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Week At A Glance Wednesday / 2 Mystery & Thriller Writers Jenny Milchman & Tina Whittle

Jenny Milchman, winner of the Mary Higgins Clark Award for best suspense novel of 2013, reads from her new psychological thriller Run Falls. Tina Whittle's Atlantabased mystery/thriller series features gun shop owner Tai Randolph and corporate security agent Trey Seaver.

6:30 p.m The Book Lady Bookstore, 6 East Liberty St. Free to attend. Books available for purchase. thebookladybookstore.com

Baseball: Sand Gnats Pack the Park for Charity

Savannah's minor league team plays the Charleston River Dogs. Sales of special tickets benefit a different charity each Wednesday.

7:05 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. $8 info@sandgnats.com. sandgnats.com

Savannah Drink and Draw One-Year Anniversary Celebration

There's drinking and drawing, what more could anyone ask for? An event for artists.

This group's goal is to host D&D's from a variety of different places such as pubs, cafes, and member's houses.

8-10 p.m Abe's on Lincoln, 17 Lincoln St. Free and open to the public. Cash bar.

912-349-0525. mileydg@hotmail.com. facebook.com/groups/SavannahDrinkandDraw/

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.

Bethesda Farm Stand

This organic farm stand, managed by Bethesda students and staff, sells fresh produce.

3-5:30 p.m.

Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. 912-351-2061. bethesdaacademy.org

Hunter Army Airfield Fourth of July Celebration

A celebration at Family Day Field starting at 8:30 p.m. with patriotic, ceremonial music by the 3rd ID Band. Fireworks to follow. Pets and coolers welcome.

8:30 p.m Hunter Army Airfield, 525 Leonard Neat St. Free to the public 912-767-6212

Lunch 'N' Thinc: Bauer Coslick

Coslick, acupuncture and herbology master, on debunking acupuncture myths and explaining why the process works at eliminating stress.

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

Lunch catered: $10 non-members, $5 members. thincsavannah.com/

Thursday Night Opry

Opry-style concert, in which singers play and sing into a single mic. Continuation of Trinity's Sanctuary Series. Guests: City Hotel, American Hologram, Cusses.

7:30 p.m Trinity UMC, 225 West President St. $10

Puppets & Pastries

Kids enjoy a show while parents enjoy coffee and pastries.

11 a.m Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 West Liberty Street. $7 per guest. Kids under 2 are free.

FILM: TOP GUN (1896, USA)

Flyboy drama stars Tom Cruise as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, an aviator at the Navy’s fighter pilot school. Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer.

7 p.m.

Trustees Theatre, 216 E. Broughton St. $8

Tybee Independence Day Fireworks

Tybee’s annual celebration, with a fireworks display on the night before the Fourth. Warning: Traffic is thick.

9:15 p.m Tybee Island, Tybee Island.

Free and open to the public.

Friday / 4 Celebrate America at Fort Pulaski

Celebrate the USA's 238th birthday with family-friendly programs, including a special program featuring the flags that flew over Fort Pulaski during the Civil War, 11 a.m. & 2 p.m. cannon firings, children's arts and crafts and musket drills.

10 a.m.-3 p.m Fort Pulaski, US Highway 80 E. nps.gov/fopu

Film: Deadlock (1970, Germany)

Psychotronic Film Society presents a 75th birthday tribute to cult film director Roland Klick, with a screening of this post modern spaghetti western film noir.

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

Thursday / 3 Animal Skull Identification Workshop A workshop to learn how to ID animal skulls found in the woods and beaches.

3 p.m Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy. $5 parking fee. Annual passes available.

(912)598-2300. gastateparks.org/SkidawayIsland

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The Sand Gnats take on Charleston, with half price small sodas and draft beer, then wrap up with a bang...with post-game, pre-Independence Day fireworks. Thirsty Thursday sponsored by Connect Savannah.

7:05 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. $8 Gen. Adm. sandgnats.com

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A Century of Sentries: 100 Years of Fort Jackson Guarding Savannah

Experience the lives of the soldiers stationed at Fort Jackson during the American Revolution, War of 1812 and the Civil War. Children's activities will be available including musket demonstrations and trying on historic uniforms.

July4-6, 9 a.m.-5 p.m Old Fort Jackson, 1 Fort Jackson Rd. $7 adult/$4 child 912-232-3945. chsgeorgia.org

First Friday Art March Independence Day Festival

Art, food, shopping and a dance party One West Victory’s Music Stage on the north end of Desoto Avenue. Hosted by Spitfire Poetry’s Marquis Williams and featuring Savannah’s KidSyc, Shapes & Their Names, Xuluprophet, and spoken word from Spitfire Poetry Group. Art projects, a Fourth of July cookout, exhibitions, and the Indie Arts Market. A program of Art Rise Savannah. Sponsored by Connect Savannah. first Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m Desotorow Gallery, 2427 Desoto Ave. Free & open to the public artmarchsavannah.com/

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River Street Fourth of July Weekend Celebration

Savannah Waterfront Association hosts this celebration and fireworks extravaganza.

Regional arts & crafts exhibitors, local entertainment, and fireworks Friday night at 9pm.

4-10 p.m Rousakis Plaza, River St. Free and open to the public.

912.234.0295. riverstreetsavannah.com

Southbound Brewing Co. Tours & Tastings

A few tastes of the newest local brews.

Tours are first come, first serve. 5:30-7:30 p.m Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. $10 for souvenir pint glass and 6 tasting tickets.

21+ only. info@southboundbrewingco.com

FIREWORKS THU / 3 @ Tybee & Hunter AAF Fri / 4 @ River Street & Ft. stewart

Fort Stewart Fourth of July Celebration

A Salute to the Nation ceremony at Cottrell Field with music by the 3rd ID Band. The ceremony begins at 8:30 p.m. followed by fireworks. Pets and coolers are welcome.

8:30 p.m Fort Stewart, GA, Hwy 144E. Free to the public 912-767-6212

Theatre: Spine Tingling Tales Free and open to the public.

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Nature Craft at Skidaway

Meet and greet fellow park visitors and make crafts from everyday items.

3 p.m Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy. $5 parking fee. Annual passes available. gastateparks.org/SkidawayIsland

First Friday for Folk Music

Monthly folk music showcase hosted by the Savannah Folk Music Society in a friendly, alcohol-free environment. first Friday of every month, 7:30 p.m First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. $5 donation.

912-898-1876. savannahfolk.org

A late night ghost show that's appropriate for most ages...but a little bit scary....

11 p.m.

The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. $25 soucyman@gmail.com. spinetinglingtales.com

Experience the life of Butterflies

A live interactive display of butterflies.

Hours: M-Sat. 12pm-8pm. Sun. 12pm5pm. Sponsored by Connect Savannah.

July 4-27 Savannah Mall, 14045 Abercorn Street. $3. Free for children under age 8, with adult. savannahmall.com/event/2145439645

Saturday / 5 Call of the Wild at Skidaway

A nighttime trail walk to hear nocturnal animals call. Discover the difference between frogs, bugs and birds.

8:30 p.m Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy. $5 parking fee. Annual passes available.

(912)598-2300. gastateparks.org/SkidawayIsland

A Century of Sentries: 100 Years of Fort Jackson Guarding Savannah

Experience the lives of the soldiers stationed at Fort Jackson during the American Revolution, War of 1812 and the Civil War. Children's activities will be available including musket demonstrations and trying on historic uniforms.

July 5, 9 a.m.-5 p.m Old Fort Jackson, 1 Fort Jackson Rd. $7 adult/$4 child 912-232-3945. chsgeorgia.org

Fit 4 Life: Six-Week Fitness Challenge and Benefit

Linda Socks & Sam Carter conduct a 6-Week Fitness Challenge, June 21-July 26. Part of their fundraising effort for the Rape Crisis Center in the 2014 Chatham Orthopaedic Ballroom Extravaganza. Register via phone or email through the Rape Crisis Center.

8 a.m.

The Fitness Club, 2164 E Victory Drive. $150 benefiting Rape Crisis Center.

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God & Country Celebration & Picnic

Family fun with inflatables, games, picnic food, crafts, music and more. Registration not required.

11 a.m.-2 p.m Higher Ground Baptist Church, 9120 Whitefield Ave. Free and open to the public.

912-355-1505

Independence Day at Tri-Centennial Park

Celebrate independence with special programming at Battlefield Memorial Park, Georgia State Railroad Museum (the Roundhouse) and Savannah Children's Museum. Includes a patriotic train ride with a reading of the Declaration of Independence.

Georgia State Railroad Museum, 655 Louisville Road. chsgeorgia.org/Society-Calendar/Date/2014-07-01/ Event/709.html

Comedy: Odd Lot Improv

The night skies over the Savannah River light up for this fireworks extravaganza that’s part of the River Street Fourth of July Weekend/First Saturday celebration.

9 p.m Rousakis Plaza, River St.

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Forsyth Farmers Market

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

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

912-484-0279. forsythfarmersmarket.com

Morning Bird Walk at Skidaway Island State Park The basics about local bird varieties as they feed from park feeding stations.

Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy. $5 parking fee. Annual passes available.

(912)598-2300. gastateparks.org/SkidawayIsland

Richmond Hill Independence Day Celebration featuring The Tams and Fireworks

A celebration of the red, white, and blue with live music from the Tams, BBQ, arts & crafts, water slides, fishing and of course, fireworks. Bring blankets/chairs to watch the fireworks.

5-9:30 p.m J. F. Gregory Park, Richmond Hill.

Free and open to the public.

912-756-3345. cityofrichmondhill@ga.gov

River Street Fourth of July Weekend Celebration

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Regional arts & crafts exhibitors, local entertainment.

10 a.m.-10 p.m Rousakis Plaza, River St.

Free and open to the public.

912.234.0295. riverstreetsavannah.com

Theatre: Spine Tingling Tales at the Savannah Theater

A late night ghost show that's appropriate for most ages...but a little bit scary....

11 p.m.

The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. $25 soucyman@gmail.com. spinetinglingtales.com

Theatre: Iced at the Coffee Shop

An interactive murder mystery show presented by the Odd Lot acting troupe.

7:30 p.m.

Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 West Liberty Street. $20 adults. $15 children 15 and younger Justin@oddlot.org. savannahmurdermystery.com

Sunday / 6 A Century of Sentries: 100 Years of Fort Jackson Guarding Savannah

Experience the lives of the soldiers stationed at Fort Jackson during the American Revolution, War of 1812 and the Civil War. Children's activities will be available including musket demonstrations and trying on historic uniforms.

July 6, 9 a.m.-5 p.m Old Fort Jackson, 1 Fort Jackson Rd. $7 adult/$4 child 912-232-3945. chsgeorgia.org

Thanks to our Sponsors!

27th ART MARCH!

Proudly presented by ART RISE SAVANNAH Live music all night long from Savannah’s premier local musical talent sponsored by ONE WEST VICTORY!

FREE ART ACTIVITIES ALL NIGHT LONG! SPIN ART with Art Rise Savannah PRETTY GIRLS work by Naimar Rameriez LIVE PAINTING with Jen Salmons VIDEO ART with Carolyn Hepler-Smith PROJECTION MAPPING with Switzon Wigfall III

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Indie Arts

Savannah's premier showcase of locally produced arts and fine crafts. Featuring paintings, sculptures, and wearable arts, the Market has something for everyone!

Enjoy the sounds of B.B. Wolf in the Southbound Art Bar!

FOURTH OF JULY COOK OUT!

Sponsored by Art Rise Savannah & Casa Su Bistro

Feast on hot dogs, burgers, and grilled veggies at the Art March Cook Out!

First Friday Art March is a program of Art Rise Savannah, a non-profit arts organization.

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River Street Fourth of July Weekend Celebration Regional arts & crafts exhibitors, local entertainment.

10 a.m.-5 p.m Rousakis Plaza, River St. Free and open to the public.

912.234.0295. riverstreetsavannah.com

Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. $5 Justin@oddlot.org. oddlot.org

Tuesday / 8 Baseball: Summer Camp Day

An interactive storytelling show for children.Appropriate for all ages.

3 p.m.

Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 West Liberty Street. $10. Admission includes ice cream.

Justin@oddlot.org. oddlotimprov.com

A daytime game for the Sand Gnat against the Augusta Blue Jackets. Plus, it's Two for Tuesday with beer specials for the grown ups.

11:05 a.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. $8 Gen. Adm. sandgnats.com

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Baseball: Dollar Monday

Augusta Green Jackets v. the Gnats. $1 for hot dogs, chips, sodas and Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. $1 admission with online coupon or in-store coupon from Kroger.

7:05 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. $1 with coupon. $8 Gen.Adm. sandgnats.com

Comedy: Odd Lot Improv

Savannah's weekly wacky improv comedy show in the spirit of "Whose Line is it, Anyway?" Appropriate for all ages.

June 7, 14, 21, 28 @ 8pm 8 p.m.

CONTEMPORARY MASTERS: THE KIRK OPEN THROUGH JULY 20

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11 a.m Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St. $35. SDBA members: $25. Reserve by Mon.7/7/14.

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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. Check the “GreenDrinks Savannah� facebook page. second Tuesday of every month, 5:30 p.m Free to attend. Cash bar.

So Easy to Preserve: Your Harvest from Your Garden

A food preservation hands-on workshop to learn how to preserve food using the Pressure Canner. Advance registration required.

Participants will receive publications, recipes and food preservation items for home canning.

5:30-8:30 p.m Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens, 2 Canebrake Rd. $10

Wednesday / 9 Baseball: Pack the Park for Charity

Another game against the Augusta Green Jackets.

7:05 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. $8 Gen. Adm. Special tickets for nonprofit organization of the night. info@sandgnats.com. sandgnats.com

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American History X the day we celebrate. The Declaration was unveiled July 4 essentially to explain what happened two days earlier. But you gotta admit “the Second of July” just doesn’t have Rebellion to tyrants is obedithe same ring.) ence to God. It’s vogue in certain circles to disparage —Benjamin Franklin the founders for their extreme whiteness, their all-male gender, and their affluence, not BEN FRANKLIN to mention some of their members’ unsetACTUALLY tling associations with slavery. proposed that Frederick Douglass both lamented and sentence as the official motto of the United resolved these thorny issues in his amazing States, which would’ve been awesome.

1852 speech, “The Meaning of July Fourth (What we got instead was the lame For The Negro:” two-fer of “Out of many, one” and “A new “What, to the American slave, is your 4th order for the ages,” the latter of which has of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, spawned a hundred conspiracy theories.) more than all other days in the year, the It’s a short, concise sentence that says a gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the lot, about the country and about the man. constant victim,” Douglass said.

This Fourth of July weekend you’ll get But later in the same speech, the great plenty of suggestions of things to celebrate.

You’ll be told to be grateful for your many orator and abolitionist also concluded: While drawing encouragement from the freedoms—as you dodge Operation ThunDeclaration of Independence, the great prinder police checkpoints. ciples it contains, and the genius of American You’ll be urged to celebrate the might of our armed forces—even though the Found- Institutions, my spirit is also cheered by the obvious tendencies of the age… No nation ing Fathers warned against the perils of a can now shut itself up from the surrounding standing military.

You might even be urged to tell an immi- world and trot round in the same old path of its fathers without interference. grant to “speak English, this is America.”

Indeed. A hundred and fifty-six years Which is pretty ironic, among other things.

What will probably get lost is what July 4, after that speech, a black man would be 1776, was all about. Despite the overt patri- elected president of the U.S. And re-elected. otic displays and constant exhortations this Change happens slowly, but happen it does.

American equality expands because of weekend for God to bless America, what the nation’s founders were saying is in a way the acknowledgement of universal freedom in the Declaration of Independence, its almost the opposite of patriotism. statement that all men—all people—are Theirs was a universal message.

(Technically, July 2 was when the resolu- “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are tion for independence from Great Britain Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” was approved, and probably should be

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By their Creator.

Not by a king or a government.

The Declaration’s most revolutionary concept wasn’t the idea of America itself, but the idea that human rights are inherent.

That governments don’t confer rights, and therefore they cannot take them away.

And that if any government seeks to do so, then it forfeits its legitimacy.

Many liberals get it wrong when they disparage the founders as a bunch of irrelevant and racist rich white men who should be expunged from school textbooks.

In the course of history, has any other fraternity of influential, powerful people written such a clear and wise blueprint for the inevitable weakening of its own power?

Many conservatives get it wrong when they claim our ancestors intended a monolithic Christian nation, and applaud egregious Supreme Court decisions like the Hobby Lobby verdict earlier this week.

As James Madison wrote: “Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other Sects?”

And many libertarians get it wrong when they misinterpret the founders’ skepticism of government as a desire to have no government at all. Far from anarchists, they very much believed in government—just one with the “consent of the governed.”

So when you think about it, America’s founders pretty much faked everybody out.

The fact that we still argue, debate, and interpret their actions 238 years later doesn’t mean they screwed up. It’s proof they were onto something good. cs

feedback | letters@connectsavannah.com Iraq in the rearview

Editor, Regarding your column, “Cheney’s Ghost:” I think many Americans know in 2014 that those Americans in 2003 that promoted and glorified invading Iraq were wrong. That false sense of patriotism that existed in 2003 and the eventual sight of George W. Bush on that aircraft carrier claiming victory rings hollow in

the seem to be forever war triggered by his administration.

The Bush administration was oblivious to the fact that such an invasion would cause deep divisions among the Sunnis and Shi’ites population.

Some in the world today would say since the invasion by the Bush administration the Middle East is lost on a steady path toward an all-out war; the players in this war from all

different regions are the Sunnis against the Shi’ites.

It has always been my opinion that the brutal dictator Saddam Hussein served as a buffer in the Middle East; for better or worse, his regime was part of a domino piece that held back and up other regions in the area.

Iraq was a safer place compared to today; al-Qaida and ISIS did not have a foothold in

that region.

Americans and people in other parts of the world that were against invading Iraq in 2003 and are living now in 2014 know that the Bush administration and some in the American media contributed to the unrelenting violence in the Middle East; there are others that are conveniently in denial.

Alfred Waddell

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Go with the ebb and flow called “Slowvannah” in the summertime for nothing, dahlin’.

That’s why I’m not too panicked that President Obama signed the Water Exactly eight Resources and Redevelopment Act earlier years ago this week, a this month, which effectively granted the beige minivan festooned federal go-ahead for the Savannah Harbor with stickers and a dashExpansion Project. board of plastic figurines It’s probably the only penstroke in the hisrolled into Savannah tory of Georgia politics that has had Repubcarrying a road-draggled family and very few expectations. licans and Democrats skipping and whistlin’ It was more of a homecoming for my hus- Dixie like schoolyard frenemies, and it’s band, who spent his formative youth casting bound to direct all kinds of busy business to a net for mullet on Herb Creek and riding Atlanta and various corporate tentacles. his Huffy 3-speed through a then-shuttered It’s too damn humid for me to muster a downtown. But for this desert rat-turnedrecap of why SHEP sucks for you and me, California girl, the Hostess City and her but suffice it to say, it will bring no new local surrounding environs were unchartered jobs, no increased tax revenue and absowaters, an alien planet of marshgrass and lutely no discernible benefit to the citizens mosquitoes and a confounding Southern of Savannah as we shoulder all its risks cultural code that made negotiating cab fare and long-term costs. It will also not help with a Kazakhstani mime seem straightfor- the survival of the Savannah River—curward in comparison. rently ranked as the third most toxic in the However, with a steady diet of Lowcoun- country, according to a new report by the try living and unintentionally inhaled sand Environment Georgia Research & Policy gnats, I become more Center. (If you’re new acclimated with each to this topic, Google Savannahversary. the “Top Ten Reasons Bourbon is now my the Savannah Harbor drink of choice, and Deepening is a Bad I no longer audibly Idea” from the March hiss when I see people 26 issue.) wearing flipflops in To paraphrase Vice fancy restaurants.

President Joe Biden, Instead of involit looks like hell and untarily gagging at high water are coming the thought of boiled whether we like it or peanuts, I now actunot. But given Savanally crave them. Plus, nah’s proclivity for proI believe I’ve mastered crastination, perhaps the correct usage not as soon some might of the semantically like. tricky “all y’all.”

To get an idea of the I think I’ve also dredging timeline, I finally become accuscalled up U.S. Army tomed to a certain Corps of Engineers syncopated rhythm Public Affairs Officer around here. CerBilly Birdwell—who, tain months are so God bless him, either packed with events and activities you’d think doesn’t remember that I’m that pesky gal the streets were mainlining energy from who keeps writing defiantly oppositional Manhattan. Others are so fainéant that the articles about SHEP or is just an incredibly ghosts roam around the cemeteries at night polite man. (Southern cultural code 101: Be wondering where all the action is. nice. It confuses people.)

People come and go as the tides ebb and Mr. Birdwell patiently explained to me flow, and July is when the bottom’s so low that while the WRRDA gives authorization that most of us can barely keep up with the for the $706 million project, it doesn’t actufiddler crabs waving their torpid one-hand ally appropriate any funds to the next fiscal salutes as the turbid creeks recede. It ain’t budget.

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People come and go as the tides ebb and flow, and July is when the bottom’s so low that most of us can barely keep up with the fiddler crabs waving their torpid one-handed salutes. It ain’t called “Slowvannah” in the summertime for nothing, dahlin’.

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“It gives permission to spend money, but it doesn’t give any money to spend,” he said, adding that the $266 million of state taxes put aside by Gov. Nathan Deal remains untouchable until the Corps and the GA Ports Authority draw up a formal project partnership agreement.

“Without that in place, we can’t use Georgia funds either.”

There’s also the matter of the Speece cones: Under the terms of the lawsuit settled last May with the Southern Environmental Law Center and Savannah Riverkeeper, it must be proven that the dozen iron lungs designed to bubble oxygen into the depleted river are actually going to work. That hasn’t even been scheduled yet, and without a positive outcome the dredging of the inner harbor will not proceed.

