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Week At A Glance

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Theatre: kitchen witches

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Coastal Empire Fair

The Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash w/ 65th annual Coastal Empire Fair presented The Train Wrecks by the Exchange Club of Savannah. Monday-Friday 5:30-10:30pm Saturday 11am-10:30pm Sunday 12-9:30pm Oct. 30-Nov. 9 Coastal Empire Fairgrounds, 4801 Meding St. $10 General Admission coastalempirefair.com

Film: Testament

This unforgettable portrait of life in small town America after a nuclear war destroys much of our country is considered one of the finest motion pictures ever made about the harsh realities of the atomic bomb. For mature audiences. 8 p.m The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. $7

Jane Fishman

Savannah author and columnist will discuss her newest book, The Woman Who Saved An Island: The Story of Sandy West and Ossabaw Island. 7 p.m The Book Lady Bookstore, 6 East Liberty St.

Lecture: Scratch Beginnings

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Author of Armstrong's 2014-15 Common Read, Scratch Beginnings, Adam Shepard will speak about his journey out of homelessness after college with only $25 to his name. Following the lecture is a Q&A session and book signing. noon Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. 4 Free and open to the public

Two Americana bands perform in the Trinity sanctuary as part of the Thursday Opry Night Series. 7:30 p.m Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St. $10 515-865-5299

Lecture: Dr. David Hurst Thomas

Dr. David Hurst Thomas will discuss his excavation work on St. Catherines Island. The lecture is presented by Digging Savannah and sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Savannah. 6 p.m Benedictine Military School, 6502 Seawright Dr. Free and open to the public

Lecture: Tina McElroy Ansa

Tina McElroy Ansa is a novelist, publisher, filmmaker, teacher, journalist , and storyteller. Her novels include Baby of the Family, Ugly Ways, The Hand I Fan With, and You Know Better. 2 p.m Savannah State University, 3219 College St. Free and open to the public

The Night of Broken Glass Kristallnacht Remembrance

Keynote speaker will be Taylor Culjan, chair of the English department at St. Vincent's Academy and a Holocaust educator. 7:15 p.m Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Free and open to the public

Paws in the Park Fall Festival

Dog and family friendly fun day to celebrate the opening of Bryan County Bark

Park. Vendors, food, and activities for all as well as on site micro chipping. 10 a.m De Vaul Henderson Park, Timber Trail. 912-756-8807

Poverty Simulation

Step Up Savannah, Inc. and Armstrong State University partner for this poverty simulation, where groups of 35 to 75 people become an impoverished family for one month, or four 15-minute weeks. The simulation is open to anyone who wants to participate, but registration is required. 1 p.m Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. 912-401-0672. stepupsavannah.org

Rock 'n' Roll Savannah Marathon Health & Fitness Expo

Over 60 exhibitors offer free samples, showcase the latest in running gear, sports apparel, health & nutritional information and much more. Includes the marathon's official store. All runners must visit the expo to pick up their race number, gear bag and t-shirt. 1-6 p.m Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, 1 International Dr. Free and open to the public. runrocknroll.competitor.com/2014/08/savannah/ rnrsav-kickoff-party_77290

Soul Proprietors Film Screening

The Soul Proprietors Community Project paired film crews with three local businesses - Savannah Bee Co., Bikram Yoga Savannah, and Johnnie Ganem's - to create a short film in five days. See those short films at this screening. 7 p.m Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. $10 425-260-4652

Theatre: Legally Blonde the Musical

Savannah Arts Academy performs a musical version of Legally Blonde, the story of sorority girl turned Harvard lawyer Elle Woods. 7 p.m Savannah Arts Academy, 500 Washington Ave. $10-$20 seatyourself.biz/saa

Wine for the Walk

This month's wine tasting proceeds will benefit the local chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. Guests can sample 7 wines and enjoy appetizers by Bonefish Grille and dessert by Gigi's Cupcakes. 5:30-7:30 p.m Savannah Wine Cellar, 5500 Abercorn St., Twelve Oask Shopping Center. $15 per person, $25 for a couple 912-355-9463

Friday / 7 4th Annual Pasta on the Park

The night before the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon, eat pasta in the park while listening to live music -- all to benefit lymphatic malformation research and trials. 4 p.m American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. $10 in advance, $15 at door, free for children under 6

First Friday Art March

A monthly art walk featuring galleries, restaurants, boutiques and more. Free Trolley transportation, Indie Arts Market, and Kids Art Activities. November features: Dress Up at Gypsy Girl, make signs for the Rock n' Roll Marathon at the Activity Area on Desoto first Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m Art Rise Savannah, 2427 Desoto Ave. Free for All Ages

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First Friday Fireworks on River Street

Start the month and the weekend with a bang. 9:30 p.m Rousakis Plaza, River St. Free and open to the public. riverstreetsavannah.com

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

Harvest Fest

A fall celebration of all things Georgia. Friday's events include live music by Keith and Ross at 7pm and fireworks to begin the festivities. Saturday's events include Hopped Up on Georgia Brews at 1pm, a craft beer tasting of over twenty Georgia breweries, and live music by the Accomplices at 5pm. Nov. 7-9 Rousakis Plaza, River St. riverstreetsavannah.com

THEATRE: Kitchen Witches

The Tybee Arts Association Performance Society performs this play written by Caroline Smith and directed by Dr. Ronnie Spilton. 7:30 p.m. Jim Ingham Black Box Theater, 7 Cedarwood Dr. Tybee Island, GA 31328. $18, $15 for TAA members 912-786-5920. tybeearts.org

Lecture: Race, Gender, & Infant Murder in the Nineteenth Century US

Armstrong State University professor of history Felicity Turner presents her lecture on the link between slavery and infanticide. noon Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Free and open to the public 912-344-2971

Music: John Prine & Jason Isbell

Americana from a grandmaster in the field, and a former Drive-By Trucker opening. Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $39.50 - $59.50 savannahcivic.com

November Full Moon Paddle

Traditionally called the Full Beaver Moon because November is when beavers prepare their dams and lodges for the winter, the November full moon will be our last opportunity this year to enjoy comfortable night-time paddling weather before winter arrives. Fundraiser for the Coastal Group of the Georgia Chapter Sierra Club. 5:30 p.m Rodney J. Hall Park & Boat Ramp, 25 Diamond Causeway. $50 kayak rental or $15 -$25 suggested donation 912-961-6190. karengrainey@bellsouth.net.

Race, Gender, & Infant Murder in the Nineteenth Century US

Armstrong assistant professor of history Felicity Turner lectures on the problematic links generated between slavery and infant murder by pre-Civil War antislavery activists. 12-1 p.m Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Free and open to the public. 912-344-2971

Rock 'n' Roll Savannah Marathon Health & Fitness Expo

Over 60 exhibitors offer free samples, showcase the latest in running gear, sports apparel, health & nutritional information and much more. Includes the marathon's official store. All runners must visit the expo to pick up their race number, gear bag and t-shirt. 10 a.m.-7 p.m Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, 1 International Dr. Free and open to the public. runrocknroll.competitor.com/2014/08/savannah/ rnrsav-kickoff-party_77290

Theatre: Spine Tingling Tales

A late night ghost show that's appropriate for most ages, but a little bit scary. Produced by Odd Lot Comedy Troupe. 11 p.m. The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. $25 soucyman@gmail.com. spinetinglingtales.com

Spirits of Savannah: A Multimedia Performance of Paranormal Encounters

The Spirits of Savannah deliver a multimedia theatrical experience about folklore surrounding paranormal encounters. 6:45 p.m. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. $25 in advance, $30 at the door

Theatre: Legally Blonde the Musical

Savannah Arts Academy performs a musical version of Legally Blonde, the story of sorority girl turned Harvard lawyer Elle Woods. Nov. 6-8, 7 p.m Savannah Arts Academy, 500 Washington Ave. $10-$20 seatyourself.biz/saa

Saturday / 8 Bethesda Farm Stand

Bethesda students and staff sell fresh produce, organic garden seedlings and farm-fresh eggs. 8:30 a.m.-noon Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. 912-351-2061. bethesdaacademy.org

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Bonaventure After Hours: Stories, Nightfall & More!

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Concert: Modern Meets Tradition: The Eric Jones Trio Post bop jazz in the tradition of Freddie Hubbard, Hernie Hancock, or Wayne Shorter. Part of Armstrong's Piano in the Arts series. 8 p.m Armstrong Fine Arts Center, 11935 Abercorn St. $15 armstrong.edu

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

Fort Pulaski Bird Walk

Members of the Ogeechee Audubon Society lead this park walk to see new and different birds. Meet near the parkâ€™s Entrance Station. Sunscreen, insect repellent, binoculars recommended. 8:30 a.m Fort Pulaski, US Highway 80 E. Free and open to the public. 912-786-5787 X114. Joel_Cadoff@nps.gov. nps. gov/fopu/planyourvisit/events.htm

Gregorian Chant Meets Bluegrass

An exploration of the history and practice of shape note music, a 200-year-old, uniquely American style of hymn singing.

2-3 p.m Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church, 50 Diamond Causeway. Free 912-655-0994. savannahsacredharp.com

THEATRE: Kitchen Witches

Lantern Tour at Wormsloe

Guided tours by lantern include the Tabby Ruins, met by Noble Jones himself. Plus a colonial village celebrating the arrival of autumn. 6-8 p.m Wormsloe Historic Site, 7601 Skidaway Rd. $10, seniors 62+ $9, youth 6-17 $4.50, children under 6 $2. 912-353-3023. gastateparks.org/Wormsloe

Lecture: A Climate for Castrators

Presented by Alyssa Gehman as part of the Wormsloe Foundation Lecture Series. 1 p.m Wormsloe Historic Site, 7601 Skidaway Rd. $10

O My Aiken Lowry: A Literary Cabaret

An original performance piece presenting the lives, works and relationship between Savannah native and Pulitzer Prize winning poet Conrad Aiken and his apprentice, Malcolm Lowry, author of Under the Volcano. Music, readings, comedy, puppets, costumes, film, and lots of ukuleles. A free performance will take place at 6 p.m. in the North Garden. 7 p.m Ships of The Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.

Old Time Country Dance

Savannah Folk Music Society presents this dance with music by Glow In The Dark. 7:30 p.m Notre Dame Academy, 1709 Bull St.

A Painting at Wormsloe

Instructor Brandi Hurlebaus will teach participants how to paint the Wormsloe oak avenue. The first event is family-friendly, and the second event includes wine after 5 p.m. for adults only. 1-3 p.m Wormsloe Historic Site, 7601 Skidaway Rd. $25-50

Paws in the Park Fall Festival

A 3k run and half-mile walk, vendor booths, and dog-related events all to benefit the new dog park. 10 a.m.-3 p.m De Vaul Henderson Park, Timber Trail.

Free and open to the public. bryancountybarkpark.com

Rock 'n' Roll Savannah Marathon and 1/2 Marathon

Phillip Phillips headlines the finish line concert and celebration in Forsyth Park for this marathon, half marathon and relay. Musicians perform at intervals along the race route that winds through the city. 7 a.m Downtown Savannah, downtown. Varies by race and date of registration. runrocknroll.competitor.com/savannah

SCAD: Broadway Rocks!

SCAD presents the second annual concert Broadway Rocks! directed by performing arts chair Michael Wainstein, with musical direction by Kim Steiner, SCAD vocal instructor and accompanist. The concert features selections from popular Broadway shows including BEAUTIFUL: The Carole King Musical, American Idiot, Book of Mormon and more. 8 p.m Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. $5 emuller@lucastheatre.com. lucastheatre.com/ schedule/2014-11/

Theatre: Spine Tingling Tales

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This highly-anticipated chic cocktail reception allows patrons an exclusive opportunity to preview and purchase featured art and meet the artists. Get your tickets now at tefair.org/ artfair or call 912.790.8866

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

Spirits of Savannah: A Multimedia Performance of Paranormal Encounters

Theatre: Legally Blonde the Musical

Wilmington Island Farmers' Market

Vendors offering produce, prepared foods, crafts, plus storytime, musical performances, and community information. 111 Walthour Rd @ Islands Community Church. Free and open to the public

Sunday / 9 THEATRE: Kitchen Witches

The Tybee Arts Association Performance Society performs this play written by Caroline Smith and directed by Dr. Ronnie Spilton. 3 p.m. Jim Ingham Black Box Theater, 7 Cedarwood Dr. Tybee Island, GA 31328. $18, $15 for TAA members 912-786-5920. tybeearts.org

Theatre: Legally Blonde the Musical

Savannah Arts Academy performs a musical version of Legally Blonde, the story of sorority girl turned Harvard lawyer Elle Woods. 2:30 p.m Savannah Arts Academy, 500 Washington Ave. $10-$20 seatyourself.biz/saa

Veterans Day Memorial Service

Annual Veterans Day program at the Vietnam Veterans Monument. Must starts at 6:30pm 6:30-8:30 p.m Emmet Park, End of Bay St. Free

Monday / 10 Film: Mending the Line

Mending the Line chronicles Frank Moore's remarkable life history and follows the 90-year-old veteran’s return to France to fish the rivers he crossed so many years ago as a 21-year-old soldier amidst the devastation of war. Moore will be present at the screening for questions. 7 p.m Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. $12 for general public, $6 for military members

Odd Lot Improv

In the tradition of The Groundlings, Second City, and Whose Line is it Anyway?, The Odd Lot Comedy Troupe presents live, in the moment, hilarity with a showcase of improvisational comedy. Appropriate comedy for a PG crowd. 8 p.m. Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd.

Savannah Food & Wine Festival: Bethesda Dinner

Lecture: Kevin Klinkenberg: Why I Walk An outdoor, tented evening with dinner The executive director of the Savannah Development and Renewal Authority, discusses his new book, and how cities can better design urban areas to increase quality of life. Part of the Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home Fall Lecture Series. 4 p.m Flannery Oâ€™Connor Childhood Home, 207 E. Charlton Street. Free and open to the public. flanneryoconnorhome.org

held amid a backdrop of marsh, moss and oaks on the school's historic campus on Ferguson Avenue. Benefiting Bethesda Academy. Reception 5:00 pm, Dinner 6:00 pm 5 p.m Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. $150 savannahfoodandwinefest.com

Rock ‘n’ Roll Savannah 5k & 1 Mile

Bethesda Farm Stand

Shorter races sponsored by the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon. 5k Start Time: 1:00 pm 1 Mile Start Time: 2:30 pm 1 p.m $30 - $40 runrocknroll.competitor.com/savannah/register

Rock ‘n’ Roll Savannah Kids Rock

A one-mile fun run for children in grades K-7. This non-competitive, non-timed event is all about having fun and making it to the finish line. 3:15 p.m Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave. varies runrocknroll.competitor.com/savannah/kids-rock

Deck The Mall. 500,000 Lights on a Tree 50-Feet Tall. Experience an amazing, digitally-choreographed music and light show every half-hour on the towering tree at Center Court.

Santa’s at Your Beck & Call. From Nov. 14 up until the big day, St. Nick will be here ready to make memories you and your kids will cherish.

Next Stop, Savannah Mall. Our brand new holiday train rolls November 14 - January 4; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Tuesday / 11 Bethesda students and staff sell fresh produce, organic garden seedlings and farm-fresh eggs. 3-5:30 p.m. Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. 912-351-2061. bethesdaacademy.org

Wednesday / 12 Film: Mystery Neil Young Concert Film

The Pyschotronic Film Society's birthday tribute to Neil Young is an ultra-rare concert film that hasn't been available for decades. The title will be revealed at showtime. Note that it's for a mature audience. 8 p.m The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. $7

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Brittany’s choice and dying with dignity

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But every day, many tens of millions of Americans, the vast majority of whom don’t fit the magic media formula, face similarly excruciating pain and painful decisions, ‘The world is a beautiful their families also along for the emotional place, travel has been my rollercoaster. greatest teacher, my close They slowly die in hospital beds and friends and folks are the nursing homes and palliative care units and greatest givers. I hospices all over the country, to the tune of even have a ring of many billions of dollars of taxpayer money, support around my bed as I type…. Goodbye not to mention unquantifiable mental and world. Spread good energy. Pay it forward!’ physical agony suffered by themselves and — Brittany Maynard their family members. They are forgotten by the country they IN A WAY, it was a stunning and inspiring act of heroism and crystalline courage. In helped build, never mentioned or courted by another way, it was a story tailor-made for politicians, never asked their opinion on talk the social media generation, where everyshows or cable news, ignored by Hollywood thing personal is to be posted and discussed. screenwriters. Regardless, America has been riveted by They suffer almost completely in silent people. But she was the first of her cohort to agony, the vast majority either unable or the ordeal of 29-year-old Brittany Maydo so in such a public manner. nard, who, in the most thoughtful and sinunallowed to make as firm or as public a (Her tale is a sad but important juxtapo- decision as Maynard did, or simply unwillcere way available to her, decided to end her sition to the Veterans Day story in this issue ing to do so. own life Nov. 1 rather than suffer further by Jessica Leigh Lebos following up on an from terminal brain cancer. They may be white or a person of color, And perhaps just as importantly, she also important local PTSD study which in part they may be skin and bones or morbidly explores the shockingly high suicide rate decided to make the process as public as obese, they may be rich or poor, they may be among veterans in their 20s.) possible, from her decision to move from any number of things. Not that anyone needs my approval, but I California to Oregon to take advantage of But for the most part—pediatric patients progressive legislation there, to the last vaca- support Maynard’s decision 100 percent. excepted of course—they’re just plain old. I support it because I can tell you from tions she took with her husband. And while this country has a boundless experience that you can never unsee a loved appetite for the activities of younger people To show that it could be done. To show one wither and decay and writhe in pain others they have another option besides in any form or fashion, the one thing absofrom an irreversible condition. society-mandated suffering. lutely nobody wants to explore is the ordeal And having seen it, you can also never It was humanist, it was feminist, it was of getting older. forget the deeply unsettling feeling that if empowering, it was heartbreaking. The truth is every family in America will Maynard’s decision was both a statement you just had more courage yourself—to let at some point have at least one Brittany them go before you’re ready, to encourage in support of individual rights and a stateMaynard in their ranks: Someone who’s sick them to let go—you could help relieve them and not going to get better. ment against a health care system which of their suffering. Instead of being a guiltin its scientific advancement seems deterThe decision about what to do or not to mined—in exactly as stubborn a way as any ridden and powerless onlooker, you could do is strictly personal and familial. If you help them on their journey, the same jourevolution-scoffing conservative—to ignore believe in a God that hates suicide, then it’s ney we will all eventually take. the one un-ignorable fact of life: still a matter between that person and God’s But taking nothing away from Maynard’s judgment. That all life ends. struggle or her courage, it must be rememWhile the debate over suicide—and But either way the struggle is a universal bered that, other than her age, absolutely euphemisms aside, suicide is precisely the one. none of what she went through is remotely word for what Maynard did—has occuWhile we should all learn from Brittany unusual. pied theologians, philosophers, clergymen, Maynard’s example and admire her clearWhat makes Maynard’s story noteworthy eyed courage and will to celebrate life, we physicians, and insurance companies for for many people and newsworthy for the centuries, the poignant process behind should also remember that her dilemma is media has more to do with Maynard herself: in some ways the most common of all. Maynard’s decision came in language both Young, white, attractive, female. well-reasoned and easy to digest, in the conIt’s my hope that the real discussion won’t The timeless tragic appeal of beautiful versational style of the internet. end with her passing, but will only just youth cut short in its prime is the stuff of Maynard was far from the first to make begin. Especially in the 45 states, including high literature and mainstream entertainthis particular decision. People in great Georgia, which currently don’t legally recment: Romeo and Juliet, Terms of Endearphysical or mental pain have taken their ognize the vitally human concept of death ment, Million Dollar Baby, etc. own lives for as long as there have been with dignity. cs by Jim Morekis

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The truth is every family in America will at some point have at least one Brittany Maynard in their ranks: Someone who is sick and not going to get better.

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Feed the hungry, feed the soul jll@connectsavannah.com

A friend and I were recently discussing the difference between charity and service, and this is what we came up with: Both benefit the less fortunate in a civil society. But charity can be accomplished by simply writing a check from the comfort of one’s home, preferably with a Montblanc fountain pen while wearing a smoking jacket and sipping an18-year-old scotch. Even if our donations come in amounts that wouldn’t cover an hour’s worth of electricity for any non-profit, it’s still a way to give without getting up. Nothing wrong with that. But service? That requires getting your hands dirty. Well, sometimes, you must wear plastic gloves. And also, a hairnet. I found this out as soon as I walked through the side door at Emmaus House on Reynolds Square, the soup kitchen that has served a hot meal out of the first floor of Christ Church most weekdays since 1982. I thought I’d just come to do a little charitable reporting, but Chef Freda Payne cheerfully tossed me the necessary accoutrements along with an apron and immediately pointed me towards a griddle. Within ten seconds I found myself flipping pancakes next to regular volunteer Ginger Heidel, who spends a couple of hours here every Wednesday morning before going to work at the website company she runs with her husband and Connect Brew/Drink/Run beer columnist, Lee. “That’s OK, the first batch never turns out,” she reassured me as I slopped batter into lopsided shapes. Service can also mean getting the counter dirty and, if you’re very terrible with a spatula, your shoes. The hotcakes were prep work for tomorrow’s meal, and Ginger explained that though the doors open around 8:30am, breakfast foods are actually an anomaly at Emmaus House. Chef Freda prefers to serve something heartier to fill the bellies of folks who might not see another meal until the next morning: Barbecue chicken, creamy mac n’ cheese and mixed veggies filled the Styrofoam plates today, along with hot coffee and generous slices of cake at every setting.

“Breakfast is a time of day, not a type of food,” the chef will tell you briskly. The breakfasters had no complaints as they filed in 50 at a time and received their plates. They ate quietly but with much gusto, then cleared the space for the next person. It was, without exception, an atmosphere of fine table manners and tacit kindness. A genius of make-do scratch cooking, Chef Freda feeds between 130 and 200 hungry people a day with food donations from local restaurants, grocery stores and whatever’s available at the Second Harvest Food Bank. She also welcomes party leftovers and unused lunch portions. She rarely wastes a morsel. Essentially, it works a lot like the folk fable of Stone Soup, where small bits of collective cooperation somehow end up feeding an entire village.

picking up orphaned sandwich trays. “People ask us what we need,” he says, estimating Freda and her crew served close to 35,000 meals last year. “I always say, ‘Whatcha got?’” If you’re wondering about the legalities, contributions are covered under the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act, which absolves you should Aunt Agnes’ leftover potato salad result in any issues later. The law also requires the gloves and hairnets. And the Health Dept. visits regularly, just like any other restaurant. While this soup kitchen rarely serves actual soup, there will be bottomless pots of steaming broths and stews from your favorite local restaurants this Sunday, Nov. 9, at Emmaus House’s yearly fundraising event, The Empty Bowl. Twenty bucks gets you all Emmaus House chef Freda Payne (right) the soup you can eat plus a handmade bowl to take home, donated by the Clay Spot, oversees the soup kitchen’s volunteers Starlight Pottery and the art students at and food donations, including weekly Savannah Country Day. loaves from Bread Dog. Yes, it’s a charity event, and it’s going to be delicious. “It’s a juggle, especially at the end of the I had just hung up my apron when I had month when it’s more crowded, but it always the thought that charity can be part of what works out,” she promised. makes service possible. I was about to write That kind of faith plays a definitive part in that down for a later conversation when a Emmaus House’s raison d’être: Collaboratcall rang through the kitchen: “Bread Dog ing under an umbrella called United Minis- is here!” tries, several of Savannah’s most prominent David tugged my sleeve and pulled me churches make it possible to provide meals outside. “Oh, you have to meet Bread Dog.” to the homeless and hungry here as well as A slobbery delight of a Golden Retriever, hot showers and washing machines. (The Bread Dog not only accompanies the weekly queue starts forming at 6am; the washing donation from Derst Bakery but also facilities close when breakfast is served.) peformed the service of licking me clean of But other than a round of rejoicing in the any extra pancake batter. day à la Psalm 118, verse 24, led by Deacon Between its volunteers and its clients, Jamie Maury, there was no detectable reliEmmaus House satisfies more than physical gious agenda. appetites. At sunrise, over 160 people had “You don’t have to listen to a sermon or been leaning against the stone wall, some of pray before you come in,” explained executhem homeless, all of them hungry. tive director David Acuff. “You don’t even Now the line was fed and gone, and have to be sober.” the suits and tourists walked through the Furthermore, Emmaus House collects square, unaware of the exchange of humble no data, takes no names and makes no kindnesses that happen here every day. judgments. I drove to work buoyed with another “We don’t have the space or the people point to add to an ongoing discourse power even if we wanted to,” shrugs David, Charity only goes one way. But service, I sweeping his arm around his tiny office. believe, boomerangs something even better “All we’re trying to do here is feed people. back. cs That’s it.” Also a cheerful fixture at the SavanEmpty Bowl Fundraiser for Emmaus House nah Bicycle Campaign, Metro Rotary, When: noon-2pm, Sunday, Nov. 9 Where: Emmaus House, 18 Abercorn St. Ogeechee Riverkeeper and a dozen other Tickets: $20; $5 kids under 12 worthy local causes, David spends a good portion of his week schlepping around town Info: 912.495.8828 or emmaushousesavannah@gmail.com 9

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Veterans receive immediate treatment and help researchers qualifies for the study, their treatment can start right away,” says Dr. Nina Schneider, a clinical psycholoThe majority of U.S. gist at the VA Primary Care Clinic troops have returned home from on Middleground Road. “OtherIraq and Afghanistan, but for wise, it can take months to get an many, the war will continue long appointment.” after they hang up their uniforms. Funded by the Department of One out of five soldiers who Defense, the four-year study began have served in the Middle East has in 2013 and is being conducted at been diagnosed with Post Traufour separate sites in the U.S. Some matic Stress Disorder (PTSD). of the country’s most stringent acaTwenty percent of the total suidemic institutions are supporting cides in the U.S. are veterans, averpartners, including the University aging almost one a day. of Michigan in Ann Arbor, the Veterans under 24 are four University of California in San times more likely to take their own Diego, Harvard Medical School in lives than any other age group. Boston and the Medical University Yet with the top administraof South Carolina, operating out of tive tiers of Veterans Affairs in Savannah’s VA clinic. shambles and VA hospitals overSo far 148 veterans have parcrowded and underfunded, finding treatDr. Nina Schneider listens to and ticipated nationally, and Savannah leads the ment for the lasting psychological effects of learns from veterans with PTSD as enrollment with 59, despite its status as the combat can be notoriously difficult. Wait part of a VA study. Participants can only outpatient facility in the study. Some times for therapy appointments can exceed begin receiving treatment immediately. of those local participants have traveled to ten months, and many soldiers turn to drugs Photo by Linette Dubois the Ann Arbor site for functional MRIs and alcohol to alleviate the depression, (fMRIs) that provide images of brain activnightmares, anxiety and other symptoms talk therapy called Prolonged Exposure with ity and other biological markers. associated with PTSD. sertraline, an anti-depressant best known by “For our purposes, we are looking to In Savannah, local vets may be able to get its brand name, Zoloft. answer how sertraline and PE therapy help immediately if they’re willing to particiBut PROGrESS is much more than an affects parts of the brain,” explains study pate in the VA’s PROGrESS study. Short effort to collect data—it’s a way to fast track coordinator Michelle Pompei. for Prolonged Exposure/Setraline Study, the veterans with PTSD on to already-proven “How is it different in patients who research effort investigates the most effective protocols. respond differently to the treatments? Can treatment for PTSD by combining a type of “I can’t emphasize enough that if someone differences in the brain predict treatment jessica leigh lebos

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outcomes?” Dr. Schneider has worked with the VA for eight and a half years, much of that at the dedicated PTSD clinic in Lexington, Kentucky. She’s been working in Savannah for four months and recognizes the same symptoms in local vets as the ones she has observed from around the country. “There’s definitely a pattern of anxiety, depression, nightmares…their families complain of anger issues and irritability,” says Dr. Schneider, adding that that there’s a marked difference in the PTSD symptoms of combat and non-combat veterans. “There’s a broader spectrum of behaviors for non-combat veterans, from mild depression to hoarding, but for combat veterans, the symptoms tend to be specific.” A sense of impending disaster, emotions that flip on a dime, always feelings stressed out, panic triggered by unexpected sounds—these are experiences common to almost every combat veteran, regardless of age, race or gender. And then there are the recurring bad dreams. “I don’t know a single vet who comes back and isn’t angry and having nightmares. It’s sad, but it’s tending normative,” she says with a sigh. Though PTSD has been discussed as a possible cause for the murderous rampage committed by Staff Sgt. Robert Bales that left 16 Afghani civilians dead in 2012, Dr. Schneider is careful to affirm that a PTSD diagnosis doesn’t necessarily mean violence. “People tend to turn on themselves, trying to repress memories with drugs and alcohol, but it doesn’t work. If it did, they wouldn’t be sitting in my office.” What has been proven to work is an appropriate dose of sertraline, which was found to be the most effective of all pharmaceutical anti-depressants in treating PTSD, according to a 2012 study by the National Institute of Public Health. Also shown to be helpful is Prolonged

Exposure, which differs from traditional talk therapy in that patients are encouraged to relive traumatic experiences and identify their emotional triggers. The PROgRESS study is designed to maximize therapeutic and research values of a combined approach. But not all of Dr. Schneider’s patients open up so easily. She tells the story of one patient who was driving in a convoy in Afghanistan when the vehicle behind his burst into flames after being hit with an improvised explosive device (IED). The soldier watched helplessly as the driver burned to death. He finished out his tour wracked with guilt that he should have done more, but didn’t seek treatment for years after he returned home. When he signed up for the study’s treatment protocol, recounts Dr. Schneider, it took several sessions for him to even address the trauma, and when he did, he kept looking at the door like he wanted to bolt. Then the tears finally came. “In the real world, you would be able to start grieving right away, but soldiers often have to tuck it away just to survive,” she says. “When the recovery process gets kickstarted months, even years, later, it can be very intense.” While the findings of the PROgRESS study won’t be published until 2017, the effects of the treatments are immediately available to veterans. The study still has plenty of opens slots, which may be attributed to one of PTSD’s most insidious symptoms: Avoidance. Dr. Schneider says her heart goes to out to veterans and their families and hopes they will find their way to healing. “When you put anyone in war, they’re not going to come out the same,” she empathizes, adding, “These are the strongest men and women I’ve ever met.” cs

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Paying it forward – with food and love By Jennifer Cabe, M.A., Canyon Ranch Institute Executive Director and Board Member

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These days, many businesses say they’re community-focused, and plenty are true to that claim. Being engaged with our neighbors is actually good business, because if a community isn’t thriving and healthy, its businesses will struggle. Organizations across Savannah are supporting the Canyon Ranch Institute Savannah Partnership (CRISP), which is helping people make healthy choices every day through the energetic CRI Life Enhancement Program with Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Care and the CRI Healthy Garden program at Trustees’ Garden, as well as the CRI Theater for Health and CRI Healthy Table programs that will officially launch in 2015. One CRISP collaborator – the one-yearold Dept. 7 East – is getting a lot of media attention, winning awards, and receiving outstanding reviews across social media for its delicious food and quirky sandwich names (Bonnie Blue, anyone?). Dept. 7 East has also earned accolades and return business for its highly professional catering and in-house events, dedication to locally sourced ingredients, and even its charming décor. But what little secret about Dept. 7 East isn’t being blasted from Savannah’s rooftops? This one: Dept. 7 East co-owners

Meta Adler and Chef Michele Jemison are investing in the Savannah community by contributing time, money, food, and Savannah-style hospitality and love back to the people and place they call home. I had no luck getting these ladies to brag about themselves. Meta and Chef Michele are great business partners and friends who finish each other’s sentences and seem to have an unspoken pact about not tooting their own horns. So we’re bragging for them! They lay out their philosophy at their website like this: “We feel passionately for supporting local purveyors, farmers, and businesses, while always contributing positively back to our Savannah community.” In conversation, Meta and Chef Michele are much more apt to sing the praises of their suppliers, such as Davis Produce, Polk Produce, and Dubberly’s Seafood. Check out the photos to learn more about Dept. 7 East and their commitment to CRISP and Savannah. And then visit them at 7 East Broughton in beautiful historic Savannah, online at www.dept7east.com, or call them at 912-232-0215. If you want more info about CRISP, call Canyon Ranch Institute at 912-443-3264 or email CRI@canyonranchinstitute.org.

