Connect Savannah October 28, 2015

October 28 – November 3, 2015

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Savannah Film Festival Continues

See schedule this issue. The eight day festival is filled with cinematic creativity from both award-winning professionals and emerging student filmmakers. Each year more than 50,000 people attend the festival to take part in a variety of film competitions, special screenings, workshops, panels and lectures.

Oct. 24-31 Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. $75-$750

Crawl-O-Ween 4 Saturday / 31

Ditch the candy and Trick-or-Treat for drink specials on River Street.

This Halloween pub crawl will feature select bars and restaurants on River Street. Crawl along the cobblestones at your own pace while enjoying drink specials along the way.

River Street, River St.

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Common Grounds: Liberty in North Korea

Bat Spooktacular!

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Savannah National Wildlife Refuge invites you to learn more about one of nature’s most iconic “spooky” and misunderstood animals, the bat. This fun, educational event, celebrating Bat Week, will offer close-up experiences with rescued bats and plenty of “bat-tastic” activities and crafts.

1-4 p.m Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive off S.C. 170.

FREE 843-784-2468 fws.gov/refuge/savannah

Every year, L.I.N.K. (Liberty in North Korea) sends out college-aged individuals to speak to over 30,000 people across the country to shift the conversation about North Korea from politics back to the people. The Southeast nomads embark on a cross-country road trip to talk about what North Korea really looks like beneath the headlines. This year, they do a 30minute multimedia presentation.

8-9 p.m Foundery Coffee Pub, 1313 Habersham St. FREE

Concert: An Evening with Angela McCluskey

Savannah Against Violence’s mission is to engage the community about violence through one of the greatest communicators; the voices of musical instruments and vocal talents. A portion of each ticket sale will be donated to Savannah Against Violence.

8:30 p.m Soho South, 12 West Liberty St. $30 savannahagainstviolence.com

Film: Bad Taste

The PFS celebrates Peter Jackson’s birthday with this pre-Lord of the Rings campy, gory horror film where a group of friends learn that man-eating space aliens have taken over the village.

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

Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead

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Armstrong State University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs, HOLA and HORA will present a special “Day of the Dead” celebration. Día de los Muertos is a traditional Mexican celebration honoring the dead with elaborately decorated altars, lively festivities, food and parties. The celebration finds joy and a reconnection with lost family members, informed by the belief that death is a natural part of the life cycle. Armstrong’s celebration will feature bright colors, dazzling designs, an arts and crafts station, flowers and special Latin American cuisine. This event, which is free and open to the public, marks the beginning of Diversity Week at Armstrong.

10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Presentation at the ofrenda (altar) 12:00 p.m.

Armstrong State University – Student Union Ballroom A & B 11935 Abercorn St.

Rocky Horror Show 4 Friday / 30 & Saturday / 31

Come up to the lab and see what’s on the slab!

Bay Street Theatre, 1 Jefferson St.

Howl-o-Ween

Bring your dog to this fun event, featuring fancy-dressed Halloween dog competitions, a paddleboard raffle prize draw, and spooky cocktails by Fish Tales. Proceeds help the Bark Park stay open.

Bryan County Bark Park, 500 Veterans Memorial Parkway.

912-429-3950. lesley@francis.com

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Thursday / 29

Junior League Mayoral Debate

Debate on women and children’s issues between Savannah’s mayoral candidates: incumbent Edna Jackson, Eddie Deloach, Murray Silver, and Louis Wilson, Sr. The debate is moderated by Dave Kartunen and will feature candidate discussion and individual questions from the floor.

Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Lecture: Modern Light, Monet, and the Americans

Film: Bram Stoker’s Dracula

Join Oscar-winning sound designer and SCAD Faculty David Stone as he hosts Francis Ford Coppola’s reinvention of Stoker’s epic horror novel, Dracula. Part of the Savannah Film Festival’s “After Dark” series.

8 p.m Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St.

Haunted Hut Trail

It all started February 5th, 1958 when the Air Force lost a 7,600 lb. hydrogen bomb Dr. Nancy Mowll Mathews, will explore off the waters of Tybee. Somewhere soon what was new scientifically and culturally after, a great white shark bit into the Tybee about light in the nineteenth century, and Bomb mistaking it for food and became how Monet and his American colleagues radioactive. This giant, rogue shark not saw these studies, and impressionism, only has a huge bite radius, but if it swims through nationalistic lenses. past you, you are forever in the land of the 6 p.m dead as a zombie surfer. Proceeds benefit ) Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. the Tybee Maritime Academy, and kids 5 Free for Telfair members, $12 for and under get in free. non-members Bo Bien Hut, 1650 Inlet Ave. $5

Take a paranormal tour of the Old Chatham County Detention Center. h Proceeds to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project.

Old Chatham County Jail, 145 Montgomery St. $10

Pre-Trick or Treat

Bring the kids dressed up for a Pre-Trick or Treat on River Street. To participate, kids must have a parent/guardian and bring their trick or treat bag to stock up on lots of candy. Start at either end of River Street and work your way down to over 30 t participating businesses.

5-8 p.m River Street, River St.

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Concert: Alice Ryley, A Savannah Ghost Story

Be the first to hear the famous ghost of Wright Square come to life in a new one-act operatic work. Presented by the Savannah VOICE Festival.

4 & 6 p.m Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St. $53 advance, $58 at door 855-766-7372

Concert: April Verch

While her music is rooted in natural Canadian traditions -- specifically the Ottawa Valley fiddle style -- singer/fiddler April Verch grew up surrounded by living, d breathing roots music; but is no stranger to blues, Latin music, Eastern European music, jazz, and Americana.

8 p.m Randy Wood Guitars (Bloomingdale), 1304 East Hwy. 80. $20 plus tax

Panic in the Pen

Take a paranormal tour of the Old Chatham County Detention Center.

Proceeds to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project.

Old Chatham County Jail, 145 Montgomery St. $10

Stranger Than Fiction: An Exploration of the Extraordinary in Old Savannah

Historical entertainment on the many extraordinary ideas, beliefs and objects with which people in the 1820s would have been familiar, including visualization of the supernatural, phantasmagoria, Frankenstein, animal magnetism and the court of death. Attention will be paid to spiritual convictions of Lowcountry African Americans of the past. Not suitable for children under 12 years old.

Fridays & Saturdays 7:30 p.m.

Davenport House, 324 East State St. $22 in advance, $25 at door davenporthousemuseum.org

Terror Plantation Haunted House

470+ people were too scared to finish the haunted house last year. All proceeds benefit the Alee Shriners.

Alee Shriner’s Temple, 100 Eisenberg Dr. $10 adults, $6 kids 12 and under

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The Tybee Arts Association and The Tybee Post Theater present Neil Simon’s

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Tybee Post Theater Tickets: 912-472-4790 tybeeposttheater.org

November 17-23 Tybee arts Center Tickets: 912-786-5920 tybeearts.org

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Saturday / 31

Wilmington Island Farmers’ Market

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

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

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Forsyth Farmers Market

Halloween Bazaar

Family-friendly event with arts and crafts, safe trick or treating, adult and child costume contests, and a haunted cork maze. There will be free workshops and art demos in Jelinek Creative Spaces and “Artsy Horror Picture Show Exhibition,” a curated art show, will be on exhibit in the JSC gallery.

3-8 p.m Jelinek Creative Spaces, 101 N. Fahm St. $1 savannahbazaar.com

The Nightmare on Congress Street

Savannah’s creepiest and scariest bar crawl along Savannah’s eeriest strip. It’s also Savannah’s largest costume contest.

Benefits Nine Line Foundation.

Congress Street Social Club, 411 West Congress St.

Panic in the Pen

Take a paranormal tour of the Old Chatham County Detention Center.

Proceeds to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project.

Old Chatham County Jail, 145 Montgomery St. $10

Savannah Zombie Novel Signing

Josh Vasquez, author of the Savannah Zombie Novel series, will sign books this Halloween. Books available for purchase.

3-5 p.m E Shaver Booksellers, 326 Bull St. Free savannahzombienovel.com

Terror Plantation Haunted House

470+ people were too scared to finish the haunted house last year. All proceeds benefit the Alee Shriners.

Alee Shriner’s Temple, 100 Eisenberg Dr. $10 adults, $6 kids 12 and under

Trick or Trot 5k Fun Run

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Costumes are encouraged. Trick or Trot benefits local charities supported by Rotary.

8 a.m YMCA (Wilmington Island), 66 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

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The Wilmington Island Farmers’ Market is held every Saturday rain or shine.

9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Islands Community Church, 111 Walthour Rd.

Concert: Celtic Woman

This enchanting musical experience features Celtic Woman performing a treasure chest of traditional Irish standards, classical favorites and contemporary pop songs, in the group’s distinctive signature style.

3 p.m The Savannah Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. savannahcivic.com

Film: The Shining

Watch a movie and enjoy meatballs at the Florence with the Movies and Meatballs series.

7:30 p.m The Florence, 1 B West Victory Drive.

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Lecture: Imprinting Impressionism

Imprinting Impressionism: The Graphic Work of Mary Cassatt, Frank Benson, and Childe Hassam led by Courtney McNeil will close the Monet series by addressing Impressionism’s influence on prints made by notable American artists and explore why those artists chose to pursue a difficult medium after achieving success with their paintings.

6 p.m Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Free for Telfair members, $12 non-members

Tongue: Open Mouth & Music Show hosted by Calvin Thomas

Music, poetry and spoken word on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. first Tuesday of every month, 7-10 p.m Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 West Liberty Street.

Free and open to the public.

912-238-2426. woodum469@yahoo.com. facebook.com/roastingsavannah

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blues hitchcock a tribute to theweekend The Birds November 6th, 8pm

graveface

North by Northwest November 7th, 8pm

fright fest Saturday, October 17th

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Thursday, November 12th @ 7:00

bluegrass swing and

gypsy pickin’

Friday, November 13th @ 7:30

LUCAS THEATRE FOR THE ARTS

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for tickets: lucastheatre.com

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Broken.

by Jim Morekis

jim@connectsavannah.com

JUST WHEN you thought you’d seen it all, along came last Friday’s “emergency meeting” of Savannah City Council in response to the Chatham County Commission’s vote earlier that morning to dissolve the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department and break it into two parts.

The meeting came hours after Savannah’s second triple homicide of the year.

It also confirmed everyone’s worst suspicion that our situation is even more dire than we knew. It was literally the most pathetic thing I’ve ever seen local politicians associated with.

I have never been so deeply concerned for the future of this city of which I am a native.

grandstanded, as if there was a single thing to be done now that the County had finally called their bluff.

Mayor Jackson indignantly said, “We cannot continue to be the Council who has had to carry this burden all of this time.”

Mary Osborne actually suggested that the Chatham County Commission’s vote be disregarded (!), and that “we should get the citizens’ feedback.” Well that’s an idea!

Tony Thomas brought a motion to the floor symbolic of the colossal cluelessness of this City government.

Like a deeply delusional spouse who refuses to acknowledge their partner has already filed for divorce, Thomas’s motion was to reaffirm the City’s commitment to the police merger, and essentially instruct the County Commission to reverse their vote and continue paying for the merger through the end of 2016!

The merger the County had bitterly

to begin undoing the damage. (Thanks to those of you who voted early!)

Let’s look at a case study: Alderman John Hall is a perfect example of not only how disastrous the current Council is, but on how each citizen’s vote matters.

John Hall has been endorsed by the Chamber of Commerce and the Police Benevolent Association despite a record which includes three DUIs, a shoplifting charge, and misdemeanor unemployment fraud.

John Hall has told constituents his district is the safest in town. The same district where running daylight gun battles are now a routine occurrence.

John Hall’s wife Connie Hall is a member of the Savannah-Chatham School Board.

John Hall works for the Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools.

Visibly panicking, Mayor and Council sounded as if this was the first time they’d considered even the most basic issues around the year-long negotiations on the police merger.

The County Commission’s narrow 5-4 vote to start their own police department came without warning. It was understandable that Mayor Jackson and the rest of City Council up for reelection were caught unawares; we all were.

But not only did City Council not have a Plan B for their next move, they lacked a Plan C-Z as well.

Visibly panicking, Jackson and Council sounded as if this was the first time they’d considered even the most basic issues surrounding the heated, year-long negotiations to continue the merger.

Even this late in the game, with the County’s vote a done deal for several hours, City Attorney Brooks Stillwell embarrassingly had to instruct City Council members on the most rudimentary aspects of the negotiations.

City Manager Stephanie Cutter—by charter the most powerful single official in Savannah and whose job it is to take care of problems exactly such as this—looked on meekly like a deer in the headlights, adding little, seemingly understanding little, as Stillwell addressed her and City Council as if they were preschool students.

Though in all candor I’m not sure preschool students couldn’t do a better job.

The flop-sweat dripped as individual City Council members desperately

voted to dissolve for good hours before.

Like drowning shipwreck victims grasping for a floating piece of flotsam, City Council members floundered onto the toothless and farcical suggestion.

Tom Bordeaux—who alone among incumbents has the realism and sense of honor to not seek reelection—was the only dissenting vote, cast to express his disgust with the entire process.

What happens next, assuming the County Commission doesn’t have some kind of weird machinations of their own to reverse their vote (not out of the question by any means)?

Taxes go up for everyone. City taxes, to make up for the shortfall in police funding from the County, and County taxes, to pay for costs of their brand-new police department.

Chief Lumpkin, barring drastic action, will likely resign despite his assurances he won’t. What else is he supposed to say?

If he does go, I don’t think a soul would blame him.

Officer vacancies in the City will worsen.

Any officer who can will run for the exits now that there’s no guarantee that even the new, deeply flawed salary structure will remain intact when the dust settles.

Look: The City of Savannah is broken.

This election you have the opportunity

In September of this election year he got a promotion from Media Clerk —a part time job paying under $20,000 a year—to Supervisor of Custodial Services.

His new salary is $49,500.

(Husband/wife elected teams are now commonplace in Savannah/Chatham County. These nepotistic teams are, while legal, a clear and present source of corruption. In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Hall’s dual elected roles, Alderwoman Estella Shabazz is married to County Commissioner Yusuf Shabazz, due in court for a hit-and-run of a City worker. Assistant Police Chief Julie Tolbert is married to Terry Tolbert, head of the Economic Opportunity Authority and also….. wait for it…. Chairman of the Tax Assessors Board! The list goes on and on. Nepotism is killing Savannah, and we will take a closer look at the issue in coming months.)

Here’s the thing: In 2011 John Hall was elected by 18 votes.

Not a typo—that’s eighteen, as in the number between 17 and 19.

Given all the Council votes that have been taken and City contracts doled out since then, what do you think the potential market value of those 18 votes might be?

The difference between success and catastrophe often rests on the razor’s edge.

You can be the difference. cs

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News & Opinion The (Civil) Society Column

A tale of two horror shows

By Jessica Leigh Lebos

jll@connectsavannah.com

Shudder at the bloodcurdling screams.

Cringe at the zombified inmates. Witness the scenes of torture…if you dare!

Oh, come ON, why so serious? It’s all part of the frenzied fun at Panic in the Pen, the haunted Halloween thrillfest giving out goosebumps at the old county jail on Montgomery Street through Oct. 31.

Wait, did you think I was alluding to something else? Perhaps the viral video depicting Sheriff’s deputies tasing a barely conscious Matthew Ajibade in the testicles while he was he locked in a restraining chair, where he was found dead a few hours later?

I can see how you might make that mistake. After all, both events feature terror and gore, both happen inside a local jail and both are brought to you by the Chatham County’s Sheriff’s Office.

show for the Boston bomb victims?

But it wasn’t until the video of Ajibade being beaten and tortured was released during the recent trials of former deputies Maxine Evans and Jason Kenny that the terror-in-the-clink concept moved beyond simple poor taste to flat-out bad judgment.

As the sickening clip lit up national news sites and social media, I reached out to Bilbo two days before the haunted jail preview to see if the Sheriff’s Dept. planned to release a statement acknowledging the painful parallel.

I did my best to clarify that the aim of my query was not to vilify anyone involved in the Halloween show; rather, I saw it is an opportunity to broker a conversation about police brutality and our broken justice system—and perhaps help temper yet another national PR disaster for Savannah.

“Not sure how ANYONE can be outraged by a 20 year old unused county facility being put to use to raise money for 2 kids groups and wounded warrior[s],” responded Bilbo in an email.

“This event has been planned since last

giving the officer a bottle of medication used to treat Ajibade’s documented bipolar disorder. Instead, he was taken to the Chatham County jail, where he became combative and broke a deputy’s nose. He was then wrestled into the restraining chair and a spit mask placed over his face. He was still wearing it when he died.

Last Friday, a local jury acquitted Evans and Kenny of involuntary manslaughter, though the lesser charge of cruelty stood for Kenny and his perverse use of the Taser. Evans could face jail time for perjury.

Reports of the not-guilty verdicts in Savannah—along with the video—rose to the front page of dozens of internationallyread sites including the Huffington Post and garnered thousands of comments, many professing shock that jurors didn’t see the violent video as sufficient evidence to convict the deputies.

Ajibade’s family wasn’t nearly as surprised. “I knew that that same system that failed Mathew would not be the system that got him justice,” cousin Chris

had indeed been planned for over a year, though the original venue was outdoors.

Concerns about the weather led the organizers to tap the abandoned jail as a possible locale, spurred by the popularity of The Walking Dead.

Bilbo said that finding old guard and inmate uniforms inside during a preliminary tour sealed the deal, and that hundreds of dollars and hours have been donated to produce the event.

She reiterated that any scenes of torture involve inmates restraining a guard, not the other way around.

The planning committee also brought in a paranormal investigation team to validate purported ghostly activity in the jail, imprinted by the “murders, suicides and natural deaths” of prisoners within the concrete walls.

“But you don’t see any connection between those souls and Matthew Ajibade?” I pressed.

Wrong question. “What is wrong with you? Were you not allowed to have Halloween as a kid?” she replied.

Both feature terror and gore, both happen inside a local jail and both are brought to you by the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office...but to conflate the two is “one heckuva stretch,” says the director of public affairs. I guess I’ve been doing too much yoga.

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Of course, there are obvious differences.

One takes place in the current holding pen on Chatham Parkway, the other at a disused facility downtown. One has cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars in court fees; the other is raising funds for charity. One is real, the other is pretend.

To conflate the two is what Gena Bilbo, director of public affairs for the Sheriff’s Office, calls “a heckuva stretch.”

I guess I’ve been doing too much yoga, because Ajibade’s death is came immediately to mind when the first Panic in the Pen press release circulated in September.

It promised “all sorts of doom and gloom” and “maybe even a clown or two … remember killer clown, John Wayne Gacy???”

Some of us at the office thought it a bit unusual that a law enforcement agency would host a chamber of horrors at the ol’ prison when two of its deputies had recently been indicted for killing an inmate and seven more fired over the incident, and also that namedropping a raping serial murderer was a selling point.

What’s next up on the Docket of Inappropriateness, we joked, a Holocaust Easy10 Oven Bake Sale? How about a firecracker

June and giving kids an opportunity to earn community service hours. So sorry Connect Savannah doesn’t support us.”

Look, I would never want to diminish the charitable aspect of this event and applaud any opportunity for volunteer work—even if it means shrieking in people’s ears and carrying around your own intestines on a plate.

Funds generated from Panic in the Pen benefits Chatham County Explorer Post 876, Chatham County Youth Commission and the Wounded Warrior Project, three important local organizations that create opportunities for our kids and provide vital services to our soldiers.

It also bears a mention that Connect is supporting Panic in the Pen with pro bono ads in this week’s issue and the last one.

But I wouldn’t be doing my job if I didn’t point out what seems to be a serious case of cognitive dissonance.

I have been following the Ajibade case from the beginning, when the 21 year-old Nigerian-born SCAD student was arrested New Year’s Day on a domestic violence charge. According to reports, his girlfriend begged police to take him to the hospital,

Oladapo told NBC News. “We expected nothing, and we got nothing.”

“Disappointment requires a conflict of expectation,” echoes attorney Mark O’Mara, who is representing Ajibade’s family. He calls the assistant DA’s performance in court “subpar prosecution from start to finish” and that the handling of the case indicates a “serious institutional unawareness” in the Sheriff’s department.

O’Mara will be filing a civil suit on behalf of the family later this month against the county as well as its contracted healthcare provider, Corizon Health, and several individuals including Evans and Kenny. The lawsuit will seek punitive damages as well as demands to overhaul the deputy training program.

“Matthew Ajibade was deprived of his federal and civil rights and suffered at the hands of this department,” says O’Mara.

“With that kind of systemic incompetence, it will happen again.”

After the verdicts, I contacted Bilbo again to discuss Panic in the Pen, described as “super super scary” by a couple of last weekend’s attendees.

She explained that the fundraising event

I replied that it was, in fact, my family’s favorite holiday, but that I was honestly trying to understand how the Sheriff’s Dept. could not see the irony of its participation in actual torture and putting on a “fun” house that depicts it.

“Well, you and your editor [Jim Morekis] are literally the only people who have complained,” she retorted.

I don’t doubt that’s true, considering the unsettling lack of local outcry over the Ajibade verdicts. Anyone who’s familiar with my work and Jim’s knows we ain’t skeered of being the lone werewolves in the pack.

Yet I have to wonder if any others have kept silent out of fear of intimidation by those sworn to protect and serve?

Or simply rendered speechless by the abject absurdity of it all?

I know there are plenty of decent folks who will enjoy having the pee scared out of them at Panic in the Pen this weekend, and I sincerely hope barrels of dollars are raised for the good works it benefits.

But after the fake blood is mopped up and the zombies go home, some of us will still be haunted by the screams. cs

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news & opinion challenge 2015

Brian Foster: Alderman at Large Post Two

‘For them to decide to take $3 million out of a fund to buy the fairgrounds is ludicrous! That stuff has got to stop’ SPLOST has been critical for roads and drainage. But to be honest when I was out supporting it many years ago with the Chamber, there were some things I thought were going to happen that haven’t happened the way they should.

Transparency has been terrible. Communication has been terrible.

For instance the voters never approved this idea of each district getting $1.5 million in discretionary funding. They did not vote in discretionary income to every district, that was not on the ballot.

And of course they’re all using it in their districts to get reelected. Let’s just call it what it is.

by jim morekis

jim@connectsavannah.com

A FORMER banking executive with decades of financial planning and funding experience, Brian Foster is running for the Post Two seat being vacated by Tom Bordeaux, who took the unusual step of endorsing Foster for the position.

While Foster has taken flak this election season for his close ties to the Chamber of Commerce and Savannah Economic Development Authority, his focus is on the numbers, and how best to bring real financial expertise to a City Council that clearly needs it.

What do you think about the Westside Arena? That will cost the equivalent of a third of the entire City budget.

Tom Bordeaux endorsed you to take over that seat. Were you tempted to tell him thanks but no thanks, an endorsement from any of these incumbents is the kiss of death?

You’re not the first one to ask that! I’ve known Tom for 25-plus years, going back to when he was in the state legislature. We go to the same church together.

He and I are different personalities—we think differently on a lot of things and don’t always agree. But one thing we’ve always had is honesty and openness. He trusts me and I trust him.

I told him my concerns about the current Council, and he told me his frustrations, and about why he’s not running again. At that point I was not seriously considering running. He said, “You ought to think about it.”

One day we had lunch and he spent about an hour and half giving me a bunch of reasons why I had some unique qualifications that are desperately needed: Financial expertise, the ability to build coalitions.

I would never not accept his endorsement, because I have respect for his intelligence and thought process.

You are one of very few people either on Council or running for Council with an iota of private sector experience. I find that sort of incredible.

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I’ve really spent some time studying the budget and revenue flow and where the money’s going. Clearly what needs to happen is they’ve got to set a plan and stick to a plan. Call it a strategic plan, a financial plan, whatever you want to name it.

But for them to decide to take $3 million out of a fund to buy the fairgrounds is ludi12 crous! That stuff has got to stop.

Brian Foster, foreground, says: ‘I actually believe with all the revenue growth from real estate valuation they could roll back the millage rate a little bit. I really believe they should roll the millage back this year, if they understood what they had.’

I actually believe with all the revenue growth from real estate valuation they could roll back the millage rate a little bit.

I really believe they should roll the millage back this year, if they understood what they had. What I’ve heard is the evaluation is going to be up about 7.5 percent. If it goes over 5 percent I’m for rolling it back.

Part of my plan is to say, let’s go do some bonding. Rates are at a historic low, they’ll only go up.

The City’s grading allows us to borrow at two percent. The total yearly payments on bonds are only 795K out of $300 million in revenue. They’ve been ridiculously unbalanced in the way they’re financing.

It’s a piece of cake for them to easily go buy all new cars and laptops for the police.

Some officers have 11 year old laptops that don’t work. We can easily get them state of the art equipment.

We could easily put up a 200 camera system up all around town, the whole package is $5 million. That’s no big deal at two percent interest. We need to do it now before rates go up.

Also, the City has a four percent bond capacity up to a cap of eight percent. What that means is currently we’re not even utilizing 50 percent of our bonding capacity.

Yet they are shorting existing accounts to buy more properties.

They sit up there and talk about drainage.

We’ve got 100-year-old drains falling in, why in the world don’t you take steps to do something in advance? It’s not sexy to dig a hole in the ground to replace a drain, but my God, we’ll never have another opportunity like today to get that stuff done.

And Edna still says, “I wonder why we haven’t done this before.”

They really need someone like me up there to talk to them about this stuff, to bring some professional advice in there.

They’ve hired all these consultants because apparently the professionals on City staff aren’t up to the task.

As an old Chamber of Commerce guy, you know the Chamber has spent a lot of money campaigning to pass SPLOST measures. Do you have problems with how SPLOST has played out? Any regrets about supporting it in the past?

Well, I was on the Chamber board when we supported SPLOST. We have to plan and not waste money on stuff. Put public safety first. Use bonds on infrastructure and equipment, and you can roll the millage rate back.

I don’t like the way they handled the Arena. If you look at arenas in other parts of state, like Gwinnett County, Turner Field, the mistake was they built and said development will come.

The Civic Center already loses money.

The big moneymakers are concerts, and to make that work in Savannah you need people from surrounding counties to come into town. They won’t come in if they don’t feel safe enough to go to a restaurant and then to a show.

The Arena will be stuck in the middle of nowhere. I have yet to see plan of how it is supposed to make money and what do with the old Civic Center. All that should have been planned and laid out first.

Would you vote to remove Stephanie Cutter as City Manager?

I don’t know Stephanie Cutter well enough to just say, OK she’s got to go. I would need to get elected and spend a little time trying to understand what she’s done or not done before saying for sure. What she has done is filled the void at a time when somebody trusted was needed. She did some good things.

Then the question becomes, was she the appropriate choice to then become our fulltime longtime professional City Manager? I don’t think that process was vetted enough.

We probably will need to start a nationwide professional search, and if she feels like she wants to be part of that search she’s certainly welcome. She’s also been a loyal City servant for a lot of years.

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In my interview with your opponent Joe Steffen, he criticized you for raising so much money and clearly insinuated your donors expect favors in return. What’s your response?

would create new jobs and have to recruit out of the City. That’s very depressing to me. That’s why I started working with Savannah Tech.

I work with Savannah Tech on their capital campaign, raising $5.5 million He hasn’t been able to raise money himself, for workforce training, apprenticeship and in fact he has gone to the exact same programs. Gulfstream donated a plane to people and asked for it, and didn’t get it. So train to get jobs out there. it’s a lot of sour grapes.

Why isn’t the City working more with He’s even asked one of my contributors the school system? Next time we build a to do a fundraiser for him! community center, instead of putting it in I’ve been working for 30 years helping a “special place” in somebody’s district, put people get stuff done. I’ve raised money for it on campus. You can mentor afterschool, many and various community projects. and do homework. And be safe.

The truth is I didn’t have to ask a lot of peoWhat’s so hard about that? Yet I can’t ple to donate money, many people came to find anybody who’s had that conversion on me. They want me elected and I absolutely City Council with the school system. They am humbled by the response I’ve gotten. don’t work together.