Still, he reminds that once the state and the port get their oxygen-starved blue crabs in the same basket, the monies are there to begin other parts of the project, like dredging the outer harbor past Tybee Island.

I must have squawked, because he clarified that this won’t be done with evil Transformers piercing the Floridan Acquifer but by the same maintenance dredges used to clear the channel all year long.

“The cargo ships coming through are much larger,” informed Mr. Birdwell kindly.

All in all, SHEP will take between four and five years to complete and won’t begin until December, “at the earliest.” Given our historic hebetude and the fact that it took SHEP 16 years to be approved in the first place, it might take even longer. That gives plenty of time for science and politics (a friendly reminder that Deal is up for re-election this fall) to prevail, or at least to plan a really epic protest (join the Savannah Yarnbomb Squad on Facebook!)

In the meantime, I’m just sittin’ here bobbing along with the flotsam and jetsam— though as much as life here definitely has its rhythms, it’s important to note that time only moves in one direction.

Taking my cue from the sand gnats that disappear in the hottest part of the summer, I’ll be on sabbatical for the next six weeks to spend time with family and possibly learn to throw a cast net.

I look forward to returning to The (Civil) Society Column in August as life in Slowvannah quickens once again.

Until then, a humble salute and a fiddler crab wave to you and yours—er, I mean, to all y’all. cs

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Talking about…

Carol Ruckdeschel

Cumberland Island’s wild woman

By Orlando Montoya savannahpodcast.com

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North Carolina writer Will Harlan describes Carol Ruckdeschel as the “wildest woman in America.”

She eats roadkill, shot a man in selfdefense and cuts open turtle guts.

But she also published groundbreaking science and shaped public policy on Cumberland for four decades. And she did it 12 all from a rickety shack in the wilderness.

Harlan’s new biography, Untamed, recently released by Grove Atlantic, gets behind her outer image.

“She embodies the spirit of Cumberland Island, that wild, untamed spirit,” Harlan says. “And I think that’s why people gravitate toward her because she embodies what we love most about that island.”

Ruckdeschel has been at the center of raging debates on Cumberland Island, a National Seashore owned by the American people, since she moved there in 1974.

Those debates often pit this scrappy, pigtailed naturalist in overalls and boots against the well-heeled descendants of the nation’s industrial elite.

“What is most important to her is the wild, unmanipulated and unmanaged part of the island,” Harlan says. “She thinks nature should be allowed to run its course.”

Harlan worked with Ruckdeschel for two decades as a fellow naturalist and wilderness advocate. He had unprecedented access to her letters and journals.

And his biography uses these intimate details to splay open Ruckdeschel’s innards, like the turtles she guts.

And there are many details to explore.

Some of Cumberland’s famous wild horses graze in front of the Dungeness ruins.

Descended from the Carnegie era, the feral herd lives completely independently.

Three close male companions died near her little house in the woods. There was the lover who attacked her in a drunken rage, the friend who couldn’t swim and the husband who collapsed from a stroke on her front porch.

Harlan’s reckoning of these tales is largely positive toward Ruckdeschel. But he doesn’t miss the central hypocrisy in her politics.

She believes the National Park Service ought to restrict human access to the wilderness. But she still lives in it.

“All of the gory details are in there if you want to read it,” Harlan says. “But what she wants to come from this book is a renewed interest in protecting Cumberland.”

The island faces many challenges.

Wealthy islanders want to extend their residencies on the island, even though they sold their land to the Park Service and agreed to leave. And of course, rising sea levels eventually will threaten the entire Georgia coast.

I was just amazed to learn about Ruckdeschel’s scientific accomplishments. She became one of the nation’s foremost experts on sea turtles. But she didn’t do it from the halls of academe. She did it the oldfashioned way. She used keen, first person

observation, and good notes, over a long period of time.

Harlan’s narrative is engaging and always forward-moving. Characters leap off the page. Colorful figures, including developer Charles Fraser and Carnegie heir Lucy Ferguson, all have their own roles in this reallife drama.

Critters also end up being big characters.

Turtles, horses and snakes. Ruckdeschel gave them all funny names, like Pretty Butt and Stumpy. She is a Georgia original.

I had the pleasure of meeting the woman herself on three occasions. Back then, it was a lot more difficult. There wasn’t a Park Service van running up to the remote north end every day.

I interviewed Harlan for my new website, savannahpodcast.com, when the author stopped on his way to a book reading on St. Simons Island.

Hopefully, Harlan will find his way to Savannah soon to talk about Ruckdeschel and her beloved Cumberland Island home.

It’s also our national treasure. cs Listen to a podcast of this interview and others by Orlando Montoya at www.savannahpodcast.com

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Conclusion: Can Savannah become a ‘no kill’ community?

According to statistics compiled by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), over 2.7 milIn the first part of this series, we lion animals are put down in shelters in the examined the criticisms levied at and chalUnited States each year—about a third of lenges faced by Savannah Chatham Animal the total animals taken into 13,600 facilities Control and its staff. Next, we looked at around the country. efforts by local pet rescue groups to combine About the same number are adopted out data and resources. This conclusion explores to homes—approximately 35 percent of how Savannah and Chatham County might dogs and 37 percent of cats. A quarter of the move forward towards a unified, productive dogs that come in as strays are returned to approach to animal welfare. their owners, while less than five percent of Regardless of past conflicts, all parties stray cats find their way back home. involved in the care and management of Locally, a third of dogs and more than homeless dogs and cats cite a common goal: half of cats impounded by SCAC were To reduce the number of healthy, adoptable euthanized in the first quarter of 2014. animals euthanized in local shelters.

Depending how the raw data numbers are By jessica leigh lebos

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Reducing the number of healthy, adoptable animals euthanized in local shelters is the goal of all animal welfare advocates.

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crunched, as few as 38 percent but no more than 47 percent of the total animals that come into the shelter are emancipated back into the world.

“I cry about it almost every day,” sighs Dana Bertagnolli, co-founder of One Love Animal Rescue.

Bertagnolli and fellow One Love volunteer Heidi Hammerstein are passionate about increasing live release rates, and along with a core of committed volunteers, they are exploring how an approach known as “no kill” might help.

Shelters designated as “no kill” save at least 90 percent of adoptable and treatable animals brought to their facilities, reserving euthanasia for the most vicious

and terminally ill. The “no kill” concept first received national attention in the late 1990s, when California passed three pieces of animal welfare legislation, including the Hayden Law that extended the time animals could spend in the shelter, and the Kopp Law, which reformed how euthanasia is carried out. Under the Vincent Law, state shelters are now mandated to spay and neuter all animals before they are adopted out.

“No kill” has gained momentum with support from Maddie’s Fund, a national non-profit organization that awards grants to local communities. Also at the forefront of the movement is the No Kill Advocacy Center, which promotes the idea that homes continues on p. 16

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a good fit for Savannah. can be found for every dog and “If you talk to people who cat with the right combinawork in shelters, they will tell you tion of community partnership that “no kill” is very forced,” says and shelter accountability. No Bertagnolli.

Kill Advocacy Center founder “And forcing change rarely Nathan Winograd began impleworks.” menting his philosophy at the Though the objective remains San Francisco SPCA in 1994, to increase live release rates—the and within six years turned San metric calculated from total aniFrancisco into the first city to mals impounded and audited for almost completely eliminate health and behavior then adopted euthanasia of “healthy, treatable out—she and Hammerstein are and adoptable pets.” approaching Chatham County’s Since then Winograd has animal overpopulation issues from shared his No Kill Equation a different angle. with hundreds of communiLobbying for mandatory spay/ ties, including Austin, TX and neuter laws, low-cost spay/neuter Hampton Roads, VA, where options and community educashelters save over 90 percent of tion could all be parts of a multianimals brought to them. pronged, long-term action plan.

But what defines a success“The idea is to reduce the numful implementation has proved ber of animals that come into controversial. the shelter in the first place,” says While many shelters start Hammerstein. out with marked reductions in “And that’s not going to happen euthanasia, reports of neglect, overnight.” overcrowding and abuse have The volunteers hope to work surfaced. Government-run faciliwith SCAC to come up with shelties from Shelby County, KY, to ter standards based on the AsiPalm Springs, CA returned to lomar Accords, a set of guiding putting down dogs due to lack of Left: Dana Bertagnolli and One Love Animal Rescue have saved over 500 animals through adoptions principles and definitions designed space, and many more have been and foster care. Photo by James Williams Right: Humane Society of Greater Savannah operations director shut down for health violations. Guinn Friedman is working to provide a low-cost spay and neuter program. Photo by Jon Waits/@jwaitsphoto to make animals more adoptable by Even the celebrated SF/SPCA treating them for minor conditions to take in every animal, no matter how sick, end up back at open admission shelters, or has received its share of bad press. such as broken bones or mange and providworse, abandoned. “’No kill’ sounds great, it really does,” says injured or aggressive.” ing behaviorial training.

In recent years, many animal welfare Lt. Hill explains that many success stories SCAC’s Lt. Cary Hill, who oversaw the Also being studied closely is the highly advocates have begun to distance themselves successful Countdown to Zero program are due to limited admission policies that impoundment of more than 5,000 animals from Winograd and the “no kill” designation. in Palm Beach, FL, a partnership between reject unhealthy or unadoptable animals, in 2013.

Though they may agree with the philosophy, public servants and private citizens who therefore boosting statistics. Animals not “But it’s just not realistic, especially at an Bertagnolli and Hammerstein aren’t sure it’s collaborate on facility management and eligible for these limited admission shelters open admission shelter like ours. We have

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“There’s an ocean of information out there,” says Hammerstein. “We want to figure out what works best for Savannah.”

Mandatory spay/neuter laws and a lowcost spay and neuter program would go a long way towards reducing the amount of animals in shelters, agrees Humane Society of Greater Savannah Executive Director Lynn Gensamer, who reports an 80 percent live release rate from what she calls HSGS’ “managed admission shelter.” (Owners are required to make an appointment to surrender their pets, and strays must be directed to Animal Control next door.) “’No birth’ makes ‘no kill’ obsolete,” says Gensamer, who reports that every animal adopted from HSGS has been spayed or neutered.

However, she points out that mandatory spay and neutering can present unintended consequences.

“If people can’t afford it, then they won’t take their pets to the vet for vaccinations or to treat illnesses—and that can turn into a public health issue like rabies,” says Gensamer. She reminds that 28 percent of Chatham County citizens live under the poverty line.

“How high do you think animal welfare is on their lists?” she asks drily.

Instead, she and HSGS Director of Operations Guinn Friedman are working to create the county’s first low-cost spay and neuter facility next to the Humane Society headquarters on Sallie Mood. The only obstacle is approval from Chatham County Board of Commissioners, which owns the land.

“This isn’t a pipe dream. We have the money. But the county has decided that our lease—signed in 1992—predates the existence of the county’s animal shelter, and now needs to be reviewed,” says Gensamer.

“So we’re waiting to hear whether we can move forward.”

She blames part of the county’s homeless animal overpopulation—in particular the issue of feral cats, which can reproduce at the exponential rate of up to four litters of six a year per animal—on confusing and oblique language within the county’s Animal Control Ordinances.

Section 22-407 dictates that “no person shall feed or provide sustenance to any animal, dog or cat upon the public property or private property of others,” which criminalizes anyone seeking help control cat colonies.

That includes groups like the Islands Feral Cat Project, which works in specific parts of the county to trap, neuter and

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release (a practice known as TNR) as many cats as possible.

“The ordinances are so unclear that people don’t even want to admit that they’re trying to help a colony for fear of getting into trouble,” criticizes Gensamer.

Though TNR efforts can effectively manage a feral cat colony, often people will dump their unwanted, unneutered cats in these locations, impeding successful attrition rates.

Other well-meaning citizens will feed cats without trapping and sterilizing them, causing sharp spikes in birth rates and diseased animals.

Bertagnolli reports that in one Sunday, One Love received five different emails about feral cats with six kittens each.

“That’s 30 cats in one day,” she bemoans.

“I don’t care what Nathan Winograd says, there are not enough homes for that.”

A Feral Cat Task Force headed by Dr. Blake Caldwell met several times last year to help define more effective policy towards controlling the county’s cat population, but Gensamer says it was curtailed after county attorneys brought forward concerns about the liabilities of public land use. The local chapter of the Milton Project, a national TNR program, was suspended in 2012.

The only way to counteract the “neverending battle,” says Gensamer, is to facilitate an “orchestrated, coordinated strategy that optimizes animal care and welfare, public health and county revenue.”

That’s also the aim of Bertagnolli, Hammerstein and their crew, whose initial step is to delve into the ordinances so that they can survey people on issues to bring to the county commissioners. Spay and neuter legislation and a feral cat policy remain priorities as does lobbying the board to approve SCAC’s request for increased staff.

“You can put all the laws on the books you want, but if there aren’t enough people to enforce it, it won’t work,” says Bertagnolli, coming full circle to part one of this series.

While a shelter with a 90 percent live release metric may not be achievable any time soon, a combination of clear public policy, community education and thoughtful strategy can bring Chatham County closer.

“We’re looking at the next 10 years,” affirms Hammerstein, though she reminds that people can begin saving dogs and cats immediately by becoming involved in volunteer and foster programs.

Bertagnolli agrees that local animal advocates don’t need a set equation or a quick fix to reduce the number of cats and dogs put down in local shelters.

“We don’t have a catchy slogan, but we are ready to change the way animals are treated in this community.” cs

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Force. Over 100,000 American airmen fought in these airplanes from 1942 until “Mission accomplished. When 1945,” he says.

“Nearly fifty percent of these airmen, offican you come and get her?” cers, and enlisted men, did not return from These were the words in an email from Dr. Dik Daso, Curator of Modern Military missions. Approximately half of those who did not return were killed, the other half Aircraft at the Smithsonian Institution’s were made prisoners of war and lead dreadNational Air and Space Museum, to Dr. Walter Brown, the Mighty Eighth Air Force ful lives in German prison camps.”

With a mission to preserve the legacy Museum’s CEO at the time. of and educate on the brave airmen and That email set in stone the museum’s acquisition of the B-17 Flying Fortress they women who served in the 8th Air Force, it had waited over 12 years to get. was vital for the museum to obtain such a The B-17 arrived at its new permanent major part of WWII history. home, The National Museum of the Mighty The museum immediately set a goal to Eighth Air Force, on January 15, 2009. It make it the best B-17 exhibition in the was renamed City of Savannah after the orig- world through a restoration to full combat inal, the 5,000th airplane to be processed configuration, including operational systems through Hunter Army Airfield and to sup- and components. Already it is the centerport Allied forces in Europe during World piece of the museum and undergoing restoWar II. ration in the Combat gallery.

Jerry McLaughlin, B-17 Project Manager, On Saturday, June 21, the museum took explains the significance of the Flying Forits next steps in the restoration project. tress and why it was so important for the Functioning turrets are necessary in a full museum to find and display it: restoration project because each turret “The B-17 was the bomber most affilimounted machine guns that were used to ated with the major air war in Europe protect the aircraft from enemy attackers. during WWII conducted by the 8th Air The goal was to begin installation of the

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“Saturday’s event was a major technical challenge for the volunteer restoration team,” says McLaughlin. “In the case of the upper turret, the technical team was able to determine an alternative method to install the upper turret structure that will be implemented in the next several weeks. The lower turret team worked out a procedure that will have that turret working under electrical power in one week.”

Since 2009 the support for the B-17 restoration has only grown with WWII veterans traveling from all over to see the

City of Savannah B-17 Flying Fortress and being effected and honored by the museum’s determination to restore her.

“The interest and support for the project is overwhelming,” states McLaughlin. “Thousands more visitors who are not WWII veterans stop the volunteers doing the restoration to ask questions and tell us about relatives who flew on B-17’s in WWII.” cs Donations to the restoration project can be made at mightyeighth.org. The City of Savannah can be seen throughout its restoration at the museum, which is anticipated to be complete in January.

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Serendipity

By C. MeGill Brown, Ph.D.

C. MeGill Brown is a Savannah native. He is Pastor of the Second African Baptist Church, Chaplain’s Coordinator for the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department, and Chairman of the Board of Directors for Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Care, Inc.

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Two years ago, I woke up knowing it was the day of my dreaded annual health check-up. I got my son Corey up for school.

The first thing he wanted to know was who won the basketball game that finished after his 9 p.m. bedtime the night before.

I was able to report that his beloved Miami Heat team won, because, unlike Corey, I never put any restrictions on myself about staying up late even though I was often tired and not eager to get up in the morning.

Corey sat down to breakfast and to talk to his mother as I went to take my extralong doctor visitation shower. I began to do what most men do—hold in my gut, look in the mirror, and convince myself I looked pretty good for 42. After my extra-long shower, I proceeded to put on the best suit in my arsenal. If I was going to the doctor to be informed that I was unhealthy, at least I wanted to look good doing it.

I took Corey to school and made my way to the doctor’s office for my annual fight with reality. I knew I weighed an aggressive 412 pounds and had elevated blood pressure.

When the doctor came into the exam room, the conversation started differently than I expected. He asked to see a picture of my son. Being the proud father that I am, I quickly showed him several photos I had on my phone. He complimented me on having such a handsome young man, and then he said something that hit me harder than I’ve ever been hit. He said, “Looking at your blood work and your vitals, it’s too bad you are not going to be around to see him grow up.”

At first I was shocked. Then the humility of my reality began to set in. The doctor explained how my blood pressure was still out of control, my unstable glucose level was 20 suggesting pre-diabetes, and my excessive

Above: Father and son Corey III and C. MeGill Brown before Pastor Brown began his journey to health and wellness; at left, Rev. Brown today weight was putting undue stress on my heart. He carefully explained that carrying that much weight over long periods of time would increase the development of arthritis and other bone degenerating disorders.

He said that I might be able to carry 400+ pounds today, but 10 years from now, the weight would increase, and my ability to function would decrease.

Simply put, I was pre–everything and I needed to begin to take medication to control my ever-rising blood pressure.

The doctor went over with me line by line my blood work results and he told me about the dangers of high blood pressure. We scheduled a six-month follow-up visit and he wrote me a prescription that I truthfully never intended to get filled.

After leaving the doctor’s office, I sat in my car and prayed for the strength to make the necessary changes so that I may break the cycle that has plagued so many men of color already. I realized that at 42 I was the oldest male in my immediate family.

More importantly, my prayer was that God would enable me to make the necessary changes so that I may be here to teach my son to live a healthy, happy, and fulfilling life and watch him grow. I knew that diets did not work for me. I already had a gym membership I never used. I knew I didn’t know what I needed to know, so I went to the library and began to research how to put together a plan of action.

Using what I learned, I developed a oneday-at-a-time plan. I decided to give up eating meat for my Lent sacrifice. That was easy enough. The challenge was finding replacement foods that were not higher in fat, calories, and cholesterol.

I also learned that I had to end my addiction to soda and somehow come up with an exercise program that was effective and enjoyable.

Day one was very hard, but day two was a little easier. By the end of the Lent sacrifice, not only did I begin to see small changes in my appearance, but more importantly, my desires for unhealthy foods were now under my control. My taste buds were newly awakened by a variety of healthy alternatives that I found. I looked forward to my afternoon bike rides that not only gave me much needed exercise but offered me the alone time I needed for meditation.

What started out as one day quickly progressed to six months, and I was 45 pounds lighter. On my follow-up doctor’s visit, I couldn’t wait to get on that scale and to stand there under 400 pounds.

As if God knew I needed structure and a plan to what I was trying to do, He allowed my path to cross the wonderful people of Canyon Ranch Institute who had visited at Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Care where I am chairman of the Board of Directors. CRI, through the generosity of Charles H. and Rosalie Morris, partnered with

Curtis V. Cooper to offer our patients the CRI Life Enhancement Program to help them learn now to make healthier choices in their lives and the lives of their families.

I was enthusiastic about being on the Core Team for CRI LEP in Savannah, and gained the unique opportunity to spend a week at the Canyon Ranch health resort in Tucson, Arizona, as part of the required training to become a Core Team Member for the CRI LEP. Working with Canyon Ranch Institute and the participants in the CRI LEP here in Savannah has given me structure and clarity to continue the healthy changes I had started on my own.

I now understand and practice portion control, the need for interval training, lean body mass index, the benefits of a good night’s sleep, and so much more.

This is why I chose the term “Serendipity” as the title of this message. I began my process to simply lose weight and avoid the early death so common in my family’s history. With the grace of God and hard work, in trying to avoid an unhealthy death I found a new life that I never knew existed. Today, two years later, I am 124 pounds lighter and medication free. I went from being preeverything to becoming post-all things.

My very life depended on making changes, and now I share my story because I truly believe there are others who can learn and grow from my experience and have a happier, healthier life, too.

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Why is it so many gay people are attracted to those of the same sex who look like the opposite sex? If you’re a gay man and presumably do not fancy women, why are you nonetheless attracted to other men who copy feminine qualities? If you don’t want women, it seems strange to want your male partner to act and look like one! The same for lesbians—they don’t like men, yet many of them try to look like men and seem to find that attractive in their female partners. —Nancy AH, A fellow anthropologist, just back from the field. How shrewd of you to disguise yourself as a complete dumbshit.

Needless to say, gays’ and lesbians’ appearance and behavior don’t line up especially well with stereotypes based on atypical examples. You see some pretty serious acting-out in the World Cup; it’d be foolish to conclude from this that all Uruguayans bite.

What we need is some data. The scholarly literature on what homosexuals find attractive isn’t as robust as we might like, and for some reason has focused more on lesbians than gay men.

However, we do find the following: • Asking people what they find attractive in a romantic partner tends to produce predictable results. For example, in a 2010 survey conducted in northern California, both lesbians and gay men reported that what they’d initially been most attracted to in their partners were personality traits: “fun,” “sense of humor,” and “intelligent” were at the top of the list for both groups.

Physical characteristics (“sexy,” “appearance,”

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“nice body”) were in the middle, while more material concerns (“successful,” “financially secure,” “owns a nice house”) were at the bottom.