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From left to right: Trustees’ Garden Ambassador Paul Arkwright III, Dept. 7 East co-owners Chef Michele Jemison and Meta Adler, and CRI Health Literacy and Research Fellow Chad Lewis display the bounty of the CRI Healthy Garden at Trustees’ Garden. The CRI Healthy Garden donates food to help people in need and also contributes to the pantries of several local restaurants, including Dept. 7 East, who offer CRI Healthy Garden organic herbs and vegetables in their dishes and then contribute proceeds back to Canyon Ranch Institute to re-invest in the CRI Healthy Garden and other programs delivered free of charge to the community. CRISP exists thanks to lead philanthropy from Morris Multimedia, Inc. and Charles H. and Rosalie Morris, as well as diverse CRISP supporters Bank of America, Dept. 7 East, Stratton and Mary Leopold and Leopold’s Ice Cream, Pacci Italian Kitchen + Bar, Victory Gardens, and many more. Photo by Jason James, © Dept. 7 East Dept. 7 East co-owners Chef Michele Jemison and Meta Adler donated their time, talent, and delicious food to the first reunion event of the CRI Life Enhancement Program with Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Care. The reunion was held at the Charles H. Morris Center and brought together graduates of this completely free program to help them sustain their commitment to healthy living through physical activity, stress management, healthy eating, and having fun! Meta and Michele’s demonstration cooking session added to what the graduates learned in the CRI Life Enhancement Program about shopping and healthy cooking on a budget. Meta and Chef Michele showed graduates how to prepare a delicious seafood dinner for less than $4 per person. Photo by James Byous, © Canyon Ranch Institute

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More R ‘n’ R than ever Keep up with a marathon of new races, swag and music By Jessica Leigh Lebos jll@connectsavannah.com

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PAVEMENT, prepare to be pounded. This weekend marks the fourth year that the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon brings its signature races to town, and its organizers have upped their game with a slew of new events: In addition to Saturday’s 26.2-mile and 13.1 courses that cover some of Savannah’s most stunning vistas—from Bay Street through Ardsley Park to the back marshes of Savannah State University—two shorter sprints have been added on Sunday, Nov. 9. The new 5K and a 1-mile both start and finish at Daffin Park, followed by another one-mile KiDS ROCK race for the elementary school set. Race organizers know how much its competitors love swag, and they’re luring Saturday’s champs to sign up for Sunday’s “fun runs” with a unique award: Those who complete two days of races receive a special Remix Challenge medal. The less extreme but still ambitious can aim for the Sweet Tee Challenge that also comes with its own limited edition T-shirt. It’s all part of the plan for total Savannah domination—er, participation. “With the new the shorter distance races on Sunday, it allows for more local residents who might not be ready for 13.1 or 26.2 miles to get involved in the this world-class event,” enjoins R ‘n’ R point man Dan Cruz, reminding that registration for Sunday’s runs will be open throughout the weekend. A sometimes-marathoner himself, 14 Cruz professes that 5K is his favorite race

distance, “because by the time you get to mile two you only have one left!” He also touts the 5K and one-mile as excellent post-race activities. “Some experts say one of the best ways to recover from a marathon is to go for a quick run the day afterwards,” says Cruz. “What could be better to loosen up those sore muscles than a little shakeout run through the park?” A goods stretch never hurt, either. Runners’ World magazine touts the efficacy of yoga for flexibility and injury prevention, and many marathons have already incorporated it into their training routines. This year, Savannah Yoga Center will host two pre-race yoga classes for competitors during the marathon’s Health & Fitness Expo at the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center (Thursday 4:30 p.m, Friday 12:30 p.m.) Instructor Hannah Lancaster will hold a post-race recovery session at SYC’s Bull Street studio Sunday at 5 p.m. The free and open-to-the-public Health & Fitness Expo also serves as the launch pad for the race weekend. Starting Thursday afternoon, it’s here that competitors pick up their race packets and numbers as well as commune with fellow competitors. Over 18,000 runners have registered, and Cruz strongly recommends that locals come by Thursday before the crush of out-oftowners arrives on Friday. This is also the place to purchase a last-minute pair of compression tights or

a sweat-wicking headband. Over 60 vendors will fill the Expo with all manner of fitness-related gear and support—who knows? That bag of Jelly Belly Sport Beans could make all the difference for going the distance. Of course, at every Rock ‘n’ Roll marathon across the country, the main source of inspiration that helps runners put one foot in front of the other is the music. More than 23 local bands stationed throughout the course will serenade runners and sideline cheerleaders, and in spite of the marathon’s namesake, it’s a whole lot more than just rock ‘n’ roll: Saturday’s race begins with gospel from the Anointed Voices Choir, followed a few blocks later with soul/funk/ska stylings of Sweet HayaH. Down by Henry and Waters streets, The Girlfriends will croon their golden oldies-but-goodies, giving up the same stage later to the folky percussive revelations of Savannah Pipes and Drums. The Wave Slaves, Deep End and City Hotel cover surf rock, jazz and bluegrass respectively, but not to worry, purists: American Hologram, Full Circle and The Madhatters will represent with classic rock chords. Everyone deserves a prize after the race, but even those who only break a sweat on their way to brunch get to enjoy a free show from the marathon’s main headliner, American Idol winner and Georgia native Phillip Phillips [see interview on page 18.]

The entertainment extends to Sunday’s events, too: Savannah’s Nickel Bag of Funk brings its booty-shaking jams to Daffin Park, followed by Appalachian roots rockers Cranford Hollow with a whiskey-soused sound that will shake Grayson Stadium at its foundation. Transforming the entire town into a marathon course and concert venue requires a ballet of logistics, and organizers credit the City of Savannah, Visit Savannah and the Savannah Chatham Metro Police Dept. with clearing the path through city streets and residential areas. “Every year we strive to improve the experience, not only for the runners but also the neighborhoods that are impacted by the event,” says Cruz. “It’s really been the perfect storm of cooperation and communication.” Speaking of communication, perhaps the most exciting addition to R ‘n’ R 2014 is a real-time, phone-friendly website with a map that tracks road closures and traffic snares (scmpd.org/rock-and-roll.) So the streets have been primed, and it appears that Rock ‘n’ Roll runners of all levels and Savannah’s music lovers are ready to take their marks.The only question now is: Can you keep up? cs Savannah Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon, Half-Marathon, 5K and 1 Mile When: Nov. 6-9 Where: Various locations around Savannah Race info: runrocknroll.competitor.com/savannah Real-time road closure info: scmpd.org/rock-and-roll

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The Phillip Phillips many people got to know after he won season 11 of “American Idol” in 2012 fit snugly into the folk-rock revival happening on top 40 radio. Phillips’ hit singles, “Home” and “Gone Gone Gone” had the earthy acoustic instrumentation and the big vocal harmonies and arena-sized beats that had turned songs by Mumford & Sons and the Lumineers into big hits. But there was a whole different artist lurking within Phillips, and his 2012 debut album, “The World from the Side of the Moon,” also showcased a rocking, jazztinged sound that many compared to the music of the Dave Matthews Band. Phillips, in a recent phone interview, said those sort of songs are closer to his heart, and when he started work on his recently released second CD, “Behind the Light,” he wanted to make sure to spotlight the rockier side of his sound. “The first album did have a lot of rock to it as well, that not many people got to see unless they bought the whole album or came to a show,” Phillips observed. “And this (second) album, I wanted to kind of stray away, a little bit more away, from that folk-rock, because it wasn’t necessarily me. I was more into the jazz-rock type stuff. And this album really shows more of that, and that’s why I’m a lot more proud of it because it represents me so much more.” While “Home” first surfaced when Phillips performed the song on “American Idol,” he said the more rocking side of his sound shouldn’t surprise those who paid attention during his run on “Idol.” “It’s what I’ve always represented, even when I was on ‘Idol,’” Phillips said. “I would change up a song, like a Billy Joel song. I didn’t really do any songs that were folky on that. The Damien Rice songs, ‘Superstition,’ whatever it might have been, it still had that technical kind of guitar riff that I would play with horns or you had a little rock feel. This album (“Behind The Light”), I kind of represented that to where I’ve always played music live, even before ‘Idol,’ with a band. That’s exactly how I play, just (now it’s) a little bit more mature. I’ve learned a lot more musically and started writing songs. This whole album, it really shows that.” According to Phillips, it was his record 18 label’s idea for him to show a folky side to

the rock side of his sound a bit more. In particular, several songs have a bigger sound. “Trigger” builds from its understated verses to a bold, hard-hitting chorus. “Lead On” is a chugging rocker with a bit of a soulful groove. “Thicket” is a taut, jazzy rock track that sounds especially Dave Matthews-ish. But the folkier side of Phillips’ music is also present. In fact, songs like “Raging Fire” (the first single), “Searchlight” and “Unpack Your Heart” have many of the stylistic trademarks of “Home,” from the easy-going vocals, to the acoustic textures to the big thumping drum beat. Phillips, though, feels he succeeded in emphasizing more of his jazz/rock-oriented sound, as well as the musical intricacies he likes to build into his songs. “I really wanted to show the music, how musical I like to be – and how I am with the live show as well. I wanted to represent that through the songs on this album. I feel like we did,” Phillips said. “I like to do different things on the guitar or with string parts. I like to where people can hear a little more of the technical parts instead of just strumming away on the chords and not really hearing all of these little bits and having little hidden Phillip Phillips has released his second CD. Photo by Nick Walker things in there as well. This album, I think, really shows that with the musical aspect of his sound. In fact, 19 Entertainment/Inter“They let me do the record how I felt was things. And lyrically, it’s a lot more mature scope came to Phillips before he recorded right,” the soft-spoken 23-year-old native of as well. Like with the first album, I wanted “The World from the Side of the Moon,” Georgia said. “We would send the song in there to be different emotions, and this one with a deal. If he would record “Home” and to John Janick (head of Interscope), and he really shows that. But I think it shows it in a a second folk-flavored tune, which turned would come back with a couple of things, little bit more kind of a grown up (way). You out to be “Gone Gone Gone,” Phillips could some feedback, ‘You want to try this or try can tell I’ve grown a little bit from the first do whatever else he wanted musically on this?’ And we would try it and sometimes it album.” that album. would work and sometimes it wouldn’t. Phillips is promoting the second album Naturally, “Home” (written by Drew But it was really me and Gregg (Wattenby following up a recently completed sumPearson and Greg Holden) and “Gone berg) and Derek (Fuhrmann), we really mer co-headlining run with O.A.R. with a Gone Gone” (written by Derek Fuhrmann, worked hard on this album.” fall headlining tour, including the Savannah Todd Clark and Gregg Wattenberg) were As that quote suggests, Phillips re-teamed Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon gig. chosen as the singles from the album – and with many of the key collaborators from the He plans to avoid getting into any musithe move worked like gangbusters. “Home” first album for “Behind the Light.” cal ruts by keeping things fresh—both for topped three “Billboard” magazine charts Wattenberg was back on board to prohimself and his band and for his fans—from (Adult Alternative Songs, Adult Contempo- duce the album and also had a hand in writ- night to night. rary and Adult Top 40) and went top 10 on ing four of the songs, while Phillips teamed “We’ll definitely be playing songs off of three other charts (including the all-genre up with Fuhrmann and Clark on three the first album and this new one, for sure,” Hot 100 singles chart). “Gone Gone Gone” songs. Fuhrmann also co-wrote a pair of Phillips said. “But I like to keep it different was released next and topped the Adult songs with Phillips and Wattenberg, while every night. We play a different set every Alternative Songs and Adult ContempoClark co-wrote the song “Fly” with Phillips. night and in a different order. We might rary charts. The album, meanwhile, went Two other writers from the first album— change something up in a song, because I platinum, with more than one million copies David Ryan Harris and Jon Green —also like to keep it fun for us and (keep us) on sold, in November 2013. each co-wrote a tune with Phillips for our toes, and also for our fans.” cs For “Behind the Light,” Phillips “Behind the Light.” didn’t encounter any demands from 19 The music “team Phillips” wrote and Phillip Phillips Entertainment/Interscope. recorded for the second album does accent After Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon. Nov. 8, Forsyth Park

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• Three men were arrested and a woman detained Thursday in an investigation by Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police in a series of shootings, armed robberies, auto thefts and gun discharges, Geovanni Fredrick Williams, 24, and Bernard William Green, 28, were arrested when Central Precinct Tactical Investigation Unit and SWAT officers stopped their vehicle on Cubbage Street in the Carver Village Neighborhood Thursday afternoon. Tykesha Lawrence, 22, who also was in the vehicle, was detained. Lawrence’s brother, Eric Lakeem Lawrence, 23, “was arrested when he tried to approach a car in which his sister was detained and fought with Metro and federal officers who tried to stop him,” a police spokesman says. “All three of the suspects • Detectives for Savannah-Chatham Met- live in an apartment in the Fred Wessels ropolitan Police Department are investigat- Homes on the 600 block of East Liberty ing the Monday morning shooting death of Street.” a Savannah man. Williams has been charged with aggraOct. 27, just after midnight, Tyrone vated assault and possession of a firearm by Ellis, 24, was shot inside of a residence a convicted felon. Green, who was released on the 2000 block of Reynolds Street in from prison two weeks ago, was charged At 3:30 p.m., Oct. 28, Chatham County Sheriff ’s deputies responded to the 12000 block of Sunny Brook Road, looking for 49-year-old, Ralph Terrill. Bryan County had issued a warrant for his arrest after he failed to appear in court on a previous DUI charge. Terrill was located, placed under arrest and searched. “Deputies cuffed him in front of his body because he had a medical condition requiring it. Once inside the back of the patrol car Terrill located a razor he had hidden on his person and cut his throat,” a department spokesperson says. Terrill was transported to Memorial University Medical Center, “alert and talking after the incident.”

with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and violation of parole. Eric Lawrence is being held on two counts of obstruction of a law enforcement officer. The men remain in custody as police investigate multiple cases in the area. TIU and SWAT officers “had warrants for Williams Terrill and a search warrant for his residence when an undercover officer noticed them in a vehicle Thursday afternoon. The vehicle was stopped and a weapon recovered. The search warrant was being served on the residence afterward when Eric Lawrence intervened. Another weapon was found in the apartment,” police say. The aggravated assault charge against Williams stems from a Sept. 2 shooting at West 34th and Montgomery. Darius Holmes, 39, of East Duffy Street, was treated for non-life threatening wounds after the 11:51 p.m. shooting. Williams also was charged with possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and providing a false name to police on Sept. 18 when Islands Precinct Patrol

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Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks publisher of state secrets who remains holed up in the embassy of Ecuador in London, has signed on with an Icelandic licensing agent to sell Assange-branded high-end clothing, shoes and various household goods in India and much of Europe, and is negotiating to put his logo on apparel in Japan and the U.S. The agent told The New York Times in October that “WikiLeaks” and “Assange” “can be as big as Coca-Cola.” A 46-page book sets out licensing standards (e.g., no tacky slogans, such as “We Steal Secrets”) and includes the one approved Assange portrait (an “idealized line drawing” of him “gazing soulfully into what is presumably a better future,” wrote the Times).

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• A Practical Use for Trigonometry: When a stampede killed pigs and induced sows’ abortions on a farm near York, England, two years ago, the operator of a noisy hot-air balloon denied responsibility, referring to a court order keeping balloons 500 meters away. Using GPS coordinates and the location of dead pigs, a mathematics professor at York University (employing trigonometry, he said) proved that the balloon could not have been more than 300 meters away. After the professor “showed his work” on the problem, the balloon’s insurer upped the settlement to almost four times its initial offer.

said. (According to authorities, the boulder placed breathing tube. Wauters, appearing came loose from a cliff after recent heavy inebriated, said she requires vodka so that she doesn’t “shake” when she works. (3) Lisa rains.) Roche, 41, was arrested in Jackson County, — Owen Reese, 22, was arrested in Mississippi, in October allegedly burglarOctober in Sparta, Wisconsin, for reckless izing students’ cars at East Central High endangerment when he answered a knock School. She told police she was only search- on his door from fundraising Cub Scouts by ing out “members of ISIS.” swinging a sword wildly. Reese told police • “Too Stupid”: When that he “always” answers the U.K. newspaper executive door with his sword — to Rebekah Brooks was arrested protect himself “against in 2011 in the notorious religious people.” “News of the World” phonehacking case, so was her husPerspective seriously, Mark band. Charles Brooks was South Carolina is one richt? ultimately acquitted after of at least 20 states to seriously? convincing a jury that he is have enacted “stand your “too stupid” to have been ground” defenses for use part of such a complicated of deadly force, but proscase. However, in October ecutors in Charleston are 2014, after Charles petitioned refusing to recognize it in under British acquittal rules one logical category — to have his legal fees reim“standing your ground” bursed, Judge John Saunders in the home against lifeturned him down — citing threatening assaults by Charles’ admitted stupidone’s spouse. The legislative ity in causing prosecutors to history of the South Carosuspect him in the first place. lina law, and a recent state (As Rebekah was being arrested, Charles Supreme Court decision, show (said a prosaroused suspicion by clumsily trying to hide ecutor) that it was to be used only against his pornography collection in a parking intruders and not against people with a right garage.) to be there, even to ward off a vicious assault by, for example, a husband against a wife.

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• Ernest Angley, 93, is the latest televangelist to see his empire challenged — folThings You Thought Would Happen lowing his July denial (from the pulpit of his Britain’s The Guardian reported in Octo- Grace Cathedral in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) ber that repairing the “fashion” holes in ear- that he is homosexual and that he inaplobes is one of the fastest-growing cosmetic propriately touched some parishioners, as procedures in the U.K., as millennial genera- they have claimed. However, Angley freely tion radicals tire of their half- to 3/4-inch, revealed an intense interest in vasectomies see-through lobes. Doctors charge up to — that he had long encouraged his flock not $3,000 to remove the entire area around the to bring offspring into this troubled world. hole (originally created by stretching the tis- Of young men, Angley said, “Sure, I’d have sue) and connect the healthy parts back so them uncover themselves (during vasectomy they fuse together. (A Hawaiian man, not counseling), but I did not handle them at currently a patient, supposedly has the larg- all. ... I would look at them, their privates....” est ear hole, nearly 4 inches in diameter.) A once-prominent Angley insider said the “prophet” “doesn’t want people to have kids Compelling Explanations because it would take their time and money • Plausible: (1) George Byrd IV was away from (the church).” charged in September in Middletown, — He Works in Strange Ways: (1) A Pennsylvania, with shooting a gun into an 34-year-old mother of two, walking in occupied structure when he fired a round Chicago, was killed in September when a stone gargoyle fell from the historic Second that accidentally broke a neighbor’s winPresbyterian Church and hit her on the dow. Byrd told police that he fired because it was the only way he knew to “unload” the head. (2) Two women survived their car’s being crushed by a 100-pound boulder as gun. (2) Police in Bayonne, France, were they drove on a parkway in Corner Brook, contemplating charges in October against Newfoundland, in September, and credited Kappa Clinic anesthetist Helga Wauters, the Lord. “God was with the both of us,” one 45, after a patient died from an improperly

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(1) It’s just a parody, said the authors of the “Hipster Hitler” comic book (depicting Der Fuhrer wearing dark-rimmed eyeglasses and playing Pac-Man), but a U.K. organization still threatened in September to shred all copies if booksellers continued to stock it. (2) A spokesman for the Swiss retail firm Migros said he had no idea why Hitler’s face appeared recently on a batch of the company’s restaurant coffee-creamer pods (and said a recall had been ordered). (3) A restaurant manager in New Taipei City, Taiwan, apologized in August for naming a dish “Long Live the Nazis,” claiming she had no idea “Nazi” was so controversial. (4) The chief official of a hamlet 70 miles south of Paris told Agence France-Presse in August that there was no reason to change the name it has used since the 11th century: “La Mort aux Juifs” (“Death to Jews”). (However, in May a village in Spain finally changed its name from “Castrillo Matajudios” (“Camp Kill Jews”). By chuck shepherd UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

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motivation. That said, it’s worth investigating (a) whether the availability of government bailouts creates what economists call a moral hazard—a situation where people take greater risks because they know someone else will bear the cost—and (b) whether taxpayers are shouldering too much of the burden. And yes, we’re talking here about physical stunts, not banking practices, but one can see how this theme might easily be expanded. For simplicity, we’ll focus on search-andrescue (SAR) statistics on Mt. McKinley I’m sure you saw the story about the man who over the last century, which initially seem decided to cross 1,000 miles of ocean from Flor- to support the idea that such measures do ida to Bermuda in an inflatable bubble. Several more harm than good. For the decade after days later, he had to be rescued via helicopter. McKinley was first summitted in 1903, That probably wasn’t cheap, and someone has the fatality rate was an impressive zero perto pay for it, and I suspect it ends up being you cent—only serious climbers made attempts. and me. My guess is knowing someone will Fatalities remained low until helicopter try to rescue them is why daredevils take these SAR efforts started becoming commonrisks. But why should the taxpayers have to place, around 1976. In the following decade cover the cost? —Jim Huff the number of people attempting the summit increased by 1,500 percent, and fatalities YOU SOUND like a sensible chap who more than doubled. never puts himself in idiotic situations, Jim. Theoretically, greater safety measures may I’m sure you floss twice a day and never in fact cause people to take more risks—a mix beer with liquor. Taxpayers around the phenomenon known as the Peltzman effect, country applaud your efforts. Luckily, not after the researcher who showed that weareveryone thinks like you—otherwise we ing seat belts correlated with riskier driving. never would have put a man on the moon. But the effect on mountaineering soon levDaredevils have been at it since Icarus eled off. Since the 1980s, the fatality rate flew too close to the sun, so I don’t buy per climber attempt at McKinley has fallen the idea that a free rescue is their primary more than 90 percent.

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So the numbers suggest that climbers are indulging in far less foolish behavior than before the increase in SAR efforts. The question remains whether the rest of us should be made to pay for other people’s poorly developed prefrontal cortexes. There’s plenty of anecdotal evidence that advances in rescue technology have caused people to make foolish decisions at taxpayers’ expense. The advent of personal satellite locator beacons like the one our hamsterlike hero, Reza Baluchi, used to call emergency services from his ball in the ocean—the California SAR chief has nicknamed the devices “yuppie 911”—has given rise to many such stories. One Grand Canyon camper summoned a rescue mission, costing $4,000-plus per hour, because she heard “odd noises emanating from the leader of the group as he slept.” By the time rescuers arrived, the caller was asleep herself, apparently no longer too concerned. Similarly, simply carrying a mobile phone may make thrill-seekers too quick to call for help. The price of a serious rescue can be steep—the 1998 rescue of two McKinley climbers at 19,000 feet cost $222,000. From 1992 to 2007 the National Park Service performed 65,439 SARs, at an average cost of $895; the average mountain rescue, though, sported a $27,000 price tag. Would some of these people have been deterred if no rescue were promised, or if they had to pay for their rescues themselves?

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Probably. Would either measure improve the situation? Definitely not. In the grand scheme, rescuing people just isn’t that big a deal financially. All those rescues between 1992 and 2007 cost $3.5 million a year on average—a paltry 1.2 cents per American. It’s fair to say most of that was spent not on daredevils but on reasonable people like yourself. Only about 5 percent of SAR efforts deal with rock climbing and mountaineering—i.e., more obviously risky behavior—whereas day hiking, boating, and swimming account for 72 percent. A review of 18 years of SARs on McKinley classified just 9 of 261 rescues as due to inexperience, and only 4 were false alarms. There’s also the moral issue: charging for rescues could cause people who are genuinely in trouble to hesitate when calling for help, resulting in more deaths and injuries. Finally, the practical question: what public official is going to advocate denying rescue efforts to people who can’t pay the bills? Some states do charge small fees—Oregon requires people to pay up to $500 per rescue—but this is intermittently enforced. We know you wouldn’t be caught dead in an inflatable sphere in the ocean, Jim. Surely, though, you won’t begrudge a 1.2-cent contribution towards helping those with less brains than you but more balls. cs By cecil adams Send questions to Cecil via straightdope.com

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The 26th annual Savannah Music Festival, March 19-April 4, 2015, will be the largest and most varied production to date. Fans of Southern musical tradition— bluegrass, gospel, swing, country, Cajun, etc.—will still get their fix, but the newest addition to Savannah Music Festival? Opera. In collaboration with the lauded Savannah Voice Festival, Savannah Music Festival 2015 will feature original productions of Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi, two of three one-hour operas from Puccini’s Il Trittico. The production highlights the Savannah Philharmonic and members of its chorus. Artist are flocking from all over the world for this year’s festival. From Russia, Japan, England, South Africa, Germany, Canada, Montenegro, Ireland, Cuba, Austria, Iran, Sweden, Brazil, Italy, Ukraine, and more, there will be a can’t-miss event for everyone. Tickets are on sale now at www.savannahmusicfestival.org

THE RETURNING CHAMPS: The Wood Brothers/A.J. Ghent Band

SMF favorites for three years, The Wood Brothers return with a new full-time member: drummer/multi-instrumentalist Jano Rix. The Nashville-based band plays an appealing blend of Americana, blues, jazz, reggae, rock, and gospel, accented with harmonies only siblings can achieve, admirable picking, and Southern-steeped songwriting. Fans of Charles Bradley’s 2013 Savannah Music Festival performance will be thrilled to see throwback Motown soul returning to the festival in the form of A.J. Ghent Band. In addition to having pipes compared to those of James Brown, Ghent’s one hell of a slide/steel guitarist; the combination of technical skill and funk showmanship make this a must-see. Thursday, March 19, 7:30 p.m. Ships of the Sea North Garden. $35.

THE VIOLIN VIRTUOSO: Daniel Hope

One of the most sought-after violinists of his time, Daniel Hope has rounded up a collection of highly skilled colleagues to perform “Around Beethoven.” Hope, joined by Benny Kim (violin), Philip Dukes (viola), Eric Kim (cello), Keith Robinson

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THE LIVING LEGEND: Mavis Staples

A Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Winner, and National Heritage Fellowship Award winner, Mavis Staples has been singing and changing the landscape of vocal music for 60 years—and shows no signs of stopping. In her mid-70s, the woman’s collaborating with Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy on her latest material, belting those Delta blues-influenced classics, and leading as a vocal inspiration. Her weathered, bold vocals have highlighted can instill comfort, empowerment, and chills, and will make for an unforgettable evening. Thursday, March 19, 8 p.m. Tickets start at $25.