I have over 200 donors and probably 50-60 of them gave $100 or less. They’re You’re also closely associated with giving me money because they know me SEDA, which frankly doesn’t have the and trust me and think I can make a differ- best track record of attracting big ence on Council. employers.

There’s a lot of talk about some sort of Citywide living wage this campaign.

Where do you stand on that?

One thing is you want to define what a living wage really means. Some people are advocating that the hospitality industry start paying $25 an hour! A suggestion that unrealistic sort of speaks for itself.

All the candidates are talking about poverty and jobs and everybody basically says the same thing over and over again: We’ve got to create jobs and have a better workforce.

There are probably 50-60 different programs working out there, but no single point of coordination for community programming in place.

One thing I’m hearing is that businesses

It’s time to change the focus of SEDA. One thing I’ve been saying is that SEDA’s problem is they don’t have anything to sell anymore. They’ve built out Crossroads, that’s full. Now they’re looking for major sites in Bryan County.

Right now SEDA is an authority without a product. That means they’re what’s known as being mature in your market. So what you do then is go into the redevelopment business. They have taken the first step on that by offering new film incentives, which is great.

Why don’t we say OK SEDA, time to redevelop, let’s see what you can do on Ogeechee Road where Sam’s is, in Berwick, Waters Avenue. They’re really the only entity in town with the resources and ability to go in and make a difference. cs

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Travis Coles: Alderman at Large Post Two ‘If you want to make a difference, you have to step in and do it’ by jessica Leigh Lebos

jll@connectsavannah.com

The post vacated by Tom Bordeaux is the election’s most crowded race, attracting six candidates from varied backgrounds. We continue our coverage this week with an interview with Travis Coles, the longtime general manager of Club One and a resident of the eastside.

An admitted policy wonk, Coles attended Armstrong State University and has followed city politics closely from both business and cultural perspectives.

Why politics? Why now? Why this race?

I’ve always been politically inclined. I’ve always paid attention to the news—local, national, international. On a local level, working downtown for the past 11 years, I’ve seen ordinances passed that didn’t really make a lot of sense. I’ve seen the City of Savannah make mistake after mistake.

I just thought there was no time like the present.

I just turned 32, but I don’t think along the lines of, “Well, you have to wait until you’re well-established or basically guaranteed a win before you jump into the race.” If you want to make a difference. you have to step in and do it.

This isn’t the first Savannah has seen of me. I’ve been involved in various local boards: Savannah Pride, Stand Out Youth, First City Network. I’ve been vocal and visAt 32, Travis Coles is the youngest candidate for Post 2, but he says he has the business ible in city meetings; in particular, about chops and consensus-building skills to do the job. Photo by Megan Jones the liquor ordinance that never seems to come about. It’s been changing since 2005.

In terms of downtown current and currency, is the alcohol ordinance the biggest issue?

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No, it’s definitely an issue, but our biggest issue is crime. In 11 years I’ve lived in Savannah, I haven’t felt like I could be shot in my car driving down the street like I do now.

Five folks in Ellis Square who had nothing to do with that gunfight got shot, and the cameras weren’t working so we couldn’t get footage of what happened.

There are so many errors that have happened along the way I just think it’s time for new leadership.

Crime is first and foremost. But there’s a lot of discussion that you can’t address crime without addressing poverty. This city hasn’t addressed poverty in two or 14 three decades—nothing’s really changed.

We continue to be a city of have and have nots, and it causes so much friction between the two communities. There needs to be a bridge.

How would you bridge the gaps?

Honestly, it has to come from multiple angles. The city needs to work better with neighborhood associations, because no one knows what they need a neighborhood better than those groups.

We need to be focusing on better paying jobs. We have this big hospitality industry that doesn’t pay exceptionally well.

It really bothers me that all of the folks who work downtown can’t afford to live downtown. So they’re coming from the 5th district, the 4th district, from outside of the downtown area, getting paid very minimally. The money that’s being made

priorities? I’m pretty sure the function of our government is not to have a stellar credit rating but to take care of its citizens.

I know we have an issue with a skilled labor force as far as bringing some of these jobs in. We need to create community colleges that will train them. We need to go to JCB, Gulfstream and Mitsubishi and ask for a work exchange program where you bring in people from the community and train them for a period of a time and send them on with that skill set. Or if they’re good, retain them.

We don’t need to keep pulling people from Jacksonville or Charleston to work these jobs. We need to help the people who live here. Various folks have also said that there have been smaller companies who have looked at the megasite, but they passed them over because they wanted the big fish. That’s absurd. We’ve lost three big auto manufacturers. Why are we going after the big fish when we can fill it up with several smaller ones?

The idea was floated about diversifying, so when one major industry shuts down it doesn’t shut the whole city down. If Fort Stewart moves out of Hinesville, the city’s done. Here, if Gulfstream shut down, we’d be hurting a lot, or if something happened to the port. I think that we would be better served by having a variety of businesses out there instead of one giant car plant.

What is Savannah’s greatest strength?

The diversity of the people here. We need to do a better job of bridging the gaps.

You will always have different levels of economic prosperity, but the disparity between them now is too great. We don’t have a middle, and that’s unsustainable. downtown is not being invested where they That’s how revolutions happen. live; it’s being invested downtown or going in the pockets of the top 1 percent. It’s time If Savannah had a revolution, what we started investing in these impoverished would it look like? Are we having it neighborhoods. now?

I think we need to be better at attracting career jobs, such as manufacturing. The Hopefully we are! I think a political revolution is a good thing. I’d hate to see it get to megasite has one tenant in it, and it’s sat violence though. like that for 20 years now.

What can we sell about Savannah to make more manufacturers want to come here?

We’ve lost several. The mayor says that Charleston got Daimler because they did all these long term tax breaks, which she said would make their bond rating go down. With all due respect, I think we could take a hit on our credit it meant providing jobs for our citizens. Where are our

We talked about the increased violence downtown. This is a pointed question, but do you think the answer is to buy your own gun?

I believe in the Second Amendment. But I’ve never felt that I needed to carry a gun.

I’m not one to take someone else’s life.

In self-defense I guess I would; luckily I haven’t been put in that position.

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police department staffed. I don’t want what Ferguson did with bringing in the state guard. I do not want to become a militant society.

This didn’t happen overnight. I feel badly for the chief, because he’s having to bring in new people and train them as quickly as possible. From what I’ve heard, he’s basically 20 percent down and still needs to fire another 20 percent to because of corruption.

I agree with hiring more veterans, but we have to be careful because we don’t need a militant mentality when we’re trying to enforce community policing.

What’s the difference between militant and community policing?

Militant policing is subduing the population. Community policing is being part of the population. It’s about understanding the environment and the culture that you’re in.

When you’re fighting insurgents, you’re not trying to talk to them; you’re trying to eliminate them. In a community, you’re trying to get to know the people, understand their needs, their problems, their issues and work with them.

Personally, I don’t think anyone should be arrested for pot possession. I appreciate the states that have overturned that, because our jails are overflowing with people who shouldn’t even be there. It sets them up for failure. It’s such an absurd system, and it’s not sustainable to keep building more and more jails.

I had someone from the African American community, a very conservative gentleman, tell me that a new jail is going to have to be built, and he wants it built in the city so that it creates city jobs. He was talking about the recently purchased fairgrounds and said we should put the jail there.

I asked, “You don’t think that would be a complete flop for the city since they said they bought it to create affordable housing and then they put a jail there?” And he told me that a jail IS affordable housing. That blew my mind.

We’ve gotten to a point that that’s an acceptable idea. We’re heading in the direction where young men of color recognize it as a foregone conclusion that they are going to eventually be in jail at some point.

What do you think should be done with the $3 million fairgrounds?

I think it never should have been purchased by the city. The mayor said that the residents there wanted them to buy it so that it didn’t become a container yard or something.

The city needs to get out of the business of buying property—SCAD does a much

better job. The city has a very bad track record in the last four to eight years of saying they’re going to do one thing with a property and doing another—or not doing anything at all.

The Cultural Arts Center is a good example. The initial design wasn’t great, but it was something. Then they altered it so it didn’t have a stage. How do you have a theater with no stage? That is not what we were sold.

If you’re going to dream big for Savannah, what’s the vision?

In terms of thinking big for Savannah, I think we need to look at Hutchison Island.

A long term idea would be to continue the Truman Parkway over a bridge to Hutchison Island that would get rid of the container traffic off of Bay Street and out of downtown. They could circle around and complete the perimeter road around Savannah. It’s a lot of money, but it would do great things for downtown and even the ports.

Jacksonville, Atlanta, all these major cities have a ring road. We have a ring road, and it goes right through downtown. It doesn’t make sense.

There also needs to be a master plan for hotels so they don’t impact people who live downtown. And a plan for our historic district—it doesn’t need to be a museum but it doesn’t need to be Disneyland either.

And of course, a long term plan for economic growth—for everyone. I would like to see a Savannah where you can drive through any neighborhood and feel safe.

With six contenders in this race and no incumbent, why should people vote for you?

Because I’m new, I’m fresh, I’m not the establishment.

There’s one candidate who everyone is calling the establishment candidate, and there’s another one who has run for political office multiple times. My concern there is that he’s trying to build up his political chops by taking a lesser seat than what he previously tried for to use it as a stepping stone.

I’m different from these folks, I bring a different perspective. I work downtown and I live on the Eastside. I come from the service industry and I’ve worked my way up from the bottom to management. I’ve had to build consensus with people, difficult customers, different owners.

I have no hidden agenda other than trying to make Savannah better. What I say make sense.

I’ve got the business chops. I know how to pull people together and get things done. cs

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news & opinion challenge 2015

Clinton Young: Alderman at Large Post Two

‘If we’re very serious we will merge the governments of the City of Savannah and Chatham County together and handle this 28 percent poverty rate’ You are one of the success stories from We need to light these areas up. We need that side of town. You made it out of the to get the cameras rolling. You’ve got to projects and are now running for City evaluate the activity of these folks before Council. they strike.

When I ran in ‘07 I was pushing prime CLINTON YOUNG has run for I came up out of poverty. I grew time time foot patrol, to take back the local office a few times before, up off MLK when it was still streets. And that’s the back door into a most recently in the runoff called West Broad Street, in curfew—these children can’t and shouldn’t against Tom Bordeaux for the Frazier Homes. be faced with these evils that are out there seat Young is now running for.

I’ve seen a lot in my lifetime. today.

The Savannah native is one I buried a brother. That could It’s 10 o’clock, do you know where your of the few candidates in the race have very easily been him bury- children are? I’m from that generation. I who has seen the City’s most ing me. remember that. serious problems up close and I just went to a funeral SaturParental responsibility is at an all-time personal, at the street level, and day morning with some friends low. It’s actually the fulfillment of a prophhe speaks very candidly about of mine who buried their only ecy, which is, just before a nation falls there that. son. That was the young man, are telltale signs: Children shall be the Frank Wilson Jr., who got gunned down in oppressors.

Am I correct in saying that this electhe square the previous Sunday morning.

I screamed in ‘07 and again in ‘11, why tion maybe the first time we’re seeing His momma and daddy’s only son. can you take $110 million to build a jail local African American voters seriFrank Sr. and I grew up in the church but you didn’t go into each district in the ously dissatisfied with African Ameritogether. I was youth minister and Frank county and build a million-dollar commucan elected leaders here? was a musician. He and his wife have been nity center with a small operating budget, married 38 years and they just buried their and upgrade existing centers?

Somewhat. A lot of what you’re seeing only boy. It was a very powerful and emoAnd then with the lack of officers, you is not just here, it’s nationally as well as tional service I went to. take the voice out of Silent Witness. People locally. What we’re looking at is 50-plus won’t say anything, because they know years of the Civil Rights Movement and its Crime is the issue of this campaign. they have no help. An understaffed police disappointments.

How do you stand on ways to fight it? department is prime pickings for third We’ve had some major successes, but generation drug dealers. overall as a people, the African American We stress community policing. But you They take the product to a strange car. community, too many of our black men cannot do an effective job policing as a They know which ones are the strange cars are in prison. Too many of our children community with a ratio of 600 cops when they usually don’t see. So it goes from a are labeled as having a behavioral disorwe need a budget for 700. You need an transaction to a robbery. This is where the der or in Special Ed. Too many blacks are effective ratio. shootings are coming from. And then these unemployed.

We have to identify what are the real guys in the cars are shooting back.

Too many black women are raiscancers from the criminal element. You If we’re very serious we will merge forces ing children in a single parent home by have today a third generation drug dealer. and powers of the City of Savannah and themselves, for the third, fourth, fifth It’s not just marijuana dealers anymore. Chatham County together and handle this generation.

It’s a full blown crack epidemic at its height 28 percent poverty. It can no longer just be The Civil Rights Movement has failed and pinnacle, coupled with the resurgence about the pride of who’s in charge. a people. 400 years in this country, and of LSD and meth and black heroin and you see the result of 400 years of oppresmixtures of all these drugs.

Conventional wisdom is that black sion and the last 50-plus years of the Civil Think what these drugs put on the soul leaders in the City don’t want consoliRights Movement that was supposed to be of an individual. It puts them in the ranks dation because it would dilute their the grand inclusion of the great American of the living dead. Walking zombies. The power, and white people in the County dream. worst crimes are between 1-6 am when don’t want it because they want to The leaders took for themselves out of these folks are out there on this stuff. stay separate from City residents. But the Civil Rights Movement and left just you’re saying openly you are for City/ trinkets. A lot of our leadership took it for Specifically how might you want to County consolidation? self-interest. address that?

MLK Boulevard used to be the black Consolidation is the only way to fix this, business mecca of Savannah. Now the We have problematic areas that have man! Consolidation is how you fix this. You only black-owned presence there is black been under siege for over 30 years. The need the joint efforts of the governments. churches, in one of the most crime-ridden Ogeechee/Florence/Burroughs corridor The balm that will heal us will be the areas of the City. combined efforts of City and County govWe have over 500 churches in this City! has been a known drug area for over 30 If these 500 churches did half their job, our years. Your multiple shootings are usually ernment merging and addressing these poverty rate would be down in single digits around that area. Waters Avenue, Augusta cancers on the community. If you address Avenue, those are also major league drug it, then surely it be better tomorrow than it instead of 28 percent. boroughs. was yesterday. by jim morekis

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If you’re truly about healing this city, then that’s what it’s gonna take. I’m just one man but I believe I can work past party lines, racial lines, and help bring this to pass.

And I tell you this: If we can bind city and county together you won’t be disappointed ever again by our neighboring state, which ranks last in education, winning out and getting those large employers.

Imagine if we had netted just two of those major companies, that 28 percent poverty would be single digits today. 1000 jobs is big financial game, because then you have the supporting businesses that go along with a Daimler Chrysler, with a Volvo, with a BMW. Would you vote to keep City Manager Stephanie Cutter?

That seems to be the litmus question in this race, that and crime and consolidation.

Look, she came in at the 11th hour. She has been a good steward and very faithful to this administration.

The City Attorney and the Clerk of Council and the City Manager all work for the Council, and that boils down to the need to have a clearcut vision.

You use some very stark, almost Biblical language about right vs. wrong, good vs. evil. But so far you haven’t mentioned greed and the love of money.

Right, the cronyism and the nepotism, exactly. I think we should go to federal ethics law and use a version of the Hatch Reform Act of 1993. If we implemented a serious effort like that in local government that would help knock out a lot of this bipartisan participation in what is basically illegal activity.

You’re in a very crowded field. How do you try and stand out?

I believe my name recognition alone is worth at least 20-25 percent, and there will be a runoff, which I expect to make.

I’m not knocking Joe Steffen, but he can’t sell himself as the black man’s champion. And of course they’re selling Brian Foster as The Great White Hope.

I’ve run before as champion for the people, and now I’m calling the champion in you. The champion in the people. To fight the greatest war of our generation. The war on poverty and the war on crime. The war for our children’s generation. cs

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#SAVFF: Opening Night

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another scintillating edition of the Savannah Film Festival kicked off this past Saturday with a gala celebration on Broughton Street and at the Trustees Theatre.

Special guest Olivia Wilde, at left, was on hand for the glamorous Red Carpet festivities as were Reed Morano, Leonard Maltin, Alison Owen, Sarah Gavron and other luminaries. cs

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#SAVFF reviews: Brooklyn, Suffragette & Skarsgard!

Brooklyn, Sunday @Trustees

Count on Nick Hornby to flesh out a script packed with engagingly funny, sincere dialogue and complex yet dynamic and relatable characters. Brooklyn was the perfect Sunday treat: genuine, humorous, heart-wrenching, and overall deeply touching.

In 1950s Ireland, Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young woman on the cusp of adulthood immigrates to America. Leaving behind her sister and mother, Eilis finds a new family in a boarding house of women and a new job in a department store.

When a handsome young man enters the picture and opportunities arise back home, Eilis must choose between her homeland and the new opportunities that America has presented.

Brooklyn is beautifully and lovingly shot, warm and luminous. Eye candy comes in all forms, from the gorgeous Irish countryside to the killer ‘50s fashion and hair.

We see Eilis grow into herself as a woman, an immigrant, and an independent. Ronan is a truly gifted actor, a master of subtlety and vulnerability; a simple concentrated, zone-out stare speaks volumes of Eilis’s struggle finding her place. She brings a sweetness and realness to Eilis that allows us to root for her with pride.

In addition to a gripping narrative and captivating leading lady, Brooklyn is peppered with familiar talent, from Julie Walters as the hysterical head of Eilis’s boarding house to Jim Broadbent as the kind priest who sponsors Eilis to the stunning Jessica Paré (Mad Men’s Megan Draper) as Eilis’s no-nonsense boss.

If you’re looking for a little love story with your historical drama this season that passes the Bechdel test, Brooklyn is the way to go. – Anna Chandler

Suffragette, Saturday @Trustees

Looking back, it seems Suffragette’s writers couldn’t quite decide what they wanted from their script.

In part, they wanted to chronicle the history of the brave women who built bombs, campaigned in the street, and were repeatedly jailed while fighting for the right to vote. On the other hand, there was a strong inclination to focus on early 20th century issues that still apply to a 21st century audience: the wage gap, sexual assault in the workplace, police brutality.

One gets this sickened feeling throughout the film that comes with the knowledge that little has truly changed. That fury could have been crafted into a wakeup call of sorts; instead, it all gets insultingly wrapped up, implying that gaining the right to vote acted like a magic wand to women’s issues.

A fictional story inspired by the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement in the U.K., Suffragette introduces us to Maude Watts (Carey Mulligan), a washerwoman, wife, and mother. We see Maude bear witness to and experience sexual assault in the workplace; we see her poor working conditions, hear stories of the dangers of such an environment; she mentions making less than a man at her job.

Nowhere in the story, however, do we really hear why Maude wants the opportunity to cast a vote.

“All my life I’ve been respectful,” she spits. “I’ve done what men told me. Well, I can’t have that anymore.”

It’s a good line, but it’s not enough. With still-relevant issues placed front and center, it implies that, if that’s what these women were fighting for, it means nothing.

Mulligan works as best she can within a clunky, didactic script plagued with flat characters.

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I longed for complexity, particularly in the villainous men; rather, we’re presented with bad guys and good women, detracting from a true understanding of the time and conditions, vastly oversimplifying.

When it comes out on DVD, make a drinking game and take a shot every time a dude says something along the lines of “I’m a man! You’re a woman! You do as I say!”

You’ll be sober for about as long as Meryl Streep is on-screen as leader Emmeline Pankhurst (‘round five minutes).

Helena Bonham Carter shines in her role as the bomb-building aspiring doctor Edith Ellyn, bending with a script that throws curveballs and jerky character development out of nowhere. Anne-Marie Duff brings an elusive sparkle and weary warrior spirit to Violet Miller. It’s quite fun to watch them blow things up together.

Suffragette has already been criticized for the glaring whiteness of its cast and for an idiotic PR move in which white actresses posed in shirts with the Pankhurst quote, “I’d rather be a rebel than a slave.”

As the credits roll, however, perhaps the biggest insult comes: a timeline of women’s suffrage around the world, those little dates feeling like a soggy Band-Aid thrown on issues that haven’t gone away at all.

Are we to believe that winning the right to vote closed the wage gap, protected countless women from sexual assault both in and outside the workplace? That there aren’t women dying in unsafe working conditions around the world to this day?

We sit here in a country with warehouses full of untested rape kits, wearing fast-fashion button-ups made by women and children working in potentially worse conditions than Mulligan’s.

This bitter feminist was exhausted by the end of it and left feeling a little used by

an attempt at a neatly tied bow on something that can’t be wrapped up. – Anna Chandler

Dixieland, Sunday @Lucas

When I first read the synopsis of Dixieland, my thoughts were: Great, just what we need, another movie about the South full of lazy tropes and regional stereotyping, where all the white people are racist caricatures with Foghorn Leghorn accents delivered by actors who are actually New Yorkers or British.

Thankfully, Dixieland proved me, and the stereotypes, wrong.

This amazing indie film from writer/ director Hank Bedford—shot in 18 days for only $500,000—takes us to the wrong side of the tracks for sure. But it’s an unblinking yet completely realistic look at life in the semirural, economically devastated postrecession South, in this case in and around Jackson and Pearl, Mississippi.

This is less like the Old South and more like the Dirty South, where the drug trade dominates the economy of these dead-end towns full of trailers and sick people who can’t pay their medical bills, where aimless white boys like protagonist Kermit (Chris Zylka) dip snuff while listening not to country music but to hip hop, and drive “fly” new black Cadillacs instead of pickup trucks.

Zylka and co-star Riley Keough—who co-produced the film—play Kermit and Rachel, two star-crossed lovers who have a whirlwind romance the day Kermit returns from a two-year prison sentence for attempting to kill his mother’s onetime lover, owner of a local strip club where his mom once danced.

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On paper, The Diary of a Teenage Girl is the racy stuff of indie film festival dreams: a 15-year-old girl, Minnie, has an affair with her mother’s 35-year-old boyfriend.

We’re promised plenty of nudity, lots of drug use, and lots of sex. The line to get into the theatre was, expectedly, out the door and down the block.

While it seems like a prime opportunity to revel in two of Hollywood’s favorite things—adolescent sexuality and affairs (read: instances of statutory rape) between minors and adults—Diary is not the romanticized, Nabokovian, American Beauty type. The sex is ugly, uncomfortable. Instead of a love story or a rape story, it’s a surprisingly fresh look at a sexual awakening and independence.

Minnie is in charge of her narrative and records all her experiences in a cassette diary. She’s also an incredibly talented cartoonist (the book the film’s based on is a graphic novel). Bel Powley is absolutely compelling in the role, boasting the perfect blend of surliness, excitement, jadedness and obsession—like if My So-Called Life’s Angela Chase was written for HBO.

Alexander Skarsgård is perfect in his role of slobbish man-child Monroe. He’s infuriating and challenging; Minnie wants to have sex—not necessarily with Monroe, though she’s got a crush and he’s been vastly inappropriate toward her in subtle ways (after throwing his arm around her whiling watching TV, hand just resting on her chest, Minnie ponders, “Even if he meant to touch my tit, it’s alright, because he knows how these things go and I don’t”).

When Minnie directly asks Monroe to sleep with her, Monroe goes along with it more than pushes it; the lines are cringingly blurred, and Skarsgård brings an incredible, painful complexity to the role.

Kristin Wiig, Minnie’s mother Charlotte, is fantastic as an almost-always drinking, chain-smoking ‘70s single mom with a penchant for beginning sentences with, “Not to sound anti-feminist…” The den in which she’s often lazing about is a gorgeous setting rich in browns, oranges, and reds; Minnie’s room, down the hall, is a haven from it all, obsessively covered in cutouts and Iggy Pop posters and draped in twinkle lights.

Knowing what we knew of the film, my friend and I took guesses on what we’d see. We placed our bets on three to four exposed rears, one to no instances of underage female nudity, perhaps one slightly obscured view of male genitalia, one instance of marijuana use, and an obscured view of cocaine use.

Man, were we off: in the final tally, I noted seven instances of marijuana use, six of cocaine, five butts, five scenes with bare-chested women, one acid incident, references to Quaaludes, references to heroin, and an uncountable amount of drawn genitalia and drugs (Minnie’s cartoons are incorporated into the story through animation).

Several attendees hustled out of the theatre as it continued to escalate.

The real surprise is how none of it felt gratuitous. As we left the theatre, I heard many women lamenting that a film that didn’t vilify youthful sexuality or objectify its lead didn’t exist when they were teens.

One noted that hearing Minnie’s story may have allowed her to find control in her relationships and do things for herself rather than for the men with whom she formed relationships.

In the end, there aren’t really heroes and villains, predators and prey here. Diary shows that sex isn’t always pretty, but it doesn’t have always be tragic, either; it shows that the most devastating (even on paper) moments in your life don’t have to define you. It’s not a love story; in Minnie’s hands, it’s a chronicle of female agency and a young woman discovering her own power, and, in turn, freedom. – Anna Chandler

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effort but her very impressive acting chops. Steve Earle also stars as Kermit’s affable uncle, brother to his late dad. Two very nice gets for Bedford, who obviously couldn’t afford to pay them more than union scale.)

Zylka expertly eschews stereotyping in his utterly modern portrayal of the essential insecurity behind the bravado of this small town white boy—who is handy with his fists but also aspires to cut men’s hair for a living, since he became “good with clippers” cutting other inmates’ hair in prison.

Ultimately, his tale is a sad one as his dreams of going straight quickly vanish.

Importantly, the film portrays his fateful decision not moralistically, but economically—there’s literally no way to make money in this town other than selling drugs, thus it’s almost impossible to rehabilitate as society expects and demands.

Keough is pitch-perfect in channeling the nonchalant sexiness of Rachel, who faces a decision point of her own in whether or not to continue dancing in the same strip club Kermit’s mother once did.

In the Q&A afterward Bedford readily admitted that his close-framed, hand-held shooting style was driven by budget concerns —they couldn’t even afford lights, and used only natural light.

That said, the quick-cut, naturalist style works perfectly well for this almost documentary-like feel—indeed, Bedford interchanges the story with interviews of local townspeople speaking directly to the camera about stories from their own, real, lives in this town. – Jim Morekis

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Film Schedule

Gallery Trustees Theater Lucas Theatre SCAD MOA Gutstein Gallery Trustees Theater Lucas Theatre SCAD MOA Gutstein Gallery Trustees Theater Lucas Theatre SCAD MOA Gutstein Gallery Trustees Theater Lucas Theatre SCAD MOA 7, 2015 October 28, 2015 October 28, 2015 October 28, 2015 October 28, 2015 October 29, 2015 October 29, 2015 October 29, 2015 October 29, 2015 October 30, 2015 October 30, 2015 October 30, 2015 October 30, 2015 October 31, 2015 October 31, 2015 October 31, 2015 day Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Thursday Thursday Thursday Thursday Friday Friday Friday Friday Saturday Saturday Saturday 4 Day 5 Day 5 Day 5 Day 5 Day 6 Day 6 Day 6 Day 6 Day 7 Day 7 Day 7 Day 7 Day 8 Day 8 Day 8 Competition Film

The Walk Frame by Frame TRT: 1:38:30

Competition Film

Doc Shorts TRT: 1:35:57

Competition Film 8:45am - 10 :23am

Competition Film 9:30am - 11:06am Catching Fireflies

Son of Saul TRT: 1:43:01 Competition Film 10am - 11:43am The Rose Bowl

Scout TRT: 1:51:24 10am - 11:51am

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KRISHA TRT: 1:23:01 11am - 12:23pm :15pm Q&A with Krisha Competition Film Fairchild World Shorts: Competition Film AUSTRALIA Birthday TRT: 1:49:33 Becoming 12pm - 1:50pm Bulletproof TRT: 1:32:30

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12:30pm - 2:16pm

12:30pm - 2:05pm Competition Film Catching Fireflies Sound Design Panel

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Pete Horner: Emotional

Animation TRT: 1:29:59 2pm - 3:29pm

Language of Film

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Competition Film

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Dust Jasmine TRT: 1:47:00 3pm - 4:47pm Q&A w directors Dax Phelan Josh Grier Mike Grier Competition Film Birthday Becoming Bulletproof TRT: 1:32:30 4:30pm - 6:02pm

Gala Screening Room TRT: 1:58:01 7pm - 8:58pm

Honoree: Meg Ryan

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Gala Screening Anomalisa TRT: 1:30:02 9pm - 10:30pm

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Gala Screening Truth TRT: 2:01:00 7pm - 9:01pm

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After Dark Goodnight Mommy

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The Lady in the Van TRT: 1:44:00 4:30pm - 6:14pm

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Why isn’t heroin used for lethal injections?