• The problem with such surveys, of course, is that respondents may simply be saying what they think they ought to say. An alternative gauge of what people find attractive is what they ask for in personal ads (granted, few are entirely frank in this venue either). A common finding is that straight men tend to look for physical attractiveness and promise financial success, while straight women look for success and promise attractiveness. In contrast, lesbians advertising for partners generally downplay attractiveness and success and emphasize personality traits such as sincerity and honesty.

• A 2001 study asking lesbian and bisexual women what body types they considered most attractive found a strong preference for heavy, big-breasted physiques, followed closely by heavy, small-breasted ones. This contrasts with heterosexuals, with both sexes strongly preferring slim bodies. However, that’s hardly evidence of a lesbian preference for masculine-looking partners.

While straights may prefer thin bodies today, a glance through an art history book suggests the earth-mother type (heavyset, usually but not always with prominent breasts and hips) has been a much-admired physique throughout history, presumably by parties of various sexual orientations.

• One study of personal ads from 1997 found that in ads placed by lesbians, 75 percent of the terms used to describe sought-after traits in a partner were characteristically feminine (most frequently seen: the word “feminine” itself ), whereas 95 percent of the traits that the women actively didn’t want were masculine. Further support, in my opinion, for the hypothesis that among lesbians the most popular type is the earth mother.

• Generalizing about gay males is tougher.

The same study of personal ads found more than 96 percent of the traits gay men sought in their partners were characteristically masculine, and all of the undesirable traits were

feminine. What exactly those terms mean is debatable, though—gay men have been found to exhibit a wider spectrum of stereotypically masculine and feminine mannerisms and speech patterns than straight men. It may be helpful to distinguish body type and behavioral preferences. Surveys notwithstanding, gay men’s appreciation of a well-toned male body surely is at least the equal of straight men’s tendency to drool over a shapely woman; nobody’s going to claim the gay guys at CrossFit look effeminate. Behavior is another story. A perennial controversy in the gay community pits “gayacting” types against gay males who in terms of manner and appearance are indistinguishable from straights.

• A related question is whether in a gay or lesbian relationship one of the partners habitually assumes the masculine role while the other plays the female. True, a subset of lesbians identify as either butch (masculine) or femme (feminine). However, one study of lesbians and bisexual women found butch types accounted for at most 15 percent.

Assuming butch and femme women pair off, such couples would be in the minority of lesbian relationships.

• A study of gay Latino men found their adoption of dominant or submissive roles was situational, and depended upon the perceived masculinity of their partners. If they considered a partner more masculine than themselves, they’d be more likely to play the pasivo (bottom) during sex. Conversely, if their partner was less masculine, they were more likely to be the activo (top).

So, do gay men and lesbians find different things attractive than straights do? Absolutely. Does that mean gays prefer girly men and lesbians prefer mannish women? That’s absurd. cs

By cecil adams Send questions to Cecil via straightdope.com or write him c/o Chicago Reader, 350 N. Orleans, Chicago 60654.

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Two biking incidents

The driver of a car that sped away after striking and injuring a pre-teen bicyclist last Wednesday turned herself in to SavannahChatham Metropolitan Police today.

Devin Sadler, 24, met SCMPD’s Major Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) officers at the Metro traffic office. She has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident and driving without insurance or a driver’s license.

The 11-year-old boy was transported to Memorial University Medical Center after the 1:30 p.m. incident in the parking lot of Home Depot on East Victory Drive.

He has since been released from the hospital.

In another recent car vs. bicycle incident, Major Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) officers of the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department are investigating a collision between a car and bicycle that left the bicyclist in critical condition on June 23.

Reubin Johnson, 48, was transported to Memorial University Medical Center after the 2:31 p.m. collision at Abercorn Street

Bostic was also wanted by the DEA for charges of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Five Kilograms or more of Cocaine, 280 Grams or More of Crack Cocaine, and 50 Kilograms or More of Marijuana.

Both cases were referred to the Savannah Office of the United States Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force to locate and apprehend Bostic.

An investigation was conducted by the Marshals Task Force and Bostic was arrested at 31st and Montgomery Streets.

• A Savannah man on the run for 18 months for state and federal drug violations Bostic had been on the lam for over 18 was arrested in by the U.S. Marshals Service months.

Bostic was taken to the Chatham Savannah Office of the Southeast Regional County jail to await court proceedings.

Fugitive Task Force and members of CNT around 9 pm Friday June 27.

Michael Lavon Bostic, 34, was wanted by the Savannah Chatham Counter Narcotics Team on charges of Attempt/Conspiracy to Violate the Georgia Controlled Substances Act in an indictment issued on November Give anonymous crime tips to 28, 2012 in Savannah. and Montgomery Cross Road.

He was riding a bicycle east across Abercorn agains the traffic light when he was struck by a red Suzuki Forenza driven by an 18-year-old Savannah woman.

The investigation necessitated the redirection of southbound traffic on Abercorn for several hours.

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Lenny in successfully.) (2) When three par- “Artisanal Toothpicks” (that’s per dozen, in rots were stolen from a home in Saxilby, “Single Malt” and other exotic flavors) for Scientists Just Wanna Have Fun England, in June, the owner provided police the discriminating dental raker. The lemon• Bioengineers who work with Dictyowith their descriptions, even though all flavored picks are a bargain at only $19.99, yet are made from the same “finest quality stelium slime molds held the “Dicty World three are African greys, quite talkative and Race” in Boston in May for a $5,000 prize look very much alike. One of the three, how- Northern White Birch,” “prepared according and intellectual adulation in August at the ever, has asthma and is easily recognized by to exacting recipes.” (2) The Skin By Molly Annual International Dictyostelium Conhis chronic cough. (3) Miles Jelfs of Bristol, salon in Brooklyn (and by now, perhaps, ference in Potsdam, Germany. The molds England, was seeking financial help in April competitors) offers “facials” for the derriere California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo has a huge, 350-student “viticulture and enology” program, preparing its majors for an industry critical to the state’s economy (and with a venerable international cachet) — but puritanical state law continues to hobble it. Many in Cal Poly’s four-year wine-making program must arrange for a fifth year — after they turn 21 — because, otherwise, faculty and administrators could be felons for “furnishing alcohol to a minor” when they assign students to taste their own class creations.

The current California legislative session is considering allowing underage wine-making students to sip and spit.

(occasioned by a recent social-media fascination with “bum selfies.”) Molly’s is the “Shiney Hiney Facial” ($65 for a 30-minute treatment), important because, she says, “Acne can flare up anywhere.”

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(1) A “stocky” man in his 30s wearing a Cincinnati Reds baseball cap was sought in New York City in June after holding up five banks in the space of about three and a half hours but earning a total of only $449 (still, an average of $128 an hour). (Actually, $399 came from one Chase branch and $50 from another; three banks had shooed him away empty-handed.) (2) Notorious San Diego tagger Francisco Canseco, 18, was present in a downtown courtroom in June for a hearing on 31 misdemeanor paint-vandalism charges and apparently could not contain his boredom. While waiting (as officials discovered only the next day), Canseco managed to tag numerous chairs in the courtroom, along with benches in the hallway. (Vandalism of a courthouse is a felony.)

Update

It turns out (contrary to a report in News of the Weird on April 20th) that Dayton, Ohio, transit driver Rickey Wagoner was not saved by the religious book in his pocket that absorbed a bullet from an attack by “three black teenagers.” After a thorough investigation, the Dayton police chief told reporters in June that Wagoner’s allegations were “unfounded” and “fabricated.” The chief reported that Wagoner was under financial stress at the time but declined to speculate further, though he did reassure the community that no such attackers were being sought.

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Plant City (Florida) High School near Tampa announced that its 2014 valedictorian, Ms. Dhara Patel, had graduated with a grade-point average of 10.03. She not only vanquished the students who had fought for the formerly coveted 4.0, but she aced her heavy load of the ultra-competitive “advanced placement” courses for extra credit. CS By chuck shepherd UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

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Hey, there’s more to the Fourth of July weekend than fireworks, beer and watermelon. Should you be heading out to the clubs, here are a handful of shows we heartily recommend. And yes, these are all independent artists for Independence Day weekend. (Insert laugh here.)

Zach Deputy: The Looper

Although he was born in Savannah, Zach Deputy has been the musical pride of Bluffton, S.C.—where he was raised—for over a dozen years. A singer with an astonishing four-octave range, he is also a dazzling guitarist whose “looping” technique is the stuff of jam-band legend. With an arsenal of delay and playback pedals and processors at his onstage command, Deputy creates a sound palette, live, that rivals some of the best island-tinged full bands. It’s both fascinating and fun to watch him do it, before your eyes.

Deputy’s “island-infused drum ‘n’ bass gospel ninja soul” is the result of a lifetime’s worth of diverse musical influences. His mother, a native of St. Croix in the Virgin Islands, filled the family home with calypso and reggae; as a youngster, Zach was a burgeoning beat boxer who loved hip hop, rhythm and blues and rock ‘n’ roll.

He is the very best kind of one-man band.

“Early on, I had no intention of being a loop artist,” he told us last year (he visits about once every 10 months).

“It was something I was doing on the side.

But over the course of time, I found that the things I was trying to achieve, I was able to communicate as well as I was able to just do it through the loop machine.”

The thing is, he literally can play everything, and that makes bringing other musicians into the mix a tad … frustrating.

“When you start doing some of the Latin stuff, the bass lines are kinda backwards to American music,” Deputy said. “I love seeing the whole spectrum of what all’s going on in a song. And so I understand it. So it’s hard to find people that have the same kind of feel or vision for music that you do, when your vision is not narrow. It’s very broad.”

At 9 p.m. Friday, July 4 at Barrelhouse South, 125 W. Congress St. Free.

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Drivin N Cryin N Rockin

Fresh off a club tour with their hot-as-a-pistol fellow Baltimore band Future Islands, Chiffon (the opening act here) makes brilliantly hazy make-out music. It’s synthesized late-night R&B, the sort of slow jams and scintillating sexual grooves that some velvetwearing DJ named Venus Flytrap would play during the wee hours.

But the plug artist here is rapper Abdu Ali, whose frenetic and abstract noise-rap is woven around ambient Middle Eastern pseudo-melodies and hypnotically rich electronica.

The Baltimore Sun calls Abdu Ali Eaton, a native son, “the city’s most transfixing new artist.” Not because his live shows are high-octane, jubilant and highly dance-able affairs.

Not because the 24-year-old is a fresh graduate of the University of Baltimore, with a BA in creative writing (he wrote his first rap-to-music less than two years ago). Not because of the Infinity Epiphanies album, or the innovative videos for his songs “Machete Warz” and “Thornz” (check them out at abduali.com).

And not because he’s one of the few openly gay rappers in the country.

It’s all those things, together, that makes him an individual, eclectic, combustible in a very watchable way.

“I don’t want to sound like nobody else,” Ali says. “That’s one of my main goals. It’s kind of crazy; a lot of these rappers want to sound like ASAP Rocky or they try to sound like Kendrick Lamar. I don’t understand. Why do you want to sound like other people?”

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Before the Drive-By Truckers, before Jason Isbell, before Lucero, there was Drivin N Cryin. A deeply Southern band of serious rockers, DNC took a melodic and quasi-literary approach to music making. Singer and songwriter Kevn Kinney, a Midwestern boy who relocated to Atlanta, got semi-famous but never rich, and crucially never lost his sense of wonder and joy at the sonic wonders of the garage, started the band in ’85 and remains today in the driver’s seat.

And unlike a lot of guys who went through the wringer of success and failure, in its myriad degrees, Kinney has retained his sense of humor and perspective. Any cynicism he’s developed in nearly 30 years of DNC has been tempered by his unwavering belief in the music he and his cronies make.

He’s a fan, first and foremost.

“I don’t know how My Morning Jacket makes records, if they spend three months making ‘em, that’s great,” Kinney told us during his last visit. “I like how they sound. I know that Peter Buck released a record last year, he made it in a week. And it’s really great. “‘Wild Thing’ was recorded in 20 minutes! They (the Troggs) didn’t have enough money, so the producer said ‘We have 20 minutes left on the end of this session.’ So they went in, they did ‘Wild Thing’ twice, they did the B-side twice, and that’s it! That’s what you hear.”

The records he loves, Kinney said, aren’t about technical nirvana, but atmosphere and spirit. “Which is what I’m trying to get. I mean, what do I have? If I spend a month singing, is my voice going to get any different than the weird, whiny, nasal whatever thing it is? I’m never gonna sound like Soundgarden.”

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Not so long ago, Lloyd Harold looked in the mirror and decided he had to take KidSyc, his alter ego, down a peg.

Savannah’s most prolific rapper had started to believe his own hype, started thinking that because he was what he calls “downtown famous,” he was the most talented guy on the planet.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Harold’s friends and family had pulled him aside and said Lloyd, your ego is getting out of control. After thinking deeply about it, he gazed at his own reflection and sighed. “I don’t want to be the Kanye,” he told himself.

Then he wrote “Stares & Screams,” a starkly personal, downbeat hip hop song about all the praise he’d been receiving, and how it had

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almost turned him into someone he didn’t recognize.

As a lad, this is attention that I craved but never had/I was Aladdin with three wishes and a vision of a Jasmine who declined my carpet rides/And made me want exactly what I couldn’t have …

“Nobody really talks about the fact that, yeah, you get the big head a little bit,” Harold says.

“When people that you don’t even know are telling you ‘Man, you are great!’ After it happens a few times it’s like ‘Well, hey … maybe I am.’”

This song will be part of KidSyc’s Friday night set at the Art March Independence Day Festival in the Starland district.

Harold, who’s been an art teacher, counselor and mentor, is a sensitive man who takes things seriously.

So when the shows he did with the band Brandywine started routinely filling up—with people transfixed by his rapid-fire wordplay and charismatic stage persona—a notso-nice change in his personality emerged.

“If your spirit’s a little vexed, and you’re not necessarily ready to handle that attention, some issues come up,” he says. “It’s almost like a journal entry—I can see that this is changing me, for the better, but I’ve noticed that I’m putting on theatrics a little bit.”

When someone would call him out on his inflated ego, he was ready. “I would say ‘I’m just enjoying the fruits of my labor; if that makes you uncomfortable, fine,’” Harold explains. “That was my excuse.”

It affected his relationship with the four musicians in Brandywine. The quintet stopped performing a few months ago. “I needed to check myself a little bit,” Harold says.

“I knew that some of my actions at the time were a little bit toxic. I did know that I wanted to protect the sanctity of the band. And everybody else was going through life stuff as well.

“We’re not calling it quits. We were like ‘Let’s go and get life together, and then come back with renewed energy.’”

In fact, there’s an all-new, almost-completed KidSyc@ Brandywine album in the can, which the band will tout at its July 18 show at Congress Street Social Club.

“Stares & Screams,” meanwhile, will be included on the upcoming solo release Really Cool. Watch the video at connectsavannah. com. CS

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play in, everybody’s coming in to drink and have a good time,” he says. “Whoever’s listening is listening, the rest are drinking or doing whatever they do. But with the Opry, everybody’s going to be there to take a look and see what you sound like. We’re excited about it, especially to be playing with these other bands.”

City Hotel, of course, has always performed onstage in classic string band formation. In fact, the quartet launched Trinity’s Opry series back in January. For American Hologram, however, it’ll be an entirely new experience.

As for Cusses … one of Savannah’s loudest electric bands is making some serious adjustments for the Opry performance.

“That’s how I started off singing, years ago, with just a classical guitarist or a piano,”

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This month’s edition of the Thursday Night Opry—in which local bands perform acoustically, gathered ‘round a single microphone just off the altar at Trinity United Methodist Church—features American Hologram, City Hotel and Cusses.

Prep for the July 3 concert has Eric Britt, of American Hologram, on his best musical behavior. “The thought of being in a really quiet place, where everybody’s going to be respectful by default, in a church, has made us nervous,” he chuckles. “So we’re doing a lot of practicing to get our harmonies right.”

Britt’s Americana trio also includes Craig Tanner and Britt Scott. “Most venues we

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vocal Angel Bond explains. “It’s good for me because it keeps me in check, and it makes me even more nervous! Not that I need to be more nervous, but I don’t have two loud musicians behind me, where I can just do whatever I want and it’s OK.” Bond won’t even have two flanking musicians at the mic. Cusses drummer Brian Lackey—her longtime paramour—has decided to sit this one out. “I don’t think he’ll be playing brushes on a box,” Bond laughs.

So it’ll just be her and guitarist Bryan Harder, who’ll be on acoustic guitar for the occasion.

“That’s one of the best things about music —it isn’t perfect, and you figure it out,” says Bond, who’s fretting more about what she’ll do with her hands while she’s singing (with

no microphone to hold and swing). “You know, Bryan is an architect by day—and a rock star by night!—and I’m sure he’ll figure it out. We did something similar a while back, and I think we pulled it off OK.” Despite her nerves, Bond is confident that this show will be good for Cusses. “I don’t want people to think we’re just this heavy band in one niche,” she explains. “We’re all pretty diverse, we all like all kinds of music.

It’s a really great challenge, and a great experience, to share with other people in the community.

“And you get to see us at a decent hour— you don’t have to wait until midnight.”

The band’s second, as yet untitled, second album is being pressed (on vinyl and CD) as you read this. According to Bond, it’s not all slam-bam heavy rock ‘n’ roll. “It’s a much

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City Hotel played the first in the Thursday Night Opry series. Photo by Trinity UMC. more diverse album and it shows all kinds of sides to us,” she says. “We tried to cover the gamut.”

There are three songwriters in American Hologram, and their somewhat diverse approaches to words, melodies and music make for a fascinating blend. For Britt, who may be best known for his lengthy stint in the band Hazel Virtue, collaborating with two equally strong talents has been both invigorating and humbling.

“I’ve either been the Billy Corgans of the bands I’ve played in, or just done all the singer/songwriter stuff myself,” Britt says.

“But there’s two other people in the band that do the same thing, so we’re figuring out how to find each other’s strengths and collaborate in songwriting. And it’s been awesome—I didn’t think I could ever really enjoy it as much as I am.”

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He’s bought ProTools, sound cards, Plug Ins, we’ve got condenser mics, and we began with a live recording. That’s become his learning curve with recording and mixing.

And the next step, all of July we’ll be working on a studio record.

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You’re free to enjoy the Art March And all the other Independence Day weekend parties

By Bill DeYoung bill@connectsavannah.com

Body paint artist Jen Salmon, a past Art March participant, will be on hand for the 4th of July block party festivities. Photo by Clinton Edminster Curiosities, right across the street) and upcycles them into works of art. Switzon Wigfall III and Carolyn Hepler-Smith are providing projection mapping and video art to light up the entire street.

Body paint artist Jen Salmon will return, and an installation by Naimar Ramirez,

recipient of Art Rise Savannah’s Exhibition Fellowship, will be on exhibit in the Fresh Exhibitions Gallery.

Waits & Co. (well, Jon and Markus) will play in the Foxy Loxy Café courtyard.

Add to this a local art market, Southbound Brewery’s craft beer “art bar,” and

Casa Su Bistro-grilled dogs, burgers and veggies. And it’s all free.

The monthly Art March, says Edminster, “is a constant heartbeat, and that’s what I really dig about it. I’ve lived in the Starland district for the past four years now, and I really enjoy it. I enjoy the businesses that I go to, and all the little nooks, crannies and fun stuff around here.

“And by giving it a platform that allows it to be more accessible, and to shine a little bit brighter than it usually does, I think it radiates throughout the entire rest of the month.

You can brighten an area quite a bit just by focusing on that one first Friday of every month.”

• The Savannah Waterfront Association does a massive fireworks show every Fourth of July, right there over the dark waters of the Savannah River. What changes every year is what they wrap around the pyrotechnics, to get everybody on River Street all greased up and celebratory. This time out, there are three nights of fireworks, July 4, 5 and 6, around 9 p.m. each time out. Friday’s bash includes the bands Those Cats (at 6 p.m.) and The Hypnotics (at 8). Radio Birds (formerly JK & the Lost Boys) play at 8 p.m. Saturday. (On Sunday, guess you got to make your own music for the fireworks.)

• Don’t forget that the Independence Day fireworks at the Tybee Island Pier and Pavilion are beautifully blown into the Atlantic sky on Thursday the 3rd of July, not Friday the 4th. You can see the show from anywhere on the beach, pretty much, but if you show up on the actual 4th of July, there won’t be much to see. Just sayin.’ CS First Friday Art March Independence Day Festival Where: DeSoto Avenue at 40th Street When: 6-9 p.m. Friday, July 4 Admission: Free

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The July edition of the First Friday Art March has strategically morphed into a full-out Fourth of July art festival and bock party.

The 27th consecutive edition of Art Rise’s monthly gallery crawl and all-around artistic celebration will focus squarely on a single slab of concrete—the foundation of a longgone building—at the north end of DeSoto Avenue.

The first Friday in July happens to be Independence Day itself, and so the organizers of the Art March saw a golden opportunity to further broadcast their mission—bringing local focus to the creative hub that is the Starland District—by concentrating visual art, music, family crafts and cook-out goodies into three pseudopatriotic hours.

Well, there was another, more practical reason, according to executive director Clinton Edminster. “For July we got two responses back, from businesses saying that they would participate in the Art March, and so we decided we couldn’t do it with only two,” he says.

“So instead of canceling it, we really focused down to turning it from an Art Walk into an art festival. We already had all the activities put together, and we had all the connections. We decided that if we took it one more step it could be really awesome.”

Spitfire Poetry Group’s Marquice Williams emcees the One West Victory stage, with performances by KidSyc, Shapes and Their Names, DJ Snakes, Spitfire and the eclectic funk duo Xulu Prophet.

As always, it’s a collaborative effort, not only between different community organizations and individuals, but between various artistic disciplines.

