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Week At A Glance

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

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Thursday / 16 Banff Mountain Film Festival

The Banff Centre’s Banff Mountain Film Festival is one of the most prestigious mountain festivals in the world. This year’s tour features a collection of the most inspiring action, environmental, and adventure films from the festival, and audiences across Canada, the United States, and internationally from Scotland to South Africa to China, Lebanon, Chile, New Zealand and Antarctica get to enjoy it all.

7 p.m Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $12 halfmoonoutfitters.com, banffcentre.ca

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Join SCAD for its annual global celebration of the best in design including fashion, interior design, jewelry design and more.

April 12-16 Poetter Hall (SCAD), 342 Bull Street.

Third Thursdays on Tybee

Bring a chair, stroll the shops and grab a bite to eat while you enjoy outdoor entertainment amid the ocean breezes.

April performance by Roy Swindelle third Thursday of every month Tybee Roundabout, Tybrisa Street and Strand Avenue.

Wine, Women and Shoes

Participate in a wine tasting, local cuisine, live auction, shopping and a fashion show to benefit the Ronald McDonald House Observance begins at 9 am when the Charities of the Coastal Empire. names of those who perished in the Ho6-8 p.m locaust will be read by volunteers for ten Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St. straight hours. The evening program begins $75, $150 VIP at 7 pm, when keynote speaker Dr. Bernd winewomenandshoes.com/savannah Wollschlaeger will speak. Events include a children's processional, recognition of local Friday / 17 Holocaust survivors, lighting of memorial 40th Annual NOGS Tour of Hidden candles and benedictions from Rabbis of Gardens Savannah's Jewish congregations.

A walking tour of 8 private gardens in Sa7 p.m vannah's Historic District plus the Massie Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Heritage Center. Southern Tea will be Savannah Council on World Affairs served each afternoon from 2-4 pm at the Meeting elegant Green Meldrim House.

Join the Savannah Council on World Affairs 10 a.m.-4 p.m to discuss the consequence of a nuclear Green Meldrim House, 14West Macon St. Iran and what the United States can do. $40 or $35 for groups of 10 or more 8 p.m gardenclubofsavannah.org Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street. seersucker shots: ssu edition $10 for non-members Quick hit of poetry featuring Noah Savannah Sand Gnats Opening Day Blaustein, Sjohnna McCray, Chad Faries, Vs. Charleston. Fireworks after the game.

Michele Rozga and students from EstuThirsty Thursday - enjoy half-price regular ary Literary Magazine. Hosted by Joseph sodas and draft beers all night long.

Schwartzburt with music by Brian Dean.

7:05 p.m April 17, 7 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. The Book Lady, 6 E. Liberty St.

Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah)

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David Feherty

Former professional golfer now works as a writer and broadcaster with CBS Sports and Golf Channel. His cutting edge style is full of great stories from behind the scenes.

Savannah Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $38-$162.50

Film: Leviathan

A new film by Andrei Zvyagintsev, acclaimed director of The Return. Modern retelling of the Biblical story of Job set in Russia. Winner of the Golden Globe and two dozen other international awards. Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Film 2014.

Russian with English subtitles.

7:15 p.m Spotlight Theatres Eisenhower Square Cinema 6, 1100 Eisenhower Dr. $7 if you mention CinemaSavannah

KiTTENFEST 2015

Kittenfest features over 70 artists, overnight camping, 2 rolling stages, and mostly 45-minute sets (headliners excluded) ensuring punchy showcases. noon, Music Festival Grounds, 425 Speedway Blvd., Hardeeville SC KittenfestInquire@gmail.com.

Migos

Atlanta-based hip hop act is Armstrong's spring concert. Open to ASU students and guests. Limit one guest per student.

8 p.m Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. $10

One-Act Play Festival

Over the course of two days, 12 high schools will stage complete one-act plays, each within a 55-minute time block from start to finish, performing before a panel of judges.

April 17-18 Armstrong Fine Arts Center, 11935 Abercorn St.

Savannah Sand Gnats

Vs. Charleston. Facebook Flashback Friday.

7:05 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr.

Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors

Enjoy an evening of macabre laughs as the world crashes down around us at SCT's production of the musical comedy cult classic Little Shop of Horrors.

7-9 p.m Savannah Children's Theatre, 2160 East Victory Dr. $12 & $15 912-238-9015. laura@savannahchildrenstheatre. org. savannahchildrenstheatre.org

Saturday / 18 2nd Annual Greater Savannah Region Diamondback Terrapin Workshop Several leaders in regional turtle conservation work will be giving presentations on their past, present and future initiatives. The presentations will be followed by a Q&A period and group discussion.

1-5 p.m Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Free and open to the public 912-659-0978. jgray@houstonzoo.org

40th Annual NOGS Tour of Hidden Gardens

A walking tour of 8 private gardens in Savannah's Historic District plus the Massie Heritage Center. Southern Tea will be served each afternoon from 2-4 pm at the elegant Green Meldrim House.

10 a.m.-4 p.m Green Meldrim House, 14West Macon St. $40 or $35 for groups of 10 or more gardenclubofsavannah.org

Bill Burr

Stand-up comedian comes to Savannah.

7:30 p.m Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. savannahcivic.com

Concert: The Last Waltz Ensemble

The Last Waltz Ensemble is a musical group that progressively plays the music of Bob Dylan and The Band.

8 p.m Mars Theatre, 109 S. Laurel Street.

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Drive-Thru Low-Cost Shot Clinic

Forsyth Farmers Market

Get pets vaccinated for rabies, kennel cough, and canine and feline distemper without having to leave the car. Enter on the Eisenhower side. No more than two pets per vehicle, all cats must be in carriers.

10 a.m.-2 p.m Humane Society for Greater Savannah, 7215 Sallie Mood Dr. $10 per vaccination

Local and regional produce.

9 a.m.-1 p.m Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. forsythfarmersmarket.com

Free Gardening Instruction

Learn how to garden and harvest vegetables and herbs to bring home. Kerry Shay, an organic farmer and owner of landscaping company Victory Gardens, provides free instruction. third Saturday of every month, 8:30-9:30 a.m Trustees Garden, 88 Randolph St. trusteesgarden.com

Take an early morning walk through one of the oldest and most varied neighborhoods to learn how historic preservation has revitalized downtown Savannah. Tours led by the Davenport House director who will introduce the personalities, structures and issues that have enthralled Savannah’s preservation movement. Coffee and treats in the Davenport House garden to follow.

Davenport House, 324 East State St. davenporthousemuseum.org

Earth Day Eco Tour Paddle Trip

Paddle canoes up Redbird Creek to a Civil War-era dock. On the return trip, explore a sandbar. Learn about the river and marsh ecosystem and why it's important to keep it healthy. $5 for parking.

2-4:30 p.m Fort McAllister Historic Park, 3894 Ft McAllister Rd. $20 per person 912-727-2339

Photo by Geoff L. Johnson

Early Bird's Preservation Walking Tour

Illustration Expo

fri-Sun Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors

Earth Day Festival

Enjoy workshops, exhibits, kids' activities, food and music in the park in honor of Earth Day. Emergent Savannah will host a World Cafe discussion at 1:30pm. Wheelie bike ride at 3pm.

11 a.m.-3 p.m Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. earthdaysavannah.org/

Earth Day Wheelie Bike Ride

Savannah's original family-friendly, policeescorted bicycle ride leaves the south end of Forsyth Park at the conclusion of the Earth Day Festival. Ends at Blowin' Smoke for the Post-Wheelie Dealie Party. Helmets recommended for adults, required for children under 16.

3 p.m Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St.

SCAD's Graduate Illustration League, GRILL, hosts this expo showcasing the remarkable talents and diversity of SCAD students and alumni. Free and open to the public.

11 a.m.-4 p.m Haymans Hall (SCAD), 23 E. Charlton St.

KiTTENFEST 2015

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Single Malt Scotch Dinner Wednesday April 22nd, 7PM FIVE COURSES • SIX SINGLE MALT SCOTCH FIRST COURSE: Seared Pork Belly with a Sweet Chili Sauce, Arugula Salad, Root Chips and an Apple Bourbon Ketchup Paired with 10 Year Old Speyside SECOND COURSE: Grilled Romaine and Anchovy Salad with Avocado and a Parmesan Wafer Paired with 11 Year Old Auchroisk THIRD COURSE: Grilled Elk Tenderloin with a Ginger Cherry Gastrique, Toasted Cumin Seed, Baby Carrots and an Asiago Risotto Paired with 21 Year Old Exclusive Blend FOURTH COURSE: Grilled Salmon with a Smoked Tomato Chutney , Southern Style Warm Potato Salad, Sautéed Sugar Snap Peas with a Cucumber and Red Onion Relish Paired with 26 Year Old Strathclyde and a 15 Year Old Bowmore FIFTH COURSE: Grilled Flat Iron Steak with a Mushroom Demi-Glace, a Bleu Cheese Grit Cake, Dijon Haricot Vert, and an Espresso Compound Butter Paired with the Kilchoman Machir Bay

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Military Family Day

On-campus event for K-8 children whose parents are based at Ft. Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield.

9:30 a.m.-1 p.m Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Free and open to the public

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.

Push Back the Pipeline Rally

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Vs. Charleston. Stay after the game for a fireworks show.

6:05 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr.

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure

This event, sponsored by Memorial Health, includes one-mile and 5k routes as well as celebrations for breast cancer survivors.

8 a.m Telfair Square, President and Barnard streets.

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Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors

Enjoy an evening of macabre laughs as the world crashes down around us at SCT's production of the musical comedy cult classic Little Shop of Horrors.

7-9 p.m Savannah Children's Theatre, 2160 East Victory Dr. $12 & $15 912-238-9015. savannahchildrenstheatre.org

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KiTTENFEST 2015

Record Store Day

The best and most recognizable tunes from Broadway and Hollywood, this high-energy concert includes favorites such as Cinema Paradiso, Wicked, selections from Andrew Lloyd Webber, Chariots of Fire, and Rocky.

With soloist Mikki Sodergren (soprano), 2014 American Traditions Competition Gold Medal Winner.

7:30 p.m Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. $16 to $70 savannahphilharmonic.org

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The 80-strong Joyful Singers hail from Hunter Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. All choir members are senior adults, a Hunter Street tradition of over 40 years.

6-7 p.m Higher Ground Baptist Church, 9120 Whitefield Ave. Free, love offerings accepted. Tickets not required.

912-355-1505. sarah_higherground@bellsouth.net Kittenfest features over 70 artists, overnight camping, 2 rolling stages, and mostly 45-minute sets (headliners excluded) ensuring punchy showcases with less fillers. noon Music Festival Grounds, 425 Speedway Blvd, Hardeeville SC KittenfestInquire@gmail.com.

Savannah Philharmonic: Lights, Camera...Music! Beloved Tunes From Stage and Silver Screen

Present Mall Cop 2 ticket stub for 15% discount on Segway Tour of Historic Savannah!

Joyful Singers Concert

This rally invites all concerned persons to meet and discuss the implications of the proposed Palmetto Pipeline and the Georgia Department of Transportation's handling of this process.

Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St., noon pushbackpalmetto@gmail.com Support your local record store with this event, where limited-edition vinyl albums are released for purchase. Graveface Records will have an official release: Dott & Night School split 12", as will Furious Hooves who will be celebrating their first official RSD release: Furious Hoops Vol. 01 12" compilation and zine.

Graveface Records & Curiosities, 5 W. 40th Street.

SHORT INSTRUCTIONAL SEGWAY RIDES IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE CARMIKE 10 @511 STEPHENSON AVE.

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Vs. Charleston. Bark in the Park - bring your dog to the game. All kids 12 and under will receive a voucher for one free hot dog and small soda.

2:05 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr.

Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors

Enjoy an evening of macabre laughs as the world crashes down around us at SCT's production of the musical comedy cult classic Little Shop of Horrors.

3-5 p.m Savannah Children's Theatre, 2160 East Victory Dr. $12 & $15 912-238-9015. savannahchildrenstheatre.org

Monday / 20 Savannah Sand Gnats

Vs. Rome. $1 general admission tickets.

Hot dogs, chips, small sodas and select beers are also $1 each.

7:05 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr.

Tuesday / 21 History is Monumental Walking Tours

Massie Heritage Center offers guided evening hikes showcasing the stories of the people and events behind Savannah’s impressive monuments along the Bull Street corridor. The -½ hour walk will begin at Massie Heritage Center and conclude in Johnson Square.

5-6:30 p.m Massie Heritage Center, 207 East Gordon St. $15 912-395-5070

Savannah Sand Gnats

Vs. Rome. Two-for-one drink specials all night long.

7:05 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr.

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editor’s note

Pipeline to Perdition In the 1930s, within a few months of the startup of Union Bag in Savannah—now International Paper—local residents noticed their wells going dry. The paper mill lowered THE SOUTH has a long the regional water table all by itself. history, post-Civil War, of In a true expression of Southern paternalbending over and letting ism, the noxious odor from the mill was for huge corporate and miligenerations called “the smell of money.” tary interests claim extraorBecause of that and other paper mills, dinary powers over its your tap water now partially comes from citizens, often at pennies treated river water instead of the aquifer— on the dollar. a service your taxes pay for, while the mills Savannah is no still pump from the aquifer for free. different.

The tale of the repeated dredging of the From Tennessee through the Carolinas and Georgia, some of America’s most scenic Port of Savannah—the vast majority of revand fertile land and dozens of irreplaceably enue from which leaves the local area—is a book in and of itself. Savannah has made the historic communities were submerged by massive hydroelectric dam projects through- decision to sacrifice an entire riverine ecosystem to serve the needs of the Port, and out the 20th Century. (The James Dickey the corporate interests which profit from its novel, and later movie, Deliverance features proximity to rail and road networks. this plot point.)

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Counties where folks are likely to say, as they’ve said for generations, “No sense fighting it, we need the money.”

The most heavily impacted single county would be nearby Effingham, with some of the pipeline initially planned to go through land which has remained in the same families literally since the Salzburgers first settled there from Germany in the 1770s.

Much of this came as big news to some of these said families, who found out about the route only recently and who still have not been shown the maps, neither by the company—who says it’s a “trade secret” —nor by their own county officials.

As for the possible residual benefits of the pipeline to locals, they seem to be as vanishingly small as we’re accustomed to.

Savannah, as one of the only places in Georgia not supplied in part via pipeline, also has the highest gas prices in the state.

But there is absolutely zero guarantee—in fact it appears unlikely—that Savannah will enjoy any savings at all by hosting part of Kinder Morgan’s pipeline, which is designed to transport fuel to the million-person-plus Jacksonville market...

In the 1950s an entire town, Ellenton, S.C., was moved —literally put on trucks and trains— to make room for the Savannah River Site, a nuclear bomb facility which still leaches radiation into the groundwater a half-century later.

Hilton Head was almost completely African American up until the 1960s and the coming of resort developments like Sea Pines, which cater to retirees from other parts of the country and also have the affect of pricing out longtime residents.

Down the coast in Harris Neck, Ga., the descendants of slaves had their hard-won farmland simply taken from them for a U.S. Army Air Force training base in WWII. All that remains of their presence is a small cemetery.

About the same time, the big paper mills made their way to Georgia, devouring acres and acres of timberland and sucking up billions of gallons of fresh aquifer water at no cost.

Southerners let people get away with stuff like this for several reasons. One, up until fairly recently the South was still feeling the devastating economic impact of losing the Civil War, and welcomed most any kind of investment with little oversight.

Secondly, Southerners have an often-misplaced trust in authority, a trait which, like our patriotism, is easily taken advantage of.

The latest local chapter will shock exactly no one familiar with the almost completely one-sided relationship the South has with capital and investment.

It involves a 360-mile underground pipeline through Georgia and South Carolina, built by the Kinder Morgan company and relying heavily on forced purchases of private land through eminent domain.

It’s no coincidence that the route goes through some of the most impoverished parts of the region, counties like Edgefield in South Carolina and Screven and McIntosh in Georgia.

But there is absolutely zero guarantee— in fact it appears unlikely—that Savannah will enjoy any savings at all by hosting part of Kinder Morgan’s pipeline, designed to transport fuel to the million-person-plus Jacksonville market (which by the way also has much cheaper airfare than Savannah’s, if you want to connect some more dots).

Those familiar with Southern politics won’t be at all surprised at the collusion of outside money and local government to hide important information “for your own good.”

You’ll also likely be unsurprised at this point that the Ga. Dept. of Transportation has only scheduled a single public meeting on this massive pipeline project: April 21 at 5 p.m., at the Richmond Hill City Center, 520 Cedar St., in Bryan County.

Prior to that there will be a rally Sat. April 18 at noon at the Forsyth Park Fountain, taking advantage of the Earth Day Festival. Maybe this is where we can finally short-circuit history. cs

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Earth Day events highlight art & science of bicycling The Earth Day Wheelie was the first major event organized by the Savannah Bicycle Campaign and remains, in its eight year, one of the most popular. It departs from the south end of Forsyth Park at 3 p.m. this Saturday.

by John Bennett john@bicyclecampaign.org

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THE Savannah Bicycle Campaign’s annual Earth Day Wheelie bike ride rolls again this Saturday at the conclusion of the City of Savannah’s Earth Day Festival. At 3 p.m., hundreds of people on bikes will assemble at the south end of Forsyth Park for a 5-mile ride through historic Savannah neighborhoods.

The Earth Day Wheelie was the first major event organized by SBC and remains, in its eight year, one of the most popular. It’s easy to see why. People understand the environmental benefits of bicycling.

Or at least one of them.

The connection between bicycling and reducing air pollution is one that most people recognize instantly. Better air quality is good for the planet, good for people and especially good for people who suffer from respiratory conditions. The 1996 Olympics in Atlanta showed just how harmful car and truck emissions are to folks who have asthma and other conditions.

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that when car travel restrictions reduced morning traffic by 23 percent during the games, acute care visits for asthma decreased 41 percent.