Hi mate. A question from no-capital-punishment Australia: I’ve noticed how difficult it’s become for you guys to get the necessary goop for lethal injections, with chemical companies refusing to supply it, etc. (when a chemical company is worried about its reputation, then yikes), leading to some states mixing their own cocktails, with horrific results. My question is: Why don’t they use heroin or some other opiate? Isn’t an overdose a reliable way of killing someone, shutting down breathing, consciousness, and pain? It’s also easy to get and make. If they’re not dead, just add a bit more and they

APPRECIATE the attempt to be helpful, Andrew. However, your idea has a couple fatal flaws.

First, death by opiate overdose isn’t as easy as you think. For example, a study of your fellow Australians overdosing on heroin found that many, rather than slipping peacefully into oblivion, suffered from vomiting, numbness and temporary paralysis, confusion, and dizziness. (Violent vomiting, grim enough in itself, also carries the risk of vomit aspiration.) A few experienced lung swelling, seizures, and irregular heartbeat.

Heroin overdose can cause difficulty in breathing, one of your less pleasant experiences. Death by OD is often slow, with an average of one to three hours between injection and the end.

Then there’s the problem of determining the proper dosage. Depending on how much tolerance the prisoner has developed to opiates, the lethal dose can vary by a factor of ten. Dosing is difficult even with drugs used by experts on a daily basis— anesthesiologists start with an approximate dose based on the weight, age, and medical condition of the patient, and then adjust it continually during surgery based

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on vital signs.

No anesthesiologist presides over an execution; the work is left to technicians who may not be monitoring the prisoner at all and don’t necessarily know what they’re doing. One review of post-execution toxicology reports from Arizona, Georgia, and North and South Carolina showed what was likely insufficient anesthesia in 43 of 49 executed inmates, with 21 having levels so low they may have been conscious when the searingly painful life-ending drugs kicked in.

This brings us to your second, more fundamental mistake: assuming there’s a humane way to execute someone. A constant theme in the history of capital punishment has been the quixotic search for a consistently quick, easy, and painless means of taking a life. Centuries of execution-day horror stories strongly argue that no such thing exists.

• Hanging and the firing squad were once seen as humane alternatives to dismemberment, burning at the stake, crucifixion, etc.; it’s fair to say no one views them that way now. The guillotine was likewise thought to be quick and painless, but animal research plus the grim tale reported in this column back on June 12, 1998 persuade me it’s possible for a beheaded person to be aware for several

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• Electrocution gained favor in the late 19th century as a more humane method than hanging, its greatest advocate a Buffalo dentist who’d heard about a drunk getting zapped by an electrical generator. But the first attempt was gruesomely botched (I wrote about that too), and things went spectacularly wrong so often in the ensuing decades that even death penalty advocates became convinced a better way had to be found.

•The gas chamber at one point was thought to be that way. The problem is that any prisoner who doesn’t cooperate by taking deep breaths of the poison (would you?) can go into convulsions and suffer the tortures of the damned.

• Then we come to lethal injection, which was (again) thought to be an improvement over prior methods. But as is now well known, much can go wrong.

Death can take as long as ten minutes if the prisoner’s veins are poor or the line clogs. In the case of the 1988 execution of Raymond Landry, Texas officials messed up the procedure so badly it took 24 minutes for Landry to die.

Granted, much of the difficulty with lethal injection in recent times has stemmed from widening revulsion against capital punishment. The American Medical Association forbids members from participating in lethal injections, as do other professional organizations. A new array of legal challenges has emerged from the manufacturers of the drugs, who want nothing to do with the practice. In 2013 the U.S. was threatened with an embargo of the critical anesthetic propofol due to the state of Missouri’s insistence on using it for capital punishment.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia illegally imported their lethal injection drugs. Some states have resorted to having their employees submit prescriptions for the drugs and paying for them with their personal credit cards. Other harebrained methods have been proposed, such as “allowing” prisoners to commit suicide.

I can imagine a defender of capital punishment arguing that this is all liberal handwringing and that the alternative, namely life in prison without chance of parole, is itself cruel (if hardly unusual).

The obvious answer is that it’s considerably less cruel than being put to death; rather, for heinous crimes, it seems justly harsh. Isn’t that enough? cs By cecil adams Send questions to Cecil via straightdope.com or write him c/o Chicago Reader, 350 N. Orleans, Chicago 60654.

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Triple homicide on the Westside

Detectives Thursday began a homicide investigation after two females and a male were found deceased in a residence on the 800 block of Lynah Street that morning.

“At about 8:17 a.m. Metro responded to reports of an open door at the residence.

While checking the property officers found the victims deceased inside the house,” police say.

Police say the victims are: Kiana Marshall, 21, Alexis Kitchens, 19, and Isaiah Martin, 18.

Detectives are working to identify suspects. Circumstances surrounding this case remain under investigation.

In April this year the Eastside was the scene of another triple homicide.

Gunshot victim arrested after outstanding warrants discovered

Detectives are investigating a Tuesday evening shooting that left Brandon Wright, 25, with non-life-threatening injuries.

“At about 5:22 p.m. Metro responded to a residence on the 600 block of West 54th Street, where Wright was driven by an

acquaintance after being shot. Wright was transported to Memorial University Medical Center for care,” police say.

“Wright was reportedly shot while walking near West 38th and Montgomery streets. Detectives are working to verify the location of the shooting and the identify the suspect,” police say.

Detectives also “learned that Wright had several outstanding warrants from the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office unrelated to this case.” Sheriff’s deputies arrested Wright on Tuesday.

Shooting on Iowa Street

Detectives are investigating a Tuesday night shooting on the 2100 block of Iowa Street that injured Jawaan Holmes, 20.

“At about 11:58 p.m. Metro responded to scene after reports of a shooting. Minutes later investigators learned that Holmes arrived at Memorial University Medical Center in a privately owned vehicle. His injuries were non-life-threatening,” police say.

Holmes was reportedly “sitting outside of a residence with a group of males when shots were fired from a light colored sedan.

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Detectives of Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department “have initiated a death investigation after the body of an unidentified male was found behind Medical Arts Shopping Center on the 4700 block of Waters Avenue today,” a police spokesperson says.

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Shooting on Dutchtown Road

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Detectives believe this is a targeted incident stemming from an earlier altercation.

Investigators are now looking for an older model Cadillac sedan with a black male driver.

Sexual assaults investigated

Police drrl information on a sexual assault reported near the 300 block of Williamson Street between 2:30 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. Friday .

The victim, a 19-year-old female, was reportedly walking on Williamson Street when approached by an unknown male in a truck who sexually assaulted her.

The suspect is described as a clean shaven, middle-aged, white male, with gray or white ear-length hair. The suspect has a slender build and stands 5-6. He wore light-colored clothing during the incident. He may have fled in a white truck.

Police are also investigating a sexual assault reported on the 100 block of West Duffy Street early Wednesday morning.

The victim is a female in her 20s. At about 6 a.m. an unknown male subject reportedly entered the victim’s residence and sexually assaulted her at gunpoint.

The suspect is described as a black male with a dark complexion, about 5-6 to 5-7 and roughly 140 to 160 pounds. The suspect appears to be in his early 30s. He wore a long sleeve shirt, camouflage pants and rust-colored work boots. cs Give anonymous crime tips to Crimestoppers at 912/234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637) using keyword CSTOP2020.

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In October, a Harvard University debate team (three-time recent champions of the American Parliamentary Debate Association) lost a match to a team of prisoners from the maximum-security Eastern New York Correctional Facility. Prison debaters “are held to the exact same standards” as college debate teams, according to the director of Bard College’s Prison Initiative, which coaches the inmates. Prisoners took the “pro” side of public schools having the right to turn away students whose parents had entered the U.S. illegally (though team members personally disagreed). The Bard trainers pointed out that the inmates perfected their presentation despite (or perhaps because of) the prison prohibition on Internet access.

Compelling Explanations

A black alleged gang member, Taurus Brown, 19, under arrest in Clearwater, Florida, in September for having a marijuana cigarette casually tucked behind his ear as he talked politely to a white police officer, tried to flee on foot but was quickly taken down. Asked why he ran, Brown replied (according to the police report): “I don’t like white people touching me. White people do weird stuff.”

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• The Merit Systems Protection Board is (wrote The Washington Post) “a personnel court of last resort” for federal employees unfairly punished by demotion or firing -which is just what employee Timothy Korb needed when his federal agency suspended him in 2013, allegedly for revealing at a staff meeting that the agency’s actual case backlog was much worse than it was letting on. Korb’s employer, ironically, is the Merit Systems Protection Board, and in September 2015, an administrative law judge upheld his claim of unfairness.

• Philosophy professor Anna Stubblefield (Rutgers-Newark University) was convicted of aggravated sexual assault against a severely disabled man she was discovered having sex with on the floor in a locked office, but at trial in September, she testified that the man had “consent(ed)” and that the two were “in love.” The victim, 34, has cerebral palsy and other ailments, wears diapers, requires assistance for nearly all activities, is intellectually disabled, and does not speak, “except for

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Stubblefield had been working with him on the controversial practice of “facilitated communication,” in which a facilitator reads a patient’s mind via subtleties such as eye movement and articulates the words for him. However, a jury failed to appreciate that facilitated “consent” and quickly convicted her.

“Officially” declaring oneself not subject to the laws of any jurisdiction (i.e., a “sovereign”) opens a wide range of career choices. The FBI and Las Vegas police say that in Rick Van Thiel’s case, once his porn industry career ended (because someone stole his video equipment), he “decided to go into the medical field,” becoming “Dr. Rick” with expertise performing dozens Shameless of abortions, circumciIn rare bipartisan action, sions and castrations the U.S. Senate is preparing (plus cancer treatments a bill to ban taxpayer funds and root canals). Proudly for those military salutes at avoiding actual licenssporting events. Teams (the ing, Van Thiel promoted legislators believe) already “alternative” remedies, Hey, go vote! benefit from the fan-friendly with an office in a Nevada staging of heartwarming compound of trailers that patriotic displays. (The Penone hesitant “patient” tagon had paid $5.4 million described as something just to the National Football out of a horror movie.

League over the last four Van Thiel, arrested in years.) An NFL spokesman, October, nonetheless playing catch-up, said in Sepstaunchly defended his tember, “(N)o one should be ability (acquired, he said, paid to honor our troops.” by watching YouTube medical videos). (Bonus Legislators in Action entertainment: In court, • In a recent resolution, he will be acting as his Blount County (Tennessee) own lawyer.)

Commissioner Karen Miller called for her fellow commissioners and state officials all Least Competent Criminals • Not Ready for Prime Time: It was the way up to the governor to prepare for at 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 8 that, according to “God’s wrath” for recent national policies Dallas police, Kristopher Jones, 18, and (same-sex marriage, etc.) she disagrees a buddy decided it would be Joy’s Donut with. Though other states might be in for shop they should rob. As they exited the a smiting, Miller’s resolution calls on God store (one carrying the shop’s cash regto spare Blount County (by the “safety of ister), a uniformed, off-duty officer (who the Passover lamb”). In October, the commission tabled the resolution, 10-5, but she apparently had pulled up to the store -for doughnuts) saw the whole thing and promised to reintroduce it.

• By September, Cindy Gamrat and Todd arrested Jones (though his partner was able to flee).

Courser were finally out of the Michigan • I’m Da Man! John Morgan, 28, and Legislature -- Gamrat by guard-escorted Ashley Duboe, 24, were charged in Sepremoval after her formal expulsion and tember with robbing the Savings Bank in Courser by pre-emptive resignation -- folAshville, Ohio -- with their apprehension lowing the pair’s months-long “secret” made easier by Morgan’s Facebook phosexual affair and clumsy handling of its tos of himself riffling through (and with a revelation. Courser’s original defense strategy was to plant a bogus story of a gay- mouthful of) his newly acquired stack of sex scandal, hoping to discredit as hysteria bills (a “McStack,” he wrote) and describing his current elation: “I got six bands bra any news about his actual affair, but when ... I’m doing rrree=aaaalll good.” (Police that failed, he issued a 1,900-word plea, were quick to find the Facebook page liberally quoting the Bible, acknowledgbecause Morgan was already on parole ing his hypocrisy and hoping for salvation from a 2010 bank robbery.) from his colleagues (who failed to come through).

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More Men Who Accidentally Shot Themselves Recently: A 16-year-old boy, in the leg -- for the second time in three months (same leg) (Tulsa, Oklahoma, September). A road-rager waving a gun at a motorist, jarring his trigger finger as he subsequently crashed (Estero, Florida, September). Christen Reece, 23, shot in the head demonstrating to friends the gun’s “safety” (Navajo County, Arizona, September). A man celebrating his 21st (and, alas, final) birthday (Dallas, July). A 49-year-old man who failed the “removing the magazine does not clear the chamber” test (Mims, Florida, June). Martin Hoyer, 51, who failed the “waistband is not a holster” test (Wenatchee, Washington, September). Thomas Javier, 26, trying to hide his gun (after being caught urinating in the street) and fumbling it, accidentally shooting himself in the vicinity of the organ in question. (Brooklyn, New York, September). Donald Watson, 43, slipping a for-sale gun into his pocket and somehow firing on his penis (Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September).

A News of the Weird Classic (October 2009)

The Power of Love: Before Arthur Horn met his future bride Lynette (a “metaphysical healer”) in 1988, he was a tenured professor at Colorado State, with a Ph.D. in anthropology from Yale, teaching a mainstream course in human evolution. With Lynette’s “guidance” (after a revelatory week with her in California, searching for Bigfoot), Horn resigned from Colorado State and began seeking to remedy his inadequate Ivy League education. Lecturing at a conference in Denver in September (2009), Horn said he now realizes that humans evolved from an alien race of shape-shifting reptilians that continue to control civilization through secretive leaders. cs By chuck shepherd UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

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Halloween Guide

Happy Halloweekend!

Looking for thrills and chills after the sun goes down?

Savannah’s ready to welcome you into all manner of frightening fêtes. by anna chandler

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Jinx-O-Ween @The Jinx It’s a Savannah tradition: get dressed up, liquored up, and go home soaked in fake blood sloshed out of a kiddie pool. Yessir, ‘tis the season for cover bands, GAM and blood wrestling: it’s Jinx-O-Ween!

A two-night affair at Connect Savannah’s reader-voted Best Overall Bar, Best Live Music Bar, and Best Downtown Bar, Jinx-O-Ween kicks off with cover band night, an evening in which local musicians get together to pay tribute to their rock ‘n’ roll heroes.

This year, look forward to Greta Odrezin of The Toxic Shock and the boys of Crazy Bag Lady as GG Reta and the Scumbags (GG Allin), Jeff Two-Names and the Born Agains as Screaming Beavers (Screeching Weasel), members of Sins of Godless Men as The Boyz (Thin Lizzy), Thomas Claxton & the Myth as The Stone Cold Crazies (Queen), EZ LVR as Deadly Harry (Blondie), Alice in Pain (Alice in Chains), members of Bear Fight! and White Treasure as Fistful of Steel (Rage Against the Machine), and Hot Plate as Harty Pard (Andrew W.K.).

On Halloween Proper, take advantage of the return of Savannah freak rockers, the inimitable GAM, followed by four women entering a pool full of fake blood and wrestling until one ghoul leaves triumphant.

Maybe fit a nap in there somewhere on the 31st; you don’t want to miss this.

Cover Band Night: Friday, October 30, doors at 8 p.m., show at 9 p.m., 21+, $10 GAM and Blood Wrestling: Saturday, October 31, doors at 9 p.m., show at 10 p.m., $10

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Good Vs. Evil – Halloween Dance Party & Costume Contest @Sulfur Studios

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Perhaps one of the most exciting aspects of Sulfur Studios is its ever-surprising versatility. Of course, the Starland gallery is a must-visit on First Friday Art March, but the crew behind those adorned walls has opened their doors to all kinds of projects and events.

From Blackrune providing a live soundtrack to Valerie and Her Week of Wonders to weekly yoga, Sulfur’s become a multipurpose space where anything can happen—and, if it’s happening at Sulfur, it’s ultra-cool, local, and delightfully unusual.

Enter the genius of the Good Vs. Evil Halloween Dance Party.

For those of you who love to get down around Halloween time but dread hitting a crowded club, Sulfur’s solution is perfect. A community event, you’ll be mingling and boogieing with your neighbors, local artists, makers, and more, to the sounds of DJ Basik Lee and DJ D-Frost.

It wouldn’t be a Halloween affair without a costume contest, so dress according to theme and select a costume that allows you to either be very, very good, or wickedly evil (or get creative and challenge the whole notion—it is an art gallery, after all).

Blick Art Materials, Sulfur Studios, Starlandia Supply and more have provided prizes for the costume contest and raffles; food and drink will be available. At just five bucks, we can see you shivering with anticipation from here!

Thursday, October 29, 7 p.m., $5

Masquerade in the Mansion @Telfair Academy Prefer an All Hallow’s Eve draped in eerie elegance? Look no further than the dreamy evening that the good folks at Telfair Museums have concocted.

Decadent mansions of yore and the month of October arguably go together better than peanut butter and jelly, and Telfair Academy’s rich history, towering ceilings, and collection of sculptures and portraits with eyes that totally follow you around (that’s not just me, right?) provide the perfect setting for a masked ball.

Look forward to fire dancers, belly dancers, magic, and a photo booth. Dance the night away, nosh on delectable late-night treats and sip on delicious libations.

Dress is cocktail/black tie, and masks are a must. Patrons of the museum can purchase the $100 VIP ticket, which includes a VIP Hour from 8-9pm with specialty drinks, hors d’oeuvres and unique entertainment.

Friday, October 30, 9 p.m., 21+, $100 for patrons VIPs; $55 for members, $65 preorder for non-members via Telfair.org; $65 for members, $75 for nonmembers at the door

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C-Port’s unstoppable drag collective The House of Gunt is responsible for this delightfully unruly script and performance, and we can’t wait to see what they have in store. The troupe’s gone above and beyond themed shows to create a fullon theatrical sensation, and it’s sure to be unlike anything you’ve seen from the Gunties—or anyone else, for that matter.

Your stars for the evening are Rachel Fauxrelle as Lucy Lisa, hostess of said slumber party, with Toyota Mitsubishi as Vajessica Mossimo, LaZanya Ontre as CaPiche, and Influenza Mueller as Mrs. Mueller. Kia Sedona, Lavender Mist, Edna Allan Hoe, Inertia Bazaar, and Edie Bellini will also make appearances.

House of Gunt DJ C Powers provides the music and audio, and plenty of audience participation is expected.

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Get your nerd on this Halloween season! Savannah’s versatile creative space has a full schedule of events and activities to get you in the spirit of the season.

Kick it off at 5:30 p.m. in The Arena with a round of board game Betrayal at House on Haunted Hill, in which players investigate a house full of secrets and sinister creatures (no worries if you’ve ever played, the great Guild Hall folks are pros at this game and are happy to introduce you). The grand winner gets 35% off their own copy of the game in the Guild Hall shop.

Head over to The Forge for Exquisite Corpse. Whether you’re an Illustration major or a napkin doodler, folks of all artistic backgrounds are sure to love this Surrealist favorite. Basically, you’re drawing a monster with a group of people— a piece of paper is folded three times, designating head, torso, legs. The paper is passed around with only one fold exposed for drawing, and, once it’s all done, is unfolded to reveal your very own Frankenstein’s monster. Starts at 7 p.m.

Feeling crafty? Pop over to The Forge Theater toward the good ol’ fashioned crafting table! You can make some Halloween-themed earrings or a creation that’s entirely your own: there will be plenty of materials and tools provided. Happens at 7 p.m.

So you know the “guess the card on my forehead” game? That’s what’s basically going on with “Guess the Monster Game,” held in The Forge. Each card has a monster on it, and as other players describe your card to you, and you get to guess your monster’s name based on their descriptions. Each correct guess earns you a piece of Halloween candy. Jump into the first round at 7 p.m.

All you cosplayers, heads-up: Guild-O-Ween features a next-level costume contest. Take that ish to the stage, strut, pose, and spin, and share your DIY secrets.

Okay, back to gaming. Inspired by the old spiritualism of Vaudeville in which psychics and mediums read minds from their audience, Black Rainbow Séance is a two-person mindreading game with a performance art tie-in. Get your mind blown at 9 p.m. in The Forge Theatre.

Guild Hall favorites The Dirty Dolls Revue have a Halloween special planned.

Blending neo and classical burlesque with “Nerdlesque” and cirque performances, Mary Contrary and her all-lesbian troupe aren’t to be missed. Starts at 10 p.m., but get there early to nab a seat.

Wrap up a full day with a round of action-adventure horror game “The Last of Us” immediately after the Dirty Dolls show.

Not a Guild Hall member? Throw down $15 and you get an all-access pass to Guild Hall-O-Ween, plus a month-long membership at The Guild Hall to check out all the excitement outside of the Witching Hour. Just sign up at theguildhall. com.

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SEXY PEOPLE die in operas. They fall in love. They plot, avenge, curse the gods, slay the innocent and do it all with amazing costumes and soaring voices.

Do we have any “opera stories” in Savannah? Too many! But how many make it into the hands of a nationally known opera composer?

I’m struggling to think of any until now.

This year on Halloween Eve, the Savannah Voice Festival will premiere a Savannah opera that flows from the mind of the innovative composer Michael Ching.

“It’s got a great title character,” Ching says of his new work, Alice Ryley.

“If you think of the great title characters of opera like Carmen or Madame Butterfly, you’re looking for a heroine that has some strength but you can feel sorry for her or empathize with her.”

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Zouves carved two Alices into the script. One narrates. One goes to the hangman. It’s a little unusual at first. But the result is compelling, especially when they sing together!

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tones. It nods to Porgy and Bess in one part.

And it nods to Ching’s teachers, composers Robert Ward and Carlisle Floyd.

But mostly, it nods to the opera’s director, Maria Zouves, whose ideas run though the production.

“We have this impression or this stereotype of Richard Wagner where you have this genius who’s sitting on a high cloud and makes it all up and has everybody else just subserviently do their bidding,” he says. “I think of opera as a collaborative process.”

Zouves carved two Alices into the script. One narrates. One goes to the hangman. It’s a little unusual at first. But the result is compelling, especially when they sing together!

Ashley Dannewitz and Jessica Best play the title character. Opera legend Sherril Milnes has a cameo. Ching says these talents and others shaped his composition.

“It’s a living, breathing, collaborative art form,” he says. “I think the team is good, the Savannah vibe is good and the story of Alice Ryley is just a really special one.”

And since Savannah has many operatic stories, can this be the last of Ching’s work here? He reveals only that he’s made exploratory visits to the Bull Street library’s history room. cs

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And the real life story of Alice Ryley is operatic. The first person hanged in Georgia, Ryley swung from a noose on Wright Square hours after giving birth to a baby boy.

Her sad tale is so endlessly repeated by the trolley, ghost and walking tours that it hardly needs repeating. But I will tell you that it happened during James Oglethorpe’s time.

Savannah back then was a remote English outpost that reeked of anti-Catholic bigotry, indentured servants, Madeira drunks, funny hats and imperfect maleadministered justice.

Ching combines these themes with his own artistic license to craft a gripping story rich in melody. And I do mean melody. Ching’s influences are more traditional than modern.

“The challenge in writing in a medium like opera is that you have these great works by Mozart, Wagner, Verdi, Puccini and all those folks as competition,” he says. “To have something that’s viable and lasting is a real challenge and only a fool would give it a go!”

Ching must be a great fool then because he’s given opera about a dozen goes. His most popular works have turned out to be two where he wrote the words and music himself.

So when the Savannah Voice Festival came calling with some story ideas, he ditched the librettist again and went solo on the composition. The results delight my opera ears.

“I feel very lucky to have unlocked my inner wordsmith,” he says. “It’s part of what made Alice Ryley work.”

Not that Ching is a lone fool. The opera nods to Verdi’s La Traviata with its upbeat start before moving into more ominous

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July Talk cranks out a streamlined take on garage rock, fraught with blues swagger and all-American rock ‘n’ roll influences. With Peter Dreimanis and Leah Fay trading off vocals, there’s a wonderfully wild mess about it that’s sure to be fun live.

San Diego’s Little Hurricane have created a dusty, spectral kind of blues-rock that fits perfectly with July Talk.

Locals Breakers open the night.

More than just a show, the 30th is an allout bash, complete with a costume contest (winners get passes to next year’s Savannah Stopover Music Festival, signed band merch, Halloween treats, and more). plus, Southbound Brewing will be serving Scattered Sun Belgian Wit, and Dollhouse has concocted their special “Spooky Punch.”

Friday, October 30, 9 p.m., $10 advance via ticketfly.com, $15 day of

Joe McMahon, Ducking Punches, Empty Lungs, Billy Liar @The Jinx

It’s a great mix of talent from Great Britain coming through SAV on their way back from Florida’s annual punk rock fete, Fest. A mix of punk and folk, there’s something for everyone.

You may know Joe McMahon from Boston/RVA band Smoke or Fire. By himself, McMahon creates lovely acoustic folk music laden with vulnerability and his strong, scuffed-up vocals.

This tour marks Ducking Punches’ first trip to the United States, so catch them while you can; the Norwich, England band spin a raw kind of up-tempo folk.

Belfast, Ireland’s Empty Lungs claim to be too punk for the indie kids and too tuneful for the punks, and you gotta love it.

Theirs is a huge, emotionally raw sound that fans of The Gaslight Anthem, Hot Water Music, and early emo will enjoy.

Punk poet Billy Liar isn’t to be missed; with captivating lyrics and a fierce attack, the hard-touring solo artist will command the entire room with just a voice and acoustic guitar.

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It’s hard to believe it’s already that time of year, but here we are: soon, Savannah Music Festival will drop its initial lineup of artists for the 2016 festivities.

In addition to the highly-anticipated announcement, professional boxer-turned-songwriter Paul Thorn will perform with his full band. Two decades into his career, Thorn’s quintet has gained a reputation for rock ‘n’ roll shows that tie in humor and truth-telling.

The 2016 Savannah Music Festival will be held March 24-April 9. Tickets go on sale the day after the announcement, November 5, at Savannah Box Office, online at savannahmusicfestival.org, and by phone at 912.525.5050.

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Acoustic Americana band The Coteries are making their first Savannah stop as a part of a six-week tour.

Just a year old as a band, the trio has performed over 100 shows through the Northeast.

Blending mandolin, banjo, and acoustic guitar, it’s a lovely kind of Southern songwriting anchored by strong vocals and breezy instrumentation from Emily Parasiliti, Matt Runciman, and Ben Brosh.

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Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Jody Espina Trio Riverboat Pizza Ryan Capelli Band Rocks on the Roof Hitman, Brett Barnard Ruth’s Chris Steak House David Duckworth & Kim Polote Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Christy Alan Band The Warehouse Jon Lee’s Apparitions Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Nickel Bag of Funk Z2 Live Music

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1. You come to Savannah a good bit.

What do you enjoy most about coming here?

It’s always a pretty rowdy crowd. I don’t know what it is, but things are just rowdier down there. I always seem to end up in some kind of altercation in Savannah (laughs).

And the fried pork chops! You have the best fried pork chops in the world. At the Pink House. I always get fried pork chops at the Pink House. Best piece of meat I’ve ever tasted.

2. You’re not a Bill Maher type comedian who pulls his bits from the headlines. That said, on this tour are you getting into the hoopla over the presidential race at all?

