

March Madness Free Day of Dance

Come out to our March Madness FREE DAY OF DANCE and experience all of the classes that we have to offer at Salon de Baile Dance Studio free of charge. Bring your friends, your dance shoes, and a towel to join in on the fun. We will have classes in Zumba, Latin Cardio, Belly Dance, Ballet Toning, Ballroom, Kids Tap/Jazz/ Ballroom/Belly Dance, Argentine Tango, West Coast Swing, Salsa, INSANITY, Dance Dynamix, Adult Tap and more! Door prizes and nutrition seminar available. Mark your calendars and keep those FEET HAPPY! FREE Sun., March 9, 1 p.m. 912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Sun., March 9, 1 p.m Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

March Madness: FREE DAY OF DANCE

Come out and enjoy a FREE day of dance!

You can come to any of our classes and join in on some fun. We will have Zumba, Latin Cardio, Ballroom group, Salsa group, INSANITY, Ballet toning, Bellly dance, Argentine Tango and more! **Each session will be 20 minutes long. Bring workout clothes, dance shoes, and a great attitude to dance!** We will have door prizes and a lot of fun. Bring your friends and make those feet happy! FREE Sat., March 8, 1 p.m. 912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com.

Sat., March 8, 1 p.m Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Modern Dance Class

Beginner and intermediate classes. Fridays 10am-11:15am. Doris Martin Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd. Call Elizabeth for info. .

912-354-5586.

Pole Dancing Classes

Beginners class, Wednesdays, 8pm. Level II, Mondays, 8pm. $22/one class. $70/four classes. Preregistration required. Learn pole dance moves and spins while getting a full body workout. Pole Fitness Classes Monday/Wednesday, 11am. Nothing comes off but your shoes. Call or see website for info. . 912-398-4776. fitnessbodybalance. continues on p. 50

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23 Hannah of “Splash” 25 “The Divine Miss M” 26 Georgia’s state tree 29 Unpleasant, as a situation 30 “Skinny Love” band Bon ___ 31 Flip side?

33 Laceration, later 37 Cause bodily injury 38 Evansville’s st.

39 “___ Eightball” (Emily Flake comic) 40 Baby-dressing photographer Geddes 41 River frolicker 43 Metal in supplements 44 Part of MIT 46 Musses 48 Toddler 51 “Get ___” (Aerosmith album) 52 “Delta of Venus” author Nin 53 180 degrees from SSW 54 Reproduction 58 Torte cousins 61 Amble aimlessly 62 Altoids containers 63 Like models’ hair in shampoo ads 64 In a huff 65 T or F, on some exams 66 Lock of hair 67 Gates portal

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6 Blacksmith’s block 7 Chills the bubbly 8 Stimpy’s smarter pal 9 Wild 10 Feudal figure 11 Al of Indy fame 13 Measurement system of what’s more pathetic?

15 Dorothy’s footwear, but in a less glamorous shade?

18 Waggin’ part 20 ___ Paulo 24 Cheerleader’s syllable 25 Booker T.’s backup band 26 Peru’s capital 27 Novelist Turgenev 28 Silver streak 29 Farmers who just won’t shut up about milking techniques?

32 Kitchen crawler, if you’re a slob 34 Barbell rep 35 Shaving cream additive 36 Box score data 41 Big mo. for candy companies 42 1920 play that takes place in a factory 45 Palliate 47 Combine ingredients 48 Word in many reggae song lyrics 49 Remove, as a boutonniere 50 Improvements 51 Sprain site, perhaps 53 Depilatory maker 55 Hospital unit 56 Accessories for a dory 57 Wolverine’s pack 59 Hrs. on the Mississippi 60 Part of iOS

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RAVE NIGHT with DJ ORSON WELLS

Get your Rave on with the the one and only DJ Orson Wells! We got glow sticks! Saturdays, 9 p.m. Saturdays, 9 p.m Salsa Lessons by Salsa Savannah

Tues. 8pm-9pm and 9pm-10pm. Thur.

8pm-9pm and 9pm-10pm. Sun. 5pm-6pm and 6pm-7pm. Salon de Maile, 704B Hodgson Memorial Dr., Savannah, 31406. See website for info. . salsasavannah.com.

Savannah Dance Club

Shag, swing, cha-cha and line dancing.

Everyone invited. Call for location, days and times. . 912-398-8784.

Savannah Shag Club

Wednesdays, 7pm,at Doubles Lounge.

Fridays, 7pm, at American Legion Post 36, 2309 E. Victory Dr. . doublesnightclub.com/.

Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Savannah Swing Cats--Swing Dancing

. doublesnightclub.com/. Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Zumba & Zumba Toning with Anne

Ditch the workout & join the party. All levels welcome. Wednesdays, 6:30 PM 7:30PM. Lake Mayer Community Center 1850 East Montgomery Crossroads $5 class - discount cards available Bring a friend & it's free for you! . 912-596-1952.

Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

Events

Africa On the Rise: How the Forgotten Continent Is More Important Than Ever to the United States

Savannah Council on World Affairs presents a lecture by Todd Moss, vice president for programs and senior fellow at the Center for Global Development. In addition to his organizational responsibilities, he directs The Emerging Africa Project and his work focuses on U.S.-Africa relations and financial issues facing sub-Saharan Africa. Free for members, students and accompanying family members, educators and active military and their dependents. $10.00 for non-members. Thu., March 6.

912-272-4466 Call for times. savannahcwa. org. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/. Thu., March 6 Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Farm a la Carte: A Mobile Farmer's Market

At various spots around town, including Green Truck on Wednesdays, 2:30pm6:30pm. Bethesda Farmers' Market on Thursdays, 3:00-5:30pm. Forsyth Park Farmers' Market on Saturdays, 9am-1pm.

Sustainable meats, organic produce, local dairy. . revivalfoods.com. greentruckpub. com. Green Truck Pub, 2430 Habersham St. FREE: NAMI Family-to-Family Educational Course

MAR 5-11, 2014

NAMI Family-to-Family is an educational course for family, caregivers and friends of individuals living with mental illness. What You Should Expect: •Meets for 12 session, 2.0 hours each, free of cost. •Designed for loved ones (over age 18) of individuals living with mental illness. •Taught by trained family members of individuals living with mental illness. •Provides critical information and strategies related to caregiving.