Bicycling can also reduce water pollution. I shudder to think of the mix of coolant, motor oil, and brake fluid that steadily dripped, dripped, dripped from the undercarriage of my 1968 Ford Mustang when it was in a dormant state, its usual condition (Fluid leaks were among least of its mechanical issues).

Parking lots are excellent conveyors of these and other toxic substances into storm water systems and eventually, marshes and rivers.

Earlier this year the Savannah Tree Foundation’s Chatham County Canopy Summit announced alarming data on the rate of tree loss, with a significant portion felled to make way for parking lots. Chatham County already has nearly 5,000 acres of parking.

Increasing rates of bicycle commuting and bicycling for other everyday trips can reduce demand for parking and preserve our tree 8 canopy.

The science behind bicycling’s environmental benefits is, as they say, settled. But what about the art?

That’s the focus of a series of events leading up to Earth Day. The reCycle Art mini festival, which begins April 15, includes an exhibit and silent auction of bicycle-themed art, workshops, and musical performances. “reCycle Art was born out of my graduate degree program at SCAD where I’m studying arts administration,” said Maggie Kantor, the festival’s organizer. “Through my coursework, I had some really great opportunities to work with both the Savannah Bicycle Campaign and Art Rise Savannah.

I really loved working with both organizations and wanted to use my final project as a space to bring the two groups together in a unique way that also highlighted what I love about Savannah.”

The exhibit includes photographs, illustrations, mixed media and three-dimensional art, all available for purchase through the auction.

Kantor said, “There is so much diverse art here and so many different local businesses here that it seemed like the perfect chance for me to create a fun, free and accessible art festival that just also happens to feature lots of my favorite things!”

About the Earth Day Wheelie Bike Ride: The Eighth Annual Savannah Earth Day Wheelie Bike Ride will be held on Saturday, April 18. The free, family-friendly, police-escorted ride is part of the City of Savannah’s

Earth Day Festival and will depart from the south end of Forsyth Park at 3 p.m. An after-ride party, the Post Wheelie Dealie, will be held at Blowin’ Smoke Southern Cantina, 1611 Habersham St. The total distance of the ride is approximately 5 miles. For more information email info@bicyclecampaign.org or visit the Earth Day Wheelie web page: bicyclecampaign.org/celebrateearth-day-with-8th-annual-wheelie-ride-recycle-artevents/ About Recycle Art: Celebrate art, bikes and Earth Day with the Savannah Bicycle Campaign and Art Rise Savannah, April 15-18. The mini-festival is part auction, part workshop, part concert, and is designed to highlight local businesses, artists and healthy transportation. Sponsors include Forsyth Farmer’s Market, Georgia Bikes!, the Savannah Bee Company and Foxy Loxy. All events are held at the Savannah

Bicycle Campaign, 1301 Lincoln St. Play with your Food! (April 15, 6 - 9 p.m.)

Forsyth Farmer’s Market workshops and performance

by Ben Austin Bicycle Power! (April 16, 6 - 9 p.m.)

Decorate your bike for the Earth Day Wheelie and bicycle-powered video game demonstration Bees in your DIP! (April 17, 6 - 10 p.m.)

Health tips from the Savannah Bee Company and performance by DIP Instagram Scavenger Hunt (April 13 - 18) Explore Savannah and learn about the sponsors of reCycle Art! For more information, email recycleart@gmail.com.

For a complete festival schedule, visit the reCycle Art web page: bicyclecampaign.org/sbc-and-art-risesavannah-team-up-for-recycle-art-mini-festival/

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Talking with… Ivan Cohen

Local activist is an attentive fixture at civic meetings the public unfortunately often ignores

By Orlando Montoya SAVANNAHPODCAST.COM

RETIRED federal file clerk Ivan Cohen gave me his business card. It says he’s the Education Committee Chair for the Savannah-Chatham Council of PTAs. But he wouldn’t mind another title on it.

“Political gadfly?” I suggest.

“No, issue-oriented gadfly,” he responds.

Anyone who has attended school board, city council, county commission or library board meetings over the past two decades knows Cohen’s visage.

His rimmed glasses, button-down shirts, note-filled pockets, briefcase and front row seat mean one less empty chair in what normally pass for public meetings around here.

I always wonder why anyone calls them public meetings when the public is absent.

“Showing up to the meeting is a whole

After serving in the Air Force, studying at Armstrong and Savannah State and working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for 33 years, Cohen wasn’t going to watch his world change from the sidelines anymore. lot better than not showing up to the meeting,” he says. “I’d rather be there to see this

thing than to feel like you’ve been in a train wreck.”

Cohen these days is a school board regular. But I first saw him at city council meetings in 1999 when he and retired educator Abigail Jordan pushed to get the African-American monument on River Street approved.

I recall many angry words and gavel-banging.

“Dr. Jordan had an overnight bag because she was prepared to go to jail,” he remembers.

Others met Cohen in the 1980’s when he pushed for better housing at Savannah State. And still others go all the way back to his days at St. Pius X Catholic High School.

That’s where his desire for activism—if not his activism itself—began.

“Somebody came on a rainy day and told us this decision was being made to close the school,” he says.

St. Pius X was Savannah’s historically black Catholic high school. The diocese closed it in 1971 to promote integration.

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Ivan Cohen is shown at a recent school board meeting. He also helps organize the Juneteenth festival.

Small-Toney (“she got a raw deal.”)

Ouch.

Still, a part of me believes in that Norman Rockwell democracy that they taught us.

So when I see “public meetings” where the only people there are staffers, contractors, a handful of folks getting ceremonial plaques (who promptly leave after being recognized) and Ivan Cohen, I “look sideways” (to use a Cohenism) and worry a bit.

Does Cohen believe he’s making a difference?

“I guess I could be of a mind to say, ‘Oh, gee. Is this really worth it?’ I just opted not to choose that kind of mindset,” he says.

“I’m not some starry-eyed romantic.

I’m not naïve. I’m not the eternal optimist. There’s going to be some part of me that’s going to be skeptical.”

Just not the part that gets him off the couch for the next meeting. cs

Showing up to the meeting is a whole lot better than not showing up to the meeting,” he says. “I’d rather be there to see this thing than to feel like you’ve been in a train wreck.

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“Some students, they went and marched on the chancellery building downtown,” Cohen says. “I wanted to. But my mother wouldn’t let me. And I did what mother said.”

He sat at home that day.

But after serving in the Air Force, studying at Armstrong and Savannah State and landing a recordkeeping job with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (a job he had for 33 years), he wasn’t going to watch his world change from the sidelines anymore.

Public officials, reporters and political observers at some point wonder who he is.

“They can swing, try to shoo me away. But I’m fine with that. I’ll come right back,” he says. “I don’t need to vegetate in front of a TV set.”

Of course, a lot of folks would like him to sit out politics. I didn’t know much about his views before this story. And to be honest, they’re not my cup of tea.

He admires Malcolm X. He calls integration a “lose-lose.”

And his harsh words excoriate most local leaders (“more like misleaders”) except the disgraced former City Manager Rochelle

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‘These films are meant to inspire, not to depress’

Banff Mountain Film Festival focuses on outdoor adventure, features auction & entertainment DuBose says “we want people to watch these films and walk out with chill bumps planning their next trip—whether it’s campAS the universe of environmentally-themed ing next weekend or skiing next winter.” film festivals continues to expand, the Banff “We’re really trying to push back against Mountain Film Festival World Tour—with this crazy notion that there’s nothing to a Savannah stop this weekend—focuses less do here,” he says. “Like maybe the mid-20s on politics than on enjoyment. couple who moves here from Colorado. We “We basically want to extend what we do want to show them there’s no shortage of inside the store to outside the store,” says outdoor activities here. We have such amazChad DuBose of local outdoor adventure ing marshland and so many things to do out retailer Half-Moon Outfitters, which spon- on the water.” sors the Banff We asked DuBose Mountain Film for some insider info Fest stop at the for newcomers to the Johnny Mercer area on how best to Theatre. explore the Savan“We want to nah area’s natural bring the comofferings: munity together to “First off, I’d say celebrate cool outmaybe go to Savandoor adventures. nah Canoe and This is a way to Kayak or Sea Kayak get the community Georgia or someplace rallying together, local like that, and get and also in the end out on the water and about supporttake some lessons. At ing the Georgia Half-Moon we also Conservancy and do some paddleboard Savannah Bicycle and kayak demos to Campaign,” he says kick off the summer,” of local charities he says. benefiting from David Lama and partner approaching “Then you’ve got proceeds.

Cerro Torre. Photo by Corey Rich the Rails to Trails In case you’re hiking trail near Ft. wondering what Pulaski. You’ve got Lit“Banff ” means, that’s the town in Alberta, tle Tybee, a great place for primitive camping Canada which hosts the Banff Centre and that’s reasonably easy to access,” he says. the actual Banff Mountain Film Fest each “And get out on our rivers, like the fall. From there, a selection of films goes on Ogeechee River. It goes through the heart of tour around the world. the Lowcountry, 240 miles, brackish water In addition to films and live entertainall the way to salt water. I’ve paddled about ment greeting you as you arrive, there will be 120 miles of that myself,” DuBose says. a great silent auction.

“But anytime someone says, ‘there’s noth“We’re fortunate enough to have everying to do here,’ that’s a copout. There’s so thing from local artists donating paintings, much wilderness here to enjoy.” cs to hikers donating leather travel bags, to donations of fly fishing trips in Montana,” Banff Mountain Film Festival DuBose says.

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Saturday gardening sessions give empowerment, solace – and spring produce “Gardening is part of our daily rhythm. I think part of why I fell in love with Kristen is we both shared a mutual love for gardening; making the connection between healthy ON THE first and third soil, healthy food, and healthy people. And Saturday of each month, she isn’t afraid of getting dirty and down in organic farmer Kerry the earth,” exclaims Shay.

Shay jaunts down to Bay The Shays are interested in knowing and East Broad Streets, where their food comes from and feel good where a diverse assembly that much of their produce comes from of Savannahians awaits their own backyard. him. They’re there to An organic farmer, Shay is one of three learn about the art of gardening. local men who own and operate Victory The complimentary morning sessions at the emerging cultural center, Trustees’ Gar- Gardens, a respected, Savannah-based landden, owned and provided by Charles H. and scaping company whose name comes from Rosalie Morris, provide Shay’s horticultural the victory gardens, and initiative to support the war effort during World War I and philosophy and instruction to all who are interested. Attendees enjoy kicking off their World War II. The initiative encouraged all Americans weekends in the fresh air in the garden emitting aromas of spicy arugula and fresh basil. to harvest their own fruit, vegetables, and herbs, making gardening a way of life on But people are here to learn for differAmerica’s home front and allowing commerent reasons: while some want to learn how cial farms to harvest mainly for America’s to grow expansive gardens at their own homes, others want to save money by grow- troops.

Shay explains, “People were rallying ing produce; some want to bring home the day’s bounty for springtime dishes later that around the war effort. As a country, we had a problem and our answer to it was gardenevening, and some are there to meet new ing. We obviously have different challenges friends. now. But I think a lot of answers for me Regardless of the guests’ reasons for being at Trustees’ Garden on these Saturday come back to gardening, like when we talk mornings, Kerry Shay teaches thoughtfully about health and taking care of our environment. Gardening is our fundamental and kindly, inspiring even those who are connection with the earth. It’s something new to gardening.

Shay, a born-and bred Savannahian, lives everyone can participate in. In a small way or a big way, it can have a huge and benefiwith his wife Kristen and their new baby cial impact on our homes, our communities, girl.

our country.”

Despite his ethos, Shay wasn’t always interested in farming.

“Growing up, my mom may have had a patio tomato plant, but that was the extent of it. I didn’t become interested in agriculture until college,” he says.

While earning his English degree at Clemson University, Shay fell in love with the writings of Wendell Berry, the influential Southern novelist, poet, cultural critic, and farmer.

Shay discussed Berry’s philosophy and how it stimulated him: “The land and all it contains, including soil, water, plants, and animals, is a gift. We can’t treat it as just a resource base to extract from. We must participate in preserving it and returning to it in our use of it.”

Shay started reading about modern agriculture and saw how the toxicity of modern farming was leading to environmental issues and social problems, such as childhood diabetes. Shay decided he wanted to help change the way people farm and encourage others to grow their own food.

After spending years of labor-intensive work at farms across the southern United States, Shay landed back in Savannah, taught farming at Bethesda Academy to middle and high school students, and finally launched Victory Gardens in 2013 with his business partners. He began giving the biweekly gardening sessions at Trustees’ Garden almost one year ago and welcomed all members of the community.

“My goal is to make people healthier and more aware,” says Shay. “A lot of it is about pleasure too. I like watching fruits form on a tomato plant that I planted. I like harvesting fresh, nutrient dense produce for a big salad for my friends. And I can show others how they can do this too. Overall it’s about how interconnected everything is: healthier soil, healthier food, healthier people.”

One of Shay’s dedicated session attendees, Gloria S. Brown, has been to Shay’s sessions since they began in May 2014.

Brown, a member of the Second African Baptist Church in Savannah, learned about the gardening sessions through a holistic health and wellness initiative she had joined through her church.

“My pastor encouraged members of The Senior Saints Ministry of the church to be more a part of the community and so he recommended we apply to a program called Canyon Ranch Institute Life Enhancement Program.”

CRI LEP, as it’s known, is a holistic health and wellness initiative that was brought to Savannah last year, due to the high number of Savannahians with chronic illnesses and other health problems. Funded by Charles H. and Rosalie Morris, the program has successfully educated underserved (both economically and healthwise) members of the community on how to live a healthier, more balanced lifestyle in a way that integrates mind, body, and soul.

One activity that Brown found solace in during her mentorship with CRI LEP was

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Gardening also helps people be more mindful about their food. Registered Dietician, Kim Floyd, explains, “One of the most beautiful things about gardening is it helps you connect with the food you eat. A lot of us are so removed from our food. We don’t have a relationship with the food we eat except just putting it in our mouths. Because of this, people have problems with their weight and with medical illnesses.”

Floyd goes on to say, “The more connected we can be to the food we eat the more mindful we can be about what we’re eating and how it can affect us. And gardening is the very best way for us to do this.”

The people of Savannah are getting together on the first and third Saturday of every month at Trustees’ Garden for a purpose. They come for different reasons that inspire them individually, but together they are making a difference and providing a contribution to themselves, their loved ones, their communities, and their country.

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Shay’s gardening sessions, as Shay’s sessions came highly recommended by the health professionals at CRI LEP due to the calming effect of gardening and the healthy produce it yields.

Brown continues, “I’m diabetic so I found that growing and harvesting vegetables at Trustees’ Garden was a lot healthier for me.

I’ll come home with cucumbers, arugula, lettuces, herbs, and make big fresh salads for my family. I make salads galore now! And local, raw vegetables are so much healthier.”

Brown now encourages members of her church to attend the gardening sessions because she has found the teachings so helpful.

“I cannot say enough about Kerry [Shay].

He has helped us so much on how to start and grow a garden. He’s provided all the information we need.”

Shay provides the knowledge needed to start and maintain a garden. And while Shay provides the instruction and direction, there are many health professionals who support Shay’s efforts.

Among them is Chris Ferrelle, a pediatric nurse practitioner at Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Care. Ferrelle has also attended the sessions since they began.

“You learn a lot from Kerry. You learn something new every single week,” she says.

Ferrelle has learned extensively, even though she is an advanced gardener herself.

“It’s my relaxation, it’s my hobby, it’s what calms me. Gardening is meditation.”

Ferrelle encourages her patients to garden, as it teaches them how to nourish and grow a living entity and provides them with a sense of accomplishment.

“Now with community gardens there is more access to gardens for my patients. Also, Kerry is great because he teaches us how to garden in small spaces,” she says. “During the winter he brought in a fruit tree and taught us how to grow fruit. This is something a

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I’ve heard our current U.S. national debt could easily be paid off by converting oil-shale deposits in Utah and Colorado into oil and selling it on the market. Is there any truth to this? — Ken Vaughan, Oregon IT’S NOT an entirely crazy thought, I guess. Estimates vary, but the U.S. Geological Survey believes there’s about 3 trillion barrels of oil sitting in what’s known as the greater Green River Basin, a sedimentary rock formation lying beneath parts of Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah, more than 70 percent of which is owned by the federal government. Even if only a trillion barrels of that is recoverable, that’s still nearly four times the total oil reserves of Saudi Arabia.

So how much does a trillion barrels of oil get you these days? Depends on your timing. Over the last five years, the price of oil has varied nearly as much as your postdivorce weight—from less than $50 a barrel to nearly $130. Average that out to $90, and we get the whopping sum of $90 trillion in revenue. OK then, you say: time to make it rain.

Before you get too excited, consider the expenses. Production costs vary more than prices, so much so that recent estimates for the break-even price—the per-barrel price above which it’s worth extracting oil from shale—range from $24 to $110. The crucial organic compounds in oil shale are in solid form, so the stuff has to be mined and

retorted (heated to a high temperature), and then the resulting petroleum-like liquid gets separated out and collected. The development of other, possibly cheaper methods (like in-situ retorting—heating the shale underground and pumping the liquid out) has been limited thus far by the lack of investment in shale production generally.

So, assuming that the break-even price for shale oil falls somewhere between $60 to $85 per barrel, the overall profit on a trillion barrels could be anywhere between $5 trillion and $30 trillion.

Given that the total national debt is now approaching $18.2 trillion, Green River shale oil money might or might not cover it.

As I write this, oil is at about $52 a barrel, meaning you’d likely lose money on shale mining—one big reason the government couldn’t just sell off the rights today.

And then, as always, there’s environmental impact: among other problems, extracting the Green River shale oil would require vast amounts of water in an area suffering from severe drought, and it would be competing for these resources with the country’s most valuable agricultural land—say goodbye to almonds.

But even if that shale oil had the potential for $30 trillion in profits, we’d still need to raise maybe $60 trillion in capital to pay for the investment. Even if Apple, the most valuable company in the world, were to liquidate itself, it wouldn’t raise $1 trillion.