THE PARTY STARTERS: Buckwheat Zydeco

For 30 years, Buckwheat Zydeco has kept the traditions instilled by the King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier, alive. Creole, blues, and R&B merge to create one of America’s great genres. It’s a wild show—Buckwheat is a legendary player, but he also puts the “show” in show business, and it’s virtually impossible to sit still while he dominates the accordion. Buckwheat has played for President Clinton, David Letterman, and many more, but on Friday night, he’s all ours. Friday, March 20, 7 and 9 p.m. Charles H. Morris Center. $35.

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Kicking off the 2015 festival at the Charles H. Morris Center, Balsam Range arrives fresh off the 2014 International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) awards ceremony with more nominations than any other band in bluegrass music. Sheir collective experience is as extensive as it comes, with members having played with Ricky Skaggs, Doc Watson, Tony Rice, Ralph Stanley and many others. Bluegrass and acoustic music fans won’t want to miss this SMF debut! 3/19/2015, 12:30 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $20

Balsam Range/The Boxcars

This opening night double bill pairs two present-day powerhouses of bluegrass, whose origins straddle the Tennessee/North Carolina border where the Smokies meet the Blue Ridge Mountains. Both Balsam Range and The Boxcars have made their names playing real, authentic and soulful bluegrass.

The Wood Brothers/AJ Ghent Band

Back for their third SMF performance, The Wood Brothers have since added drummer and multi-instrumentalist Jano Rix as a full-time member. Brothers Chris (bass) and Oliver Wood (acoustic/electric guitar) leave it all on stage, performing a high-energy mix that includes elements of blues, jazz, reggae, rock and even gospel. Often referred to by fans as Prince and James Brown’s musical love child, AJ Ghent and his singing slide guitar are guaranteed to get audiences moving. 3/19/2015, 7:30 PM, Ships of the Sea North Garden $35

One True Vine: Mavis Staples

A National Heritage Fellowship Award winner, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement winner, Mavis Staples’ rich, raspy vocals and precise phrasing have been central to the definitive mark she has made on American music. In the six decades since her start within the 3/19/2015, 5:30 & 8:00 PM, Charles H. Morris delta-inflected gospel group The Staples Center $35 Singers, Ms. Staples has continued to cultivate a genuine and inspired take on the Chamber Music I : Around Beethoven combination of gospel, soul and folk music. Daniel Hope, the Mr. & Mrs. Curtis G. Her two most recent albums (produced by Anderson Associate Artistic Director Chair, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy), one of which brings together some of his favorite musiwon a GRAMMY Award, show that Mavis cal colleagues from across North America and Europe in Savannah each SMF season. Bookended by two of Franz Schubert’s great works (including his renowned cello quintet), this opening concert is centered around Beethovens innovative Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op.1, composed in 1793.

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3/19/2015, 6:00 PM, Trinity United Methodist Church $47

Dianne Reeves

Heritage Blues Orchestra

Staples is at the top of her game. Don’t miss this opening weekend concert featuring one of the greats of gospel, soul and R&B! 3/19/2015, 8:00 PM, Trustees Theater $25, 35, 45, 55

The Boxcars

3/20/2015, 12:30 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $20

Zydeco Dance Party: Buckwheat Zydeco

As the leading torchbearer of the classic sound of the late King of Zydeco, Clifton Chenier, Buckwheat Zydeco has performed for over three decades. After spending two years as organist in Cheniers Red Hot Louisiana Band in the late 70s, Buckwheat took up the accordion, and within a year, he started his own band. He then became the first zydeco artist signed to a major label, and went on to play with Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder and Willie Nelson, among others. On a mission to bring the unique sound of zydeco into the musical mainstream, Buckwheat Zydeco combines traditional Creole tunes with blues and R&B in one of the best bands in America a downhome, high-powered celebration, says The New York Times. 3/20/2015, 7:00 & 9:00 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $35

Southern Troubadors: Joe Ely, Ruthie Foster and Paul Thorn

Three distinctly different artists share the stage for an evening of song swapping. Joe Ely, a founding member of The Flatlanders (who played at the Lucas Theatre during SMF 2011) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist whose music touches on honky-tonk, Texas country, Tex-Mex and rock and roll. Those who have followed Ruthie Foster know that she can burn down any stage with her combustible blend of soul, blues, rock, folk and gospel. Ruthies astonishing voice has taken her on an amazing ride, one that has included two SMF performances and house concerts over the past five years. Paul Thorn has been pleasing crowds for years with his muscular brand of roots musicbluesy, rocking and thoroughly Southern. 3/20/2015, 7:00 PM, Trustees Theater $25, 35, 45, 55

OPERA: Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi Giacomo Puccini, composer of La Bohme, Tosca and Madame Butterfly, was a leading exponent of Italian verismo opera. In the debut of opera at SMF, two of the three one-hour operas from Puccini’s Il Trittico: Suor Angelica (a tragedy) and Gianni Schicchi (a comedy), make up an exciting co-production by SMF and the Savannah Voice Festival (SVF), featuring the Savannah Philharmonic and members of its chorus under celebrated opera conductor Eugene Kohn. Suor Angelica (sung by soprano Vernica Villarroel) is the tragic story of a young royal separated from her son by being exiled in a convent. As she awaits word about her life outside

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Heritage Blues Orchestra the nunnery, a visit from her Princess Aunt (sung by mezzo-soprano Susan Nicely) sheds light on the divergent paths of either eternal damnation or graceful redemption.The story of Gianni Schicchi (sung by baritone Mark Delavan) is about family, fortune and a clever man from Florence. A spin-off from Dantes Divine Comedy, the farce centers around the Donati family as they mourn the death of their wealthy uncle, Buoso. Finding he has left his fortune elsewhere, they scheme to recapture his wealth by asking Schicchi to devise a plan. Why should Gianni save them? Because his daughter, Lauretta (sung by Micala Oeste), is in love with their nephew! Sung in Italian with projected English translations, this lavish production comes to life in a virtual set designed and directed by Joachim Schamberger. This special co-production is in honor of Sherrill Milnes (renowned baritone and Artistic Director of SVF) 80th birthday. 3/20/2015, 7:30 PM, Lucas Theatre for the Arts $45, 65, 85, 105

Shovels & Rope/Shakey Graves

Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent forged singular paths as solo artists before connecting both musically and personally in Charleston, South Carolina. Since that moment, Shovels & Rope has been on an upward trajectory, performing their unique style of rowdy and rootsy folk-rock. Energetic and copious live shows have played a large part in building Shovels & Ropes reputation among audiences and their peers, the latter of whom voted the duo in for two 2013 Americana Music Awards, Emerging Artist of the Year as well as Song of the Year (for the vivid, semi-autobiographical “Birmingham”). Recently described as “astonishing, unclassifiably original and frighteningly good” by NPR Music, Shakey Graves is one of those rare artists whose music inspires the kind of obsessive devotion that compels fans to spend hours searching for more. In

Hot Club of Cowtown his hometown of Austin, Texas, the Mayor has even given Shakey his own local holiday (February 9th is officially Shakey Graves Day in Austin). Armed with just a guitar and a homemade kick drum, Shakey Graves makes the one-man band approach look effortless (The New York Times). 3/20/2015, 8:00 PM, Ships of the Sea North Garden $35

Josh Ritter

Patty Griffin

Come Rain or Come Shine Featuring Kurt Ollmann, J.J. Hobbs & Rebecca Flaherty

A mainstay of nearly every festival, this years original SMF cabaret production McIntosh County Shouters comes with the arrival of two new singers The ring shout tradition of the Georgia in Savannah: Musical theatre/opera star coast was formed during times of slavery. Kurt Ollman and, J.J. Hobbs. Ollmann A compelling fusion of dance, call-andand Hobbs will also be joined by special response singing and percussion (consistguest Rebecca Flaherty, a classically-trained ing of hand-clapping and beating a stick soprano. The program will range from the on the floor), the ring shout has African sultry, bluesy ballads of Harold Arlen to the origins but also contains strong elements urbane wit of Stephen Sondheim by way of of Christian belief. National Endowment old-time specialty songs like Hard-Hearted for the Arts (NEA) National Heritage Fel- Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah), all with lows, the McIntosh County Shouters are the intimate conversational patter that is perforemost practitioners of this tradition, and sonal, comedic and endearing. 3/21/2015, 5:00 & 7:30 PM, Charles H. Morris have become SMF favorites. They are also Center $35 performing for local schoolchildren grades 3/22/2015, 7:30 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $35 K-2 as part of SMFs new Musical Explorers curriculum, which uses regional musical 3/23/2015, 12:30 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $20 traditions to incorporate music into general classroom studies. Blues in the Garden: Heritage Blues 3/21/2015, 12:30 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $20

Chamber Music II : Orchestral Masterworks by Mozart & Mendelssohn In this collaborative chamber orchestra program, musicians from the Savannah Philharmonic perform with guest soloists from SMF’s critically acclaimed chamber music series. Featuring rich orchestrations of works by Mozart and Mendelssohn, the centerpiece of this program is Felix Mendelssohns Violin Concerto in D minor, which was written when the composer was just 13 years old.

3/21/2015, 3:00 PM, Lucas Theatre for the Arts $47

Orchestra

The Heritage Blues Orchestra is an inspiring testament to the enduring power, possibilities and boundless beauty of the blues. The grit of low-down country and urban blues with the hand-clapping fervor of gospel punctuated with fiery, haunting cries of work songs and pulsating drums that reach back to the roots of it all. Under the musical direction of Vincent Bucher, considered one of the most accomplished harmonica players anywhere, listeners journey across the Middle Passage, drive down Highway 49 from Clarksdale to New Orleans, go from chain gangs and juke joints to orchestra pits, church pews and even back porches. 3/21/2015, 5:00 & 8:15 PM, Ships of the Sea North Garden

Earls of Leicester Featuring Jerry Douglas, Shawn Camp, Charlie Cushman, Tim O’Brien, Johnny Warren and Barry Bales

Earls of Leicester (pronounced Lester) is led by Dobro master Jerry Douglas. The band also features acclaimed writer, producer and solo artist Shawn Camp on lead vocals and guitar, renowned Nashville banjoist Charlie Cushman, veteran songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and Hot Rize member Tim OBrien, second-generation fiddle phenom Johnny Warren and bassist Barry Bales, Douglas longtime bandmate in Alison Krauss and Union Station. 3/21/2015, 7:30 PM, Trustees Theater $25, 35, 45,55

OPERA: Suor Angelica & Gianni Schicchi 3/22/2015, 2:00 PM, Lucas Theatre for the Arts $45, 65, 85, 105

Recitals I : Nikolai Lugansky, piano Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky’s 2011 SMF debut was without a doubt a festival highlight, featuring a primarily Chopin recital that included deft interpretations with dynamics and phrasing that ranged from the lilting and dreamy to the staunchly resolute. Piano lovers won’t want to miss what will be his triumphant return to Savannah.

3/22/2015, 6:00 PM, Trinity United Methodist Church $52

Pre-Concert Talk with Kurt Ollmann, J.J. Hobbs & Rebecca Flaherty 3/22/2015, 6:30 PM, Charles H. Morris Center

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important work from one of the founding fathers of the Second Vienna School, Anton Webern.

3/23/2015, 6:00 PM, Trinity United Methodist Church $47

The Barr Brothers/The Apache Relay

Montreal meets Nashville in this twonight stand of folk-rock in the intimate Charles H. Morris Center. The Barr Brothers are fresh off an extensive European tour and a new recording, Sleeping Operator, which extends into cinematic and otherworldly territories while maintaining a campfire-like intimacy. The Apache Relay has toured in support of Mumford & Sons and played major venues and festivals, including Bonnaroo, the Newport Folk Festival, among others. 3/23/2015, 7:30 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $30 3/24/2015, 7:30 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $30

Dave Stryker Quartet

Jazz guitar great Dave Stryker has made 25 recordings as a bandleader and as a sideman for such artists as Stanley Turrentine, Jack McDuff and Kevin Mahogany. He has been voted in the Top Ten Guitarists in the DownBeat readers poll, and a Rising Star in the DownBeat critics poll. This is his first SMF performance as a leader, so come and find out why Pat Metheny calls Stryker a guitarist with one of the most joyous feels around. Stryker is joined by pianist Bill Peterson, bassist Rodney Jordan and drummer Jason Marsalis.

talent in opera and musical theatre.

3/24/2015, 6:00 PM, Trinity United Methodist Church $35

3/25/2015, 6:00 PM, Trinity United Methodist Church $52

Warren Vach Quintet plays Benny Bouncin with Bud: Tardo Hammer plays Carter Bud Powell This is an exclusive lunchtime perforFor more than three decades, jazz pianist Tardo Hammer has been a major figure in New York’s bebop scene, having played with Johnny Griffin, Art Farmer, Junior Cook and Lionel Hampton, among many others. In this special lunchtime concert, Hammer will showcase the compositions of Bud Powell, the great bebop pianist, who along with his colleague Thelonious Monk, took Charlie Parkers musical language and adapted it to the piano.

3/25/2015, 12:30 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $20

Warren Vach Quintet plays Bud Powell/ Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet Trumpet player Warren Vach returns to Savannah with his own quintet. Vach’s style has been influenced by a great variety of the classic players: Louis Armstrong, George Pee Wee Erwin (with whom Vach studied for many years) and Roy Eldridge, among others, while developing his own inimitable style. This program features the music of jazz giant Benny Carter. 3/25/2015, 5:30 & 8:00 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $35

Recitals II : Milo Karadagli, guitar

3/26/2015, 12:30 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $20

Jazz on the River

Excitingly varied, marvelously theatrical, fascinating from start to finish, with moments of vivid physical excitement, Kodo is a group of dancers and drummers from Japan who explore the limitless possibilities of the traditional Japanese taiko drum. 3/26/2015, 8:00 PM, Lucas Theatre for the Arts $25, 35, 45, 55

Sean Jones Quartet

3/27/2015, 12:30 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $20

Recitals III : Stephen Hough, piano

Named by The Economist as one of 20 Living Polymaths, British pianist Stephen Chamber Music IV : Early Masters Hough is a rare renaissance man of our This program brings together the nucleus time, and was conferred as a Commander of of Daniel Hope’s European and U.S. colthe British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. leagues, marking the 2015 return of bassOver the course of a long and distinguished ist Joseph Conyers, a Savannah native and career as one of the world’s leading concert Assistant Principal Bass of the Philadelphia pianists, he has also excelled as a writer and Orchestra. composer. In 2001, he was the first classical 3/26/2015, 6:00 PM, Trinity United Methodist Church performing artist to receive a MacArthur $47 Foundation Fellowship. 3/26/2015, 4:00 PM, Rousakis Plaza FREE

Sean Jones Quartet/Warren Wolf & Wolfpack

SMF audiences will remember trumpeter, bandleader, educator and composer Sean Jones from when he performed at SMF 2012 and SMF 2010. He is presently the Brass Department Chair at Berklee College of Music. Jones will be joined by Orrin Evans on piano, Luques Curtis on bass and Obed Calvaire on drums.Warren Wolf first performed at SMF 2003. Endless possibilities open up when Wolf stands over the vibraphone, and his Wolfpack quartet plays with soul and fire. 3/26/2015, 6:30 & 9:00 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $35

3/27/2015, 6:00 PM, Trinity United Methodist Church $52

The Louis Armstrong Continuum/Swing Central Jazz Finale

Following performances by the top three finalists from the Swing Central Jazz competition, this original production will be an evening devoted to the legacy of Louis Armstrong, an American genius of 20th century music. Groups led by Marcus Roberts, Warren Vach and Wycliffe Gordon will all be featured. 3/27/2015, 7:00 PM, Lucas Theatre for the Arts $22, 32, 42, 52, 62

Lunasa

Comprised of Sen Smyth (fiddle and low whistles), Kevin Crawford (flute, low whistles and tin whistles), Cillian Vallely (uilleann pipes and low whistles), Trevor Hutchinson (double bass) and the groups newest member Ed Boyd (guitar), Lunasa delivers music with a passion that informs every note and continues to define and

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Since his sold-out 2012 SMF debut, 30-year old classical guitarist Milo Karada3/24/2015, 12:30 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $20 gli has become the pride of Montenegro, topping the UK classical charts and touring Arias & Encores: Featuring artists from the world over. Milo’s passion for the guitar the Sherrill Milnes VOICE Programs is matched with an intuitive sense of how to As part of the operatic offerings of SMF bring the instrument across to his publicand its collaboration with the Savannah whether it be for an audience of thousands VOICE Festival and VOICExperience, art- in the Royal Albert Hall or an intimate ists from Puccinis Suor Angelica and Gianni chamber music performance for 100 people. Schicchi give an exciting encore performance that includes favorites from the canons of opera, musical theater and song. Featuring the artists from the Savannah VOICE Festivals 2014 season, this specially conceived program showcases some of the best new

mance by the Warren Vach Quintet, featuring tenor saxophonist Houston Person, Tardo Hammer on piano, Nicki Parrott =on bass and Leroy Williams on drums.

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3/27/2015, 8:00 PM, Ships of the Sea North Garden $35

Lucinda Williams

Lucinda Williams has been maneuvering down a musical path all her own for more than three decades since emerging from Lake Charles, Louisiana, a town with rich traditions of indigenous American music. More than 30 years later, after having been named America’s best songwriter by TIME Magazine in 2002, Williams distinctive delta-infused country soul sound is as strong as ever. “Her music places itself in a vanishing, idealized Southland where country, soul, blues and gospel all share a common spirit and a vocabulary of twang” (The New York Times).

Rokia Traore its tempo, mood, texture or form, through a system of musical cues. As a result, each trio members enormous individual talent is showcased along with the powerfully rhythmic group sound.

SMF Associate Artistic Director Marcus Roberts offers another extraordinary look into his original artistry with a rare full-concert SMF appearance with his trio featuring bassist Rodney Jordan and drummer Jason Marsalis. After nearly 20 years of performing together, the near telepathic sound of the Marcus Roberts Trio is one in which all the musicians share equally in shaping the direction of the music through changing

America’s most distinctive singers, a treasure from the golden age of soul music whose performances are as compelling and powerful as ever. In 1977, The Dirty Dozen Social and Pleasure Club in New Orleans began showcasing a traditional Crescent City brass band. Thirty-seven years later, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band (DDBB) is a world famous music ensemble whose name is synonymous with genre-bending romps and high-octane performances.

3/28/2015, 12:30 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $35

3/28/2015, 5:00 & 8:30 PM, Ships of the Sea North Garden $40

Recitals IV : Murray Perahia, piano

Pre-Concert Talk with Ken Meltzer

Murray Perahia’s Savannah debut could be the most highly anticipated classical piano event in the history of SMF. In the more than 40 years that he has been per3/27/2015, 8:30 PM, Trustees Theater $32, 42, 52, forming on the concert stage, Perahia has 62 become one of the most sought-after and cherished pianists of our time, performing in Late Night Jam with Sean Jones Quartet all of the major international music centers featuring Wycliffe Gordon & Friends and with every leading orchestra. He is the A highlight of every festival season has recipient of two GRAMMY Awards, for his become the annual late night jazz jam, recordings of Chopins complete tudes and which wraps up our week with Swing Cen- Bach’s English Suites Nos. 1, 3 and 6, and tral Jazz in a fiery concert at the Charles H. has won several Gramophone Awards. In Morris Center. This year, the Sean Jones 2004, he was awarded an honorary knightQuartet provides the backbone to the jam hood by Queen Elizabeth II, in recognition and will welcome a variety of musicians of his outstanding service to music.The including acclaimed soloists such as Wycliffe qualities that make Perahia one of todays Gordon, Marcus Roberts, Warren Vach and leading artists of the keyboard lie in his abilmany others. A must-see for fans of swing ity to shine a penetrating and personal light and improvisation! on such music, in such a way that there is 3/27/2015, 10:00 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $30 nothing at all standard about it.

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3/28/2015, 7:00 PM, Lucas Theatre for the Arts FREE

Hot Rize

For a dozen years beginning in 1978, the band Hot Rize was arguably the most influential bluegrass band of its time, equally informed by a taste for the music of Leadbelly and Freddie King, swing, old-time Appalachia, and more. 3/28/2015, 7:30 PM, Trustees Theater $25, 35,$45, 55

Latin Dance Party: Adonis Puentes & The Voice of Cuba Orchestra

Fronting a dynamite ten-piece band, Cuban born Adonis Puentes (above) is a GRAMMY-nominated singer and bandleader who opens up the marvelous world of Cuban music with syncopated rhythms, propulsive bass lines, nuanced 3/28/2015, 3:00 PM, Trinity United Methodist Church horn arrangements and melodic piano and $70 guitar.

New Orleans Soul & Brass Party: Irma Thomas/Dirty Dozen Brass Band Internationally heralded as the Soul Queen of New Orleans, singer Irma Thomas had her first hit single when she was just 19 years old. With a career spanning six decades, Thomas is a Louisiana Music Hall of Famer and GRAMMY Award winning artist. She remains one of

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Lunasa

Sean Jones

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Lynn Harrell, cello

In their tenth consecutive SMF appearance, the world-renowned Atlanta Symphony Orchestra brings a powerful program of symphonic masterworks. 3/28/2015, 8:00 PM, Lucas Theatre for the Arts $32, $42, $52, $65, $75

Chamber Music V : Emerson String Quartet

Making their fifth appearance at SMF (and first since the 2012 season), this allBeethoven concert marks the first time Savannah audiences can see the renowned Emerson String Quartet with new cellist Paul Watkins in action. One of the characteristics of the Emerson Quartet is that its players all have the ability and the instruments to produce a sweet and glossy soundbut do so sparingly. 3/29/2015, 3:00 PM, Temple Mickve Israel $52

Hot Club of Cowtown/Asleep at the Wheel

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This three-day run at the Charles H. Morris Center brings together two of the most influential bands playing western swing today, Hot Club of Cowtown (above) and Asleep at the Wheel. Hot Club of Cowtowns influences have always been as much the musette music of the smoky bistros of 1930s Paris as they are the hoedowns and Western swing of the mythic American West. Praised for their down-home melodies and exuberant improvisation (The Times of London), the Hot Club has set up camp at that crossroads where country meets jazz and chases the blues away (The Independent), and conscious always that 30 above all else, the music is for dancing and

an old-fashioned good time (The New York Times). Asleep at the Wheel has seen miles and miles of Texas. They got their kicks on Route 66, and in 2010, the band clicked another milestone on the odometertheir 40th anniversary. Altogether, they have won nine Grammy Awards since their 1970 inception. In their career, they have released more than twenty studio albums, and have charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard country charts. The band continues to introduce the western swing genre to new generations of listeners. Taking a page from Bob Wills book, the band has constantly toured at a national level throughout its history, with anywhere from 7 to 15 of the finest players that founder Ray Benson could talk into jumping on the bus to play a string of dates. The alumni roster is over 80+ members, and includes an impressive list of musicians who have gone on to perform with artists such as Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Lyle Lovett and many more. 3/29/2015, 4:30 & 7:00 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $40 3/30/2015, 5:00 & 7:30 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $40 3/31/2015, 5:00 & 7:30 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $40

Julian Lage & Jorge Roeder

Guitarist, composer and arranger Julian Lage (above) is often categorized as a jazz musician, though his music is also rooted in traditional and acoustic forms. In addition to five prior SMF performances both solo and with a variety of collaborators including Mark OConnor, Martin Taylor, Mike Marshall and Casey Driessen, Julian Lage has served on the faculty of SMFs Acoustic Music Seminar (see page 47) since its inception in 2012. For this special lunchtime concert, Lage is joined by Jorge Roeder, one of the most versatile bassists on the New York jazz scene. Roeder was awarded first prize at the 2007 International Society Of Bassists Jazz Competition, was a semi-finalist at the

Paul Lewis 2009 Thelonious Monk Jazz Bass Competition, and has played with such luminaries as Steve Lacy, Gary Burton and Kenny Werner. In this duo project, Julian Lage and Jorge Roeder display incredible musicianship, creative improvisation and boundless creativity.

Bela Fleck with Brooklyn Rider

Banjoist/composer Bla Fleck has performed on seven different occasions at SMF, each time with distinctly different projects. His 2015 appearance will be no exception, as he joins forces with the acclaimed string 3/30/2015, 12:30 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $20 quartet Brooklyn Rider during their 2015 SMF residency. In addition to multiple perCHAMBER MUSIC VI : Emerson String formances, Brooklyn Rider will be teaching Quartet with Daniel Hope & Friends young musicians during SMF’s Acoustic 3/30/2015, 6:00 PM, Trinity United Methodist Church Music Seminar. Fleck has written several $52 new compositions for the ensemble, which will be showcased at this concert.

Kayhan Kalhor & Brooklyn Rider

Kayhan Kalhor is an acclaimed Persian musician and a founding member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble. A virtuoso on the kamancheh (spike fiddle), his performances of traditional Persian music and his unique collaborations have attracted audiences around the globe. In his SMF debut, Kalhor will be performing with the string quartet Brooklyn Rider, an adventurous, genre-defying string quartet that combines a wildly eclectic repertoire with a gripping performance style that is attracting legions of fans and drawing critical acclaim from music reviewers from all genres. 3/30/2015, 8:00 PM, Lucas Theatre for the Arts $25, 35, 45, 55, 65

CHAMBER MUSIC VII : Vive la France

This all-French program spotlights two of the great works in the piano quartet literature. Though Saint-Sans and Chausson both wrote opera and song, areas of primary focus for many of their contemporaries, the two composers stood out with their substantial contributions to the chamber music repertoire. 3/31/2015, 11:00 AM, Trinity United Methodist Church $30

3/31/2015, 7:30 PM, Lucas Theatre for the Arts $25, 35, 45, 55, 65

CHAMBER MUSIC VIII : Brooklyn Rider

4/1/2015, 11:00 AM, Trinity United Methodist Church $30

Mike Marshall & Choro Famoso

Associate Director of SMF’s Acoustic Music Seminar, Mike Marshall is one of the world’s most accomplished mandolinists. Marshall began his love affair with the music of Brazil after a visit there, before embarking on an in-depth study of the roots of the Brazilian choro. His group Choro Famoso has helped spearhead a wave in the U.S. for this infectious style. 4/1/2015, 12:30 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $35

RECITALS V : Paul Lewis, piano

Paul Lewis’ cycles of piano works by Beethoven and Schubert have received unanimous critical and public acclaim across the globe, solidifying his reputation as one of the worlds foremost interpreters of European classical repertoire. 4/1/2015, 6:00 PM, Trinity United Methodist Church $52

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deeply rooted sounds of his Appalachian

Mike Marshall & Choro Famoso/Clarice heritage to become one of the preeminent Assad/Off the Cliff traditional American musicians of his gen-

When French composer Darius Milhaud first heard Brazilian pianist Ernesto Nazareth playing in downtown Rio de Janeiro, he stated that it gave him a deeper insight into the Brazilian soul. Nazareth was a formative figure in the development of the Brazilian choro, the instrumental popular Brazilian music that originated in 19th century Rio, which will be showcased on this evening. 4/1/2015, 8:00 PM, Lucas Theatre for the Arts $25, 35, 45, 55, 65

CHAMBER MUSIC IX : Bruch & Brahms Lorenza Borrani, violin; Carla Maria Rodrigues, viola; Eric Kim, cello; Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano.

4/2/2015, 11:00 AM, Unitarian Universalist Church $30

The World of Clarice AssadFeaturing Off the Cliff & Mike Marshall

A visionary composer and virtuoso pianist who draws on Heitor Villa-Lobos and Hermeto Pascoal in equal measure, and an overall practitioner of vocalese, Brazilian native Clarice Assad is as comfortable performing with a symphony orchestra as with her ancient-to-future unit Off The Cliff, which, as she puts it, uses different combinations of instruments from song to song so that it never sounds the same. 4/2/2015, 12:30 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $25

Vusi Mahlasela/Dirk Powell & Riley Baugus

eration. Riley Baugus represents the best of old-time American banjo and song.

4/2/2015, 6:30 & 9:00 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $35

Josh Ritter

Three is the magic number when youre counting Cajun music virtuosos in this GRAMMY winning supergroup. In their Savannah debut, The Band Courtbouillon Wayne Le Boss Toups, Steve Riley (of the Mamou Playboys) and Wilson Savoy (of the Pine Leaf Boys)will let the good times roll the old-fashioned, two-stepping way. This promises to be one of the great SMF Cajun Dance Parties.

Since 1997, American songwriter, guitarist and author Josh Ritter has been creating some of the best folk-rock music to hit the airwaves. He has seen tremendous growth 4/3/2015, 7:00 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $35 as an artist, and his unique style has been treasured by an ever-growing fan base. In 2006, Josh was named one of the 100 Great- Dianne Reeves est Living Songwriters by Paste Magazine. Returning for her fourth SMF appear4/2/2015, 8:00 PM, Lucas Theatre for the Arts $22, ance and her first since the 2011 double $32, $42, $47, $55 bill with Brazilian guitarist Chico Pinheiro, jazz singer and multiple GRAMMY winDirk Powell & Riley Baugus ner Dianne Reeves is among the preeminent This is an exclusive lunchtime perforjazz vocalists of the past three decades. 4/3/2015, 8:00 PM, Trustees Theater $32, 42, 52, 62 mance by two masters of old-time music Dirk Powell and Riley Baugus. 4/3/2015, 12:30 PM, Charles H. Morris Center $20

Acoustic Music Seminar Finale

After five days of collaborations and instruction by some of the worlds finest acoustic musicians, the 16 participants of the 2015 Acoustic Music Seminar (AMS) present their latest compositions in an original program. This fourth annual Stringband Spectacular will feature performances by Casey Driessen, AMS Associate Director Mike Marshall and lead clinician Julian Lage. This momentous event is the culmination of a week of hard work and has become one of the crowd favorites of SMF.