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and exercises. •Designated an Evidence Based Practice in 2013 by SAMHSA. FREE Tue., March 11, 6 p.m. 912-353-7143. nami-savannah@namisavannah.org. nami. org. Tue., March 11, 6 p.m The Reed House, 1144 Cornell Street.

Guided Tours of the Lucas Theatre for the Arts

Learn the history of the historic Lucas Theatre on a 20-30 minute tour. Restoration, architecture, history of the theatre and of early cinema. $4. Group rates for ten or more. School trips available. No reservations needed for 10:30am, 1:30pm and 2pm. Other times by appointment. Call for info. . 912-525-5023. lucastheatre.com.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Lecture: Assessing for Learning: The Big Picture

Armstrong presents Peggy L. Maki, a higher education consultant who helps colleges and universities incorporate assessments of student learning into education practices, processes and structures. Maki will discuss the importance of assessment for enhancing learning and increasing institutional efficiency. In Ogeechee Theater.

Free and open to the public. Fri., March 7, 12-1 p.m. angeles.eames@armstrong. edu. armstrong.edu. about.armstrong.edu/ Maps/index.html. Fri., March 7, 12-1 p.m Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Lecture: Impacting Women's Lives in Burma

Savannah native Amelia Iaderosa discusses her volunteer work with the Karen Women's Organization in refugee camps and in Karen State/Burma displacement areas, on the border of Burma and Thailand. In Ogeechee Theatre. Free and open to the public. Mon., March 10, 1:30 p.m. 912-429-3950. about.armstrong.edu/ Maps/index.html. Mon., March 10, 1:30 p.m Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Lecture: Puebloan Building Cultures and Economic Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau: Past and Present

Join SCAD architectural history professor Patrick Haughey in an exploration of Puebloan architecture. Free and open to the public. Thu., March 6, 5:30 p.m. scad. edu. scadmoa.org/. Thu., March 6, 5:30 p.m SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

the Grand Prize at www.neopoprealism. org Free Through Dec. 15. neopoprealismpress@mail.com. Through Dec. 15 Online only, none.

The original Midnight Tour

One of the spookiest tours in town. Learn about the untold stories of some of the most haunted locations here in Savannah Georgia. Guaranteed to give you a few goose bumps and an unexplained need for a night light. 33.00 . 1-866-666-3323.

6thsenseworld.com. 6th Sense Savannah Tours, 404 Abercorn Street.

PBJ Pantry

A free food pantry held every Thursday, 1011am and 6-7pm. Contact Jessica Sutton for questions. 912-897-1192 . ymcaofcoastalga.org/. YMCA (Wilmington Island), 66 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

Savannah Boat and Outdoor Show

The 12th annual Savannah Boat and Outdoor Show features hundreds of boats and a wide variety of marine equipment and services. It's coastal living at its best with fun family including pirate shows, interactive archery, fishing classes, the Army Anglers Bass Fishing Tank, the Tupolev N007 Russian Boat, a unique piece of cold war history, face painting, balloons and even a bouncy house. Adults- $8 ($5 on Friday only); Military and seniors $5; Children $4; Children 3 and under FREE Fri., March 7, noon, Sat., March 8, 10 a.m. and Sun., March 9, 11 a.m. 864-250-9713. email@jbmshows.com. SavannahBoatandOutdoorShow.com. savtcc.com. Fri., March 7, noon, Sat., March 8, 10 a.m. and Sun., March 9, 11 a.m Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, 1 International Dr. Savannah Storytellers

Tall tales and fun times with the classic art of storytelling. Every Wednesday at 6pm. Reservations encouraged by calling 912-349-4059. Wednesdays, 6 p.m. liveoakstore.com/tubbysthunderbolt. Wednesdays, 6 p.m Tubby's Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. Shire of Forth Castle Fighter Practice

Local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism meets Saturdays at Forsyth Park (south end) for fighter practice and general hanging out. For those interested Lunch 'N' Thinc: Dr. Erika Tate, BluKnowledge in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. .

Dr. Erika Tate with BluKnowledge "a social- savannahsca.org.

Springtime Made in the South justice design and research firm resolved Crafts, artwork, interiors, one-of-ato end health and scientific inequities kind designs in this annual showcase through empowering community education and advocacy." Free to attend. Member of southern-ness. $7 Sun., March 9, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. madeinthesouthshows.com/ lunch: $5; Non-member lunch: $10 Thu., March 6, 11:30 a.m. & 1 p.m. 912.544.1200. Savannah_Spring_Show.html. savtcc.com. elise@thincsavannah.com. thincsavannah. Sun., March 9, 11 a.m.-5 p.m Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, 1 com. Thu., March 6, 11:30 a.m. & 1 p.m International Dr. Thinc Savannah, 35 Barnard St. 3rd Floor.

NeoPopRealist Art Contest Dedicated ti its 25Year Anniversary

Deadline: December 15, 2014. Artists're welcome to submit up to 3 images of NeoPopRealist work as .JPEG files 300dpi with brief info about self & work's medium, email: neopoprealismPRESS@ mail.com. Winners 'll be announced Dec. 31, 2014. Grand prize for the 1st place is signed original drawing by NeoPopRealism creator Nadia Russ. S2nd place winner'll receive signed print of the same work. See

World Affairs program: Africa on the Rise: How the Forgotten Continent is more Important than ever to the United States

Savannah Council on World Affairs and Sylvester & Co. are sponsoring this program that will examine the challenges of a rising Africa facing America's foreign policy. The speaker is Dr. Todd Moss, VP for Programs and Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development. His work focuses on U.S.Africa relations and financial issues facing sub-Saharan Africa, including policies that

affect private investment, debt, and aid. He currently is working on cash transfers in new oil economies, new ideas for structuring U.S. development policy, and the future of the World Bank’s fund for the poorest countries. Open to the public. Free for SCWA members, educators, students & accompanying family members, & active duty military & their dependents. $10 charge for others. Thu., March 6, 8 p.m. savannahcwa.org. cgc.georgiasouthern. edu/. Thu., March 6, 8 p.m Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Fitness

$5 Community Yoga Classes

Savannah Power Yoga offers a community yoga class nearly every day of the week for just $5. All proceeds support local organizations. Check out our schedule at www. savannahpoweryoga.com for details. Note that most of our classes are heated to 90 degrees and you will sweat! Bring a yoga mat, towel and some water and get ready to have some fun! $5 Mondays-Fridays, Sundays. (912) 695-9990. info@savannahpoweryoga.com. savannahpoweryoga. com. savannahpoweryoga.com/. MondaysFridays, Sundays Savannah Power Yoga, 7360 Skidaway Rd. AHA Yoga Classes

Jivamkuti Inspired w/ Brittany Roberts Mondays 6:30pm – 7:45pm Soul Progression w/ Lynn Geddes Tuesdays/Thursdays 12:30pm – 1:45pm & 6:30pm – 7:45pm TGiF! Power Hour with Lynne McSweeny Fridays 5:45pm – 6:45pm All Levels Yoga w/ Christine Harness Glover Saturdays 9:30am – 10:45am n/a first Monday, Tuesday, Thursday-Saturday of every month.