Valuewise, none of our other energy assets are in the same league. The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, currently the largest emergency supply in the world, now contains 691 million barrels. Even at $90 per barrel (which, again, is well above the current price), that’s only $62.2 billion.

The government also owns about 88 billion tons of coal reserves, and could possibly sell that off as well. But production costs are mighty here too—only a dollar or two per ton below the retail price—so those reserves probably aren’t worth more than

$176 billion.

But America is nothing if not enterprising, and if it came down to a national rummage sale there’s lots of things we could slap a price tag on—the Smithsonian Institution, for instance. High-end museums don’t tend to include the value of their collections on balance sheets, presumably because this would be both speculative and gauche, but I think we can assume the Hope Diamond has some significant street value. At $1,200 a troy ounce, the gold in Fort Knox would be nominally worth around $177 billion, if you could dump that much gold on the market without obliterating the price.

What else? One idea floated by a Washington Post financial writer a few years back: sell Alaska. Projected value: $2.5 trillion (minus reparations to the current residents).

Then there’s our nuclear arsenal, which we sunk at least $5.5 trillion into between 1940 and 1996. Deterrence is all well and good, but it may be time to get some more tangible benefit out of these things.

Of course, the actual answer to your question is: why pay off the national debt at all?

We haven’t since World War II, and as long as we make sure tax revenues keep up with the interest we don’t really need to. Running a country’s economy isn’t very much like running a household, as many economists have pointed out, and anyway we actually earn more from our assets abroad than we pay to foreign investors.

Look, at the moment there’re clearly a couple things we could stand to spend a few extra trillion dollars on—infrastructure and energy development come to mind. Squaring the national debt may, under the circumstances, be an unaffordable priority. cs By cecil adams Send questions to Cecil via straightdope.com

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Agents were able to determine that people Drug lab busted at Reynolds and 63rd connected to the house “were likely manuMultiple people were arrested following facturing DMT, a hallucinogenic drug,” an early morning search warrant conducted police say. by the Chatham-Savannah Counter NarcotDMT is known by other street names to ics Team (CNT) this past Thursday. include Businessman’s Trip and Fantasia. It Just after 6 a.m., CNT, the Chatham comes from plants in South America and County Sheriff ’s Office K9 Unit, memcan be boiled to make a brew or ground to bers of the Savannah-Chatham Metromake a powder. politan Police Department (SCMPD) and CNT arrested 35-year-old Jeremy SCMPD SWAT executed a search warrant Lueken, 21-year-old Benjamin James Butat 401 East 63rd St. ler, 23-year-old Cadell Quentin Martin “Five people were located inside the and 27-year-old Justin Redmond, all of house and taken into custody without Savannah. incident. Reynolds and 63rd Streets were blocked off for approximately two hours Narco offenders taken down in Pooler until the area was safe,” police say.

Two people are in custody following the Agents found “various forms of controlled seizure of drugs and money this past Friday substances to include but not limited to by the Chatham-Savannah Counter NarcotDimethyltryptamine (DMT), methamphet- ics Team (CNT). amine, cocaine, marijuana, and prescription CNT agents arrested 26-year-old Danpills; a total of 12 firearms; items comiel “Dirty” Jeffers of Bloomingdale. Jeffers monly associated with the distribution of a was arrested outside a Walmart store at 2015 Sav/Chatham County Homicide Total through Sun. April 12:

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On Feb. 9 a single traffic stop in Alderson, West Virginia, resulted in the arrest of six people from the same family, trafficking in stolen power tools (including one man who traded a leaf blower, hedge trimmer and weed trimmer for Percocet pills). However, a month later, members of an even more charming family were caught in raids in Elyria, Ohio. Officers from three jurisdictions arrested 34 people -- all related to each other -- in connection with a $400,000 drug operation.

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assistance when he warms up during daily practice sessions. He spoke of the importance of simulating actual game conditions, and since Scherzer is a starting pitcher, he needed someone to stand beside him and hum “The Star-Spangled Banner” before he begins his practice pitching.

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Aurora theater shooter was legally sane at the time he killed 12 and wounded 70. The 9,000 first had to complete lengthy questionnaires, with “thousands” returning for individual interrogation, and many for follow-up screening. (Among the prospects the judge encountered was one man skeptical of the death penalty -- except in the case of a “zombie apocalypse.” Said Judge Carlos Samour Jr., “You meet some interesting people in this job.”)

Lawyers Brendan and Nessa Coppinger live in a Washington, D.C., row house next door to a tobacco user, whose smoke seeps into their Unclear on the Concept Welcome back Government in Action unit, and (especially since Some states that rushed Hillary!

• The predawn line in March actually Nessa is pregnant) the Copto enact systems to evalustarted forming at midnight, snaking around pingers have filed a $500,000 ate schoolteachers by the the building in Maitland, Florida, but it lawsuit against the neighbor. test scores of their students wasn’t for concert tickets. The dozens of However, the anti-corruption left the details of such regipeople needed coveted visitor passes just website Republic Report mens for later, resulting, to speak to an IRS agent -- because budget found that one of Nessa Copfor example, in absurdities cuts and personnel reductions have limpinger’s clients is Suncoke like the Washington, D.C., ited services. “I just came here to verify my Energy, which is being sued public school custodians identity,” said one frustrated taxpayer, who by four Ohio residents who and lunchroom workers arrived at 8 a.m. and would not be served allege that Suncoke does who a few years ago were that day. The agency said its budget had to them what Coppinger’s being evaluated, in part, by been cut by $1 billion since the congressioneighbor does to her and her student test scores in Engfetus. (Suncoke’s “clouds or nal “sequestration” in 2011. lish and math. In March, haze,” containing particulates of lead, mer• Nope, They Haven’t Grown Back Yet: a New York public school art teacher, writcury, arsenic, chromium, creosote, coal tar Canada’s Department of Veterans Affairs ing in The Washington Post, complained requires any vet receiving disability benefits pitch and other alarming substances, allegthat his coveted “effective” rating one year edly threatens the neighbors’ health and to have a doctor recertify the condition had dropped to “developing” simply because property values.) his school’s student math score had fallen. annually -- including people like Afghan war double-leg amputee Paul Franklin. He Furthermore, since he is now “developing,” complained to Canadian Broadcasting Corp. The Continuing Crisis he must file plans for improving his performance (i.e., how, from art class, he can raise News in March that he had been harshly • Superman: While thousands of Japathreatened with loss of benefits if he failed math scores among students he does not nese women accept commercial pornoto file (even though the department told teach). graphic movie roles, only a dwindling CBC News that it might perhaps relax the number of males (by one estimate, only certification requirement to “every third 30 industrywide) are available to pair with Quintessential Australia year”). them (“stallions on call,” according to one (1) In March, the Simoneau family in a producer). That makes the undisputed town near Australia’s Sunshine Coast at first Wait, What? king of Japanese porn, “Shimiken,” 35, in considered the three-foot-long slitherer to • Several theaters in Denmark reported such demand that he works as many as six be one of the country’s ubiquitous snakes, in March that they had begun adding submovies a day with few days off. His oeuvre, but the home invader was moving very titles -- to Danish-language films, because according to a double entendre-laden March slowly and, it turned out, was merely from so many customers complained that the profile in Details magazine, includes 7,000 one of those hair-raising Australian species dialogue was incomprehensible. Apparently, films, with at least 7,500 “co-stars,” includ-- gigantic earthworms. (2) Dogs and cats, it is widely known that spoken Danish is ing, once, 72-year-old twins. To maintain his as well as wild animals searching for food, harder to understand than the written, but vigor, he hits the gym fanatically and downs sometimes show up with their heads caught Copenhagen’s website The Local reported mineral supplements and complex amino in fences, buckets or food containers (and, to that actors had rebelled at improving their acids -- but no Viagra. “I haven’t had to use avoid starvation, need to be freed by helpful diction, claiming that their “mumbling” adds it,” he said (adding, after a pause, “yet”). humans). In a suburb of Adelaide, in March, “realism” to the films.

• Among Colorado’s legal contortions a deadly Eastern brown snake turned up • Attention to Detail: Major League to improve mass murderer James Holmes’ needing similar aid, but it being Australia, pitcher Max Scherzer, new this season to chances of getting a “fair” trial, officials in its head was stuck in a beer can.

January called more than 9,000 people to the Washington Nationals, informed manchoose its jury of 12 (plus 12 alternates) ager Matt Williams in March, according to who will somehow surmise whether the a New York Times report, that he requires

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(1) Burger King Japan commenced an April rollout -- limited in duration and only in Japan -- of Burger King-branded cologne (mimicking the Whopper’s savory “flamegrilled scent”). Early reviews were favorable, even though the launch date, suspiciously, was April 1. (2) A small Virginia defense contractor won a $7 million job recently to help Pentagon analysts sift through supercomputer research, and according to the industry watchdog Defense One, the firm has decided to stick with its long-agoselected original name. Even though events have overtaken that name, the company will still be known as Isis Defense.

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Didn’t Go As Planned: (1) Surveillance cameras revealed a man with a gun inside the Circle K in Palm Bay, Florida, on Jan. 31. Since the clerk was in the back, with the cash register locked, the man decided to wait for him -- for 17 seconds, according to the video -- but then, impatient, fled empty-handed. (2) According to a February Ormond Beach, Florida, police report, Matthew Semione, 26, handed a holdup note (implying that he was armed) to a Sun Trust bank teller, who walked away to get money. Semione grew weary of waiting and left empty-handed, but was arrested minutes later.

A News of the Weird Classic (September 2010)

To most, the toilet is merely functional, but to brilliant thinkers, it can be the birthplace of masterpieces. Thus, the price tags were high this summer (2010) when commodes belonging to two creative giants went on sale. In August, a gaudily designed toilet from John Lennon’s 1969-71 residence in Berkshire, England, fetched 9,500 pounds (about $14,740) at a Liverpool auction, and a North Carolina collectibles dealer opened bids on the toilet upon which reclusive author J.D. Salinger spent many hours while at his home in Cornish, New Hampshire.

The dealer’s initial price was $1 million because, “who knows how many of Salinger’s stories were thought up and written while (he) sat on this throne!” cs By chuck shepherd UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

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IT ALL started with a birthday.

Sarah Florio was turning 15 years old in her New Jersey hometown, and a group of close friends, many of them musicians, were coming over to her dad’s place to celebrate.

“They asked if they could play my birthday party,” Florio remembers. “My dad was all about it, and I thought it was a great idea.”

The bands set up in the backyard, and all in attendance had a memorable time—so memorable, in fact, that Florio was suddenly getting inquiries about her “backyard festival.”

Florio’s sister and Tyler Cutitta, guitarist and vocalist for Savannah band Omingnome, jokingly dubbed the gathering Kittenfest; the name, and the concept, stuck.

“After that, everyone kept asking when we were doing it again,” she says.

Just like that, Florio was the mastermind behind an annual music festival. For eight years, musicians, artists, and creatives flocked to her dad’s backyard to commune and soak up the sounds. Last year, the fest had expanded so much, they needed to relocate to a minor league baseball stadium; 135 bands played, and 3,500 people attended.

Now, Florio and team are trying a new kind

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of expansion, throwing Kittenfest in Jersey and Savannah. The fest may be new around here, but many Jersey Kittenfest attendees and supporters have actually relocated to the Lowcountry, including Florio.

“My mom bought a house here seven years ago, and my older sister moved down with her kids,” she explains. “I’m going to be honest: life in New Jersey is really hard.

People are really struggling with the bills, the cost of living.”

With blood family and chosen family in Georgia (Florio and Cutitta grew up on the same block in New Jersey—“he’s like my brother; his mom is my mom,” Florio sweetly explains), she decided to take the leap.

“Down here, the quality of life is so much better,” she says. “A lot of our friends from northern New Jersey who all worked on the festival every year all moved down to Savannah. All of us are really excited about the music scene, touring, culture, and helping bands on tour, especially since 80 percent of us are in bands.”

Kittenfest Savannah is conveniently located right across the Talmadge Memorial Bridge (324 Speedway Boulevard is the proper address; locals will know it as the area behind the old fireworks stand). It’ll take place on a tucked-away, marsh side piece of land owned by a local businessman; the Florios have helped him clean up the property in the past and knew it’d be just right for the festivities.

“He spent the last four years clearing the place out—he’s actually got goats there to keep the area clear for him,” says Florio.

“There’s a viewing area as soon as you pull into the property. There will be parking on the right…and once you go through the gate and past the stage, there’s a gigantic camping area.”

The Kittenfest team has been hard at work prepping the property (when we spoke with Florio, she’d just finished building a 50-foot bridge, which, she says, “Sounds crazier than it actually was!”) to welcome bands.

Florio’s always aimed for variety as a means of exposing new talent; Kittenfest Savannah highlights not only a slew of our best local bands, but also regional favorites like Archnemesis, The Howlin’ Brothers, Dangermuffin, and more.

An all-ages fest is good news for attendees and musicians who happen to be under 21, giving bands like The Anxiety Junkies and Trophy Wives a new platform in Savannah.

“For the most part, it’s all in the way we structure it,” she explains. “We have an understanding of what we have to show, as far as what kind of artists we’re looking for.”

Traditionally, Friday night is devoted to hip-hop and the heavier end of the spectrum.

“Sometimes we’ll have hardcore, metal— it’s kind of the brasher day,” she explains.

“I love that kind of music, but some might think that it’s a little too hard for them. And it’s the first night, so it’s the most exciting night! It’s really high-energy.”

The scope broadens on day two, offering what Florio describes as “music that would be appreciated by just about anybody.”

Saturday is devoted to reggae and “Lowcountry, Southern rock kind of music.”

At just $50, a full pass covers everything: three days’ worth of music, art, camping, and parking, all included. The fest is all-ages, though anyone under 18 must be accompanied by a parent.

“There’s going to be overnight camping, live art, performance art, a walk-through gallery,” Florio says. “The Savannah Bazaar’s going to be there, and tons of local vendors and food trucks.”

There will also be opportunities to learn about gardening, woodworking, and music production and mixing in a variety of workshops. Sore from dancing? Hit the massage tent.

If you’re carless or don’t feel like driving, shuttles will depart from Sweet Melissa’s on the half hour between 12 a.m. and 12 p.m. through the fest at just two bucks a ride.

Florio looks forward to sharing the familial bond of Kittenfest with her new city.

“There’s this family aspect of it,” Florio explains. “It was at my dad’s house for the first 8 years so it’s always been a very—I don’t wanna say family-oriented so much as aunts, uncles, kids—but just the way our friends treat each other, and even people who have never heard of [Kittenfest] before, how they’re welcomed with open arms.”

When asked for Kittenfest tips for firsttimers, Florio stresses the importance of remembering your ID and recommends checking out the bands beforehand.

“I think that the whole reason of putting this whole thing together is to take bands and put them in a circumstance network with other artists,” says Florio. “To pull a bunch of people together who appreciate art and music and put these worlds together.” CS Every kitten striking a pose with The Anxiety Junkies, Omingnome, and XuluProphet is looking for a forever home! Contact The Humane Society of Greater Savannah to learn more. Humanesocietysav.org, (912) 354-9515

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Music | tedeschi trucks

Down to one

Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi are the Southeast’s finest rock ‘n’ roll family roadshow band

by anna chandler anna@connectsavannah.com

In 2010, the husband-wife team of guitar prodigy Derek Trucks and acclaimed singersongwriter Susan Tedeschi were finally ready to join musical forces. Today, Tedeschi Trucks Band is a cross-genre favorite, an entourage of 11 talented musicians filling the stage to craft the duo’s blend of harddriving blues rock. Together, Trucks and Tedeschi have two albums, two children, and a lifetime of music left to make.

Trucks, who spent 15 years playing guitar for The Allman Brothers, is now down to one musical project for the first time in ages since the band’s heralded final performance in October 2014 at The Beacon Theatre.

We spoke with Derek about honing in, rocking out, and getting music recommendations from his kids.

Welcome back to Savannah!

Derek Trucks: We’re excited! It’s almost a hometown gig; we did our first show as a band there.

Y’all have some family up here, too, right?

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Derek: Yeah, my little sister just moved up there and opened up a smoke shop on Abercorn [Sans Souci Smoke Shop]. We’re going to do a little meet-and-greet day of the show, check her spot out. It’s nice, I really like having family in Savannah.

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‘A lot of groups, you only feel good live. You hit the studio, and it just doesn’t feel right at all. This band is a different avenue to explore, and everybody appreciates that.’

So how’s it been, being able to hone in on one project?

Derek: You know, it’s the first time [I’ve had one band] since I was 18 years old! For quite a while, it was two or three, and I always loved it. There were always things to learn You’re down to one band now. What was and a lot of hats to wear. the Allman Brothers farewell like?

But at a certain point it’s feeling like…you have to switch gears, dynamically, personDerek: It was great! The last weekend, those ally…the politics of the groups are differtwo or three shows were pretty amazing. ent—I had to change my head space. So it Everybody really focused in like it was the was nice to get some momentum going. You last show. I was really hoping that the spirit don’t have to put it down, just keep going, was right, and it was. The last show was and keep working. probably four hours plus of music, and the We’re in the process of making a record, crowd could feel it, the band could feel it. It and this time is the first time I’m part of an felt appropriate. There’s an amazing history album and I don’t have to shift focus. If you that band has, and I wanted to see it go out need to step away, great, but you don’t fully properly; I didn’t want to be there when it disengage. It’s a new experience. I guess in a just limped across the finish line. It felt dig- few years I’ll be able to look back and see if nified—there was some magic about it. it turned out musically better or not, but it’s feeling a lot musically better!

Are you working in your home studio again?

Derek: Yep, every Tedeschi Trucks record’s been done here, and I did the last record with my solo band here.

What are the benefits of working in a home studio?