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Surreal icons and public bathrooms Art meets performance at Non-Fiction show

By Lauren Flotte artrisesavannah.org

JUL 2-8, 2014

Art sometimes asks artists and viewers to be enthusiastically fearless. Bold enough to simply experience, contemplate, and discuss, without expectation.

One of my favorite galleries in Savannah, Non-Fiction Gallery, delivers work that does just that.

I love this space because the art never talks at me; rather it invites my own conclusions, prompting more questions, then revelations, and so on.

I suddenly realize I am talking with the art. It’s a lively discussion of what could be.

Non-Fiction’s latest exhibition “Lowlife,” featuring works by SCAD alumni Alessandra Hoshor and Jane Winfield, was exemplary of this delicious dialogue.

The pair embodies the artist as explorer.

They find themselves in a darkened space, curious and unafraid of the contradictions they may encounter, slowing feeling the walls, intuitively and joyfully mapping the bounds.

“Both of us do fun space, playful space,” Winfield says.

Winfield considers visually incongruent spaces, the heavy vs. light, matte vs. sheen.

Her mischievously aggressive compositions reflect the struggle behind the brain’s adapted ability to reconcile the illogical.

“I’m always thinking about confusing space, things that happen on a regular day that aren’t regular, but we just go with.

Where shadows actually look as dark as if they could be made of something heavy, or where the building that’s casting the shadow looks lighter than the shadow itself.”

She uses latex house paint and other industrial materials to create lush fields of color and frustrated marks that feud on the canvas. “I usually think of actions rather than objects,” Winfield says.

While the unexpected colors catch attention, it’s the topography that drew me closer.

Under each composition are numerous other paintings, creating a visible history.

“I think history is really detrimental to people,” Winfield says, a thought possibly influenced by her interest in how neurologi34 cal history streamlines perception.

Left: Alessandra Hoshor uses costumes and props for her evocative performance pieces. Right: Jane Winfield’s ‘Radial Stitch’ details ‘actions rather than objects.’

“It’s scary to think that you don’t see these things. It pulls the rug out from under you.”

For this exhibition, Hoshor explores the symbols and tools of the digital frontier. She presented screen-prints, paintings, digital projections, and a performance piece, all layering “different meaning systems in almost an absurd way,” as she describes.

Her compositions come from digital collages of cell phone pictures, stock images, and even her own paintings and

performance stills.

“It’s almost like if you opened up a folder in your computer and were working on the ground collaging with it. You have all this stuff, and then the Internet. I’m just being really open and honest about using everything at my disposal.”

Hoshor calls attention to the overwhelming number of images we encounter daily and the tools that manipulate pixel-based spaces.

Hoshor (left) and Winfield share a ‘delicious dialogue’ at their shared show, ‘Lowlife,’ currently hanging at Non-Fiction Gallery.

The prints are like glitchy web pages, minus the context of words. Hoshor smears and repeats images, leaving unfinished edges and digital artifacts. I felt like I was traveling through the digital universe, encountering, as she calls them, “surreal icons” that float un-tethered to the page.

“I like to basically create a mesh environment, where there are enough different meaning systems that you can draw your own narrative through all of the pieces,” she says.

In past performance pieces, Hoshor turned the everyday on its head and used costumes to personify archetypes. For her performance this past Sunday, Hoshor donned a blonde wig and a clear plastic rain suit that covered her bra and underwear.

She entered a projected bathroom space, tightly holding a life vest.

A violinist in a poncho stood to the side, playing a beautiful, melodramatic composition while Hoshor struggled on stage, crawling confused, embracing the life jacket, pounding against bubble wrap, squirting herself in the face with plastic water guns, sobbing, and blow-drying the ‘tears.’

The performance was both tragic and funny, the same tension found in the sad clown trope. Bathrooms, especially public bathrooms, reoccur throughout all of Hoshor’s work. “It’s a personal space. It’s intimate,” she says.

Yet the public bathroom is a strange realm, where the intimate collides with the communal. In this way, the performance spoke to me about the desire for true emotional clarity and release in the face of public expectations and reactions, a conflict that occurs in real life, online, and in the media.

Like the rest of “Lowlife,” Hoshor’s performance was evocative and courageously inquisitive.

While pigments on a surface can speak volumes, viewing art in progress turns art into experience. It allows both the audience and the artist to put aside their inhibitions and fearlessly explore.

I, for one, crave more of this. Thankfully there are spaces like Non-Fiction that champion complex dialogues between art and audiences, and present art performances and installations that bring the unexpected to our charming Southern city. cs Lauren Flotte is president of the board of directors of Art Rise Savannah.

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Maggie Hayes Artist’s political and tropically inspired creations hit The Sentient Bean

‘I always had a hard time fully buying into the higher education format for teaching art,’ says Hayes. ‘I wanted to make art and learn technique by just making.’ Photo of Maggie Hayes by Geoff L. Johnson

By Jim Morekis jim@connectsavannah.com

that means making art as often as possible.

JetBlue flying direct to New York is actually the single most life-changing move a company has ever done for me [laughs].

This town is full of a certain type of young Mobility is huge, and cost of living plays into that a lot. artist, usually college-trained, if you I’ve been blessed to be able to travel, and know what I mean. You seem, well, a bit that’s kept me grounded. I definitely find my different? art in the whole round view of life.

Maggie Hayes: It took me four colleges to What about this show? really decide I didn’t want to be in college for art. I got something out of all that expeMaggie Hayes: This is my fourth solo rience, but it was mostly extracurricular show —two have been in Philly, with one [laughs]!

I always had a hard time fully buying into more recently here at Sicky Nar Nar. This the higher education format for teaching art. is definitely the widest breadth of work I wanted to make art and learn technique by I’ve shown. It will feature everything from sketchbook pages to 10-foot paintings to just making. small 3D works.

I’ve stuck with paintings or mixed media Travel is important to you, yet you remain based in Savannah where you went to high for other shows, but this will be a step further. I sort of want to have people guessing if school. Why? it’s a group show, because of the eclecticism Maggie Hayes: Savannah gives me the space of the pieces. cs to daydream and create ideas, instead of having to work insane hours every week just ‘Como se dice?’ Solo show by Maggie Hayes to keep up a minimal lifestyle in a place like Artist’s reception with DJs The Vacationer and Jose Ray, New York. I’ve figured out it’s much less Thursday, July 3, 6-10pm at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. about the place you’re based and more about Park Ave. Free and open to the public. the lifestyle you’re trying to live. And for me 35

I’d wonder where the art closet was, and why no closet of art materials was supplied.

That almost became second nature, but I didn’t consider that art could be the main focus until much later. Even though I’ve been actively making art the whole time, I didn’t really fall in love with that as a main priority until the last couple of years.

Give us the quick pitch. What would you say if you’re introducing yourself on an elevator? What’s Maggie’s elevator pitch?

As a big HST fan, I’m intrigued by your painting, “Hunter Thompson Losing an Election.” What’s up with that?

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Maggie Hayes: It’s based on a particular photo of him wearing a crazy wig, and he has the American flag draped over shoulders. I kind of took inspiration from the photo. The writing on the piece says, “Pull the clip baby, let’s explode today,” which is a

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Black Lips lyric that really resonated as far as the vibration he was sending out running for office.

Maggie HAYES leads one of the more interesting 24-year-old lives you’ll see.

The Savannah Arts Academy graduate and former UGA student is perhaps best known to many around town as an energetic instructor at the Savannah Yoga Center.

But art is her first love, and her second, and by far largest, solo show is now up at the Sentient Bean through the end of July.

The much-anticipated reception this Thursday features a double DJ set by The Vacationer and a fellow local artist, Jose Ray. The show comes after Hayes, a veteran traveler even at her young age, is fresh off a trip to Costa Rica, which she says provided much of the inspiration for her show, “Como se dice?” in concept and color, if not in literal form.

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JUL 2-8, 2014

There in the deep, dark night, riding along Waters Avenue, a glowing OPEN sign sent out an orange halo which caught my eye…it was 3:15 in the morning, not a soul on the lonely streets.

The old mandarin-colored diner sitting at the corner of 35th and Waters looked like something out of Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks” painting, or maybe Van Gogh’s “Night Café”—so, of course, I had to pull in and take a look.

Two men were at the counter, laughing softly and asking for chips, blunt wrappers, a cold drink, talking with the owner who looked surprised to see me, the White Queen of the Night, here at The Kickback.

That’s the catchy designation for this new addition to Savannah’s night life, where a welcoming orange beacon draws you in for a Monster Burger with onion rings or a waffle and pork chop that soothes the sudden hunger you get when the last call at the bar sends you lookin’ for sustenance.

Shawn Victor knows his stuff: his whole menu is composed of quickly handmade, delicious foods that the late night diner seeks out, cooked up in his pristine kitchen, and served to go.

Don’t look for a bathroom—this is strictly take-out, though you will be welcome to dine-in if you so desire it—usually the hour is too late for picnicking at Daffin Park.

Whether it’s a massive burger beautifully presented, topped with golden onion rings, a steak with fried shrimp, nachos piled high or the perfect kosher beef hotdog dressed in sauerkraut, chopped onions and brown mustard, he’ll do it up right. The huge and scrumptious Salmon Cakes with buttered toast are already on my favorites list.

For the light eater there’s an array of candy, chips of all kinds, even cereal and ramen. What made me smile, though, was the four big jars arranged on the back counter: pickled eggs and pickled sausages floating in pink brine, meaty pickled pig’s 36 feet and, yes, a big jar of kosher dills, which

touched off a certain nostalgia for my childhood.

I watched, through a window into the shining kitchen, as he donned his plastic gloves and created the whole order from scratch, with a peaceful intensity and skill fascinating to observe.

Every item comes in its own white box— no plates and flatware here—colorful, tempting, with a scent that enticed my hungry Southern soul.

The Kickback opens late in the day, around 1 p.m., and you can find it shining there on the corner until at least 3 a.m., sometimes as late as 4 or 5 a.m.—the hours are somewhat flexible.

Victor is well-known in east Savannah as the entrepreneur who started various popular teen clubs around town, and as the owner of the little red convenience store that sat by the future Kickback for nine years.

Like those clubs, he serves no alcohol, but has a fine sound system which reverberates with a thumping beat on Tuesday night’s Lip

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delicately spicy gravy.

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The sunlight hits those walls like a shimOld Savannah residents may remember a certain frozen summer treat made of a little mery smile, and a little shadow remains in the corners, where the edges are a bit rough Kool-Aid with a touch of juice and nice chunks of fruit, sold around local neighbor- from the last remains of re-decorative construction, but the floors are spotless and the hoods when schools shut their doors each feel is low-key and welcoming. Prices are June. very reasonable and the hot-bar selections These are called Thrills, and Victor sells change daily. many varieties.

Get in early to As we used to say, snag a slice of “Get yer Thrills her Red Velvet here!” For a late cake—it goes night venue like fast!—and The Kickback, it’s try some the the perfect drink plump, fried special. oysters or deliThe next day, cious Jamaican passing The KickSpicy wings back while on a for a tasty long walk, I spy appetizer. another OPEN Be sure and sign glowing in the ask about the window of the little seafood salad celery green buildof the day, ing catty-cornered made with and across the Savannah street. shrimp, crab No name or conch, all appeared to tell me of which can what the place was, be found here just a little plaque fresh fried or in the window with grilled, as well “Now Open” and a as T-bone phone number— steaks, deviled that’s when I notice Nakia Ellison offers great soul food on the crab or Low a couple of student- Eastside at Baraka’s Country Boil. types leaving with If breakfast a big smile on their is what you’re seeking, Baraka’s opens early faces and white take-out boxes in hand.

Monday through Thursday at 6 a.m., so Time to see what’s goin’ on. stop in for Nakia’s fluffy pancakes, smoked beef sausage, or fried fish.

Nakia is the only one cooking and servBaraka’s, the name of this new restauing and the place is as newly hatched as a rant, means “Blessed” in Arabic, so says the spring chick, so not every item on the menu owner and sole chef, Nakia Ellison. A neat is available at all times of the day. Just call little east-side joint with black tablecloths, and ask and she’ll be happy to tell you what’s touches of wood and sand-colored walls, on special. each table decorated with a blazing pair of Two new eateries, both opened around tropical orange and yellow flowers, this was the beginning of the year, have to be a good an unexpected find. thing, and having them right across the The scent of fried seafood, fresh-baked street from each other, like reflections of the biscuits and—mmm, is that oxtail in moon or sun on a smooth surfaced pond, gravy?—brought me right on through the gives you a convenience of choice which door. you’ll find appealing and satisfying. cs A hot bar with ready-made soul food like tender turkey wings, pork chops, and meatloaf, surrounded by some of the richest The Kickback mac n’ cheese I’d eaten in a long time, plus a 1902 Waters Ave., 912/436-6977 variety of country vegetables, made me want Baraka’s to stay.

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Ben’s brings great brews to Southside by lee heidel lee@brewdrinkrun.com /@brewdrinkrun brewdrinkrun.com

An old Savannah favorite is bringing something new to midtown, and craft beer fans should take notice.

Ben’s Neighborhood Grill has been serving up some of Savannah’s best burgers and chopped fried chicken sandwiches for the last 53 years.

Its midtown location on Hodgson Memorial between Stephenson and Eisenhower brings in a loyal lunch crowd that fills the booths for friendly service and food made with quality, locally-sourced ingredients.

Over the past five decades, Ben’s has largely kept things status quo. Yes, the restaurant has moved a few times and the ownership has changed hands. And occasionally, the menu would see a new item or two. But as the old saying goes: “Don’t mess with success.”

Those regular patrons received a surprise a few weeks ago, when Ben’s rebranded with a new name, Ben’s Neighborhood Grill & Tap. As that new name implies, craft beer was added to the offerings along with wine.

An artistic remodel accompanied the name change and the restaurant’s newly refined image is defined by the large, shiny zinc bar that separates the dining room from the kitchen. That bar is home to twelve taps that are dedicated exclusively to craft beer

Ben’s Neighborhood Grill & Tap owner Nick Lambros brings craft brew to the Hodgson Memorial block, serving 16-ounce pours of local favorites. brands such as Dogfish Head, Green Flash and local brewery Southbound.

For those who live and work in this part of town, the options for quality craft beer have been extremely limited. But Ben’s has virtually changed that overnight by going all-in on the new venture with outstanding initial selections ranging from easy sipping wheat beers to challenging double IPAs. The staff pours full 16oz pints, regardless of style, scarcity or alcohol content, at incredibly fair prices.

Nick Lambros has served as Ben’s owner and steward for the last twenty years. While keeping the famous burgers on the menu, during his tenure he’s also introduced touchstones from his personal heritage like a Greek salad, gyros and even a Greek burger based on a recipe from his aunt.

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The latest move to expand beverage options was another logical step to merge two of his long-time loves, food and craft beer, together in his restaurant. The reaction from the regulars has been overwhelmingly positive, although Lambros said, “They’re shocked. The first time they walk back in, they walk back out because they think they’re in the wrong spot. The next time they come in, they get a beer with their meal. Everyone has been very enthusiastic.”

The dining room’s physical remodel was a top-to-bottom affair with a new tin ceiling, fresh paint, black and white photography and Edison bulbs hanging over the tables.

“We wanted to make an environment that was conducive for people to want to hang out,” said Lambros.

Offering beer and wine has inspired another change at Ben’s, as the restaurant has expanded its hours to serve more than just those looking for a bite on their lunch break. Formerly only open from 11 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., you can now visit during more traditional “pub hours” from 11 a.m.

until the last revelers are ready to leave, typically around 11 p.m. on weekdays and midnight on weekends.

Lambros’ ultimate goal is to make Ben’s a pub in the original European tradition.

In his words, “A pub to me is a place that is homey, small, quaint and a part of the neighborhood like what you see in Ireland or England where a lot of friends share together.”

He hopes it will be a place for Savannahians to gather over a pint, talk with their neighbors about food, politics or the occasional big game, be that the USA competing in the World Cup or UGA football in the fall.

“Family-friendly” is another key tenet of a European-style pub, and the most likely images playing on the dining room’s handful of screens will be old black and white movies or cartoons evoking days gone by with the sound muted for ambience.

“I’m a kid at heart, so if it’s Shaun the Sheep or Three Stooges, we’ll put on something that doesn’t require sound and is easy enough to follow along,” said Lambros, who is also a father. “It’s not a bar and not just a restaurant. A pub is the perfect synthesis.

We’re the only true pub in the area and an oasis in midtown.”

While the Ben’s in the name was originally tied to a former owner, the current referential character is Benjamin Franklin, whose visage and famous kite can be seen in the new branding for the restaurant. Franklin was himself a brewer and noted devotee of beer, which ties back to the restaurant’s new emphasis.

The popular phrase “Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy” is attributed to Franklin, and although it’s a misquote (he was actually talking about wine), there is definitely joy in knowing that owners like Lambros are trying to keep the traditional pub spirit of our forefathers alive for today’s generation. cs

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Openings & Receptions ‘Como se dice?’: Art by Maggie Hayes — In this

solo exhibit, Maggie Hayes will present her diverse works that include sketchbook pages and 10 ft. tall paintings “vaguely tropical and not particularly politically correct new work inspired by time spent in Latin America speaking some loose semblance of English and Spanish.” Reception July 3, 6-10 p.m. July 3-31 The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave.

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Tybee Art Association Show and Sale — Over 18

local Tybee artists present a range of work, from handmade jewelry to oil paintings.

Part of the sale benefits the Tybee Arts Association. Reception July 4, 6-9 p.m. July 4-6 Old Tybee School (Cafeteria), 204 Fifth Street.

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Continuing Jan Pagratis — Painter Jean Pagratis’s work is

inspired by “fear, love, and passion.” Meet the artist Sunday, July 13 2-5 pm. Show runs July 8-31. Kobo Gallery, 33 Barnard Street Shaved — Works by artists (and Blick em-

ployees) Emily Quintero and Christine Zito.

Through July 13 Blick Art Materials, 318 East Broughton St. Artists of the Month: Sue Nichols and Marisa Alvarez — Sue Nichols paints highly-textured

landscapes in oil, and Marisa Alvarez uses recycled material to make her jewelry.

Through Aug. 1 Gallery 209, 209 E River St. Dog Days of Summer — The Savannah Arts

Association displays art at the Savannah/ Hilton Head International Airport. Reception JReception July 17. Through July 19 Savannah Hilton Head International Airport, 400 Airways Ave. Helen Levitt: In the Street — The exhibit, a

collaboration with the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, displays the work of one of America’s ground-breaking photographers.

The photographs are drawn from the permanent collections of both the Telfair and the High. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Immediate Surroundings — A summer sales

exhibition/juried show featuring works by 63 SCAD artists--students, alumni, faculty and staff--that suggest a sense of place.

Includes representational and abstract depictions of interiors and landscapes, people and cities, objects and environments, that examine the human desire to belong. All art available for purchase. Prices begin at $25.

Free and open to the public. Through Aug. 24 Gutstein Gallery, 201 E Broughton St,.

Jason Middlebrook: Submerged — Middlebrook

transformed logs once submerged in the Savannah River and that provided infrastructure for over 200 years. Through Aug. 3 SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

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Nearly 20 Tybee artists of the Tybee Arts Association display and sell work at the Old Tybee School cafeteria this weekend; reception is Friday July 4, 6-9 p.m.

Marilyn: Celebrating an American Icon — An internationally traveling exhibition, featuring more than 100 works of American film icon Marilyn Monroe. Presented in a variety of media including photographs, paintings, and videos. Through July 27 Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. New York Accents — An exhibition of visual

art, decorative and fine art objects from Telfair Museums’ permanent collection dating from the early 19th century to the present, exploring the rich influence of New York on Savannah. Museum admission.

Through July 6 Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard St. Photographs of Fort Pulaski — The Muse is

an exhibition of photographs by Shannon Christopher, shot on Cockspur Island and at Fort Pulaski. Through July 27 Fort Pulaski National Monument, Cockspur Island.

Sea and Mythical Creatures — Samone

Norsworthy kept her art a secret for many years, and her first public exhibition includes childlike depictions of sea animals.

Presented in watercolor, pen, acrylics, and mixed media. Reception scheduled for July 11 from 5-7 p.m. Through July 25 Cultural Arts Gallery, 9 W. Henry St. Six Decades: Ray Ellis Paintings — A show

of Ray Ellis’ originals presented ‘salon style’. Paintings of the northeast and the southeast, Africa to Antarctica, Holland to France; fishing, hunting and golf; oils, watercolors, pencil drawings and sketches from the 1960’s to 2013. Free and open to the public. Mondays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.. 912-234-3537. Ray Ellis Gallery/ Compass Prints, Inc., 205 West Congress St. “Witness- Observations Discovered Within Convenient Truth(s) — World traveler Camille Clifton

displays her recent photographs. Through Aug. 3 Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St.

First Friday Art March Independence Day Festival —

Art, food, shopping and a dance party One West Victory’s Music Stage on the north end of Desoto Avenue. Hosted by Spitfire Poetry’s Marquis Williams and featuring Savannah’s KidSyc, Shapes & Their Names, Xuluprophet, and spoken word from Spitfire Poetry Group. Art projects, a Fourth of July cookout, exhibitions, and the Indie Arts Market. Friday, July 4th. 6-9 p.m Desotorow Gallery, 2427 Desoto Ave.

Classes Art Lessons for Beginners — Painting course

is divided into six week sessions and will involve acrylic and/or oil media. Other interests may be offered by request. Students will meet weekly, either morning or afternoon. Morning session: 9:30am12noon. Afternoon session 2:30-5:00pm.

Fee: $150.00. Choose sessions Mon, Tues., Wed., or Thurs. Instructor holds an MFA in painting for Savannah College of Art and Design. All inquiries: lilly_harms@ yahoo.com.