912-308-3410. first Monday, Tuesday, Thursday-Saturday of every month Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Suite B. Al-Anon Family Groups

An anonymous fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics. the message of Al-Anon is one of strength and hope for friends/family of problem drinkers.

Al-Anon is for adults. Alateen is for people age 13-19. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. check website or call for info. . 912-598-9860. savannahalanon.com.

Bariatric Surgery Support Group

First Wednesday each month, 7pm, and third Saturday, 10am, in Mercer Auditorium of Hoskins Center at Memorial. For those who have had or are considering bariatric surgery. Free to attend. Call or see website for info. . 912-350-3438. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Beach Body Workouts with Laura

MONDAYS at 6:15 PM at the Lake Mayer Community Center $5.00 per session Mondays, 6:15 p.m. (912) 652-6784.

Mondays, 6:15 p.m Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

Beastmode Fitness Group Training

Train with this elite team. A total body program that trims, tones and gets results. Personal training options available.

See website for info. Meets at West Broad YMCA. 5am-6am and 8pm-9pm. . beastmodefitnessga.com. YMCA-West Broad

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Mixes ballet, jazz, hip hop into a unique high energy dance style. Drills and choreographies for all levels.Small classes in downtown Savannah, and on request. $10 per person. Email for info. . bohemianbeats.com.

Blue Water Yoga

Community donation-based classes, Tues. and Thurs., 5:45pm - 7:00pm. Fri., 9:30am-10:30am. Email for info or find Blue Water Yoga on Facebook. . egs5719@ aol.com. Talahi Island Community Club, 532 Quarterman Dr. Fitness Classes at the JEA

Sin, firm it up, yoga, Pilates, water aerobics, Aquasize, senior fitness, and Zumba.

Prices vary. Call for schedule. . 912-3558811. savj.org. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Free Caregiver Support Group

For anyone caring for senior citizens with any affliction or illness. Second Saturday of the month, 10am-11am. Savannah Commons, 1 Peachtree Dr. Refreshments. Free to attend. Open to anyone i need of support for the caregiving they provide. . savannahcommons.com.

Dude's Day at Savannah Climbing Coop

Thursdays, 2 til 10 p.m. Savannah Climbing Coop 302 W Victory Dr, Savannah Every Thursday men climb for half price, $5. See website for info. Thursdays, 2 & 10 p.m.

912-495-8010. savannahclimbingcoop. com. Thursdays, 2 & 10 p.m Savannah Climbing CoOp, 302 W Victory Dr. Hiking & Biking at Skidaway Island State Park

Year round fitness opportunities. Walk or run the 1-mile Sandpiper Nature Trail (accessible) the additional 1-mile Avian Loop Trail, or 3-mile Big Ferry Trail. Bicycle and street strider rentals. Guided hikes scheduled. $5 parking. Open daily 7am10pm. Call or see website. . 912-598-2300. gastateparks.org/SkidawayIsland. gastateparks.org/info/skidaway/. Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

Insanity Workout Group Class

INSANITY turns old-school interval training on its head. Work flat out in 3 to 5-min blocks, and take breaks only long enough to gulp some air and get right back to work. It's called Max Interval Training, because it keeps your body working at maximum capacity through your entire workout. $10 or $80 for 10 fitness classes Saturdays, 11 a.m. 912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Saturdays, 11 a.m Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Israeli Krav Maga Self-Defense Classes

A system of self-defense techniques based on several martial arts. The official fighting system of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

Custom Fit offers individual and small group training and intensive workshops. .

912-441-4891. customfitcenter.com.

Mommy and Baby Yoga

Mondays. Call for times and fees or see website. . 912-232-2994. savannahyoga. com. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Pilates Classes

Daily classes for all skill levels including beginners. Private and semi-private classes by appointment. Carol Daly-Wilder, certified instructor. Call or see website for info. . 912-238-0018. savannahpilates.com. pilatessavannah.com/. Momentum Pilates Studio, 8413 Rerguson Ave. Pregnancy Yoga

series of 6-week classes. Thursdays. A mindful approach to pregnancy, labor and delivery. Instructor Ann Carroll. $120. Call or email for info. . 912-704-7650. ann@ aikyayoga.com. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Qigong Classes

Qigong exercises contribute to a healthier and longer life. Classes offer a time to learn the exercises and perform them in a group setting. Class length averages 60 min. Any level of practice is welcome. $15 . qigongtim.com/. Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Renagade Workout

Free fitness workout, every Saturday, 9:00 am at Lake Mayer Park. For women only.

Offered by The Fit Lab. Information: 912376-0219 . Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

Richmond Hill Roadies Running Club

A chartered running club of the Road Runners Association of America. Monthly training sessions and seminars. Weekly runs. Kathy Ackerman, 912-756-5865, or Billy Tomlinson, 912-596-5965. .

With a one-year, $10 membership,free training programs for beginners (walkers and runners) and experienced athletes.

Fun runs. Advice from mentors. Monthly meetings with quality speakers. Frequent social events. Sign up online or look for the Savannah Striders Facebook page. . savystrider.com.

Tai Chi Lessons in Forsyth Park

Tuesdays, 9am-10am. $10. North End of Forsyth Park. Email for info. . relaxsavannah@gmail.com. Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St.

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Turbo Kick Cardio Workout

Lose calories while dancing and kick-boxing. No experience or equipment needed.

Tues. and Thurs. 6pm, Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton Wed. 6pm Lake Mayer Community Center, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads. $5 . 586-822-1021. facebook. com/turbokicksavannah.