I don’t do a lot of that. Really what we’re seeing right now is proof that it all boils

down to the fact that there are no qualifications to be president. You do not have to be qualified in any way, shape, or form to run for president. I mean you have to be born here…and be 35 years old. That’s it!

So what I’m saying is if my fans want me to run for president I’m your man! If the call is loud enough I will respond!

3.

Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld got some press lately for saying they don’t find college campuses to be conducive to comedy anymore, because of the pressure not to offend anyone.

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Well, I don’t even know why Chris would want to play colleges, he’s the best comedian in the world. But campus gigs have never been my thing. My crowd is completely different. For one thing, a little bit older. A lot my fans are sort of older baby boomers. Hey man, that’s fine with me—we’re the largest group of people in America!

4. Percentagewise, about how much of your act is the same from night to night, as opposed to improvising bits on the fly?

Ninety-nine percent is the same. And really most comedians will tell you the same thing. A lot of hard work goes into a show, to making it tight and having the most impact.

Really my number one goal up there is to kill. My goal is to just murder. When you get it all locked down that’s what you’re looking to happen. You wanna just kill every night.

That’s not to say I don’t do anything different. I’m a firm believer in Jerry Seinfeld’s advice: If you’re not doing at least one new thing every night, you’re chicken shit.

And if I come to your town again the next year, it will all be new stuff.

5.

You’re a founding member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. There was some grumbling awhile back that Larry the Cable Guy, for instance, was basically more an adopted persona than actually “blue collar.”

For the most part that’s really us, for sure.

Danny Whitney, that’s mostly him when he’s the Cable Guy. Those are mostly his opinions, mostly his point of view. Danny is indeed the grandson of a preacher, he indeed grew up on a farm in Nebraska.

And you know, Danny’s also the only one of us Blue Collar guys who has a college degree.

Me, I’m stupid. I went to all the stupid classes. But I have this one skill that’s extremely fucking rare: I have this skill of being able to stack words. I’m fucking great at stacking words on top of each other, and people will pay to hear it.

And Jeff Foxworthy? That’s him. He doesn’t curse in his act, and he doesn’t curse in real life. Everything you see is Jeff Foxworthy being Jeff Foxworthy.

6. I know I’m supposed to be hip and say I don’t think Jeff Foxworthy is funny, but I’ve seen him do incredibly hilarious standup.

Oh he’s a beast. Jeff has sold more comedy albums than Richard Pryor and Bill Cosby combined. He’s just a beast.

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Well, I’ve been one of the top three touring comedians for the past 12 years. So it all pretty much plays everywhere. I mean I don’t really sound or act like I’m from somewhere particular, I have a little bit of an accent but that’s about it.

I get people coming out everywhere, from Maine to LA. LA is actually a great town for me, we get amazing crowds.

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Take a literary flight

SCAD professor’s new book explores the art of the aphorism

“I bemoan the lack of attention span—I think it’s a problem—but at the same time, you can deliver wisdom or wit in a big fat book, or you can deliver it in a one-liner.”

by anna chandler

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In an age in which people just can’t seem to find or make the time to sit down and revel in literature, James Lough and Alex Stein have the perfect solution.

Through Short Flights: Thirty-Two Modern Writers Share Aphorisms of Insight, Inspiration, and Wit, Lough and Stein have woven a striking ode to the aphorism: a quick memorable, pithy observation that flirts with language, humor, and style.

For those of you dusting off your English textbooks, you already know many an aphorism—you just might not realize it.

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

“Once bitten, twice shy.”

“You made your bed, now lie in it.”

Aphorisms spill off of pages from years and years of writing, adorn decorative pillows, are inked into human skin; they sting, elicit laughter, and, above all, are deeply memorable.

But, for some reason, a collection of writings by living aphorists just hasn’t existed, until now.

With quick contributions from from prize-winning poets Charles Simic and Stephen Dobyns and bestselling authors like David Shields and James Geary, Short Flights is sure to appeal to both lit nerds and Twitter obsessees alike.

Savannah locals can celebrate the book’s release with a reading and Q-and-A session with Lough, Stein, and writer Eric Nelson on November 4 at SCAD Museum of Art. We chatted with Lough about the growth of a concept and the art of the aphorism.

You give some backstory in the book’s introduction, but in your words, how did this idea come about?

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My friend Alex from Boulder went to this conference, and there was a panel of aphorists, and he wondered, wasn’t there an anthology of aphorisms?

Apparently people didn’t think there was an audience for it; they didn’t think people cared about aphorisms. There’s poetry, there’s fiction, there’s nonfiction, but who reads aphorisms?

We thought, ‘That’s gotta be wrong.’

Especially with social media and things like that, with Twitter, it’s a perfect time for aphorisms! People are too busy to read; at least they can read short.

We got it together, found as many aphorists as we could find through friends, 40 and we found there were a lot of us. But

publishers weren’t interested, and we had an agent at the time, and I think she submitted it to about 40 publishing houses and imprints and we got no positive responses. We got a lot of people saying, ‘We don’t do anthologies because anthologies don’t sell.’

And so finally, it took me approaching my own publisher of my other book and saying, ‘Would you be interested in a book of aphorisms?’ and he jumped on it. He saw an opportunity to get big names and are taken seriously and critically. He loved the idea, and I didn’t even have to sell it to him; he wanted it right away.

It took a long time, like it did with the other book [This Ain’t No Holiday Inn].

We started in ’09 doing all this…it’s been six years from that point until now. It’s already been on Amazon and is doing quite well.

Do the contributors identify as aphorists?

Most of them don’t. It’s like a dirty little secret they have—aphorisms on the side.

About 85% are poets.

It’s not fashionable to make definitive statements, which aphorisms often do.

Like Voltaire: ‘If God didn’t exist, we’d have to invent him.’ It’s very unfashionable to make, in this postmodern age, statements that are supposed to apply to everyone, so I know we’re going to meet some resistance from people who say, ‘Who are you to say these pithy statements and calling them true?’

Especially in academia and postmodern circles, no one’s right, there is no truth, it’s all relative. You can’t say anything without quote marks around it or without saying ‘like’ in front of it, or almost apologizing for making a definitive statement.

You have to cushion it.

Yes, pretend you don’t really know anything, and I think that’s ridiculous. But there are also a lot of aphorisms that are not definitive statements, like Charles Simic—‘I don’t believe in God, but I won’t open an umbrella inside my house.’ That’s not a definitive statement about reality; it’s basically a joke. And I love that aphorisms are just this side of jokes, there’s all to of overlap between them.

Hart Pomerantz used to work for Lorne Michaels on Saturday Night Live, so he’s a comedy writer. He wrote his as jokes for stand up. We have a real-life comedian, as well as aphorisms that find themselves funny. Most of them don’t consider themselves aphorists first and foremost, but they do it on the side.

Structure-wise, is an aphorism defined by, for lack of a better word, a punchline?

I think it’s close. Not a punchline, but a surprise. It has to be a twist. Like Oscar Wilde: ‘I can resist anything but temptation.’ There’s the twist.

It can be an interesting metaphor, or it can be just that what is said is so scandalous that it surprises people, which I also love about this.

I’m a counterculture kind of guy, and half of aphorisms aren’t wisdom; they’re digging a screwdriver into what we think is the truth, what we assume is the truth, and showing no, the opposite is true. So some kind of surprise is what makes it an aphorism rather than a proverb or maxim or just a sentence. It has to have something that’s startling.

Do you think a lot of the construction and editing of aphorisms is in the trimming of fat to get to the essence?

Probably, and that’s what I love about it. I use aphorisms to teach writing students how to parch sentences down to essence; ironically, it gives the sentence so much energy.

I have a handout I give to students that shows eight drafts of an aphorism—crossed out that word, went for rhythm, image and ended up with an aphorism that barely ressembles the one above but is far more striking.

I would love for this book to kind of become a textbook for how to teach writing in a condensed way, which seems more important now than ever.

That’s really interesting that you had trouble shopping it; I feel like this format could almost reclaim language in the speedy time we live in.

That’s a great observation. I know that some people are probably going to say, “Aren’t you contributing to the lack of attention span, to readers not being able to sit for long periods of time?’

And a lot of really educated people are saying this: ‘I can’t sit for two hours and read a book anymore. My brain’s too distracted from living on screens.’

And I know people are going to say, ‘Aren’t you contributing by doing short bits?’

My view is no. It’s already been done.

We’re not making this happen; we’re just adjusting. I bemoan the lack of attention span—I think it’s a problem—but at the same time, you can deliver wisdom or wit in a big fat book, or you can deliver it in a one-liner, and there’s real wisdom and wit in this book, and I don’t see that there’s anything wrong in keeping it short.

It’d be great if we can reclaim language and get people to pay attention to stuff like this and to ideas, because what I love about aphorisms is they have some sort of idea in them. It introduces people to ideas, to thinking abstractly, to big topics. I love that. It’s in its brevity; it’s not something you just read and move on. cs Celebrate the musings of celebrated authors with professor James Lough When: Wednesday, Nov. 4, 5 p.m.

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SMDGLST — The exhibition is the first showcase of Nam Nghiem’s ongoing project ‘SMDGLST’. (www.instagram.com/smdglst).

The work exhibited includes large-scale grid installations that consist of more than 40 screenprinted pieces. Fri., Oct. 30, 6-9 p.m., Sat., Oct. 31, 1-5 p.m. and Mon., Nov. 2, 1-5 p.m. Non-Fiction Gallery, 1522 Bull St.

CJ Mellor — “Soon everything will be different in Cuba. Call it the world’s last great mistake,” says photographer C.J. Mellor, who shows a photographic journal of Cuba.

Nov. 2-Dec. 2. galleryespresso.com/. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St.

The Story Arts Workshop - STORY SLAM! - Theme: Sink or Swim! — Consider the theme any way you can that helps bring to mind a true personal story that you can tell live without notes in about five minutes! There will be judgments! Accolades!

Prizes! Special appearances! (What’s Halloween if there aren’t surprises and little guile?) $10 general admission/$5 for storytellers.

Thu., Oct. 29, 8-10 p.m. 843-290-9001. Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd.

Cuckoo Clocks — Scribble Art Studio presents beautiful cuckoo clocks created by kids of all ages. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. Grace Rohland and Randee Powell — The featured artists for November are Grace Rohland, who creates one of a kind mixed media paintings and collages, and Randee Powell, a nature inspired macrame hand woven jewelry artist. Nov. 1-30. Gallery 209, 209 E River St. Lecture: Modern Light, Monet, and the Americans — “Modern Light, Monet, and the Americans” led by the distinguished scholar Dr. Nancy Mowll Mathews, will explore what was new scientifically and culturally about light in the nineteenth century, and how Monet and his American colleagues saw these studies, and impressionism, through nationalistic lenses. Free for Telfair members,

The Grand Bohemian Gallery inside Mansion on Forsyth hosts some unique events with French artist Jean Claude Roy in November.

$12 for non-members Thu., Oct. 29, 6 p.m.

Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Sally Clark and Marilyn Smith — Moving from realism to abstraction, Sally Clark also moved from transparent water-

color to acrylic and collage as she felt the need for more texture and “oomph” and color.

Marilyn Smith’s quilts are all made of fabrics and use traditional quilt-making techniques.

Nov. 1-30. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St.

Jean Claude Roy: Places that speak to me Events with French expressionist colorist painter Jean Claude Roy. Wednesday, November 11th, 2015 5:30pm-8:00pm. ‘Meet the Artist’ Reception Thursday, November 12th, 2015 6:30pm Exclusive ‘Dinner with the Artist’ Grand Bohemian Galley and 700 Drayton Restaurant, November 11th: The exhibi-

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tion will be unveiled to the public in a Meet the Artist Reception. November 12th: Private preview of the exhibition and 5-course Dinner with Artist, Jean Claude Roy November 11th: Opening Reception is free and open to the public. November 12th. Dinner with Jean Clause Roy: $95++ person, seating is limited. Contact Johnna Nolan at 912-7215007, Johnna.Nolan@KesslerCollection. com or Anna Quinlivan, 912-721-5007, Anna.

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Continuing Exhibits The ART: of Cal Wood — A collection of abstract paintings at Zunzi’s 2 on view until the end of October. $1000 for 30” x 40” & 40” x 40 size paintings. Through Oct. 31, Z2, 9 Drayton Street.

seum. Through Dec. 31. shipsofthesea.org.

Ships of The Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.

The Highwaymen — The exhibit features several well known black artists known as The Highwaymen. A total of 26 artists, one woman and twenty-five men, traveled the highways of Florida from the early 1960s to the early 1990s selling oil paintings from the trunks of cars. Through Dec. 31. Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St. History, Labor, Life: The Prints of Jacob Lawrence — “History, Labor, Life: The Prints of Jacob Lawrence” explores three major themes of Lawrence’s larger oeuvre and specifically focuses on his graphic work.

Through Jan. 25, 2016. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

Biscuits, Beehives and the Boogie Man — Lisa Ocampo and Tiffany O’Brien show paintings with a fun, whimsical Southern Gothic theme. Through Nov. 2. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St.

Imprint — “Imprint” is an exhibition by artist and SCAD alumna Naimar Ramírez that brings together existing and newly created works. Through Nov. 8. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

The Book of Demons and Angels — The Book of Demons and Angels is a collection of drawings by Rob Hessler that depict the creatures of an imagined postapocalyptic world where our darkest faults and our purest virtues have taken physical form and are battling for control of the planet.

Through Nov. 15. The Butcher Tattoo Studio, 19 East Bay St.

Irons for the Ages, Flowers for the Day — “Irons for the Ages, Flowers for the Day” is a large-scale installation

by Beijing-based sculptor Li Hongbo, who primarily uses handmade paper to create visually compelling and malleable sculptures that challenge the viewer’s perceptions of metamorphosis in sculpture. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

= CREEKS + FOLDS — Some artists express their identity through figurative or architectural subject matter. Henry Dean’s inspiration comes through immersing himself in diverse landscape environments. “= CREEKS + FOLDS =”, features installation panels, sculpture, works on paper and paintings from the Low Country to the Isle of Skye. City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs, 9 West Henry St.

It’s All In Black & White — Calvin Thomas’ paintings at Exit Strategy. The prices range from $500 - $1000. Free and open to the public! Sat., Oct. 31 Exit Strategy Icreamist, 310 East Bay ST.

Eclectic Encounters — Telfair Museums houses more than 6,500 objects in its permanent collection. Eclectic Encounters gives an inside look to works that have not been seen by the public in over 10 years. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Ed Jones and Daniel Smith — Ed Jones displays his sculpture and Daniel Smith shows his paintings. Hospice Savannah Art Gallery, 1352 Eisenhower Drive.

Ex Voto Vintage Jewelry Trunk Show — Through Nov. 20. The Grand Bohemian Gallery, 700 Drayton St. Floresco — Floresco is a solo exhibition of work by sculptor John Bisbee. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

From Bankers to Presidents: The Work of Joseph Gallettini — Gallettini was Savannah’s foremost ship model builder, and his work is displayed at the mu-

James Brooks — James Brooks (1906– 1992), formally considered an Abstract Expressionist, produced bright works marked by their vibrating tension between spontaneous form and controlled gesture. Through Nov. 1.

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Laura Berger — Laura’s work focuses on exploring our connections to ourselves and each other and the idea of finding novelty and adventure in everyday life. Through Nov. 1.

Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. Luba Lowry and Marlene Nawrocki — The featured artists for October are Luba Lowry, a talented Savannah scene and portrait oil painter, and Marlene Nawrocki, a gold and silver contemporary jewelry artist.

Through Oct. 31.Gallery 209, 209 E River St. The Making of Dakota Jackson — “The Making of Dakota Jackson” is the first major museum exhibition of Jackson’s work and retrospective of the visionary furniture designer’s life. The exhibition profiles Jackson’s life and career and includes iconic works from his oeuvre, tracing the development from 1974, when he established his New York City design studio, to the present.

SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

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last week Savannah went gaga over the newest entry into the local organic/artisanal food scene, Lucky’s Market.

Opening at Abercorn and DeRenne — near the famous “Globe”— Lucky’s drew massive overflow crowds, eager to check out low-price, high-quality offerings such as 77 cent pineapples, superb meat and seafood, ready-to-eat grab ‘n’ go

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meals, and a fully stocked beer and wine room, which attentants promise will be even better stocked in future weeks.

Their market niche is “Organic for the 99 Percent,” a bold slogan that’s seemingly a direct jab at Whole Foods Market. It remains to be seen if they’ll garner as devoted a following, but the opening was certainly a success. cs

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Visit our website online at www.connectsavannah.com/ savannah/MovieTimes for daily movie times and trailers

multiplexes CARMIKE 10 www.carmike.com 511 Stephenson Ave. 353-8683

spotlight EISENHOWER savannah.spotlighttheatres.com/ 1100 Eisenhower Dr. 352-3533

\ REGAL SAVANNAH 10 www.regmovies.com 1132 Shawnee St. 927-7700

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POOLER Stadium 12 www.gtcmovies.com 425 POOLER PKWY. 330-0777

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Indie venues Call or Visit the venue ‘s website for specific movies and times

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STEVE JOBS

/// As a hardcore movie guy—someone who spends more hours awake in a darkened theater than asleep in a darkened bedroom (well, it feels that way sometimes)—it’s not often I suggest a property should have been sent to the boob tube rather than the big screen.

But in the case of Steve Jobs—or at least based on how it’s structured here—this project seems like an HBO miniseries waiting to happen. As it stands, this movie from the dream duo of director Danny Boyle (Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire) and writer Aaron Sorkin (Oscar for The Social Network) is consistently entertaining yet feels strangely incomplete.

Cannily structured like a three-act play (should we expect Jobs!: The Musical on Broadway by decade’s end?), it looks in on Apple cofounder Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender) right before the launches of three defining innovations: the Macintosh in 1984, the NeXT Box (aka The Cube) in 1988 and the iMac in 1998.

At each event, with the clock ticking down until the unveiling, he discusses his professional and personal concerns with his friend, associate and conscience Joanna Hoffman (Kate Winslet), bickers with his former girlfriend Chrisann Brennan (Katherine Waterston) about money and about their daughter Lisa, and alternately assuages, antagonizes and alienates key Apple figures Steve Wozniak (Seth Rogen), John Sculley (Jeff Daniels) and Andy Hertzfeld (Michael Stuhlbarg).

The film’s insular settings prove to be Sorkin’s brightest idea but also the film’s

biggest drawback. Jobs (who died of cancer in 2011, at the age of 56) is presented here as a tireless workaholic, a shrewd businessman and, chiefly, a grandstanding showman perpetually poised with the next pitch. The script’s emphasis on the three launches and how they ultimately all tie together is a logical approach, and, thanks to Sorkin’s typically zesty dialogue, it’s a treat examining and understanding the politics driving each character.

But the movie also reveals Jobs to be a largely unpleasant man, a Machiavellian figure with few loyalties, and the context isn’t expansive enough to paint a thorough picture. Ultimately, Steve Jobs feels like the middle episodes of a six-part miniseries. With a 360-minute run time on the small screen, it would have been breathlessly hyped as a “Television Event”; at 122 minutes on the big screen, it’s still a noteworthy achievement, even if it only partly gets Jobs done.

JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS

/ Jem and the Holograms runs a punishing 118 minutes—that’s the equivalent of watching Rebecca Black’s music video for “Friday” 31 times in a row. Forced to choose at gunpoint, I think I would rather place my chip on Black and let it ride.

In the end, the movie is an adaptation of the cartoon about as much as Steven Spielberg’s Jaws was an adaptation of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights.

The series was about music company owner Jerrica Benton and how she used a computer known as Synergy to project holographic disguises around herself and

thus perform incognito as a pop-rock star known as Jem. A production of the same outfit behind the G.I. Joe and Transformers toons, Jem and the Holograms, created by Christy Marx, was largely popular because it provided a strong female character—a CEO, no less!—who succeeded on her own terms.

Tellingly, Marx had no involvement whatsoever with the decisions behind the new live-action film, and apparently neither did anyone who had ever seen even a single episode of the show.

So away from the show and as a motion picture in its own right, how is Jem and the Holograms? In a word: Awful. In this interpretation, Jerrica (Aubrey Peeples, alternating between Zooey Deschanel and Kristen Stewart impersonations) is not a powerful and confident boss but rather a fragile and shy teenager living with her biological sister Kimber (Stefanie Scott), her adoptive sisters Shana (Aurora Perrineau) and Aja (Hayley Kiyoko), and her Aunt Bailey (Molly Ringwald).

They’re about to lose their house to foreclosure, but before 99 Homes’ Michael Shannon can show up on their doorstep to claim possession, Kimber decides to upload to YouTube a video of Jerrica mumbling a song she wrote.

This sort of stuff finds its way onto the Internet about every 1.4 seconds and is viewed on average by 12 people, but Jerrica’s song strikes such a chord across the nation that it’s viewed by millions and “Liked” by thousands (and “Disliked” by only five people! LOL, as the kids say).

The fervor catches the attention of Starlight Music head Erica Raymond (Juliette Lewis), who nabs Jerrica (and her siblings as backup) but insists that her true identity remain a secret.

Thrust into the spotlight, Jerrica becomes a star under her alter ego of Jem, but soon she’s worried that “the real me” will get overshadowed by her stage persona. In other words, Hollywood has made yet another banal drama about the price of fame, this one more dreary than most.

In the process, it also pushes the message that education, hard work and perseverance are for suckers and the best way to make it big is to randomly post something on the Internet and pray that everyone adores it to the point that it will make you millions. In the immortal words of the parole board chairman in Raising Arizona: “OK then.”

There are holograms, but not the imaginative sort seen in the series, the ones that provided Jem with all manner of disguises.

Here, the disguises are basically colorful wigs and lots of makeup, requiring no more thought or imagination than a visit to a Salvation Army clothes rack. Instead, the holograms come into play when the little robot Synergy—yes, this movie has a robot—projects old footage of the pre-teen

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Jerrica (Isabella Kay Rice) and her late father (Barnaby Carpenter).

Synergy likes to dance and even does a few double takes, making it perhaps the most annoying celluloid robot since that infernal Bubo in 1981’s Clash of the Titans or that insufferable Twiki from TV’s late70s show Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

In a film packed with creatively bankrupt ideas, Synergy might be the worst of all.

CRIMSON PEAK

// Until the arrival of writer-director Guillermo Del Toro’s Crimson Peak on the cinema scene, I don’t believe I have ever seen a supernatural flick in which the ghosts are wholly insignificant and absolutely irrelevant. In fact, take all of the spirits out of the picture and it doesn’t change the primary plot one iota.

The obvious conclusion is that Del Toro included the apparitions either because he has a reputation as a monster maker to uphold or he simply likes dabbling in CGI. Then there’s the third option, that he knew he had a feeble script on his hands and hoped to steer attention away from it via costly window dressing.

Co-scripting with Matthew Robbins (they also collaborated on 1997’s exciting Mimic), Del Toro has crafted a movie that will likely only appeal to modern moviegoers thoroughly unfamiliar with Jane Eyre or Henry James or Bluebeard or Daphne du Maurier or, heck, even The Silence of the Lambs. Mia Wasikowska, who once played Jane Eyre opposite Michael Fassbender’s Rochester, here essays the role of Edith Cushing, an aspiring novelist living in turn-of-the-20th-century Buffalo with her protective father (an excellent Jim Beaver).

Edith is visited by the ghost of her mother, who warns her to “Beware of Crimson Peak!” (Wasikowska should have heeded this advice when first presented with the script, but I digress.) Edith can make no sense of the spectral suggestion, so she proceeds with her life, which, following the lead of any young protagonist in a bildungsroman, finds her leaving home for lands unknown.

In her case, she tosses aside a colorless suitor (colorless Charlie Hunnam) for a mysterious Brit named Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston), marries this haunted man, and moves to his family home in England, where the couple will share quarters with his perpetually brooding sister Lucille (Jessica Chastain). But almost immediately upon arriving at this dilapidated, isolated estate—a house that oozes red clay from almost every orifice—Emily is exposed to all manner of inexplicable sights and sounds.

Del Toro clearly means for Crimson Peak to register as a throwback to classic films steeped in Gothic ambience, but he piles on the artifice to such an excessive

degree that the entire project suffers from overbearing overkill. This is particularly noticeable in the effects work, with gore sequences that are surprisingly unconvincing and a maternal apparition that suggests Del Toro and Chastain took turns swiping footage off the set of their previous collaboration, 2013’s Mama.

With the majority of its twists easy to deduce and the rest telegraphed far ahead of time, the picture isn’t at all scary or suspenseful, but it also isn’t remotely atmospheric, a shock considering the elegance of the costume design by Kate Hawley (Edge of Tomorrow) and the richness of the production design by Thomas E. Sanders (Bram Stoker’s Dracula).

BRIDGE OF SPIES

//1 “Christ, I miss the Cold War,” grumbles M (Judi Dench) at one point during the 2006 James Bond entry Casino Royale.

Cinematically speaking, so do I. Even more than with the World War II flicks Hollywood made while that conflict was still raging, there existed an urgency and immediacy in the Cold War pictures produced during that lengthy stretch when U.S.-Soviet relations were, to put it ever so mildly, engulfed in a big chill.

The Cold War also allowed filmmakers to employ their imaginations in interesting and even unusual ways, using thinly veiled concepts as a way to tackle relevant themes—film noir (1955’s Kiss Me Deadly), science fiction (1956’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers), comedy (1959’s The Mouse That Roared), and even the historical epic (1960’s Spartacus) all benefitted.

The Cold War is now history, and Bridge of Spies is here to serve as the celluloid equivalent of a history book. It’s a measured, tasteful, respectful movie, the sort to which you take your grandparents when a scary Sicario or a messy Black Mass simply won’t do.

Jem and the Holograms

It’s a classy, highbrow, important picture, the sort designed to nab Oscar nominations by the fistful. It’s also Steven Spielberg continuing his march toward the status of elder statesman of the American cinema, building on the legacy of his previous two pictures, War Horse and Lincoln, and leaving behind everything that once gave his films their vitality and their juice.

Tom Hanks is typically solid in the central role, even if he’s playing a character who isn’t given much in the way of identifying traits beyond his decency (Hanks’ specialty, of course). He’s James Donovan, a real-life lawyer who was tapped to handle the exchange of captured Russian spy Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance) for American pilot Francis Gary Powers (Austin Stowell), shot down while engaged in a reconnaissance mission over the Soviet Union.

With the swap set to be held in Berlin, Donovan also jockeys for the release of American student Frederic Pryor (Will Rogers), who was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Bridge of Spies is a fine movie, but there’s little fire in its belly. That’s even more shocking considering the script was cowritten (along with Matt Charman) by Joel and Ethan Coen, who have never met a genre they couldn’t goose.

GOOSEBUMPS

//1 Goosebumps stars Jack Black as R.L. Stine, the author of the incredibly popular series of spooky books for young readers.

Much like the character of “Peter Falk” (played by Peter Falk) in Wings of Desire and the character of “John Malkovich” (played by Malkovich) in Being John Malkovich, this “R.L. Stine” is a fictionalized version of the writer, here presented (through Black’s amusing portrayal) as a persnickety sort who reveals to a couple of neighborhood kids (Dylan Minnette and Ryan Lee) that the monsters he created in

his bestsellers are actually alive and kept safely locked away in the original manuscripts of the books.

Of course, said monsters escape from their printed-page prisons, meaning the streets of Madison, Delaware, are soon being invaded by a werewolf, a blob, an invisible boy, a giant praying mantis, and various other creatures of the night.

It’s a clever premise for a movie, but as we learned from this summer’s woeful Pixels, the creativity can’t begin and end with the high-concept hook. Luckily, Goosebumps takes its offbeat idea further, and while it could stand to subtract a couple of annoying characters (Lee’s whining Champ, Jillian Bell’s man-hungry Aunt Lorraine) and add a few late-inning twists, it’s still above-average entertainment for children and adequate for parents.

THE MARTIAN

ooo Superior to both Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar and Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity, The Martian will disappoint only those who were waiting for Marvin to show up at some point to wreak looney havoc.