Geek Bling, Techo-Jewelry, and Fashion Accessories — 9 a.m.-3 p.m. July 7-11 for ages

13-18. This camp features 3D printing with the MakerBot 3D printer! Campers will learn basic jewelry-making skills and explore accessory design by transforming outdated technology into wearable art. Students create unique necklaces, bracelets, earrings and even handbags using recycled computer parts, LEDs and electro luminescent wire. The camp culminates with a reception and exhibition of the participants’ work at the Jepson Center. Cancellation less than two weeks prior to the start of your camp incurs an $85 cancellation fee. $175 for Telfair members and $195 for non-members Mon., July 7, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. telfair.org/learn/summer/. telfair.org/jepson/.

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JERSEY BOYS Catching up with Jersey Boys on a weekday afternoon, I was not surprised that there were only about 15 of us in the theater auditorium. What did catch my eye was the fact that I was the only male present and the additional realization that I was the only person under 65. The elderly women present definitely dug the movie, with several even clapping as the biopic’s subjects, The Four Seasons, wrapped up performances of such hits as “Sherry” and “Big Girls Don’t Cry.” All of this begs one simple question: Is Jersey Boys the Magic Mike of the senior set?

Why not? In a summer season typically dominated by superhero sagas and dumdum comedies, it’s only right to offer toe-tapping entertainment to older moviegoers who presumably wouldn’t know a ninja turtle from a galaxy guardian. I just wish that the end result had been a bit better. Like other screen adaptations of acclaimed Broadway smashes, films like Les Miserables and The Producers, this one loses a bit in the transition from floorboards to clapboards. To be sure, it’s a handsomely mounted production, and a sound decision was made in casting the band members with relative newcomers: John Lloyd Young as Frankie Valli (Young won the Tony for essaying the part on Broadway), Erich Bergan as Bob Gaudio, Vincent Piazza as Tommy DeVito and Michael Lomenda as Nick Massi are noteperfect (in more ways than one) in their respective roles.

But the problem begins with the selection of Clint Eastwood as director (not that I imagine first choice Jon Favreau would have

OOP been any better). Eastwood’s deep appreciation of jazz is well-documented -- director of Bird, executive producer of Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser, composer on several of his own pictures - but there’s never been any indication that he would be able to pull off a pop effort like this one. An excellent filmmaker when it comes to pensive, low-key dramas, he never quite locates the proper beat for this tale, and he’s furthered hindered by a script (by the show’s scribes Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice) that often fails to break away from the rigid template that constricts too many musical biopics.

The film also has trouble with time: There’s often no sense of what’s taking place when, and when we do know, it sometimes doesn’t ring true (as when a girl in 1951 talks about wanting to see the new movie The Blob, which in reality wasn’t released until 1958). Jersey Boys contains enough pleasant ingredients to warrant a mild recommendation, but it’s clearly at its best when Clint curtails the characters’ kvetching and simply lets the music play.

THE ROVER

OO Look, we all know that Guy Pearce can act; we’ve been privy to that fact for years, thanks to his work in such pictures as Memento and L.A. Confidential. No, the wild card in The Rover is Robert Pattinson, reviled in many circles -- but adored in just as many -- for portraying sparkly

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vampire Edward Cullen in the Twilight franchise. Whether he was actually any good in that series was incidental, something never discussed by either his cheerleaders or detractors. So it’s no surprise that, like Daniel Radcliffe from the far more beloved Harry Potter films, he’s been largely accepting unconventional parts in smaller movies, working hard lest he forever be associated with only one project.

In The Rover, Pattinson acquits himself well enough as he plays second banana to Pearce, who has the central role in what’s yet another bleak, post-apocalyptic saga set in a futuristic wasteland. Pearce’s man of few words is upset when three criminals (Scoot McNairy, David Field and Tawanda Manyimo) abscond with his automobile, so after he’s fortunate enough to run across the fourth member (Pattinson) of that gang, a mentally slow kid who was injured and left behind, he sets out in hot pursuit, using his hostage-cum-ally to lead the way.

Australian writer-director David Michod made his directorial debut with 2010’s acclaimed Animal Kingdom, starring Pearce, Joel Edgerton and Oscar-nominated Jacki Weaver. The Rover, which Michod penned with Edgerton, proves to be a disappointing follow-up, retaining that previous picture’s sense of danger but jettisoning everything else that was interesting and unpredictable.

With its unforgiving terrain and pungent nihilism, the film also can’t help but stir memories of fellow Aussie John Hillcoat’s excellent 2006 endeavor The Proposition (also, incidentally, starring Pearce), yet in this new picture, the existential angst feels tapped out, with Michod unable to do anything but push his pawns through a series of incidents that shed little light on the characters or the hellish world in which they live.

The performances help, but everything else about The Rover turns out to be as barren and arid as the movie’s backdrop.

How To Train Your Dragon 2

OOO The inevitable sequel to the 2010 smash, How to Train Your Dragon 2 might be a bright and cheerful toon flick for the whole family, but it also isn’t afraid to occasionally saunter over to the dark side. How dark?

Let’s just say that there’s a late-breaking development here that will result in some moviegoers tagging it as this film’s Vaderflavored “I am your father” moment.

I’m not referring to the more obvious parallel that the mother of our young protagonist Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) is still alive; while that might qualify as a spoiler of sorts, it’s already been widely reported in print and online, so hopefully I’m not

themselves off as high school students as they search for the makers of a deadly drug that’s causing kids to OD. The solution?

They must successfully pass themselves off as college students as they search for the makers of a deadly drug that’s causing kids to OD. It sounds like Lazy Screenwriting 101, and the potential for the self-referential humor to fall drastically flat is huge (see Seth MacFarlane’s A Million Ways to Die in the West as proof positive).

Yet from the start, with a “Previously on 21 Jump Street” tease, Hill and his co-writers find ways to perk up the predictable. For instance, 22 Jump Street isn’t just the name of the movie; it’s also the new address that serves as the headquarters for the unit operating under the grouchy Captain Dickson (Ice Cube, the first picture’s stealth weapon of wit, is just as hilarious here). “Good thing there’s an abandoned Vietnamese church just across the street,” notes Dickson as they pass by the abandoned Korean church - now sold - that they previously had used as HQ. The campus setting also lends itself to some inspired bits. The Lucas Brothers, aka stand-up comedians Kenny and Keith, quietly steal scenes as pothead siblings who finish each other’s sentences, while former Saturday Night Live scribe Jillian Bell is drolly amusing as a huffy student constantly ragging on the fact that Schmidt is clearly older than the average college kid. As Maya, a classmate who catches Schmidt’s eye, Amber Stevens has to play it straighter than 22 JUMP STREET OOO her co-stars, but her participation in the proceedings eventually leads directly to a There really wasn’t any reason to expect couple of the film’s largest laughs. good things from 2012’s 21 Jump Street, The merriment and goodwill manage to since such TV-to-film adaptations as Starsky & Hutch, I Spy and Dark Shadows had sug- extend all the way to the epilogue; I won’t spoil the surprise since it’s best to view this gested that this wholesale mining of boobtube nostalgia clearly had its limitations. Yet sustained stretch of comic brilliance with virgin eyes, so let’s just say that the prospect the big-screen takeoff of the TV show that had placed Johnny Depp on the map proved of a 23 Jump Street seems more like a favor than a threat. to be a resounding success, self-aware in its humor yet never smug or suffocating in its execution.

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS OOOP Similarly, there really wasn’t any reason to expect good things from 22 Jump Street, While theaters have been providing 3-D since any sequel would doubtless just be a glasses as moviegoers amble into enhanced repeat of what had gone on before. Well, showings of such hi-tech flicks as Godzilla yes and no. 22 Jump Street does follow the and Edge of Tomorrow, they’re offering no pattern of its predecessor, but the film’s four handouts at venues screening The Fault in writers (including co-star Jonah Hill) work Our Stars. That’s a blown opportunity for overtime to ensure that the majority of the the chains to make an extra buck, because gags are fresh and that the recycled ones are if the steady sniffling of the audience surgiven enough of an extra spin to make audi- rounding me at the film’s advance screening ences laugh all over again. And, boy, do they is any indication, then legions of viewers will laugh ... long and loud. be requiring a stack of Kleenex long before Hill and Channing Tatum return as the end credits roll. undercover cops Schmidt and Jenko, only Heck, I could have benefited from a counow they’re too old to successfully pass ple myself, if only to blot eyes that watered ruining anything for anyone. No, I’m referring to a grim twist that just might lead to ample weeping from audience members who didn’t completely empty their tear ducts during The Fault in Our Stars. It’s a powerful moment, and it’s a reminder that the best animated features have the ability to fully engage our senses as well as any live-action endeavor.

The original film centered on the sensitive viking Hiccup and the dragon Toothless, and how their relationship eventually put an end to the long-running feud between man and beast. As this new picture opens, we see that everyone in the village of Berk has at least one dragon as a pet. But while life in Berk is idyllic, there’s trouble brewing in the surrounding area, as a brute named Drago Bludvist (Djimon Hounsou) has been ordering his minions to round up as many dragons as possible. Hiccup figures that he should attempt to reason with Drago, but Stoick (Gerard Butler), Hiccup’s father and the viking chief, knows that there’s no use in talking to such a madman. Nevertheless, Hiccup decides he’ll give it the old viking try, although his plan gets sidetracked once he unexpectedly reunites with the long-gone mom (Cate Blanchett) he never knew.

Of course, we all knew the animation would be up to snuff; what’s more unexpected is the strength of the script by director Dean DeBlois (working from the book series by Cressida Cowell).

up on more than one occasion. Movies about sickly young people tend to strand discerning film fans far from the intended effect, since dry eyes or involuntary chuckles are more likely to greet the melodramatic claptrap foisted upon the screen. But The Fault in Our Stars, based on John Green’s acclaimed 2012 bestseller, is different: It treats its characters as recognizably human individuals rather than symbolic pawn pieces, and it hooks us with its mix of strong dialogue, restrained direction and powerhouse performances.

Shailene Woodley, matching her spectacular turn in last summer’s The Spectacular Now, stars as Hazel Grace Lancaster, a 16-year-old whose cancer has left her unable to properly breath without her portable oxygen tank in tow. A smart and strong-willed teen, the last thing she wants to do is spend potentially limited time attending support group meetings, but at the insistence of her mother (Laura Dern), she finally acquiesces.

And a good thing, too, since it’s at one of these meetings that she encounters Augustus “Gus” Waters (Ansel Elgort), a self-assured boy who lost a leg to cancer and now sports a prosthetic one. Gus and Hazel both benefit from loving and supportive parents, yet what they really require is one another, someone who can understand firsthand the fears and difficulties that they each face daily. For her part, though, Hazel wants to keep some distance, as she doesn’t desire to see anyone else hurt by her tragic life circumstances. Gus naturally balks at her decision, and they eventually make the transition from best buddies to consummate soulmates.

Naturally, cancer will again rear its hideous head at some point over the course of the film, but the script by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber is too intelligent to telegraph its moves or allow the drama to fall into predetermined place. One of the highlights of the picture is when Hazel and Gus travel to Amsterdam to meet Peter Van Houten (Willem Dafoe), the author of Hazel’s favorite book, and their meeting isn’t quite what one might expect. Instead, the emotions that are unleashed are raw, startling and even terrifying, and they provide an unease not even attempted in other films of this nature (certainly not junk like Sweet November or Autumn in New York).

Even with its blanket richness, The Fault in Our Stars won’t draw viewers who dismiss out of hand anything dealing with palpable emotions. But admittedly, one person’s soul-rattling catharsis might be another’s Hallmark greeting card, meaning even openminded viewers might not catch its wavelength. Fair enough. CS 41

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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 ongoing, 7 p.m. livingliberally.org/drinking/chapters/GA/savannah. ongoing, 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 ongoing. 912-308-3020. savannahyoungrepublicans.com. ongoing Savannah Libertarians

Join the Facebook group to find out about upcoming local events. Mondays.

Facebook.com/groups/SAVlibertarians.

Mondays

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

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

African American Theatre

Revitalize African-American theatre in Savannah. Staging and premiering of new, dynamic plays with memorable characters and storylines. Contact playwright Ben Harris for information. Every 3 days.

404/955-1697. ybasa126@aol.com. Every 3 days

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Apply for Fresh’s Exhibition Fellowship, The Fellowship is a submission-based process in which recipients receive a three week exhibition in the Fresh Exhibition gallery. Application deadline: July 25. $40 application fee. See website for details. A project of Art Rise Savannah. Through July 25. info@freshexhibitions.org. freshexhibitions.org/fellowship/. Through July 25 Performing Arts Instructors Sought

compiled by robin wright gunn | happenings@connectsavannah.com Happenings is Connect Savannah’s listing of community gatherings, events, classes and groups. If you want an event listed, email happenings@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.

Department of Cultural Affairs Accepting Proposals for Neighborhood Arts Programming Instructors City seeks applications for Weave A Dream Initiative instructors for Fall 2014 programming. Proposals are due

by August 29, 2014 and should be submitted by email to cnorthcutt@savannahga.gov or mailed to 9 West Henry Street, Savannah, GA 31401. To download the application and see criteria, go to the Cultural Affairs website www.savannahga.gov/arts. For more information please contact Crystal Northcutt at (912) 644-7927. Through Aug. 29. Through Aug. 29 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 ongoing. sentientbean. com/booking#visualarts. sentientbean. com. ongoing The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave.

Call for Applications: Savannah Voice Festival's Teen Voice Workshop

Young singers (ages 15-19) are invited to spend August 8-10 singing and learning with Savannah Voice Festival's Artistic Director, Sherrill Milnes, Jorge Parodi, vocal coach and Director of College Preparatory Division of the Juilliard School and other esteemed faculty. Students will train, look at college preparation and perform in a special presentation on Aug. 10 for musical lovers, family and friends. Deadline for Applications are July 15, 2014. Space is limited. $350. See website to apply and for details. Every 3 days. Savannahvoicefestival.org. Every 3 days Call for entries: Faux Real show at Non-Fiction Gallery

Non-Fiction Gallery is looking for works that explore the many facets of the concept of reality. The gallery invites artists from all media to apply to this national juried show.

Please see the prospectus at nonfictiongallery.com. Show dates: August 1-12, 2014 Submission deadline: Friday, July 11, 2014 Entry fee: $20 for up to three works, $5 per every entry thereafter. Every 3 days. 912662-5152. nonfictiongallery.com. Every 3 days Non-Fiction Gallery, 1522 Bull St. Canyon Ranch Institute Healthy World Scholarships

Canyon Ranch has generously donated 25 stays at Canyon Ranch in Tucson, AZ, as scholarships for people who work or volunteer in low-income and medi-

cally underserved communities helping to enhance the health and well-being of their local populations. What’s Included: A complimentary five-day, four-night stay at Canyon Ranch in Tucson in 2015. Apply

by October 1. Details and requirements online. Wednesdays.. canyonranchinstitute.org/storage/FINAL_Call_for_ CRI_Healthy_World_Scholarship_Apps_ REV__6_17_2014.pdf. Wednesdays.

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. ongoing. savannahga. gov/engagesgtv. ongoing City's Cultural Arts Gallery Seeks Artists for 2015 Exhibitions

Artists sought to exhibit at the Cultural Arts Gallery in 2015. Contemporary art, design and fine crafts by local and regional artists. Exhibiting artists are required to develop and present a learning opportunity to the public such as a workshop, lecture or demonstration. All mediums considered for a non-degree seeking solo or group exhibition, including video and installation pieces. Deadline: September 5, 2014, 4 p.m. Submit to Debra Zumstein, Arts Programs Coordinator, City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs, 9 W. Henry St., Savannah, GA 31401. Proposal guidelines online or by phone. Through Sep. 5. (912) 651-6783. savannahga.gov/arts.

Through Sep. 5 Gallery 209 Call for Artist

Gallery 209, 209 East River Street, seeks a 3D artist to join its cooperative gallery.

Interested artist should call the gallery at 236-4583 between the hours of 10:30 and 1:30 pm and ask for Pat or email Bill Rousseau at bmrousseau@aol.com. Every other day. gallery209.com/. Every other day Gallery 209, 209 E River St. 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. ongoing. ongoing 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. ongoing. CoastalEmpireMusic. com. ongoing

Oatland Island Seeks Memories and Recollections for 40th Anniversary

Oatland Island Education Center is looking for memories of Oatland Island, in honor of their 40th anniversary. People who were you part of the Youth Conservation Corp that helped to build Oatland Island Education Center in the 1970’s. Great memories from Oatland field trips. Special family memories of Oatland Island. Send your photos and stories to memories@ oatland40th.org. Deadline is August 31.

Every 3 days. 912-395-1500. oatlandisland. org. Every 3 days Weave-A-Dream Grant Applications Sought

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.

Benefits

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. ongoing. 912-351-6750. animalcontrol.chathamcounty.org. ongoing Chatham County Animal Shelter, 7215 Sallie Mood Dr. Chief Jimmy Crosby’s Food For Thought: Barbecue Fundraiser

A BBQ benefit for Fire Chief Jimmy Crosby, 47 year member of the Garden City Fire Department, whose wife's serious illness is creating financial hardship. BBQ lunch plates w/ 2 sides for sale. Pre-orders by July 18. Pick up Friday, July 25, 11am-2pm at Garden City Fire Department – Station One. 160 Main Street, Garden City. $8 per plate. Must present ticket at pick up.

Through July 18. 912-966-7780. Through July 18 Fit 4 Life: Six-Week Fitness Challenge and Benefit

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Orthopaedic Ballroom Extravaganza. Register via phone or email through the Rape Crisis Center. Please do not call the gym facilities. $150 benefiting Rape Crisis Center. Saturdays, 8 a.m.. 233-3000. director@ rccsav.org. Saturdays, 8 a.m. The Fitness Club, 2164 E Victory Drive.

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. ongoing. kristen@forsythfarmersmarket.com. forsythfarmersmarket.com. forsythfarmersmarket.com/. ongoing 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. ongoing. 912.356.8280. bikramyogasavannah. com. ongoing 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. ongoing. (912) 5252151. jlewis01@savannahga.gov. ongoing Classes, Camps & Workshops

200 - Hour Intensive Yoga Teacher Training

Savannah Yoga Center sponsors this course, held July 25 – August 17, 2014. Application Deadline is July 15. Three week yoga teacher training led by Kelley J. Boyd, 500-ERYT & Director of Savannah Yoga Center, accompanied by the East Coast’s best yoga teachers. Yoga / Satsang. Registration and more info at www.savannahyoga.com or call (912) 232-2994. Every 3 days. Every 3 days Art Classes at The Studio School

Ongoing weekly drawing and painting classes for youth and adults. See website, send email or call for details. 912-4846415. 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. ongoing. 912-656-6383. rosesonthemove@gmail.com. ongoing

Ballroom Series Group Class

A group ballroom dance class for beginners through advanced, focused on two partnership dances that are voted on the class at the beginning of the month.

Rumba, Swing, Tango, Foxtrot, Waltz, Cha Cha, Samba, and more. Singles or couples. $10.00 per person or $35 for 4 weeks (per person) Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m.

912.312.3549. reservetodance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

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. Boot Camp

Get fit and lose weight with our Boot Camp instructor Tim Smith. Start your morning off with these heart-pumping routines sure to help you with your fitness goals! $15 for drop in, 8/$100 (must use in 30 days) or 12/$125 (must use in 30 days) Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 6:30-7:30 a.m.

912-257-5901. info@firstcityfitness.com.

Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 6:30-7:30 a.m First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. Camp: Summer Sailing Camp at Lake Mayer

Kids! Learn to sail on Lake Mayer. Savannah Sailing Center presents its Summer Sailing Camp for children ages 5 and up.

Weekly sessions for “Catch the Wind” (Children 8 and up) are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Weekly sessions for "Guppies" (children 5 through 7) are 9:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. Camp dates: June 1-August 2. $150-$275 per week depending on age. Discounts for SSC members, multiple students per family, and multiple weeks. Every 7 days. 912-3529996. savsailing@yahoo.com. savannahsailingcenter.org. Every 7 days Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

Camp: Telfair Art Camps (for kids)

Telfair Museums offers several week-long art camps for children and teens during the summer. Different focus for each camp. Space for each camp is limited and advance registration is required. The registration fee includes all materials and each child is required to bring their own lunch bag. For more information and to register online please visit www.telfair.org/learn/ summer/. Every 7 days. telfair.org/jepson/.

Every 7 days Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. 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. ctcsavannah.com.

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. ongoing. 912-651-3743. chathamsheriff.org. ongoing Childbirth Education Class

Join us for this 6-week birthing class series. Cate Glyn-Jones will guide you through the process of birth, simple coping techniques and comfort measures, as well as addressing newborn care basics. Max. 10 families. Also available as a private class - call for details. $250 per individual/ couple Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m.. 912-544-6387. erigosavannah.com. Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m.

Erigo, 5301 Paulsen Street.

Classical Guitar Instruction

Professional level classical instruction with a university professor. Lessons available for all levels with Dr. Brian Luckett, DMA. Private studio in Starland District. $25/half hour, $45/hour. brian@brianluckett.com. (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.

Conscious Kids Yoga

This class is designed to provide students with experiences which will transfer healthy movement, breathing, consciousness, and positive thinking not only on your mat, but into your daily life. These experiences build skill, confidence, strength, and abilities of your body, mind, and heart.

Ideal for children 4+ $15 per class or $50 for 6 sessions (to be used within 2 months) Wednesdays, 4-4:45 p.m. 912-544-6387. erigosavannah.com. Wednesdays, 4-4:45 p.m Erigo, 5301 Paulsen Street.

Dance Conditioning

Be prepared to sweat! Bring your towel and your water bottle! This class is designed to enhance your strength, flexibility, balance, and overall body fitness.

With belly dance movements in mind, this is a total body work out! $10 drop in or $80 for 10 classes 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.

DUI Prevention Group

Offers victim impact panels for intoxicated drivers, DUI, offenders, and anyone seeking knowledge about the dangers of driving while impaired. A must see for teen drivers. Meets monthly. $40/session 912-

443-0410.