Vusi Mahlasela is simply known as The 4/3/2015, 6:00 PM, Lucas Theatre for the Arts $15, Voice in his home country, South Africa, and is celebrated for his distinctive, powerful 25, 35, 45 voice and his poetic, optimistic lyrics. His songs of hope connect Apartheid-scarred South Africa with its promise for a better future. Dirk Powell has expanded on the

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violinist Joseph Joachim. Three members of CMS, including Co-Artistic Directors David Finckel and Wu Han along with Paul Neubauer, join forces with SMF Associate Artistic Director Daniel Hope to present a powerful program of Romantic era masterworks, including arguably the greatest piano quartet in the chamber music repertoire. 4/4/2015, 3:00 PM, Savanna Theatre $47, 57

Rosanne Cash

For more than three decades, Rosanne Cash has been one of the most compelling figures in country music. The eldest daughter of Johnny Cash and stepdaughter of June Carter Cash of the legendary Carter Family, Rosanne’s musical and family legacy is rooted in the origins of American country music with its deep cultural and historical connections to the South. 4/4/2015, 7:30 PM, Lucas Theatre for the Arts $32, 42, 52, 62, 75

Closing Night Party

DakhaBrakha, meaning give/take in the old Ukrainian language, is a world music quartet from Kyiv, Ukraine. The band creates a universe of unexpected new music in a variety of native melodies and rhythms. Founded by former underground theater performers, DakhaBrakha has mesmerized audiences across the globe, from last year’s Roskilde Festival to globalFEST 2014. In Rolling Stone’s Best Things We Saw at Bonnaroo 2014 recap article, DakhaBrakha was deemed Best Breakout! 4/4/2015, 9:00 PM, Ships of the Sea North Garden $30

This collaboration of four extraordinary musicians was born out of the incredible success at a 2012 Chamber Music Society (CMS) of Lincoln Center performance in New York that explored the influence of

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5ive questions: Rev. Horton Heat

Preaching the psychobilly gospel at the Jinx By Jim Morekis jim@connectsavannah.com

FEw guitar players have rocked a hollow-body Gretsch the way the Rev. Horton Heat has. The Dallas-based purveyor of psycho-rockabilly has evangelized sweat-soaked crowds with his fast, aggressive, country-on-crank sounds in legendarily intense live shows since the mid ‘80s. Touring behind the kickass new release REV—his debut on the Victory Records label—the Reverend, aka Jim Heath, returns to Savannah for the first time in several years, allowing a whole new generation to see what an old-school rave-up really looks and sounds like first hand.

1. I’m fascinated with your personal and

professional relationship with Motörhead. Lemmy has recorded with you and joined y’all onstage. You do a sick ‘Ace of Spades’ cover. A lot of your music could easily be covered by Motörhead and vice versa. How did that all happen? Reverend Horton Heat (Jim Heath), with Scott Churilla on drums and Jimbo Wallace on upright bass Photo by Gene Ambo Rev. Horton Heat: I don’t really know or remember how that all started, to be honest. I’ve gone to their shows for so long I don’t remember. I do know that Lemmy had wanted us on one of his records for a long time, and he ended up coming down to Dallas to do some recording with us. I just think it’s their type of fast, intense rock ‘n’ roll that’s appealing to me. You know, the slow, grindy stuff has never been my deal. My roots are firmly in the era of the ‘40s and ‘50s. Rockabilly, Jerry Lee Lewis. That good ol’ ‘50s rock ‘n’ roll is my thing. And that’s really Lemmy’s thing too.

But yeah. Jerry Lee’s whole stage demeanor was just off the hook. He was smashing his piano, jumping up and down in his seat, propping his boots up on the piano. I love it. Then again, when you’re sort of fixed to the piano in the Elvis era, and can’t get up and swing your pelvis around, you gotta do something to compensate. I’ve sort of come full circle to a point where I see my job description as less of a singer and guitar player and more of an entertainer. There are different ways to skin a cat, and my thing is about that connection with the audience.

to sound real metal. Everybody thinks to sound metal you have to play through a 100 or 200 watt Marshall. But what you should do if you wanna sound like that is use small wattage amps, and crank 'em to 10. Really, the least metal thing you can do is play through a 200 watt Marshall. That’s just a real weak, wimpy, clean thing to do.

4. Earlier this year you just put out a new album, REV, after a lengthy hiatus from recording. It sounds great. Tell us about the sessions.

Rev. Horton Heat: I recorded it myself, essentially. I’ve been collecting vintage really nobody has put on a more crazy or really loud, aggressive guitarists like recording equipment for a long time. A lot energetic show since. Is rock ‘n’ roll proof you who play hollow-body guitars not of it was recorded at a rehearsal space, and of entropy, the idea that everything starts designed for that kind of amplification. there were other spaces being rented at the out at its peak and deteriorates with time? What is it about that sound? How do you same time. So on a lot of the best takes, all manage the volume and the feedback? of a sudden somebody would start giving Rev. Horton Heat: That’s true in some drum lessons next door. We decided to just ways, but it’s also true that in so many Rev. Horton Heat: Everybody says they keep doing takes through it all. Then we’d respects the art form has expanded so much. get so much feedback when they try playing stop and someone would go, hey, did they Back then they were playing through tiny like I do. But it’s weird, I don’t really get any quit the drum lessons? little amplifiers, and you can just play so feedback. I do have these sort of super-hot This is sort of getting back to the era of much faster now. They were playing on vintage pickups, though, so there's that. the mid ‘90s. There are a couple of countrystrings as big as telephone wires, through Now, unlike almost everybody else, I don’t feeling things on there, but mostly it’s a lot 32 these chumpy amplifiers. use any distortion pedals. But I get my amp more rocked up. NOV 5-11, 2014

2. You see old footage of Jerry Lee, and 3. There’s something so unique about

5. Your videos from the record are out-

standing. Seems like bands don’t focus on videos as much anymore.

Rev. Horton Heat: Thanks! But I don’t know if you’re right about that. YouTube is the new Holy Grail of music. A lot of young bands will now go in the studio and do maybe five songs. That’s it. No albums anymore. That will be their new CD, and they’ll make a really good video for each of the five songs. Then they have their own YouTube channel with content for it. That’s the major thing that’s changing. A lot of things are changing in our business. Some changes aren’t so good, but most of the changes are really for the better. cs Reverend Horton Heat w/ COEDS and The Wave Slaves Tue. Nov. 11, The Jinx, 127 W. Congress St. Doors 9 p.m., 21+ $20 at tickets.frontgatetickets.com

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American Hologram’s new vision

Same Blue Sky not really just the same By Anna Chandler anna@connectsavannah.com

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AMERICAN HOLOGRAM has called their style “Americana goth pop.” We’re not talking about a corn-fed Bauhaus, or Depeche Mode draped in stars and stripes, though. It’s more along the lines of painter Grant Wood’s unsettling, can’t-quite-place-it masterpiece “American Gothic”—songs grown from the rich history of roots and folk music, wrapped up in themes of disillusionment and frustration with guises and shadow play. Hearing vocalist/guitarist Eric Britt describe his band name and their common themes, that perfect accidental doubleentendre from GPB’s interview with developer Ben Carter comes to mind: “I’m here to talk to you about facades.” American Hologram certainly is. They’re going to break them down brutally and beautifully, and their debut LP, Same Blue Sky, is not going to leave your CD player for a good, long while. The name American Hologram is “about political and media deception,” Britt explains. “’Watch this hand while I do this with this hand.’ A lot of these tunes are very contemplative and pensive, deep and dark.” Bandmates Britt, Craig Tanner, and Britt Scott have all contributed songs to the album to make it a harmonious call to arms: a call to speak out, stand up, and break out of expectations. “The ultimate idea is thinking for yourself and finding your own truth instead of taking things at face value,” says Scott. Mere seconds in, “You Lie” announces Same Blue Sky’s thesis: “Dreaming the American dream/eyes closed it’s hard to see/what we want versus what we need.” But they know better, as Scott lashes out in the chorus: “You lie. I’ve got time.” It’s jaded and pent-up, but grows surer and surer of itself as the verses teem with Tanner’s intricate guitar picking and harmo34 nies from the three singer-songwriters, who

Three songwriters strong, American Hologram is Eric Britt, Craig Tanner, and Britt Scott. Photo by Adriana Iris Boatwright each contributed songs to Same Blue Sky. Writing with bandmates is new for Britt, who composed alone for his old band, Hazel Virtue, and his 2012 solo effort, Greener. Praised for its unflinching honesty and warm breadth, Greener was a brutally personal tale of survival. Same Blue Sky, Britt explains, “is way more politically edged. This is a way more bigpicture thing.” American Hologram naturally fell together while Britt was promoting Greener. Old friend Tanner had been playing along to Britt’s recordings at home, and offered to add a second guitar to live performances. Scott was given a copy of Britt’s album, kept it on repeat in her car, and found herself singing harmonies while driving around. Through loose collaborations—Scott popping by a Britt gig to sit in, Tanner and Britt eventually billing together—the three found a bond, both musically and personally. Tanner and Scott began bringing their own songs to the table, and they fleshed them out as a team. Britt admits it takes courage, and a particular kind of vulnerability, to share original songs and open them up for tweaking. “It’s still something that means a lot to you,” he says. “So for you to ask your bandmates—‘hey, can you help me write this chorus?’ or “can you think of a harmony to go here?’—that takes a lot of confidence in

another person.” For having three contributors, Same Blue Sky is quite cohesive—folk, roots, and, yes, Americana, serve as a base. Tanner is of the folk camp; his contemplative songs are “cut in a John Prine kind of way,” says Britt. Title track “Same Blue Sky,” comforting and unifying, is actually the first song that Tanner ever wrote. “It kind of encompasses this “we’re all in this together’ concept,’ says Britt. “And unfortunately,” he laughs, “we’re all on this sinking raft together.” As for Britt, he’s found himself experimenting with new tones and textures. Songs like “Judges” and “The Plan” show a darker, more rock-oriented turn from Greener. “We’ve been doing this two acoustic guitars, percussion, and three vocals, where it’s been eclectic and rootsy and beautiful,” says Britt. “The songs that I brought to this record absolutely screamed out for distorted guitars and deep, dark rock noises.” Britt hints that his successful studio experiments may apply to live shows down the road. “I’m going to be very interested to see where it goes in the next year,” he says. “After recording this, I think I wanna rock!” It’s not all about dusting off the ol’ Stratocaster, though. Scott’s stripped-down closer “Silence” is a devastatingly gorgeous

and haunting song for survivors of rape and abuse, shakingly delicate in its power. It’s Same Blue Sky in a nutshell, empowering listeners to stand up and fight for their truth. American Hologram celebrates their album release at Bub-Ba-Q. Britt selected the outdoor space for its warm, inviting vibe and great live sound. “That space is in between two buildings,” he explains, “so it forms this natural shotgun thing, where the sound is captured, but not enough to make it be overbearing. It’s a beautiful sounding little space right there.” It also allows the band to plug in, rock out, and show off Same Blue Sky’s many layers live and in person. Special guests will join in to flesh out the sound. The $15 entry charge gets you a copy of Same Blue Sky, dinner (barbecue, of course, and sides), and a frothy, 32-ounce Southbound brew. The show is open to all ages— if you’re under 21, it’s just $10 for a CD and dinner. A pork sandwich, local beer, and an outdoor stage packed with talented musicians: you can’t get much more American than that. CS American Hologram Saturday. Nov. 8, Bub-Ba-Q, 514 Martin Luther King Blvd. Doors 6 p.m., all ages $15 21+, $10 under 21

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getting divorced and we were both still in the band. Plus there was a lot of shit going on at the time. I was drinking way too much. I mean, we all were. We just didn’t like being around each other anymore.” Regardless of how relations wound up, Isbell’s Drive-By Truckers musical education lasted five years and he marvels at pointing out how ahead of his time he felt Patterson Hood was. “Before crowdsourcing was a way to do things, that’s what Patterson had come up with. Before Kickstarter was around, they were putting out (the 2001 self-released album) Southern Rock Opera. It was a model where they sold 20,000 copies of that out of the back of the van themselves. And they had investors to make a record and wound up paying everybody back.” Isbell also learned a thing or three about a work ethic while with the Truckers. “We’d play 250 shows a year as an average,” he said. “I don’t think I’ll ever work that hard again in my life and I don’t think I’ll ever want to. A lot of people can make a living writing songs, but they would have to write songs for financial purposes, and I’ve never had to do that. I think that might have gone differently had I not been in that band.” CS John Prine with Jason Isbell Friday, November 7, Johnny Mercer Theatre, 7:30 P.M $39.50-$59.50 via etix.com

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➜➜Samhain Full Moon Ceremony with Faery Teeth, Eliza Rickman, and Dame Darcy @The Jinx

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➜➜The Daddyo’s, Annabelle Chairlegs @Graveface Records & Curiosities

Tulsa, Oklahoma’s The Daddyo’s create gauzy grunge pop evocative of Bleached and Best Coast. Though 21-year-olds Kylie Slabby and Kylie Hastings have been writing together since they were 13, they hadn’t recorded their collaborations until 2014. It’s a tough world out there for a lonely girl was released in February, and Smother Your Brother followed on October 23, with Rubber Brother Records releasing Smother Your Brother on cassette. “We just write some music alone and then get together and make it a full thing,” they explain of their process. “A lot of the time also we’ll just be practicing or hanging out playing and come up with something out of nothing. We never plan it though, it’s usually just random.” Recommended if you like a good jangly, languid verse, a muddy little sparkle dripped over rhythm guitar tones, chill harmonies, tacos, spaceships, and creating mountains of clothes in front of the mirror (“Hey girl/ what are you wearing tonight?” one Daddyo asks another on “Crop Top.” “I don’t know/I hate all my clothes!” the other retorts). The Daddyo’s, pictured above, are joined by dirt-pop Austinites Annabelle Chairlegs. They play a kind of shimmery, throwback garage pop, and shared the stage in Baltimore with Savannah’s own Sauna Heat just last week. Friday, all ages, $5.

A holiday hailed by Pagans and Wiccans worldwide, Samhain celebrates autumn’s harvest and the winter to come. Under a full moon, The Jinx will illuminate with three experimental songstresses. Savannah’s own Dame Darcy, the pen-and-ink wielder responsible for the wonderfully whimsical comic Meat Cake, is also an accomplished banjo player. She has released seven albums of sea shanties, ballads, Celtic tales, pirate tunes, and more. California’s Eliza Rickman, pictured above, crafts gorgeous, up-tempo tunes on autoharp and toy piano; her warm, crystal-clear voice wavers in and out of exquisite, dreamy little poems, making a beautifully unusual kind of folk-flushed baroque chamber pop. Faeryteeth is comprised of Savannah’s Tara Walters and Lydia Schneider. An expert at crafting strange love songs in the vein of freak-folk and lo-fi experimental pop, Walters often loops her lilting warble, evocative of Joanna Newsom, when performing live to create immersive, surreal layers of trance-like harmonies. Thursday, 10:13 p.m.

➜➜Chris Cook’s Fetish Night @The Wormhole It’s been four years since Chris Cook threw one of his famously wild theme parties. He returns on Saturday with an old staple of his party calendar: Fetish Night. It’s a free party complete with DJs, two St. Andrews crosses (for the unfamiliar, that’s basically a big ‘X’ that participants are strapped to), and a best dressed contest. “We are counting on participation of our guests for much of our entertainment,” Cook divulges. Guests are encouraged to bring their own toys and dress in their fetish and Goth best. Analog Kid and DJ Logik will spin EDM, synth, industrial, darkwave, and Goth classics all night. “We have some surprises in store that weren’t advertised,” hints Cook. Saturday may be a grand return, but the creative Cook promises there’s more in store, so stay tuned for future events. “My plan is to focus on fetish parties and dark themes, with a colorful theme party here and there,” he says. Saturday, 10 p.m., free

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➜➜Captured! By Robots @The Jinx Man creates rock band of robots to escape playing with flaky, undependable humans. Robots revolt, rip out man’s bowels, drape him in chains and a slave mask, and formulate a plot for world takeover. After 15 years of enslavement, said man, JBOT, is suddenly looking pretty clean—almost normal. “I no longer wear a mask or guts or chains,” JBOT told Connect. “Going to be a normal band for this tour.” “It’s so fun now for me,” he adds. “Happiest I’ve been in years.” “UNITY has come to C!BR,” the band elaborated in their tour announcement. “UNITY in the hatred of humanity. UNITY in playing brutal music to break your ears and your bones. This plague of humans has one solution, and we are the medicine for this sickness. The band has been rebuilt, downsized, and is ready for war. Our evolution is unstoppable, just as your destruction is imminent.” Fans of mechanical engineering and rock ‘n’ roll can enjoy a C!BR show. These aren’t some air-guitarring Chuck E. Cheese characters—the robots have been built to actually play their instruments. While they’re down to the bare essentials, JBOT advises that their “songs are wayyy betters too.” Saturday, 10 p.m.

➜➜The Hip Abduction @Congress Street Social Club

The Hip Abduction brings a new take to American afropop, incorporating indie-rock sensibilities, a deep appreciation of Paul Simon, and even African instruments such as the Kora and Ngoni. You’ll detect notes of bluegrass and Dave Matthews Band-style riffs in the Florida band’s compositions, too. Their 2013 independently released breakout LP reached #5 on the Billboard Reggae Charts and #2 on the iTunes Reggae Chart, leading them to share stages with Ziggy Marley, Umphrey’s McGee, Thievery Corporation, and more. Catch the free Congress Street Social Club show to get a taste of The Hip Abduction, then mark your calendar for their big November 26 show at The Jinx, where they join one of reggae-rock’s favorites, Passafire, and Savannah’s Niche. Saturday, 10 p.m.

➜➜Movers & Shakers album release party @Ampersand Inspired by classic rockers like Lynyrd Skynyrd and Creedence Clearwater Revival, Movers & Shakers “love anything with a beat and a groove,” bassist Mike Peaden says. Two years in the works, their self-titled album LP blends elements of funk, disco, and rock ‘n’ roll. Recorded at several locations over the years and produced by guitarist Chandler Woods, Movers & Shakers weaves tight rhythms with acoustic guitar and classic electric guitar riffs to get crowds on the floor and dancing. Saturday’s a big day for the local boys—not only are they celebrating their first record’s release, but they’ll also be one of the bands keeping Rock ‘n’ Roll marathoners pumped on their way to the finish line. As a bonus, there will be drink specials at the Ampersand shows for any runners who participated in the marathon. Saturday, 10 p.m., free CS

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Talking about: Conrad Aiken

Ships of the Sea event highlights life of great Savannah writer movie, try King Coffin. As for Lowry, his one great work is Under the Volcano, itself made into a film in 1984 Novelist and poet by director John Houston. Conrad Aiken thought of “Lowry had a hard time getting on with life as a great circle. life,” Husband says. “He was a heavy, heavy We return to our past. drinker.” We return to nothingness. “He wanted to be near Aiken because he We return to our fully realfound him such a great influence,” Marchized selves. night says. The Savannah native So why does Aiken have little more than fulfilled the theme of a historic marker and a grave here? his life’s work by dying in our city in 1973. “It’s got nothing to do with necessarily He lived both his first and his last 11 years the quality of your work,” Husband says. in side-by-side houses on Oglethorpe Ave“It has to do with how well you can do the nue. In between, he won a Pulitzer Prize, public relations, basically. And he couldn’t a National Book Award and many other do that.” honors. Aiken was pathologically shy. He avoided publicity. Bertha Husband and Mari Jo Marchnight Savannah-born writer Conrad Aiken, left, adopted writer Malcolm Lowry as a kind “The trouble is that if you don’t want to are working to spread Aiken’s gospel in the of poetical son. This archival photo is from their trip together to Spain. be public, I think what you’re really sort of city where he should be celebrated much, from his parents’ murder-suicide. Ships of the Sea Museum. depending on is that maybe people in the much more. “He was very philosophical,” Marchnight future will discover you,” Husband says. The museum’s director, Tony Pizzo, is “After coming to Savannah, we really says. “He enjoyed and began to play with coordinating the Lowry parts. Pizzo is a Of course, lots of people have discovered discovered Aiken,” Marchnight says. “We and use the interior monologue and stream another complex, philosophical and publiclongtime Lowry fan. And Husband and also discovered that he was hard to find. of consciousness. He became a master of it.” ity-shy writer of Savannah birth, Flannery Marchnight are coordinating the Aiken His books were nowhere. And that was Aiken’s father shot Conrad’s mother and parts. O’Connor. She has a museum here. Aiken intriguing.” then killed himself in the family’s Savannah doesn’t. Although I do see that his child“I’m not sure where the idea came from,” Husband and Marchnight have immersed hood home, 228 East Oglethorpe, is for sale. themselves in Aiken to prepare for a “literary Marchnight says. “It was just a spontaneous home in 1901. The 11-year-old boy heard the gunshots, discovered his parents’ bodies, conversation that we had with Tony.” If some literary benefactor wants to cabaret” to celebrate his life and that of his calmly told his sisters to stay in their rooms increase Aiken’s circle, they’re asking $1.5 The evening will take performers and close friend and protégé, Malcolm Lowry. million. cs “Having spent the last year reading every- audience members on a nautical voyage with and then alerted police. “He was very concerned that he might thing of his, I feel a very close connection to the two writers. Both men obsessed with him,” Husband says. “There are things about the sea throughout their lives. Between their have some strain of madness that was ‘Oh My Aiken Lowry: A Literary Cabaret!’ multiple Atlantic crossings and seaside sies- genetic,” Marchnight says. his personality that I feel close to.” Sat., Nov. 8, 7 p.m., doors open 6 p.m., close 6:55 p.m. Some of Aiken’s heavier works About a half-dozen acts including music, tas, they wrote some pretty heady stuff. Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum Aiken’s fascination with the human mind include Ushant and Blue Voyage. If you poetry, comedy, masks, dance and drama 41 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. might have come, in some unknowable way, want something that reads more like a will bring Aiken and Lowry to life at the Free admission By Orlando Montoya SAVANNAHPODCAST.COM

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THEATRE HAS returned to Asbury Memorial! Anticipation has been building for the United Methodist Church and Theatre Company’s Fall’s production, The Fantasticks, a beloved musical with a 42-year off-Broadway run. Loosely based on “The Romancers” by Edmond Rostand, The Fantasticks introduces the audience to Luisa and Matt, neighbors who are falling in love in the midst of their families feuding. Separated by a wall, the nutty 16-year-old Luisa and lovestruck 20-year-old Matt pledge their affection for one another (the thrill of their families’ disapproval certainly helps fuel the fire). But instead of a true feud, it’s really Mr. Hucklebee, Matt’s father, and Mr. Bellomy, Louisa’s father, using the oldest trick in the book— saying ‘no’ to children—to make them do exactly what they want. The arranged love was the fathers’ idea all along, and they delight in their success. To snuff the “feud” in a grand manner, the duo decide that Matt needs to rescue Luisa from a rigged “kidnapping,” executed by a professional. Matt gets to defeat the captor (and some Indians and pirates along the way), and becomes the hero of his own love story. They bring in El Gallo, a pro bandit who offers up a whole catalog of potential kidnappings. The devoted fathers select the “first class” rape (this is the old literary sense of the word, in which it’s meant to define an abduction), wanting nothing but the finest for their children. But, despite expert execution, the truth comes out, as it is wont to do. When the lovers learn that they’ve been tricked, a real feud ensures, and Luisa and Matt

Director Richie Cook is bringing a ‘carnival theme’ to the classic ‘

separate to explore the world beyond their sides of the wall. “Because of the allegorical nature of the story, I am combining its simplicity with a carnival theme to give a feeling of fantasy and wonder,” director Richie Cook shares. Cook is Dean of Students and chair of the Fine Arts program at St. Andrew’s School. A founding member of The Collective Face Theatre Ensemble, the central Georgia native has sung backup for Dolly Parton, performed in the NYC Fringe Festival, and sang lead for Holland America Cruises, serenading guests on the Mediterranean, Caribbean, and Baltic Seas. He notes that, as the play was written in the 1950’s and debuted in 1960, costuming will be reflective of the Beat Generation. One of the most widely produced musicals in the world, there have been 11,000 productions of The Fantasticks to date, in 3,000 cities and towns in all 50 states and 67 countries. Though 54 years old, the musical’s timeless themes of innocent, blissful ignorance vs. pained but necessary experience continue to speak to future generations. Families will enjoy the humorous and insightful challenges of Mr. Hucklebee and Mr. Bellomy who, while struggling to raise their children, maintaining much-simplerto-manage gardens. “I was honored to be invited to direct this production and I believe it will resonate with Savannah,” says Cook. cs Asbury Memorial UMC, 1008 E. Henry St. Nov. 7-8 and Nov. 14-15 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday matinees Nov. 9 and Nov. 16 at 3 p.m. $15 912-233 3595 www.asburymemorial.org/theatre

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Larry Beaver carry on the visual dialogue. Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St.

13 Bricks Fall Gallery Event — Anima Mundi is 13 Bricks’ fall exhibition and includes work from Danielle Summers, Elizabeth Younce, Farnaz Jahani, Kat Morgan, Hilary Slaughter, Danielle Bostic, Steven Rousakis, Inbal Sella, Tyler Smith, and Emily Kell. Fri., Nov. 7, 6-9 p.m. Keystone Gallery & 13 Bricks, 627 East Broad Street.

The Divine Comedy: Heaven, Purgatory and Hell Revisted by Contemporary African Artists — This

exhibit explores the sequences of Dante’s poem through new works by 40 contemporary artists from 19 African countries. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd. Doctuh Buzzard’s Hoodoo Awakening — This

exhibit celebrates Gullah Geechee spiritual heritage and looks closely at hoodoo artifacts. Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St.

Arte Carnivale Art Show and Sale — All artists participating in the show will donate a piece of work for a raffle gift basket. 20% of all the sales will go towards the Tybee Arts Association to benefit art on Tybee. Grand Reception Nov. 7 at 6 p.m.. Fri., Nov. 7, 6-9 p.m., Sat., Nov. 8, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sun., Nov. 9, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tybee Arts Center, 7 Cedarwood Dr.

Edward Jones — Edward Richard Jones is an artist who works with wood, sterling silver, copper and brass. Through Nov. 30. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Fervor — Featuring works by Jake Eichorn, Hayden John, Megan Pelto, Chris Shelton, and Greg Wilson. Reception Nov. 7 6-9 p.m. Through Nov. 14. Whit’s End, 106 E. 37th st.

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Scribble Art Studio at Foxy Loxy Print Gallery and Café for an art show featuring Box Trolls designed, sculpted and fabricated by Scribble students. Live music by Waits & Co. Box Trolls will be on display through November 30. Free and open to the public Reception November 7, 6-9pm. Fri. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St.

Closing Reception for Miniature Masterpieces Art Auction — During the month of October

through the closing reception on November 6th, Hospice Savannah’s Miniature Masterpieces art show will hang in the Hospice House Art Gallery. Bids start at $50 – with some pieces priced even lower – and increase by $10 increments. Thu., Nov. 6, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Hospice Savannah Art Gallery, 1352 Eisenhower Drive. Faculty and Friends Show — Join instructors

and friends at The Studio School for their November Art March show, where they show off their realist paintings. Fri., Nov. 7, 6 p.m. Studio School, 1319 Bull St.

‘Arte Carnivale’ sale and show is this weekend at Tybee Arts Center Memento Boxes — In this multi-media exhibi-

tion, artist Xiwen Zhu explores concepts of memorial, loss, and mourning. Reception Nov. 7, 7-10 p.m. Non-Fiction Gallery, 1522 Bull St.

O My Aiken Lowry: A Literary Cabaret — An original performance piece presenting the lives, works and relationship between Savannah native and Pulitzer Prize winning poet Conrad Aiken and his apprentice, Malcolm Lowry, author of Under the Volcano. Music, readings, comedy, puppets, costumes, film, and lots of ukuleles. Sat., Nov. 8, 7 p.m. shipsofthesea.org. Ships of The Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.

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strong State University’s graduating senior art majors showcase their college portfolios in these gallery exhibitions. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free and open to the public. Through Nov. 21. Fine Arts Gallery (Armstrong Atlantic State University), 11935 Abercorn St., Fine Arts Hall. Between Realism and Abstractionism — Three

artists using different styles, reflect their personal message about the human condition – the forlorn silence of the modern world, reality as seen by the mind’s eye and the introspective search for personal meaning. Giuliano Corsi, Michael Banks and

Ghost — Lisa Co incorporates natural and

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Guerrero gathers steam in Pooler By Cheryl Baisden Solis

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I believe my interest in Guerreros began at a birthday party last year, where a dear Panamanian friend of mine--slim and lithe as a fairy, yet ultra-enthusiastic about her favorite dishes-was raving to me about a place that served, as she put it, “the best Mojarra Frita (whole fried Caribbean fish) I’ve ever had!” I was only vaguely aware of the place, out on Highway 80, across from a favored spot of mine, also Mexican (great guac and French-inspired Mexican dishes), but made a note to check it out. Time and food crazes pass, the car breaks down, the wallet gives out a hollow echo, and still I hadn’t made it, yet by the time May had come around this year I’d heard this friend expound upon the good food here until I couldn’t stand it anymore. My daughter and I joined a group of Latino friends on Cinco de Mayo to dance salsa in a sombrero, get tipsy of salty Margaritas and eat Mexican delights while squished ten to a booth. Antonio Guerrero Jr., from Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, a handsome young man with the faraway gaze of a Spanish monk and the sultry good-looks of a bullfighter, rosary always around his neck, was only a 19-year old kid with no food service experience, when his dad opened Guerrero nine years ago. But he took to the biz quickly when he found his Dad’s time was taken up with his landscaping company. Padre needed a steady head and calm demeanor to run the restaurant for him, someone who took pride in making good Mexican food, who was willing to work hard to make the place a success— Antonio Jr. filled the bill. Mom Louisa heads up the kitchen, overseeing the cooking and the delicate art of spicing, making sure that the presentation of each dish is perfect, and Antonio knows all his regulars and what they like. While the unadventurous gringo usually orders up burritos, tacos and fajitas, he is very good at gently suggesting something more interesting, and skilled at describing a dish so that 42 even the timid venture to try something new.