Derek: In the beginning, it was really an excuse to not leave home as much and get to be around my kids. When I was pulling two, three bands, it was really hard to carve our two weeks to go into a studio and not feel like a shitty dad. At home, I don’t mind working until four in the morning; at least I get to see my kids.

Had you engineered before?

Derek: Well, it turned out that Bobby Tis—he’s an engineer who was my guitar tech at the time—his dad was a part

of Electric Lady, Hendrix’s studio. So he helped us build the studio, and we have people inside the camp who know their way around the studio. It became an obsession and a wormhole to go down! Now we have a pretty strong handle on how to make a good-sounding record.

Every record gets a little better. This band was formed in that studio, and this band feels really comfortable. A lot of groups, you only feel good live. You hit the studio, and it just doesn’t feel right at all. This band is a different avenue to explore, and everybody appreciates that.

Do you track live?

Derek: For the most part. We don’t use a lot of studio tricks; there’s no auto-tune, there’s no click tracks. You’ll go back and add horns and background vocals. Sometimes solos are done live on the floor, and sometimes you go back and craft a solo.

Making a studio record, you’re doing

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‘It’s a really amazing thing to roll into a venue with a band that powerful and people take notice.’ things you couldn’t do live. Those great Jimi Hendrix and Beatles records, some of those albums that really hold up on multiple listens—some great Stevie Wonder albums— you realize it’s a different art form. We know this band can get out and play live and make things happen.

A lot of people wear it like a badge: ‘Everything was done in one take!’ We’re not afraid to get in there and put on the miner’s cap and go at it.

Derek: For most of it. As soon as they’re out of school they’ll be on the bus. They know their way around the bus, and they really love being out with the guys in the band; they’ve grown up around them.

What’s it like corralling 11 band members?

Derek: Well, my son is playing on two baseball teams, so his schedule is pretty full! My daughter is into everything at all times, so it wouldn’t surprise me if she did.

They have good taste in music—at least around me, they do. I don’t know if they’re doing for me!

We did a small, three, four day family vacation, and when were in the rental car, they had their phones plugged in and it was Sly Stone, The Beatles…they’ve even been on a David Bowie kick! They’re actually introducing me to things I missed along the way; I appreciate that.

I know my daughter listens to some current music that I think is terrible, but she knows enough not to play that around me. I told them, ‘I’m not going to tell you what to listen to; I will tell you what I won’t buy for you. The rest is up to you!’ CS

Are the kids coming with you on tour this summer?

Derek: 13 and 10!

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Derek: It’s crazy! When me and Susan had the idea that we wanted to put the band together, we really wanted to make that the thing: lay everything else aside and focus on it. When I told my manager and everybody involved that we wanted this huge band, they said, ‘You’re out of your fuckin’ mind!

11 people?!’

It wasn’t long after the economy collapsed, and they’re like, ‘How do you think that’s possible?’

I said, ‘I’m not really concerned!’

We were at the point that, if we were ever going to try something like that, now was the time. If we waited too long, we wouldn’t be that stupid! It was kind of a now-ornever thing.

It’s a really amazing thing to roll into a venue with a band that powerful and people take notice; whether it’s people working the venue that see bands every night, or promoters, they can feel that it’s a labor of love.

You’re doing it because you want to, not because you have to.

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Music | record store day

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It’s time to salute the beauty of analog! For eight years, indie record shops around the world have participated in Record Store Day, an annual event dedicated to supporting independent music retailers. Every April, labels release exclusive vinyl and music fans swarm their local shops to score limited releases, deluxe reissues, and swoon-worthy box sets.

Savannah’s own Graveface Records & Curiosities and Rody’s Records are participating in the festivities, and we’re here to guide you through the delightful madness of the vinylphile’s favorite day of the year.

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Rule #1: GET THERE EARLY. Savannah’s home to plenty of record fans, and they’re gonna rise with the sun to line up and score their most desired releases.

• Plan ahead. RecordStoreDay.com is a great resource for scoping out what your neighborhood store will have in stock. Graveface is encouraging folks to sign up for their mailing list and monitor the “RECORD STORE DAY 2015” Facebook event for updates and specific stock inquiries. Do your research and budgeting ahead of time, make a list of the wax you can’t live without, and come prepared; it’ll make it easier on your friendly shop staff and your fellow collectors.

Graveface Records & Curiosities 5 W. 40th St. Doors at 9 a.m.

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Doors at 9 a.m.

• If you’re waiting in line before Graveface opens its doors, you’ll receive a number (if you’re #1 in line, you receive the first number, #2 gets the second, etc.). This system determines the order in which shoppers can enter the store, making it a fair playing field.

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• At both Graveface and Rody’s, the rule is: one copy of one title per person. ‘Cause it sucks when someone scoops up every single copy of a limited release just to list them on eBay later that afternoon.

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• Be nice and remember: when it all comes down to it, it’s just stuff. There’s no need to push and shove or be nasty to the girl who got the last D’Angelo 7” before you did. Music brings people together, and RSD is a holiday devoted to celebrating the never ending amount and variety of arrangements of vibrations that exist solely to provide humans with some form of comfort and escape. Grab some Back in the Day cupcakes, go home and listen to your spoils with your neighbors and friends. Posi vibes, y’all.

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Graveface Records & Curiosities:

• Spend $100 or more and you’ll receive a gift certificate for 10% off of your pre-tax subtotal for use on future visits. So for instance, if you hit a tab of $100, that’s a $10 gift certificate.

• All Graveface label releases and gear is 20% off; that includes apparel, tote bags, slip mats, and more skully merch.

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• All used records are buy two, get one free.

• All DJ singles are just 25 cents each; dig some change out of the couch and get some tunes!

SAVANNAH COMES ALIVE! Graveface and Furious Hooves are teaming up to provide a live soundtrack for shoppers.

Even if you don’t plan on digging in the bins, you can still catch a great live show. Bands kick off at 4 p.m.

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LOCAL RELEASES Two Savannah-based labels, Graveface Records and Furious Hooves, have official Record Store Day releases coming out this year.

So we’re all on the same page: you can support your local record store by shopping on a day entirely devoted to supporting local record stores, and you can purchase records from aforementioned record store that have been put out by local labels, including a release that includes tracks by local bands and a zine with art by local artists. So. Meta.

Since the inception of Furious Hooves, co-founders Ryan McCardle and TJ Hatcher have been looking for a way their love of 1990s basketball could directly inform a release on their label.

“We got our first song for the compilation in 2012, so, needless to say, it’s been a long work in progress for some time now,” says McCardle.

Calling on the musical and graphic talents of folks worldEach copy of Furious Hoops is hand-stamped, num- wide, the release features cuts bered, stickered, and packed by McCardle. by local bands like Blackrune, Heavy Boots, Hawaiin Boi (Adam Intrator of Triathalon), Gnaw Rains (McCardle’s solo project), and former Savannahnians Hallucinex and Sauna Heat. Members of Wild Nothing, Mac DeMarco contributed, as well.

An accompanying 44-page zine includes hoops-inspired works by Jose Ray, Rachael Perisho, and more.

A Furious Hoops purchase includes a 140 Gram, orange, hand-numbered vinyl record, zine, an original 1990s NBA trading card, and a Furhoof Bigfoot Baller Sticker. Limited to a run of 500, each copy is hand-stamped and numbered, stickered, and packaged by McCardle himself.

Furious Hoops is considered a limited run/regional focus release, but, according to McCardle, “in FurHoof terms, this was a huge release. This is the first FurHoof RSD release, and only the third vinyl release ever for us. It’s a huge scope of distribution, especially since we’re an insanely small label.”

“Getting the [official] RSD stamp of approval was hard,” he says. “I definitely had to write up some hard selling points with all the WOW! BAM! POW! lingo.”

Even if you’re not a sports fan, you’ll surely find something to love: Hawaiin Boi’s “Varsity” is a wistful musing of how things could have panned out if he’d played varsity.

Sauna Heat’s cut tells the story of losing a girlfriend at a Detroit Pistons game. Taylor Noll’s Hallucinex vexes about a failed half-court shot that causes an existential crisis.

At the heart of it all is a packed stadium rooting for the little guy, for the underdog. It’s fitting.

“I knew it was difficult to get accepted [to become an official Record Store Day release],” says McCardle. “But…Furious Hoops was my baby, and I was pushing it for my dreams.”

Dott + Night School, Carousel (Graveface Records) “Female-fronted garage pop done better than everyone else is doing it right now,” describes Ryan Graveface. “That’s right, I said it.”

Perhaps one of the best aspects of Graveface as a label is that the boundaries of genre pretty much don’t exist; their impressive roster essentially consists of bands that Graveface himself is a rabid fan of, a lexicon of the rare stuff that catches his ear. The variety that you can discover is what makes following their releases so much fun.

Savannah got a taste of Irish band Dott’s shimmering garage-pop live and in person just a few weeks back; simpatico label mates Night School are a perfect band to share the 12” split acting as the label’s only Record Store Day release. CS

Ray Blevins, Graveface Records Shogun Assassin OST – “I’m a kung fu movie nerd, and this has been one of my favorites for years. The movie and soundtrack have been sampled a million times, and I can’t wait to have my own copy of this rad soundtrack!”

Kirsten Cameron, Rody’s Records Pity Sex, Elucid – “They played for us live about a year ago [at the former Vinyl Vibe Records], and that was pretty awesome. I’m looking forward to the album coming out; we ordered a bunch of them to hype it.”

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you can just pop in on. Once it has you, you belong to it.

He’s an old soul, Zagers; a music maker and fan who will book a DIY show for an innovative sound collage artist, go home, and listen to doo-wop CDs. It shows in his own music. Still / Alive is an incredibly ambitious album, and Zagers has the acute ability to hearken back to velvet-draped ballrooms, hazy in eerie ambience, cracking open pop melodies and progressions, laying all the parts across the floor, and rebuilding them with an everchanging array of tools.

Synths bubble. Saxophones groan and drone. The timelessness of Zagers’ voice makes the entire album difficult to place.

Experimental? Certainly. But it’ll also get stuck in your head for days on end.

You’ll often hear his work described as “cinematic,” a term Zagers is wary of (the idea of creating modern music for a 70-yearold silent film is daunting to him). Perhaps it’s more the images his sounds conjure, the vivid intensity of tone that allows a listener’s head to create its own vision. The songs are built for introspection, possessing a clear trajectory that also allows the listener to slow down and take it all in, observe the lushness, feel the hair prick up on the back of their neck.

Zagers began writing the songs that would become Still / Alive in 2009. The record was finished around the end of 2013.

In order to get in the right headspace to work on new material, he immerses himself in playing, spending hours with his instruments until he’s steeped in his own world.

Over the years, the final tracks on Still / Alive have grown from skeletal bones of songs into densely layered explorations in sound and structure.

“Sometimes it’s like pulling out of the ether something you did—you heard something in it and continue to do it,” he explains.

“Some people write a song and work on it every day; I feel like my memory is filled with so many different kinds of music, it can often be lost. Using the studio as an instrument and recording things is sort of my memory.”

It’s a process he’s used since he was just six years old, recording over and over again to tape. These days, he composes with whichever instruments and equipment happen to All the viewer can do is observe, entranced. be around the house. If something’s broken, he’ll move on.

“And I want you so bad/it’s killing me “It really revolves around what’s working inside,” multiple Zagerses croon in unison. at the time,” he laughs. “Sometimes, things The opener of his fourth and latest just don’t work, and a year later, they do. I album, Still / Alive, it’s show-stoppingly feel like a lot of the instruments have come gorgeous and forlorn, the kind of song that to me more than me seeking them out. makes you pull your car off the road and just listen. As it bubbles over into the second “There’s a lot of gear fetishists out there that really seek what they want to work with; track, you’re locked in; this isn’t an album

“...An experiment is an intention” Jeff Zagers breaks down his creative process for new CD by anna chandler

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Jeff Zagers’ “The Double” embodies the feel of those movies in which the protagonist enters a room and suddenly is swept back several decades. Modern décor falls away. The dust of many, many years unset26 tles under the feet of slow-dancing spirits.

I try to work with what I have and what’s available.”

Tape works like a canvas with Zagers; he puts great thought into using tone as color, manipulating it like a brush to fill in existing structures.

“Painting is definitely so much an analog to what I do,” he says. “Start with a sound, build from there. It usually happens like that: more of a drawing or a painting than so much like a ‘there’s something that I want to convey’ attitude.”

While Still / Alive has its amblings, its slow peerings into the mechanics of song, Zagers takes his craft beyond experimentation. For all his trial-and-error time with tape and keys, there’s a deliberateness to the tracks that encapsulate the art of process.

“I feel an experiment is an intention, and exploring is a little more freely walking around and taking things in,” he offers. “I feel like a lot of stuff is a little more intuitive than intentional with me. I kind of throw it and make it happen, see what bounces back—which I guess is an experiment, too.

That word can be pretty vague; experimental music can be so many different things.”

Zagers was encouraged to look into Wharf Cat Records by friend Carson Cox of Tampa band Merchandise. The label released Still / Alive on Saint Patrick’s Day. The digital release was mastered by Peter Mavrogeorgis at Dollhouse Productions.

“There’s a common bond there,” Zagers says. “We’re similar in that…his approach to recording, he’s always kind of reinventing himself in the studio, and using the studio as an instrument.”

Zagers is currently on the road for the first time in a while; it’s been a kind of endurance test for the new material as he plays venues ranging from DIY spaces to dive bars (a few nights before our conversation, he dedicated a cover of “Wichita Lineman” to the older folks at a bar he describes as “Nashville’s Pinkie’s”).

Constantly working on new material, we’re sure to see something new from Zagers soon, be it onstage or tape. Be it a collection of covers or a collaboration, he lets it happen organically, on his own time, in his own terms.

“You try and enjoy your life,” he says, “and I believe that’s what the underground is: sort of being able to do what you want and enjoy it, and not have to kind of live up to it.” CS Jeff Zagers, Twisty Cats, Dame Darcy, Clay Rendering Saturday, April 18t The Wormhole 9:30 p.m. $5

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New Country Rehab, The Accomplices @Congress Street Social Club

Toronto quartet New Country Rehab takes an accessible approach to alt-country, tailored to please both roots music’s biggest fans and invigorate those who are more meh towards the stripped-down sound.

While the fiddle strains add a backwoods flair, the accordion groans that peer through the spare opening of “Empty Room Blues” evoke the careful, slow builds of Mumford & Sons, delicate indie-folk, singer-songwriter numbers into full house rockers.

With fiddle, guitar, upright bass, and drums, they and the similarly armed Accomplices make a fine bill together.

Saturday, 10:30 p.m., free

A Fragile Tomorrow, Danielle Howle + Firework Show, Finnegan Bell @The Wormhole

There’s a curdling wickedness in the smoky rhythms of Iska Dhaaf, a surreal glaze dripped over dark surf guitars and hipshaker drums. Those vibes translate perfectly to visual imagery in their Apocalypse Now-esque video for “Everybody Knows”— a Vietnam soldier, having just placed an acid tab on his tongue, soaks up the USO show in front of him as dirt-smeared, hootingand-hollering soldiers around him move in a surreal and subtly sinister manner.

Hellzapoppin Circus Sideshow Revue @The Jinx And, what do you know? There’s fellow Let’s make it clear: Hellzapoppin ain’t for the faint of heart. The Seattle resident Macklemore, coolly swingglass-eating, nail-walking, skull-drilling band of freaks has made their ing a golf club between cuts of the sweatway through Savannah several times before, leaving the town abuzz for soaked band and sumptuous USO dancers. weeks after their departure.

Comprised of a dude who played math They specialize in completing the stunts deemed too deadly by many rock and a highly polarized white rapper, performers—all without a drop of blood or sign of pain.

Iska Daaf (which roughly roughly translates Human oddities, machete blades, acrobatics, sword-swallowers (one to “let it go” in Somali) is tight balancing of only 15 registered ladies in the trade—in the world!)...if yer shiverin’ act that perfectly suits Hang Fire’s taste for already and ya like it, go ahead and get your tickets. There are plenty of grimy guitar tone and boundary-pushing inventiveness.

Vaudeville thrills and humorous turns to keep you riveted all night.

Locals Sunglow and Generation Pill join.

The Savannah Sweet Tease act as special guests.

Generation Pill’s EP Kill or Be Killed is the Saturday, April 18, 10 p.m., $13 first release on new local label Bomb Shelter Records; cassettes will be available at the show.

New zine The Clambake will also makes its debut. Volume One features interviews with Generation Pill, Triathalon, Boy Harsher, mumbledust, art and illustrations

by Rachael Perisho, and more. CS

Aside from their appearance at 2015’s A-Town Get Down, A Fragile Tomorrow hasn’t played Savannah since hitting Livewire a couple years back. It’s all good: they’ve busy, playing with The Bangles, hitting SXSW, and, perhaps most interestingly, setting up a new recording studio, Low Watt, in Savannah.

Former Charlestonians, bandmates, and brothers Dominic and Sean Kelly teamed up with producer Ted Comerford when Comerford moved the already-established Low Watt Recording Studios to Savannah. They planned on making the drive up 17 every few days to help him convert the former Twelve Below rehearsal space on Broughton Street into a bona fide and stylish creative haven.

“We didn’t have any intention of moving,” says Sean.

“We were back and forth, sleeping on the floor.”

Somewhere between knocking down walls and jamming in the studio until the wee hours of the morning, the brothers decided to lay down roots in the Hostess City. Thriving on downtown’s youthful energy and Low Watt’s convenient location (it’s that little door tucked between Panera Bread and Flying Monk Noodle Bar), the busy brothers are ready to explore—and perform for—their new hometown.

With the encouragement of their label, Mpress Records, the band has recently glammed up their energetic power-pop sound, seeking inspiration in T. Rex, Roxy Music, and David Bowie.

They’re bringing Charleston friends Finnegan Bell and Danielle Howle + Firework Show to the Wormhole stage.

Columbia, SC-based Finnegan Bell have been pleasing ears with their take on harmonious Americana for over a decade.