Matt Damon plays the title character— not a Martian per se, but an Earthling stranded on the planet after his team mistakenly believes him to have been killed.

While his fellow astronauts, a dedicated group led by expedition captain Melissa Lewis (Jessica Chastain), hurtle back toward Earth—a journey that will take many months—Damon’s Mark Watney calmly assesses his situation and determines that if he can sufficiently secure the man-built outpost on the Mars surface and if he can not only ration his food but also grow some more, he might be able to survive long enough until the next U.S. rocket comes visiting in a couple years’ time. Or maybe not even that long, once the NASA suits realize that he’s in fact not dead (as reported by Lewis) and is very much alive. With NASA engineer Vincent Kapoor (Chiwetel Ejiofor) taking the lead, agency head Teddy Sanders (Jeff Daniels) exploring every option, and P.R. rep Annie Montrose (Kristen Wiig) waiting for instructions on how to handle the media, everyone becomes committed to bringing Mark back home.

Andy Weir’s novel has been adapted for the screen by Drew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods, TV’s Alias), and the film’s strength largely derives from the characterization of Mark Watney.

As expertly brought to life by Damon, he’s easy to like and even easier to admire, as he employs his sense of humor to take the edge off his dire predicament, thus allowing him to rationally face challenges one step at a time. CS

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Happenings

compiled by Rachael Flora happenings@connectsavannah.com Happenings is Connect Savannah’s listing of community events, classes and groups. Visit our website at connectsavannah.com to submit a listing.

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Concert: Celtic Woman

This enchanting musical experience features Celtic Woman performing a treasure chest of traditional Irish standards, classical favorites and contemporary pop songs, in the group’s distinctive signature style.

Sun., Nov. 1, 3 p.m. savannahcivic.com. savannahcivic.com. The Savannah Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave.

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Alumni Panel Fri., Oct. 30, 4 p.m. Gutstein Gallery, 201 E Broughton St,.

Animated Short Films Animated shorts competition. Fri., Oct. 30, 2 p.m. lucastheatre.com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Blurred Lines: The Changing Landscape of Digital Entertainment From digital content creation to monetization and distribution. What’s happening now in the DE ecosystem? A conversation about how next generation filmmakers are changing Hollywood with new media models and economics, creating both challenges and opportunities for artists, animators, writers and filmmakers.

Experts in digital and branded entertainment discuss gaming, animation film/video shorts and feature films that lead to pitching your project, getting it made, and distribution.

Fri., Oct. 30, 2 p.m. Gutstein Gallery, 201 E Broughton St,.

Film: Anomalisa Michael Stone, an author of books on the subject of customer service, struggles with his inability to connect to people. One night, while on a routine business trip, he meets a stranger who changes his world view.

Anomalisa is a stop motion animated drama film directed by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson, based on a play written by Charlie Kaufman. Wed., Oct. 28, 9 p.m. lucastheatre. com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Film: Becoming Bulletproof Becoming Bulletproof documents the 48 making of an original Western film called,

Bulletproof, featuring actors with and without disabilities who meet every year at Zeno Mountain Farm to write, produce, and star in original short films. Founded by two brothers and their wives, Zeno Mountain Farm’s philosophy is to create a truly inclusive community that builds genuine friendships that transcend stigma and stereotypes. Wed., Oct. 28, 12:30 p.m. and Fri., Oct. 30, 4:30 p.m. www2.scad.edu/ venues/trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Film: Bounce: How the Ball Taught the World to Play Bounce: How the Ball Taught the World to Play is a feature documentary that takes us to the far reaches of the globe and the deep recesses of our ancient past to answer the question: Why do we play ball? Based on the book by anthropologist John Fox, ‘The Ball: Discovering the Object of the Game,’ (Harper Perennial, 2012), the film explores the biological and cultural influences that drive the evolution of our ball games. Thu., Oct. 29, 1 p.m. www2.scad.edu/venues/ trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Film: Bram Stoker’s Dracula Join Oscar-winning sound designer and SCAD Faculty David Stone as he hosts Francis Ford Coppola’s reinvention of Stoker’s epic horror novel, Dracula. Part of the Savannah Film Festival’s “After Dark” series. Fri., Oct. 30, 8 p.m. lucastheatre.com.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Film: Coming Through the Rye Coming Through the Rye, set in 1969, is a touching coming of age story of sensitive, 16 yr. old Jamie Schwartz, who is not the most popular kid at his all boys’ boarding

school. Disconnected from students and teachers, he believes he is destined to play Holden Caulfield, the main character of The Catcher in the Rye, and has adapted the book as a play. Followed by a Q&A with director James Sadwith and select cast.

Thu., Oct. 29, 9:30 p.m. lucastheatre.com.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Film: Containment Every nuclear weapon made, every watt of electricity produced from a nuclear power plant leaves a trail of nuclear waste that will last for the next four hundred generations.

We face the problem of how to warn the far distant future of the nuclear waste we have buried --but how to do it? How to imagine the far-distant threats to the sites, what kinds of monuments can be built, could stories or legends safeguard our descendants? Sat., Oct. 31, 10 a.m. www2. scad.edu/venues/trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Film: Dead of Winter: The Donner Party What starts as a call to the West quickly turns to a deadly journey for three families and their compatriots on a quest for the American Dream. Trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, they fall prey to subzero temperatures, torrential rainfalls, floods and ten foot snow drifts, and are eventually forced to turn on each other in order to survive. Followed by a discussion with director Douglas Glover and producer John Joseph. Wed., Oct. 28, 2:30 p.m. lucastheatre.com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Film: Documentary Shorts Documentary shorts competition. Wed., Oct. 28, 9:30 a.m. lucastheatre.com. Lucas

Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Film: Ek Hazarachi Note (1000 Rupee Note) In a small village in India a lonely widow’s modest life is upended when a politician gives her several 1000 Rupee notes as an inducement for votes. Discussion with director Shrihari Sathe to follow screening.

Thu., Oct. 29, 12:30 p.m. www2.scad.edu/ venues/trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Film: Embers The world as we know it has been forgotten.

A decade after a global epidemic, those who remain suffer from lasting effects of the virus - retrograde and anterograde amnesia. The survivors navigate a decaying landscape, unable to recall the past or create new memories. In English and Spanish with English subtitles. Preceded by the narrative short Stutterer. Thu., Oct. 29, 3:30 p.m. www2.scad.edu/venues/ trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Film: Forward. Side. Close!

Dr. Reinhard Nagl, a neurotic cynic, who suffers from obsessive compulsive behaviors, lives at a remote castle with his two servants. His life undergoes a dramatic restructuring when his excitable friend Lorenz Zweig surprises him on his 70th birthday weekend with the intention of turning his life upside down. The delicate situation escalates as they encounter Reinhard’s first love Magdalena. Thu., Oct. 29, 10:30 a.m. www2.scad.edu/venues/ trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Film: Frame by Frame Frame by Frame follows Afghan

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photojournalists navigating a young and dangerous media landscape to tell true stories of their home country. Pitted against powerful warlords, uncertainty as foreign troops and media withdraws, and the looming threat of civil war, four local photographers must overcome these obstacles -- and their own flaws -- to use photography as voice, identity and hope. In English, Pashto and Farsi with English subtitles. Fri., Oct. 30, 8:45 a.m. lucastheatre.com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Film: Goodnight Mommy In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is. Fri., Oct. 30, 11 p.m. lucastheatre.com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Film: He Named Me Malala He Named Me Malala is an intimate portrait of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was targeted by the Taliban and severely wounded by a gunshot when returning home on her school bus in Pakistan’s Swat Valley.

The film gives us a glimpse into this extraordinary young girl’s life, from her relationship with her father who inspired her love for education to her impassioned speeches at the UN to her everyday life with her parents and brothers. Sat., Oct. 31, 10:30 a.m. lucastheatre.com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Film: I Saw the Light This film is the story of the legendary country western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his meteoric rise to fame and its ultimately tragic effect on his health and personal life. Preceded by the 2015 Savannah Film Festival Competition Awards Ceremony. Followed by a discussion with writer/director/producer Marc Abraham and actress Elizabeth Olsen. Sat., Oct. 31, 7 p.m. www2.scad.edu/venues/trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Film: Ithaca Fourteen-year-old Homer Macauley is determined to be the best and fastest bicycle telegraph messenger anyone has ever seen. His older brother has gone to war, leaving Homer to look after his widowed mother, his older sister and his 4-year-old brother, Ulysses. And so it is that as spring turns to summer, 1942, Homer Macauley delivers messages of love, hope, pain...and death...to the good people of Ithaca. Discussion with actress Meg Ryan and producer James Brenner to follow screening. Thu., Oct. 29, 7 p.m. www2.scad. edu/venues/trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Film: Jasmine Jasmine is a gripping and chilling psychological thriller about a man, Leonard To, still struggling to come to terms with his grief nearly a year after his wife’s unsolved murder. Discussion with director Dax Phelan following screening. Fri., Oct. 30, 3 p.m.

www2.scad.edu/venues/trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Film: Krisha Following a prolonged battle with addiction and self-desctruction, Krisha, the black sheep of the family she abandoned, returns for a holiday celebration. But what begins as a moving testament to the family’s capacity to forgive soon spirals into a deluge of emotional bloodletting, as old wounds are torn open and resentments are laid bare.

Followed by a Q&A with Krisha Fairchild and director Trey Shults. Wed., Oct. 28, 11 a.m. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

Film: Legend Legend is the true story of the rise and fall of London’s most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ron Kray, both portrayed by Tom Hardy in an amazing double performance.

Wed., Oct. 28, 9:30 p.m. www2.scad.edu/ venues/trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Film: Mia Madre Margherita is a director shooting a film with the famous American actor, Barry Huggins, who is quite a headache on set. Away from the shoot, Margherita tries to hold her life together, despite her mother’s illness and her daughter’s adolescence. Sat., Oct. 31, 12:30 p.m. www2.scad.edu/venues/ trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Film: One Day in Auschwitz Auschwitz concentration camp survivor Kitty Hart-Moxon revisits Auschwitz 70 years after, together with two girls at the same age she was when she was brought to the camp at 17 years of age. Wed., Oct. 28, 2 p.m. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

Film: Ovation for Oscar Immerse yourself in the world of storied couturier Oscar de la Renta. Follow a SCAD student as she and the SCAD Museum of Art team produce the first posthumous exhibition of the beloved designer’s work — all in 30 days. Followed by a discussion with director Ryan Curtis, subject Sloane Mayberry, cinematographer Zach Graber, and Producer Tyler Reid. Thu., Oct. 29, 11 a.m. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

Film: Papa Based on a true story, Papa follows journalist Ed Myers on his adventure to Cuba in the late 1950s after Myers’ childhood idol, Ernest Hemingway, responds to his fan letter. Preceded by the narrative short To Dust Return. Fri., Oct. 30, 11 a.m. www2. scad.edu/venues/trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Film: Room Room tells the extraordinary story of Jack, a spirited 5-year-old who is looked after by his loving and devoted Ma. Jack and Ma are confined to a windowless, 10-by-10foot space, which Ma has euphemistically named Room. Wed., Oct. 28, 7 p.m. www2. scad.edu/venues/trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Film: Scout A quirky, coming-of-age dramedy about Scout, a rebellious, slightly bad-ass fifteenyear-old Goth girl from the wrong side of the tracks. She befriends and convinces

a wealthy suicidal mental patient to go on a road trip with her across West Texas to track down her little sister who’s been taken by the father who abandoned them. Wed., Oct. 28, 10 a.m. and Sat., Oct. 31, 1:30 p.m. www2.scad.edu/venues/trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Film: Son of Saul Saul Ausländer is a Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando, the group of Jewish prisoners isolated from the camp and forced to assist the Nazis in the machinery of largescale extermination. Thu., Oct. 29, 10 a.m. www2.scad.edu/venues/trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Film: The Lady in the Van Alan Bennett’s story is based on the true story of Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who “temporarily” parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years. What begins as a begrudged favor becomes a relationship that will change both their lives.

Sat., Oct. 31, 4:30 p.m. www2.scad.edu/ venues/trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Film: The Penguin Counters Armed with low tech gear and high minded notions that penguin populations hold the key to human survival, Ron Naveen lays bare his 30 year love affair with the world’s most pristine scientific laboratory: Antarctica.

Famed as a place that wants you dead, this film follows a rag tag team of field biologists to some of the harshest corners of the planet, where they track the impact of climate change and ocean health by counting penguin populations - one nest at a time. Thu., Oct. 29, 3:15 p.m. www2.scad. edu/venues/trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Film: The Prophet The Prophet, by celebrated LebaneseAmerican author Kahlil Gibran, is among the most popular volumes of poetry ever written, selling over 100 million copies in forty languages since its publication in 1923. Gibran’s timeless verses have been given enchanting new form in this painterly cinematic adventure about freedom and the power of human expression. Wed., Oct. 28, 3 p.m. www2.scad.edu/venues/trustees/.

Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Film: Truth The film chronicles the story Mary Mapes and Dan Rather uncovered that a sitting US president may have been AWOL from the United States National Guard for over a year during the Vietnam War. When the story blew up in their face, the ensuing scandal ruined Dan Rather’s career, nearly changed a US Presidential election, and almost took down all of CBS News in the process. Fri., Oct. 30, 7 p.m. www2.scad.edu/venues/ trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Film: Tumbledown A young widow falls for a brash New York writer who barrels into her rural Maine town investigating the death of her husband.

Preceded by the narrative short “Best Man Wins.” Sat., Oct. 31, 3 p.m. www2.scad.edu/ venues/trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Pete Horner: The Emotional Language of Film

When Pete Horner works on a film, he often feels like a translator, translating from a language he’s discovering to a language he’s making up. In this presentation he’ll play examples and discuss how he approaches the sound design and mix of a film. Thu., Oct. 29, 2 p.m. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

Savannah Film Festival The eight day festival is filled with cinematic creativity from both award-winning professionals and emerging student filmmakers. Each year more than 50,000 people attend the festival to take part in a variety of film competitions, special screenings, workshops, panels and lectures. $75-$750 Through Oct. 31. www2.scad.edu/ venues/trustees/. Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Show Me the Money: How to Fund and Finance Your Film Thousands of independent films are made each year. Most are financed at least partially with money from other people. How will emerging filmmakers navigate from short film to feature and TV series? Experts will discuss funding options like Kickstarter, crowdfunding, equity financing, how to communicate with potential investors, how to structure your financing, what you need to know about security laws, and how to avoid legal problems. Wed., Oct. 28, 2 p.m.

Gutstein Gallery, 201 E Broughton St,.

Student Competition Block A Fri., Oct. 30, 12:30 p.m. lucastheatre.com.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Student Competition Block B Fri., Oct. 30, 9:45 a.m. lucastheatre.com.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Women Leaders in Animation Take a bunch of ultra-creative people and turn them loose in a studio full of unlimited coffee, snacks, and ping pong. How does any animation result from that? Join the Leaders in Animation panel for a lively and candid discussion of all aspects of the industry as seen from a managerial perspective. Learn how studios recruit, what a show runner really does, and yes, even how studio ping-pong tournaments can lead to awesome animation. Thu., Oct. 29, 11 a.m. Gutstein Gallery, 201 E Broughton St,.

World Shorts: Australia Wed., Oct. 28, noon. lucastheatre.com.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St.

Activism & Politics

Julian Miller - District 4 Meet & Greet Election Day will only be 6 days away from the event and this election will determine Savannah’s leadership for the next 4 years! Bring a friend and a neighbor & spend some one-on-one time with Julian Miller, candidate for Dist. 4 City Council.

FREE Wed., Oct. 28, 6:30-8 p.m. https:// facebook.com/events/549896355173708/. barfoodsavannah.com. bar.food, 4523 Habersham St. Junior League Mayoral Debate The Junior League of Savannah hosts a mayoral debate on women and children’s issues between Savannah’s mayoral candidates: incumbent Edna Jackson, Eddie Deloach, Murray Silver, and Louis Wilson, Sr.

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The debate is moderated by Dave Kartunen and will feature candidate discussion and individual questions from the floor. Thu., Oct. 29. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm 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.

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

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Auditions for Armstrong Youth Orchestra Open to students enrolled in primary grades through high school and including Armstrong students (available for course credit). Auditions, by appointment, are in Armstrong Fine Arts Hall. To schedule an audition, e-mail: savaayo@yahoo.com. Info is also available at www.savaayo.org. AYO is sponsored in part by the Savannah Friends of Music, www.savannahfriendsofmusic. com ongoing. about.armstrong.edu/Maps/ index.html. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Call for Applicants for “The Gift You Never Wanted” We are often given gifts that are unsightly, unseemly, or straight out of a nightmare.

Often these “gifts” stay with us, sometimes for the better. The gifts we never wanted take many forms, both physically and emotionally. In the end we have to ask—are gifts given for the sender or the receiver? For the exhibition The Gift You Never Wanted, Non-Fiction Gallery seeks works of art that explore the idea of the gift as a burden or a blessing. Artists of all media and practice are invited to submit to this open-ended theme. To submit to The Gift You Never Wanted, please pay your application fee below and send between four and six images to exhibitions@artrisesavannah.org by midnight on November 7th. Exhibition dates December 18-January 2. Through Nov. 7. Non-Fiction Gallery, 1522 Bull St. Call for Participants in PTSD Study Are you a recent combat veteran experiencing psychological or emotional stress related to your combat? You may be eligible to receive first-line medication and talk therapy interventions with proven effectiveness. PROGrESS is a study looking to learn more about how to effectively treat recent combat veterans with PTSD. The therapies are not experimental. You will be randomly assigned to receive either psychotherapy, medication, or both. For 50 more information about the PROGrESS

study, please call 912-920-0214 ext. 2169. ongoing. Online only, none.

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.

Benefits

Awards Gala Proceeds benefit the King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation’s programs and operations.

Semi-formal attire. $75 Sat., Oct. 31, 7 p.m.

912-234-8000. savstate.edu/. Savannah State University, 3219 College St. $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.

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-yearsold. ongoing. (912) 525-2151. jlewis01@ savannahga.gov.

Classes, Camps & Workshops

Art Classes at the Foundery Students will be taught academic drawing and painting techniques. Younger students will learn observational drawing and be encouraged in creativity, while older students will be introduced to more advanced techniques. An intermediate class for teens will be held on Mondays. The 7-11 year olds will be taught Friday afternoons.

Contact the instructor, Seth Fite, for more information. Ages 7-11: $150, Ages 12-15: $180 Mondays, 5:30-7:30 p.m. and Fridays, 4:30-6 p.m.. 513-295-7378. sethfite@gmail. com. The Foundery Coffee Pub, 1313 Habersham St. 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.

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

Beading Classses at Epiphany Bead & Jewelry Studio Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced. Call for class times.

912-920-6659. Epiphany Bead & Jewelry Studio, 101 N. Fahm St. 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.

Board Game Nights Bring your favorite board game or learn to play one of ours! Join our community of gamers and make some new friends while having an awesome time. Guild Hall members get in free, and nonmembers must simply purchase a $2 Day Pass. Saturdays, 7 p.m. Guild Hall, 615 Montgomery Street.

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.

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. 912-3583160. confuciusinstitute@savannahstate. edu. savannahstate.edu. savstate.edu/.

Savannah State University, 3219 College St. Clay Classes Savannah Clay Studio at Beaulieu offers handbuilding, sculpture, and handmade tiles, basic glazing and firing. 912-351-4578. sav.. claystudio@gmail.com.

Boating Classes Classes on boat handling, boating safety and navigation offered by U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. See website or call to register. 912897-7656. savannahaux.com.

Creativity Coaching Do you have a creative idea but don’t know where to start? Is it time to move forward with your project? Work with your very own creativity coach and learn how to blast through blocks, plan your time, and enjoy the richness of a creative life. See website for more info at www.laurenl.com/creativity_ coaching/ or contact Creativity@LaurenL. com ongoing. Online, 2222 Sedwick Drive.

DUI Prevention Group Offers victim impact panels for intoxicated drivers, DUI, offenders, and anyone seeking knowledge about the dangers of driving while impaired. A must see for teen drivers.

Meets monthly. $40/session 912-443-0410.

Krav Maga / Tactical Self Defense: Dynamic Defensive Tactics combines the Israeli self defense techniques of Krav Maga with tactical fighting concepts. This is NOT a martial art but a no nonsense approach to self defense. With over 37 years of

experience, Roger D’Onofrio will teach you solutions, which are aggressive, simple and effective, to the violent situations of today.

Note: these are private sessions for adults only. ongoing. 912-308-7109. ddt_910@ yahoo.com.

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 912354-6686. 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. 912921-4646.

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. Guitar, Mandolin, or Bass Guitar Lessons Emphasis on theory, reading music, and improvisation. Located in Ardsley Park. ongoing. 912-232-5987.

Housing Authority Neighborhood Resource Center Housing Authority of Savannah hosts classes at the Neighborhood Resource Center. Adult literacy/GED prep: Mon-Thurs, 9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm. Financial education: 4th Fri each month, 9am-11am. Basic computer training: Tues & Thurs, 1pm3pm. Community computer lab: Mon-Fri, 3pm-4:30pm. ongoing. 912-232-4232 x115. savannahpha.com. savannahpha.com/NRC. html. Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton St. Knitting & Crochet Classes Offered at The Frayed Knot, 6 W. State St. See the calendar of events on website.

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

Leadership Skills for the FrontLine Manager Through this 8-week course, faculty from the University’s management, marketing and law fields provide hands-on training in core supervisory/managerial skills, devoting each 4-hour session to a single topic. Offered several times a year since 2000, this course also serves individuals who have been in a leadership role for a longer period but want additional knowledge and practical skills to improve their style or learn how to handle personnel issues. $750.00 per person / $800.00 after 8/26/15; Corporate Fee: $675.00 per person (4+ from the same firm) / $725.00 after 8/26/15 Wednesdays, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.. 912-478-5551. conted@georgiasouthern.edu. academics. georgiasouthern.edu/ce/programs/ professionaldevelopment/leadershipskills/. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

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

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All ages welcome. ongoing. 912-358-0054. georgiamusicwarehouse.com/. Georgia Music Warehouse, 2424 Abercorn St. Music Lessons--Multiple Instruments Savannah Musicians’ Institute offers private instruction for all ages and experience levels in Guitar (electric, acoustic,classical), Piano, Bass, Voice, Banjo, Mandolin, Ukulele, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Music Theory/Composition/Songwriting. 609 69th Street, Savannah GA. ongoing. 912398-8828. smisavannah@gmail.com. savmusiciansinstitute.com.

New Horizons Adult Band Program Music program for adults who played a band instrument in high school/college and would like to play again. Mondays at 6:30pm at Portman’s. $30 per month. All ages and ability levels welcome. Call for info. ongoing.

912-354-1500. portmansmusic.com.

Portman’s Music Superstore, 7650 Abercorn St. Novel Writing Write a novel, finish the one you’ve started, revise it or pursue publication. Awardwinning Savannah author offers one-onone or small group classes, mentoring, manuscript critique, ebook formatting. Email for pricing and scheduling info. ongoing. pmasoninsavannah@gmail.com.

Photography Classes Beginner photography to post production. Instruction for all levels. $20 for two-hour class. See website for complete class list. 410-251-4421. chris@chrismorrisphotography.com. chrismorrisphotography.com.

Piano Lessons Piano lessons with a classically trained instructor, with theater and church experience. 912-312-3977. ongoing. georgiamusicwarehouse.com/. Georgia Music Warehouse, 2424 Abercorn St. Piano Voice-Coaching Pianist with M/degree,classical modern jazz improvisation, no age limit. Call 912-9617021 or 912-667-1056. Serious inquiries only. ongoing.

Project Management Course 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. Course Outline: Day 1, Initiation and Closing Projects Day 2, Success Planning for Projects Day 3, Project Simulation for Execution Day 4, Project Control and Project Manager Professional Responsibility. $1300.00 per person - includes a copy of the PMBOK from PMI. New fifth edition. Tue., Nov. 3, 6-9 p.m.

912-478-5551. conted@georgiasouthern. edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ ce/programs/professionaldevelopment/ projectmanagement/. cgc.georgiasouthern. edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

A. Roper Studio - Voice 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.

Honey Tasting and Body Care Samples + Store Tour

Daily honey tastings and body care demonstrations. Come see honeybees in the observation hive or call 912.629.0908 to schedule a tour of the Bee Garden. Free Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m. 912-234-0688. jessie@savannahbee.com.

Savannah Bee Company, Wilmington Island, 211 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

Audition and competition preparation.

Located 15 minutes from downtown. Varies Mondays-Saturdays, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. 912-4840628. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Russian Language Classes Learn to speak Russian. All experience levels welcome, beginner to expert. Call for info. ongoing. 912-713-2718.

SAT Math Prep - Fall Classes This 6-week course focuses on thinking strategies and skill development needed for maximizing scores on the math portion of the SAT. $160.00 per person Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m.. 912-478-5551. conted@georgiasouthern.edu. academics. georgiasouthern.edu/ce/programs/ personaldevelopment/satprepsavannah/. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

SAT Prep for Critical Reading, Vocabulary, and Writing - Fall Classes This 6-week course focuses on strategies used in active reading that pertain specifically to the SAT, and addresses writing strategies used on possible topics during the writing portion. $160.00 per person Mondays, 6-8 p.m.. 912-478-5551. conted@georgiasouthern.edu. academics. georgiasouthern.edu/ce/programs/ personaldevelopment/satprepsavannah/. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Short Story Writing Class The short story is an art form that encompasses all of the characteristics of great novels, including narrative and character. Students with some experience in fiction and nonfiction storytelling will use

assigned readings, writing homework and workshop style critiques to explore various writing techniques. Upon completion, they will understand narrative structure and scenic writing, dialogue, character, place, word choice, rhythm and pacing and the art of revision. $200.00 per person Mondays, 6:30-8:30 p.m.. 912-478-5551. conted@georgiasouthern.edu. academics. georgiasouthern.edu/ce/programs/ personaldevelopment/writingclasses/. cgc. georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

SHRM Learning System This course is offered in partnership with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) : the SHRM Learning System includes six modules to prepare students for the SHRM-Certified Professional and SHRM Senior Certified Professional exams.

Modules reflect the new HR practice and legislation in the SHRM Body of Knowledge and Experience. Following the 2-hour mandatory orientation, this 36-hour review course provides broad overview of HR management issues and core body of knowledge. $1040.00 / $1140.00 after 8/17/15; Member Feel: $965.00 / $1065.00 after 8/17/15 Mondays, 6-9 p.m.. 912478-5551. conted@georgiasouthern. edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ ce/programs/professionaldevelopment/ shrmcert/. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/.

Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Clubs & Organizations

Abeni Cultural Arts Dance Classes Classses for multiple ages in performance

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

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

Buccaneer Region SCCA Local chapter of the Sports Car Club of America, hosting monthly solo/autocross driving events in the Savannah area. Anyone with a safe car, insurance and a valid driver’s license is eligible to participate. See website. ongoing. buccaneerregion.org.

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

Chatham Sailing Club Friday evening social event at the clubhouse.

Meet Members and their families who all enjoy water based activities but whose prime interest is sailing. This BYOB event is free and all are welcome, but Membership is encouraged after several visits once interest is gauged!! We look forward to meeting you.

Fridays, 7-10 p.m. pranschkec3@gmail.com.

Young’s Marina, 218 Wilmington Island Rd. Faith Based Business Networking Event - Savannah Our mission is to Grow, Encourage, Inspire, Ignite & Equip Christian Business owners on how to do business with a Kingdom mindset. We promote and celebrate excellence in the business arena while developing the future generations of leaders through Christian values, disciplines, honor, integrity and expression of skills. Register early before the event closes out and please share this event by inviting a guest.