Antonio Guerrero Jr.’s place features a great take on Mojarra Frita. Photo Cheryl Solis For those seeking something familiar with a just a touch of the exotic, Antonio will lead you to the Torta, a huge, juicy, Mexican sandwich in a golden, chunky bun, or the Guerreros Nachos, piled high with chicken, beef, beans and cheese and crowned with a colorful swirl of snow white cream and pico de gallo—listed as an appetizer, but most definitely enough for an entrée. “I tell them to try the Santa Fe Chicken,” My last visit I finally got together with he says. “Our marinated chicken breast my friend to witness the Mojarra Frita and under melted cheese with tender, grilled her gustatory joy at devouring it down to shrimp on top, a beautiful pico de gallo—so the fine bones. It’s a beautiful dish: a wide, good with sour cream and avocado—so flat fish, the flesh criss-crossed in diamondcolorful!” shaped cuts so the spices and quick frying He’s correct there—it’s become a favorite create a splendid, delicate flavor. dish of mine, along with the lovely, fat grilled I love to snack on the crispy, fried tail of shrimp in a delicious tomato, green peppers the fish—and this version has the perfect and onion stir-fry (Camarones a la Plancha), crunch! Lime wedges are always provided and good frijoles. for good reason—it’s the perfect touch to

enhance the taste—and the jewel-toned pico de gallo and slices of avocado are superb accompaniments. Now, just about any Mexican restaurant around here will have a bright sarape or two and some sombreros embroidered in gold and silver thread in their decor, but Antonio has gone one better—take a look around at the folk paintings in arched, rough wooden frames against the soft, butter-yellow walls, the colors and workmanship are lovely. The staff are pleasant, courteous and helpful, working efficiently to get your order just right. “When I started out here, I wanted to create a clean, bright, peaceful place, calm, not too noisy or rowdy, where families could come for good food and enjoy a homey kinda feel. I’m picky about service, my mother is the expert on spices, and we keep

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things running smoothly,” Antonio tells me. “Our Mexican customers come for the Carne Asada and El Pastor Tacos, the Ceviche (shrimp, onions and tomatoes pickled in lime juice), the Camarrones a la Diabla (jumbo shrimp in hot sauce), and, of course,” he says with a twinkle in his eye, “the Mojarra Frita! Nobody makes it like we do!” My friend, finishing off the last tender morsel, sighs, and smiles contentedly. The seafood dishes are especially fresh and delicious here, and that’s the menu section I usually order from, yet the Pollo Ranchero with its grilled mushrooms, and the luscious Carnitas, hunks of very tender pork simmered in milk and spices, should not be missed! The Margaritas are nicely tangy, the chips hot and plentiful, and Saturday night brings in local guitarists, songwriters and DJs to make things lively. Come for a visit and you’ll understand why Guerreros has become such a local favorite, why folks from Tybee, South Carolina and further, make it their favorite destination for reliably delicious Mexican food. cs

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There’s a popular saying amongst runners that goes: “There will be days you don’t think you can run a marathon. There will be a lifetime of knowing you have.” As Savannah gears up for another year with the Rock and Roll Marathon and Half-Marathon series, our local runners who complete the course will have that lifetime of satisfaction of a race hard fought. But if you’re not the type to engage in a distance run with all the hours of prerequisite training, gear selection and fueling strategies, there’s another race that may be of interest to you. This race would be especially appealing if you’re the type who enjoys an adult beverage along with your exercise. Allow me to introduce The Beer Mile. One mile. That sounds much more palatable than a lengthy 13.1 mile half-marathon jaunt or downright crazy 26.2 mile full marathon, right? Even the most sedentary of us can probably rally our bodies into a mile’s worth of steady activity. The real challenge comes from the addition of beer. Four beers, to be exact, one consumed every quarter mile. The Beer Mile races are organized independently by a small group of enthusiasts and typically held on a 400 meter or quarter mile running track. Each competitor begins by drinking a full 12 ounce beer as quickly as possible, then taking a quarter mile lap. This is followed by another beer and another lap, four times in total. Now, if you were to take your time and savor the beer and leisurely jog around the track, this wouldn’t be that big of a deal. However, if you’re the competitive type, speed is necessary to make the most of a Beer Mile attempt. That speed comes from both the consumption of drink and the pace of the run. There are some special stipulations when it comes to the selection of your race beer. The official rules (found at BeerMile. com) decree that the beer must have an

You can do this: Four beers, one every quarter mile. alcohol-by-volume content of 5 percent or greater. That means light lagers and low ABV session ales are not allowed. Similarly, non-beers like ciders and malt beverages won’t make the cut. Further, the beer must be consumed directly from the vessel, with no tampering. Sorry aluminum can guzzling shotgunners. You have to consume the beer via a “natural” pour. The chief concern during this type of exertion is the very, very high chance of losing the quickly consumed beers in an explosive, projectile manner. The official penalty for tossing your beer before finishing the race is a brutal additional quarter mile lap. Before you assume this is all fun and games, realize that some people take their Beer Mile very seriously. The current world record holder for the Beer Mile is James

Nielsen of Novato, California, who accomplished the feat in an impressive 4:57.7 earlier this year. To remind you, that’s one mile and four beers in less than five minutes. You can watch that amazing show of athleticism for yourself. A video of Mr. Nielsen breaking the record is on Youtube and has well over a million views. Feature-length articles of his accomplishment were published in Runners World, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today, giving the Beer Mile a newfound level of credibility. So, if you’ve been considering getting into running but don’t feel that a marathon is in the cards, give the Beer Mile some consideration. After all, you may not feel like you can run a beer mile every day, but you would have a lifetime of knowing you did it. cs

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John Wick

Pop quiz: What’s the fastest, most efficient way to have an entire audience squarely line up behind a film protagonist? Have someone murder his wife? Cripple his kid? Put too much starch in his collar? No, nope and ix nay. Kill his sweet, defenseless dog? Now we’re talking. That’s the jumping off point in John Wick, which casts as the title character. A former assassin, Wick quit the biz and found bliss with a lovely woman (Bridget Moynahan) who would become his wife for a short period until she tragically succumbed to cancer. After her passing, Wick receives a posthumous present from her: an adorable beagle puppy to remind him that he needs to move ahead and learn to love again. Yet he only has the pup a few days before some Russian mobsters improbably hanging out at a Jersey gas station spot his ’69 Mustang and decide they must steal it. Later that night, they easily break into his house (which, despite being a milliondollar home, apparently has no alarm system of which to speak), beat him up, bludgeon his puppy, and swipe the vehicle. With the animal – the last connection to his late, lamented wife – now dead, Wick sets out on a path of righteous vengeance, eventually learning that one of the Russian hoodlums (Game of Thrones’ Alfie Allen) is – Holy Coincidence, Batman! – the son of the mob kingpin (Michael Nyqvist) who owes his

empire to Wick’s annihilation of the competition years earlier. Slaughtering scores of bad guys in exchange for the murder of one puppy? Hey, totally works for me, but the cathartic vibes eventually dissipate in the wake of such a flagrantly formulaic picture, one which feels as if it should have starred Chuck Norris back in 1986. The picture is so simplistic that not only does it pale next to the recent hit The Equalizer – another movie about a former killer forced to once again tangle with Russian thugs – it makes that Denzel Washington starrer seem as elaborately plotted as Chinatown by comparison. The look of the stylized violence is effective, but the mechanics behind the choreography are not – this is the sort of film where you can practically see the assistant director on the side telling each extra cast as a killer when to join the scene, since there’s no logical reason why their characters wouldn’t gang-rush Wick at once rather than staggerstep their entrances (particularly during a lengthy home-invasion sequence). Fine actors like Willem Dafoe and John Leguizamo are wasted in crepe-thin roles, while Nyqvist, best known for portraying Mikael Blomkvist in the original Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy, becomes progressively more hammy as the film continues, ultimately reaching “Gary Oldman in The continues on p. 46

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Professional” levels. But it’s nice to see David Patrick Kelly again. Once carving out a niche as a venal villain in such efforts as The Warriors, Dreamscape and Commando, he pops up here as Charlie, the man who’s always called in to mop up the blood and dispose of all those corpses. Hey, it’s a living.

THE JUDGE

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OO Robert Downey Jr. (Hank Palmer) and Robert Duvall ( Joseph Palmer) are both excellent actors, and their roles in The Judge certainly fit them like tailored suits. But playing to their strengths actually proves to be a weakness, since it results in BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP performances offering little that’s fresh or OP surprising. If John Wick can be described as The Still, the roster of fine actors — beyond Equalizer for dummies, then Before I Go to the two Bobs, you also get Vera Farmiga, Sleep should be tagged as Memento for the Vincent D’Onofrio and Billy Bob Thornton brain-dead. Based on S.J. Watson’s bestsell— makes this easy to watch, if not always ing novel (I haven’t read it, but surely it’s easy to enjoy. better than this adaptation), the film stars Before I Go To Sleep Hank Palmer is a slick big-city lawyer Nicole Kidman as Christine, whose brutal who returns to his small-town burg for beating a decade earlier has left her unable divorced Maggie (Melissa McCarthy) moves been in the army for a few months when his mother’s funeral. But when Joseph is he’s assigned to a tank unit led by a gruff to retain memories from day to day. Hence, in next door. Initially, Vincent couldn’t care accused of deliberately killing someone by less about Maggie or her young son Oliver sergeant known as Wardaddy (Brad Pitt). every morning when she awakens, she has running them over with his car, Hank reluc( Jaeden Lieberher), but he changes his tune “Every German we meet wearing a Nazi no recollections of anything, least of all the tantly decides to defend his dad in court. — slightly — once he realizes that Maguniform, they’re gonna die.” husband (Colin Firth) who shares her bed. This is the sort of movie where Hank gie will pay him to look after her boy each That’s actually one of Pitt’s lines in Inglou- has a dimwitted younger brother ( Jeremy Her doctor (Mark Strong) has given her a rious Basterds, but if there’s one thing that camera to serve as a visual diary, but her pre- weekday after school. Strong) who’s afforded all the complexities Murray’s Vincent is often odious, and his Aldo Raine from that film shares in carious state leaves her constantly afraid and of an accordion-playing monkey, on hand when we finally think he’s softening up, he common with Wardaddy, it’s an utter hatred solely to allow audience members to chuckle unsure of which man to trust. turns around and becomes even more insuf- for the enemy. What’s more, he expects Before I Go to Sleep is the sort of film at his oh-isn’t-he-cute funnies that, of ferable. It’s a bravura turn, one which gives equal animosity from his tank team, and that’s almost impossible to review, because course, weren’t spoken to be funny. this picture an extra kick. while he receives it from the hardened memto do so would require pointing out all the This is also the sort of movie where a That’s not to suggest St. Vincent doesn’t bers of his crew (Shia LaBeouf, Michael myriad plotholes that turn the second half character meets his fate in a scene that’s finally bow down to some sentimental Pena and Jon Bernthal), it’s the soft rookie into cinematic Swiss cheese, and to point meant to be moving and cathartic but is inclinations toward the end, though never who worries him, since any hesitation in these out would force this review to cominstead so baldly telegraphed that it’s only battle on the kid’s part could result in G.I. pletely devolve into SPOILER ALERTS ad as heavily as one might expect. And with hackneyed and wince-inducing. If there are deaths. nauseam. Let’s just say that while Christine McCarthy, Watts and Chris O’Dowd (as any narrative roads less traveled, Dobkin The claustrophobic tank setting brings can’t trust the men in her life, trust me when the cheerful Brother Geraghty) providing makes sure to skip every last one of them solid support, Lieberher proving to be a real to mind such notable submarine dramas as I state that fans of thrillers can do much with this thuddingly obvious picture. find, and Murray delivering his best perDas Boot and Run Silent, Run Deep, right better than settling for this illogical and formance since 2003’s Lost in Translation, down to the inhabitants’ frayed nerves and unpleasant piffle that’s ultimately no more clever than a 10-year-old boy with a penthere’s enough excellence on tap to occasion- constant bickering. Ayer does a superlaALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY chant for making armpit noises. ally turn this picture into a blessed event. tive job mining the tension between these grunts, and that’s especially brought to OOO light in an excellent stretch set in a liberST. VINCENT Fury Only the first portion of this 80-minute OOO ated German village, wherein Wardaddy OOP movie focuses on the woes of young Alexand Ellison play house (so to speak) with 2014 has given rise to a number of terrific There are several moments in writerander Cooper (Ed Oxenbould); the rest of a pair of villagers (Alicia von Rittberg and turns that were doubtless conceived through director David Ayer’s World War II drama the time, the calamities fall on the heads of Anamaria Marinca) until the other, more blood, sweat and cheers, with Ralph Fiennes’ Fury that prove to be so brutal, direct and Alexander’s family members. boorish members of their outfit puncture exquisite work in The Grand Budapest Hotel uncompromising, they make Steven SpielMany fans of the book will doubtless the fantasy. heading the pack. berg’s Saving Private Ryan seem as mirthful balk at the ample additions to the original Subscribing to the “War Is Hell” theory, Now joining Fiennes, Dom Hemingway’s as the Abbott and Costello romp Buck Pritemplate that’s been delighting kids for over Jude Law, The Other Woman’s Leslie Mann vates by comparison. And if that sounds like Fury (incidentally, the name given to the 40 years, but adding the family—dad Ben and Obvious Child’s Jenny Slate is Bill Mur- so much hyperbole... OK, guilty, but the fact tank) depicts the brutality and the insanity (Steve Carell), mom Kelly ( Jennifer Garner) of armed combat in punishing, visceral fash- older brother Anthony (Dylan Minette), ray, who once again knocks it out of the park remains that what we have here is about as ion. Ayer doubtless intended for the sweet, with a terrific performance in St. Vincent. unsentimental a war movie as has ever barand older sister Emily (Kerris Dorsey)— sensitive Ellison to serve as the audience Murray stars as Vincent, a misanthropic reled across the movie screen. to the mix prevents the story from getting curmudgeon whose current lot in life can be Set in 1945, toward the close of the global surrogate and de facto tour guide through tedious. this landscape—a logical approach, even if summed up by that Clint Eastwood chestconflict, the film makes its one major conTo be sure, this is a slender movie, and nut from Gran Torino, “Get off my lawn!” cession to convention by shaping its story as the character’s presence sometimes feels too with its short length, no-frills production facile. In every other regard, though, Fury Vincent has little use for other people, with the experience of a greenhorn soldier who values and lack of storytelling urgency on stares deep into the mouth of madness and his only frequent visitor being Daka (Naomi finds himself coming of age in the presence the part of director Miguel Arteta, filmgoers Watts), a pregnant Russian stripper he of his more seasoned comrades. That would steadfastly refuses to flinch. used to heavily hyped and massively budemploys as a “woman of the night.” be Norman Ellison (The Perks of Being a geted extravaganzas might feel a sense of “Is 46 That changes, though, once the recently Wallflower’s Logan Lerman), who’s only that all?” at picture’s close.

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OOO The latest must-see movie event from perpetual Hollywood wunderkind David Fincher, Gone Girl is 120 minutes of pure perfection. Unfortunately, the movie runs 145 minutes. Amy Dunne (Rosamund Pike), a popular children’s book author and the wife of Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck), has vanished. As Ben tells the investigators, Detective Rhonda Boney (Kim Dickens) and Officer Jim Gilpin (Patrick Fugit), he came home to find signs of a struggle in the living room. The police one-up him by finding lots of blood—Amy’s blood—mopped up from the kitchen floor. Nick and Amy’s parents (David Clennon and Lisa Banes) spearhead the search while the police gather more evidence, but something about Nick’s behavior puts everyone ill at ease: He’s not showing as much grief as everyone would like. The structure of Gone Girl is unique in that it not only relates the investigation surrounding Amy’s disappearance and possible murder, it also employs (via Amy’s voiceover) liberal use of the diary that Amy had been keeping right up until she vanished, ending with the citation that “This man of mine may truly kill me.”

It’s an ingenious back-and-forth dynamic, offering contradictory descriptions of the Dunnes and muddying the mystery waters even further. But just when it seems the film can do no wrong, it does.

THE EQUALIZER OOO

In film version of the hit TV series, also called The Equalizer, Robert McCall has been reborn in the personage of Denzel Washington.. Washington’s Robert McCall is first shown working at Home Mart. Respected by everyone, he nevertheless keeps to himself. He does make small talk with another regular, a too-young call girl named Teri (Chloe Grace Moretz), involved with Russian thugs. The Equalizer isn’t a film for those seeking moral ambiguity or thought-provoking shades of gray. It’s cinema as catharsis, allowing ordinary people weary of living in a world run by vile criminals and corrupt cops the fantasy of seeing a sentient superman righting all wrongs on their behalf. CS

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Drinking Liberally

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

Alderman Mary Ellen Sprague's weekly conversation with District 4 constituents. 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/. 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. Savannah Libertarians

Join the Facebook group to find out about upcoming local events. Mondays. Facebook.com/groups/SAVlibertarians. Savannah Tea Party

5pm social time. 5:30pm meeting begins. 6pm speaker. Reservations not necessary. Free to attend. Food and beverages available for purchase. Mondays, 5:30 p.m.. 912-598-7358. savannahteaparty.com. liveoakstore.com/tubbysthunderbolt. Tubby's Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. 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/. 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. 423-6197712. foxyloxycafe.com/. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. Auditions and Calls for Entries

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The Arts Resource Collective of Savannah is looking for artists to participate in a juried pop-up show featuring 2D and 3D media. The show is December 4, 2014 from 6-8 p.m. Apply by November 14 at noon. Review a complete prospectus at arcsavannah.org. Through Nov. 14. Call for Artists

The Sentient Bean seeks experienced artists for one-month-long exhibitions of his/her work. Artists must have a website with current images representing a sample of the work to be shown in order to be 48 considered. Apply to sentientbooking@

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gmail.com, subject line “art show." See website for info. Fridays.. sentientbean. com/booking#visualarts. sentientbean. com. The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. City of Savannah TV Show Seeks Entries

The City of Savannah's TV station, SGTV, seeks 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. No compensation. SGTV offers an opportunity to expose local works to over 55,000 households in Chatham County. Submit proposals via website. Saturdays.. savannahga.gov/engagesgtv. Fresh Exhibitions

All mediums and styles, solo or group. Four proposals will be selected to receive an exhibition fellowship show during the first two weeks of January, February, March, or April. Submit your proposal online at freshexhibitions.org/fellowship $40 for non-members, $5 for Art Rise members Through Nov. 15. artrisesavannah.org. Art Rise Savannah, 2427 Desoto Ave. Gallery 209 Call for Artists

Gallery 209, 209 East River Street, seeks a 3D artist to join its cooperative gallery. Interested artists call 236-4583 between 10:30am--1:30 pm, or emailbmrousseau@ aol.com. Sundays.. gallery209savannah. com/. Gallery 209, 209 E River St. Gallery Seeks Local Artists

Kobo Gallery, 33 Barnard Street, 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. Submit 5-10 images of work, resume/CV and bio to info@kobogallery. com. Mondays. 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. 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 part of the Youth Conservation Corp that helped to build Oatland Island Education Center in the 1970’s. Great memories from field trips. Special family memories of Oatland Island. Send your photos and stories to memories@oatland40th.org. Deadline is August 31. undefined. 912395-1500. oatlandisland.org. Ukulele Group

Contact Warren Walker for lessons or information on participation at 912-3981640. Through Jan. 4, 2015. Online only, none. Benefits

4th Annual Pasta on the Park

The night before the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon, eat pasta in the park while listening

to live music -- all to benefit lymphatic malformation research and trials. $10 in advance, $15 at door, free for children under 6 Fri., Nov. 7, 4 p.m. alpost135.com/. American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. 8th Joyce Harrison Memorial Bicycle Poker Run

Peddle around the island and visit Tybee’s famous hangouts. Food, games and raffle prizes. Poker Run registration is from noon to 2pm at The Social, then ride begins and you visit different card stops ending at Huc A Poo's around 5pm. Event: Noon - 7pm. Must be 21 to play. This event will raise funds for Anderson Cancer Institute/ Memorial Medical Center. 25.00 Sun., Nov. 9, 12-7 p.m. 912-224-5227. info@tybeepokerrun.com. tybeepokerrun. com. tybeeislandsocialclub.com/. Tybee Island Social Club, 1311 Butler Ave. Chatham County Animal Control Seeks Donations of Items

Chatham County Animal Control seeks items for pets in the facility. Canned and dry dog and cat food, baby formula, newspaper, paper towels, soaps, crates, leashes, collars, wash cloths, towels. Open daily, 1pm-5pm. Mondays.. 912-3516750. animalcontrol.chathamcounty.org. Chatham County Animal Shelter, 7215 Sallie Mood Dr. Forsyth Farmers Market Seeks Sponsors

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

Bikram Yoga Savannah offers a weekly Karma class to raise money for local charities. Thursdays during the 6:30pm class. Pay $5 for class and proceeds are donated to a different charity each month. This is a regular Bikram Yoga class. ongoing. 912.356.8280. bikramyogasavannah. com. Pie in the SCI Thanksgiving Fundraiser

Buy a pie to help Senior Citizens Inc. make this holiday a special one for their seniors. There are pecan, apple and pumpkin pies available for $25 each. Please place your orders by November 20 by calling 912-236-0363 and asking for The Pie Line. Through Nov. 20. 912236-0363. seniorcitzens-inc.org. Senior Citizens Inc., 3025 Bull St. Professional Clothing Drive at Armstrong

Armstrong State University’s Office of Career Services is accepting donations for its Clothing Closet, a professional clothing drive seeking gently used professional attire—oxford shirts, men's and women’s suits, slacks, blouses, dress shoes. Clothing will be available to students seeking career guidance assistance. Drop off location: the alumni office in Burnett Hall on the Armstrong campus. Through Feb. 1, 2015. 912.344.2563. careers@armstrong. edu. about.armstrong.edu/Maps/index.

html. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Savannah Business Hall of Fame Dinner

The Savannah Business Hall of Fame is Savannah’s premier black tie business event. 2014 inductees are Dr. Joe Buck and Gene Cartledge. email or call for pricing Mon., Nov. 10, 6 p.m. 912-7907822. jbarrett@georgia.ja.org. savtcc.com. Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, 1 International Dr. SCMPD Animal Control seeks Volunteers

Savannah Chatham County Animal Control seeks volunteers to serve various tasks as needed by the shelter. 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) 525-2151. jlewis01@savannahga.gov. Sporting Clays Tournament

Teams of four can shoot wild game, attend a shooting clinic and a cocktail reception, and win awards, all benefiting Bethesda Academy. Registration includes four boxes of shells per shooter, wild game lunch, a shooting clinic, the event, the cocktail reception, and a golf cart. $800 for a team of four Fri., Nov. 7, 10 a.m. Forest City Gun Club, 9203 Ferguson Avenue. Classes, Camps & Workshops

Argentine Tango Beyond Basics Group Class

A class for advanced beginners in Argentine Tango. Prerequisite: knowledge of Basic elements of Argentine Tango. No partner required. This is a 4 week course that will progress each week. $35 Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m.. 912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive. 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. 912-6566383. rosesonthemove@gmail.com. Beading Classes

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

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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. Champions Training Center

cated 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. Feng Shui Simplified!

Feng Shui Simplified occurs on the second Sunday of the month. The class covers the nine main areas involved in Feng Shui to boost harmony in your life! $30/class second Sunday of every month, 1 p.m. relaxsavannah@gmail.com. facebook.com/relaxsavannah. Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. continues on p. 50

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. 912-3494582. ctcsavannah.com. Chatham County Sheriff's Office Explorers Post 876

Chatham County Sheriff's Office Explorers Post 876, is taking applications from young men and women (ages 14-20) interested in law enforcement careers. Explorers experience mentoring, motivation, and learn skills which help prepare them for their roles as productive citizens. See Chatham County Sheriff's web page, click "Community/Explorers Post 876 or call. Wednesdays.. 912-651-3743. chathamsheriff.org. 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.

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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. Coffee Cupping

Like a wine tasting, but with coffee. A lesson on coffee process methods and origins worthy of a connoisseur. Free and open to the public. Donations welcome. Fridays, 11 a.m.. 912-209-0025. perccoffee.com. PERC Coffee Roasters, 1802 East Broad Street. Conscious Kids Yoga

A yoga class for children age 4 and up, to build skill, confidence, strength, and abilities of the body, mind, and heart. $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. Erigo, 5301 Paulsen Street. A way to begin the week on a creative note. Doodling, planning, manifesting, crafting. Participants bring their own art supplies. Free. Love donation appreciated. Mondays, 11 a.m.. relaxsavannah@ gmail.com. facebook.com/creativemanifest. Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. DUI Prevention Group

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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. Studio School, 1319 Bull St. Foreign-Trade Zone Seminar

Participants will learn about the ForeignTrade Zone program, including its advantages, its timeline for implementation, fees associated, and its economic impact. $35, registration required Thu., Nov. 6, 1-5 p.m. 912-447-8450. wtcsavannah. org. World Trade Center Savannah, 131 Hutchinson Rd. Guitar, Mandolin, or Bass Guitar Lessons

Emphasis on theory, reading music, and improvisation. Located in Ardsley Park. ongoing. 912-232-5987. Housing Authority Neighborhood Resource Center

Housing Authority of Savannah hosts classes at the Neighborhood Resource Center. Adult literacy/GED prep: MonThurs, 9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm. Financial education: 4th Fri each month, 9am11am. Basic computer training: Tues & Thurs, 1pm-3pm. Community computer lab: Mon-Fri, 3pm-4:30pm. ongoing. 912232-4232 x115. savannahpha.com. savannahpha.com/NRC.html. 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. Learn to Sew

Sewing lessons for all ages and skill levels. Private and Group classes. Tuesdays.. 912-596-0889. kleossewingstudio.com. Kleo's Sewing Studio, 36 W. Broughton St. #201. Life Coaching

Group & individual life coaching with a Certified Life Coach. Plan 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. Thursdays.. 912-596-1952. info@roiseandassociates.com. Downtown Savannah, downtown. Microsoft - Powerpoint

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Create dynamic, persuasive PowerPoint presentations with effectiveness and confidence. Learn to create slides and change layouts; add slide transitions; use themes; add clip art, animation, and sound; insert charts and tables; create SmartArt diagrams; use hyperlinks and understand multimedia. $95 Tue., Nov. 11, 6:30-9:30 p.m. 912-651-2005. ProfTrainingTech@georgiasouthern.edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ce/programs/ personaldevelopment/microsoft/. cgc. georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street. Mommy & Me Relaxation Class

Teaches techniques to face the physical, mental, and emotional changes of a new mother's body, mind and heart with poise and grace. a variety of relaxation techniques for mother and child. For expect50 ing 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. Erigo, 5301 Paulsen Street.