Yoga for Cancer Patients and Survivors

Free for people with cancer and cancer survivors. 6:30pm Tuesdays. 12:45pm Thursdays. Fitness One, 3rd floor of the Center for Advanced Medicine at Memorial. Call for info. . 912-350-9031. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Zumba and Zumba/Toning with Mai

Fall/Winter schedule. Mondays at 8:30AM Zumba/Toning Lake Mayer Community Center 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads $5.00/class Mondays/Wednesdays at 6:00PM Zumba/Toning Windsor Forest

Mondays at 5:30pm, Thursdays at 6:30pm.

Nonstop Fitness in Sandfly, 8511 Ferguson Ave. $5 for nonmenbers. call for info. .

912-349-4902.

Food Events

Forsyth Farmers Market

Local and regional produce, honey, meat, dairy, pasta, baked goods and other delights. Rain or shine. Free to attend. Items for sale. 912-484-0279. forsythfarmersmarket.com. Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. Honey Tasting and Body Care Samples + Store Tour

Daily store tour, honey tasting, and body care. FREE Come to the WILMINGTON ISLAND store and see the bees behind our observation hive glass. FREE MondaysFridays, 10 a.m. 912-234-0688. tildsley@ continues on p. 52

Ladies Day at Savannah Climbing Coop

Wednesdays, 2 til 10 p.m. Savannah Climbing Coop 302 W Victory Dr, Savannah Every Wednesday women climb for half price, $5. See website for info. . 912-495-8010. savannahclimbingcoop.com.

Savannah Disc Golf

Weekly events (entry $5) Friday Night Flights: Fridays, 5pm. Luck of the Draw Doubles: Saturdays, 10am. Handicapped League: Saturdays, 1pm. Singles at the Sarge: Sundays, 10am. All skill levels welcome. Instruction available. See website or email for info. . savannahdiscgolf@gmail. com. savannahdiscgolf.com.

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912-544-0026

Kung Fu School: Ving Tsun

Ving Tsun (Wing Chun) is the world's fastest growing martial arts style. Uses angles and leverage to tunr an attacker's strength against him. Call for info on free trial classes. Drop ins welcome. 11202 White Bluff Rd. . 912-429-9241.

Elementary Gym 308 Briarcliff Circle $5.00/class Tuesdays/Thursdays 10:00AM Zumba/Toning Curves @ Savannah Mall (912) 921-1771 14045 Abercorn St #1610 31419 $5.00/class (Non-Members) Tuesdays @ 5:30PM Zumba St. Paul CME Social Hall (912) 233-2849 123 Brady St (at Barnard St) 31401 $3.00/class (NonMembers) Wednesdays @ 9:30AM Zumba/ Toning Frank Murray Community Center (912) 898-3320 160 Wilmington Is Rd 31414 $3.00/class Bring water, proper shoes and attire. . 912-604-9890.

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Free will astrology

by Rob brezsny | beautyandtruth@freewillastrology.com

ARIES

March 21-April 19

Are you between jobs? Between romantic partners? Between secure foundations and clear mandates and reasons to get up each morning? Probably at least one of the above. Foggy whirlwinds may be your intimate companions. Being up-in-the-air could be your customary vantage point.

During your stay in this weird vacationland, please abstain from making conclusions about its implications for your value as a human being. Remember these words from author Terry Braverman: “It is important to detach our sense of self-worth from transitional circumstances, and maintain perspective on who we are by enhancing our sense of ‘self-mirth.’” Whimsy and levity can be your salvation, Aries. *Lucky flux* should be your mantra.

TAURUS

April 20-May 20

The renowned cellist Yo Yo Ma once came to the home of computer pioneer Steve Jobs and performed a private concert.

Jobs was deeply touched, and told Ma, “Your playing is the best argument I’ve ever heard for the existence of God, because I don’t really believe a human alone can do this.” Judging from the current astrological omens, Taurus, I’m guessing you will soon experience an equivalent phenomenon: a transcendent expression of love or beauty that moves you to suspect that magic is afoot. Even if you are an atheist, you are likely to feel the primal shiver that comes from having a close brush with enchantment.

GEMINI

May 21-June 20

In my dream, I was leading a pep rally for a stadium full of Geminis. “Your intensity brings you great pleasure,” I told them over the public address system. “You seek the company of people who love you to be inspired. You must be appreciated for your enthusiasm, never shamed. Your drive for excellence doesn’t stress you out, it relaxes you. I hereby give you license to laugh even louder and sing even stronger and think even smarter.” By now the crowd was cheering and I was bellowing.

“It’s not cool to be cool,” I exulted. “It’s cool to be burning with a white-hot lust for life. You are rising to the next octave.

You are playing harder than you have ever played.”

CANCER

MAR 5-11, 2014

June 21-July 22

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“My old paintings no longer interest me,” said the prolific artist Pablo Picasso when he was 79 years old. “I’m much more curious about those I haven’t done yet.”

I realize it might be controversial for me to suggest that you adopt a similar perspective, Cancerian. After all, you are renowned for being a connoisseur of old stories and past glories. One of your specialties is to keep memories alive and vibrant by feeding them with your generous love. To be clear, I don’t mean that you should apologize for or repress those

aptitudes. But for now -- say, the next three weeks -- I invite you to turn your attention toward the exciting things you haven’t done yet.

LEO

July 23-Aug. 22

I recommend that you sleep with a special someone whose dreams you’d like to blend with yours. And when I say “sleep with,” I mean it literally; it’s not a euphemism for “having sex with.” To be clear: Making love with this person is fine if that’s what you both want. But my main point is that you will draw unexpected benefits from lying next to this companion as you both wander through the dreamtime. Being in your altered states together will give you inspiration you can’t get any other way. You won’t be sharing information on a conscious level, but that’s exactly the purpose: to be transformed together by what’s flowing back and forth between your deeper minds. For extra credit, collaborate on incubating a dream.

Read this: http://tinyurl.com/dreamincubation.

VIRGO

Aug. 23-Sept. 22

“One chord is fine,” said rock musician Lou Reed about his no-frills approach to writing songs. “Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you’re into jazz.” I recommend his perspective to you in the coming weeks, Virgo. Your detail-oriented appreciation of life’s complexity is one of your finest qualities, but every once in a while -- like now -- you can thrive by stripping down to the basics. This will be especially true about your approach to intimate relationships. For the time being, just assume that cultivating simplicity will generate the blessings you need most.