Often called “South Carolina’s best-kept secret,” Danielle Howle dominates the stage with a bluesy honky-tonk swagger and a fascinating history in indie rock. Now partnering with Charleston band Firework Show, Howle previously released solo work on iconic labels like Sub Pop, Kill Rock Stars, and Simple Machines. She recently recorded an album in a solar-powered swamp house. She’s toured with Fugazi. You just gotta see her.

“It’s an injustice that she’s not massively famous,” says Dominic.

The bands are all connected, sharing drummers and bassists; it’ll be a fun stage shuffle, and a great introduction to our new neighbors.

Thursday, April 16, 10 p.m., free

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Bill Burr:

‘No comedian ever told a joke that made somebody lose their house’ How about insurance companies who take your money for years and then you make one claim and they deny it, or drop you if you have cancer or something?

No one goes after them. No one goes after assholes like that. No, they want to go after standup comedians.

These banks make enough money putting people out of their homes to put politicians in office! No comedian ever told a joke that made somebody lose their fucking house.

by jim morekis jim@connectsavannah.com

KNOWN FOR his standup specials and his popular and long-running weekly podcasts, Massachusetts-born Bill Burr not only has a devoted following, but is one of the most highly regarded comedians among other comedians.

(His epic handling of a drunk and belligerent crowd at a 2006 gig in Philly earned him legend status, as he defiantly stayed on stage and won them over by heckling the hecklers—and indeed the entire city of Philadelphia—for 12 excruciatingly hilarious minutes.)

Burr’s blend of get-off-my-lawn crankiness and childlike observational humor—with distinctly adult language— is somewhat unique, even nostalgic, in an era of more self-conscious hipster comedy where apologizing for edgy material is now often part of the act.

This fall, Burr’s animated Netflix series premieres. Called F Is For Family, the collaborative project with Simpsons writer Michael Price is a Dazed and Confused style look back at the ‘70s and life before political correctness took over.

We talked to him a couple of weeks ago in advance of his show here this Saturday at the Johnny Mercer Theatre.

Your new Netflix show sounds like an animated Married With Children.

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Bill Burr: Nah, it’s nothing like that.

Through the years of doing standup there are some things you’d say to other comedians, usually that only other comedians would laugh at. It became sort of a challenge, how can I get other people to laugh at this stuff?

So I thought, why don’t I just animate these things and ramp it up? Just have fun with this animation amalgam of my childhood experiences. It’s about a bunch of little kids in the ‘70s, basically about the way things were back then.

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When did it happen, that kids were no longer allowed to just ride their bikes all day long in the summer with no one knowing or caring what they were up to?

So the new show debuts in the fall. Is it all in the can at this point or are you still finishing it up?

Bill Burr: It’s all recorded. I probably have a couple of punchup sessions. Working on animation, for the first season the biggest challenge has been literally figuring out what it should look like. You do the joke, then look at the facial expressions. Make it bigger here, smaller there.

‘I love the group dynamic—as long as I’m working with people that are good! The only time a group dynamic stinks is when somebody stinks in the group!’

Bill Burr: I don’t know when that stopped.

Probably in the ‘90s. All of a sudden you had to wear a helmet when you go skiing, a helmet when you ride a bike.

Back then lifeguards at the pool were just trying to get laid, they weren’t paying any attention to anybody swimming.

You joke a lot about political correctness.

Patton Oswalt has a theory that political correctness isn’t so much hypersensitivity as it is done for the attention it brings.

you had to go back to fucking 2009 to find something offensive, you’re wasting everybody’s time.” Jesus, you can go back nine days on my Twitter feed and find something to piss you off.

It seems like political correctness has now been so internalized that young audiences just don’t laugh at what prior generations thought was funny.

Bill Burr: I disagree. They’re hearing the same thing comics have been joking about Bill Burr: It’s a very calculated outrage. I since the beginning of time, and nothing’s for some reason have yet to really offend ever happened. There’s been no political anybody (laughs). But maybe that’s because movement to come out of comedy, nothing I didn’t have a big TV show with advertisever changed socially. It’s just jokes. I actually ing dollars behind it. To make the calculated almost don’t want to answer this question, outrage work, they need to attach their to put more gas on the horseshit fire. wagon to somebody people know, someplace But let’s get real. Let’s look at what’s been with corporate money behind it, a corpora- going on in the meantime: A small group tion with advertisers who will fold under of people have turned our whole food supany sort of pressure. ply into poison. Everyday I meet somebody It’s like the network reaction to the conwho’s upside down on their house, they troversy with the new host of the Daily owe more on the house than it will ever be Show. All they had to do was say, “Hey, if worth.

Standup comedians are lone wolves. This must be a much more collaborative project than you’re used to.

Bill Burr: Standup is like playing Solitaire.

Fortunately I love the group dynamic—as long as I’m working with people that are good! The only time a group dynamic stinks is when somebody stinks in the group!

When everyone’s actually good at what they do, you become a fan of watching them create something for the show. You become better as an artist just by being around other talented people.

Not asking you to do a bit right now, but maybe give us some idea of what’s in store for us at your Savannah show, some of the topics you might hit.

Bill Burr: Sinking cruise ships… talking to a gorilla… Trying to work on my temper.

I was crushing it, but I went off the rails last week. I had a temper relapse, it’s almost like a relapse with drinking. I gotta work on it. To be honest it’s not fair to people. cs Bill Burr Sat. April 18, 7:30 p.m.

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While sandy shores are hardly an ideal terroir, Tybee Island will nonetheless yield some of the finest wines in the world as the Tybee Island Wine Festival returns April 22-26.

Featuring generous pours from dozens of wineries near and far, the seventh annual Wine Festival continues to orbit around Saturday’s Grand Tasting on the green lawn in front of the Lighthouse, where live music and hors d’oeuvres compliment an afternoon of sipping in the sun.

More events will keep the palate soaring all week long, from an intimate repast at Tybee Island Social Club to a beachside oyster roast at Marlin Monroe’s to a Champagne Sunday brunch at the Crab Shack (bare feet optional.) Attendees can choose events à la carte or go all in for five days of delectable delight.

All proceeds benefit the historic Tybee Post Theater, built in the 1930s as a movie house for the soldiers at Fort Screven.

Friends of the TBT have been working to restore the charming brick theater for almost a decade, and thanks to the popularity of the Wine Festival, the Tybee Polar Plunge and various other events throughout the years, 2015 will be the year the curtain rises again.

“The community support for all our spe32 cial events and other fundraising efforts

Wine lovers can taste the best vintages in a beachside setting at the seventh annual Tybee Island Wine Festival. continues to be phenomenal,” says TPT Executive Director Melissa Turner.

“It will pay off in a big way for all those longtime supporters when we finally reopen the Post Theater for movies and live performances this summer.”

But it’s not just local epicureans who are raising their glasses for Tybee’s newly refurbished cultural center. Word has spread about the festival’s casual elegance is drawing oenophiles from around the state and the country.

“We have people signed up from New York, Wyoming … some of them come year after year, others hear about it online and from friends,” says Turner.

The star power of this year’s kick-off event on Wednesday, April 22 surely adds to the allure. For one incredible meal, “A Celebration of Earth and Vine” gathers the Savannah chefs everyone is talking about— including Mashama Bailey of the Grey (currently up for a James Beard Award), the Florence’s Kyle Jacovino, native son Michael

These are all chefs who are incredibly conscious of where their ingredients are sourced from,” says Schumm. “They’re committed to the idea that we should not be taking advantage of the planet.

Gottlieb (set to revive his family’s namesake restaurant on Drayton in the coming months) and Kurtis Schumm, the creative brain behind the Tybee Island Social Club and Fish Camp menus.

Schumm helped organize this culinary dream team, explaining that while each chef is bringing her/his own concept to the table, the eclectic four courses will add up to “the perfect meal.”

He also notes that the celebration coincides with the 45th anniversary of Earth Day, another major influence on the menu.

“These are all chefs who are incredibly conscious of where their ingredients are sourced from,” says Schumm. “They’re committed to the idea that we should not be taking advantage of the planet.”

The same ideology is at work in the selection of wines that will accompany each course. Mining the organic portfolio of South of France vintner and Wine, Moon and Stars author Gérard Betrand, the pairings reflect a sensibility that values

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environmental ethics as much as Blanco assured last week that superior flavor profiles. ticket sales for “A Celebration “We chose Gérard Betrand of Earth and Vine” have been wines for the Earth and Vine brisk, though they are a few dinner because of his interest in more left at press time. sustainability and biodynamics,” Schumm, who along with his says Diane Rousakis, festival coorwife and co-conspirator Sarah, dinator and the local wine and are avid supporters of Tybee’s spirits representative for United food and art scene and have Distributors. watched the wine festival grow “It’s Earth Day, and it makes from its nascency. While its raisense that he would be involved.” son d’etre may be to raise funds Gérard Betrand rep Brian for the Tybee Post Theater, this Liska will introduce each wine as foodie convention-at-the-beach the meal proceeds, beginning with has now earned a stellar reputaJacovino’s country paté and picktion of its own. led vegetables paired with a GB “This year is going to be the Gris Blanc Rosé. best year yet,” says Schumm, Gottlieb’s Wild Georgia shrimp alluding to more unannounced dumplings with crispy pork and guest chefs and rare uncorked crab meat caramel find a mate vintages. in a crisp Picpoul de Pinet, and “There are going to be a lot of Bailey’s quail with hominy and A beachside oyster roast is a Tybee Island Wine Festival tradition and just one of the events that ben- surprises.” cs roasted grapes will melt in the efits the historic Tybee Post Theater, opening this summer. mouth with a dark plum Tautavel.

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IT’S A sad day when you Yet there is a bright light within this tale, stop by a favorite eatery to for not all is lost. I spent a few days wanderpick up some well-loved ing through this troubled city hearing stotasty meal, and find the ries that sometimes brought a tear to the eye doors shut and locked, the of this collard-greens lover, but then I came windows dark and boarded upon Little King on Montgomery Street. up.

There, in the midst of urban decay was Shock, disbelief, a little eatery, bright, clean, tiled and freshyes, they all come looking as I peeked in the window. into play. Pile on top of it all news garnered And yes, oh my lordy, there was the oxtail, from neighborhood folk that tells a sorrow- the okra ‘n’ ‘maters, the tender turkey wing ful story of hopes dashed, death, crime and in gravy…a soul-food haven for sure, that decay. brought out an attenuated sigh of vast relief.

Such was the tale of Victor Shawn, The original of this fine restaurant was owner/chef at The Kickback on Waters, opened back in 1994 and ran successfully shot in the neck during a Sunday morning until 2009, when it was closed suddenly and robbery and paralyzed. sadly lamented by the neighborhood. This Or the close of Grandma’s Diner, on the past July 30, 2014, our African-American same street, due to rents raised too high by a newspaper, The Savannah Herald, wrote city making big plans. of the Grand Opening of this beloved spot, Miz Ida at Neighborhood Soul Food and slowly but surely, the eager crowds found that running a restaurant after her returned. Count me in! husband’s death was just too much to hanI’d called a few times to check on their dle and another fine establishment closed hours but found the number disconnected its doors.

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The ‘Little King’ himself, son of owners/chefs Samuel & Delphine Keye: Sam, Jr.

of an intense craving for stewed turkey wings, I snagged the keys to the truck from my hubby as soon as he walked in the door from a half-day at work: “Bye! Gotta go!

Later, Tater!”

See, I’d heard from Miz Elaine, of the recently closed Manna Feast (soon to reopen, I’ll keep you posted), that Little King had survived the shoot-out/urban blight that is downtown Savannah, and was still spinning like a top! On my way, baby!

Shannon was behind the counter and happy to serve me up some very succulent turkey wing with gravy, tasty red rice, a rich blend of fresh-tasting tomatoes-okra n’ corn, and rich mac n’ cheese. She suggested dessert—all made fresh in-house—and who was I to argue?

While I was there, in this clean, bright little spot, I watched the neighborhood folks come and go, delighted with their meals to go, and joined in a little conversation with the locals who had their dinner in, watching a hoppin’ concert of Motown oldies on the TV. I felt quite at home, thoroughly satisfied and fulfilled after my yen for the kinda cookin’ I only find in my mama’s kitchen.

A later visit brought me back and luckily found the “Little King” himself, youngest son of owners/chefs Samuel and Delphine

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Sam Jr. is a handsome, neatly dressed young man that exudes confidence, intelligence and kindness too. He listens carefully, packs each box neatly, and tops it off with a golden corn muffin.

He has something nice to say to everyone who walks in, and is, no doubt, part and parcel of Little King’s charm. His ready smile and openness greet each customer, and you can tell her serves gladly.

Little King has a varying menu, but each week sees freshly prepared, delicious

soul food that makes the mouth water just to look at it. The portions are generous and the prices low: $10.75 got me that incredible turkey wing dinner, a coupla chunks of moist, sweet bread pudding and a canned drink.

Meals come with meat and three sides, corn muffin, and plenty of desserts to choose from. I recommend the sour cream pound cake, a wonder of sweet tenderness topped with a slightly gooey-chewy golden crust. The boxes are heavy with rich aromas and plenty of good taste, and two can easily share one meal.

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for Expressions for Hope, the Third Annual Spring Art Show Fundraiser to benefit individuals, children, and families in need in the Savannah area. Attendees will enjoy hor d’oeuvres, live music, a cash bar, and opportunities to view and purchase art. A VIP Reception is 5-6 p.m., with main event from 6-9 p.m. $20-75 Sat., April 18, 5-9 p.m. Lutheran Church of the Ascension, 120 Bull St .

Colorful Visions: Watercolors and Acrylics by Carol Carter — Carter’s stunning compositions,

renowned for their modern flair, are rooted in the Southeast Coastal narrative and are collected nationally. The Grand Bohemian Gallery, 700 Drayton St.

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Japanese composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda, marking his first exhibition in the southeastern U.S. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

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SCAD students and alumni will be on site to exhibit and sell their illustrations, paper goods, and creative wares. The Expo is free and open to the public. Sat., April 18, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Haymans Hall (SCAD), 23 E. Charlton St.

Open Critique Night — Show your work and get some friendly feedback. There will be a projector on hand for those of you that would prefer to bring in digital files. Flash drives only; no hard drives, no laptops. The night starts with a potluck, so bring something to share. Critique starts promptly at 7 pm. free with covered dish, or $5 donation Thu., April 16, 6-9 p.m. sulfurstudios.org.

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ReCycle Art: Bees in your DIP — Come for beauty and health tips from the Savannah Bee Company, but stay for the performance from DIP. Foxy Loxy Cafe will be selling cold brew coffee by the eco-friendly growler. Free Fri., April 17, 6-10 p.m. Savannah Bicycle Campaign Head Quarters, 1301 Lincoln St. ReCycle Art: Bicycle Power — Along with the second night of the silent auction, Georgia Bikes! talks bike decorating. Play a bicyclepowered video game (designed by Jen Colestock and Ben Edwards) to pedal your way to victory. Foxy Loxy Cafe will be selling cold brew coffee by the eco-friendly growler. Part auction, workshop and concert, this is a unique event highlighting what’s

SCAD Illustration Expo happens this Saturday at Haymans Hall. A goal of this open-to-the-public event is to connect the local creative community to SCAD. wonderful about Savannah. The Savannah Bicycle Campaign, Art Rise Savannah, Forsyth Farmers’ Market, Georgia Bikes!, the Savannah Bee Company and Foxy Loxy Café are working together to bring you this an awesome week of art, sustainability and Savannah. Free Thu., April 16, 6-9 p.m. recycleartsav@gmail.com. https://facebook. com/events/372448599614456/. Savannah Bicycle Campaign Head Quarters, 1301 Lincoln St.

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ReCycle Art: Play with your Food — Kicking off the week of the silent art auction with the Forsyth Farmers’ Market and live music.

FFM will lead workshops where everyone can play with sustainable (and tasty) food, while Ben Austin plays acoustic music.

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Cindy Boos have put together their presentation from photographs and video they have taken in a variety of locations from the United States to Canada to as far away as Africa. First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave.

Dicky Stone and Dana Richardson — A native of Sewanee, Tennessee, Richardson’s pieces are small-scale Savannah cityscapes in oil, collage and mixed media. Savannahian Dicky Stone transforms indigenous wood such as pecan, sycamore and maple into decorative pieces of sculpture. Hospice Savannah Art Gallery, 1352 Eisenhower Drive.

The Dissection of Fear — Recent work by SCAD illustration and printmaking student Elizabeth Jean Younce. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. Freeality Senior Exhibition — This collaborative and interactive experience features a variety of 2-Dimensional mediums, graphic design, and fashion. Includes the artwork of Jesse Aguirre, Kara Alexa, Sophia Blincoe, Jessica Cooley, Crystal Jenkins, Toan Nguyen, and Julia Royal. Armstrong Fine Arts Center, 11935 Abercorn St. In Living Color — Spanning three decades

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FURIOUS 7

OOP Most film series have the good sense to end after two or three pictures, when the money’s been made and the franchise can’t really go any further. Those tentpoles that tempt fate, however, and expand beyond their expiration dates invariably result in debacles of the highest degree.

But then there’s the curious case of the Fast and the Furious flicks. After an OK first entry and three sequels that were basically running on empty, the franchise came roaring back with 2011’s Fast Five, which proved to be the best in the series. (Go figure.)

The next picture, 2013’s Fast & Furious 6, was almost as good, and now we have Furious 7, which rests just below that one on the totem pole. I suspect any more additions to this franchise might be pushing it, veering the series back to the days of (ugh) 2 Fast 2 Furious.

But for now, let’s just marvel at how much mileage the studio has gotten out of what’s basically 1950s-style “B” programmers supercharged for contemporary audiences.

Previously on F&F: The tag at the end of Part 6 found a dapper British chap played

by Jason Statham killing one of the members of the DIY family lorded over by Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel). The assassin is Deckard Shaw, brother to the villain vanquished by the speed racers in the last installment.