for info. ongoing. 912-713-2718. Savannah Authors Meeting

Open to published or unpublished writers. Beginners are welcome. Savannah Authors Autonomous encourages firstMusic Instruction class prose writing, fiction or non-faction, Georgia Music Warehouse, near corner of using discussion, constructive criticism, Victory Drive & Abercorn, offering instruc- instruction, and examples. The group was tion by professional musicians. Band infounded by Christopher Scott (912) 398struments, violin, piano, drums and guitar. 1727 and Alice Vantrease (912) 308-3208. All ages welcome. ongoing. 912-358-0054. Visit us at savannahauthors.org. We meet georgiamusicwarehouse.com/. Georgia every second AND FOURTH Tuesday of Music Warehouse, 2424 Abercorn St. the month. Free second Tuesday of every Music Lessons: Private or Group month. (912) 308-3208. savannahauthors. Portman’s Music Academy offers private org. Private Residence, 630 East Victory or group classes for ages 2 to 92, beginDrive. Sewing Classes ner to advanced level. All instruments. For beginners or advanced sewers. IndusAlso, voice lessons, music production technology and DJ lessons. Teaching staff try standard sewing courses designed to meet standards in the garment industry. of over 20 instructors with professional, Open schedule. Savannah Sewing Acadwell equipped studios. Fridays.. 912-354emy. 1917 Bull St. Sundays.. 912-2901500. portmansmusic.com. portmansmusic.com. Portman's Music Superstore, 0072. savsew.com. Singing Classes 7650 Abercorn St. Music Lessons--Multiple Instruments Bel Canto is a singing style which helps Savannah Musicians Institute offers the voice become flexible and expressive, private instruction for all ages in guiimproves vocal range and breathing catar, ddrums, piano, bass, voice, banjo, pacity. A foundation for opera, rock, pop, mandolin, ukelele, flute, woodwinds. 7041 gospel and musical theatre. $25 Mondays, Hodgson Memorial Dr. ongoing. 912-692- 6 p.m.. 786-247-9923. anitraoperadiva@ 8055. smisavannah@gmail.com. yahoo.com. Institute of Cinematic Arts, 12 New Horizons Adult Band Program West State Street, 3rd and 4th flrs.,. Music program for adults who played a Spanish Classes Spanish courses for professionals ofband instrument in high school/college fered by Conquistador Spanish Language and would like to play again. Mondays at Institute, LLC. Beginner Spanish for 6:30pm at Portman's. $30 per month. All Professionals--Intro price $155 + textbook ages and ability levels welcome. Call for ($12.95). Instructor: Bertha E. Hernandez, info. ongoing. 912-354-1500. portmansmusic.com. Portman's Music Superstore, M.Ed. and native speaker. Meets in the Keller Williams Realty meeting room, 329 7650 Abercorn St. Novel Writing Commercial Drive. Tuesdays.. conquistaWrite a novel, finish the one you've dor-spanish.com. Stress Reduction: Arising Stillness in Zen started, revise it or pursue publication. Stress-reducing practices for body, Award-winning Savannah author offers one-on-one or small group classes, men- speech and mind. Five Thursday night toring, manuscript critique, ebook format- classes from 6- 7:00pm. $15 drop-in; $70 ting. Email for pricing and scheduling info. for series. Rev. Fugon Cindy Beach, Senongoing. pmasoninsavannah@gmail.com. sei. Savannah Zen Center 111 E. 34th St. Photography Classes 31401 revfugon@gmail.com ongoing. Beginner photography to post production. Vocal Lessons Instruction for all levels. $20 for two-hour A group of voice instructors who believe class. See website for complete class list. in the power of a nurturing community to 410-251-4421. chris@chrismorrisphotog- help voice students blossom into vibrant raphy.com. chrismorrisphotography.com. artists. Each instructor holds a Masters Piano Lessons of Music in Voice Performance. Group Piano lessons with a classically trained classes held once a month, plus an aninstructor, with theater and church expe- nual recital. Varies Wednesdays.. 912rience. 912-312-3977. ongoing. georgia656-0760. TheVoiceCoOp.org. The Voice musicwarehouse.com/. Georgia Music Co-op, Downtown. Writing Your Memoir Warehouse, 2424 Abercorn St. Piano Voice-Coaching Memoir is a nonfiction, literary art form Pianist with M/degree,classical modern that–unlike autobiography–relies heavily jazz improvisation, no age limit. Call on storytelling techniques derived from 912-961-7021 or 912-667-1056. Serious fiction, and is formed around the memory inquiries only. ongoing. and observation of the author. In Writing Reading/Writing Tutoring Your Memoir, students will survey from Ms. Dawn’s Tutoring in reading, writing, the memoir canon, including Mary Karr’s and composition. Remedial reading skills, The Liars Club, Joan Didion’s The Year help with borderline dyslexia, to grammar, of Magical Thinking, Beverly Donofrio’s term paper writing, and English as a Sec- Riding in Cars with Boys, Tobias Wolff’s ond Language. Fun methods for children This Boy’s Life and others, to inform their to help them learn quickly. 912-660-7399. own writing. Students will have reading cordraywriter@gmail.com. and writing homework and will particiRussian Language Classes pate in workshop-style critiques. $200 Learn to speak Russian. All experience Mondays, 6:30-8:30 p.m.. 912-651-2005. levels welcome, beginner to expert. Call PersonalDevelopment@georgiasouthern.

edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ce/ programs/personaldevelopment/writingclasses/. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street. Yoga on the Beach

After Labor Day Yoga, every Saturday until the weather gets too cold or if raining. North Beach Parking Lot, Gulick Street beach walkover. Drop-ins and beginners encouraged. Bring yoga mat or beach towel. Taught by Ann Caroll. By donation Saturdays, 10-11 a.m.. 912-704-7650. ann@aikyayoga.com. aikyayoga.com. 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. 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, 912-631-3452, or Darowe, 912272-2797. ongoing. abeniculturalarts@ gmail.com. Avegost LARP

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

Interest meeting for a backgammon group. Players of all levels, from beginners to experts, are encouraged to meet for play, discussion, and formation of a group to meet on a regular basis. Free Saturdays, 3-6 p.m.. 912-247-0893. granttarredus@icloud.com. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn 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. 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. 912308-6768. Chatham Sailing Club

Meets every Friday evening for an informal social gathering of like minded people who enjoy the water. Watch the sun go down over Turner Creek. All are welcome, including kids and dogs. Fridays.. chathamsailing.org. Young's Marina, 218 Wilmington Island Rd. Drop N Circle Craft Night

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Street. A working gathering of knitters, crocheters, beaders, spinners, felters, needle pointers, etc. All levels of experience welcome. Tuesdays.. 912-233-1240.

Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet

Meets every Monday (except on the fifth Monday of the month), 12pm-1pm. Weekly speaker, and honor a student of the month and year, police officer and fireman of the year. Charities: Jenkins Boys & Girls Club; Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse. Guest are welcome Mondays, 12-1 p.m.. 912-441-6559. Savannahexchange.org. Exchange Club of Savannah, 4801 Meding Street.

Knittin’ Night

Exchange Club of Savannah - Weekly Lunch

Fiber Guild of the Savannahs

A club focusing on weaving, spinning, basket making, knitting, crocheting, quilting, beading, rug hooking, doll making, and other fiber arts. Meets at Oatland Island Wildlife Center, first Saturday of the month (Sept.-June) 10:15am. Mondays, 10:30 a.m. fiberguildsavannah.homestead.com/. Fiber Guild of the Savannahs, 711 Sandtown Road GA. Geechee Sailing Club

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

A group for improving public speaking and leadership skills. Professional, friendly, peer-run. Every Tuesday 6-7 PM at 35 Barnard Street 3rd Floor (ThincSavannah.) $10/month Tue., Nov. 11, 6-7 p.m. 912-484-0165. hostesscitytm@gmail. com. facebook.com/hostesscitytoastmasters. thincsavannah.com. ThincSavannah, 35 Barnard St. Suite 300. Ink Slingers Writing Group

A free creative writing group for writers of poetry, prose, or undefinable creative ventures. Meets two Thursdays a month, 5:45pm. Discussion of exercises, ideas, or already in progress pieces. See Facebook page savinkslingers. Thursdays. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. Islands MOPS

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

Meets every Wednesday. Different locations downtown. Call for info. No fees. Want to learn? Join us. ongoing. 912-3086768. Knit and crochet gathering held each Tuesday evening, 5pm-8pm All skill levels welcome. Tuesdays, 5-8 p.m. 912-2380514. wildfibresavannah.com/. 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. Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary

Meets the first Saturday of the month at 1:00pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-7864508. American Legion Post 184, 3003 Rowland Ave. 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. 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. New Covenant Church, 2201 Bull St. Rotary Club of Savannah Sunrise

Meets every Thursday, 7:30 a.m. for breakfast at Ort Hall (Lady & Sons) 112 West Congress Street. Visitors are welcome. Thursdays.. savannahsunriserotary. org. Ort Hall, 112 W. Congress St. 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. safekidssavannah.org. Savannah Brewers' League

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/. Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St.

Savannah Charlesfunders Investment Discussion Group

Meets Saturdays, 8:30am to discuss stocks, bonds and better investing. Contact by email for info. ongoing. charlesfund@gmail.com. panerabread.com/. Panera Bread (Broughton St.), 1 West Broughton St.

Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States

A dinner meeting every 4th Tuesday of the month at 6:00 pm at local restaurants. 3rd Tuesday in November; none in December. For dinner reservations, please call Sybil Cannon at 912-964-5366. ongoing. 912748-7020. savannahnavyleague.us. Savannah Fencing Club

Beginner classes Tuesdays and Thursdays for six weeks. $60. Some equipment provided. After completing the class, join the Savannah Fencing Club; $5/month. Experienced fencers welcome. Tuesdays, Thursdays.. 912-429-6918. savannahfenc-

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Savannah Go Green

Meets most Saturdays. Green events and places. Share ways to Go Green each day. Call for info. ongoing. 912-308-6768. Savannah Kennel Club

Monthly meetings open to the public the 4th Monday each month, Sept. through June. ongoing, 7 p.m. savannahkennelclub.org. barnesrestaurant.com. Barnes Restaurant, 5320 Waters Avenue. Savannah Newcomers Club

Open to women who have lived in the Savannah area for less than two years. Membership includes monthly luncheon and program. Activities, tours and events to help learn about Savannah and make new friends. ongoing. savannahnewcomersclub.com. Savannah No Kidding!

No Kidding. Join Savannah's only social club for people without children! No membership fees, meet great new friends, enjoy a wide variety of activities and events. savannahnokidding.angelfire. com/ or e-mail savannahnokidding@ gmail.com 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. Savannah Quilt Guild

Meets second Saturday, 9:30am-11:30am. Social time, business meeting and program. September through June, at Woods of Savannah, 1764-C Hodgson Memorial. Membership: $25/year. second Saturday of every month.. (912) 598-9977. savannahquiltguild@comcast.net. Savannah Sacred Harp Singers

Everyone who loves to sing is invited to join Savannah Sacred Harp Singers. All are welcome to participate or listen to one of America's most revered musical traditions. Call or email. ongoing. 912-6550994. savannahsacredharp.com. Faith Primitive Baptist Church, 3212 Bee Road. Society for Creative Anachronism

Meets every Saturday at the south end of Forsyth Park for fighter practice and general hanging out. For people interested in re-creating the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Free Saturdays, 11 a.m.. savannahsca.org. Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. Savannah Story Games

A group that plays games that tell improvised stories. Create an amazing story in just three hours, using group games with special rules that craft characters, settings, and conflicts. Sundays at 6pm. free Saturdays, 6 p.m.. info@savannahstorygames.com. savannahstorygames.com. Guild Hall, 615 Montgomery Street. Savannah Toastmasters

Helps improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly, supportive environment. Mondays, 6:15pm, Memorial Health University Medical Center, in the Conference Room C. ongoing. 912-484-6710. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Savannah Veggies and Vegans

Join the Facebook group to find out more about vegetarian and vegan lifestyles, and to hear about upcoming local events. Mondays. Savannah Writers Group

A gathering of writers of all levels for networking, hearing published guest authors, and critique. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 7:00pm, Atlanta Bread Company, Twelve Oaks Shopping Center, 5500 Abercorn. Free and open to the public. second Tuesday of every month.. savannahwritersgroup.blogspot.com. Veterans Day Memorial Service

Annual Veterans Day program at the Vietnam Veterans Monument. Must starts at 6:30pm Free Sun., Nov. 9, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 912-429-0940. rws521@msn.com. vvasav. com. Emmet Park, End of Bay St. Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671

Meets second Monday of each month, 7pm, at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. ongoing. 912-429-0940. rws521@msn.com. vvasav.com.

Woodville-Tompkins Scholarship Foundation

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

13th Colony Sound (Barbershop Singing)

“If you can carry a tune, come sing with us!” Mondays, 7pm. ongoing. 912-3449768. savannahbarbershoppers.org. Thunderbolt Lodge #693, 3111 Rowland Ave.

The Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash w/ The Train Wrecks

Two Americana bands perform in the Trinity sanctuary as part of the Thursday Opry Night Series. $10 Thu., Nov. 6, 7:30 p.m. 515-865-5299. trinitychurch1848. org/. Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St. Concert: Modern Meets Tradition

Part of Armstrong's Piano in the Arts series. The Eric Jones Trio will perform. Sat., Nov. 8, 8 p.m. 912-344-2801. Armstrong Fine Arts Center, 11935 Abercorn St. Concert: Modern Meets Tradition: The Eric Jones Trio

Post bop jazz in the tradition of Freddie Hubbard, Hernie Hancock, or Wayne Shorter. Part of Armstrong's Piano in the Arts series. $15 Sat., Nov. 8, 8 p.m. armstrong.edu. Armstrong Fine Arts Center, 11935 Abercorn St. PICKFirst Friday for Folk Music Monthly folk music showcase hosted by the Savannah Folk Music Society in a friendly, alcohol-free environment. $5 donation. first Friday of every month, 7:30 p.m. 912-898-1876. savannahfolk.org. fpc.presbychurch.net. First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. Music: John Prine & Jason Isbell

$39.50 - $59.50 Fri., Nov. 7. savannahcivic.com. savannahcivic.com. Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. The Singing: Oh Happy Day!

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the Church Band, the Pace Brothers, Rev. Jimmie Bratcher, Southern Crossroads, and House of Refuge Praise and Worship Team. Tickets are free but should be reserved. Sun., Nov. 9, 3 p.m. 912-355-1505. highergroundsav.org. Higher Ground Baptist Church, 9120 Whitefield Ave. Conferences

National Preservation Conference

Conference programming includes educational learning labs, day-long preservation leadership training intensives and field studies that take attendees into the community. Nov. 11-14. 912-644-6429. preservationnation.org/conference. savtcc.com. Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, 1 International Dr. Dance

Adult Ballet Class

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

Mondays and Wednesdays, 7pm-8pm. $12/class or $90/8 classes. Call for info. Academy of Dance, 74 W. Montgomery Crossroad. Wednesdays. 912-921-2190. Beginner and intermediate ballet, modern dance, barre fusion, barre core body sculpt, gentle stretch & tone. Tuesdays.. 912-925-0903. theballetschoolsav.com. Ballet School, 10010 Abercorn St. Argentine Tango

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

This beginners group class will focus on the basic elements of movement and Argentine Tango. This class is a 4 week session that will start from week 1 and progress while reviewing each week until week 4. No partner or experience required. $35 Wednesdays, 6-7 p.m.. 912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@gmail. com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive. Awaken with Chakradanceâ&#x201E;˘

A free-flowing, meditative dance, with eclectic music selected to resonate with each specific chakra, along with guided imagery. No dance experience or chakras knowledge needed. $20 ongoing, 7-8:30 p.m. 912-663-1306. Chakradancer@ comcast.net. chakradance.com/. synergisticbodies.com. Synergistic Bodies, 7901 Waters Ave.

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Weekly ballroom dance classes focus on two types of dance each month. Open to partners/couples or to solos. The $35 for 4 weeks or $10 drop in Mondays, 7 p.m. 912.312.3549. reservetodance@gmail. com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive. Ballroom Series Group Class

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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. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

(Spanish - 787-710-6721). Thursdays. 912-704-8726. salsa@salsasavannah.com. salsasavannah.com. Great Gatsby, 408 West Broughton Street. Dance Party

Dance on Thursdays at 8pm--fun, friendship, and dancing. Free for Savannah Ballroom/Latin Group Class Ballroom students. $10 for visitors ($15 Group classes every Tuesday and Wednes- for couples). free - $15 Thursdays, 8 p.m. day at 8pm. Tuesdays focus on funda912-335-3335. savannahballroom@gmail. mental steps, styling, and techniques. com. savannahballroomdancing.com. Wednesday's classes are more specific, Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 with advanced elements. $15/person and Travis Street. $25/couple Wednesdays, 8 p.m. and Tues- Disco Hustle Dance Class days.. 912-335-3335. savannahballroom@ Do the hustle! A New York style Disco Hustle group class taught by Jos'eh gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing. com. Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Marion, a professional ballroom dance instructor. Sundays at 5pm. Call for Travis Street. Beginner's Belly Dance Classes pricing. Sundays, 5 p.m.. 843-290-6174. Learn basic moves and choreography with Trudancer@gmail.com. ymcaofcoastalga. local Belly Dancer, Nicole Edge. Class is org/. YMCA (Habersham Branch), 6400 open to all ages and skill levels. Walk-ins Habersham St. Free Dance Thursdays at Lake Mayer welcome. 15.00 Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m. Lake Mayer is offering free dance and fit912-596-0889. edgebelly@gmail.com. ness classes for all ages every Thursday, edgebellydance.com. Fitness on Broughin the Community Center. 9:30 am and ton, 1 E. Broughton St. Beginner's Belly Dance Classes Every 10:30 am is the "Little Movers" class for Wednesday toddlers. 12:00 pm Lunch Break Fitness. Beginner's belly dance class instructed 1:30 pm Super Seniors. 5:30 pm youth hip by local performer Nicole Edge. Learn the hop. 6:30 pm Adult African Fitness. FREE basics of American Cabaret belly dance. ongoing, 9:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. 912-65215$ Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m.. 912-596-0889. 6780. sdavis@chathamcounty.org. Lake edgebellydance@gmail.com. edgebelMayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads. FUNdamentals Dance Lesson lydance.com. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Group dance lessons every Tuesday and Broughton St. Beginners Belly Dance Classes Wednesday at 8pm. Tuesday: fundamental Instructed by Nicole Edge. All ages/Skill steps, styling, and techniques. Wedneslevels welcome. Sundays, 12pm-1pm. day: advanced elements. $15/person $25/ Fitness body and balance studio. 2127 1//2 couple Tuesdays, 8 p.m. and Wednesdays, E. Victory Dr. $15/class or $48/hour. Call 8 p.m.. 912-335-3335. savannahballor see website. ongoing. 912-596-0889. room@gmail.com. savannahballroomcairoonthecoast.com. dancing.com. Savannah Ballroom Dance Beginners Belly Dancing with Cybelle Studio, 11 Travis Street. For those with little-to-no dance backHome Cookin' Cloggers ground. Instructor is formally trained, has Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm, Nassau Woods performed for over ten years. $15/person. Recreation Building, Dean Forest Road. Tues. 7pm-8pm. Private classes and walk No beginner classes at this time. Call Claudia Collier for info. ongoing. 912-748ins available. Synergistic Bodies, 7724 Waters Ave. ongoing. 912-414-1091. info@ 0731. Irish Dance Classes cybelle3.com. cybelle3.com. Happenstance Bellydance Glor na Dare offers beginner to champion All levels and styles of bellydance Irish Dance classes for ages 5 and up. welcome. Classes every Monday, 5:30Adult Step & Ceili, Strength and Flex6:30pm. Drop-ins welcome. $15/lesson ibility, non-competitive and competitive Mondays, 5:30 p.m.. (912) 704-2940. programs, workshops, camps. Certified. happenstancebellydance@gmail.com. Wednesdays.. 912-704-2052. prideofirehappenstancebellydance.wordpress.com. landga@gmail.com. Kids Hip Hop and Jazz Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 DrayA kids dance class with high energy muton St. Suite B. C.C. Express Dance Team sic. Students learn different elements of Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm. Clogging or hip hop dancing and how to put it together tap dance experience is necessary. Call in a routine. $8 Thursdays, 5:15-6 p.m.. Claudia Collier for info. ongoing. 912-748- 912.312.3549. reservetodance@gmail. 0731. Windsor Forest Recreation Building, com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon Windsor Forest. de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Dance for Peace Memorial Drive. A weekly gathering to benefit locals in Kids/Youth Dance Class Kids Group class on various Ballroom need. Music, dancing, fun for all ages. Donations of nonperishable food and gen- and Latin dances. Multiple teachers. Ages 4-17 currently enrolled in the program. tly used or new clothing are welcomed. Prepares youth for social and/or competiFree and open to the public. Sundays, 3 p.m. 912-547-6449. xavris21@yahoo.com. tive dancing. $15/person Saturdays, 10 a.m. 912-335-3335. savannahballroom@ Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. Dance Lessons (Salsa, Bachata) gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing. Learn to dance Salsa & Bachata. For com. Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, info, call Austin (912-704-8726) or Omar 11 Travis Street.

LaBlast- Dance Fitness designed by Louis Van Amstel from DWTS

Created by world renowned dancer and ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" professional, Louis Van Amstel, LaBlast uniquely combines a wide variety of ballroom dance styles and music genres. Do the Cha Cha Cha, Disco, Jive, Merengue, Salsa and Samba set to everything from pop and rock to hip-hop and country â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and burn fat and blast calories! No experience and no partner necessary. $15.00 drop in or 10 classes for $80.00 Mondays, 6-7 p.m. and Fridays, 10-11 a.m. 912.312.3549. reservetodance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive. Line Dancing

Take down Tuesdays. Jazzy Sliders Adult Line Dancing, every Tuesday, 7:30pm-10:00pm. Free admission, cash bar. Come early and learn a new dance from 7:30pm-8:30pm. ongoing. doublesnightclub.com/. Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Mahogany Shades of Beauty

Dance classes - hip hop, modern, jazz, West African, ballet, lyrical and step. Modeling and acting classes. All ages/ levels welcome. Call Mahogany for info. ongoing. 912-272-8329. 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. Old Time Country Dance

Savannah Folk Music Society presents this dance with music by Glow In The Dark. Sat., Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m. notredamesav.org. Notre Dame Academy, 1709 Bull St. 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. Tuesdays.. salsasavannah.com. Savannah Shag Club

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

ongoing. doublesnightclub.com/. 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. 912312-3549. reservetodance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive. West Coast Swing Class

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Awaken with Chakradance™ - Thursdays

Join us for a free-flowing, meditative dance and experience the healing power of Chakradance™. With eclectic music selected to resonate with each specific chakra, along with guided imagery, Chakradance™ will take you on a spiritual journey, free the energy in your body and open you to a deeper experience of life. No dance experience or prior knowledge of the chakras is necessary. Limited to 12 participants – email to reserve a spot today! $20 Thursdays, 6:45-8:15 p.m. 912-663-1306. Chakradancer@comcast. net. anahatahealingarts.com/healingaha/. Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Suite B. Bonaventure After Hours: Stories, Nightfall & More!

Savannah's only after-hours cemetery event, in this riverside Victorian cemetery. $35 Saturdays, 5-8 p.m.. 912-319-5600. info@bonaventurecemetery.com. savannahga.gov/cityweb/cemeteriesweb.nsf/ cemeteries/bonaventure.html. Bonaventure Cemetery, 330 Bonaventure Rd. Capt. Matthew Freeman Fifth Annual 5k/10k

The Matthew Freeman Project will be hosting its fifth annual Capt. Matthew Freeman Memorial 5k and 10k on November 11, 2013 at J.F. Gregory Park in Richmond Hill, GA beginning at 8:30 am. There will be a Fun Run for children and senior citizens, inflatables for kids, and an awards presentation. $25 Tue., Nov. 11, 8:30-11 a.m. freemanproject.org/. J. F. Gregory Park, Richmond Hill. Coastal Empire Fair

65th annual Coastal Empire Fair presented by the Exchange Club of Savannah. Monday - Friday 5:30pm - 10:30pm Saturday 11am - 10:30pm Sunday 12pm - 9:30pm $10 General Admission Through Nov. 9. coastalempirefair.com. coastalempirefair.com. Coastal Empire Fairgrounds, 4801 Meding St. Dine with Artist Jean Claude Roy

Acclaimed for his expressionistic-colorist work, Jean Claude Roy who is exclusively shown at Grand Bohemian Galleries in North America, will spend two days in each location across The Kessler Collection’s southeastern properties. During each stop, art aficionados are invited to dine exclusively alongside Jean Claude Roy with a menu featuring culinary creations influenced by his signature artwork. $75.00 Tue., Nov. 11, 6:30-9 p.m. 912-721-5007. plittle@zimmerman.com. grandbohemiangallery.com. mansiononforsythpark.com/contact/. Mansion on Forsyth Park, 700 Drayton St. First Friday Fireworks on River Street

Start the month and the weekend with a bang. Free and open to the public. Fri., Nov. 7, 9:30 p.m. riverstreetsavannah.com. savannahga.gov/ cityweb/mobilityweb.nsf/f43552dd7c50cae2852573b000734940/b93989c4334a 4a68852576f00070d9a8?OpenDocument. 54 Rousakis Plaza, River St. NOV 5-11, 2014

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Guided Tours of the Lucas Theatre for the Arts

Learn the history of the historic Lucas Theatre on a 20-30 minute tour. Restoration, architecture, history of the theatre and of early cinema. $4. Group rates for ten or more. School trips available. No reservations needed for 10:30am, 1:30pm and 2pm. Other times by appointment. Call for info. ongoing. 912-525-5023. lucastheatre.com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Heating Bill Help

The Economic Opportunity Authority is taking applications to help low-income Chatham residents with their heating bill. Required documentation is: written proof of total household income for last 30 days, Social Security numbers for all members in household, most recent heating bill, proof of age, statement of authorization if someone else is applying for you, and a government-issued picture ID. Call for more information. Through Nov. 28. 912238-2960. Economic Opportunity Authority (EOA), 618 W. Anderson St. Hip Hop Summit

Hip hop artists hold a panel discussion on how to be a star in the entertainment industry. Fri., Nov. 7, 4:30 p.m. about.armstrong.edu/Maps/index.html. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Jazz Brunch

Have brunch with the Jazz Corner Quartet to benefit adult literacy needs. Includes bottomless mimosas and Bloody Marys. $65 Sun., Nov. 9, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 912-8156616. thejazzcorner.com. The Jazz Corner (Hilton Head), 1000 William Hilton Pkwy # C1.

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quired. Thu., Nov. 6, 1 p.m. 912-401-0672. stepupsavannah.org. about.armstrong. edu/Maps/index.html. Armstrong State NeoPopRealist Art Contest Dedicated to its 25- University, 11935 Abercorn St. Year Anniversary

Deadline: December 15, 2014. Artists're welcome to submit up to 3 images of NeoPopRealist work as .JPEG files 300dpi with brief info about self & work's medium, email: neopoprealismPRESS@ mail.com. Winners 'll be announced Dec. 31, 2014. Grand prize for the 1st place is signed original drawing by NeoPopRealism creator Nadia Russ. S2nd place winner'll receive signed print of the same work. See the Grand Prize at www. neopoprealism.org Free Through Dec. 15. neopoprealismpress@mail.com. Online only, none. The Night of Broken Glass Kristallnacht Remembrance

Keynote speaker will be Taylor Culjan, chair of the English department at St. Vincent's Academy and a Holocaust educator. Free and open to the public Thu., Nov. 6, 7:15 p.m. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Odd Lot Improv

In the tradition of The Groundlings, Second City, and Whose Line is it Anyway?, The Odd Lot Comedy Troupe presents live, in the moment, hilarity with a showcase of improvisational comedy. There’s no telling where the evening will take you! Appropriate comedy for a PG crowd. Mondays, 8 p.m.. musesavannah.org/. Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. The original Midnight Tour

One of the spookiest tours in town. Learn about the untold stories of some of the A chance to see Wormsloe in a whole new most haunted locations here in Savannah light. Guided tours by lantern include the Georgia. Guaranteed to give you a few Tabby Ruins, met by Noble Jones himself. goose bumps and an unexplained need Plus a colonial village celebrating the arfor a night light. 33.00 ongoing. 1-866rival of autumn. $10, seniors 62+ $9, youth 666-3323. 6thsenseworld.com. 6th Sense 6-17 $4.50, children under 6 $2. Sat., Nov. Savannah Tours, 404 Abercorn Street. Oysters for the Ogeechee Night! 8, 6-8 p.m. 912-353-3023. gastateparks. Ticket includes all you can eat Oysters, org/Wormsloe. gastateparks.org/info/ Pasta Jambalaya, Red Beans & Rice, wormsloe/. Wormsloe Historic Site, 7601 Low-country Sausage, Corn & Potatoes, Skidaway Rd. Leaders Inspiring Leaders plus one drink ticket. Nov. 6 will be an 9 ft Join leaders at Armstrong and in the local high tide AND full moon! Advance Tickets: community to hear motivational speaker $35 per person; $60 per couple; Day of at Brian Heat give an inspirational speech. the Door: $40 per person; $70 per couple Wed., Nov. 5, 6 p.m. about.armstrong. *Drinks at 6pm, Oysters start at 6:30pm edu/Maps/index.html. Armstrong State *Silent auction and raffle *DJ Jose Ray University, 11935 Abercorn St. will be spinning classic vinyl tunes $35.00 Low Country Mud Rats Jeep Show and Swap Thu., Nov. 6, 6-9 p.m. 866-942-6222. jesMeet se@ogeecheeriverkeeper.org. ogeecheerA gathering of Jeeps and Jeep vendors, iverkeeper.org/events/oysters-for-thewith live music, food, contests. Obstacle ogeechee-night/. bbyachtclub.net. Bonna course (Nov. 9, $20). Benefits various Bella Yacht Club, 2470 Livingston Ave. PBJ Pantry charities. Free and open to the public. Sat., Nov. 8, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sun., Nov. A free food pantry held every Thursday, 10-11am and 6-7pm. Contact Jessica Sut9, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 912-321-9166. lowcounton for questions. 912-897-1192 ongoing. trymudrats@gmail.com. lcmrjeepshow. ymcaofcoastalga.org/. YMCA (Wilmington squarespace.com. J. F. Gregory Park, Island), 66 Johnny Mercer Blvd. Richmond Hill. Lantern Tour at Wormsloe

Miss Rhomania Pageant

The Alpha Iota Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Presents Miss Rhomania Pageant "Harlem Renaissance". Sunday, November 9, 2014 in the Savannah State University's Student Union Ballroom at 6pm. $25 Donation Mondays-Sundays, midnight-11:45 p.m..