LIBRA

Sept. 23-Oct. 22

You Librans haven’t received enough gifts, goodies, and compliments lately.

For reasons I can’t discern, you have been deprived of your rightful share. It’s not fair! What can you do to rectify this imbalance in the cosmic ledger? How can you enhance your ability to attract the treats you deserve? It’s important that we solve this riddle, since you are entering a phase when your wants and needs will expand and deepen. Here’s what I can offer: I hereby authorize you to do whatever it takes to entice everyone into showering you with bounties, boons, and bonuses.

To jumpstart this process, shower yourself with bounties, boons, and bonuses.

SCORPIO

Oct. 23-Nov. 21

“The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing,” wrote the Roman philosopher Marcus Aurelius more than 1,800 years ago. Is that true for you, Scorpio? Do you experience more strenuous struggle and grunting exertion than frisky exuberance? Even if that’s usually the case, I’m guessing that in the coming weeks your default mode should be more akin to

dancing than wrestling. The cosmos has decided to grant you a grace period -- on one condition, that is: You must agree to experiment more freely and have more fun that you normally allow yourself.

SAGITTARIUS

Nov. 22-Dec. 21

For the itch you are experiencing, neither chamomile nor aloe vera will bring you relief. Nor would over-the-counter medications like calamine lotion. No, Sagittarius.

Your itch isn’t caused by something as tangible as a rash or hives, and can’t be soothed by any obvious healing agent.

It is, shall we say, more in the realm of a soul itch -- a prickly tickle that is hard to diagnose, let alone treat. I’m guessing that there may be just one effective cure: Become as still and quiet and empty as you possibly can, and then invite your Future Self to scratch it for you.

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22-Jan. 19

The world is awash in bright, shiny nonsense. Every day we wade through a glare of misinformation and lazy delusions and irrelevant data. It can be hard to locate the few specific insights and ideas that are actually useful and stimulating. That’s the bad news, Capricorn. Here’s the good news: You now have an enhanced ability to ferret out nuggets of data that can actually empower you. You are a magnet for the invigorating truths you really need most.

AQUARIUS

Jan. 20-Feb. 18

If you come up with an original invention, apply for a patent immediately. If you think of a bright idea, put it to work as soon as possible. If you figure out crucial clues that everyone else seems blind to, dispel the general ignorance as quickly as you can. This is a perfect moment for radical pragmatism carried out with expeditious savvy. It’s not a time when you should naively hope for the best with dreamy nonchalance. For the sake of your mental health and for the good of your extended family, be crisp, direct, and forceful.

PISCES

Feb. 19-March 20

In the 1997 film *Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery,* the lead character announces that “’Danger’ is my middle name.” Ever since, real people in the UK have been legally making “Danger” their middle name with surprising regularity. I think it would be smart fun for you Pisceans to add an innovative element to your identity in the coming days, maybe even a new middle name. But I recommend that you go in a different direction than “Danger.” A more suitable name might be “Changer,” to indicate you’re ready to eagerly embrace change. Or how about “Ranger,” to express a heightened desire to rove and gallivant?

savannahbee.com. Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m Savannah Bee Company, Wilmington Island, 211 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

Prepare Sunday Suppers at Union Mission

Local organizations are invited to sign up to prepare Sunday Supper for people who are homeless and live at Union Mission's shelters for homeless people. Groups must sign up in advance and bring/prepare a meal, beginning at 2pm on Sundays. Call for information. . 912-236-7423.

Health

Alcoholics Anonymous

For people who want or need to stop drinking, AA can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Free to attend or join.

Check website for meeting days/times, or call 24 hours a day. . 912-356-3688. savannahaa.com.

Armstrong Prescription Drug Drop-Off

Armstrong Atlantic State Univ. hosts a permanent drop box for disposing of unused prescription drugs and over the counter medication. In the lobby of the University Police building on campus. Open to the public 24 hours/day, year round. Confidential. All items collected are destroyed by the Drug Enforcement Administration. .

912-344-3333. armstrong.edu. about.armstrong.edu/Maps/index.html. Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Bariatric Surgery Information Session

Information on bariatric surgery and the program at Memorial Health Bariatrics.

Learn surgical procedures offered, support and education programs involved, and how bariatric surgery can affect patients' lives.

Call or see website for info. Free to attend.

Hoskins Center at Memorial. . 912-3503438. bariatrics.memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Free Hearing and Speech Screening

Hearing: Thursdays, 9am-11am. Speech: First Thursdays,. Call or see website for times. . 912-355-4601. savannahspeechandhearing.org. savannahspeechandhearing.org/. Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E 66th St. Free HIV Testing at Chatham County Health Dept.

Free walk-in HIV testing. 8am-4pm Mon.Fri. No appointment needed. Test results in 20 minutes. Follow-up visit and counseling will be set up for anyone testing positive.

Call for info. . 912-644-5217. Chatham County Health Dept., 1395 Eisenhower Dr. Health Care for Uninsured People

Open for primary care for uninsured residents of Chatham County. Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-3:30pm. Call for info or appointment. . 912-443-9409. St. Joseph's/ Candler--St. Mary's Health Center, 1302 Drayton St. Health Insurance Marketplace Enrollment Assistance

Enroll in the new health care plan between Oct. 1, 2013 and March 31, 2014. Free, in-person guidance and counseling for enrolling in the new health plan can be done by appointment at: Curtis V. Cooper Health Clinic, 912-527-1115; and J.C. Lewis

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Hypnobirthing

Teaches mother and birth partner to use her natural instincts, trust her body, release emotions and facilitate relaxation during labor and delivery. Five class series on Monday evenings, 6pm. Location: 100 Riverview Dr. $300/group sessions. $600/ private sessions. Call or email for info and reservations. . 912-704-7650. carroll362@ bellsouth.net.

Hypnosis, Guided Imagery and Relaxation Therapy

Helps everyday ordinary people with everyday ordinary problems: smoking, weight loss, phobias, fears, ptsd, life coaching.

Caring, qualified professional help. See website or call for info. . 912-927-3432. savannahypnosis.com.

La Leche League of Savannah

A breast feeding support group for new/ expectant monthers. Meeting/gathering first Thursdays, 10am. Call or see website for location and other info. . 912-897-9544. lllusa.org/web/savannahga.html.