Deckard is out for revenge, meaning no one is safe – not Dom, not Letty (Michelle Rodriguez), not married-with-child couple Brian (Paul Walker) and Mia ( Jordana Brewster), and not federal agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson).

After Deckard places one of the gang in the hospital with severe injuries, the rest reunite with Roman (Tyrese Gibson) and Tej (Ludacris), not only to protect one another but also to carry out an assignment at the request of a shadowy agent (Kurt Russell) who assures Dom he can help him

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smashing set-pieces on display, including a daft but rousing bit involving one car and three buildings.

And there are enough locale switches to rival those found in a James Bond outing, and these allow the auto-action to unfurl in interesting and unique ways (even if the idea of dropping vehicles from a plane was handled in a more exciting fashion in the illfated film version of The A-Team).

Unfortunately, the picture can’t maintain its momentum until the end, and the final skirmish, set on nocturnal city streets, is a letdown and ultimately feels like leftover footage from The Dark Knight. The various new characters aren’t especially interesting – not even Statham’s Deckard Shaw, despite a killer (pun intended) intro scene set in a hospital – and the sorts of savory plot twists present in the previous two pictures are nowhere to be found, having been replaced with Days of Our Lives-style domestic drama.

At 140 minutes, this is the longest film in the series, and a bit of judicious trimming would not have been unwelcome.

OOP For a movie that spends so much time wallowing in gay panic, Get Hard should be an early frontrunner for the title of the year’s worst comedy; instead, it provides enough sharp satire on other fronts – and finds one of its stars fully coming into his own – that it easily escapes that designation.

Kevin Hart has impressed me repeatedly in subpar movies, and he does so again in this picture. He’s cast as Darnell Lewis, a loving family man and the hard-working owner of a car-wash business that services the employees of a multimillion dollar corporation. One such suit is James King (Will Ferrell), a one-percenter who isn’t evil so much as self-absorbed.

So when James gets falsely accused of monetary fraud and sentenced to a minimum of 10 years within the maximumsecurity walls of San Quentin, he realizes he needs someone to help him toughen up so he won’t be anybody’s “bitch” behind prison walls.

James approaches Darnell and offers to pay him for the guidance – he doesn’t really know Darnell, but since he’s black, he surely must have served time, right?

The script (credited to four writers) traffics in humor that will be tagged racist by some and commended for puncturing racism by others. There’s certainly some controversial material on display (though nothing more envelope-pushing than what’s found in Blazing Saddles, which today is deemed a comedy classic), but there are also a number of indisputable choice bits, such as when

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Between these efforts as well as a touching “For Paul” coda, the film truly pays respectful tribute to the young actor. But through no fault of the filmmakers, the picture does provide some uneasy moments, as Walker’s character of Brian O’Conner repeatedly finds himself in do-or-die situations.

It’s at these instances that a queasiness overtakes the adrenaline-pumping excitement – “Oh, will this be the way his character is written out of the series?” – and this thought can’t help but puncture the makebelieve fantasy with a tragic air of reality.

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Darnell, fully engaged in his ex-con persona, tells his hard-luck story to James and it turns out to be the plot of Boyz N the Hood (“Wow, that almost sounds like a movie!” gasps James).

Yet for every couple of gags that work, there’s one that falls flat: A scene in which Darnell confronts a gang of racist bikers sounds like it can’t miss, yet it proves to be a pale imitation of the terrific scene in 48 Hrs. in which Eddie Murphy’s con similarly manhandles a bar full of rednecks (leading to him uttering the Oscar-worthy line, “I’ve never seen so many backwards-ass country fucks in my life”).

The odds when it comes to the homophobic material are even worse: There’s only so many times one can watch Will Ferrell loudly weep over the prospect of getting anally assaulted (or, as one character delicately puts it, “He’ll be choking on a mouthful of balls”).

Ferrell plays his patented role of the clueless guy with a misplaced sense of selfimportance, meaning that Hart spends half the time playing straight man to Ferrell’s shtick. Yet Hart is such an intuitive and reflexive performer that even his reactions to James’ shenanigans are funny.

It’s unknown whether he’ll ever get lucky enough to land in a string of films as beloved critically as they are commercially, but he’s holding up his end of the bargain, even when his writers and directors are letting him down.

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OOOP Filmgoers need another fairy tale flick about as much as they need another Pirates of the Caribbean sequel (oops, too late), yet Cinderella swiftly casts aside all doubts and derision to reveal itself as a particularly enchanting piece of cinema. What’s perhaps most startling about the film is that it’s not a revisionist take on a beloved tale; instead, it’s a traditional telling that’s been brought with loving care to the screen by director Kenneth Branagh (rebounding from last year’s ill-advised Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit) and scripter Chris Weitz.

There have been many different versions of Cinderella throughout the ages, but for this take, Weitz has borrowed primarily from Charles Perrault’s 1697 written version Cendrillon and Walt Disney’s 1950 animated version.

(Since this new live-action film is a PG confection from the Disney studio, it’s perhaps best that Weitz bypassed the Brothers Grimm version, which ends with the wicked stepsisters having their eyes gouged out by 38 doves!)

Our heroine is named Ella, and she’s raised as a small girl by the two most loving parents imaginable. But tragic circumstances ultimately find the adult Ella (Lily James) sharing the family home with her stepmother, Lady Tremaine (Cate Blanchett), and her stepsisters Anastasia (Holliday Grainger) and Drizella (Sophie McShera).

All three treat Ella horribly, and while Lady Tremaine may have her reasons for doing so (however misguided they may be), her two spoiled daughters act out of pure rottenness.

The trio treat Ella (mockingly renamed Cinderella by Drizella since she’s often covered in cinder ashes) as a servant rather than a family member, yet while her miserable lot in life would break almost anyone else, Ella remains strong and cheerful, subsequently rewarded for her kindness via the attention of a smitten prince (Richard Madden) and the magical maneuvers of a fairy godmother (an amusing Helena Bonham Carter).

But wait, why am I recounting a story known by everyone ages three to 103? No worries: In the case of this movie, familiarity hardly breeds contempt.

On the contrary, this Cinderella presents the story in such a fresh and immersive manner that we often feel like we’re experiencing it for the very first time. That’s no dig against the 1950 Cinderella, which remains a lovely work in its own right.

But this take is clearly its equal – and sometimes its superior – when it comes to working on our emotions. There’s never a moment when our heart isn’t going out to Cinderella, and with James delivering a lovely performance in the role, we’re anxious for her to finally arrive at her Happily Ever After.

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OO Back in 2002, Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow directed the leaden submarine drama K-19: The Widowmaker. The box office flop starred Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson, and I can’t help but imagine that the following conversation took place on the set.

Neeson: “I loved making Schindler’s List and hope to continue to star in films that offer me rich and complex roles!”

Ford: “Take my advice. Forget about making quality films and go instead for the biggest paychecks.”

Neeson: “You’re kidding.”

Ford: “Hell, no. Just the other day, I told a crew member on this very picture that I keep my soul under a pile of money!” [True anecdote.]

Neeson: “But you were in all these great

movies like Witness and The Mosquito Coast and Presumed Innocent!”

Ford: “Sure, but I learned the error of my ways. Did you know I was offered a key role in Steven Soderbergh’s Traffic? But I wouldn’t have been paid my usual kazillion dollars, so I wisely passed on it and Michael Douglas took the part. Instead, I’m gonna collect a huge paycheck to make some piece of crap called Hollywood Homicide with a young actor named Josh Hairnet or something. I’ll pretty much be in anything as long as the money’s substantial.”

Neeson: “So Steven Spielberg and I have been talking for years about making a movie about Abraham Lincoln. You’re saying I should tell him I changed my mind and see who’ll pay me top dollar to star in dime-adozen action flicks instead?”

Ford: “Definitely! Some might be good, but that’s incidental. Say you make one about a guy whose daughter is taken from him. A plot like that holds promise, and if it’s successful, then you can get paid even more to star in its crummy sequels. To beef up the marquee, you can probably find some great actor to appear under youHe can play the villain; maybe somebody reliable like Gene Hackman – unless he’s retired by then – or that wacky Christopher Walken or Ed Harris. Yeah, get Ed Harris! And make sure the plot is pretty standard; nothing too complicated. “ Neeson: “I don’t know, that sounds kinda bland.”

Ford: “Who cares? Who cares if it’s tired material, or has cardboard characters or gaping plotholes or narrative coincidences the size of the Grand Canyon? You can let the critics bitch while you laugh all the way to the bank. Now excuse me, I have to call my agent and figure out my asking salary for K-19: The Widowmaker 2 after this one becomes a Star Wars-size hit.”

WILD TALES

OOO Made for modern-day moviegoers who don’t want their films too messy, Wild Tales is often more like mild tales, yet that’s not necessarily a knock. A gargantuan hit in its Argentinian homeland as well as a recent Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, this still sports enough of a wicked edge to break away from other rowdy satires that are more cookie cutter than cutting edge.

Written and directed by Damian Szifron, the picture – for better or worse – opens with its best skit: “Pasternak,” in which everyone aboard an airplane all improbably seem to personally know the title character. This sequence works beautifully, largely

because Szifron plays it close to the vest for much of its length, and its final freeze frame is nothing short of brilliant.

The subsequent five stories – yarns centering on a waitress out for revenge (“The Rats”), a yuppie and a yahoo engaged in road rage (“Road to Hell”), a demolition expert (Ricardo Darin, star of Argentina’s Oscar-winning The Secret in Their Eyes) experiencing a particularly vexing string of unfortunate incidents (“Little Bomb”), the cover-up of a hit-and-run (“The Proposal”), and a wedding in which admissions of infidelity fly fast and furious (“Til Death Do Us Part”) – all prove to be entertaining, even if they’re only able to offer outrageousness in carefully measured doses (“Road to Hell” arguably comes closest to go-for-broke consistency).

Still, there’s just enough of a maverick spirit on tap to satisfy the type of discerning filmgoer who even now is gripped with terror at the thought of that Paul Blart: Mall Cop sequel.

THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT

OO The Divergent Series: Insurgent actually takes a step back from its so-so predecessor, imploding with such finesse that if this one bombs (ha, fat chance) and plans for another sequel are scrapped, I won’t exactly be looking at the 2016 release calendar with mournful, puppy-dog eyes. To be fair, this one actually gets off on the right foot, as the courageous Tris (Shailene Woodley), her equally stalwart boyfriend Four (Theo James), her weak-willed brother Caleb (Ansel Elgort) and the duplicitous Peter (Miles Teller) find themselves branded as fugitives in the future world overseen by the unfeeling bureaucrat Jeanine (Kate Winslet). A people’s revolution proves to be difficult, though, with the bad people (including Jai Courtney’s Eric) constantly in pursuit and the good people (including Octavia Spencer’s Johanna) reluctant to help out.

What’s more, Jeanine has come into possession of the Tesseract – well, it looks like the Tesseract – and it’s determined that she’ll need Tris’ unwilling aid to unlock its secrets.

For a good while, Insurgent is fairly engaging, even if the shifts in loyalty among its central players are obvious straight down the line. But the second half of the picture proves to be a chore to endure. A string of fantasy sequences allows the picture to get swallowed up by expensive and uninvolving effects, Tris’ improbable pity parties overwhelm the storyline, and the ceaseless series of last-minute rescues ultimately rises to risible levels.

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Activism & Politics

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 third Thursday of every month.. (912) 341-7427. livingliberally.org/drinking/chapters/GA/savannah.

Tondee's Tavern, 7 E. Bay Street.

Push Back the Pipeline Rally

This rally invites all concerned persons to meet and discuss the implications of the proposed Palmetto Pipeline and the Georgia Department of Transportation's handling of this process. Those against the pipeline cite seismic risk, 250 jobs lost, higher prices at the pump due to Big Oil's monopoly, and wildlife endangerment, among other reasons. Sat., April 18. pushbackpalmetto@gmail.com. https://facebook.com/pushbackthepipeline?fref=ts.

Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. This rally invites all concerned persons to meet and discuss the implications of the proposed Palmetto Pipeline and the Georgia Department of Transportation's handling of this process. Those against the pipeline cite seismic risk, 250 jobs lost, higher prices at the pump due to Big Oil's monopoly, and wildlife endangerment, among other rea-

compiled by Rachael Flora | happenings@connectsavannah.com Happenings is Connect Savannah’s listing of community gatherings, events, classes and groups. If you want an event listed, email happenings@connectsavannah.com. Include specific dates, time, locations with addresses, cost and a contact number. Deadline for inclusion is 5pm Friday, to appear in next Wednesday’s edition.

sons. Tue., April 21, 5 p.m. pushbackpalmetto@gmail.com. https://facebook.com/ pushbackthepipeline?fref=ts. Richmond Hill City Center, 520 Cedar Street.

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. Veterans for Peace

Local chapter 170 of VFP, a national organization of military veterans of all eras waging peace and exposing the costs of war. Meets every first Thursday at 7:30pm. ongoing. 303-550-1158. St. Frances Cabrini Church, 11500 Middleground Road.

Young Democrats

Mondays at 7pm on the second level of

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

Call for Applications for Minor Home Repair Program

The City of Savannah’s Housing Department is currently accepting applications for the 2015 Minor Home Repair program.

This program provides home repairs through grants or loans to residents who meet specific income guidelines. Applicants must be live in the city limits and occupy their house to be eligible for the program. Applications will be accepted until April 30. The repairs and home improvements are mostly done by one of several volunteer organizations that provide training to challenged youth. Repairs may range from painting to installing a new roof, depending upon the condition of the house and the skill level of the volunteers.

Through April 30. savannahga.gov/homerepair. Online only, none.

Call for Applications to Citizens Academy

Registration is now open for the next semester of the City of Savannah Citizens Academy, an eight-session program intended to immerse residents into the workings of their city government. The

Academy gives residents a detailed overview of City services and policies and includes on-site visits, presentations by key City officials, and other hands-on activities.

It's designed to increase awareness on how Savannah's government works. The application deadline is July 17. Interested citizens must be willing to commit to attend twice-a-week classes, which generally run 6-8pm, beginning July 28 through August 20. A maximum of 25 students will be accepted for the 2015 Academy, which will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. $5 entrance fee Through July 17. savannahga.gov/citizensacademy.

Call for Art Instructors

The City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs is now accepting resumes for visual arts, puppetry, and age appropriate video and animation instructors for the 2015 Summer Art Camp, taking place June 1 through July 31 at 9 West Henry St. Children ages 5 to 12 can participate in the week-long camp which provides an introduction to painting, ceramics, jewelry, fibers, mixed media, puppetry, video and animation in age-appropriate group settings. Instructors at the full day art camp work with children ages 5-8, and/or 9-12 and teen interns ages 13-18. The hours are 8:30 am - 5:00 pm. Each week, Monday

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IN-STORE MEET & GREET w/ Tedeschi Trucks Band WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22ND @4PM

18 & UP ONLY Owned & Operated by Lindsey Trucks & Cody Kauffman

11215 Abercorn St. Suite 4

(Between Tailgate Bar & Tangerine)

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April 22: A Celebration of Earth and Vine, an elegant dinner prepared by four celebrity chefs in the Grand Ballroom of the Tybee Wedding Chapel April 23: The Art of Pairing, a five-course wine tasting dinner at the Tybee Island Social Club April 24: An Evening of Oysters & Wine at sunset at Marlin Monroe's Surfside Grill April 25: The Grand Wine Tasting with a hundred wines, menu tastings from local restaurants, live music at the Tybee Light Station April 26: Sunday Champagne Brunch at Tybee's famous Crab Shack Advanced tickets recommended Presented by the Tybee Post Theater

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through Thursday, instructors will teach five classes a day, one hour per group, with a maximum of 10 children per group. On Friday, instructors will meet with each group in the morning for 30 minutes. Instructors may plan multiple projects per week. Qualified instructors must submit to a background check.

This is a contracted weekly position.

Through June 1. 912-651-6783. chefner@savannahga.gov. City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs, 9 West Henry St. 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 considered. Apply to sentientbooking@gmail.com, subject line “art show."

See website for info. Fridays.. sentientbean.com/booking#visualarts. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. Call for Artists for Spring Craftstravaganza Bazaar

We are looking for crafters and artists to sell their goods at our spring craft fair!

Booths are just $15 for non-members, and $5 for Guild Hall members. All creative work is welcome! Sat., April 18, 1-6 p.m. Guild Hall, 615 Montgomery Street.

Call for Entries for "Your Art Here"

In its commitment to show both local and national artists, Non-Fiction is launching a new exhibition opportunity.

The gallery is now seeking innovative emerging or mid-career visual artists to submit samples of their work to be considered for the award of a gallerysponsored show. Submissions can be for a solo or group show and of any theme or media. Deadline is May 11. Through May 11. NONFICTIONGALLERY.COM/ YOUR-ART-HERE/. Non-Fiction Gallery, 1522 Bull St. Call For Entries: Maritime Arts Festival

On May 9, 2015, Ships of the Sea will hold its first “Maritime Arts Festival.”

The event is a one day outdoor exhibition of maritime related arts, crafts, and antiques. The Museum invites artists, model ship builders, and antique dealers to submit images of their maritime/ nautical related paintings, drawings, ceramics, jewelry, prints, mixed-media, woodworking, and collectable pieces for consideration. Through April 16. shipsofthesea.org/#!arts-festival/c7b. shipsofthesea.org. Ships of The Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.

Call for Grant Applications for the Savannah Friends of Music

The Savannah Friends of Music organization announces that grant applications are now being accepted until Wednesday, April 15. These grants are meant to help fund programs that fulfill their mission, which is to support, sponsor and promote music programs and musical education in the greater Savannah area. Eligible programs can be either a one-time event or an ongoing series.

Applications must be completed and submitted by Wednesday, April 15. Re-

cipients will be named shortly thereafter.