Free first Tuesday of every month, 7:30-9 a.m. 912-257-6248. info@kbnalliance. com. https://eventbrite.com/e/christianbusiness-networking-event-savannahtickets-17883772846. Calvary Baptist Temple, 4625 Waters Ave. Fiber Guild of the Savannahs A club focusing on weaving, spinning, basket making, knitting, crocheting, quilting, beading, rug hooking, doll making, and other fiber arts. Meets at Oatland Island Wildlife Center, first Saturday of the month (Sept.-June) 10:15am. Mondays, 10:30 a.m. fiberguildsavannah.homestead.com/. Fiber Guild of the Savannahs, 711 Sandtown Road GA. Georgia Nature Photographers Association-Coastal Chapter Coastal Chapter of the GNPA. The GNPA is 100% focused on nature photography and offers Field Trips, Monthly Speakers, Competitions, Seminars and Workshops and the Annual EXPO with prominent nature photographers and keynote speakers.

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p.m. 912-234-2571. alfie.wace@gmail.com. gnpa.org. oatlandisland.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. Historic Flight Savannah A non-profit organization dedicated to sending area Korean War and WWII veterans to Washington, DC, to visit the WWII Memorial. All expenses paid by Honor Flight Savannah. Honor Flight seeks contributions, and any veterans interested in a trip to Washington. Call for info. ongoing. 912-5961962. honorflightsavannah.org.

Historic Savannah Chapter: ABWA Meets the second Thursday of every month from 6pm-7:30pm. Tubby’s Tank House, 2909 River Drive, Thunderbolt. Attendees pay for their own meals. RSVP by phone. ongoing. 912-660-8257.

Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet Meets every Wednesday. Different locations downtown. Call for info. No fees. Want to learn? Join us. ongoing. 912-308-6768.

Knittin’ Night Knit and crochet gathering held each Tuesday evening, 5pm-8pm All skill levels welcome. Tuesdays, 5-8 p.m. 912-238-0514. wildfibresavannah.com/. Wild Fibre, 409 East Liberty St. Low Country Turners A club for wood-turning enthusiasts. Call Steve Cook for info at number below. ongoing. 912-313-2230.

Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary Meets the first Saturday of the month at 1:00pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-7864508. American Legion Post 184, 3003 Rowland Ave. Philo Cafe Discussion group that meets every Monday, 7:30pm - 9:00pm at various locations.

Anyone craving good conversation is invited. Free to attend. Email for info, or see Facebook.com/SavannahPhiloCafe.

Mondays. athenapluto@yahoo.com.

R.U.F.F. - Retirees United for the Future RUFF meets the last Friday of each month at 10am to protect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and related senior issues. Parking in the rear. Free to all Seniors ongoing. 912344-5127. New Covenant Church, 2201 Bull St. Safe Kids Savannah A coalition dedicated to preventing childhood injuries. Meets 2nd Tuesday each month, 11:30am-1:00pm. See website or call for info. ongoing. 912-353-3148. safekidssavannah.org.

Savannah Brewers’ League Meets 1st Wednesday of the month, 7:30pm at Moon River Brewing Co. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-447-0943. hdb.org. moonriverbrewing.com/. Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St. Savannah Charlesfunders Investment Discussion Group Meets Saturdays, 8:30am to discuss stocks, bonds and better investing. Contact by email for info. ongoing. charlesfund@gmail. com. panerabread.com/. Panera Bread (Broughton St.), 1 West Broughton St. Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States 52 A dinner meeting every 4th Tuesday of the

month at 6:00 pm at local restaurants. 3rd Tuesday in November; none in December.

For dinner reservations, please call Sybil Cannon at 912-964-5366. ongoing. 912-7487020. savannahnavyleague.us.

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

Call for info. ongoing. 912-308-6768.

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

Savannah Newcomers Club Open to women who have lived in the Savannah area for less than two years.

Membership includes monthly luncheon and program. Activities, tours and events to help learn about Savannah and make new friends. ongoing. savannahnewcomersclub. com.

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

Society for Creative Anachronism Meets every Saturday at the south end of Forsyth Park for fighter practice and general hanging out. For people interested in re-creating the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Free Saturdays, 11 a.m.. savannahsca.org. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. Savannah Story Games A group that plays games that tell improvised stories. Create an amazing story in just three hours, using group games with special rules that craft characters, settings, and conflicts.

Sundays at 6pm. free Saturdays, 6 p.m.. info@savannahstorygames.com. savannahstorygames.com. Guild Hall, 615 Montgomery Street.

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

Mondays, 6:15pm, Memorial Health University Medical Center, in the Conference Room C. ongoing. 912-484-6710. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Savannah Veggies and Vegans Join the Facebook group to find out more about vegetarian and vegan lifestyles, and to hear about upcoming local events.

Mondays.

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla A volunteer organization that assists the U.S. Coast Guard. Meets 4th Wednesday at 6pm at Barnes, 5320 Waters Ave. All ages welcome. Prior experience/boat ownership not required. fourth Wednesday of every month.. 912-598-7387. savannahaux.com.

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671 Meets second Monday of each month, 7pm, at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. ongoing. 912-429-0940. rws521@msn. com. vvasav.com.

Woodville-Tompkins Scholarship Foundation

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

Concerts

13th Colony Sound (Barbershop Singing) “If you can carry a tune, come sing with us!”

Mondays, 7pm. ongoing. 912-344-9768. savannahbarbershoppers.org. Thunderbolt Lodge #693, 3111 Rowland Ave. Concert: Alice Ryley, A Savannah Ghost Story Be the first to hear the famous ghost of Wright Square come to life in a new one-act operatic work. Presented by the Savannah VOICE Festival. $53 advance, $58 at door Fri., Oct. 30, 4 & 6 p.m. 855-766-7372. charleshmorriscenter.com. Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St. Concert: An Evening with Angela McCluskey Savannah Against Violence’s mission is to engage the community about violence through one of the greatest communicators; the voices of musical instruments and vocal talents. A portion of each ticket sale will be donated to Savannah Against Violence with one specific agenda: to help create an organization that can make a difference in our community by reducing acts of violence. $30 Wed., Oct. 28, 8:30 p.m. savannahagainstviolence.com. sohosouthcafe.com. Soho South, 12 West Liberty St. Concert: Celtic Woman This enchanting musical experience features Celtic Woman performing a treasure chest of traditional Irish standards, classical favorites and contemporary pop songs, in the group’s distinctive signature style. Sun., Nov. 1, 3 p.m. savannahcivic. com. savannahcivic.com. The Savannah Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. Concert: July Talk and Little Hurricane Fri., Oct. 30, 9 p.m. dollhouse-productions. tumblr.com/. Dollhouse Productions, 980 Industry Dr.

Dance

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

Adult Ballet Toning Always wanted the body of a ballerina?

Well.. YOU CAN! Our class is designed to stretch, tone, and enhance your body to become healthier than ever. Join us and check out the calendar for dates to enroll. (this is apart of our fitness package of 10 classes for $80) $10.00 Mondays, 5 p.m.

912.312.3549. reservetodance@gmail. com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial 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.

Argentine Tango

Wednesdays, 7 p.m. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive. Lessons Sundays 1:303;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. 912-9257416. 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 4 weeks or $10 drop in Mondays, 7 p.m.

912.312.3549. reservetodance@gmail. com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Ballroom/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.

912-596-0889. 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.

Beginners Belly Dancing with Cybelle For those with little-to-no dance background.

Instructor is formally trained, has performed for over ten years. $15/person. Tues. 7pm8pm. Private classes and walk ins available.

Synergistic Bodies, 7724 Waters Ave. ongoing. 912-414-1091. info@cybelle3.com. cybelle3.com.

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

Windsor Forest Recreation Building, Windsor Forest.

Dance for Peace A weekly gathering to benefit locals in need.

Music, dancing, fun for all ages. Donations of nonperishable food and gently used or new clothing are welcomed. Free and open to the public. Sundays, 3 p.m. 912-547-6449. xavris21@yahoo.com. Forsyth Park, Drayton

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St. & East Park Ave. 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.

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. 912-3353335. savannahballroom@gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing.com. Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

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. 912-652-6780. 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.

Halloween Costume Ball Simply Dance hosts a Halloween-themed ballroom dance. Snacks and drinks are provided, and prizes for best costume will be awarded. $15 Sat., Oct. 31, 8-10:30 p.m. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

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.

Kids Hip Hop and Jazz Mondays, 6 p.m. salondebailedancestudio. com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Kids/Youth Dance Class Kids Group class on various Ballroom and Latin dances. Multiple teachers. Ages 4-17 currently enrolled in the program. Prepares youth for social and/or competitive dancing. $15/person Saturdays, 10 a.m. 912-3353335. savannahballroom@gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing.com. Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

LaBlast Dance Fitness Created by world renowned dancer and ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” professional, Louis Van Amstel, LaBlast uniquely combines a wide variety of ballroom dance

styles and music genres. Do the Cha Cha Cha, Disco, Jive, Merengue, Salsa and Samba set to everything from pop and rock to hip-hop and country – and burn fat and blast calories! No experience and no partner necessary. $15.00 drop in or 10 classes for $80.00 Mondays, 6-7 p.m. and Wednesdays, 6-7 p.m. 912.312.3549. reservetodance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com.

Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Line Dancing Take down Tuesdays. Jazzy Sliders Adult Line Dancing, every Tuesday, 7:30pm-10:00pm. Free admission, cash bar.

Come early and learn a new dance from 7:30pm-8:30pm. ongoing. doublesnightclub. com/. Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Mahogany Shades of Beauty Dance classes - hip hop, modern, jazz, West African, ballet, lyrical and step. Modeling and acting classes. All ages/levels welcome.

Call Mahogany for info. ongoing. 912-2728329.

Modern Dance Class Beginner and intermediate classes. Fridays 10am-11:15am. Doris Martin Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd. Call Elizabeth for info. ongoing. 912-354-5586.

Salsa Lessons by Salsa Savannah Tues. 8pm-9pm and 9pm-10pm. Thur.

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

Tuesdays.. salsasavannah.com.

Salsa Night

Come and shake it to the best latin grooves and bachata the night away in Pooler where it’s cooler. Wednesdays, 8-11 p.m. 912988-1052. medi.tavern314@gmail.com.

Mediterranean Tavern, 125 Foxfield Way. Savannah Shag Club Wednesdays, 7pm,at Doubles Lounge.

Fridays, 7pm, at American Legion Post 36, 2309 E. Victory Dr. ongoing. doublesnightclub.com/. Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Savannah Swing Cats--Swing Dancing ongoing. doublesnightclub.com/. Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Sizzle: Dance and Cardio A class designed to maintain that summer body by dancing and having fun.

Incorporates dance and cardio to fun, spicy songs. $10 drop in or 10 classes for $80 Tuesdays, Fridays, 10 a.m. 912312-3549. reservetodance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Events

2015 “Blind Draw” Charity Casino Night Put on your finest western attire and join us for a night of fun at the 2015 Blind Draw Charity Casino Night at Savannah Station.

Try your hand at Black Jack, Poker, a spin on the Roulette Table and much more.

Some of your finest restaurants throughout Savannah will be on hand to offer you their

best hors d’oeuvre. Call today to purchase your ticket. $75.00 Thu., Oct. 29, 7-10 p.m.

912-236-4473. leatherly@savannahcblv.org. savannahcblv.org. Savannah Station, 601 Cohen St. Amazing Scavenger Hunt Adventure Turn Savannah into a giant game board with this fun scavenger hunt adventure. Combine the excitement of the Amazing Race with a three-hour city tour. Guided from any smart phone, teams make their way among well known and overlooked gems of the city, solving clues and completing challenges while learning local history. Available 365 days a year, sunrise to sunset. Start when you want and play at your pace. Save 20%Only $39.20 for a team of 2-5 people after Promotion Code: CONNECTSAVANNAH. Only $39.20 for a team of 2-5 people after Promo Code: CONNECTSAVANNAH Mondays-Sundays, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.. 805-6035620. Info@urbanadventurequest.com.

UrbanAdventureQuest.com. Franklin Square, Montgomery and St. Julian Streets.

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prior knowledge of the chakras is necessary.

Limited to 12 participants – email to reserve a spot today! $20 Thursdays, 6:45-8:15 p.m.

912-663-1306. Chakradancer@comcast. net. anahatahealingarts.com/healing-aha/.

Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Suite B. City Council Meeting Every other Thursday, 2 p.m. Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

PICKCommon Grounds Common Grounds is a collaboration of the Episcopal Church and the United Methodist Wesley Fellowship. We meet on Wednesday nights for open theological discussion on hot button issues. All are welcome regardless of faith background or where you are on your spiritual journey. We are open and affirming of the LGBT community. Order for Compline by candlelight is offered on Sunday nights at 8PM. Wednesdays, 8 p.m. facebook.com/commongroundssavannah.

The Foundery Coffee Pub, 1313 Habersham St. Critical Mass Savannah Join Savannah’s bicycle community for a free ride to raise awareness for bike rights.

Last Friday of every month, 6 p.m. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. Free Monthly Expectant & New Parent Support Group This FREE monthly support group is held on the first Tuesday of each month. No pre-registration is required. Please join us for conversation, support and refreshments.

Children are welcome! FREE first Tuesday of every month, 10 a.m.-noon. 912-544-6387. erigosavannah.com. Erigo, 5301 Paulsen Street.

Guided Tours of the Lucas Theatre for the Arts Learn the history of the historic Lucas Theatre on a 20-30 minute tour. Restoration, architecture, history of the theatre and of early cinema. $4. Group rates for ten or more. School trips available. Tours are Monday-Friday 10am-5pm and must be scheduled. To schedule a tour, contact Megan Chandler at 912-525-5029 or mchandle@lucastheatre.com. ongoing. 912525-5023. lucastheatre.com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Guild Hall-o-ween Guild Hall-o-ween is your place to play, compete, and party on Halloween! Join us at The Guild Hall, Savannah’s most fun 18+ place to play, for video game and board game tournaments, contest showcases, crafts, live burlesque, live hypnosis, and tons and tons of candy. Free for Guild Hall members, $20 in-store to attend if you aren’t a member, which also gets you a month of membership! Sat., Oct. 31, 5 p.m.-2 a.m. 844-MY-GUILD. events@theguildhall. com. guildhalloween.com. Guild Hall, 615 Montgomery Street.

Haunted Hut Trail It all started February 5th, 1958 when the American Air Force lost a 7,600 lb. hydrogen bomb off the waters of Tybee. Somewhere soon after, a great white shark bit into the Tybee Bomb mistaking it for food and became radioactive. This giant, rogue shark not only has a huge bite radius, but if it swims past you, you are forever in the land 54 of the dead as a zombie surfer. Proceeds

Lecture: Imprinting Impressionism

“Imprinting Impressionism: The Graphic Work of Mary Cassatt, Frank Benson, and Childe Hassam” led by Courtney McNeil will close the Monet series by addressing Impressionism’s influence on prints made by notable American artists and explore why those artists chose to pursue a difficult medium after achieving success with their paintings. Free for Telfair members, $12 for non-members Tue., Nov. 3, 6 p.m. telfair.org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. benefit the Tybee Maritime Academy, and kids 5 and under get in free. $5 Fridays, Saturdays.. bobienhut.com. Bo Bien Hut, 1650 Inlet Ave. Lecture: Dawn Baker WTOC news anchor Dawn Baker will speak on Thursday, October 29 at Savannah High School (SHS), in its inaugural Passport to Excellence Lecture Series. Thu., Oct. 29, 1-2 p.m. Savannah High School, 400 Pennsylvania Ave. Lecture: Imprinting Impressionism “Imprinting Impressionism: The Graphic Work of Mary Cassatt, Frank Benson, and Childe Hassam” led by Courtney McNeil will close the Monet series by addressing Impressionism’s influence on prints made by notable American artists and explore why those artists chose to pursue a difficult medium after achieving success with their paintings. Free for Telfair members, $12 for non-members Tue., Nov. 3, 6 p.m. telfair. org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Masquerade in the Mansion Don your masks for an unforgettable masquerade in the mansion, presented

by Telfair’s William Jay Society, Telfair Museums’ member group for young professionals. Intrigue and revelry await as you wander the beautiful, historic Telfair Academy, once the mansion home of one of Georgia’s most prominent historical families and now site of Telfair Museums’ collection of masterful paintings and sculptures.

Enjoy unusual entertainment, music and dancing, hors d’oeuvres, libations, and lots

of surprises at the can’t-miss event of the fall. This event is open to anyone at least 21 years of age. Each admission ticket includes two drink tickets; additional drink tickets will be available for purchase. Dress will be cocktail/ black tie and masks are encouraged. Fri., Oct. 30, 9 p.m. 912-7908866. telfair.org/wjs. telfair.org. Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard St. The original Midnight Tour One of the spookiest tours in town. Learn about the untold stories of some of the most haunted locations here in Savannah Georgia. Guaranteed to give you a few goose bumps and an unexplained need for a night light. 33.00 ongoing. 1-866666-3323. 6thsenseworld.com. 6th Sense Savannah Tours, 404 Abercorn Street.

Panic in the Pen Take a paranormal tour of the Old Chatham County Detention Center. Proceeds to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. $10 Thursdays-Saturdays. Old Chatham County Jail, 145 Montgomery St. PBJ Pantry A free food pantry held every Thursday, 10-11am and 6-7pm. Contact Jessica Sutton for questions. 912-897-1192 ongoing. ymcaofcoastalga.org/. YMCA (Wilmington Island), 66 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

Savannah Children’s Theatre Masquerade Gala & Auction ur Annual Auction & Gala helps us continue to inspire, educate and entertain. Please join us in your favorite costume for an evening of entertainment, food, live &

silent auction items and a cash bar. $50 Fri., Oct. 30, 6:30-10 p.m. 912-238-9015. eventinfo@savannahchildrenstheatre.org. savannahchildrenstheatre.org. Johnny Harris Banquet Hall, 1651 E. Victory Dr. Savannah Storytellers Tall tales and fun times with the classic art of storytelling. Every Wednesday at 6pm.

Reservations encouraged by calling 912349-4059. Wednesdays, 6 p.m. liveoakstore. com/tubbysthunderbolt. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. Shire of Forth Castle Fighter Practice Local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism meets Saturdays at Forsyth Park (south end) for fighter practice and general hanging out. For those interested in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. ongoing. savannahsca.org.

Southbound Brewery Saturday Tours and Tastes Savannah’s first microbrewery is open for public tours and tastings Wednesday - Fridays from 5:30-7:30 and Saturdays from 2-4. Hang out, have a few cold ones, and learn a little more about Savannah’s first craft brewery. Free Saturdays, 2-4 p.m.

912-335-7716. info@southboundbrewingco. com. southboundbrewingco.com.

Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. Stranger Than Fiction: An Exploration of the Extraordinary in Old Savannah This October, see historical entertainment on the many extraordinary ideas, beliefs and objects with which people in the 1820s would have been familiar, including visualization of the supernatural, phantasmagoria, Frankenstein, animal magnetism and the court of death. Attention will be paid to spiritual convictions of Lowcountry African Americans of the past.

Not suitable for children under 12 years old. $22 in advance, $25 at door Fridays, 7:30 p.m.. info@davenporthousemuseum. org. davenporthousemuseum.org. davenporthousemuseum.org. Davenport House, 324 East State St. PICKTerror Plantation Haunted House 470+ people were too scared to finish the haunted house last year. All proceeds benefit the Alee Shriners. $10 adults, $6 kids 12 and under Fridays, Saturdays.. aleeshrine. com. Alee Shriner’s Temple, 100 Eisenberg Dr. Under The Rainbow On Thursday nights come out to the coolest spot in Pooler for Under The Rainbow. Every week we will host a different event that will cater to those that play over, around and under the rainbow. Thursdays, 8-11 p.m.

912-988-1052. Mediterranean Tavern, 125 Foxfield Way.

Festivals

Crawl-O-Ween Ditch the candy and Trick-or-Treat for drink specials on River Street. This Halloween pub crawl will feature select bars and restaurants on River Street. Crawl along the cobblestones at your own pace while enjoying drink specials along the way. Sat., Oct. 31. riverstreetsavannah.com/. River

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Street, River St. Halloween Bazaar The Halloween Bazaar is family-friendly event with arts and crafts, safe trick or treating, adult and child costume contests, and a haunted cork maze. There will be free workshops and art demos in Jelinek Creative Spaces and “Artsy Horror Picture Show Exhibition,” a curated art show, will be on exhibit in the JSC gallery. $1 Sat., Oct. 31, 3-8 p.m. 912-662-5162. events@ wellfedsavannah.com. savannahbazaar. com. jelinekcreativespaces.com. Jelinek Creative Spaces, 101 N. Fahm St. Pre-Trick or Treat Thu., Oct. 29. riverstreetsavannah.com/.

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Fitness

$8 Community Yoga Classes Savannah Power Yoga offers a community yoga class nearly every day of the week for just $8. All proceeds support local organizations. See schedule online for details. Most classes are heated to 90 degrees. Bring a yoga mat, towel and some water. $8 Mondays-Fridays, Sundays. (912) 349-2756. info@savannahpoweryoga. com. savannahpoweryoga.com. savannahpoweryoga.com/. Savannah Power Yoga, 7360 Skidaway Rd. 5Rhythms A moving meditation. A path to higher vibration. A spiritual practice for some. A workout for others. With limited guidance and an eclectic mix of music, each person moves through the 5 rhythms of: flowing, staccato, chaos, lyrical and stillness. In this practice the “energy” of these rhythms is explored through each persons authentic way of moving. There is no right or wrong way and no steps to follow. No experience is needed. Led by Dana Danielson.

First Thursday of every month. Sign up at savannahyogabarre.com or simply show up. ongoing. danadanielson.com. savannahyogabarre.com. Savannah Yoga Barre, 2132 E Victory Drive. $8 Community Meditation Classes Join us for breath work, guided meditation, and yoga nidra, a deep relaxation technique to relieve stress, quiet the mind, and find the calm within. All proceeds support local organizations. $8 Sundays, 6-7 p.m.

912-349-2756. savannahpoweryoga.com/.

Savannah Power Yoga, 7360 Skidaway Rd. Al-Anon Family Groups An anonymous fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics. The message of Al-Anon is one of strength and hope for friends/family of problem drinkers. Al-Anon is for adults. Alateen is for people age 13-19.

Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. check website or call for info. ongoing.

912-598-9860. savannahalanon.com.

Barre Classes Looking for a fun way to tone and burn calories? Savannah Yoga Barre offers daily barre classes to help you reach your fitness goals. Diverse classes ensure there’s something for everyone. All levels are encouraged to attend. Start where you are and go from there. Classes start as early as 6 a.m. and as late as 6:45 p.m. $15 drop-in or use class pass ongoing. 912200-4809. info@savannahyogabarre.com.

savannahyogabarre.com. Savannah Yoga Barre, 2132 East Victory Drive.

Beach Body Workouts with Laura MONDAYS at 6:15 PM at the Lake Mayer Community Center $5.00 per session Mondays, 6:15 p.m. (912) 652-6784. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

Beastmode Fitness Group Training Train with this elite team. A total body program that trims, tones and gets results.

Personal training options available. See website for info. Meets at West Broad YMCA. 5am-6am and 8pm-9pm. ongoing. beastmodefitnessga.com. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. Beginning Pole Fitness Pole fitness is a fun and flirty way to get in shape! Taught by Pole Dance America National Professional Champion Sabrina Madsen, you’ll learn the basics of pole dance in a safe and welcoming environment. Gain strength, balance and confidence. Beginner Classes are open to all shapes and sizes and are for ladies only (men welcome at our Intermediate Class). $25 for drop-in or $100 for a package of 5 classes Tuesdays, 8-9 p.m. 801.673.6737. info@firstcityfitness.com. firstcityfitness. com/pole-fitnessparties.html. First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. Blue Water Yoga Community donation-based classes, Tues. and Thurs., 5:45pm - 7:00pm.

Fri., 9:30am-10:30am. Email for info or find Blue Water Yoga on Facebook. ongoing. egs5719@aol.com. Talahi Island Community Club, 532 Quarterman Dr. Community Drumming Community Drumming with a rhythmic interactive twist, will take place every Sunday at 6 pm - 8 pm all through October. True Alisandre, a professional & spontaneous drummer since ‘94, who has led drum circles, instructed children, and played for conferences will guide the experience with lots of stimulating and exciting exercises, a couple of which are “experiencing your Rhythmic Name” & “callresponse percussion!” Children are most welcome. Instruments are provided, or bring your own. Donations are welcomed. For more information call/text: (501) 932-4092 or go to Studio Zhazhee’s Facebook or webpage. Sundays, 6-8 p.m.. studiozhazhee. com. Studio ZhaZhee LLC, 125 W Duffy st.

Core Pilates This fun and challenging Pilates class will tone your entire body while focusing on building core strength. Betsy HunterHughes is at your service every MonWed-Fri 9:45 at Savannah Yoga Barre. $15 drop-in or class pass Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 9:45-10:45 a.m. 912200-4809. info@savannahyogabarre.com. savannahyogabarre.com. Savannah Yoga Barre, 2132 East Victory Drive.

Fitness Classes at the JEA Sin, firm it up, yoga, Pilates, water aerobics, Aquasize, senior fitness, and Zumba. Prices vary. Call for schedule. ongoing. 912-3558811. savj.org. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Free Caregiver Support Group For anyone caring for senior citizens with any affliction or illness. Second Saturday

of the month, 10am-11am. Savannah Commons, 1 Peachtree Dr. Refreshments.

Free to attend. Open to anyone in need of support for the caregiving they provide. ongoing. savannahcommons.com.

Free Yoga for Cancer Patients St. Joseph’s/Candler’s Center for WellBeing offers Free Yoga for Cancer Patients every Monday from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. in Candler’s Heart & Lung Building, Suite 100. The very gentle movements and breath work in this class will give you much needed energy, it will make your body feel better, and it will give you a mental release. This class is free to cancer patients. Mondays, 1:30-2:30 p.m.

912-819-8800. sjchs.org/. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. Functional Training Class Celebrate fall with a Saturday morning workout class. All levels welcome. A smooth mix of cardio and strengthening exercises.

Call Kara 912-667-0487 if interested. ongoing. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

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

912-495-8010. savannahclimbingcoop.com.

Savannah Climbing CoOp, 302 W Victory Dr. Happy Hour Boot Camp Classes Amanda Jessop, certified strength and conditioning specialist, teaches classes for those who enjoy challenging and fun workouts and have goals to lose weight, tone up, or get in shape for the new year. Different packages available: Classes start out at $8 Tuesdays, Thursdays, 6-7 p.m.. 832-470-2257. amanda@channelyourinnerathlete.com. channelyourinnerathlete.com/work-with-me/ sports-conditioning-boot-camp/. Tom Triplett Community Park, U.S. Highway 80 West.

Hiking & Biking at Skidaway Island State Park Year round fitness opportunities. Walk or run the 1-mile Sandpiper Nature Trail (accessible) the additional 1-mile Avian Loop Trail, or 3-mile Big Ferry Trail. Bicycle and street strider rentals. Guided hikes scheduled. $5 parking. Open daily 7am10pm. Call or see website. ongoing.

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

Kung Fu School: Ving Tsun Ving Tsun (Wing Chun) is the world’s fastest growing martial arts style. Uses angles and leverage to turn an attacker’s strength against him. Call for info on free trial classes. Drop ins welcome. 11202 White Bluff Rd. ongoing. 912-429-9241.

Living Smart Fitness Club St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center offer the Living Smart Fitness Club, which is an exercise program to encourage healthy lifestyle changes. On Mondays and Wednesdays the classes are held at the John S. Delaware Center. On Tuesdays, the classes are held at the center, at 1910 Abercorn Street. Classes include Zumba

(Tuesdays) and Hip-Hop low impact aerobics with cardio and strengthening exercises (Mondays/Wednesdays).

Mondays, Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. and Tuesdays, 5:30-7 p.m. 912-447-6605.

Delaware Recreation Center, 1815 Lincoln St. Mommy and Baby Yoga Mondays. Call for times and fees or see website. ongoing. 912-232-2994. savannahyoga.com. savannahyoga.com/.

Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Nonstop Fitness Spin Class Join us every Thursday at 5:30pm for Spin.