Living Smart Fitness Club

An exercise program encouraging healthy lifestyle changes. Mon. & Wed. 6pm7:15pm Hip Hop low impact aerobics at Delaware Center. Tues. 5:30-7:00 Zumba at St. Joseph's Candler African American Resource Center. (Program sponsors.) .

912-447-6605.

Living With Diabetes Support Group

Six session-support group now forming.

Meets 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Mondays, March 10, 17, 24, 31, April 7,and 14, Memorial Health University Physicians – Family Medicine Center, 1107 East 66th Street, Savannah Jacqueline Huntly, M.D., MPH, a family medicine physician, is forming this support group to help people with diabetes gain information about nutrition, physical activity, stress management, and relaxation techniques. The group will also feature diabetic-friendly cooking demonstrations. Free to attend. Reservations required. 912-350-8404.

Planned Parenthood Hotline

First Line is a statewide hotline for women seeking information on health services. nOpen 7pm-11pm nightly. . 800-264-7154.

Psychic Shrink Indiegogo event

If you are interested in Holistic healing, acupuncture, trauma release, EMDR, Energy Medicine, Chakras, Reiki, Meridians/ Elements, Chinese Medicine - you will love my project. Please help me get my work to a larger audience. Advanced certified Energy medicine practitioner, Intuitive, Ellen Farrell, MA, EEM-AP whom Donna Eden called "an amazing seer!" https://www. facebook.com/events/1394475330818571/ http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ psychic-shrink/x/6371707 varies MondaysSundays, midnight. 912-247-4263. ellen@ ellenfarrell.com. Mondays-Sundays, midnight Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Savannah CPR Initiative

An initiative by the City of Savannah to train 6,000 Savannahians in CPR by year's end.

The City will train 1,000 Savannahians in

CPR this year. Each of these trainees will in turn pledge to train at least five other individuals, bringing to 6,000 the total number of Savannahians trained in CPR. The hope is that "Savannah's 6,000" will vastly improve our community's ability to respond to sudden cardiac emergencies, doubling our survival rate for witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. Call for info. . 912-651-6410.

LGBT

First City Network Board Meeting

First Monday, 6:30pm, at FCN office, 307 E. Harris St. 2nd floor. Call or see website for info. . 912-236-CITY. firstcitynetwork.org.

Gay AA Meeting

True Colors Group of Alcoholics Anonymous, a gay and lesbian AA meeting that welcomes all alcoholics, meets Thursdays and Sundays, 7:30pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 311 E. Harris, 2nd floor.

New location effective 11/2012. .

seeking skippers with boats, photographers with minimum of 300mm lenses, team leaders and assistants. Kayakers welcomed. Free and open to age 10 and up. Training for age 16 and up. gadolphin@ comcast.net. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. GreenDrinks Savannah

A happy hour networking gathering for folks who want to save the Earth. Second Tuesday of each month at 5:30pm. Location varies monthly. September gathering at Zunzi's 2. Free to attend. Cash bar. second Tuesday of every month, 5:30 p.m. second Tuesday of every month, 5:30 p.m

Recycling Fundraiser for Economic Opportunity Authority

Local chapter of Georgia's largest gay rights group. 104 W. 38th St. 912-547-6263. .

Support EOA through the FundingFactory Recycling Program. Recycle empty cartridges, cell phones, small electronics, laptops, to EOA for recycling. They will receive technology products and cash. Businesses may also recycle items on behalf of EOA for credit. Drop off at EOA, 681 W. Anderson St. See website, email or call for info. .

912-238-2960 x126. dwproperty@aol.com. fundingfactory.com.

GVNT HAVS is a free monthly drag show that houses the unique antics of the House of Gunt, a Savannah based free-form drag collective whose mission is to connect the trashy with the flashy, the kitschy with the classy, and the people of Savannah with a breath of fresh, queer air. Free houseofgunt@gmail.com. Chuck's Bar, 305 West River Street.

Budding photographers ages 16 and under can learn more about their pointand-shoot cameras, and how to capture great images with them, using the natural environment of the refuge. Free. Registration required. (843) 784-9911. Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive off S.C. 170.

Georgia Equality Savannah

GVNT HAVS

Savannah Pride, Inc.

Organizes the annual Savannah Pride Festival and helps promote the well-being of the LGBT community in the South.

Mission: unity through diversity and social awareness. Second Tuesday/month, 7pm, at FCN office, 307 E. Harris St., 2nd floor. .

912-288-7863. heather@savpride.com.

Stand Out Youth

A gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth organization. Meets Fridays, 7pm, FCN office, 307 E. Harris St. Call, email or see website for info. .

912-657-1966. info@standoutyouth.org. standoutyouth.org.

What Makes a Family

A children's therapy group for children of GLBT parents. Ages 10 to 18. Meets twice a month. Call for info. . 912-352-2611.

Nature and Environment

Dolphin Project

Dolphin Project's Education Outreach Program is available to speak at schools, clubs, organizations. A powerpoint presentation with sound and video about estuarine dolphins and their environment. Age/ grade appropriate programs and handouts.

See website for info. . thedolphinproject. org.

Dolphin Project: Lecture and Research Survey Training

The Dolphin Project presents a program from 10am-11am about bottlenose dolphins, the sea mammals living in our coastal waters. Stay from 11-12 for the one-hour training on how to participate in Photo-ID research surveys on inshore waters. No experience necessary. Especially

sham St., Habersham Village.

Operation New Hope

Operation New Hope allows inmates to train unadoptable dogs from the Humane Society for Greater Savannah. The goals of the program are to decrease the recidivism rate among Chatham County inmates, help inmates learn a new skill, and help previously unadoptable dogs find loving homes. The graduated dogs are available for adoption can be viewed at www.humansocietvsav.org, and www. chathamsheriff.org. Operation New Hope is funded by the Humane Society and community donations. . chathamsheriff.org. humanesocietysav.org/. Humane Society for Greater Savannah, 7215 Sallie Mood Dr. St. Almo's

Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks on Sundays, 5pm (weather permitting). Meet at Canine Palace. Call for info. . 912-234-3336. caninepalacesavannah.com. Canine Palace Inc, 618 Abercorn St. Religious & Spiritual

Art of Peaceful Living

Savannah National Wildlife Refuge’s Natural Resource Discovery Day

How is it possible to apply the ancient art of Buddhist meditation to today’s hectic and busy modern world? Join us to learn how to solve your problems and develop a peaceful mind by applying Buddha’s classic advice to daily life. Everyone is welcome to attend, no previous experience necessary. Drop in for any class. $10 or $5 seniors/students (912) 358-0228. meditationinsouthcarolina.og. unityofsavannah. org/. Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Walk on the Wild Side

All women are invited. Second Tuesdays, 7:30am-8:30am. Fellowship Assembly, 5224 Augusta Rd. Email or call Jeanne Seaver or see website for info. "The king's heart is like channels of water in the hands of the Lord." (Prov. 21:1) . 912-6638728. jeanneseaver@aol.com. capitolcom. org/georgia.