English as Second Language Classes

Learn conversational English, comprehension, vocabulary and life communication skills. All ages. Thursdays, 7:30pm, Island Christian Church, 4601 US Highway 80 East. Free. 912-897-3604. islandchristian. org.

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. ongoing. 912-921-4646. ongoing Figure Drawing Classes

Tuesdays 6-9pm and Wednesdays 9:3012:30am. $60/4-session package or $20 drop-in fee. At the Studio School. ongoing.

912-484-6415. melindaborysevicz@gmail. com. thestudioschoolsavannah.com. ongoing 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. ongoing. 912-232-5987. ongoing 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. ongoing. 912-2324232 x115. savannahpha.com. savannahpha.com/NRC.html. ongoing Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton St. Knitting & Crochet Classes

Offered at The Frayed Knot, 6 W. State St. See the calendar of events on website.

Mondays. 912-233-1240. thefrayedknotsav. com. Mondays Latin Cardio

Latin Cardio is a cardio based workout class that is designed to get your off the couch and sweat while having fun! We dance to all your favorite latin style dances like cha cha, samba, jive, rumba, salsa and more! Don't worry...you will be sweating off the pounds every time you put your feet into action on the dance floor! No partner necessary. Workout clothes required! $10 drop in or $80 for 10 classes Mondays, 6 p.m. 912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com.

Mondays, 6 p.m Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Learn to Sew!

Sewing lessons for all ages and skill levels. Private and Group classes. ongoing. 912-596-0889. kleossewingstudio. com. ongoing Kleo's Sewing Studio, 36 W. continues on p. 44

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Group & Individual Life Coaching with a Certified Life Coach. Ready for a career change, new lifestyle, or an opportunity to pursue creative or business projects?

Step-by-step guidance to fulfill aspirations.

In person or telephone sessions. Contact via email or telephone. Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-noon and Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-noon.

912-596-1952. info@roiseandassociates. com. Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-noon and Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-noon Downtown Savannah, downtown.

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. ongoing. 912354-1500. portmansmusic.com. portmansmusic.com. ongoing Portman's Music Superstore, 7650 Abercorn St.

Life Coaching

Mommy & Me Relaxation Class

This class offers you the education needed to face the physical, mental, and emotional changes of your body, mind and heart with poise and grace. Lynn will guide you, and your child, through a variety of relaxation techniques leaving you feeling refreshed and reinvigorated to face the day. This class is open to expecting and new moms as well as those with small children (4 and under). $15/class or 6 classes for $50 (to be used within 2 months) Tuesdays, Thursdays, 10-11 a.m. 912-544-6387. erigosavannah.com. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 10-11 a.m Erigo, 5301 Paulsen Street.

Music Instruction

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Georgia Music Warehouse, near corner of Victory Drive & Abercorn, offering instruction by professional musicians. Band instruments, violin, piano, drums and guitar.

All ages welcome. ongoing. 912-358-0054. georgiamusicwarehouse.com/. ongoing Georgia Music Warehouse, 2424 Abercorn

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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. ongoing. 912-692-8055. smisavannah@gmail.com. ongoing 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. ongoing. 912-354-1500. portmansmusic.com. ongoing Portman's Music Superstore, 7650 Abercorn St. New Mamas Club

Fun new class with Ann Carroll and Cate Glyn-Jones (alternating weeks). Time will be spent on a variety of engaging activities for mom and baby including some light yoga or gentle exercise. $20 per mom or 6-sessions for $65 to be used within 2 months of purchase - this option also

includes 10% off Erigo services, classes, or products Fridays, 10 a.m.-noon. 912544-6387. erigosavannah.com. Fridays, 10 a.m.-noon Erigo, 5301 Paulsen Street.

Novel Writing

Write a novel, finish the one you've started, revise it or pursue publication. Award-winning Savannah author offers one-on-one or small group classes, mentoring, manuscript critique, ebook formatting. Email for pricing and scheduling info. ongoing. pmasoninsavannah@gmail.com. ongoing Photography Classes

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 Lessons

Piano lessons with a classically trained instructor, with theater and church experience. 912-312-3977. ongoing. georgiamusicwarehouse.com/. ongoing Georgia Music Warehouse, 2424 Abercorn St. 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. ongoing. ongoing

com. salondebailedancestudio.com.

Sundays, 5:30 p.m Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Savannah Authors Meeting

Open to published or unpublished writers. Beginners are welcome. Savannah Authors Autonomous encourages firstclass prose writing, fiction or non-faction, using discussion, constructive criticism, instruction, and examples. The group was founded by Christopher Scott (912) 3981727 and Alice Vantrease (912) 308-3208.

Visit us at savannahauthors.org. We meet every second AND FOURTH Tuesday of the month. Free second Tuesday of every month. (912) 308-3208. savannahauthors. org. second Tuesday of every month Private Residence, 630 East Victory Drive.

Sewing Classes

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

Industry standard sewing courses designed to meet your needs in the garment industry. Open schedule. Savannah Sewing Academy. 1917 Bull St. ongoing. 912-2900072. savsew.com. ongoing Singing Classes

Bel Canto is the name of the style of singing invented by Nicola Vaccai, which helps Piloxing: Sexy, Sleek, and Powerful the voice become flexible and expressive, PILOXING® cardio fusion incorporates cut- improves the vocal range and breathing ting edge research and fitness techniques capacity and is the technique Anitra Warto burn maximum calories, build lean ren uses to train her students. It carries muscles, and increase stamina. Uniquely over well as a foundation for opera, rock, blends the power, speed, and agility of box- pop, gospel and musical theatre. $25 ing with the targeted sculpting and flexMondays-Sundays, 6 p.m. 786-247-9923. ibility of pilates. Also uses weighted gloves, anitraoperadiva@yahoo.com. Mondaystoning the arms and maximizing cardioSundays, 6 p.m Institute of Cinematic Arts, vascular health. Includes dance moves to 12 West State Street, 3rd and 4th flrs.,. create muscle-toning, fat-burning workout Singing Lessons with Anitra Opera Diva Teaching the Vaccai Bel Canto technique that generates a feeling of physical and for improving vocal range and breathing mental empowerment. $10.00 drop in or capacity. A good foundation technique for 10 classes for $80 Fridays, 10-11 a.m.

912.312.3549. reservetodance@gmail.com. different styles--opera, pop, rock, cabaret. salondebailedancestudio.com. Fridays, 10- Fridays 5:30-8:30pm. Institute of Cinematic Arts, 12 1/2 W. State St., 3rd floor.

11 a.m Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 ongoing. 786-247-9923. anitraoperadiva.

Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Quilting Classes com. ongoing ongoing: Quilting classes for beginners Spanish Classes Learn Spanish for life and grow your and advanced stitchers. Learn to make business. Courses for professionals ofyour first quilt or learn a new technique.

See the website, call, or come by the shop. fered by Conquistador Spanish Language Institute, LLC. Classes offered in a series. varies ongoing. 912 925 0055. email@ Beginner Spanish for Professionals--Intro colonialquilts.us. colonialquilts.us. ongoprice $155 + textbook ($12.95). Instructor: ing Colonial Quilts and Savannah Sewing Bertha E. Hernandez, M.Ed. and native Center, 11710 Largo Drive.

Reading/Writing Tutoring speaker. Meets in the Keller Williams Ms. Dawn’s Tutoring in reading, writing, Realty meeting room, 329 Commercial Drive. ongoing. conquistador-spanish.com. and composition. Remedial reading skills, help with borderline dyslexia, to grammar, ongoing Stress Reduction: Arising Stillness in Zen term paper writing, and English as a Second Language. Fun methods for children to Stress-reducing practices for body, speech and mind. Five Thursday night classes help them learn quickly. Contact: cordrayfrom 6- 7:00pm. $15 drop-in; $70 for writer@gmail.com or text or call 912-12series. Rev. Fugon Cindy Beach, Sensei.

660-7399. Call for fee information.

Russian Language Classes Savannah Zen Center 111 E. 34th St. 31401 Learn to speak Russian. All experience lev- revfugon@gmail.com ongoing. ongoing Camp: Telfair Museums’ Contemporary Creels welcome, beginner to expert. Call for ative Explorer info. ongoing. 912-713-2718. ongoing Salsa Group Classes July 28 to August 1 for ages 8-12. This Join us for the hottest class around! camp features 3D printing with the MakSalsa! Learn how to dance with a partner erBot 3D printer! This summer Art Colony or come solo. The only thing we require takes students on a journey, exploring is a good attitude and in the mindset to Telfair Museums’ three sites and numerhave some fun! $5.00 Sundays, 5:30 p.m. ous exhibitions. Find inspiration with 912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@gmail. instruction in drawing, painting and print-

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making. Students immerse themselves in innovative art lessons taught by professional artists. The camp culminates with a reception and exhibition of the campers’ work at the Jepson Center. Cancellation less than two weeks prior to the start of your camp incurs an $85 cancellation fee. $175 for Telfair members and $195 for non-members Every 7 days. telfair.org. telfair.org/jepson/. Every 7 days Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. 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 ongoing. 912-656-0760.

TheVoiceCoOp.org. ongoing The Voice Coop, 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 on the Beach

Wednesdays & Fridays from Memorial Day through Labor Day. 7 AM to 8 AM ~ Weather permitting.North Beach Parking Lot, Gulick Street beach walkover. Dropins and beginners welcome & encouraged!

Class is by donation. Multi-level Class, Hatha I & II, Integral® Yoga style. Instructor is Ann Carroll,e-RYT 500 hour level.Bring your Yoga Mat or Beach Towel. For more information contact Ann at (912) 704~7650 or ann@aikyayoga.com By Donation Wed., July 2, 7 a.m. and Fri., July 4, 7 a.m. 912704-7650. ann@aikyayoga.com. aikyayoga. com. Wed., July 2, 7 a.m. and Fri., July 4, 7 a.m North Beach, Tybee Island.

Clubs & Organizations

13th Colony Sound Barbershop Chorus

Sing in the harmonious barbershop style with the Savannah Chorus of the Barbershop Harmony Society No charge Mondays, 6:30 p.m. 912-344-9768. rfksav@ gmail.com. savannahbarbershoppers.org.

Mondays, 6:30 p.m Savannah Arts Academy, 500 Washington Ave. 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. ongoing. abeniculturalarts@gmail.com. ongoing 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 Bal-

let, barre, or stretch/tone. The Ballet School, Piccadilly Square, 10010 Abercorn.

Registration/fees/info online or by phone. ongoing. 912-925-0903. theballetschoolsav. com. ongoing 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. ongoing. godzillaunknown@gmail.com. avegost.com. ongoing 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. ongoing. savannahcblv.org. ongoing 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. ongoing. buccaneerregion. org. ongoing 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. ongoing. 912-308-6768. ongoing 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. ongoing. chathamsailing.org. ongoing Young's Marina, 218 Wilmington Island Rd. Creative Magic Mondays

Join us on Mondays as we begin our week on a creative note. Doodling, Planning, Manifesting, Crafting! Just Bring Your Own Art Supplies to get the week started right!

Free with a Love Donation Appreciated Mondays, 11 a.m. relaxsavannah@gmail. com. facebook.com/creativemanifest. Mondays, 11 a.m Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. 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. ongoing. 912233-1240. ongoing Energy Healers

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

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. ongoing.

912-596-1962. honorflightsavannah.org. ongoing 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. ongoing. 912-660-8257. ongoing Hostess City Toastmasters Club

Improve your public speaking and leadership skills at our professional, friendly, peer-run Toastmasters meetings, every Tuesday 6:00-7:00 PM at 35 Barnard Street - Third Floor at ThincSavannah. Practice your speeches for work and community events. Network and make new friends.

Guests are always welcomed. $10/month Tue., July 8, 6-7 p.m. 912-484-0165. hostesscitytm@gmail.com. facebook.com/ hostesscitytoastmasters. thincsavannah. com. Tue., July 8, 6-7 p.m ThincSavannah, 35 Barnard St. Suite 300.

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. ongoing. ongoing 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. ongoing. 912-898-4344. kymmccarty@hotmail.com. mops.org. ongoing Islands MOPS

A Mothers of Preschoolers group that meets at First Baptist Church of the Islands, two Wednesdays a month, 9:15am11:30am. ongoing. sites.google.com/site/ islandsmops. fbcislands.com/. ongoing First Baptist Church of the Islands, 6613 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet

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

Want to learn? Join us. ongoing. 912-3086768. ongoing Knittin’ Night

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. ongoing. 912-313-2230. ongoing Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary

Meets the first Saturday of the month at 1:00pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-7864508. ongoing 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. ongoing. 912-233-6014. ongoing Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 E. Charlton Street.

Philo Cafe

Discussion group that meets every Monday, 7:30pm - 9:00pm at various locations.

Anyone craving good conversation is invited. Free to attend. Email for info, or see Facebook.com/SavannahPhiloCafe. Mondays. athenapluto@yahoo.com. Mondays R.U.F.F. - Retirees United for the Future

RUFF meets the last Friday of each month at 10am to protect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and related senior issues.

Parking in the rear. Free to all Seniors ongoing. 912-344-5127. ongoing 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. ongoing. 912-3082094. kasak@comcast.net. roguephoenix. org. ongoing 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. ongoing. 912-353-3148.

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safekidssavannah.org. ongoing Savannah Brewers' League

group.blogspot.com. ongoing

Tertulia en español at Foxy Loxy

Spanish conversation table. Meets second and fourth Thursday of each month.

7:30pm to 9pm at Foxy Loxy, 1919 Bull street. Come practice your Spanish, have a cafe con leche or Spanish wine, and meet nice people....All levels welcome. Free.

Savannah Authors Autonomous Writing Group Savannah Quilt Guild Purchase beverages and snacks. ongoing.

Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays each month.

Meet the second Saturday, September foxyloxycafe.com/. ongoing Foxy Loxy Cafe, Prose writing, fiction and non fiction. Disthrough June, at Woods of Savannah, 1764- 1919 Bull St. cussion, constructive criticism, instruction, C Hodgson Memorial. Social time 9:30am, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla Join the volunteer organization that assists exercises and examples. Location: Charles meetings 10:00am followed by a program. the U.S. Coast Guard. Meets 4th WednesBrown Antiques/Fine Silver, 14 W. Jones Open to all who are interested in quilting.

St. All are welcome. No charge. Contact Al- Membership is $25 per year. ongoing. (912) day at 6pm at Barnes, 5320 Waters Ave. All ages welcome. Prior experience/boat ownice Vantrease via email or phone. ongoing. 598-9977. savannahquiltguild@comcast. ership not required. Call or see website for 912-308-3208. alicevantrease@live.com. net. ongoing Savannah Sacred Harp Singers info. ongoing. 912-598-7387. savannahaux. ongoing Savannah Charlesfunders Investment DiscusEveryone who loves to sing is invited to join com. ongoing sion Group Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671 Savannah Sacred Harp Singers. All are Meets Saturdays, 8:30am to discuss Meets second Monday of each month, welcome to participate or listen too one of stocks, bonds and better investing. Contact America's most revered musical traditions. 7pm, at the American Legion Post 135, by email for info. ongoing. charlesfund@ 1108 Bull St. ongoing. 912-429-0940.

Call or email. ongoing. 912-655-0994. gmail.com. panerabread.com/. ongoing rws521@msn.com. vvasav.com. ongoing savannahsacredharp.com. ongoing Faith Woodville-Tompkins Scholarship Foundation Panera Bread (Broughton St.), 1 West Primitive Baptist Church, 3212 Bee Road.

Savannah SCA Meets second Tuesday each month (except Broughton St. Savannah Council, Navy League of the United The local chapter of the Society for Creative October) 6:00pm, Woodville-Tompkins, 151 States Anachronism meets every Saturday at For- Coach Joe Turner St. Call or email for info.

A dinner meeting the 4th Tuesday of the syth Park for fighter practice and general ongoing. 912-232-3549. chesteraellis@ month at 6:00pm (except December.) Loca- hanging out. If you're interested in recomcast.net. ongoing tion: Hunter Club. Call John Findeis for creating the Middle Ages and Renaissance, info. ongoing. 912-748-7020. ongoing Dance come join us! South end of Forsyth Park, Savannah Fencing Club just past the Farmer's Market. Free. www. Adult Ballet Class Beginner classes Tuesdays and Thursdays savannahsca.org Free ongoing, 11 a.m.

Maxine Patterson School of Dance, 2212 for six weeks. $60. Some equipment proLincoln St, offers adult ballet on Thurssavannahsca.org. ongoing, 11 a.m Forsyth vided. After completing the class, you may days, 6:30pm-7:30pm $12 per class. Call Park, 501 Whitaker St. Savannah Story Games join the Savannah Fencing Club for $5/ for info. ongoing. 912-234-8745. ongoing month. Experienced fencers welcome. Call We play games that help us tell improvised Adult Intermediate Ballet Mondays and Wednesdays, 7pm-8pm. $12/ stories. Get together over food - roleplayor email for info. ongoing. 912-429-6918. class or $90/8 classes. Call for info. Acaders, storytellers, or the merely curious savannahfencing@aol.com. ongoing Savannah Go Green and help us create an amazing story in just emy of Dance, 74 W. Montgomery CrossMeets most Saturdays. Green events and road. ongoing. 912-921-2190. ongoing three hours. We'll use games with special Argentine Tango places. Share ways to Go Green each day. rules that craft characters, settings, and Lessons Sundays 1:30-3;30pm. Open to Call for info. ongoing. 912-308-6768. ongo- conflicts. Weekends, in different locales the public. $3 per person. Wear closed ing check savannahstorygames.com for more Savannah Jaycees toe leather shoes if possible. Doris Martin information. free Fridays-Sundays. info@ Meeting/info session held the 1st Tuesday Dance Studio, 8511-h ferguson Ave. Call savannahstorygames.com. savannahstoeach month at 6pm to discuss upcoming rygames.com. Fridays-Sundays Downtown or email for info. ongoing. 912-925-7416. events and provide an opportunity for those Savannah, downtown. savh_tango@yahoo.com. ongoing Awaken with Chakradance™ - Wednesdays interested in joining Jaycees to learn more. Savannah Sunrise Rotary Club Meets Thursdays from 7:30am-8:30am at Join us for a free-flowing, meditative Must be age 21-40. Jaycees Building, 101 the Mulberry Inn. ongoing. savannahsunri- dance and experience the healing power of Atlas St. ongoing. 912-353-7700. savanserotary.org. ongoing Chakradance™. With eclectic music selectnahjaycees.com. ongoing Savannah Kennel Club Savannah Toastmasters ed to resonate with each specific chakra, Monthly meetings open to the public. Held Helps improve speaking and leadership along with guided imagery, Chakradance™ at Logan's Roadhouse, the 4th Monday skills in a friendly, supportive environwill take you on a spiritual journey, free each month, Sept. through May. Dinner: ment. Mondays, 6:15pm, Memorial Health the energy in your body and open you to a 6:pm. Speaker: 7:30pm. Guest speakers University Medical Center, in the Conferdeeper experience of life. Chakradance™ each meeting. ongoing. 912-238-3170. ence Room C. ongoing. 912-484-6710. aims to restore health to our chakras – the savannahkennelclub.org. ongoing Golden memorialhealth.com/. ongoing Memorial energy centers that, in Eastern tradition, Corral, 7822 Abercorn St. Health University Medical Center, 4700 are the gateways to integrating mind, Savannah Newcomers Club Waters Ave. body and spirit. No dance experience or Open to women who have lived in the Savannah Veggies and Vegans prior knowledge of the chakras is necesJoin the Facebook group to find out more Savannah area for less than two years. sary. Limited to 12 participants – email to about vegetarian and vegan lifestyles, and Membership includes monthly luncheon reserve a spot today! $20 ongoing, 7-8:30 to hear about upcoming local events. Mon- p.m. 912-663-1306. Chakradancer@comand program. Activities, tours and events days. Mondays to help learn about Savannah and make cast.net. chakradance.com/. synergisticnew friends. ongoing. savannahnewcomer- Savannah Writers Group bodies.com. ongoing, 7-8:30 p.m SynergisA gathering of writers of all levels for netsclub.com. ongoing tic Bodies, 7901 Waters Ave. Savannah No Kidding! working, hearing published guest authors, Ballroom Group Dance Class No Kidding. Join Savannah's only social and writing critique in a friendly, supportive Weekly ballroom dance classes focus on club for people without children! No mem- environment. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at two types of dance each month. Open to bership fees, meet great new friends, enjoy 7:00pm, Atlanta Bread Company, Twelve partners/couples or to solos. The $35 for a wide variety of activities and events. sa4 weeks or $10 drop in Mondays, 7 p.m.

Oaks Shopping Center, 5500 Abercorn. vannahnokidding.angelfire.com/ or e-mail Free and open to the public. See website 912.312.3549. reservetodance@gmail.com.

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Meets 1st Wednesday of the month, 7:30pm at Moon River Brewing Co. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-4470943. hdb.org. moonriverbrewing.com/. ongoing Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St.

ongoing The Historic District, Downtown Savannah.

Savannah Parrot Head Club

Beach, Buffet and no dress code. Check website for events calendar or send an email for Parrot Head gatherings. ongoing. savannahphc@yahoo.com. savannahphc. com. ongoing

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

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. ongoing. 912-414-1091. info@ cybelle3.com. cybelle3.com. ongoing 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 ongoing, 5:30 p.m.

(912) 704-2940. happenstancebellydance. wordpress.com. ongoing, 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. ongoing. 912-7480731. ongoing 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. 912-

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335-3335. 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. ongoing. 912-748-0731. ongoing 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.

Info via email or phone. ongoing. 912704-2052. prideofirelandga@gmail.com. ongoing Kids/Youth Dance Class

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.

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. ongoing. doublesnightclub.com/. ongoing 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. ongoing.