Space is limited, please call 912-349-4902 to reserve your spot and to inquire about our other classes. 10 classes for $50 Thursdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. 912-349-4902. kristi@ nonstopfitnesssav.com. nonstopfitnesssav. com. NonStop Fitness, 8511 Ferguson Ave. Pilates Classes Daily classes for all skill levels including beginners. Private and semi-private classes by appointment. Carol Daly-Wilder, certified instructor. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-238-0018. savannahpilates. com. pilatessavannah.com/. Momentum Pilates Studio, 8413 Rerguson Ave. Pregnancy Yoga Ongoing series of 6-week classes.

Thursdays. A mindful approach to pregnancy, labor and delivery. Instructor Ann Carroll. $120. Call or email for info. ongoing. 912-704-7650. ann@aikyayoga. com. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Pregnancy Yoga Classes Pregnancy is a transitional time when many physical and emotional changes take place. Pregnancy Yoga is about honoring these changes in ourselves, our body and our baby. Yoga strengthens the rapidly changing body and increases the ability to relax, and helps to prepare for a more mindful approach to the challenges of pregnancy, labor, delivery, and motherhood.

Pregnancy Yoga classes are offered as a 6 week session on Thursday evenings from 6pm – 7:15 pm. The class is suitable for all stages of pregnancy and no prior yoga experience is necessary. $120 - six week session Thursdays. 912-704-7650. ann@ douladeliveries.com. douladeliveries.com. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Qigong Simple meditation in motion. Done standing.

Tuesday evening @ St. Thomas Episcopal, Isle of Hope. 5.45pm. Balance, Breath, Calm.

Taught by Tricia Richardson. 658-5592.

Tuesdays. St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 2 St. Thomas Ave. Qigong Classes Qigong exercises contribute to a healthier and longer life. Classes offer a time to learn the exercises and perform them in a group setting. Class length averages 60 min. Any level of practice is welcome. $15 ongoing. qigongtim.com/.

Richmond Hill Roadies Running Club A chartered running club of the Road Runners Association of America. Monthly training sessions and seminars. Weekly

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runs. Kathy Ackerman, 912-756-5865, or Billy Tomlinson, 912-596-5965. ongoing.

Rock’n Body Fitness Bootcamp Ultimate outdoor power workout! Group physical training program conducted by former military personnel. Build strength and fitness through a variety of intense group intervals lasting approx.

45 minutes. First Class FREE MondaysFridays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. 912-675-0952. rocknbodyfitnessbootcamp@gmail.com. rocknbodyfitnessbootcamp.com. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. Ladies Day at Savannah Climbing Coop Wednesdays, 2 til 10 p.m. Savannah Climbing Coop 302 W Victory Dr, Savannah Every Wednesday women climb for half price, $5. See website for info. ongoing. 912495-8010. savannahclimbingcoop.com.

Savannah Disc Golf Weekly events (entry $5) Friday Night Flights: Fridays, 5pm. Luck of the Draw Doubles: Saturdays, 10am.

Handicapped League: Saturdays, 1pm.

Singles at the Sarge: Sundays, 10am.

All skill levels welcome. Instruction available. See website or email for info. ongoing. savannahdiscgolf@gmail.com. savannahdiscgolf.com.

Savannah Striders Running and Walking Club With a one-year, $35 membership,free training programs for beginners (walkers and runners) and experienced athletes.

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

SIZZLE- Dance Cardio The hottest cardio class to keep or get you in shape for summer. Sizzle is designed to give you cardio, strengthening, and stretch training that you need for that bikini body. Enroll now and get the first class free. $10.00 or $80 for 10 classes Tuesdays, Fridays, 10 a.m. 912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Somatic Movement Improvisation This class is for everyone who moves!

Improve your dynamic alignment, breath, grounding, and the ability to access fluid movement. You will improve in all your movement activities, while awakening more fully within your own life as an embodied experience. Led by international teacher Janet Kaylo. Wear light, loose fitting clothes suitable for dance or yoga. No experience necessary. $15 drop-in Tuesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. 912-2004809. info@savannahyogabarre.com. savannahyogabarre.com. Savannah Yoga Barre, 2132 East Victory Drive.

Trick or Trot 5k Fun Run Costumes are encouraged. Trick or Trot benefits local charities supported by Rotary.

Sat., Oct. 31, 8 a.m. ymcaofcoastalga. org/. YMCA (Wilmington Island), 66 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

Turbo Kick Cardio Workout Lose calories while dancing and kick-boxing.

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Krav Maga / Tactical Self Defense:

Dynamic Defensive Tactics combines the Israeli self defense techniques of Krav Maga with tactical fighting concepts.

This is NOT a martial art but a no nonsense approach to self defense. With over 37 years of experience, Roger D’Onofrio will teach you solutions, which are aggressive, simple and effective, to the violent situations of today.

Note: these are private sessions for adults only. ongoing.

912-308-7109. ddt_910@yahoo.com. and Thurs. 6pm, Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton Wed. 6pm Lake Mayer Community Center, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads. $5 ongoing. 586-822-1021. facebook.com/turbokicksavannah.

Yoga for Cancer Patients and Survivors Free for cancer patients and survivors. The classes help with flexibility and balance while also providing relaxation. Located at FitnessOne, on the third floor of the Memorial Outpatient and Wellness Center.

Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. and Thursdays, 12:45 p.m. 912-350-9031. memorialhealth.com/.

Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Yoga for Meditators One hour of gentle slow flow and yin yoga with breath work to prepare the body to sit comfortably in meditation, followed by a half hour guided meditation based on the work of Jon Kabat-Zinn’s mindfulness based stress reduction program to reduce anxiety, depression and chronic pain. You will experience a full cycle of self-care starting with the body and ending with the mind. By practicing mindfulness in this way you may experience a deeper connection with the world and your place in it and a more accepting attitude towards life’s difficulties. Wednesdays 6-7:30 PM, $10. Visit savannahzencenter.com or find us on Facebook. Located at 640 E 40th and Reynolds (we have moved from the Habersham Village location). Text (912) 429-7265 for more info. ongoing. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Yoga Teacher Training Program Interested in teaching yoga or simply deepening your practice? Join us for our annual 200-hour yoga teacher training program. The journey begins on October 9 and takes place over the course of 9 weekends in an 8-month period. You’ll work in a timeframe that allows you to fully

digest and incorporate new knowledge and skills into your yoga practice as well as your everyday life. While our 8-month program prepares you for teaching yoga to others, it’s not necessary to want to teach yoga to benefit from this training. Whether you choose to teach yoga or not, our 200-Hour training will help you develop your unique style and cultivate your inner voice. Through May 15, 2016. ytt@savannahyoga.com. savannahyoga.com. savannahyoga.com/.

Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Zumba Fitness (R) with April Mondays at 5:30pm, Thursdays at 6:30pm.

Nonstop Fitness in Sandfly, 8511 Ferguson Ave. $5 for nonmenbers. call for info. ongoing. 912-349-4902.

Food Events

Forsyth Farmers Market Local and regional produce, honey, meat, dairy, pasta, baked goods and other delights.

Rain or shine. Free to attend. Items for sale.

912-484-0279. forsythfarmersmarket.com.

Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. Honey Tasting and Body Care Samples + Store Tour Daily honey tastings and body care demonstrations. Come see honeybees in the observation hive or call 912.629.0908 to schedule a tour of the Bee Garden. Free Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m. 912-234-0688. jessie@savannahbee.com. Savannah Bee Company, Wilmington Island, 211 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

Prepare Sunday Suppers at Union Mission Local organizations are invited to sign up to prepare Sunday Supper for people who are homeless and live at Union Mission’s shelters for homeless people. Groups must sign up in advance and bring/prepare a meal, beginning at 2pm on Sundays. Call for information. ongoing. 912-236-7423.

Tybee Island Farmers Market

Featuring a variety of produce, baked goods, honey, granola, BBQ, sauces and dressings, popsicles, dog treats and natural body products. The market is non-smoking and pet friendly. tybeeislandfarmersmarket.com.

Stephen Johnson, 206 Miller Ave. Wilmington Island Farmers’ Market The Wilmington Island Farmers’ Market is held every Saturday rain or shine from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. @ Islands Community Church located at 111 Walthour Road on Wilmington Island. Includes Artisans Market on the First Saturday of every month, guest chefs, local non-profit groups, special guests and musical guests, story time for kids of all ages, crafty corner on the last Saturday of the month, monthly Charitable Organizations, Healthy Kids Club, and shop with Chef. FREE 912844-0920. wifarmersmakerpr@aol.com. wifarmersmarket.org/fall-schedule.html.

Islands Community Church, 111 Walthour Rd.

Health

Armstrong Prescription Drug Drop-Off Armstrong Atlantic State Univ. hosts a permanent drop box for disposing of unused prescription drugs and over the counter medication. In the lobby of the University Police building on campus.

Open to the public 24 hours/day, year round. Confidential. All items collected are destroyed by the Drug Enforcement Administration. ongoing. 912-344-3333. armstrong.edu. about.armstrong.edu/Maps/ index.html. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Boosting Your Child’s Immunity This class will explore ways to boost your child’s immune system. It will include common sense strategies and how to incorporate Essential Oils into the mix.

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You do have to attend the Essential Oils 101 class as a prerequisite. There is no charge for this class and space is limited so please register early. Please call or text 912-660-3871. This class is taught by Jill Whitfield. Fri., Oct. 30, 10 a.m.-noon. The Midwife’s Mercantile, LLC, 125 Chatham Parkway, Suite 203.

Free Enrollment Help for Medicaid and PeachCare Parents can find the help they need to renew or sign up their children (ages 0-19) on Medicaid or PeachCare. Enrollment Assisters will work with clients through the process. Free and open to the public.

Mondays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and Wednesdays, 1-5 p.m.. 912-356-2887.

Free Hearing and Speech Screening Hearing: Thursdays, 9am-11am.

Speech: First Thursdays,. Call or see website for times. ongoing. 912-3554601. savannahspeechandhearing. org. savannahspeechandhearing.org/.

Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E 66th St. Free HIV Testing at Chatham County Health Dept.

Free walk-in HIV testing. 8am-4pm Mon.-Fri. No appointment needed. Test results in 20 minutes. Follow-up visit and counseling will be set up for anyone testing positive. Call for info. ongoing. 912-6445217. Chatham County Health Dept., 1395 Eisenhower Dr. Health Care for Uninsured People Open for primary care for uninsured residents of Chatham County. Mon.Fri., 8:30am-3:30pm. Call for info or appointment. ongoing. 912-443-9409. St. Joseph’s/Candler--St. Mary’s Health Center, 1302 Drayton St. Hypnosis, Guided Imagery and Relaxation Therapy Helps everyday ordinary people with everyday ordinary problems: smoking, weight loss, phobias, fears, ptsd, life coaching. Caring, qualified professional help. See website or call for info. ongoing.

912-927-3432. savannahypnosis.com.

Know Your Water What everyone ought to know about our drinking water (bottled, tap, distilled, reverse osmosis, filtered, alkaline and spring.) Are you paying thousands of money for water that is making you sick? Find out what water is best for your body. FREE Tuesdays, 7-8:15 p.m. 703-989-6995. oggisavannah@gmail. com. Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Suite B. La Leche League of Savannah A breast feeding support group for new/ expectant monthers. Meeting/gathering first Thursdays, 10am. Call or see website for location and other info. ongoing. 912-8979544. lllusa.org/web/savannahga.html.

Living Smart Fitness Club An exercise program encouraging healthy lifestyle changes. Mon. & Wed. 6pm-7:15pm Hip Hop low impact aerobics at Delaware Center. Tues. 5:30-7:00 Zumba at St. Joseph’s Candler African American Resource Center. (Program sponsors.) ongoing. 912-447-6605.

Planned Parenthood Hotline First Line is a statewide hotline for women

seeking information on health services.

Open 7pm-11pm nightly. ongoing. 800-2647154.

Prepared Childbirth Class This course gives an overview of reproductive anatomy and physiology and explains the process of labor and delivery in simple, easy-to-understand terms. The four-week course includes a tour of the labor and delivery unit. This class is popular, so please register early $75 per couple Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 912-350-2676. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. The Savannah 7-Day Diabetes Repair If you are ready to take control of your life and health, call today, enroll in this fun but intensive seven week program to heal your body of diabetes. You will learn how changing can heal. You can reverse diabetes by following a new protocol, even if you have been diabetic for years.

Includes over a year of follow-up support. $450 Thursdays, Saturdays. 912-598-8457. jeff@heartbeatsforlife-ga.org. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St.

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Kid’s Happenings

Film: Hocus Pocus Never too late to get spooked! Halloween Screening of Hocus Pocus- Upstairs.

Full Menu Available. Free Sun., Nov. 1, 4:30-6:30 p.m. 912-234-5522. events@theflorencesavannah.com. theflorencesavannah.com. The Florence, 1 B West Victory Drive.

Free Monthly Support Group (First Tuesday of every month) Erigo Savannah has created a new environment where all are welcome to discuss and learn different ways to enjoy parenthood. This is a free event with refreshments served. FREE first Tuesday of every month, 10-11:30 a.m.. 912-544-6387. http://erigosavannah.com/. erigosavannah. com. Erigo, 5301 Paulsen Street.

Georgia Pre-K Program The YMCA Pre-K program is a fun way to introduce your child to school. Using creative curriculum as a guide, our teachers arrange each room into a variety of learning centers that provide children with both active and quiet plat experiences. Guest speakers, community events, and field trips also bring the learning environment to life.

Kids must be 4 years old by September 1, 2015 and a resident of Georgia to be eligible. Mondays-Fridays.. 912-233-1951. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. Healthy Kids Club The Healthy Kids Club’s mission is to educate and inspire children to take part in their local farmers market while enjoying nutritious foods and empowering their families to make healthy choices at home. Saturdays, 9:15-9:45 a.m. wifarmersmarket@aol.com. Wilmington Island Farmers Market, 111 Walthour Rd. Irish Dancers of Savannah Savannah’s first organized Irish dance school welcomes dancers, ages 4 and up.

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1 Longtime “American Top 40” host Casey 6 “Electric Avenue” singer Grant 10 Baby horse 14 Fuji, e.g.

15 Medieval address 16 “Yikes!”

17 Comic ___ C.K. 18 Stir-fry vegetables 19 Sticker word on an avocado, maybe 20 Paid athletes visiting two similarly-named African countries?

23 Prom rental 24 Cookie with a seasonal Pumpkin Spice variety 25 Grads-to-be, briefly 28 Mountain top 31 Actor Fillion 35 E! News host Sadler 37 Faucet stealer’s job?

39 “Dies ___” (“Day of Wrath”) 40 Pharmaceutical purveyor ___ Lilly 41 Brickell with the New Bohemians 42 “Them” versus “Arachnophobia” showdown?

46 Anyone able to rattle off more than 10 digits of pi, probably 47 Ballpoint relative 48 Five-card game 50 Bit of sunshine 51 “Free Willy” creature

53 Rapper with the 2008 hit “Paper Planes” 55 Chopping weapon for Ares or Mars?

61 One of the Three Bears 62 Craft some try to reverse-engineer, in the movies 63 Breakfast order with a hole in it 65 Walkie-talkie message ender 66 Billion : giga :: trillion : ___ 67 Former “Weekend Edition” host Hansen 68 Refuse to believe 69 Word with rash or lamp 70 “Here we are as in ___ days ...”

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1 Actor Penn of the “Harold & Kumar” films 2 Each 3 Boot jangler 4 “Cats” lyricist T.S. 5 Make a mistake 6 “SportsCenter” channel 7 Went out 8 Harry Potter’s nemesis Malfoy 9 Uncomplicated kind of question 10 Out of one’s mind?

11 Its state drink is tomato juice, for some reason 12 Gear for gigs

13 Caustic compound 21 Firefighters’ tools 22 Sans ice, at the bar 25 “Blade Runner” genre 26 ___ to go (stoked) 27 Follow way too closely 29 Take down ___ (demote) 30 Drug bust amounts 32 Schumer’s “Trainwreck” costar 33 Film director Kurosawa 34 Clingy, in a way 36 Not here to stay 38 Partygoer’s purchase 43 Icy North Atlantic hazard 44 Vulgar 45 Show irritation 49 Don Quixote’s devil 52 Charge to appear in a magazine 54 Serve a purpose 55 Silent greeting 56 Sitcom in which Sherman Hemsley played a deacon 57 “Downton Abbey” countess 58 Aspiring D.A.’s exam 59 “Yikes!”

60 Lacoste of tennis and fashion 61 “The ___ Squad” (‘60s-’70s TV drama) 64 “Funeral in Berlin” novelist Deighton

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mid-town location. Adult classes available.

Thursdays.. 912-897-5984. irishdancsav@ aol.com.

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

Savannah Children’s Museum, 655 Louisville Road.

Toddler Time Bring your 2-4 year old to enjoy stories, games and learning designed just for them.

Each week there will be a different naturebased theme. $5 parking Thursdays, 10 a.m. gastateparks.org/skidawayisland. gastateparks.org/info/skidaway/. Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

Toddler Tuesdays at Oatland Island Wildlife Center Toddlers 6 months to 4 years, and their adults. Themed programs--story books, singing songs, finger puppet plays, crafts, guided walks, up close encounters with Oatland animals. Preregister by 4pm Monday. $5 children. Gen. Admission for adults ($5 or $3 for military & seniors) Tuesdays. 912-395-1500. oatlandisland.org. oatlandisland.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd.

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

Mondays. 912-236-CITY. firstcitynetwork. org.

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

Georgia Equality Savannah Local chapter of Georgia’s largest gay rights group. 104 W. 38th St. 912-547-6263. ongoing.

Savannah Pride, Inc. Organizes the annual Savannah Pride Festival and helps promote the well-being of the LGBT community in the South.

Mission: unity through diversity and social awareness. Second Tuesday/month. Call for location. ongoing. 912-288-7863. heather@ savpride.com. savpride.com.

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

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A children’s therapy group for children of GLBT parents. Ages 10 to 18. Meets twice a month. Call for info. ongoing. 912-352-2611.

Literary Events

Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club Meets last Sunday of the month, 4pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-447-6605. sjchs. org/body.cfm?id=399. African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Savannah Zombie Novel Signing Josh Vasquez, author of the Savannah Zombie Novel series, will sign books this Halloween. Books available for purchase. Free Sat., Oct. 31, 3-5 p.m. savannahzombienovel.com. eshaverbooks. com/. E Shaver Booksellers, 326 Bull St. Tea Time at Ola’s (Book Club) A book discussion group that meets the 4th Tuesday, 1pm. Bring a book you’ve read this month and tell all about it. Treats to share are always welcomed. Tea is provided. Call for info. ongoing. 912-232-5488. liveoakpl. org/. Ola Wyeth Branch Library, 4 East Bay St.

Nature and Environment

Coffee with a Ranger Start your morning right by getting coffee and having a discussion with a park ranger.

Fridays, 8:30 a.m. gastateparks.org/info/ skidaway/. Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

Dolphin Project Dolphin Project’s Education Outreach Program is available to speak at schools, clubs, organizations. A powerpoint presentation with sound and video about estuarine dolphins and their environment.

Age/grade appropriate programs and handouts. See website for info. ongoing. thedolphinproject.org.

Recycling Fundraiser for Economic Opportunity Authority Support EOA through the FundingFactory Recycling Program. Recycle empty cartridges, cell phones, small electronics, laptops, to EOA for recycling. They will receive technology products and cash.

Businesses may also recycle items on behalf of EOA for credit. Drop off at EOA, 681 W. Anderson St. See website, email or call for info. ongoing. 912-238-2960 x126. dwproperty@aol.com. fundingfactory.com.

Walk on the Wild Side A two-mile Native Animal Nature Trail winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland, salt marsh habitats, featuring live native animal exhibits. Open daily, 10am-4pm except Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years.

Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912395-1500. oatlandisland.org. oatlandisland. org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. Wilderness Southeast A variety of programs each month including guided trips with naturalists. Canoe trips, hikes. Mission: develop appreciation, understanding, stewardship, and enjoyment of the natural world. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-236-8115. wildernesssoutheast.org.

Pets & Animals

Howl-o-Ween Bring your dog to this fun event, featuring fancy-dressed Halloween dog competitions, a paddleboard raffle prize draw, and spooky cocktails by Fish Tales. Proceeds help the Bark Park stay open. Wed., Oct. 28. 912-4293950. lesley@francis.com. Bryan County Bark Park, 500 Veterans Memorial Parkway.

Low Cost Pet Clinic TailsSpin and Dr. Stanley Lester, DVM, host low-cost pet vaccine clinics for students, military and seniors the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. 5pm-6pm.

Vaccinations: $12, ($2 is donated to Savannah pet rescue agencies). See website for info. ongoing. tailsspin.com. tailsspin. com. TailsSpin Pet Supplies Store, 4501 Habersham St., Habersham Village.

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

Humane Society for Greater Savannah, 7215 Sallie Mood Dr. St. Almo’s Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks on Sundays, 5pm (weather permitting). Meet at Canine Palace. Call for info. ongoing. 912-234-3336. caninepalacesavannah.com. Canine Palace Inc, 618 Abercorn St.

Religious & Spiritual

Band of Sisters Prayer Group All women are invited. Second Tuesdays, 7:30am-8:30am. Fellowship Assembly, 5224 Augusta Rd. Email or call Jeanne Seaver or see website for info. “The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hands of the Lord.” (Prov. 21:1) ongoing. 912-663-8728. jeanneseaver@aol.com. capitolcom.org/ georgia.

Buddhist Meditation All ages, lineages, and newcomers welcome. Our schedule is: Tuesdays 6-7:30 PM- for 30 minutes mediation followed by study group. Wednesdays 6-7:30 PM- one hour of gentle yoga followed by 30 minutes of guided meditation. Sundays 9-10:30 AMMediation, dharma talk and tea. All events $10. Reiki healing is offered by appointment.

Text Rev. Cindy Beach at (912) 429-7265 for more info or visit savannahzencenter. com or find us on Facebook. Located at 640 E 40th and Reynolds (we have moved from the Habersham Village location). ongoing.

Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Catholic Singles A group of Catholic singles age 30-50 meet frequently for fun, fellowship and service.

Send email or check website to receive announcements of activities and to suggest activities for the group. ongoing. familylife@ diosav.org. diosav.org/familylife-singles.

Gratitude Circle in the Squares Join Joanne Morton and others on Wednesdays for a weekly gathering of positive energy. All are welcome. Free hugs. View calendar for the square of the week. Wednesdays, 12-12:30 p.m. 917-6764280. magicpassionlove.com/savannahgratitude/. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

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

Maritime Bethel “Sundays on Thursdays” worship at the Fellowship Assembly. Plenty of parking for large trucks. Free Thursdays. 912-220-2976.

The Fellowship Assembly of God Church, 5224 Augusta Road.

A New Church in the City, For the City Gather on Sundays at 10:30am. Like the Facebook page “Savannah Church Plant.” ongoing. Bryson Hall, 5 E. Perry St. New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Courses are now being offered at the new Savannah Extension of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Full course loads for both Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees will be offered. Apply now at www.nobts. edu to start classes this winter. ongoing.

912-232-1033. revwasson@gmail.com.

Savannah Baptist Center, 704 Wheaton Street.

Read the Bible in One Year A Bible book club for those wanting to read the Bible in one year. Open to all. Book club format, not a traditional Bible study. All welcome, regardless of race, creed, sexual orientation, religion. Thurs. 6:00pm-7:00pm.

Call for info. ongoing. 912-233-5354. Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, 622 E. 37th Street.

Savannah Friends Meeting (Quakers) Un-programmed worship. 11am Sundays, third floor of Trinity United Methodist Church. Call or email for info.

All are welcome. ongoing. 636-2331772. savannahquakers@gmail.com. trinitychurch1848.org/. Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St. Savannah Reiki Share During shares, participants take turns giving and receiving universal life force energy via Reiki and other healing modalities. Present at the shares are usually no less than 2 Reiki Masters. Come share with us on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month at the Sweet Water Spa in downtown Savannah.

Sign up at Savannah Reiki Share or Reiki by Appointment on Facebook. Free ongoing, 7 p.m. 440-371-5209. Sweet Water Spa, 148 Abercorn Street.

Service of Compline Enter the stillness of another age. Gregorian Chant sung by candlelight at 9:00-9:30 p.m. every Sunday night by the Complne Choir of Christ Church Anglican. Come, say good nigh to God. All are welcome. ongoing.

Christ Church Anglican, 37th and Bull.

South Valley Baptist Church Weekly Sunday services. Sunday school, 10:00am. Worship, 11:30am. Tuesday Bible

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Study/Prayer Service, 6:30pm. Pastor Rev. Dr. Barry B. Jackson, 480 Pine Barren Road, Pooler, GA “Saving a nation one soul at a time.” ongoing.

Sundays on Thursdays Worship Service Thursdays. 912-826-0206. maritimebethelatsavannah.org. The Fellowship Assembly of God Church, 5224 Augusta Road.

Tapestry Church A church for all people! We don’t care what you are wearing, just that you are here.

From the moment you walk in until the moment you leave, Tapestry is committed to delivering a creative, challenging, straight forward, and honest message about the role of biblical principles in your life. Come experience an environment that helps you connect with God and discover his incredible purpose for your life. Join us every Sunday morning 10AM at the Habersham YMCA. Sundays, 10 a.m. tapestrysavannah.com. ymcaofcoastalga.org/. YMCA (Habersham Branch), 6400 Habersham St. Theology on Tap Meets on the third Monday, 8:30pm-10:30pm. Like the Facebook page: Theology on Tap Downtown Savannah. ongoing. distillerysavannah.com. The Distillery, 416 W. Liberty St. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah Liberal religious community where people with different beliefs gather as one faith. Sundays, 11am. Email, call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-234-0980. admin@uusavannah.org. uusavannah. org. uusavannah.org. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. Unity Church of Savannah Everyone is welcome. Unity of Savannah is not concerned with where people come from, what they look like, or whom they love – Unity is just glad that each person is here. Sunday 9:15am meditative service and 11:00am celebratory service show what the New Thought Movement is all about. Children’s church 11am service.

Unity loves all people, just as they are.

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

Zen Dharma Talk - Unifying Effort and Grace Join Zen teacher Teijo Munnich for a Dharma talk on unifying the two seemingly opposite practices of effort and grace.

Teijo Munnich is the founder of the Great Tree Zen Temple, near Asheville, NC. She is a Dharma Heir of Dainin Katagiri Roshi, her teacher from 1975 until his death in 1990. Preparation: Please bring your own meditation cushion or meditation bench if you have one and prefer your own seat.

Blankets and blocks will be provided for those without their own cushion. $15 Fri., Oct. 30, 7:15-9:15 p.m. 912-3492756. info@savannahpoweryoga.com. savannahpoweryoga.com/workshops. savannahpoweryoga.com. Savannah Power Yoga, 7630 Skidaway Road, Unit J-3.

Special Screenings

Film: Bad Taste The PFS celebrates Peter Jackson’s birthday

912- 9 2 0- 2 2 55 48 W. Montgomery Cross Rd. Ste. 103, Parrot Plaza

with this pre-Lord of the Rings campy, gory horror film where a group of friends learn that man-eating space aliens have taken over the village. $7 Wed., Oct. 28, 8 p.m. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. Film: The Shining Watch a movie and enjoy meatballs at the Florence with the Movies and Meatballs series. Sun., Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m. theflorencesavannah.com. The Florence, 1 B West Victory Drive.

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Sports & Games

Adult and Junior Tennis Clinics On Thursdays. Intended for a class size of 4-8 students. Buy four classes, get the fifth class free. $15 per class ongoing.

912-201-2000. westinsavannah.com. theclubatsavannahharbor.com/index.php.

The Club at Savannah Harbor, #2 Resort Dr. Adult Coed Flag Football League 8x8 Coed Flag League. Play adult sports, meet new people. Sponsored by Savannah Adult Recreation Club. Wed. nights/Sun. mornings, at locations around Savannah. $450. Minimum 8 games. Ages 18+. Coed teams. See website or call for info. ongoing.

912-220-3474. savadultrec.com.