Savannah National Wildlife Refuge Kids’ Photography Workshop

A day of fun, educational activities celebrating National Wildlife Refuges and the “Wild Things” that call them home. Information on bird banding. Explore a wildland fire engine. Target shooting. Free and open to the public. 843-784-9911. amy_ochoa@ fws.gov. Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive off S.C. 170.

A two-mile Native Animal Nature Trail winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland, salt marsh habitats, featuring live native animal exhibits. Open daily, 10am4pm except Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years. Call or see website for info. .

912-395-1500. oatlandisland.org. oatlandisland.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. Wilderness Southeast

A variety of programs each month including guided trips with naturalists. Canoe trips, hikes. Mission: develop appreciation, understanding, stewardship, and enjoyment of the natural world. Call or see website for info. . 912-236-8115. wildernesssoutheast.org.

Band of Sisters Prayer Group

A Buddhist Meditation Center

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Pets & Animals

Low Cost Pet Clinic

TailsSpin and Dr. Stanley Lester, DVM, host low-cost pet vaccine clinics for students, military and seniors the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. 5pm-6pm.

Vaccinations: $12, ($2 is donated to Savannah pet rescue agencies). See website for info. . tailsspin.com. tailsspin.com.

TailsSpin Pet Supplies Store, 4501 Haber-

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Health Clinic, 912-721-6726. Or general information at CVS, Kroger, Rite-Aid, Walgreens, or Walmart pharmacies. Through March 31. 912-651-7730. chathamcountysafetynet.org. Through March 31

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A group of Catholic singles age 30-50 meet frequently for fun, fellowship and service.

Send email or check website to receive announcements of activities and to suggest activities for the group. . familylife@diosav. org. diosav.org/familylife-singles.

Christmas Psychic Reading Madness Sale

December Madness Sale!!!!!!! $15 for 20 minute phone readings! payable at PayPal savannahpsychic@gmail.com or go to website and check out Christmas monthly Specials Love and Light Low Country Psychic of Savannah ~Kelly Spurlock 15.00 Mondays-Sundays. 9125592169. savannahpsychic@gmail.com. Mondays-Sundays Ellis Square, Barnard Street and St. Julian Street.

Guided Silent Prayer

Acoustical songs, 30 minutes of guided silent prayer, and minutes to receive prayer or remain in silence. Wednesdays, 6:45-8:00pm at Vineyard Church, 615 Montgomery St. See website for info. . vineyardsavannah.org.

A New Church in the City, For the City

Gather on Sundays at 10:30am. Like the Facebook page "Savannah Church Plant." .

Bryson Hall, 5 E. Perry St. Read the Bible in One Year

A Bible book club for those wanting to read the Bible in one year. Open to all. Book club format, not a traditional Bible study.

All welcome, regardless of race, creed, sexual orientation, religion. Thurs. 6:00pm7:00pm. Call for info. . 912-233-5354. Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, 622 E. 37th Street.

Savannah Friends Meeting (Quakers)

Un-programmed worship. 11am Sundays, third floor of Trinity United Methodist Church. Call or email for info. All are welcome. . 912-308-8286. savbranart@gmail. com. trinitychurch1848.org/. Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St. Savannah Reiki Share

During shares, participants take turns giving and receiving universal life force energy via Reiki and other healing modalities.

Present at the shares are usually no less than 2 Reiki Masters. Come share with us on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month at the Sweet Water Spa in downtown Savannah. Sign up at Savannah Reiki Share or Reiki by Appointment on Facebook. Free , 7 p.m. 440-371-5209. , 7 p.m Sweet Water Spa, 148 Abercorn Street.

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Service of Compline

A chanted service by candlelight held every Sunday night at 9pm. "Say goodnight to God." Presented by Christ Church Anglican. . Independent Presbyterian Church, Bull Street and Oglethorpe Ave. South Valley Baptist Church

Weekly Sunday services. Sunday school, 10:00am. Worship, 11:30am. Tuesday Bible Study/Prayer Service, 6:30pm. Pastor Rev. Dr. Barry B. Jackson, 480 Pine Barren 54 Road, Pooler, GA "Saving a nation one soul

at a time." .

Tapestry Church

A church for all people! We don't care what you are wearing, just that you are here.

From the moment you walk in until the moment you leave, Tapestry is committed to delivering a creative, challenging, straight forward, and honest message about the role of biblical principles in your life. Come experience an environment that helps you connect with God and discover his incredible purpose for your life. Join us every Sunday morning 10AM at the Habersham YMCA. tapestrysavannah.com. ymcaofcoastalga.org/. YMCA (Habersham Branch), 6400 Habersham St. Theology on Tap

Meets on the third Monday, 8:30pm10:30pm. Like the Facebook page: Theology on Tap Downtown Savannah. . distillerysavannah.com. The Distillery, 416 W. Liberty St. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah

Liberal religious community where people with different beliefs gather as one faith.

Sundays, 11am. Email, call or see website for info. . 912-234-0980. admin@uusavannah.org. uusavannah.org. uusavannah.org.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. Unity Church of Savannah

Sunday Celebration services 9:15am and 11am. Children's Church and childcare 11am. Thursday noon prayer service. See website or call for info on classes, workshops, and more. . 912-355-4704. unityofsavannah.org. unityofsavannah.org/. Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Sports & Games

Adult Coed Flag Football League

8x8 Coed Flag League. Play adult sports, meet new people. Sponsored by Savannah Adult Recreation Club. Wed. nights/Sun. mornings, at locations around Savannah. $450. Minimum 8 games. Ages 18+. Coed teams. See website or call for info. . 912220-3474. savadultrec.com.