912-272-8329. ongoing Modern Dance Class

Beginner and intermediate classes. Fridays 10am-11:15am. Doris Martin Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd. Call Elizabeth for info. ongoing. 912-354-5586. ongoing Salsa Lessons by Salsa Savannah

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

8pm-9pm and 9pm-10pm. Sun. 5pm6pm and 6pm-7pm. Salon de Maile, 704B Hodgson Memorial Dr., Savannah, 31406.

See website for info. ongoing. salsasavannah.com. ongoing Savannah Shag Club

Wednesdays, 7pm,at Doubles Lounge.

Fridays, 7pm, at American Legion Post 36, 2309 E. Victory Dr. ongoing. doublesnightclub.com/. ongoing Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Savannah Swing Cats--Swing Dancing

ongoing. doublesnightclub.com/. ongoing Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Sizzle: Dance and Cardio

A class designed to maintain that summer body by dancing and having fun.

Incorporates dance and cardio to fun, spicy songs. $10 drop in or 10 classes for $80 Tuesdays, Fridays, 10 a.m. 912-312-3549. reservetodance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Tuesdays, Fridays, 10 a.m Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Zumba & Zumba Toning with Anne

Ditch the workout and join the party. All

levels welcome. Mondays and Wednesdays, 6-7pm. Lake Mayer Community Center, 1850 East Montgomery Crossroads. $5 class - discount cards available. Bring a friend & it's free for you. ongoing. 912596-1952. ongoing Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

Blue Water Yoga

Fitness

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

Prices vary. Call for schedule. ongoing.

912-355-8811. savj.org. savannahjea.org. ongoing Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St.

$6 Community Yoga Classes

Savannah Power Yoga offers a community yoga class nearly every day of the week for just $6. All proceeds support local organizations. See schedule online for details.

Most classes are heated to 90 degrees.

Bring a yoga mat, towel and some water. $6 $5 Mondays-Fridays, Sundays. (912) 349-2756. info@savannahpoweryoga.com. savannahpoweryoga.com. savannahpoweryoga.com/. Mondays-Fridays, 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. ongoing. 912-598-9860. savannahalanon.com. ongoing

Community donation-based classes, Tues. and Thurs., 5:45pm - 7:00pm. Fri., 9:30am10:30am. Email for info or find Blue Water Yoga on Facebook. ongoing. egs5719@aol. com. ongoing Talahi Island Community Club, 532 Quarterman Dr. Fitness Classes at the JEA

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. ongoing. 912-441-4891. customfitcenter.com. ongoing

Free Caregiver Support Group

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. ongoing. 912-429-9241. ongoing

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. ongoing. savannahcommons.com. ongoing 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 7am-10pm.

Call or see website. ongoing. 912-5982300. gastateparks.org/SkidawayIsland. gastateparks.org/info/skidaway/. ongoing 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 Bariatric Surgery Support Group blocks, and take breaks only long enough First Wednesday each month, 7pm, and to gulp some air and get right back to third Saturday, 10am, in Mercer Auditorium work. It's called Max Interval Training, of Hoskins Center at Memorial. For those because it keeps your body working at who have had or are considering bariatric maximum capacity through your entire surgery. Free to attend. Call or see website workout. $10 or $80 for 10 fitness classes for info. ongoing. 912-350-3438. memorial- Saturdays, 11 a.m. 912.312.3549. salondehealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. ongobaile.dance@gmail.com. salondebailedaning Memorial Health University Medical cestudio.com. Saturdays, 11 a.m Salon de Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson MemoBeach Body Workouts with Laura rial Drive.

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. ongoing. beastmodefitnessga.com. ongoing YMCAWest Broad St, 1110 May St.

Israeli Krav Maga Self-Defense Classes

Kung Fu School: Ving Tsun

Mommy and Baby Yoga

Mondays. Call for times and fees or see website. ongoing. 912-232-2994. savannahyoga.com. savannahyoga.com/. ongoing 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. ongoing. 912-238-0018. savannahpilates.com. pilatessavannah.com/. ongoing Momentum Pilates Studio, 8413 Rerguson Ave. Pole Fitness Classes

Looking for a fun and flirty way to get into shape? First City Fitness offers pole fitness classes taught by Pole Dance America's 2014 National Professional Champion and Miss Fitness 2013 & 2014, Sabrina Madsen. Pole fitness concentrates on both fostering upper body strength and overall flexibility as well dance elements.

Call or email to reserve your spot today!

We offer a Beginning class Tuesdays from 8pm-9pm, Advanced class Wednesdays 8pm-9pm, and Stiletto Sundays 5pm-6pm with Open Pole from 6pm-7pm. All pole classes except Stiletto Sundays are $25 for drop in or 5/$100 (must be used in 30 days) Stiletto Sundays are $30 drop in, 4/$100 (must be used in 30 days) Wednesdays, 8-9 p.m., Sundays, 5-7 p.m. and Tuesdays, 8-9 p.m. 801-673-6737. info@firstcityfitness. com. Wednesdays, 8-9 p.m., Sundays, 5-7 p.m. and Tuesdays, 8-9 p.m First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. Pregnancy Yoga

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Bellydancing Fusion Classes

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. ongoing. bohemianbeats.com. ongoing

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labor and delivery. Instructor Ann Carroll. $120. Call or email for info. ongoing. 912704-7650. ann@aikyayoga.com. savannahyoga.com/. ongoing 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 ongoing. qigongtim.com/. ongoing 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 ongoing. ongoing 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. ongoing. ongoing Ronin Academy Self Defense Classes

This short course in simple self defense techniques for adults uses real life scenarios that are designed to provide greater self confidence and empowerment.

Fees vary. See website for registration, class times, fees. Every 3 days. michael@ roninacad.com. roninacad.com. aikidosavannah.com/. Every 3 days Aikido Center of Savannah, 102 W. Broughton St. 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. ongoing. 912-4958010. savannahclimbingcoop.com. ongoing 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. ongoing. savannahdiscgolf@ gmail.com. savannahdiscgolf.com. ongoing Savannah Striders Running and Walking Club

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. ongoing. savystrider.com. ongoing

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SIZZLE- Dance Cardio

The hottest cardio class to keep you in shape for summer or to get you in shape for summer. Sizzle is designed to give you cardio, strengthening, and stretch training that you need for that bikini body. Enroll now and get the first class free. $10.00 or $80 for 10 classes Tuesdays, Fridays, 10 a.m. 912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com.

Tuesdays, Fridays, 10 a.m Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Tai Chi Fusion

Tai Chi Fusion is a form of moving medita48 tion combining several forms of Tai Chi as

well as Qi Gong. Join us weekly as we tone our muscles and quiet our minds. $12/ class Saturdays, 10 a.m.. relaxsavannah@ gmail.com. facebook.com/relaxsavannah.

Saturdays, 10 a.m. Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St.

ISLAND store and see the bees behind our observation hive glass. FREE MondaysFridays, 10 a.m. 912-234-0688. tildsley@ savannahbee.com. Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m Savannah Bee Company, Wilmington Island, 211 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

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

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. ongoing. 912-236-7423. ongoing

Tai Chi Lessons in Forsyth Park

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 ongoing. 586-822-1021. facebook.com/turbokicksavannah. ongoing 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. ongoing. 912-350-9031. memorialhealth.com/. ongoing 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 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. ongoing. 912-604-9890. ongoing Zumba Fitness (R) with April

Prepare Sunday Suppers at Union Mission

So Easy to Preserve: Your Harvest from Your Garden

A food preservation hands-on workshop to learn how to preserve food using the Pressure Canner. Advance registration required. Participants will receive publications, recipes and food preservation items for home canning. $10 July 8, 5:30-8:30 p.m. 912–652-7981. uge3051@uga.edu. coastalgeorgiabg.org/. July 8, 5:30-8:30 p.m Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens, 2 Canebrake Rd. Southbound Brewing Co. Tours & Tastings

A few tastes of the newest local brews.

Tours are first come, first serve. Live music on Saturdays. $10 for souvenir pint glass and 6 tasting tickets. 21+ only. info@ southboundbrewingco.com. Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. Health

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. ongoing. 912-344-3333. armstrong.edu. about.armstrong.edu/Maps/index.html. ongoing Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St.

Mondays at 5:30pm, Thursdays at 6:30pm.

Nonstop Fitness in Sandfly, 8511 Ferguson Bariatric Surgery Information Session Ave. $5 for nonmenbers. call for info. ongo- Information on bariatric surgery and the program at Memorial Health Bariatrics. ing. 912-349-4902. ongoing Learn surgical procedures offered, support Food Events and education programs involved, and how BBethesda Farm Stand bariatric surgery can affect patients' lives.

This organic farm stand, managed by Call or see website for info. Free to attend.

Bethesda students and staff, sells fresh Hoskins Center at Memorial. ongoing. 912produce, organic garden seedlings and 350-3438. bariatrics.memorialhealth.com. farm-fresh eggs. Students are actively inmemorialhealth.com/. ongoing Memorial volved in planting, cultivating and harvest- Health University Medical Center, 4700 ing all items on-site at Bethesda Academy Waters Ave. Free Hearing and Speech Screening using sustainable, organic farming techHearing: Thursdays, 9am-11am. Speech: niques. 912-351-2061. bethesdaacademy.

First Thursdays,. Call or see website for org. Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson times. ongoing. 912-355-4601. savanAve. Forsyth Farmers Market nahspeechandhearing.org. savannahLocal and regional produce, honey, meat, speechandhearing.org/. ongoing Savannah dairy, pasta, baked goods and other deSpeech and Hearing Center, 1206 E 66th lights. Rain or shine. Free to attend. Items St. Free HIV Testing at Chatham County Health for sale. 912-484-0279. forsythfarmersDept. market.com. Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker Free walk-in HIV testing. 8am-4pm Mon.St. Honey Tasting and Body Care Samples + Store Fri. No appointment needed. Test results in Tour 20 minutes. Follow-up visit and counseling Daily store tour, honey tasting, and body will be set up for anyone testing positive. care. FREE Come to the WILMINGTON Call for info. ongoing. 912-644-5217. ongo-

ing Chatham County Health Dept., 1395 Eisenhower Dr.

Grand Opening: Savannah Yoga Center/Pooler

Free yoga, open house, and live music.

Free and open to the public. July 5-6.

912-988-1320. savannahyoga.com. savannahyoga.com/. July 5-6 Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. 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. ongoing. 912-443-9409. ongoing St. Joseph's/Candler--St. Mary's Health Center, 1302 Drayton St. 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. ongoing. 912-9273432. savannahypnosis.com. ongoing 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. ongoing. 912897-9544. lllusa.org/web/savannahga. html. ongoing 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.) ongoing. 912-447-6605. ongoing Planned Parenthood Hotline

First Line is a statewide hotline for women seeking information on health services.

Open 7pm-11pm nightly. ongoing. 800264-7154. ongoing Register for Functional and Medical Needs Emergency Registry

The Chatham County Health Department is encouraging residents who may be eligible for the Functional and Medical Needs Registry to apply. The Registry is for people who may need help functioning within a general shelter or the support of medical professionals at a more specialized facility and have no other way to evacuate, in a community emergency such as a hurricane evacuation order.those individuals who may need services to maintain their independence in a shelter. This includes children and adults with physical, sensory, mental health, and cognitive and/or intellectual disabilities affecting their ability to function independently without assistance.

Medical needs registrants/clients are defined as those individuals who require support of trained medical professionals.

This includes those individuals who may need assistance with managing unstable, terminal, or contagious conditions that require observation and ongoing treatment.

To apply, residents should call 912-6917443. The application and protected health information authorization form can also be downloaded by going to www.gachd.org/ chatham Every 3 days. Every 3 days Seven Day Diabetes Repair Workshop

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once-per-week course. Led by Carolyn Guilford and Jeffrey Adams Small class, limited seating, starts on Wednesday (afternoon) July 23rd, or Thursday (evening) July 24th, 2014. Meet the trainers and get a preview of how this program works to restore health on Saturday, July 19th at 4PM at 34 By 37 Fabrics at 7 East DeRenne Ave. Please reserve by phone. Every 3 days. 912-598-8457. Every 3 days Butler Presbyterian Church, 603 W. Victory Dr. Water Awareness Get Together

A weekly seminar on the health of drinking water. Includes testing of drinking water, plus samples of bottled water.

Tuesdays,7pm RSVP by phone to Ernestine Murray, Hydration Specialist. Tuesdays..

703-989-6995. Tuesdays. Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Kid's Happenings

Camp: Art for Kids

Painting, ceramics, jewelry, mixed media, performing arts. Full-day (9am-5pm) sessions for ages 6-12, begin June 23. $150 per week per child. $10 City Resident Discount Mondays.. 912-651-6783. savannahga.gov/arts. Mondays. Cultural Arts Gallery, 9 W. Henry St. Camp: Digging History: An Archaeological Adventure

Massie Heritage Center's summer camp for students who have finished grades 3 - 5. July 7 – 11, 2014; 9:00am – 3:00pm.

Uncover the past by participating in an “excavation” and other hands-on archaeological activities including visiting nearby sites. $135. Sibling discount of $10.00 with full fee registration of first child.  Register for BOTH camps and pay only $250.00 per child Mon., July 7. (912) 395-5070. massieschool.com. massieschool.com/.

Mon., July 7 Massie School Museum, 207 East Gordon St. Camp: Pegasus Riding Academy Summer Adventures

Half day, week-long therapeutic riding camp that's all about horses. Equestrian instruction, ground lessons with horses, and equestrian themed art projects. Certified therapeutic riding instructors. For special needs children and their siblings.

Sessions begin June 2, June 23, July 7, July 14, July 21. Volunteer assistants needed. $225 per week. Every 3 days. 912547-6482. peggi@prasav.org. prasav.org/.

Every 3 days Wicklow Farm, Wicklow Ave. (behind Johnny Harris Restaurant).

A Century of Sentries: 100 Years of Fort Jackson Guarding Savannah

Experience the lives of the soldiers stationed at Fort Jackson during the American Revolution, War of 1812, and the Civil War. Special children's activities will be available including musket demonstrations and trying on historic uniforms! $7/ adult $4/child Fri., July 4, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat., July 5, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sun., July 6, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 912-232-3945. chsgeorgia. org. chsgeorgia.org/Old-Fort-Jackson. html. Fri., July 4, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat., July 5, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sun., July 6, 9 a.m.-5 p.m Old Fort Jackson, 1 Fort Jackson Rd. Independence Day at Tri-Centennial Park

Celebrate independence with special programming at Battlefield Memorial

Park, Georgia State Railroad Museum (the Roundhouse) and Savannah Children's Museum. Includes a patriotic train ride with a reading of the Declaration of Independence. Fri., July 4. chsgeorgia. org/Society-Calendar/Date/2014-07-01/ Event/709.html. Fri., July 4 Georgia State Railroad Museum, 655 Louisville Road.

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Irish Dancers of Savannah

Savannah's first organized Irish dance school welcomes dancers, ages 4 and up.

Learn Irish Step and Ceili (Irish square) Dancing at a relaxed pace. Convenient mid-town location. Whether just for fun, or for competition, IDS is for everyone. Adult classes available. Call or email for info. ongoing. 912-897-5984. irishdancsav@aol. com. ongoing Mommy & Me Yoga

Bring your baby (6 weeks-3 years) to this fun class that is beneficial for both of you!

Meet other moms, exercise, relax and learn ways to release stress. No experience in yoga is needed. Sign up preferred, but not necessary. $10 Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. 912-656-9663. awakeningyogastudio. com. Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m Awakening Yoga Studio, 2453A US Highway 17.

Positive Youth Summer Camp

A Saturday afternoon camp for boys and girls ages 5-17. $40 Sat., July 5, 2-4 p.m.

912-604-2900. Sat., July 5, 2-4 p.m Delaware Recreation Center, 1815 Lincoln St. Public School Registration Now Open

Public school starts August 7. Registration is now open. The Savannah-Chatham County Public School System will be accepting student registrations at the District’s Central Office located at 208 Bull Street in Savannah. For parents who are new to the area or who have recently moved, please make sure to register your child before the first day of school.

See requirements on SCCPSS website.

Through July 25. internet.savannah. chatham.k12.ga.us/Lists/Announcements/ Attachments/755/SCCPSS_REGISTRATION_sy%2014%2015_pr.pdf. Through July 25 Savannah Chatham County Public Schools, 208 Bull St. Savannah Children's Museum School Year Hours

SCM hours beginning 8/31/13 will be Sunday 11am-4pm; Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm. Open on holiday Mondays that SCC Public Schools are not in session including Labor Day. For more details go to savannahchildrensmuseum.org ongoing. ongoing Savannah Children's Museum, 655 Louisville Road.

Story Trunk

An interactive storytelling show for children. Appropriate for all ages. $10.

Admission includes ice cream. Sundays, 3 p.m.. Justin@oddlot.org. oddlotimprov.com.

Sundays, 3 p.m. Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 West Liberty Street.

Toddler Time at Skidaway Island State Park

Stories, games and learning designed just for 2-4 year olds. Different nature theme each week. $5 parking fee. Annual passes available. Thu., July 3, 10 a.m. (912)5982300. gastateparks.org/SkidawayIsland. gastateparks.org/info/skidaway/. Thu., July 3, 10 a.m Skidaway Island State Park, 52 continues on p. 50

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1 City, casually 4 Common mixer 8 Chin dimples 14 A thousand times more than a mil 15 Reagan Secretary of State 16 “Got that right!”

17 It may need a massage 18 One wing of the Museum of Poisons?

20 “Veil of ignorance” philosopher John 22 Tango necessity 23 “___ do it” 24 Archaeological find 26 Oceanic backflows 30 Instrument that means “high wood” 32 Sinuous swimmer 34 Clumsy sort 35 The act of keeping a basketball player from leaving the team?

40 Extra-spesh attention 41 Meas. taken during a physical 42 “That’s interesting!”

43 Little battery 45 Maximum amount of “aw” you can get from cat pictures?

49 Put together 50 “___ blu dipinto di blu” 51 They may be pale 52 Is guaranteed to work 56 Two-syllable poetic

foot 58 Nucky’s brother, on “Boardwalk Empire” 59 Grazer’s sound 61 Flip side?

64 Fleetwood Mac’s John or Christine, without any singing parts?

69 Go one better than 70 Monopoly purchase, sometimes 71 Long time to wait 72 Actress Mendes 73 E-mail request 74 Go after flies 75 “Bang and Blame” band

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1 Taxi app 2 Latvia’s capital 3 Welding tool 4 Big gap 5 Crew gear 6 Buzzfeed article, often 7 Get older with style 8 “___: Miami” 9 “Funky Cold Medina” rapper Tone ___ 10 Ordinal number suffix 11 “___ not” 12 Bridal veil material 13 Isn’t buying it?

19 San Francisco’s ___ Hill 21 MGM co-founder Marcus ___ 25 Onion variety 27 Italian tenor Andrea 28 He was Sulu

29 “___ were you...”

30 Frequent, in poetry 31 Leave hastily 33 Redo some passages, maybe 36 Grading range 37 Shrek, for one 38 Sudden-death game, say 39 Airport terminal area 44 Jerkface 46 Dig in 47 Intertwines 48 Bear with the medium-sized bowl 52 Activist Chavez 53 Full of spirit 54 Brother on “Frasier” 55 ThinkPad maker, before Lenovo 57 “This is only ___...”

60 Acknowledge frankly 62 Word before nest or knot 63 Folder filler 65 Away from WSW 66 Creature of habit?

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Toddler Tuesdays at Oatland Island Wildlife Center

Toddlers 6 months to 4 years, and their adults. Themed programs--story books, singing songs, finger puppet plays, crafts, guided walks, up close encounters with Oatland animals. Preregister by 4pm Monday. $5 children. Gen. Admission for adults ($5 or $3 for military & seniors) Tuesdays.

912-395-1500. oatlandisland.org. oatlandisland.org/. Tuesdays Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. Camp: Underwater Robotics

Dive into summer with Georgia TechSavannah and underwater robotics. For students in grades rising 6, 7, 8, and 9; held on the Georgia Tech Savannah campus, scheduled for July 28 - August 1, 2014. Led by a Georgia Tech professor and doctoral candidate. Students will understand remote operated vehicle (ROV) principles, use underwater cameras to investigate underwater, and test their skills in our open air freshwater pond. Box lunch included daily. Register via email or phone with Dr. Carolyn Perry, CEISMC- Georgia Tech Savannah $200 Mondays.. 912-9667952. Carolyn.perry@ceismc.gatech.edu.

Mondays. Georgia Tech Savannah, 210 Technology Circle.

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. ongoing. 912-236-CITY. firstcitynetwork.org. ongoing 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. ongoing. ongoing Georgia Equality Savannah

Local chapter of Georgia's largest gay rights group. 104 W. 38th St. 912-547-6263. ongoing. ongoing GVNT HAVS

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 first Thursday of every month, 10 p.m. houseofgunt@ gmail.com. first Thursday of every month, 10 p.m Chuck's Bar, 305 West River Street.

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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. ongoing. 912-288-7863. heather@savpride. com. ongoing 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. ongoing.

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standoutyouth.org. ongoing 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. ongoing. 912-3522611. ongoing Literary Events

Author Appearance: Mystery & Thriller Writers Jenny Milchman & Tina Whittle

Jenny Milchman, winner of the Mary Higgins Clark Award for best suspense novel of 2013, presents her new psychological thriller Run Falls. Tina Whittle's Atlantabased mystery/thriller series features gun shop owner Tai Randolph and corporate security agent Trey Seaver. Free to attend.

Books available for purchase. Wed., July 2, 6:30 p.m. thebookladybookstore.com. thebookladybookstore.com/. Wed., July 2, 6:30 p.m The Book Lady Bookstore, 6 East Liberty St. Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club

Meets last Sunday of the month, 4pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-447-6605. sjchs.org/ body.cfm?id=399. ongoing African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St.