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Armstrong assistant professor of history Felicity Turner lectures on the problematic links generated between slavery and infant murder by pre-Civil War antislavery activists. Free and open to the public. Fri., Nov. 7, 12-1 p.m. 912-344-2971. about. armstrong.edu/Maps/index.html. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Rock ‘n’ Roll Savannah 5k & 1 Mile

Shorter races sponsored by the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon. 5k Start Time: 1:00 pm 1 Mile Start Time: 2:30 pm $30 - $40 Sun., Nov. 9, 1 p.m. runrocknroll.competitor. com/savannah/register. Rock ‘n’ Roll Savannah Kids Rock

A one-mile fun run for children in grades K – 7. This non-competitive, non-timed event is all about having fun and making it to the finish line. varies Sun., Nov. 9, 3:15 p.m. runrocknroll.competitor.com/ savannah/kids-rock. Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave. Savannah Storytellers

Tall tales and fun times with the classic art of storytelling. Every Wednesday at 6pm. Reservations encouraged by calling 912-349-4059. Wednesdays, 6 p.m. liveoakstore.com/tubbysthunderbolt. Tubby's Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. Savannah-Chatham County Board of Public Education Meeting

Wed., Nov. 5, 11 a.m. Whitney Administrative Complex (School Board), 2 Laura Avenue. SCAD: Broadway Rocks!

SCAD presents the second annual concert Broadway Rocks! directed by performing arts chair Michael Wainstein, with musical direction by Kim Steiner, SCAD vocal instructor and accompanist. The concert features selections from popular Broadway shows including “BEAUTIFUL — The Carole King Musical”, “American Idiot,” “Book of Mormon” and more. $5 Sat., Nov. 8, 8 p.m. emuller@lucastheatre.com. lucastheatre.com/schedule/2014-11/. lucastheatre.com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Shire of Forth Castle Fighter Practice

Local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism meets Saturdays at Forsyth Park (south end) for fighter practice and general hanging out. For those interested in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. ongoing. savannahsca.org. Southbound Brewery Saturday Tours and Tastes

Savannah's first microbrewery is open for public tours and tastings Wednesday - Fridays from 5:30-7:30 and Saturdays from 2-4. Hang out, have a few cold ones, and learn a little more about Savannah's first craft brewery. Free Saturdays, 2-4 p.m. 912-335-7716. info@southboundbrewingco.com. southboundbrewingco. com. Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. Southbound Brewery Tours and Tastes

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for public tours and tastings Wednesday - Fridays from 5:30-7:30 and Saturdays from 2-4. So come hangout at the brewery, have a few cold ones, and learn a little more about Savannah's first craft brewery! Free Wednesdays-Fridays, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 912-335-7716. info@ southboundbrewingco.com. southboundbrewingco.com. Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. Festivals

Harvest Fest

A fall celebration of all things Georgia. Friday's events include live music by Keith and Ross at 7pm and fireworks to begin the festivities. Saturday's events include Hopped Up on Georgia Brews at 1pm, a craft beer tasting of over twenty Georgia breweries, and live music by the Accomplices at 5pm. Nov. 7-8. riverstreetsavannah.com. savannahga.gov/ cityweb/mobilityweb.nsf/f43552dd7c50cae2852573b000734940/b93989c4334a 4a68852576f00070d9a8?OpenDocument. Rousakis Plaza, River St. Harvest Fest on River Street

November First Friday & Saturday will celebrate the fall season with a Country Music festival, local and regional craft beer tastings, and more on Historic River Street! Live music on the Arbor Stage, plus food vendors and arts & crafts booths. Free and open to the public. Nov. 7-8. riverstreetsavannah.com. savannahga.gov/cityweb/mobilityweb.nsf/f43552dd7c50cae2852573b000734940/b93989c43 34a4a68852576f00070d9a8?OpenDocume nt. Rousakis Plaza, River St. Paws in the Park Fall Festival

A 3k run and half-mile walk, vendor booths, and dog-related events all to benefit the new dog park. Free and open to the public. Sat., Nov. 8, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. bryancountybarkpark.com. De Vaul Henderson Park, Timber Trail. Fitness

$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/. 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. 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. Bariatric Surgery Support Group

Located in Mercer Auditorium of Hoskins Center at Memorial. For those who have had or are considering bariatric surgery. Call or see website for info. first Wednesday of every month, 7 p.m. 912-350-3438. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave.

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. 912-598-2300. gastateparks.org/ SkidawayIsland. gastateparks.org/info/ skidaway/. Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy. Insanity Workout Group Class

INSANITY turns old-school interval training on its head. Work flat out in 3 to 5-min Beach Body Workouts with Laura blocks, and take breaks only long enough MONDAYS at 6:15 PM at the Lake Mayer to gulp some air and get right back to Community Center $5.00 per session work. It's called Max Interval Training, Mondays, 6:15 p.m. (912) 652-6784. Lake because it keeps your body working at Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads. maximum capacity through your entire Beastmode Fitness Group Training workout. $10 or $80 for 10 fitness classes Train with this elite team. A total body pro- Sundays, 11 a.m. 912.312.3549. salondegram that trims, tones and gets results. baile.dance@gmail.com. salondebailePersonal training options available. See dancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance website for info. Meets at West Broad Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive. YMCA. 5am-6am and 8pm-9pm. ongoing. Israeli Krav Maga Self-Defense Classes A system of self-defense techniques beastmodefitnessga.com. YMCA-West based on several martial arts. The official Broad St, 1110 May St. Bellydancing Fusion Classes fighting system of the Israeli Defense Mixes ballet, jazz, hip hop into a unique Forces (IDF). Custom Fit offers individual high energy dance style. Drills and choand small group training and intensive reographies for all levels.Small classes workshops. ongoing. 912-441-4891. cusin downtown Savannah, and on request. tomfitcenter.com. Kung Fu School: Ving Tsun $10 per person. Email for info. ongoing. Ving Tsun (Wing Chun) is the world's bohemianbeats.com. Blue Water Yoga fastest growing martial arts style. Uses Community donation-based classes, angles and leverage to turn an attacker's Tues. and Thurs., 5:45pm - 7:00pm. Fri., 9:30am-10:30am. Email for info or find Blue Water Yoga on Facebook. ongoing. egs5719@aol.com. Talahi Island Community Club, 532 Quarterman Dr.

strength against him. Call for info on free trial classes. Drop ins welcome. 11202 White Bluff Rd. ongoing. 912-429-9241. Latin Cardio

A cardio-based workout class designed to get students fit while having fun. Latin style dances like cha cha, samba, jive, rumba, salsa. 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. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive. Mommy and Baby Yoga

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

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

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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. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Free Caregiver Support Group

For anyone caring for senior citizens with any affliction or illness. Second Saturday of the month, 10am-11am. Savannah Commons, 1 Peachtree Dr. Refreshments. Free to attend. Open to anyone in need of support for the caregiving they provide. ongoing. savannahcommons.com. Free Dance and Fitness Classes at Lake Mayer

Every Thursday. 9:30am-10:15am Toddler Class. 12pm-1pm Adult Lunch Break Dance Class. 1:30pm-2:30pm Super Seniors Workout. 5:30pm-6:15pm Youth African Dance Fitness (ages 6-12). 6:30pm7:30pm Adult African Dance Fitness. Wear comfortable clothing. Free and open to the public. Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m.. 912-652-6784. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads. 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. Savannah Climbing CoOp, 302 W Victory Dr.

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for pricing. Wednesdays, 8-9 p.m. and Sundays, 5-7 p.m.. 801-673-6737. info@ firstcityfitness.com. First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. Post-Race Recovery Yoga

Join Hannah Lancaster for an hour-long all levels yoga class created just for runners of the Savannah Rock-n-Roll Races. This slow deep yoga class will sooth and restore sore post-race muscles. Free Sun., Nov. 9, 5-6 p.m. 912-232-2994. savannahyoga.com. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Pregnancy Yoga

Ongoing series of 6-week classes. Thursdays. A mindful approach to pregnancy, labor and delivery. Instructor Ann Carroll. $120. Call or email for info. ongoing. 912704-7650. ann@aikyayoga.com. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Qigong Classes

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

Free fitness workout, every Saturday, 9:00 am at Lake Mayer Park. For women only. Offered by The Fit Lab. Information: 912376-0219 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. Rock 'n' Roll Savannah Marathon and 1/2 Marathon

Phillip Phillips headlines the finish line concert and celebration in Forsyth Park for this marathon, half marathon and relay. Musicians perform at intervals along the race route that winds through the city. Varies by race and date of registration. Sat., Nov. 8, 7 a.m. runrocknroll.competitor.com/savannah. Downtown Savannah, downtown. Rock 'n' Roll Savannah Marathon Health & Fitness Expo

Over 60 exhibitors offer free samples, showcase the latest in running gear, sports apparel, health & nutritional information and much more. Includes the marathon's official store. All runners must visit the expo to pick up their race number, gear bag and t-shirt. Free and open to the public. Thu., Nov. 6, 1-6 p.m. and Fri., Nov. 7, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. runrocknroll.competitor.com/2014/08/savannah/ rnrsav-kickoff-party_77290. savtcc.com. Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, 1 International Dr. Rock'n Body Fitness Bootcamp

Ultimate outdoor power workout! Group physical training program conducted by former military personnel. Build strength and fitness through a variety of intense group intervals lasting approx. 45 minutes. First Class FREE Mondays-Fridays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. 912-675-0952. rocknbody56 fitnessbootcamp@gmail.com. rocknbodyNOV 5-11, 2014

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fitnessbootcamp.com. Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. Ronin Academy Self Defense Classes

A short course in simple self defense techniques for adults. Uses real life scenarios designed to provide greater self confidence and empowerment. Fees vary. Every 3 days. michael@roninacad.com. roninacad.com. aikidosavannah.com/. Aikido Center of Savannah, 5500 White Bluff Rd.

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Mondays at 5:30pm, Thursdays at 6:30pm. Nonstop Fitness in Sandfly, 8511 Ferguson Ave. $5 for nonmenbers. call for info. ongoing. 912-349-4902. Food Events

First Squares Reboot Giveaway

A revamping of the First Squares Food Tour with Alligator Sliders at B&D BurgWednesdays, 2 til 10 p.m. Savannah ers - Savannah's Best Burger and a Salt Climbing Coop 302 W Victory Dr, Savanand Fruit Pairing at The Salt Table, and nah Every Wednesday women climb celebrating with a giveaway. One free for half price, $5. See website for info. tour ticket, tote bag, t-shirt, and other ongoing. 912-495-8010. savannahclimbgifts from our partner stops up for grabs. ingcoop.com. All you have to do is "Like" the Facebook Savannah Disc Golf page and join this event to be entered by Weekly events (entry $5) Friday Night November 7 at midnight. Bonus entry if Flights: Fridays, 5pm. Luck of the Draw you invite others to this event page. Free Doubles: Saturdays, 10am. Handicapped Through Nov. 7, midnight. info@savanLeague: Saturdays, 1pm. Singles at the nahtasteexperience. https://facebook. Sarge: Sundays, 10am. All skill levels wel- com/events/838390066206137/. Savannah come. Instruction available. See website Taste Experience, 100 Bull Street, Suite or email for info. ongoing. savannahdisc200. Wednesday Night Supper Club golf@gmail.com. savannahdiscgolf.com. Savannah Striders Running and Walking Club A new Savannah tradition. Gather at With a one-year, $35 membership,free Pacci's community table to make new training programs for beginners (walkers friends and share in a night of food, wine and runners) and experienced athletes. and Southern hospitality. With seasonFun runs. Advice from mentors. Monthly ally inspired dishes from Executive Chef, meetings with quality speakers. Frequent Roberto Leoci. Call for pricing. Reservasocial events. Sign up online or look for tions required. 7-9:30 p.m.. 912-233-6002. the Savannah Striders Facebook page. jackie.blackwelder@paccisavannah.com. ongoing. savystrider.com. paccisavannah.com. Pacci Italian Kitchen SIZZLE- Dance Cardio + Bar, 601 E Bay St. The hottest cardio class to keep or get you First Squares Reboot Giveaway in shape for summer. Sizzle is designed to A revamping of the First Squares Food give you cardio, strengthening, and stretch Tour with Alligator Sliders at B&D Burgtraining that you need for that bikini body. ers - Savannah's Best Burger and a Salt and Fruit Pairing at The Salt Table, and Enroll now and get the first class free. celebrating with a giveaway. One free $10.00 or $80 for 10 classes Tuesdays, tour ticket, tote bag, t-shirt, and other Fridays, 10 a.m. 912.312.3549. salondegifts from our partner stops up for grabs. baile.dance@gmail.com. salondebaileAll you have to do is "Like" the Facebook dancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance page and join this event to be entered by Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive. Tai Chi Lessons in Forsyth Park November 7 at midnight. Bonus entry if Tuesdays, 9am-10am. $10. North End you invite others to this event page. Free of Forsyth Park. Email for info. ongoing. Through Nov. 7, midnight. info@savanrelaxsavannah@gmail.com. Forsyth Park, nahtasteexperience. https://facebook. 501 Whitaker St. com/events/838390066206137/. Savannah Turbo Kick Cardio Workout Taste Experience, 100 Bull Street, Suite Lose calories while dancing and kick-box- 200. ing. No experience or equipment needed. Wine for the Walk Tues. and Thurs. 6pm, Fitness on Brough- This month's wine tasting proceeds will ton, 1 E. Broughton Wed. 6pm Lake Mayer benefit the local chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. Guests can sample 7 Community Center, 1850 E. Montgomery wines and enjoy appetizers by Bonefish Crossroads. $5 ongoing. 586-822-1021. Grille and dessert by Gigi's Cupcakes. facebook.com/turbokicksavannah. Yoga for Cancer Patients and Survivors $15 per person, $25 for a couple Nov. 6, Free for cancer patients and survivors. 5:30-7:30 p.m. 912-355-9463. savannahThe classes help with flexibility and winecellar.com. Savannah Wine Cellar, balance while also providing relaxation. 5500 Abercorn St., Twelve Oask Shopping Located at FitnessOne, on the third floor Center. First Squares Reboot Giveaway of the Memorial Outpatient and Wellness A revamping of the First Squares Food Center. Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. and Thursdays, 12:45 p.m. 912-350-9031. memorial- Tour with Alligator Sliders at B&D Burgers - Savannah's Best Burger and a Salt health.com/. Memorial Health University and Fruit Pairing at The Salt Table, and Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Yoga on the Lawn celebrating with a giveaway. One free Join Savannah Yoga Center for a free tour ticket, tote bag, t-shirt, and other pre-race yoga session designed to get you gifts from our partner stops up for grabs. ready for the big race on Saturday. Free All you have to do is "Like" the Facebook Thu., Nov. 6, 4:30-5:30 p.m. and Fri., Nov. page and join this event to be entered by 7, 12:30-1:30 p.m. 912-232-2994. savtcc. November 7 at midnight. Bonus entry if com. Savannah International Trade & you invite others to this event page. Free Ladies Day at Savannah Climbing Coop

Through Nov. 7, midnight. info@savannahtasteexperience. https://facebook. com/events/838390066206137/. Savannah Taste Experience, 100 Bull Street, Suite 200. Bethesda Farm Stand

Bethesda students and staff sell fresh produce, organic garden seedlings and farm-fresh eggs. Students lead or assist in planting, cultivating and harvesting all items at Bethesda Academy using sustainable, organic farming techniques. 8:30 a.m.-noon. 912-351-2061. bethesdaacademy.org. Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. Wilmington Island Farmers' Market

Vendors offering produce, prepared foods, crafts, plus storytime, musical performances, and community information. Every Saturday. Free and open to the public wifarmersmarket@aol.com. wifarmersmarket.org/. Wilmington Island Farmers' Market, 111 Walthour Rd @ Islands Community Church. Savannah Food & Wine Festival: Bethesda Dinner

An outdoor, tented evening with dinner held amid a backdrop of marsh, moss and oaks on the school's historic campus on Ferguson Avenue. Benefiting Bethesda Academy. Reception 5:00 pm, Dinner 6:00 pm $150 Nov. 10, 5 p.m. savannahfoodandwinefest.com. Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. Bethesda Farm Stand

Bethesda students and staff sell fresh produce, organic garden seedlings and farm-fresh eggs. Students lead or assist in planting, cultivating and harvesting all items at Bethesda Academy using sustainable, organic farming techniques. 3-5:30 p.m.. 912-351-2061. bethesdaacademy.org. Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. Richmond Hill Farmers Market

The City of Richmond Hill's weekly market offers a variety of produce and local crafts to purchase as well as prepared food and entertainment. Rain or shine. Pet-friendly (on a leash please). Free to attend. 3-7 p.m.. richmond-hill-farmersmarket. J. F. Gregory Park, Richmond Hill. 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. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Bariatric Surgery Information Session

Information on bariatric surgery and the program at Memorial Health Bariatrics. Learn surgical procedures offered, support and education programs involved, and how bariatric surgery can affect patients' lives. Call or see website for info. Free to attend. Hoskins

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Center at Memorial. Free ongoing, 6 p.m. 912-350-3438. bariatrics.memorialhealth. com. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave.

7:15pm 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.

Parents can find the help they need to renew or sign up their children (ages 0-19) on Medicaid or PeachCare. Enrollment Assisters will work with clients through the process. Free and open to the public. Mondays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and Wednesdays, 1-5 p.m.. 912-356-2887. Chatham County Health Department, 1395 Eisenhower Drive (facing Sallie Mood Dr.).

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. Open to expecting and new moms as well as those with small children (4 and under). $15 a session. 15.00 Tuesdays, Thursdays, 10-11 a.m.. 912-544-6387. info@erigosavannah. com. erigosavannah.com/. erigosavannah. com. Erigo, 5301 Paulsen Street.

Free Enrollment Help for Medicaid and PeachCare

Free Hearing and Speech Screening

Hearing: Thursdays, 9am-11am. Speech: First Thursdays,. Call or see website for times. ongoing. 912-355-4601. savannahspeechandhearing.org. savannahspeechandhearing.org/. Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E 66th Free HIV Testing .

Free walk-in HIV testing. 8am-4pm Mon.Fri. No appointment needed. Test results in 20 minutes. Follow-up visit and counseling will be set up for anyone testing positive. Call for info. ongoing. 912-6445217. Chatham County Health Dept., 1395 Eisenhower Dr. Health Care for Uninsured People

Open for primary care for uninsured residents of Chatham County. Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-3:30pm. Call for info or appointment. ongoing. 912-443-9409. 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. 912-927-3432. savannahypnosis.com. La Leche League of Savannah

A breast feeding support group for new/ expectant monthers. Meeting/gathering first Thursdays, 10am. Call or see website for location and other info. ongoing. 912897-9544. lllusa.org/web/savannahga. html. Living Smart Fitness Club

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Baby & Mom Yoga

For mothers with babies who are precrawlers. Moms learn poses for baby to help with digestion and sleeping -- and get a bit of relaxation, movement and camaraderie for themselves. $120 for a six session pass. Tuesdays, 10-11 a.m.. 912-704-7650. ann@douladeliveriescom. savannahyogacenter.com. savannahyoga. com. Savannah Yoga Center Pooler, 111 Canal Street. 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 Planned Parenthood Hotline mid-town location. Adult classes availFirst Line is a statewide hotline for women able. Thursdays.. 912-897-5984. irishseeking information on health services. dancsav@aol.com. New Mamas Club Open 7pm-11pm nightly. ongoing. 800A weekly Friday gathering of new moms 264-7154. Zumba and their babies. Practice baby & mom A total workout, combining elements of fitness, cardio, muscle conditioning, balance and flexibility, boosted energy, mixing low-intensity and high-intensity moves for an interval-style, calorieburning dance fitness party. Free. Call to register and for eligibility. Mondays, Wednesdays, 4:45-5:45 p.m.. 912-5252166. zumbabrandistyle@gmail.com. brandimuhammad.zumba.com/. Moses Jackson Advancement Center, 1410B Richards Street.

yoga, do a planned activity. Dream boards, affirmation writing, personalized aromatherapy and other projects. $20 per session. Six session discount. Fridays, 10 a.m.-noon. 912-704-7650. ann@douladeliveries.com. douladeliveries.com. erigosavannah.com. Erigo, 5301 Paulsen Street. Pegasus Riding Academy Fall Session

This therapeutic riding program provides equine assisted activities for individuals in Savannah with physical, mental or emotional disabilities. Horse experience not necessary. Tuesdays.. 912-547-6482. prasav.org. Wicklow Farm, Wicklow Ave. (behind Johnny Harris Restaurant). Savannah Children's Museum School Year Hours

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sion including Labor Day. For more details go to savannahchildrensmuseum.org ongoing. Savannah Children's Museum, 655 Louisville Road. Savannah Children’s Book Festival Poster Contest Exhibit

Reception Nov. 5 5 p.m.. Through Nov. 21. City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs, 9 West Henry St. 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/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. LGBT

First City Network

Georgia's oldest LGBT organization (founded in 1985), is a local non-profit community service organization whose mission is to share resources of health care, counseling, education, advocacy and mutual support in the Coastal Empire. Members and guests enjoy many special events throughout the year, including First Saturday Socials held the first Saturday of each month at 7pm. Mondays. 912-236-CITY. firstcitynetwork.org. Gay AA Meeting

True Colors Group of Alcoholics Anonymous, a gay and lesbian AA meeting that welcomes all alcoholics, meets Thursdays and Sundays, 7:30pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 311 E. Harris, 2nd floor. New location effective 11/2012. ongoing. Georgia Equality Savannah

Local chapter of Georgia's largest gay rights group. 104 W. 38th St. 912-5476263. ongoing. GVNT HAVS

GVNT HAVS is a free monthly drag show that houses the unique antics of the House of Gunt, a Savannah based freeform 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. Chuck's Bar, 305 West River Street. 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. Call for location. ongoing. 912-288-7863. heather@savpride.com. savpride.com. Stand Out Youth

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A gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth organization. Meets every Friday at 7pm. Call, email or see website for info. Fridays, 7-9 p.m. 912-657-1966. info@standoutyouth.org. standoutyouth.org. Vineyard Church Office, 1020 Abercorn Street. What Makes a Family

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GLBT parents. Ages 10 to 18. Meets twice a month. Call for info. ongoing. 912-3522611. Literary Events

"The Hybrid Mind" a lecture by Richard Louv

The Center for Sustainability and the Recreation & Tourism Management Program at Georgia Southern University hold this sustainability seminar by Richard Louv – author ofLast Child in the Woods and The Nature Principle Free Wed., Nov. 5, 7-8:30 p.m. 912-478-5895. cfs@georgiasouthern. edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ sustainability/. Georgia Southern University, Statesboro.

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Fort Pulaski, US Highway 80 E.

Author of Armstrong's 2014-15 Common Read, Scratch Beginnings, Adam Shepard will speak about his journey out of homelessness after college with only $25 to his name. Following the lecture is a Q&A session and book signing. Free and open to the public Wed., Nov. 5, noon. 912-3442971. about.armstrong.edu/Maps/index. html. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St.

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. Free to attend. Cash bar. second Tuesday of every month, 5:30 p.m.

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Lecture: Tina McElroy Ansa

Tina McElroy Ansa is a novelist, publisher, filmmaker, teacher, journalist , and storyteller. Her novels include Baby of the Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club Family, Ugly Ways, The Hand I Fan With, Meets last Sunday of the month, 4pm. Call and You Know Better. Free and open to the for info. ongoing. 912-447-6605. sjchs. public Thu., Nov. 6, 2 p.m. savstate.edu/. org/body.cfm?id=399. African-American Savannah State University, 3219 College Health Information & Resource Center, St. Low Country Sisters in Crime, Inc. 1910 Abercorn St. Digging Savannah Lecture: Dr. David Hurst November 8th Meeting Topic: Field Trip to Thu., Nov. 6, 6 p.m. Benedictine Military Patricks Uniforms and Indoor Gun Range School, 6502 Seawright Dr. for observation and research. For writers Exhibit: Savannah Historical Maps and Prints and readers of crime fiction focusing on A selection of maps and prints from the craft and the uniqueness of the genre. collection of John and Virginia Duncan, Meets the 2nd Saturday of each month, tracing the growth and development of 10am-12pm. Free to observe. Fees apply Savannah through the 18th and 19th cen- for range time. Through Nov. 9, 10 a.m.turies, on exhibit in celebration of the City noon. kortesmg@aol.com. Lowcountryof Savannah's 225th anniversary in 2014. sistersincrime.blogspot.com. Patrick's Free and open to the public. Through Dec. Uniforms and Gun Range, 2307 US HWY 31. savannahga.gov. Savannah City Hall, 2 80. A reading group for lovers of crime East Bay Street. fiction, focusing on books and authors. Jane Fishman Meets the 2nd Saturday of each month, Savannah author and columnist will dis10am-12pm. Free and open to the public. cuss her newest book, The Woman Who second Saturday of every month, 10 a.m.Saved An Island: The Story of Sandy West noon. owcountrysistersincrime.blogspot. and Ossabaw Island. Wed., Nov. 5, 7 p.m. com. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 thebookladybookstore.com/. The Book Abercorn St. Tea Time at Ola's (Book Club) Lady Bookstore, 6 East Liberty St. Lecture: A Climate for Castrators A book discussion group that meets the Presented by Alyssa Gehman as part of 4th Tuesday, 1pm. Bring a book you've the Wormsloe Foundation Lecture Series. read this month and tell all about it. $10 Sat., Nov. 8, 1 p.m. gastateparks.org/ Treats to share are always welcomed. info/wormsloe/. Wormsloe Historic Site, Tea is provided. Call for info. ongoing. 7601 Skidaway Rd. 912-232-5488. liveoakpl.org/. Ola Wyeth Lecture: Dr. David Hurst Thomas Branch Library, 4 East Bay St. Dr. David Hurst Thomas will discuss his excavation work on St. Catherines Island. Nature and Environment Alligators and Others The lecture is presented by Digging Explore Wildlife Drive and see alligators Savannah and sponsored by the Catholic in the historic rice plantations. Tour size Diocese of Savannah. Free and open to the public Thu., Nov. 6, 6 p.m. Benedictine 4-16 people. Reservations required. $25, $10 for kids Sat., Nov. 8, 9 a.m. 912-236Military School, 6502 Seawright Dr. Lecture: Kevin Klinkenberg: Why I Walk 8115. Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, The executive director of the Savannah Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive off S.C. 170. Dolphin Project Development and Renewal Authority, Dolphin Project's Education Outreach discusses his new book, and how cities Program is available to speak at schools, can better design urban areas to increase quality of life. Part of the Flannery clubs, organizations. A powerpoint presentation with sound and video about O'Connor Childhood Home Fall Lecture estuarine dolphins and their environment. Series. Free and open to the public. Sun., Age/grade appropriate programs and Nov. 9, 4 p.m. flanneryoconnorhome.org. handouts. See website for info. ongoing. Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 thedolphinproject.org. E. Charlton Street. Lecture: Race, Gender, & Infant Murder in the Nineteenth Century US

Armstrong State University professor of history Felicity Turner presents her lecture on the link between slavery and infanticide. Free and open to the public Fri., Nov. 7, noon. 912-344-2971. about. armstrong.edu/Maps/index.html. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn

Fort Pulaski Bird Walk

Members of the Ogeechee Audubon Society lead this park walk to see new and different birds. Meet near the park’s Entrance Station. Sunscreen, insect repellent, binoculars recommended. Free and open to the public. Sat., Nov. 8, 8:30 a.m. 912-786-5787 X114. Joel_Cadoff@nps.gov. nps.gov/fopu/planyourvisit/events.htm.

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Join a member of the Ogeechee Audubon Society for a free bird walk. All ages welcome. Please dress appropriately. Free Sat., Nov. 8, 8 a.m. 912-786-5787. nps. gov/fopu. Fort Pulaski, US Highway 80 E. November Full Moon Paddle

Paddle the Skidaway Narrows under the light of the Full Beaver Moon with the Sierra Club. Traditionally called the Full Beaver Moon because November is when beavers prepare their dams and lodges for the winter, the November full moon will be our last opportunity this year to enjoy comfortable night-time paddling weather before winter arrives. This is a fundraiser for the Coastal Group of the Georgia Chapter Sierra Club. $50 kayak rental or $15 -$25 suggested donation Fri., Nov. 7, 5:30 p.m. 912-961-6190. karengrainey@bellsouth.net. https:// facebook.com/events/665756830199007/. Rodney J. Hall Park & Boat Ramp, 25 Diamond Causeway. 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 may also recycle items on behalf of EOA for credit. Drop off at EOA, 681 W. Anderson St. See website, email or call for info. ongoing. 912-238-2960 x126. dwproperty@aol.com. fundingfactory.com. Walk on the Wild Side

A two-mile Native Animal Nature Trail winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland, salt marsh habitats, featuring live native animal exhibits. Open daily, 10am-4pm except Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-395-1500. oatlandisland.org. oatlandisland.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. Wilderness Southeast

A variety of programs each month including guided trips with naturalists. Canoe trips, hikes. Mission: develop appreciation, understanding, stewardship, and enjoyment of the natural world. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-2368115. wilderness-southeast.org. Pets & Animals

Low Cost Pet Clinic

TailsSpin and Dr. Stanley Lester, DVM, host low-cost pet vaccine clinics for students, military and seniors the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. 5pm-6pm. Vaccinations: $12, ($2 is donated to Savannah pet rescue agencies). See website for info. ongoing. tailsspin.com. tailsspin.com. TailsSpin Pet Supplies Store, 4501 Habersham St.,

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Sundays. cslsavannah.org.

Operation New Hope allows inmates to train unadoptable dogs from the Humane Society for Greater Savannah. The goals of the program are to decrease the recidivism rate among Chatham County inmates, help inmates learn a new skill, and help previously unadoptable dogs find loving homes. The graduated dogs are available for adoption can be viewed at www.humansocietvsav.org, and www. chathamsheriff.org. Operation New Hope is funded by the Humane Society and community donations. ongoing. chathamsheriff.org. humanesocietysav.org/. Humane Society for Greater Savannah, 7215 Sallie Mood Dr.