Through April 15. savannahfriendsofmusic. com. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

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Call for New Radio Show Idea Submission

WRUU Savannah Soundings community radio station is currently accepting submissions for its Best Radio Show Idea Competition. The deadline for submission is April 20. Submit your entry via the Program Proposal tab on the WRUU website at www.savannahsoundings.org. Entries are welcome in the following categories; news, talk, music and community information. The prize winners will be announced at the Savannah Record Fair After Party Sock Hop, 7:00pm May 2. Visit the website for more information about the Savannah Record Fair and Sock Hop. Savannah Soundings plans to begin internet streaming July 4, with the 107.5 FM broadcast station planned to be on air on by Labor Day. To get involved in Savannah Soundings and pledge support for community radio in Savannah, visit the website and click on the Donate tab. For individual questions regarding the Best Show Idea Competition email program@savsoundings.org or call (912) 661-8131. Through April 20.

Call for Proposals for 2015 Weave-a-Dream

The City of Savannah's Weave-a-Dream Panel has issued a call for proposals for its 2015 cultural and arts projects initiative.

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

Programs are to be completed prior to October 1, 2015. Project funding is available up to $2,000 for specific and innovative arts, cultural, or heritage projects or presentations that have a measurable, quantifiable benefit to Savannah’s diverse populations. The Weave-A-Dream committee seeks proposals that actively involve youth, seniors, and those who have limited access to arts based programs in Savannah. Programs engaging participates ranging from 6 -11 graders with disciplines of production, animation, photography desktop publishing, CAD, metalworking and carpentry are of particular interest to Weave-A-Dream. While other programs such as performing, visual, media, theater, folk, design (architecture), or literary arts are also encouraged to apply. To be eligible for consideration, an organization must be a non-profit, 501c3, head-quartered in Savannah’s corporate limits. Proposed programs must also be produced within the City’s corporate limits. No individual artist applications will be accepted. Through Aug. 2. 912-651-5988 ext. 8969. rbrown02@ savannahga.gov. savannahga.gov/arts.

City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs, 9 West Henry St. Call for Speakers for Geekend 2015

The theme of Creative Coast's Geekend 2015 is Growth. All entrepreneurs, developers, marketers, social media mavericks, technology enthusiasts, designers and other creatives are encouraged to apply to speak now. Geekend is looking for compelling cutting-edge content that is actionable and touches upon any one or several of the following topics: Design, Development, Mobile, Social Media, Marketing, Growth Hacking, Access to Capital, Sales, Manage-

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1 Word before out or put 5 It precedes theta 8 Make a difference 14 Phone connection 15 3-D med. scan 16 “Java” trumpeter 17 Rob Ford, by residence 19 With 20-Across, the first cat president?

20 See 19-Across 22 Luau staple 23 Two-player card game 24 Twice-serving dog president?

32 Affix, as a button 33 “As I see it,” in a text 34 “Night” author Wiesel 35 “Mod Squad” member 36 Flower part made up of sepals 38 Up and quit 39 ___ Day multivitamins 40 Ending for spat 41 Directed (toward) 42 Recent small, furry president in a cage?

46 Resort type 47 Victorian or Edwardian, e.g.

48 Leading pot-bellied pig president?

55 Underwater naval habitat 57 Picture of pandemonium 58 Actress Hemingway 59 Brian who released “Ambient 4: On Land”

60 ___ Romeo (Italian car company) 61 Elastic 62 WSJ rival 63 Each

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5 Key of Brahms’s Symphony No. 4 6 Dire 7 Grammar class faux pas 8 Zenith competitor, once 9 Porto ___, Brazil 10 You, long ago 11 Radial, e.g.

12 Rowing machine unit 13 Delivery path, for short 18 Decide not to go green?

21 “I ___ soul to the company store” (“Sixteen Tons” lyric) 24 Queen, in Quebec 25 “For Sale by ___” 26 Words from the teacher?

27 Pale purple 28 Aboveboard, slangily 29 Texas Revolution site 30 “Separate Tables” Oscar winner David 31 Monopoly holding 32 Go through mud 36 Deserving of blame 37 Koran focus

41 “Delta of Venus” author Nin 43 Jordan’s neighbor 44 Like some furniture polishes 45 1950 sci-fi short story collection by Isaac Asimov 48 Modern Maturity publisher 49 Radar reading 50 “I totally agree!”

51 Elite Eight org.

52 Iodine-rich seaweed 53 Lowdown 54 Certain tide 55 Texting protocol initials 56 Evian or Perrier ©2015 Jonesin’ Crosswords (editor@jonesincrosswords.com)

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ment. The festival will take place October 15-17. Through Oct. 15. 912-447-8457. geek-end.com/speakers/apply. thecreativecoast.org. Creative Coast, 415 W. Boundary St.

leashes, collars, wash cloths, towels. Open daily, 1pm-5pm. Mondays.. 912-351-6750. animalcontrol.chathamcounty.org. Chatham County Animal Shelter, 7215 Sallie Mood Dr.

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.

All proceeds for this car, truck and bike show benefit Lindsey's Place's goal of providing a year-round residential camp program for young people with special needs, ages 7-30. Events include a silent auction, corn hole, and fun activities for all ages. $5 Sat., April 18, 11 a.m. memorialdayschool.com. Memorial Day School, 6500 Habersham St.

City of Savannah TV Show Seeks Entries

Thirsty Thursday Half-Priced Draft Beer & Soda Thursday, April 16th | First Pitch at 7:05 PM

POST-GAME FIREWORKS

Subway Series in the South presented by Amtrak

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. 912-395-1500. oatlandisland.org.

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Children ages 6 to 17 who have experienced the death of a loved one within the last 24 months are invited to attend a weekend overnight camp organized by not-for-profit Hospice Savannah’s Full Circle bereavement staff and volunteers.

Camp Aloha will be held May 1-3, 2015 at the New Ebenezer Retreat Center in Rincon and is free of charge thanks to the generous sponsorship of the Kaminsky Automotive Group. Trained volunteers and professionals will provide therapeutic activities to teach the children that they are not alone in their grief experience. Campers enjoy an array of activities such as swimming, sports, games, painting, group therapy sessions, campfires, singing, playing and making new friends who have experienced tragic losses too. Through May 1. 912-303-9442. hospicesavannah. org/campaloha. New Ebenezer Retreat Center, 2887 Ebenezer Road.

Benefits

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,

Cruisin' for Lindsey's Place

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.

Month of the Military Child

The Music Medicine Institute is a non-profit corporation for education, treatment and research in the interface between music and medicine. Event is FREE to ages 6-10.

For more information, contact Elizabeth Jacobi at 912-598-2118. FREE Saturdays, 2-3:30 p.m.. 912-598-2118. musicmedicine.org/index.php. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. 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.

Wine, Women and Shoes

Participate in a wine tasting, local cuisine, live auction, shopping and a fashion show to benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Coastal Empire. $75, $150 VIP Thu., April 16, 6-8 p.m. winewomenandshoes.com/savannah. charleshmorriscenter.com. Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St. Classes, Camps & Workshops

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.

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Offered by the Chatham County Sheriffs Office firearms instructors, for Chatham County civilians. Third Saturday of the month, 8:30am-12pm. until noon.$25 fee.

Sign up by telephone. Those interested do not need to own a firearm to attend the class. third Saturday of every month, 8:30 a.m.-noon. 912-652-6959.

912-544-6387. erigosavannah.com. Erigo, 5301 Paulsen Street.

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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Beading Classes

Beading Classses at Epiphany Bead & Jewelry Studio

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

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

Beginning Belly Dance Classes

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

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

Chatham County Sheriff's Office Explorers Post t 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.

Chinese Language Classes

The Confucius Institute at Savannah State University offers free Chinese language classes starting January 17. To register, please call 912-358-3160. ongoing. 912358-3160. confuciusinstitute@savannahstate.edu. savannahstate.edu. savstate. edu/. Savannah State University, 3219 College St. 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.

DUI Prevention Group

Offers victim impact panels for intoxicated drivers, DUI, offenders, and anyone seeking knowledge about the dangers of driving while impaired. A must see for teen drivers. Meets monthly. $40/session 912443-0410.

Establish yourself as a globally-recognized human resource expert by earning the new standard in HR certification: SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP™) and SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRMSCP™). These professional certifications can open doors for professional advancement, serve to harmonize standards with changing expectations and signal to employers advanced professional development. They reflect what HR practitioners need to know to be leaders in their organizations and in the profession. $965 SHRM member / $1040 non-SHRM member Through May 11, 6-9 p.m. 912-478-1763. proftrainingmgmt@georgiasouthern. edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ce/ programs/professionaldevelopment/shrmcert/. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

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.

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.

Learn how to garden and harvest vegetables and herbs to bring home. Kerry Shay, an organic farmer and owner of landscaping company Victory Gardens, provides free instruction. third Saturday of every month, 8:30-9:30 a.m. trusteesgarden.com. trusteesgarden.com. Trustees Garden, 88 Randolph St. Guitar, Mandolin, or Bass Guitar Lessons

Emphasis on theory, reading music, and improvisation. Located in Ardsley Park. ongoing. 912-232-5987.

302 West Victory Drive sav.smokecartel.com

Housing Authority Neighborhood Resource Center

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

Basic computer training: Tues & Thurs, 1pm-3pm. Community computer lab: MonFri, 3pm-4:30pm. ongoing. 912-232-4232 x115. savannahpha.com. savannahpha. com/NRC.html. Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton St. Kalachakra Qigong Seminar

Class will cover basic principles and practices of Qigong. Postures are very powerful internal energy exercises and meditations.

Exercises open meridians and energy points, allowing energy to flow to all parts of the body, promoting overall health, vitality and longevity. Class is taught by Dr. Robin Murphy, an internationally recognized

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Savannah’s New Smoke Shop (912) 574 2000

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.

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.

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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.

Free Gardening Instruction

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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..

Try it for free

912-544-0026

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Free will astrology ARIES

awakening, and delight.

The California Gold Rush hit its peak between 1849 and 1855. Three hundred thousand adventurers flocked to America’s West Coast in search of gold. In the early days, gold nuggets were lying around on the ground in plain sight, or relatively easy to find in gravel beds at the bottom of streams. But later prospectors had to work harder, developing methods to extract the gold from rocks that contained it. One way to detect the presence of the precious metal was through the use of nitric acid, which corroded any substance that wasn’t gold. The term “acid test” refers to that process. I bring this to your attention, Aries, because it’s a good time for you to use the metaphorical version of an acid test as you ascertain whether what you have discovered is truly golden.

LEO

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VIRGO

The time between now and your birthday will provide you with excellent opportunities to resolve lingering problems, bring drawn-out melodramas to a conclusion, and clean up old messes -- even the supposedly interesting ones. You want to know what else this upcoming period will be good for?

I’ll tell you: 1. Surrendering control-freak fantasies. 2. Relieving your backlog of tension. 3. Expelling delusional fears that you cling to out of habit. 4. Laughing long and hard at the cosmic jokes that have tweaked your attitude.

Will you be the difficult wizard, Virgo?

Please say yes. Use your magic to summon elemental forces that will shatter the popular obstacles. Offer the tart medicine that tempers and tests as it heals. Bring us bracing revelations that provoke a fresher, sweeter order. I know it’s a lot to ask, but right now there’s no one more suited to the tasks. Only you can manage the stern grace that will keep us honest. Only you have the tough humility necessary to solve the riddles that no one else can even make sense of.

March 21-April 19

April 20-May 20

Aug. 23-Sept. 22

In the mid-19th century, the entrance exam for the British Royal Navy was quite odd.

Some candidates were required to write down the Lord’s Prayer, recite the multiplication table for the number three, get naked and jump over a chair, and drink a glass of sherry. I’m guessing that your own initiation or rite of passage may, at least initially, seem as puzzling or nonsensical as that one. You might be hard-pressed to understand how it is pertinent to the next chapter of your life story. And yet I suspect that you will ultimately come to the conclusion -- although it may take some time -that this transition was an excellent lead-in and preparation for what’s to come.

My message this week might be controversial to the Buddhists among you. But I’ve got to report the cosmic trends as I see them, right? It’s my sacred duty not to censor or sanitize the raw data. So here’s the truth as I understand it: More desire is the answer to your pressing questions. Passionate intensity is the remedy for all wishywashy wishes and anesthetized emotions.

The stronger your longing, the smarter you’ll be. So if your libido is not already surging and throbbing under its own power, I suggest you get it teased and tantalized until it does.

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APRIL 15-21, 2015

“Don’t ever tame your demons -- always keep them on a leash.” That’s a line from a song by Irish rock musician Hozier. Does it have any meaning for you? Can your personal demons somehow prove useful to you if you keep them wild but under your control? If so, how exactly might they be useful? Could they provide you with primal energy you wouldn’t otherwise possess?

Might their presence be a reminder of the fact that everyone you meet has their own demons and therefore deserves your compassion? I suspect that these are topics worthy of your consideration right now.

Your relationship to your demons is ripe for transformation -- possibly even a significant upgrade.

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In 1909, Sergei Diaghilev founded the Ballets Russes, a Parisian ballet company that ultimately revolutionized the art form.

The collaborative efforts he catalyzed were unprecedented. He drew on the talents of visual artists Picasso and Matisse, composers Stravinsky and Debussy, designer Coco Chanel, and playwright Jean Cocteau, teaming them up with top choreographers and dancers. His main goal was not primarily to entertain, but rather to excite and inspire and inflame. That’s the spirit I think you’ll thrive on in the coming weeks, Cancerian. It’s not a time for nice diversions and comfy satisfactions. Go in quest of Ballets Russes-like bouts of arousal,

Sept. 23-Oct. 22

SCORPIO

Oct. 23-Nov. 21

*Karelu* is a word from the Tulu language that’s spoken in South India. It refers to the marks made on human skin by clothing that’s too tight. As you know, the effect is temporary. Once the close-fitting garment is removed, the imprint will eventually disappear as the skin restores its normal shape and texture. I see the coming days as being a time when you will experience a metaphorical version of *karelu,* Scorpio. You will shed some form of constriction, and it may take a while for you to regain your full flexibility and smoothness.

SAGITTARIUS

Nov. 22-Dec. 21

Georgia is not just an American state.

It’s also a country that’s at the border of

Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Many people who live there speak the Georgian language. They have a word, *shemomedjamo,* that refers to what happens when you love the taste of the food you’re eating so much that you continue to pile it in your mouth well past the time when you’re full.

I’d like to use it as a metaphor for what I hope you won’t do in the coming days: get too much of a good thing. On the other hand, it’s perfectly fine to get just the right, healthy amount of a good thing.

author, researcher and Naturopath who has been teaching Homeopathy, Oriental Medicine, Tai Chi and Qigong for over 30 years. He learned a rare Buddhist Qigong system from grandmaster Liu Siong from the Shaolin monastery in China. Centuries before, Tibetan lamas had revealed the Qi movements and meditations to these monks. $200.00 Sat., April 18, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and Sun., April 19, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

912-484-0675. nszychowski@gmail.com.

Villa Marie Center, 6 Dolan Dr.

CAPRICORN

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

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

Dec. 22-Jan. 19

When you’re a driver in a car race, an essential rule in making a successful pit stop is to get back on the track as quickly as possible. Once the refueling is finished and your new tires are in place, you don’t want to be cleaning out your cup holder or checking the side-view mirror to see how you look. Do I really need to tell you this?

Aren’t you usually the zodiac’s smartest competitor? I understand that you’re trying to become more skilled at the arts of relaxation, but can’t you postpone that until after this particular race is over? Remember that there’s a difference between the bad kind of stress and the good kind. I think you actually need some of the latter.

AQUARIUS

Jan. 20-Feb. 18

Until the early 20th century, mayonnaise was considered a luxury food, a hand-made delicacy reserved for the rich. An entrepreneur named Richard Hellman changed that. He developed an efficient system to produce and distribute the condiment at a lower cost. He put together effective advertising campaigns. The increasing availability of refrigeration helped, too, making mayonnaise a more practical food.

I foresee the possibility of a comparable evolution in your own sphere, Aquarius: the transformation of a specialty item into a mainstay, or the evolution of a rare pleasure into a regular occurrence.

PISCES

Feb. 19-March 20

Piscean author Dr. Seuss wrote and illustrated over 40 books for children.

Midway through his career, his publisher dared him to make a new book that used no more than 50 different words. Accepting the challenge, Seuss produced *Green Eggs and Ham,* which went on to become the fourth best-selling English-language children’s book in history. I invite you to learn from Seuss’s efforts, Pisces. How? Take advantage of the limitations that life has given you. Be grateful for the way those limitations compel you to be efficient and precise. Use your constraints as inspiration to create a valuable addition to your life story.

Knitting & Crochet Classes

LAW 123: Social Media Use — What Employers Should Know

The social media craze is here to stay: Facebook, Twitter, email, texting, etc.

Privacy laws and federal laws such as the NLRA impact your control over staff’s social media use at work and off duty. This practical review of applicable statutes/ regulations will help you choose policies for your firm. $59 per person per class; Corporate rate: $55 per person for four or more per firm Tue., April 21, 6-7:30 p.m.

912-478-1763. proftrainingmgmt@georgiasouthern.edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ce/programs/professionaldevelopment/lawseminars/socialmediause/. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Law 123: Social Media Use-What Employers Should Know

The social media craze is here to stay: Facebook, Twitter, email, texting, etc.

Privacy laws and federal laws such as the NLRA impact your control over staff's social media use at work and off duty. This practical review of applicable statuses/ regulations will help you choose policies for your firm. $59/person; Corporate: $55/ person for 4 or more Tue., April 21, 6-7:30 p.m. 912-478-1763. proftrainingmgmt@ georgiasouthern.edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ce/programs/professionaldevelopment/lawseminars/socialmediause/. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

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. Stepby-step guidance to fulfill aspirations. In person or telephone sessions. Thursdays..