Cash bar. second Tuesday of every month, 5:30 p.m. second Tuesday of every month, 5:30 p.m Morning Bird Walk at Skidaway Island State Park

The basics about local bird varieties as they feed from park feeding stations. $5 parking fee. Annual passes available. Sat., July 5. (912)598-2300. gastateparks.org/ SkidawayIsland. gastateparks.org/info/skidaway/. Sat., July 5 Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

Nature Craft at Skidaway

Meet and greet fellow park visitors and make crafts from everyday household items. $5 parking fee. Annual passes available. Fri., July 4, 3 p.m. (912)598-2300. gastateparks.org/SkidawayIsland. gastateparks.org/info/skidaway/. Fri., July 4, 3 p.m Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

Recycling Fundraiser for Economic Opportunity Authority

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 Tea Time at Ola's (Book Club) may also recycle items on behalf of EOA A book discussion group that meets the 4th for credit. Drop off at EOA, 681 W. AnderTuesday, 1pm. Bring a book you've read son St. See website, email or call for info. this month and tell all about it. Treats to ongoing. 912-238-2960 x126. dwproperty@ share are always welcomed. Tea is proaol.com. fundingfactory.com. ongoing vided. Call for info. ongoing. 912-232-5488. Walk on the Wild Side A two-mile Native Animal Nature Trail liveoakpl.org/. ongoing Ola Wyeth Branch winds through maritime forest, freshwater Library, 4 East Bay St. Writing Our Lives: Memoir Writing Class wetland, salt marsh habitats, featuring live A two-day memoir writing workshop led by native animal exhibits. Open daily, 10amLeslie Roessling. Register at Cohen's Re4pm except Thanksgiving, Christmas, New treat. $115 Tue., July 8, 9 a.m.-noon. (912) Years. Call or see website for info. ongoing.

355-3336. Tue., July 8, 9 a.m.-noon Cohen's 912-395-1500. oatlandisland.org. oatlandRetreat, 5715 Skidaway Rd. island.org/. ongoing Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. Wilderness Southeast Nature and Environment Animal Skull Identification Workshop A variety of programs each month includA workshop to learn how to ID animal ing guided trips with naturalists. Canoe skulls found in the woods and beaches. $5 trips, hikes. Mission: develop appreciation, parking fee. Annual passes available. Thu., understanding, stewardship, and enjoyJuly 3, 3 p.m. (912)598-2300. gastateparks. ment of the natural world. Call or see org/SkidawayIsland. gastateparks.org/info/ website for info. ongoing. 912-236-8115. skidaway/. Thu., July 3, 3 p.m Skidaway wilderness-southeast.org. ongoing Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

Call of the Wild at Skidaway Pets & Animals A nighttime trail walk to hear nocturnal Low Cost Pet Clinic TailsSpin and Dr. Stanley Lester, DVM, host animals call. Discover the difference between frogs, bugs and birds. $5 parking low-cost pet vaccine clinics for students, military and seniors the second and fourth fee. Annual passes available. Sat., July 5, 8:30 p.m. (912)598-2300. gastateparks.org/ Wednesdays of each month. 5pm-6pm.

Vaccinations: $12, ($2 is donated to SavanSkidawayIsland. gastateparks.org/info/ nah pet rescue agencies). See website for skidaway/. Sat., July 5, 8:30 p.m Skidaway info. ongoing. tailsspin.com. tailsspin.com.

Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

Dolphin Project ongoing TailsSpin Pet Supplies Store, 4501 Dolphin Project's Education Outreach Habersham St., Habersham Village.

Operation New Hope Program is available to speak at schools, clubs, organizations. A powerpoint presen- Operation New Hope allows inmates to train unadoptable dogs from the Humane tation with sound and video about estuaSociety for Greater Savannah. The goals of rine dolphins and their environment. Age/ grade appropriate programs and handouts. the program are to decrease the recidivism rate among Chatham County inmates, See website for info. ongoing. thedolphinhelp inmates learn a new skill, and help project.org. ongoing GreenDrinks Savannah previously unadoptable dogs find loving A happy hour networking gathering for homes. The graduated dogs are availfolks who want to save the Earth. Second able for adoption can be viewed at www.

Tuesday of each month at 5:30pm. Location humansocietvsav.org, and www.chathamvaries monthly. Check the "GreenDrinks sheriff.org. Operation New Hope is funded Savannah" facebook page. Free to attend. by the Humane Society and community

donations. ongoing. chathamsheriff.org. humanesocietysav.org/. ongoing 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. ongoing. 912-2343336. caninepalacesavannah.com. ongoing Canine Palace Inc, 618 Abercorn St. Religious & Spiritual

Band of Sisters Prayer Group

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) ongoing.

912-663-8728. jeanneseaver@aol.com. capitolcom.org/georgia. ongoing A Buddhist Meditation Center

Welcoming all lineages and spiritual traditions. Newcomers to meditation welcome. Daily meditation, study groups and classes. Sunday includes a talk given by resident priest on Buddhist philosophy and how it relates to daily life. The center is available for individual and group retreats, weddings and funerals. Visit Savannahzencenter.com for schedule and see us on Facebook. Soto Zen lineage, resident Priest Un Shin Cindy Beach Sensei. 912427-7265 ongoing. ongoing The Savannah Zen Center, 111 E. 34th St. Catholic Singles

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. ongoing. familylife@diosav.org. diosav.org/familylifesingles. ongoing Center for Spiritual Living--Savannah

All are invited to this Science of Mind community. Recognizing the presence and power of God within, and believing that this presence is in everything in the universe, unifying all of life. Welcoming all on their spiritual pathway. Celebration: Sunday mornings. Location: Bonaventure Chapel, 2520 Bonaventure Road. Meditation at 10:30am Service at 11:00am Childcare available in the "Funday School" Sundays. cslsavannah.org. Sundays 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. MondaysSundays Ellis Square, Barnard Street and St. Julian Street.

Columba House

Columba House is an inclusive, welcoming hospitality space dedicated to building and sustaining a community of faith committed to social justice with the city's young adults, college students, and creative demographic. Tuesday evenings 6:30-8pm, includes dinner and a program focused on justice. All are welcome. Free and open to

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the public. Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. 912228-9425. Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m Columba House, 34th Street between Abercorn and Lincoln Streets.

God & Country Celebration & Picnic

Family fun with inflatables, games, picnic food, crafts, music and more. Registration not required. Free and open to the public.

Fri., July 4, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 912-355-1505.

Fri., July 4, 11 a.m.-2 p.m Higher Ground Baptist Church, 9120 Whitefield Ave. Guided Silent Prayer

Acoustical songs, 30 minutes of guided silent prayer, and minutes to receive prayer or remain in silence. Wednesdays, 6:458:00pm at Vineyard Church, 615 Montgomery St. See website for info. ongoing. vineyardsavannah.org. ongoing A New Church in the City, For the City

Gather on Sundays at 10:30am. Like the Facebook page "Savannah Church Plant." ongoing. ongoing 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.

6:00pm-7:00pm. Call for info. ongoing.

912-233-5354. ongoing 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. ongoing. 912-308-8286. savbranart@gmail.com. trinitychurch1848.org/. ongoing 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 ongoing, 7 p.m. 440-3715209. ongoing, 7 p.m Sweet Water Spa, 148 Abercorn Street.

Service of Compline

A chanted service by candlelight held every Sunday night at 9pm. "Say goodnight to God." Presented by Christ Church Anglican. ongoing. ongoing 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 Road, Pooler, GA "Saving a nation one soul at a time." ongoing. ongoing 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 environ-

ment that helps you connect with God and discover his incredible purpose for your life. Join us every Sunday morning 10AM at the Habersham YMCA. Sundays, 10 a.m. tapestrysavannah.com. ymcaofcoastalga. org/. Sundays, 10 a.m 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. ongoing. distillerysavannah.com. ongoing 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. ongoing. 912-234-0980. admin@ uusavannah.org. uusavannah.org. uusavannah.org. ongoing Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. Unity Church of Savannah

Everyone is welcome. Unity of Savannah is not concerned with where people come from, what they look like, or whom they love – Unity is just glad that each person is here. Sunday 9:15am meditative service and 11:00am celebratory service show what the New Thought Movement is all about. Children’s church 11am service.

Unity loves all people, just as they are.

Sundays. 912-355-4704. unityofsavannah. org. unityofsavannah.org/. Sundays Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Weekly Spiritual Gathering

A spiritual gathering with artist Joanne Morton and friends on Wednesdays at 12:12pm in a different square in the Historic Distric of Savannah. This is a new Savannah ritual...a growing heart collective for those who are committed to living from their hearts, and believing in the collective power of law of attraction. See website for each week's location. Wednesdays.. trickydame.com/savannah-gratitude.

Wednesdays.

SSports & 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. ongoing. 912-220-3474. savadultrec.com.

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Savannah's minor league team plays the Charleston River Dogs. Sales of special tickets benefit a different charity each Wednesday. Send email for info on tonight's charity. $8 Wed., July 2, 7:05 p.m. info@sandgnats.com. sandgnats.com. sandgnats.com. Wed., July 2, 7:05 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. Baseball. Thirsty Thursday, and Fireworks: Savannah Sand Gnats

As American as it gets! The Sand Gnats take on Charleston, with half price small sodas and draft beer, then wrap up with a bang...with post-game, pre-Independence Day fireworks. Thirsty Thursday sponsored

by Connect Savannah. $8 Gen. Adm. Thu., July 3, 7:05 p.m. sandgnats.com. sandgnats.com. Thu., July 3, 7:05 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. Baseball: Savannah Sand Gnats Dollar Monday

Augusta Green Jackets v. the Gnats. $1 for hot dogs, chips, sodas and Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. $1 admission with online coupon or in-store coupon from Kroger. $1 with coupon. $8 Gen.Adm. Mon., July 7, 7:05 p.m. sandgnats.com. sandgnats.com.

Mon., July 7, 7:05 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. Baseball: Summer Camp Day at the Savannah Sand Gnats

A daytime game against the Augusta Blue Jackets. Plus, it's Two for Tuesday with beer specials for the grown ups. $8 Gen. Adm. Tue., July 8, 11:05 a.m. sandgnats.

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Derby Devils Roller Derby Classes

Roller derby league offers 12-week courses for beginners, recreational scrimmaging for experienced players and two annual bootcamp programs. See website for info. ongoing. savannahderby.com. ongoing 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. ongoing. 912-598-9860. ongoing 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. ongoing. 912-356-3688. savannahaa.com. ongoing 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

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Free will astrology ARIES

(March 21-April 19)

Would you like your savings account to grow? Then deposit money into in it on a consistent basis. Would you like to feel good and have a lot of physical energy?

Eat healthy food, sleep as much as you need to, and exercise regularly. Do you want people to see the best in you and give you the benefit of the doubt? See the best in them and give them the benefit of the doubt. Would you love to accomplish your most important goal? Decide what you want more than anything else and focus on it with relaxed intensity. Yes, Aries, life really is that simple -- or at least it is right now. If you want to attain interesting success, be a master of the obvious.

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20)

Your urge to merge is heating up. Your curiosity about combinations is intensifying. I think it’s time to conduct jaunty experiments in mixing and blending. Here’s what I propose: Let your imagination run half-wild. Be unpredictable as you play around with medleys and hodgepodges and sweet unions. But don’t be attached to the outcomes. Some of your research may lead to permanent arrangements, and some won’t. Either result is fine. Your task is to enjoy the amusing bustle, and learn all you can from it.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20)

The American painter Ivan Albright (1897-1983) was a meticulous creator.

He spent as much time as necessary to get every detail right. An entire day might go by as he worked to perfect one square inch of a painting, and some of his pieces took years to finish. When the task at hand demanded intricate precision, he used a brush composed of a single hair.

That’s the kind of attention to minutia I recommend for you -- not forever, but for the next few weeks. Be careful and conscientious as you build the foundation that will allow you maximum freedom of movement later this year.

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VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Many of America’s founding fathers believed slavery was immoral, but they owned slaves themselves and ordained the institution of slavery in the U.S. Constitution. They didn’t invent hypocrisy, of course, but theirs was an especially tragic version. In comparison, the hypocrisy that you express is mild. Nevertheless, working to minimize it is a worthy task. And here’s the good news: You are now in a position to become the zodiac’s leader in minimizing your hypocrisy. Of all the signs, you can come closest to walking your talk and practicing what you preach. So do it! Aim to be a master of translating your ideals into practical action.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

In the last two decades, seven Academy Award winners have given thanks to God while accepting their Oscars. By contrast, 30 winners have expressed their gratitude to film studio executive Harvey Weinstein.

Who would you acknowledge as essential to your success, Libra? What generous souls, loving animals, departed helpers, and spiritual beings have contributed to your ability to thrive? Now is an excellent time to make a big deal out of expressing your appreciation. For mysterious reasons, doing so will enhance your luck and increase your chances for future success.

SCORPIO

The Venus de Milo is a famous Greek statue that’s over 2,100 years old. Bigger than life size, it depicts the goddess of love, beauty, and pleasure. Its current home is the Louvre Museum in Paris, but for hundreds of years it was lost -- buried underground on the Greek island of Milos. In 1820, a farmer found it while he was out digging on his land. I foresee a comparable discovery by you in the coming weeks, Cancerian. You will uncover a source of beauty, love, or pleasure -- or perhaps all three -- that has been missing or forgotten for a long time.

You have permission to compose an allpurpose excuse note for yourself. If you’d like, you may also forge my signature on it so you can tell everyone that your astrologer sanctified it. This document will be ironclad and inviolable. It will serve as a poetic license that abolishes your guilt and remorse. It will authorize you to slough off senseless duties, evade deadening requirements, escape small-minded influences, and expunge numbing habits.

Even better, your extra-strength excuse note will free you to seek out adventures you have been denying yourself for no good reason.

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he reaches the top, watching in dismay as it tumbles to the bottom. After each failure, he lumbers back down to where he started and makes another effort to roll it up again -- only to fail again. The myth says he continues his futile attempts for all eternity. I’m happy to report, Leo, that there is an important difference between your story and that of Sisyphus. Whereas you have tried and tried and tried again to complete a certain uphill task, you will not be forever frustrated. In fact, I believe a breakthrough will come soon, and success will finally be yours. Will it be due to your gutsy determination or your neurotic compulsion or both? It doesn’t matter.

CANCER

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22)

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According to an ancient Greek myth, Sisyphus keeps pushing a boulder up a steep hill only to lose control of it just before

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

In the Inuktitut language spoken in northern Canada, the term *iminngernaveersaa-

rtunngortussaavunga* means “I should try not to become an alcoholic.” I encourage you to have fun saying that a lot in the coming days. Why? Now is an excellent time to be playful and light-hearted as you wage war against any addictive tendencies you might have. Whether it’s booze or gambling or abusive relationships or anything else that tempts you to act like an obsessive self-saboteur, you have more power than usual to break its hold on you -- especially if you don’t take yourself too seriously.

Thursday, Ruth Byck Adult Care Center, 64 Jasper St. Sponsored by Senior Citizens, Inc. Call for info. ongoing. 912-236-0363 x143. ongoing

CAPRICORN

For traumatic brain injury survivors and their caregivers. Third Thursdays, 5pm. In the gym of the Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial. ongoing. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. ongoing Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave.

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Percival Lowell (1855-1916) was an influential astronomer who launched the exploration that led to the discovery of Pluto. He also made some big mistakes.

Here’s one: Gazing at Venus through his telescope, he swore he saw spokes emanating from a central hub on the planet’s surface. But we now know that Venus is shrouded with such thick cloud cover that no surface features are visible. So what did Lowell see? Due to an anomaly in his apparatus, the telescope projected shadows from inside his eyes onto the image of Venus. The “spokes” were actually the blood vessels in his retinas. Let this example serve as a cautionary tale for you in the coming weeks, Capricorn. Don’t confuse what’s within you with what’s outside you. If you can clearly discern the difference, your closest relationships will experience healing breakthroughs.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

“I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.” So said British writer G. K. Chesterton. Now I’m passing his advice on to you just in time for the Purge and Purify Phase of your astrological cycle. In the coming weeks, you will generate good fortune for yourself whenever you wash your own brain and absolve your own heart and flush the shame out of your healthy sexual feelings. As you proceed with this work, it may expedite matters if you make a conscious choice to undergo a trial by fire.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20)

“I awake in a land where the lovers have seized power,” writes Danish poet Morten Sondergaard in his fanciful poem “The Lovers.” “They have introduced laws decreeing that orgasms need never come to an end. Roses function as currency. . . The words ‘you’ and ‘I’ are now synonymous.” A world like the one he describes is a fantasy, of course. It’s impossible. But I predict that in the coming weeks you could create conditions that have resemblances to that utopia. So be audacious in your quest for amorous bliss and convivial romance. Dare to put love at the top of your priority list. And be inventive!

Amputee Support Group

Open to all who have had limbs amputated and their families or caregivers. Call for info. ongoing. 912-355-7778. ongoing 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 ongoing. ongoing Brain Injury Support Group

Breast Cancer Survivors Group

Tuesdays, 5:20pm at First Presbyterian Church. For survivors and caregivers. Call for info. ongoing. 912-844-4524. fpc.presbychurch.net. ongoing First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. Cancer Support Group

For anyone living with, through or beyond a cancer diagnosis. First Wednesdays, at Lewis Cancer Pavilion. Call for info. ongoing. 912-819-5704. ongoing Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. 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. ongoing. 912-303-9442. ongoing Full Circle Center for Grief Support, 450 Mall Blvd., Suite H. Citizens With Retarded Citizens

For families with children or adults with autism, mental retardation, and other developmental disabilities. Meets monthly.

Call for info. ongoing. 912-355-7633. ongoing Citizens With Retarded Citizens, 1211 Eisenhower Drive.

Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Assoc.

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. ongoing. 912-927-8332. coastalempirepoliosurvivors.org. ongoing Debtors Anonymous

For people with debting problems. Meets Sundays, 6:30pm at Unity of Savannah.

See website or call for info. ongoing. 912572-6108. debtorsanonymous.org. unityofsavannah.org/. ongoing Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset 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. ongoing. edasavannah@yahoo.com. ongoing Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. Essential Tremor Support Group

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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. ongoing. 912-819-2224. ongoing 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. ongoing. 912-8196743. sjchs.org. sjchs.org. ongoing 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. ongoing. 912-748-4730. ongoing Georgia Scleroderma Support Group

A group for people with scleroderma for the greater Savannah area and surrounding counties. Meets regularly. Call for day and time. Lovezzola's Pizza, 320 Hwy 80 West, Pooler. Info: 912-412-6675 or 912414-3827. ongoing. ongoing 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. ongoing. 912-3039442. HospiceSavannah.org/GriefSupport. ongoing Grief 101 Support Group

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. ongoing. 912-303-9442. ongoing Full Circle Center for Grief Support, 450 Mall Blvd., Suite H. Heartbeats for Life

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. Tuesdays. 912598-8457. jeff@heartbeatsforlife-ga.org.

Tuesdays Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St.

For patients with blood-related cancers and their loved ones. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-350-7845. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. ongoing Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Narcotics Anonymous

Call for the Savannah Lowcountry Area NA meeting schedule. ongoing. 912-238-5925. ongoing National Alliance of Mentally Ill

Weekly 90-minute support group for anyone with a mental health diagnosis.

Also offer weekly family support group.

Both meet Tuesdays, 6pm-8pm. Free and open to the public. ongoing. ongoing Trinity Lutheran Church, 12391 Mercy Blvd.

Overeaters Anonymous

For people who are eating compulsively. If nothing else has worked, there is help. Savannah has 2 OA meetings a week: Wednesday 5:30pm First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Avenue (at Paulsen Street) Friday 6:30pm Unity Church, 2320 Sunset Blvd. (off of Skidaway Rd.) Wednesdays, Fridays.. 912-844-4524. elissabeam@yahoo.com. unityofsavannah. org/. Wednesdays, Fridays. Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. Is food a problem for you? Overeaters Anonymous can help. Savannah meetings Mon 6:30pm, Wed 5:30pm, Fri 6:30 p.m. See website for locations and info, or call 912-358-7150. ongoing. oa.org/meetings. ongoing Parents of Children with IEP's (Individualized Education Plans)

For parents of children attending Chatham-Savannah Public School System who have IEP plans, to offer mutual support through the challenges of the IEP process.

Email for info. ongoing. amkw210@gmail. com. ongoing Parents of Ill Children

Backus Children's Hospital sponsors this group for parents with a seriously ill child receiving inpatient or outpatient treatment.

Case manager facilitates the meetings.

Meets weekly. Call for info ongoing. 912350-5616. memorialhealth.com/backus. memorialhealth.com/backus. ongoing Backus Children's Hospital, 4700 Waters Ave. Savannah-South Coast Parkinson's Support Group

The Savannah-South Coast Parkinson's Support Group will meet the first Saturday Klinefelter Syndrome/47-XXY Support Group of each month from 9am - 11am at South For parents of children with this diagnosis, Coast Medical Group, 1326 Eisenhower Dr, and for men with this diagnosis. Started Building 1. Contact James or Lou at 706by the mother of a boy with 47-XXY. Email 413-3264 or email: admin@gaparkinsons. to meet for mutual support. ongoing. org for more information. Contact name: amkw21@gmail.com. ongoing James Trussell Saturdays.. 706-413-3264.

Legacy Group: For individuals with advanced admin@gaparkinsons.org. southcoastmedand recurrent cancer. ical.com/Search/search_details_locations.

Group addresses the concerns of advanced php?location=1. Saturdays. Southcoast and recurrent cancer survivors from the Medical Group (Southside Savannah), 1326 physical, emotional, spiritual, and social Eisenhower Dr. Parkinson's Support Group aspects of healing. To register for a speFirst Thursdays, 5pm-6:30pm, Marsh Aucific session and to learn about the group, ditorium at Candler. Call for info. ongoing. please call Jennifer Currin-McCulloch at 912-355-6347. sjchs.org/. ongoing Candler 912-350-7845. ongoing. 912-350-7845.

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