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 the public. Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. 912-228-9425. Columba House, 34th Street between Abercorn and Lincoln Streets.

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Paws in the Park Fall Festival

Dog and family friendly fun day to celebrate the opening of Bryan County Bark Park. Vendors, food, and activities for all as well as on site micro chipping. Thu., Nov. 6, 10 a.m. 912-756-8807. De Vaul Henderson Park, Timber Trail. 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. 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. 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. 912-427-7265 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/ familylife-singles. 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"

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Guided Silent Prayer

Acoustical songs, 30 minutes of guided silent prayer, and minutes to receive prayer or remain in silence. Wednesdays, 6:45-8:00pm at Vineyard Church, 615 Montgomery St. See website for info. ongoing. vineyardsavannah.org. A New Church in the City, For the City

Gather on Sundays at 10:30am. Like the Facebook page "Savannah Church Plant." 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. 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/. 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. Sweet Water Spa, 148 Abercorn Street. Science of Mind Foundations Class

A ten-week course for enhancing a spiritual connection to a Higher Power., and for discovering emerging direction and purpose and how to make it happen. Taught by Rev. Wesley, with discussion, sharing and learning to grow. $20 each class Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.. 912-335-1905. cslsavannah@gmail.org. cslsavannah.org. Center for Spiritual Living, 109 E. 52nd 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. Independent Presbyterian Church, Bull Street and Oglethorpe Ave. South Valley Baptist Church

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1 He had quite a few words 6 Vantage points 11 Jazzman’s job 14 Dangly throat thing 15 “It’s Your Thing” singers The ___ Brothers 16 Bird on the ground 17 Two-time U.S. Open champ 19 Decide 20 Voight’s daughter 21 Niacin’s vitamin number 23 Ate just some 26 Alabama Slammer ingredient 27 Area code 801 resident 28 French film nominated for five Oscars 29 Estonia or Latvia, once: abbr. 30 Like Pac-Man and bell bottoms 32 “Melrose Place” actor Rob 35 Items that sometimes get lost together 37 “Beetle Bailey” figure 39 Caterpillar’s structure 40 Like caviar 42 They may be sordid 44 Teachers’ org. 45 Word that turns sarcastic when said blandly 47 Upbeat 49 Plugs the battery in 51 Snack that leaves a residue 52 Alert while driving 53 Nash of “Reno 911!” 54 Cloud chamber particle 55 “War of the World” actress 60 Number cruncher 61 Absinthe flavoring 62 “Hey, Soul Sister” band 63 Louisville Slugger wood 64 Diplomatic skills 65 Get the feeling

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1 Jamaican export 2 Ab ___ (from the beginning) 3 Magazine holder 4 Wood known for a ring 5 Place to serve your own guacamole and salsa 6 Drop in 7 “That makes sense” 8 Letter between “kay” and “em” 9 Toy that won’t fall down, per its ads 10 Part of a heartbeat 11 CIA Director, 1997-2004 12 Pyramide du Louvre architect 13 “___ Tag!” 18 Some dresses 22 “Ocean’s Eleven” job 23 Corn covers 24 On a ship 25 Actress in “Splash” 26 Urban pollutions 28 Impressive display 31 Barcelona bar food 33 First month, in Mazatlan 34 Goes no farther 36 Baby bird? 38 Cut into glass 41 Surface for some stretching 43 Toms’ mates 46 Eye part 48 Donkey with a pinned-on tail 49 Girl, in Guatemala 50 B-ball 51 French movie theaters 53 Conde ___ Traveler 56 Flair of pro wrestling 57 Leather color 58 Follow-up to “Angela’s Ashes” 59 Number that’s its own cube

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ARIES

March 21-April 19

Shape-shifting is a common theme in fairy tales, says cultural historian Marina Warner in her book *From the Beast to the Blonde.* “A rusty lamp turns into an allpowerful talisman,” for example. “A humble pestle and mortar become the winged vehicle of the fairy enchantress,” or a slovenly beggar wearing a dirty donkeyskin transforms into a radiant princess. I foresee metaphorically similar events happening in your life sometime soon, Aries. Maybe they are already underway. Don’t underestimate the magic that is possible.

TAURUS

April 20-May 20

The technical scientific term for what happens when you get a headache from eating too much ice cream too fast is *sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia.* I urge you to be on guard against such an occurrence in the coming week. You should also watch out for other phenomena that fit the description of being too-much-and-too-fast-of-a-goodthing. On the other hand, you shouldn’t worry at all about slowly getting just the right amount of a good thing. If you enjoy your pleasures with grace and moderation, you’ll be fine.

VIRGO

CAPRICORN

Photographer Joel Leindecker can kick himself in the head 127 times in one minute. *Guinness World Records* affirms that his achievement is unmatched. I’m begging you not to try to top his mark any time soon. In fact, I’m pleading with you not to commit any act of mayhem, chaos, or unkindness against yourself — even if it it’s done for entertainment purposes. In my view, it’s crucial for you to concentrate on caressing yourself, treating yourself nicely, and caring for yourself with ingenious tenderness in the coming weeks.

It’s a favorable time for you to meditate intensely on the subject of friendship. I urge you to take inventory of all the relevant issues. Here are a few questions to ask yourself. How good of a friend are you to the people you want to have as your friends? What capacities do you cultivate in your effort to build and maintain vigorous alliances? Do you have a clear sense of what qualities you seek in your cohorts and colleagues? Are you discerning in the way you choose your compatriots, or do you sometimes end up in associations with people you don’t truly enjoy and don’t have much in common with? If you discover any laziness or ignorance in your approach to the art of friendship, make the necessary fixes.

Aug. 23-Sept. 22

LIBRA

Sept. 23-Oct. 22

CANCER

SCORPIO

German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was one of the greats. His influence on the evolution of Western music has been titanic, and many of his best compositions are still played today. He was prodigious, too, producing over 350 works. One of the secrets to his high level of energy seems to have been his relationship with coffee. It was an indispensable part of his diet. He was fastidious in its preparation, counting out exactly 60 coffee beans for each cup. I recommend that you summon a similar attention to detail in the coming days. It will be an excellent time to marshal your creative energy and cultivate your lust for life. You will get the best results if you are precise and consistent and focused in your approach.

Near the end of the 19th century, an American named Annie Londonderry became the first woman to ride a bicycle around the world. It was a brave and brazen act for an era when women still couldn’t vote and paved roads were rare. Her 15-month journey took her through countries that would be risky for a single woman on a bike to travel through today, like Egypt and Yemen. What made her adventure even more remarkable was that she didn’t know how to ride a bike until two days before she departed. I’d love to see you plan a daring exploit like that, Scorpio — even if you do not yet have a certain skill you will need to succeed.

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LEO

July 23-Aug. 22 NOV 5-11, 2014

testified, “without doing 40,000 words or more and finding they were all wrong and going back and starting again.” The way I see your immediate future, Sagittarius, is that you will be creating your own version of those 40,000 wrong words. And that’s OK. It’s not a problem. You can’t get to the really good stuff without slogging through this practice run.

“Pregreening” is a term for what impatient drivers do as they are waiting at a red light. They partly take their foot off the brake, allowing their car to creep forward, in the hope of establishing some momentum before the light changes to green. I advise you to avoid this type of behavior in the coming week, Gemini — both the literal and the metaphorical variety. Pregreening might make sense by, say, November 15 or 16. But for now, relax and abide.

May 21-June 20

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special moments keep burning brightly. But the early events that shaped us are mostly gone. Having said that, I want to alert you to the fact that you are in a phase when you could recover whole swaths of lost memories, both from your formative years and later. Take advantage of this rare window of opportunity to reconnect with your past.

The writing of letters is becoming a lost art. Few people have a long enough attention span to sit down and compose a relaxed, thoughtful report on what they have been doing and thinking. Meanwhile, the number of vigorous, far-reaching conversations is waning, too. Instead, many of us tend to emit and absorb short bursts of information at frequent intervals. But I invite you to rebel against this trend in the coming weeks. Judging from the astrological omens, I believe you would stir up some quietly revolutionary developments by slowing down and deepening the way you communicate with those you care about. You may be amazed by how much richer your experience of intimacy will become.

GEMINI

Oct. 23-Nov. 21

SAGITTARIUS

Nov. 22-Dec. 21

P. G. Wodehouse wrote more than 90 books, as well as numerous plays, musical comedies, and film scripts. When he died at age 93, he was working on another novel. He did not suffer from writer’s block. And yet his process was far from effortless. He rarely churned out perfection on his first attempt. “I have never written a novel,” he

Dec. 22-Jan. 19

AQUARIUS

Jan. 20-Feb. 18

Before the invention of the printing press, books in Europe were handmade. Medieval monks spent long hours copying these texts, often adding illustrations in the margins. There’s an odd scene that persistently appears in these illuminated manuscripts: knights fighting snails. Scholars don’t agree on why this theme is so popular or what it means. One theory is that the snail symbolizes the “slow-moving tedium of daily life,” which can be destructive to our hopes and dreams — similar to the way that literal snails may devour garden plants. In accordance with the cosmic omens, I am bestowing a knighthood on you, Aquarius, so you will be inspired to rise up and defeat your own metaphorical version of the snail.

PISCES

Feb. 19-March 20

To be in righteous alignment with cosmic forces, keep the Halloween spirit alive for another week. You have a license to play with your image and experiment with your identity. Interesting changes will unfold as you expand your notion of who you are and rebel cheerfully against your own status quo. To get started, try this exercise. Imagine that your gangsta name is Butt-Jugglin Smuggla. Your pirate name is Scallywagger Hornslasher. Your sex-worker name is Saucy Loaf. Your Mexican wrestler name is Ojo Último (Ultimate Eye). Your rock star-from-the-future name is Cashmere Hammer. Or make up your own variations.

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. Sunday School Classes for Adults and Children

Classes available for adults and children ages two and up. First adult class is studying St. Paul's Letter to the Christians in Rome. Law and Gospel are clearly taught to believers - who then can use their knowledge in witnessing to unbelievers. Second class is studying the movie, "Facing the Giants", a 2008 American Christian drama centered on faith in our Heavenly Father's love. Children's classes are "Growing in Christ" and based on age appropriate lessons about the Gospel. Our new Two Year Old class incorporates every day events based on "We are in God's hands." Free Thursdays, 9:45-10:45 a.m.. 912-925-4839. www.trinitylutheransavannah.org. Trinity Lutheran Church, 12391 Mercy Blvd. Tapestry Church

A church for all people! We don't care what you are wearing, just that you are here. From the moment you walk in until the moment you leave, Tapestry is committed to delivering a creative, challenging, straight forward, and honest message about the role of biblical principles in your life. Come experience an environment that helps you connect with God and discover his incredible purpose for your life. Join us every Sunday morning 10AM at the Habersham YMCA. Sundays, 10 a.m. tapestrysavannah.com. ymcaofcoastalga.org/. YMCA (Habersham Branch), 6400 Habersham St. Theology on Tap

Meets on the third Monday, 8:30pm10:30pm. Like the Facebook page: Theology on Tap Downtown Savannah. ongoing. distillerysavannah.com. The Distillery, 416 W. Liberty St. Theology on Tap: Thirsting For More?

Conversations on faith for young adults, featuring speakers presenting theological topics for discussion, faith sharing, and community building. $1 off sandwiches and $3 off entrees when attending ToT. Sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Savannah and Moon River Brewing Company. Free to attend. Cash bar. Tuesdays, 7-10 p.m.. 912-201-4057. cposgood@diosav.org. moonriverbrewing.com/. Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay 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. 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.

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Unity loves all people, just as they are. Sundays. 912-355-4704. unityofsavannah. org. unityofsavannah.org/. 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.. magicpassionlove.com/ savannah-gratitude. Special Screenings

Film: Testament

This unforgettable, realistic portrait of life in small town America for the weeks and months after a nuclear war destroys much of our country is considered one of the finest motion pictures ever made about the harsh realities of the atomic bomb. For mature audiences. $7 Wed., Nov. 5, 8 p.m. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. Film: Mending the Line

Mending the Line chronicles Frank Moore's remarkable life history and follows the 90-year-old veteran’s return to France to fish the rivers he crossed so many years ago as a 21-year-old soldier amidst the devastation of war. Moore will be present at the screening for questions. $12 for general public, $6 for military members Mon., Nov. 10, 7 p.m. about. armstrong.edu/Maps/index.html. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Soul Proprietors Film Screening

The Soul Proprietors Community Project paired film crews with three local businesses - Savannah Bee Co., Bikram Yoga Savannah, and Johnnie Ganem's - to create a short film in five days. See those short films at this screening. $10 Thu., Nov. 6, 7 p.m. 425-260-4652. telfair.org/ jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Sports & Games

Adult Coed Flag Football League

8x8 Coed Flag League. Play adult sports, meet new people. Sponsored by Savannah Adult Recreation Club. Wed. nights/ Sun. mornings, at locations around Savannah. $450. Minimum 8 games. Ages 18+. Coed teams. See website or call for info. ongoing. 912-220-3474. savadultrec. com. 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. Grief 101 Support Group

Seven-week morning or evening adult support group 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. Full

Circle Center for Grief Support, 450 Mall Blvd., Suite H. Ranger Appreciation Golf Tournament

All proceeds from the tournament will benefit GallantFew, a 501c3 dedicated to assisting with soldier suicide, homelessness, and unemployment. Cost is $50 for active-duty or prior service U.S. Army Rangers and $125 for military, veterans, and the public. Cost includes lunch and golf cart for play. A raffle will be held following the tournament. $50-$125 Sat., Nov. 8, 9 a.m. 912-220-9030. theclubatsavannahharbor.com/index.php. The Club at Savannah Harbor, #2 Resort Dr. Savannah Bike Polo

Like regular polo, but with bikes instead of horses. Meets weekly. See facebook for info. ongoing. facebook.com/savannahbikepolo. Ultimate Frisbee

Come play Ultimate! Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30pm until dark. Sundays, 4:30pm until we get tired. The west side of Forsyth Park. Bring a smile, two shirts (one light or white, one dark), water, and cleats (highly recommended). ongoing. savannahultimateproject@gmail.com. savannahultimateproject.wordpress.com/pick-up/. Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. USMNT (Soccer) American Outlaws Chapter

USMNT is a national soccer team that represents the U.S. in international soccer competitions. American Outlaws Savannah chapter of USMNT meets regularly. Call for details. ongoing. 912-398-4014. savannahflipflop.com. Flip Flop Tiki Bar & Grill, 117 Whitaker St. Support Groups

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. Alzheimer's Caregiver and Family Support Group

For individuals caring for Alzheimer's and dementia family members. Second Monday, Wilm. Isl. United Methodist Church, 195 Wilmington Island Rd. Second Thursday, Ruth Byck Adult Care Center, 64 Jasper St. Sponsored by Senior Citizens, Inc. Call for info. ongoing. 912-236-0363 x143.

Church. For survivors and caregivers. Call for info. ongoing. 912-844-4524. fpc.presbychurch.net. 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. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. Children/Youth Grief 101

A seven-week structured educational/ support group for children ages 6-17. Offers support and coping tools, utilizing play and activity in learning to live with loss. Meets Tuesday evenings from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Call 912.303.9442 to register for next session which begins on October 14,2014. Registration is requested. Tuesdays, 6-7 p.m. Full Circle Center for Grief Support, 450 Mall Blvd., Suite H. 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. 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. 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. Debtors Anonymous

For people with debting problems. Meets Sundays, 6:30pm at Unity of Savannah. See website or call for info. ongoing. 912-572-6108. debtorsanonymous.org. unityofsavannah.org/. 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 Amputee Support Group solely with overeating. Mondays, 7:30pmOpen to all who have had limbs amputated 8:30pm. Email for info. ongoing. edasaand their families or caregivers. Call for vannah@yahoo.com. Asbury Memorial info. ongoing. 912-355-7778. United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. 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. Brain Injury Support Group

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/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Breast Cancer Survivors Group

Tuesdays, 5:20pm at First Presbyterian

gambling. Meets weekly. Leave message with contact info. ongoing. 912-748-4730. 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. Grief 101

A seven-week, adult educational group offering support and tools for learning to live with loss. Meets Tuesday evenings from 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Call 912.303.9442 to register for next session which begins October 14, 2014. Registration is requested. Tuesdays, 6-7 p.m. Full Circle Center for Grief Support, 450 Mall Blvd., Suite H. 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. 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. Free and open to the public. Tuesdays. 912-598-8457. jeff@heartbeatsforlife-ga. org. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St.

Klinefelter Syndrome/47-XXY Support Group

For parents of children with this diagnosis, and for men with this diagnosis. Started by the mother of a boy with 47XXY. Email to meet for mutual support. ongoing. amkw21@gmail.com.

Legacy Group: For individuals with advanced and recurrent cancer.

Group addresses the concerns of advanced and recurrent cancer survivors from the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social aspects of healing. To register for a specific session and to learn about the group, please call Jennifer CurrinMcCulloch at 912-350-7845. ongoing. 912-350-7845. Curtis and Elizabeth continues on p. 62

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Essential Tremor Support Group

For those with the disease, care partners, family and caregivers. Managing the disease, treatments and therapies, quality of life. First Thursdays, 3:00pm-4:30pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-819-2224. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. Fibromyalgia Support Group

Second Thursdays, 5:30pm-6:30pm. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-8196743. sjchs.org. sjchs.org. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5353 Reynolds Ave.

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Anderson Cancer Institute (at Memorial Health Univ. Medical Center), 4700 Waters Ave. Narcotics Anonymous

Call for the Savannah Lowcountry Area NA meeting schedule. ongoing. 912-2385925. National Alliance of Mental Illness

Weekly free support group for anyone with a mental illness on Tuesdays from 6-8pm at Trinity Lutheran Church, 12391 Mercy Blvd.Call NAMI Savannah office, 912-3537143 for Family support group information and Family to Family classes. Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m. 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.. 912-8444524. elissabeam@yahoo.com. unityofsavannah.org/. 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. 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. 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. 912-350-5616. memorialhealth.com/ backus. memorialhealth.com/backus. 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 of each month from 9am - 11am at South Coast Medical Group, 1326 Eisenhower Dr, Building 1. Contact James or Lou at 706-413-3264 or email: admin@ gaparkinsons.org for more information. Contact name: James Trussell Saturdays.. 706-413-3264. admin@gaparkinsons. org. southcoastmedical.com/Search/ search_details_locations.php?location=1. Southcoast Medical Group (Southside Savannah), 1326 Eisenhower Dr.

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Parkinson's Support Group

First Thursdays, 5pm-6:30pm, Marsh Auditorium at Candler. Call for info. ongoing. 912-355-6347. sjchs.org/. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. Pryme Multiple Sclerosis Support Group

Meets the second Tuesday of each month at St. Joseph’s Hospital,11705 Mercy Blvd., Meeting Room 1(on the 2nd Floor 62 above ER entrance) at 6 p.m. An opportu-

nity for people with MS and their families and friends to share information, develop coping strategies, receive support and become involved in community activities. ongoing. 912-819-2224. sjchs.org/. St. Joseph's Hospital, 11705 Mercy Blvd. Rape Crisis Center

Assists survivors of rape and sexual assault. Free, confidential counseling for victims and families. 24-hour Rape Crisis Line operates seven days a week. 912233-7273. ongoing.

Cedarwood Dr. Tybee Island, GA 31328. Theatre: Spine Tingling Tales

A late night ghost show that's appropriate for most ages, but a little bit scary. Produced by Odd Lot Comedy Troupe. $25 Fridays, 11 p.m. and Saturdays, 11 p.m.. soucyman@gmail.com. spinetinglingtales. com. savannahtheatre.com. The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. Spirits of Savannah: A Multimedia Performance of Paranormal Encounters

The Spirits of Savannah deliver a multimedia theatrical experience about folkSecond Tuesdays at 7pm in Marsh Audito- lore surrounding paranormal encounters. rium at Candler Hospital. For anyone with $25 in advance, $30 at the door Fridays, this disorder, plus family members/care- Saturdays, 6:45 p.m.. telfair.org/jepson/. givers interested in learning more. Call for Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York info. ongoing. 912-858-2335. sjchs.org/. St. Theatre: Legally Blonde the Musical Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. Spinal Injury Support Group Savannah Arts Academy performs a muThird Thursdays, 5:30pm, at the Rehabili- sical version of Legally Blonde, the story tation Institute at Memorial. Call or see of sorority girl turned Harvard lawyer Elle website for info. ongoing. 912-350-8900. Woods. $10-$20 Nov. 6-8, 7 p.m. and Sun., memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth. Nov. 9, 2:30 p.m. seatyourself.biz/saa. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Savannah Arts Academy, 500 Washington Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Ave. Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Support Group

Spouse/Life Partner Support Group

Open support group for adults whose spouses or life partners have died. Meets Thursday mornings from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Thursdays, 11 a.m.-noon. Full Circle Center for Grief Support, 450 Mall Blvd., Suite H.

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Bethesda Seeks Volunteer Docents for New History Museum/Visitors Center

Bethesda seeks volunteer docents for their new visitors center/museum. Volunteer docents needed during regular Support Group for Women Coping with Infertil- museum hours, Thurs.-Sat. 10am-4pm. ity or Who Desire to Pursue Adoption Docents will share Bethesda’s rich history For women who are on the infertility jour- and inspiring legacy with visitors from ney, or have the desire to pursue adoption, across the country and around the world. and need support from other women who ongoing. 912-351-2061. Elizabeth.brown@ have been there or are on the same jourbethesdaacademy.org. Bethesda Acadney. Meeting location: 217 E. 55th Street. emy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. Docents and Volunteers Needed at Flannery Email for meeting days/times. Every fourth Thursday. emptycradle_savannah@ O'Connor House Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home hotmail.com. Survivors of Suicide Support Group seeks additional volunteers and volunteer Suicide often leaves survivors with guilt, docents to help on Fridays and Saturdays, anger, hurt and unanswered questions. 1p-4pm, and for possible extended hours. Hospice Savannah/United Way of Coastal Duties: greet visitors, handle admissions, Empire/Coastal Suicide Prevention Alconduct merchandise sales and help liance offer an ongoing support group. with tours. Docent training and written Third Thursdays, 6:30-7:30pm. Safe and narratives for reference during tours are confidential. Free to attend. Barbara Moss provided. ongoing. 912-233-6014. haborat Full Circle of Hospice Savannah, 912rello@aol.com. flanneryoconnorhome.org. 629-1089. ongoing. Full Circle Center for Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 Grief Support, 450 Mall Blvd., Suite H. E. Charlton Street. Teens Nurturing Teens (Cancer Support)

Support group for teens with a family member or loved one impacted by cancer. Meets at the Lewis Cancer Pavilion. Call for information. ongoing. 912-819-5704. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. Teens With No One to Turn To

Help for people ages 11-18, or concerned parents of teens. Park Place Outreach Youth Emergency Shelter. Call or see website. . 912-234-4048. parkplaceyes.org. Theatre

Kitchen Witches

The Tybee Arts Association Performance Society performs this play written by Caroline Smith and directed by Dr. Ronnie Spilton. $18, $15 for TAA members Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. and Sundays, 3 p.m.. 912-786-5920. tybeearts. org. Jim Ingham Black Box Theater, 7

Dolphin Project Seeks Volunteers

Dolphin Project needs boat owners, photographers, and other volunteers to help with scientific research on the Atlantic Bottlenose dolphin along coastal Georgia. Must be age 18 or older. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-232-6572. thedolphinproject.org. Good Samaritan Health Clinic

St. Joseph's/Candler's Good Samaritan Clinic in Garden City needs volunteer nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, Spanish interpreters and clerical staff. The clinic serves people without insurance and those whose income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Call to volunteer. . 912-964-4326. Hospice Volunteers Needed in Chatham and other Coastal Counties

Island Hospice, THA Group's nonprofit hospice service, seeks volunteers for patient socialization and caregiver respite.

Also seeking nonpatient contact volunteers who can contribute by providing services including, but not limited to, office work, crafting, sewing, light yard work, housekeeping, playing guitar for patients, and licensed hairdressers. Serving patients in Chatham, Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Liberty, Camden, Glynn, McIntosh, and Screven Counties in Georgia, and Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, Charleston, Colleton Counties in South Carolina. See website or email or call for info. ongoing. 888-842-4463. kbuttimer@ thagroup.org. thagroup.org. Live Oak Public Libraries

Volunteers needed to assist in a variety of ways at its branches in Chatham, Effingham, and Liberty Counties. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-652-3661. liveoakpl.org. Medical Professional Volunteers Needed

St. Joseph's/Candler's St. Mary's Health Center, a free clinic serving the uninsured, seeks physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, lab techs, and patient care techs. Non-clinical volunteers needed to to schedule appointments. Contact Stephanie Alston. ongoing. 912-443-9409. St. Joseph's/Candler--St. Mary's Health Center, 1302 Drayton St. Oatland Island Wildlife Center

Oatland Island Wildlife Center often needs volunteers. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-395-1500. oatlandisland.org. oatlandisland.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. Pre-School Volunteers Needed

Seeking early childhood education majors, retired elementary teachers and/or community residents to help 3 & 4 year olds with language development skills. Mon.-Fri., 9am-12noon. Call for info. ongoing. 912-447-0578. sjchs.org/1969.cfm. St. Mary's Community Center and Health Center, 812 W 36th St. Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Share time and talents through the RSVP program of the Equal Opportunity Authority. Seniors 55 and older serve in various community organizations. Call for information. ongoing. 912-238-2960 x123. Ronald McDonald House

Help in the "home away from home" for families of hospitalized children. Volunteers needed to provide home-cooked meals for families at the house. Volunteer internships available for college students. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-356-5520. rmhccoastalempire.org. rmhccoastalempire.org/. Ronald McDonald House, 4710 Waters Avenue. Specialized Foster Care Services

Lutheran Services of Georgia provides Specialized Foster Care services for children in the custody of DFACS and Department of Juvenile Justice. We specialize in placing children that are special needs including (a) sibling groups, (b) teens, (c) children with physical, mental, developmental and behavioral disabilities, (d) commercially sexually exploited children. We look for the best home to match the children’s needs. (912)228-7873. lmccrary@lsga.org. lsga.org.

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RENT OR RENT-TO-OWN: Remodeled mobile homes, 3BR/2BA, in Garden City mobile 104 Pit Street, 3 bed/1bath, home park. Low down affordable carpeted, $695/month. payments. Credit check approval. 1905 Harrison Street, 2 bed/1 Call Gwen, Manager, at 912-964bath, Central AC/H, $675/month. 7675 6905 Damascus Road, 3 bed/1.5 baths, Central AC/H, $990/month. SECTION 8 ACCEPTED 2001 E.51ST: 3 or 4BR/1.5BA $900. 912-663-1908 New kitchen cabinets, microwave 2301 ABERCORN STREET and dishwasher. Nice large front 1 Bed, 1 Bath upstairs. $600/mo. porch. 912-257-6181 NO PETS. Reese & Co 236-4233 SOUTHSIDE •1BR Apts, washer/dryer included. $25 for water, trash included, $625/month. •2BR/1.5BA Townhouse Apt, DUPLEX: 1117 East 53rd St. total electric, w/washer & 2BR/1BA $550/month plus $550/ dryer $675. 912-927-3278 or deposit. One block off Waters 912-356-5656 Avenue, close to Daffin Park. Call 912-335-3211 or email: adamrealstate@gmail.com. Days/ VERY NICE HOUSES FOR RENT Nights/Weekends. *5429 Emory Dr. 2BR/1BA $700. HOME FOR RENT: 1016 West 45th Call 912-507-7934, 912-927-2853 Street, Savannah. 2BR/1BA, LR, DR, or 912-631-7644 Kitchen. $500 per month/$500 Room for Rent deposit. Call 912-330-0463 2BR/1BA DUPLEX for Rent: 1020B Shawnee Street, near Savannah Mall. No central heat/air, no appliances, total electric. $500/ mo +deposit. 912-507-8127

LEWIS PROPERTIES 897-1984, 8am-7pm NEAR LAMARVILLE/LIBERTY CITY *1919 COWAN: 3/4BR/1BA $800 *1929 COWAN: 3BR/1.5BA $850 *All above have carpet, A/C/heat, kitchen appliances, washer/dryer hookup, fenced yard. References, application. One-year lease minimum. Deposit same as rent. None total electric, No smoking, pets negotiable.

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1BR, kitchen furnished. $485/mo. plus deposit. No Section 8. Call 912-234-0548 Off Westlake Ave. 2 & 3BR, 1 Bath Apts. Newly Renovated, hardwood floors,carpet, ceiling fans, appliances, central heat/air, washer/dryer hookups. $575$695/month, utilities may be added to rent if requested. 912-228-4630 Mon-Sat 10am-5pm www. bnetmanagement.com *For Qualified Applicants* WE ACCEPT SECTION 8

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FURNISHED, includes utilities, central heat/air, Comcast cable, washer/ dryer. Ceramic tile in kitchen. Shared Kitchen & Shared bath. Call 912-2100181, leave message SINGLE, Mature Individual for Roommate: Safe Environment. Central heat/air, cable, washer/ dryer. Bi-weekly $280, $280/ security deposit, No lease. Immediate occupancy. Call Mr.Brown: 912-663-2574 or 912234-9177.

Roommate Wanted ROOMMATE WANTED - All amenities included: pool, hot tub, washer dryer, pool table. Bloomingdale near Gulfstream. Call Tammy any time 912-2240985.

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