912-596-1952. info@roiseandassociates. com. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Love Your Body

A series of 4 workshops designed to inspire you to love your body as it is. Using the powerful tools of forrest yoga and holistic nutrition, you will engage in guided self-inquiry that will build a foundation for greater self-love and compassion. Come to our free info session April 4th, 3p.m.

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Workshop runs every Saturday 4/11-5/2, from 1-3 p.m. Advanced registration required by April 10th. Workshops will be led by Lauren MacDonald, certified Forrest Yoga Instructor and Jesse Rosenblum, Holistic Nutrition Consultant. $100 nonmembers/$75 syc members Saturdays, 1-3 p.m.. 912.308.8297 or 912.656.2701. rosenblum.jesse@gmail.com. savannahyoga.com/events/love-your-body-challenge/. savannahyoga.com. Savannah Yoga Center Pooler, 111 Canal Street.

Photography Classes

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 expecting and new moms as well as those with small children (4 and under). $15/class or 6 classes for $50 (to be used within 2 months) Tuesdays, Thursdays, 10-11 a.m..

912-544-6387. erigosavannah.com. Erigo, 5301 Paulsen Street.

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

Mommy & Me Relaxation Class

Music Instruction

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

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

Beginner photography to post production.

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

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

Piano Lessons

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

Project Management - Real World Applications

Discover a documented step-by-step guideline for managing projects. Students will be exposed to a wide variety of strategic and real world scenarios. $1300 Thu., April 16, 6-9 p.m. 912-644-5967. professionaltraining@georgiasouthern. edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ce/ programs/professionaldevelopment/projectmanagement/. cgc.georgiasouthern. edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Greetings From Ye Olde Savannah S#$t Show

By Your Pal Erin

psychicyourpalerin@gmail.com www.yourpalerin.com

Hey Erin, What’s the deal with the ongoing Savannah shit show?

It has become so predictable that The Stone Stairs of Death should be renamed The Farmer’s Almanac. What does your little Ghost Dog have to say about that?!

Krusty

Hey yourself, Krusty!

It turns out, people ask me that question a lot (but you’re the first one to ask PJ).

Some have suggested that the ghosts are Reading/Writing Tutoring Ms. Dawn’s Tutoring in reading, writing, messing with the drunks in order to stir up and composition. Remedial reading skills, some mayhem.

Music Lessons: Private or Group help with borderline dyslexia, to grammar, In this town, it’s a plausible theory…espePortman’s Music Academy offers private term paper writing, and English as a Seccially if you read the police blotter notes for or group classes for ages 2 to 92, beginner ond Language. Fun methods for children the Drayton Street Triangle (a.k.a. Pinkie’s, to advanced level. All instruments. Also, to help them learn quickly. 912-660-7399. voice lessons, music production technolcordraywriter@gmail.com.

McDonough’s and Parker’s). ogy and DJ lessons. Teaching staff of over Russian Language Classes I suspect that the more likely explanaLearn to speak Russian. All experience lev20 instructors with professional, well tion is that when people drink, their inhibiels welcome, beginner to expert. Call for equipped studios. Fridays.. 912-354-1500. tions get lowered, causing them to become info. ongoing. 912-713-2718. portmansmusic.com. portmansmusic.

Sewing Classes com. Portman's Music Superstore, 7650 more emotionally sensitive to the archaeoFor beginners or advanced sewers. Indus- acoustics of their environment. A quick Abercorn St. Music Lessons--Multiple Instruments try standard sewing courses designed to refresher for those of you who are new to Savannah Musicians Institute offers private meet standards in the garment industry. this column: Archaeo-acoustics is a field of instruction for all ages in guitar, ddrums, Open schedule. Savannah Sewing Acadpiano, bass, voice, banjo, mandolin, emy. 1917 Bull St. Sundays.. 912-290-0072. study that examines how common objects ukelele, flute, woodwinds. 7041 Hodgson savsew.com. have the ability to record and replay ambiSinging Classes Memorial Dr. ongoing. 912-692-8055. ent sound.

Bel Canto is a singing style which helps the smisavannah@gmail.com.

Have you ever walked into a room just New Horizons Adult Band Program voice become flexible and expressive, imMusic program for adults who played a proves vocal range and breathing capacity. after your parents have had a fight? Even band instrument in high school/college A foundation for opera, rock, pop, gospel though everything seems hunky dory, you and would like to play again. Mondays at and musical theatre. $25 Mondays, 6 p.m.. can still feel the tension. Now imagine that 6:30pm at Portman's. $30 per month. All 786-247-9923. anitraoperadiva@yahoo. every fight that’s ever been fought – in the ages and ability levels welcome. Call for com. Institute of Cinematic Arts, 12 West entire course of All Human Conflict – has info. ongoing. 912-354-1500. portmansmusic.com. Portman's Music Superstore, been recorded by the very room in which 7650 Abercorn St. you’re standing.

New Mama's Club Even though you can’t hear the sound of A weekly Friday gathering of new moms all those fights, you can feel their vibration. and their babies. Practice baby & mom Add to the equation Savannah’s bloody hisyoga, do a planned activity. Dream boards, affirmation writing, personalized aromatory, plus copious amounts of alcohol and therapy and other projects. Fridays, 10 a.m.-noon. 912-704-7650. ann@douladeliveries.com. douladeliveries.com. erigosavannah.com. Erigo, 5301 Paulsen Street.

Novel Writing

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

Crossword Answers

you wind up with a bunch of rowdy Gremlins on the loose after midnight.

A local tour guide once told me that during the Siege of Savannah, 600 men were killed in one hour, 1200 men were killed in total and nobody knows where the bodies are buried. It turns out the reason that no one can find them is because only 244 men died.

Nevertheless, the Siege of Savannah ranks number 5 on The Journal of the American Revolution’s list of The 25 Deadliest Battles.

If the bodies turn up under the ladies room at Pinkie’s, it wouldn’t surprise me one iota.

That said, quantum physics has proven that particles change their behavior based on whether or not they are being observed.

Next time you find yourself in the middle of a Susan Powder “Stop The Insanity” moment, why not try a little experiment of your own and focus on something that feels better?

And for those of you who are too young to know who Susan Powder is, be sure to ask Mister Google about her. You won’t believe some of the whacky shit that went down in the ‘90s!

Thanks for your question, Krusty. Happy thoughts to you!

Your pal, Erin The Ghost Dog Diaries is a weekly advice column, inspired by the late PJ Cuddlesworth. Three hours after PJ’s passing, Erin held an Irish Wake in her honor.

That’s when her name appeared in her beer. (Misspelled, of course. Ghost Dogs aren’t equipped with Autocorrect.) Erin and PJ have been giving psychic readings and helping people connect with their loved ones who have passed ever since.

Got a question about life after death and other phenomena? Give us a shout at psychicyourpalerin@ gmail.com. Although we don’t give psychic readings in this column, you can learn more about private consultations at www.yourpalerin.com

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Spanish Classes

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

Vocal Lessons

A group of voice instructors who believe in the power of a nurturing community to help voice students blossom into vibrant artists. Each instructor holds a Masters of Music in Voice Performance. Group classes held once a month, plus an annual recital.

Varies Wednesdays.. 912-656-0760. TheVoiceCoOp.org. The Voice Co-op, Downtown.

Voice Lessons - Technique and Coaching

Experienced and successful voice instructor is accepting students. Nurturing and collaborative studio. Services offered include strengthening the voice, range extension, relaxation techniques, and coaching through various styles of music.

Audition and competition preparation.

Located 15 minutes from downtown. Varies Mondays-Saturdays, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. 912484-0628. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Writing Your Memoir

Memoir is a nonfiction, literary art form that relies heavily on storytelling techniques derived from fiction, and is formed

around the memory and observation of the author. Students will survey and work from the memoir canon, including Mary Karr’s The Liars Club, Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking and others to inform their own writing. Upon completion of the course, students will have the first chapter of their own memoir complete. Creative Writing 1 and 2, is suggested but not required. $175 Mondays, 6:30-8:30 p.m.. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Dance

40th Annual NOGS Tour of Hidden Gardens

A walking tour of 8 private gardens in Savannah's Historic District plus the Massie Heritage Center. Southern Tea will be served each afternoon from 2-4 pm at the elegant Green Meldrim House. $40 or $35 for groups of 10 or more Fri., April 17, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sat., April 18, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. gardenclubofsavannah.org. Green Meldrim House, 14West Macon St.

gentle stretch & tone. Tuesdays.. 912925-0903. 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.

Awaken with Chakradance™

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. Ballroom Group Dance Class

Weekly ballroom dance classes focus on two types of dance each month. Open to partners/couples or to solos. The $35 for Adult Ballet Class 4 weeks or $10 drop in Mondays, 7 p.m.

Maxine Patterson School of Dance, 2212 912.312.3549. reservetodance@gmail.com.

Lincoln St, offers adult ballet on Thursdays, salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de 6:30pm-7:30pm $12 per class. Call for info. Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memoongoing. 912-234-8745. rial Drive.

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,

Ballroom Series Group Class

A group ballroom dance class for beginners through advanced. Rumba, Swing, Tango, Foxtrot, Waltz, Cha Cha, Samba, and more. Singles or couples. $10.00 per person or $35 for 4 weeks (per person) Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m.. 912.312.3549. reservetodance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Ballroom/Latin Group Class

Group classes every Tuesday and Wednesday at 8pm. Tuesdays focus on fundamental steps, styling, and techniques.

Wednesday's classes are more specific, with advanced elements. $15/person and $25/couple Wednesdays, 8 p.m. and Tuesdays.. 912-335-3335. savannahballroom@ gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing. com. Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

Beginner's Belly Dance Classes

Learn basic moves and choreography with local Belly Dancer, Nicole Edge. Class is open to all ages and skill levels. Walk-ins welcome. 15.00 Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m. 912596-0889. edgebelly@gmail.com. edgebellydance.com. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. Beginners Belly Dance Classes

Instructed by Nicole Edge. All ages/Skill levels welcome. Sundays, 12pm-1pm.

Fitness body and balance studio. 2127 1//2 E. Victory Dr. $15/class or $48/hour. Call or see website. ongoing. 912-596-0889. cairoonthecoast.com.

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

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

Happenstance Bellydance

All levels and styles of bellydance welcome. Classes every Monday, 5:30-6:30pm.

Drop-ins welcome. $15/lesson Mondays, 5:30 p.m.. (912) 704-2940. happenstancebellydance@gmail.com. happenstancebellydance.wordpress.com. Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Suite B. C.C. Express Dance Team

Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm. Clogging or tap dance experience is necessary. Call Claudia Collier for info. ongoing. 912-7480731. Windsor Forest Recreation Building, Windsor Forest.

Dance for Peace

A weekly gathering to benefit locals in need. Music, dancing, fun for all ages.

Donations of nonperishable food and gently used or new clothing are welcomed.

Free and open to the public. Sundays, 3 p.m. 912-547-6449. xavris21@yahoo.com.

Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. Dance Lessons (Salsa, Bachata)

Learn to dance Salsa & Bachata. For info, call Austin (912-704-8726) or Omar (Spanish - 787-710-6721). Thursdays.

912-704-8726. 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 students. $10 for visitors ($15 for couples). free - $15 Thursdays, 8 p.m. 912335-3335. savannahballroom@gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing.com. Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

Disco Hustle Dance Class

Do the hustle! A New York style Disco Hustle group class taught by Jos'eh Marion, a professional ballroom dance instructor.

Sundays at 5pm. Call for pricing. Sundays, 5 p.m.. 843-290-6174. Trudancer@gmail. com. ymcaofcoastalga.org/. YMCA (Habersham Branch), 6400 Habersham St. Free Dance Thursdays at Lake Mayer

Lake Mayer is offering free dance and fitness classes for all ages every Thursday, in the Community Center. 9:30 am and 10:30 am is the "Little Movers" class for toddlers. 12:00 pm Lunch Break Fitness.

1:30 pm Super Seniors. 5:30 pm youth hip hop. 6:30 pm Adult African Fitness. FREE ongoing, 9:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. 912-6526780. sdavis@chathamcounty.org. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

FUNdamentals Dance Lesson

Group dance lessons every Tuesday and Wednesday at 8pm. Tuesday: fundamental steps, styling, and techniques. Wednesday: advanced elements. $15/person $25/ couple Tuesdays, 8 p.m. and Wednesdays, 8 p.m.. 912-335-3335. savannahballroom@ gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing. com. Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

Home Cookin' Cloggers

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

Irish Dance Classes

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

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

Wednesdays.. 912-704-2052. prideofirelandga@gmail.com.

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Off Westlake Ave. 4 Peachtree Place, Apt 63 3BR/1BA, LR, appliances, central heat/air, carpet/tile floors, washer/dryer hookup $715/month.

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AFFORDABLE HOUSE FOR RENT: Large Yard, 3 Bedroom/2 Full Bath, Living Room, W/D Hookup. C H/A. $675/monthly plus deposit. 912484-9427.

FURNISHED 1 Bedroom Apartments. Utilities included: $150, $175, and $190/week. $100 Security Deposit. Corner of 38th and Drayton. 912-234-9779

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11515 White Bluff Road: $620/month for 1BR/1BA Apt. with $500/deposit.

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2BR/2BA $780/month.

Nice location, 207 Edgewater Rd. 2BR/2BA, all electric, $795/month.

1812 N. Avalon: 2BR, 1.5BA $720/month.

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310 EAST MONTGOMERY X-ROADS, 912-354-4011 OR 656-5372

FURNISHED APTS. $170/WK. Private bath and kitchen, cable, utilities, washer furnished. AC & heat, bus stop on property. No deposit required. Completely safe, manager on property.

Contact Linda, (912)690-9097 or Jack, (912)342-3840.

RENT OR RENT-TO-OWN: Remodeled mobile homes, 3BR/2BA, in Garden City mobile home park. Low down affordable payments. Credit check approval.

Call Gwen, Manager, at 912-9647675

HOUSE FOR RENT/VICTORY HEIGHTS: 3 Bedrooms/1 Bath, Garage, Freshly Painted, Hardwood Floors, Ceiling Fans, Flat-top, electric range, Refrigerator, Dishwasher, Large Fenced Yard. “No Pets Please” $885 Deposit/$885 Monthly Rent.

Contact: 912-306-9424

SOUTHSIDE •1BR Apts, washer/dryer included. $25 for water, trash included, $625/month.

•2BR/1.5BA Townhouse Apt, total electric $700/month.

Call 912-927-3278 or 912356-5656

HOUSES 4 BEDROOMS 2311 E. 37th St. $1075 3 BEDROOMS 15 Vineyard Dr. $1100 6944 Key St. $925 1217 McCarthy St. $795 2 BEDROOMS 1310 Heidt Ave. $750 1221 Seiler Ave $675 APT/CONDO THREE BEDROOMS Richmond Hill 38 Cypress Pt. $1200 APT/CONDO TWO BEDROOMS 3 Coastal Ct. $695 1107 E. 57th St. $675 10914 Queen Ann $675 FOR DETAILS & PICTURES VISIT OUR WEB PAGE WWW.PAMTPROPERTY.COM Pam T Property 692-0038

NICE HOUSE FOR RENT in quiet, established neighborhood (Hudson Hill Area). 2 Bedroom/1 Bath, CH/A, Large Yard, Shed/ Workshop. Avail. Immediately. $800 rent/$800 dep. 912-662**1017 E.32ND ST. Lower Apt. 5031 2BR/1.5BA, LR, DR, breakfast room, laundry room, all appliances $775/month. **45 TRAVIS ST: 3BR/1BA, LR, kitchen/dining, den, fenced yard $950/month. 912-596-4954

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SOUTHSIDE: Lewis Drive. 2BR, 1.5BA Townhouse.

Stove, refrigerator, washer/dryer connections, dishwasher, central heat/air, total electric, no pets. $635/month $635/deposit. 912657-4583.

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Clean, furnished, large. Busline, central heat/air, utilities. $100$130/weekly. Rooms with bath $145. Call 912-289-0410.

AVAILABLE ROOMS: CLEAN, comfortable rooms.

Washer/dryer, air, cable, ceiling fans. $125-$145 weekly. No deposit. Call Ike @ 844-7065 FURNISHED, includes utilities, central heat/air, Comcast cable, washer/ dryer. Ceramic tile in kitchen. Shared Kitchen & Shared bath. Call 912-2100144, leave message House on Southside.

Beautiful area. $600/month.

Utilities included, washer, dryer, separate bathroom, bedroom, and sitting room. kinzie.c@comcast.net.

912-661-3791

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MIDDLEGROUND SPECIAL! Rooms for rent: Southside location. Rooms remodeled.

Central heat/air. $115 - $125/ week. $50/deposit. Call 912-2725396

ROOMS FOR RENT - ADULT LIVING: $150 weekly. No deposit. Furnished rooms. All utilities included. Call 912844-5995 SAVANNAH'S HOUSE OF GRACE

SENIOR LIVING AT IT'S BEST FOR AGES 50 & BETTER Shared community living for full functioning seniors ages 50 & above. Nice comfortable living at affordable rates.

Shared kitchen & bathroom.

All bedrooms have central heating/air and cable.

Bedrooms are fully furnished and private. Make this community one you will want to call home.

SAVANNAH'S HOUSE OF GRACE also has community housing with its own private bath. Different rates apply.

Income must be verifiable.

We accept gov. vouchers.

Prices starting at $550.

Call 912-844-5995

SHARED LIVING: Fully Furnished Apts. $170 weekly.

No deposit. All utilities included. Call 912-844-5995 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 130 ALPINE DRIVE: Roommate Wanted. All utilities included.

Near Hunter AAF. Available 4/1/15. $600/month $100 deposit, or $150/week. Call 912272-8020 ROOMMATE WANTED To Share 2BR/1BA Apt. Ferguson Ave near Skidaway Island. Kitchen/dining room, living room/lanai, fully furnished, CH/A, cable, utilities included. $550/mo. Available Immediately. 912-344-4216

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Reasonably Priced. Insurance Claims. We buy wrecks. Call 912-355-5932.

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