USMNT (Soccer) American Outlaws Chapter

USMNT is a national soccer team that represents the U.S. in international soccer competitions. American Outlaws Savannah chapter of USMNT meets regularly. Call for details. . 912-398-4014. bdburgers.net. B & D Burgers (Congress St.), 912-238-8315.

Support Groups

ACOA-Al-Anon

The "From Survival to Recovery" Adult Children of Alcoholics/Al-Anon Group is a fellowship and support group for those who grew up in alcoholic or dysfunctional homes. Meets Thursdays, 5:45pm at the 24-Hour Club, 1501 Eisenhower Dr. Call for info. . 912-598-9860.

Alcoholics Anonymous

For people who want or need to stop drinking, AA can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Free to attend or join.

Check website for meeting days/times, or call 24 hours a day. . 912-356-3688. savannahaa.com.

Alzheimer's Caregiver and Family Support Group

For individuals caring for Alzheimer's and dementia family members. Second Monday, Wilm. Isl. United Methodist Church, 195 Wilmington Island Rd. Second Thursday, Ruth Byck Adult Care Center, 64 Jasper St. Sponsored by Senior Citizens, Inc. Call for info. . 912-236-0363 x143.

Amputee Support Group

Open to all who have had limbs amputated and their families or caregivers. Call for info. . 912-355-7778.

Back Pain Support Group

Second Monday of every month,7:00pm.

Denny’s Restaurant at Hwy. 204. Everyone is welcome. For more info, contact Debbie at 912-727-2959 .

Brain Injury Support Group

Derby Devils Roller Derby Classes

For traumatic brain injury survivors and their caregivers. Third Thursdays, 5pm. In the gym of the Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial. . memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave.

Grief 101 Support Group

Tuesdays, 5:20pm at First Presbyterian Church. For survivors and caregivers. Call for info. . 912-844-4524. fpc.presbychurch. net. First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave.

Roller derby league offers 12-week courses for beginners, recreational scrimmaging for experienced players and two annual bootcamp programs. See website for info. . savannahderby.com.

Seven-week morning or eventing adult support grooup offers tools to learn to live with loss. Tuesdays, 10am-11am; or Thursdays, 6:00pm-7:00pm. Free of charge.

Offered by Hospice Savannah, Inc. Call for info. . 912-303-9442. Full Circle Center for Grief Support, 450 Mall Blvd., Suite H. Savannah Bike Polo

Like regular polo, but with bikes instead of horses. Meets weekly. See facebook for info. . facebook.com/savannahbikepolo.

Ultimate Frisbee

Come play Ultimate! Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30pm until dark. Sundays, 4:30pm until we get tired. The west side of Forsyth Park. Bring a smile, two shirts (one light or white, one dark), water, and cleats (highly recommended). . savannahultimateproject@gmail.com. savannahultimateproject. wordpress.com/pick-up/. Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St.

Breast Cancer Survivors Group

Cancer Support Group

For anyone living with, through or beyond a cancer diagnosis. First Wednesdays, at Lewis Cancer Pavilion. Call for info. . 912819-5704. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave.

Meets regularly to discuss issues affecting the lives of polio survivors. Call or see website for info. Polio survivors and guests are invited. Free and open to the public. .

912-927-8332. coastalempirepoliosurvivors.org.

Couples with Fertility Challenges

Saturdays, 6:45pm at Savannah Christian Church. For couples dealing with primary or secondary infertility, whether for one or many years. Call or email for info. .

912-596-0852. emptycradle_savannah@ hotmail.com. Savannah Christian Church, 55 Al Henderson Blvd.

Eating Disorders Anonymous

Free, volunteer-led support group for recovery from anorexia/restrictive eating and/or bulimia/binge/purging. Not a diet group, nor for those who struggle solely with overeating. Mondays, 7:30pm8:30pm. Email for info. . edasavannah@ yahoo.com. Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. Essential Tremor Support Group

For those with the disease, care partners, family and caregivers. Managing the disease, treatments and therapies, quality of life. First Thursdays, 3:00pm-4:30pm. Call for info. . 912-819-2224. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. Fibromyalgia Support Group

Second Thursdays, 5:30pm-6:30pm. Call or see website for info. . 912-819-6743. sjchs.org. sjchs.org. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5353 Reynolds Ave. Gambling Problem 12 Step Program

Twelve step program offers freedom from gambling. Meets weekly. Leave message with contact info. . 912-748-4730.

Georgia Scleroderma Support Group

A group for people with scleroderma for the greater Savannah area and surrounding counties. Call for day and time. Lovezzola's Pizza, 320 Hwy 80 West, Pooler. : 912-412-6675 or 912-414-3827. .

Grief Support Groups

Hospice Savannah’s Full Circle offers a full array of grief support groups and individual counseling for children, teens and adults is available at no charge. Counseling is offered at 450 Mall Blvd., Suite H in Savannah, and appointments are also available in the United Way offices in Rincon and in Richmond Hill. Call or see website for info. . 912-303-9442. HospiceSavannah.org/GriefSupport.

Heartbeats for Life

Citizens With Retarded Citizens

Free support and education group for those who have suffered from or want to prevent or reverse heart disease and/or diabetes. One Tuesday/month, 6pm. Call or email for date. All meetings at Southwest Chatham Library. Supermarket Walk & Talks, Tue. March 11, 1pm and Thu. March 6, 7pm.. . 912-598-8457. jeff@heartbeatsforlife-ga.org. Supermarket Walk & Talks, Tue. March 11, 1pm and Thu. March 6, 7pm. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St.

Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Assoc.

For parents of children with this diagnosis, and for men with this diagnosis. Started by the mother of a boy with 47-XXY. Email to meet for mutual support. . amkw21@ gmail.com.

Children's Grief Support Group

Seven week structured educational support group for children 6-17. Support, coping tools, utilizing play and activity to learn to live with loss. Free of charge. A service of Hospice Savannah, Inc. Call for dates. .

912-303-9442. Full Circle Center for Grief Support, 450 Mall Blvd., Suite H. For families with children or adults with autism, mental retardation, and other developmental disabilities. Meets monthly.

Call for info. . 912-355-7633. Citizens With Retarded Citizens, 1211 Eisenhower Drive.

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