Amazing Scavenger Hunt Adventure- Savannah Turn Savannah into a giant game board with this fun scavenger hunt adventure. Combine the excitement of the Amazing Race with a three-hour city tour. Guided from any smart phone, teams make their way among well known and overlooked gems of the city, solving clues and completing challenges while learning local history. Available 365 days a year, sunrise to sunset. Start when you want and play at your pace. Save 20%- Only $39.20 for a team of 2-5 people after Promotion Code: CONNECT. Sign up online at www.UrbanAdventureQuest. com. $39.20 for a TEAM of 2-5 people Through Dec. 31, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. 805-6035620. info@urbanadventurequest.com.

UrbanAdventureQuest.com. Franklin Square, Montgomery and St. Julian Streets.

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Join in the fun and meet some new people on Couch Co-Op Night. This event happens weekly from 7 until close. With a long list of fun games designed to be easy to pick up and play, there is no reason not to come.

Free for Guild Hall members, $2 for nonmembers Mondays, 7 p.m.. 844-MY-GUILD. events@theguildhall.com. theguildhall.com/ events. Guild Hall, 615 Montgomery Street.

Derby Devils Roller Derby Classes Roller derby league offers 12-week courses for beginners, recreational scrimmaging for experienced players and two annual bootcamp programs. See website for info. ongoing. savannahderby.com.

Grief 101 Support Group

Seven-week morning or evening adult support group offers tools to learn to live with loss. Tuesdays, 10am-11am; or Thursdays, 6:00pm-7:00pm. Free of charge.

Offered by Hospice Savannah, Inc. Call for info. ongoing. 912-303-9442. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive.

Saturday Group Run or Walk Join us in our quest for fitness. Beginners are welcome. We can help you exceed your fitness goals. Free Saturdays, 7-8:15 a.m. 912-398-4130. runthecity@live.com. savystrider.com. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

Sav. Strider Weekly Group Run or

Walk Downtown Join us for a run or walk downtown or over the bridge if you’re feeling froggy. The best part is afterwards when we get coffee or whatever else your heart desires from Savannah Coffee Roasters. Free Sundays, 7-8 a.m. 912-398-4130. runthecity@live. com. savystrider.com. Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 West Liberty Street.

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

Savannah Shamrocks Rugby Want You!

Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19)

On a January morning in 1943, the town of Spearfish, South Dakota experienced very weird weather. At 7:30 a.m. the temperature was minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit.

In the next two minutes, due to an unusual type of wind sweeping down over nearby Lookout Mountain, thermometers shot up 49 degrees. Over the next hour and a half, the air grew even warmer. But by 9:30, the temperature had plummeted back to minus 4 degrees. I’m wondering if your moods might swing with this much bounce in the coming weeks. As long as you keep in mind that no single feeling is likely to last very long, it doesn’t have to be a problem. You may even find a way to enjoy the breathtaking ebbs and flows. Halloween costume suggestion: roller coaster rider, Jekyll and Hyde, warm clothes on one side of your body and shorts or bathing suit on the other.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

How dare you be so magnetic and tempting? What were you thinking when you turned up the intensity of your charm to such a high level? I suggest you consider exercising more caution about expressing your radiance. People may have other things to do besides daydreaming about you. But if you really can’t bring yourself to be a little less attractive -- if you absolutely refuse to tone yourself down -- please at least try to be extra kind and generous. Share your emotional wealth. Overflow with more than your usual allotments of blessings. Halloween costume suggestion: a shamanic Santa Claus; a witchy Easter Bunny.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

In the last ten days of November and the month of December, I suspect there will be wild-card interludes when you can enjoy smart gambles, daring stunts, cute tricks, and mythic escapades. But the next three weeks will not be like that. On the contrary. For the immediate future, I think you should be an upstanding citizen, a well-behaved helper, and a dutiful truth-teller. Can you handle that? If so, I bet you will get sneak peaks of the fun and productive mischief that could be yours in the last six weeks of 2015.

Halloween costume suggestion: the most normal person in the world.

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Members of the gazelle species known as the springbok periodically engage in a behavior known as pronking.

They leap into the air and propel themselves a great distance with all four feet off the ground, bounding around with abandon. What evolutionary purpose does this serve? Some scientists are puzzled, but not naturalist David Attenborough. In the documentary film *Africa,* he follows a springbok herd as it wanders through the desert for months, hoping to find a rare rainstorm. Finally it happens. As if in celebration, the springboks erupt with

Savannah Shamrock Rugby Club is having their kick-off practice of the season on Tuesday, August 18th at Forsyth Park near the basketball courts. The Men’s practice begins at 6pm, and the Women’s at 6:30pm.

No experience necessary. (Find us on Facebook!) Come join not only a team, but a community of great people and fun times! FREE! Tuesdays, Thursdays, 6-8 p.m.. klm1122@hotmail.com. rugbysavannah. com/. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. Sports Coach Golf, Tennis, Baseball, Etc. for novices or professionals. Fine tune your mental game with guided imagery and visualization. 25

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an outbreak of pronking. “They are dancing for joy,” Attenborough declares. Given the lucky breaks and creative breakthroughs coming your way, Cancerian, I foresee you doing something similar. Halloween costume suggestion: a pronking gazelle, a hippety-hopping bunny, a boisterous baby goat.

maintain your poise, keep in mind that your growth spurt is a natural response to the dissolution that preceded it.

Halloween costume suggestion: a fountain, an erupting volcano, the growing beanstalk from the “Jack and the Beanstalk” fairy tale.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

“Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.” So says Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield.

Can you guess why I’m bringing it to your attention, Sagittarius? It’s one of those times when you can do yourself a big favor by sloughing off the stale, worn-out, decaying parts of your past. Luckily for you, you now have an extraordinary talent for doing just that. I suspect you will also receive unexpected help and surprising grace as you proceed. Halloween costume suggestion: a snake molting its skin.

“A very little key will open a very heavy door,” wrote Charles Dickens in his short story “Hunted Down.” Make that one of your guiding meditations in the coming days, Leo. In the back of your mind, keep visualizing the image of a little key opening a heavy door. Doing so will help ensure that you’ll be alert when clues about the real key’s location become available. You will have a keen intuitive sense of how you’ll need to respond if you want to procure it. Halloween costume suggestion: proud and protective possessor of a magic key.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

The ancient Hindu text known as the Kama Sutra gives extensive advice about many subjects, including love and sex. “Though a man loves a woman ever so much,” reads a passage in chapter four, “he never succeeds in winning her without a great deal of talking.” Take that as your cue, Virgo. In the coming weeks, stir up the intimacy you want with a great deal of incisive talking that beguiles and entertains. Furthermore, use the same approach to round up any other experience you yearn for. The way you play with language will be crucial in your efforts to fulfill your wishes. Luckily, I expect your persuasive powers to be even greater than they usually are. Halloween costume suggestion: the ultimate salesperson.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

I encourage you to be super rhythmical and melodious in the coming days. Don’t just sing in the shower and in the car. Hum and warble and whistle while shopping for vegetables and washing the dishes and walking the dog.

Allot yourself more than enough time to shimmy and cavort, not just on the dance floor but anywhere else you can get away with it. For extra credit, experiment with lyrical flourishes whenever you’re in bed doing the jizzle-skazzle.

Halloween costume suggestion: wandering troubadour, street musician, free-styling rapper, operatic diva, medicine woman who heals with sound.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

I expect you to be in a state of continual birth for the next four weeks. Awakening and activation will come naturally.

Your drive to blossom and create may be irresistible, bordering on unruly. Does that sound overwhelming? I don’t think it will be a problem as long as you cultivate a mood of amazed amusement about how strong it feels. To help

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Speaking on behalf of your wild mind, I’m letting you know that you’re due for an immersion in revelry and festivity. Plugging away at business as usual could become counterproductive unless you take at least brief excursions to the frontiers of pleasure. High integrity may become sterile unless you expose it to an unpredictable adventure or two. Halloween costume suggestion: party animal, hell raiser, social butterfly, god or goddess of delight. Every one of us harbors a touch of crazy genius that periodically needs to be unleashed, and now is that time for you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

I hope you will chose a Halloween costume that emboldens you to feel powerful. For the next three weeks, it’s in your long-term interest to invoke a visceral sense of potency, dominion, and sovereignty. What clothes and trappings might stimulate these qualities in you? Those of a king or queen? A rock star or CEO? A fairy godmother, superhero, or dragon-tamer? Only you know which archetypal persona will help stir up your untapped reserves of confidence and command.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

It’s time to stretch the boundaries, Pisces. You have license to expand the containers and outgrow the expectations and wage rebellion for the sheer fun of it.

The frontiers are calling you. Your enmeshment in small talk and your attachment to trivial wishes are hereby suspended. Your mind yearns to be blown and blown and blown again! I dare you to wander outside your overly safe haven and go in quest of provocative curiosities.

Halloween costume suggestions: mad scientist, wild-eyed revolutionary, Dr. Who.

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years experience. For more info call 912247-4903. ongoing. Online only, none.

Ultimate Frisbee Come play Ultimate! Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30pm until dark. Sundays, 4:30pm until we get tired. The west side of Forsyth Park. Bring a smile, two shirts (one light or white, one dark), water, and cleats (highly recommended). ongoing. savannahultimateproject@gmail.com. savannahultimateproject.wordpress.com/ pick-up/. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. USMNT (Soccer) American Outlaws Chapter USMNT is a national soccer team that represents the U.S. in international soccer competitions. American Outlaws Savannah chapter of USMNT meets regularly. Call for details. ongoing. 912-398-4014. savannahflipflop.com. Flip Flop Tiki Bar & Grill, 117 Whitaker St.

Support Groups

1 More 2 Save Mental Health Support This is a group for consumers of all Mental Illnesses. It’s a place to come learn, relax and speak on a weekly basis about symptoms, emotions and overall health.

Every Tuesday at 7pm. Venues subject to change. Free Tuesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. 912 344 8019. lidnsaywittaa@gmail.com. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. Alcoholics Anonymous For people who want or need to stop drinking, AA can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Free to attend or join. Check website for meeting days/times, or call 24 hours a day. ongoing.

912-356-3688. savannahaa.com.

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

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

Back Pain Support Group Second Monday of every month,7:00pm.

Denny’s Restaurant at Hwy. 204. Everyone is welcome. For more info, contact Debbie at 912-727-2959 ongoing.

Brain Injury Support Group For traumatic brain injury survivors and their caregivers. Third Thursdays, 5pm. In the gym of the Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial. ongoing. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Breast Cancer Survivors Group Tuesdays, 5:20pm at First Presbyterian Church. For survivors and caregivers.

Call for info. ongoing. 912-844-4524. fpc. presbychurch.net. First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. Cancer Support Group For anyone living with, through or beyond a cancer diagnosis. First Wednesdays, at Lewis Cancer Pavilion. Call for info. ongoing.

912-819-5704. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. Children’s Grief Support Group Seven week structured educational support group for children 6-17. Support, coping tools, utilizing play and activity to learn to live with loss. Free of charge. A service of Hospice Savannah, Inc. Call for dates. ongoing. 912-303-9442. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive.

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

Call for info. ongoing. 912-355-7633.

Citizens With Retarded Citizens, 1211 Eisenhower Drive.

Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Assoc.

Meets regularly to discuss issues affecting the lives of polio survivors. Call or see website for info. Polio survivors and guests are invited. Free and open to the public. ongoing. 912-927-8332. coastalempirepoliosurvivors.org.

Connect for Kids This group is for children who have a loved one with a life-limiting illness. Wednesdays, 2-3 p.m. 912-350-7845. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Debtors Anonymous For people with debting problems. Meets Sundays, 6:30pm at Unity of Savannah.

See website or call for info. ongoing.

912-572-6108. debtorsanonymous.org. unityofsavannah.org/. Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Eating Disorders Anonymous Free, volunteer-led support group for recovery from anorexia/restrictive eating and/or bulimia/binge/purging. Not a diet group, nor for those who struggle solely with overeating. Mondays, 7:30pm-8:30pm. Email for info. ongoing. edasavannah@yahoo. com. Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. Essential Tremor Support Group For those with the disease, care partners, family and caregivers. Managing the disease, treatments and therapies, quality of life. First Thursdays, 3:00pm-4:30pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-819-2224. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. continues on p. 62

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Let your freak flag fly

By Your Pal Erin

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AS I sit at my computer, mere hours before Connect goes to print, I am obstinate about writing this week’s column. It’s an admission that’s too shameful to put in print. But I’ve committed myself, so here goes...

Recently, it’s come to my attention that I am a 42 year-old single mother of a problem child. She is somewhere between the ages of pre-school and high school on any given day and I am obligated to her care and feeding until she presents as a full-fledged adult.

And by problem child, I mean me.

For the most part, I’m a happy, productive member of society, but every so often my kid lets her freak flag fly…and not in a good way. I overreact to misunderstandings and do embarrassing things that I get to apologize for later.

My heart is always in the right place, but it’s deeply wounded and sometimes my inner Larry David gets the best of me.

For 26 years I’ve been on the lam, but trying to escape myself is like trying to sever my shadow. Whenever I step into the light, there she is.

And so, I’ve resorted to self-medicating. Fear of commitment is my drug of choice. And what do I have to show for it? Twenty-eight known addresses, twenty-six “day” jobs and a college degree that’s short by twelve Gen Ed credits that should’ve been completed my freshman year.

It’s a compulsion I like to call “Moving Duck Syndrome” in honor of the shooting gallery at a penny arcade. Hit me and you’ll win the giant bear.

Two winters ago when my father was thought to be on his deathbed in New England, my former college boyfriend picked me up at the airport and drove me to his bedside. Upon seeing him, my dad pulled down his oxygen mask and rasped, “I hope you don’t plan on getting back together with this one. She only

sticks around for a couple of years and then she moves on.”

I’ve lived in six different cities, all of them amazing hiding places, with plenty of nooks and crannies to evade my inner freak; all of them except for Savannah.

To quote the ER nurse who treated me that time I went to a rooftop bar and wound up getting roofied, “Savannah is a small town with big city problems.” (See also: Lauren Flotte’s farewell column, ‘Savannah, I love you—but get your $*#% together’).

There’s something about this city’s microcosm that forces you to confront your inner freak. But before I do, can I just say that the only thing more alarming than the experience of being roofied is the number of people I’ve encountered who have their own “time I got roofied in Savannah” story? I’d love to see that one on the “Top Five Reasons to Visit Savannah” Facebook page (she said, in her best Larry David voice.) But I digress...

For all the times I’ve been at Savannah’s mercy, I’ve never felt the inherent need for this city to get its shit together.

Perhaps that’s because someone once told me that Savannah was conceived as a utopia. When it comes to urban planning, you can’t get a more effed-up blueprint than that. So why bother fighting an inherently flawed design?

If anything, Savannah is the one screaming at me, “Get your shit together!

Stop falling apart every time someone hurts your feelings and quit running away. Use your God given gifts to help others rather than obsessing about yourself…and for chrissakes, commit to something, already! Even if it’s just 700 words per week.”

By committing to this column, I can no longer hide from my inner freak show.

And so, I face her everyday.

Okay… I procrastinate in dealing with her until Jim Morekis comes calling. And then I stare her straight in the face.

In the meantime, I might as well let my freak flag fly.

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Fibromyalgia Support Group Second Thursdays, 5:30pm-6:30pm. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-8196743. sjchs.org. sjchs.org. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5353 Reynolds Ave. Free Monthly Support Group for New & Expectant Parents Come and meet fellow parents and kids.

Discuss and learn different ways to enjoy parenthood. Cate Glyn-Jones, registered nurse, midwife, and lactation consultant, will be on hand to answer all of your questions.

This is a free event with refreshments served and takes place the first Tuesday of every month. Free first Tuesday of every month, 10 a.m. 912-544-6387. support@ erigosavannah.com. erigosavannah.com.

Erigo, 5301 Paulsen Street.

Gambling Problem 12 Step Program Twelve step program offers freedom from gambling. Meets weekly. Leave message with contact info. ongoing. 912-748-4730.

Georgia Scleroderma Support Group A group for people with scleroderma for the greater Savannah area and surrounding counties. Meets regularly. Call for day and time. Lovezzola’s Pizza, 320 Hwy 80 West, Pooler. Info: 912-412-6675 or 912-414-3827. ongoing.

Grief Support Groups Hospice Savannah’s Full Circle offers a full array of grief support groups and individual counseling for children, teens and adults is available at no charge. Counseling is offered at 450 Mall Blvd., Suite H in Savannah, and appointments are also available in the United Way offices in Rincon and in Richmond Hill. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-303-9442. HospiceSavannah. org/GriefSupport.

Head and Neck Cancer Support Group Meeting This group is open to patients with cancers of the head or neck and their caregivers.

Call or visit website for more information.

Wednesdays, 2-3 p.m. 912-350-7845. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Heartbeats for Life Free support and education group for those who have suffered from or want to prevent or reverse heart disease and/or diabetes.

One Tuesday/month, 6pm. Free and open to the public. Tuesdays. 912-598-8457. jeff@heartbeatsforlife-ga.org. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. Klinefelter Syndrome/47-XXY Support Group For parents of children with this diagnosis, and for men with this diagnosis. Started by the mother of a boy with 47-XXY. Email to meet for mutual support. ongoing. amkw21@gmail.com.

Legacy Group: For individuals with advanced and recurrent cancer.

Group addresses the concerns of advanced and recurrent cancer survivors from the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social aspects of healing. To register for a specific session and to learn about the group, please call Jennifer Currin-McCulloch at 912-3507845. ongoing. 912-350-7845. Curtis and 62 Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute (at

Memorial Health Univ. Medical Center), 4700 Waters Ave. Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Support Group For patients with blood-related cancers and their loved ones. Call or see website for info.

Located in the Summit Cancer Care office at the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute. Thursdays, 5-6:30 p.m. 912-3507845. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Narcotics Anonymous Call for the Savannah Lowcountry Area NA meeting schedule. ongoing. 912-238-5925.

Overeaters Anonymous Is food a problem for you? Overeaters Anonymous can help. Savannah meetings Mon 6:30pm, Wed 5:30pm, Fri 6:30 p.m. See website for locations and info, or call 912358-7150. ongoing. oa.org/meetings.

Parents of Children with IEP’s (Individualized Education Plans) For parents of children attending ChathamSavannah Public School System who have IEP plans, to offer mutual support through the challenges of the IEP process. Email for info. ongoing. amkw210@gmail.com.

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

Case manager facilitates the meetings.

Meets weekly. Call for info ongoing. 912350-5616. memorialhealth.com/backus. memorialhealth.com/backus. Backus Children’s Hospital, 4700 Waters Ave. Parkinson’s Support Group First Thursdays, 5pm-6:30pm, Marsh Auditorium at Candler. Call for info. ongoing.

912-355-6347. sjchs.org/. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. Prostate Cancer Support Group: Man to Man This group is for prostate cancer patients and their caregivers. Meets in the Conference Room of the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute.

Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. 912-897-3933. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Pryme Multiple Sclerosis Support Group Meets the second Tuesday of each month at St. Joseph’s Hospital,11705 Mercy Blvd., Meeting Room 1(on the 2nd Floor above ER entrance) at 6 p.m. An opportunity for people with MS and their families and friends to share information, develop coping strategies, receive support and become involved in community activities. ongoing.

912-819-2224. sjchs.org/. St. Joseph’s Hospital, 11705 Mercy Blvd.

Rape Crisis Center Assists survivors of rape and sexual assault.

Free, confidential counseling for victims and families. 24-hour Rape Crisis Line operates seven days a week. 912-233-7273. ongoing.

Real Talk Real Talk and Peer to Peer is a support group for the LGBT community to come together to sit, eat and socialize while talking about issues relevant to the community. Meetings are completely confidential and private. Meets in the Lecture Conference Room. first Monday of

every month, 4-5 p.m. 912-231-0123 ext.

1410. Chatham Care Center, 107 Fahm St. Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Support Group Second Tuesdays at 7pm in Marsh Auditorium at Candler Hospital. For anyone with this disorder, plus family members/ caregivers interested in learning more. Call for info. ongoing. 912-858-2335. sjchs.org/.

Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. SBC Toastmasters Toastmasters is an organization dedicated to the art of public speaking. In a friendly, supportive atmosphere, members learn to speak more precisely and confidently via prepared speeches, impromptu speaking, and constructive evaluations. It’s fun, informative, and a great way to network with area professionals. Tuesdays, 12-1 p.m. 912663-7851. St. Leo University, 7426 Hodgson Memorial Drive, Suite A. Sex Addicts Anonymous If you believe you have a problem with sex addiction (or are wondering if you might) and you want to change your behavior, we recommend that you attend a meeting of Sex Addicts Anonymous. The only requirement is a desire to stop your addictive sexual behavior. Meets Mondays at 7 pm. Call for venue information. ongoing.

731-412-0183. saa-recovery.org. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Spinal Injury Support Group Third Thursdays, 5:30pm, at the Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-3508900. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Spouse/Life Partner Support Group Open support group for adults whose spouses or life partners have died. Meets Thursday mornings from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Thursdays, 11 a.m.-noon. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive.

Survivors of Suicide Support Group Suicide often leaves survivors with guilt, anger, hurt and unanswered questions.

Hospice Savannah/United Way of Coastal Empire/Coastal Suicide Prevention Alliance offer an ongoing support group.

Third Thursdays, 6:30-7:30pm. Safe and confidential. Free to attend. Barbara Moss at Full Circle of Hospice Savannah, 912-6291089. ongoing. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive.

Teens Nurturing Teens (Cancer Support) Support group for teens with a family member or loved one impacted by cancer.

Meets at the Lewis Cancer Pavilion. Call for information. ongoing. 912-819-5704.

Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. Teens With No One to Turn To Help for people ages 11-18, or concerned parents of teens. Park Place Outreach Youth Emergency Shelter. Call or see website. ongoing. 912-234-4048. parkplaceyes.org.

Young Survival Coalition Young breast cancer patients and their caregivers in the greater Savannah, Hilton Head, and Coastal Georgia area

are invited to join this group. Meetings include presentations from local medical community and discussions. Meetings conducted in the Conference Room of the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute. Saturdays, 4-6 p.m. 912-897-3933. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave.

Theatre

Auditions for The Emperor’s New Clothes We will be having auditions for our Winter play “The Emperor’s New Clothes”! All are welcome to audition; no experience required, just a love of theatre! We need adults, teens, and children for this production.

Auditions are by appointment only. Please call or email us for more information! N/A Through Oct. 30, 1-8 p.m. 912-257-0671. jewelconservatorytheatre@gmail.com. jewelconservatory.com. Jewel Conservatory Theatre, 6014 Hwy 21 S. Savannah Dan Onstage Sit back and relax while Savannah Dan takes you through Savannah’s deep history with his personal style that will have you hanging on his every word, laughing out loud and captivated by stories told uniquely

by Savannah Dan in the comfortable airconditioned Historic Savannah Theater.

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 2 p.m. savannahdan.com. savannahtheatre.com.

The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. Theatre: Rocky Horror Picture Show Come up to the lab and see what’s on the slab! Fridays, Saturdays.. baystreettheatre. org/. Bay Street Theatre, 1 Jefferson St.

Volunteers

Bethesda Seeks Volunteer Docents for New History Museum/ Visitors Center Bethesda seeks volunteer docents for their new visitors center/museum. Volunteer docents needed during regular museum hours, Thurs.-Sat. 10am-4pm. Docents will share Bethesda’s rich history and inspiring legacy with visitors from across the country and around the world. ongoing. 912-3512061. Elizabeth.brown@bethesdaacademy. org. Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. Call for Volunteers for AARP Tax Aide Program Volunteers are needed to prepare Federal and Georgia state tax returns. This free service to consumers began 47 years ago with a small group of four people and has grown to help provide needed assistance especially for but not limited to the age 60+ population. All volunteers who will prepare tax returns will need to attend a five-day training program which will be held in early January. The tax preparation season will run from February 1st through April 15th, 2016. A background in accounting is not necessary, only a willingness to help low- to middle-income residents and familiarity with computers. To begin the volunteer process, please visit www.aarp.org/taxvolunteer and complete the application as soon as possible.

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B Net Management Inc. For pictures & videos of properties *Credit Issues, Prior Evictions, Bankruptcies may still apply *NO SECURITY DEPOSIT SPECIAL & 1/2 OFF 1ST MONTH’S RENT ON ALL APTS. UNTIL OCTOBER 31ST (Extended) 426 E. 38th St. Apt. C. (Habersham & Price) 2BR/1BA Apt. Appliances, central heat/ air, washer/dryer hookup, carpet $650.

*1128 Graydon: 2BR/1BA $625 *1106 E. 31st: 3BR/1BA Apt $700 Several Rental & Rent-To-Own Properties.

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*705 WEST 44TH STREET: 3BR/1 Bath, central heat/air, appliances. NICE 3BR Apt. for Rent. Available $775/month. Call 912-354-3884 Now. Located on quiet street in Garden City. $675/month rent, 1218 E. 69TH STREET: 5BR/3BA. $675/deposit. Call 912-507-9967 Large house, Central heat/air.

Great for 2 families, roommates REDUCED RENT & or daycare. No pets. $950/month.

DEPOSIT! 912-227-9029 25 NELSON STREET FOR RENT: 2BR, LR, DR, kitchen, bath. $600/ per month plus deposit. Call 912667-7242.

2BR/1BA HOUSE IN RINCON: Refrigerator, stove, dishwasher.

Central heat/air, washer/dryer hookup, big fenced-in yard. No pets. $845/month, $845/deposit.

Call 912-657-4583

652 East 36th St. 3BR/1BA Apt. $765 Call 912-341-4568 or 912-272-3438

2528 & 2530 Bismark Ave. off Laroche. 2BR/1BA Apts.

Appliances, central heat/air, washer/dryer hookup, carpet. $650/month.

2BR Duplex. Carpeted, fenced yard, washer/dryer connection. $545/month + deposit. No Section 8. Call 912-234-0548

503-1/2 W.42nd Street: 2BR/1BA Apt. off MLK. Carpet, tile floors, laundry hookup, kitchen w/appliances, ceiling fans, large rooms, secured entrance. Downstairs unit. $645/month.

FURNISHED APTS. $180/WK. Private bath and kitchen, cable, utilities, washer furnished. AC & heat, bus stop on property. No deposit required. Completely safe, manager on property.

Contact Gail, (912)650-9358; Linda, (912)690-9097.

718 West 38th Street: 3BR/2BA house, LR, DR, kitchen w/appliances, fenced yard, CH&A, hardwood floors & carpet. $750/month.

HOUSES 3 BEDROOMS *Port Wentworth: 6 Fox Glen $1375

807-809 Paulsen St. 2BR/1BA Apt. Appliances, central heat/ air, carpet & hardwood floors $635/month.

Off ACL Blvd. & Westlake Ave. 2 & 3BR, 1 Bath Apts. Newly Renovated, hardwood floors, carpet, ceiling fans, appliances, central heat/air, washer/dryer hookups. $595$725/month for 2bdrs and $715-$850/month for 3bdrs, utilities may be added to rent if requested.

912-228-4630 Mon-Sat 10am-5pm www. bnetmanagement.com *For Qualified Applicants* WE ACCEPT SECTION 8 *$250 Admin Fee

NEWLY RENOVATED Brick Home 102 Forrest Avenue 3BR, 1-1/2 Baths, living room, dining room/kitchen, laundry, central air/heat, all electric. No Section 8. $925/per month, $800/ deposit. 912-656-9676

EAST 55TH STREET

*Georgetown: 166 Lion’s Gate $1500 *Pooler: 136 Longleaf Cir $1195 *633 W. 35th St. $875 APT/CONDO TWO BEDROOMS 654 E. 36th St. $725 403 Windsor Crossing $725 631-1/2 35th $650 1126 E. 53rd St. $595 1130 E. 53rd St. $595 ONE BEDROOM 321 W. Broughton St. Furnished W/utilities Loft $1575 312-A Lawton Ave. $675 (incl. water) FOR DETAILS & PICTURES VISIT OUR WEB PAGE WWW.PAMTPROPERTY.COM Pam T Property 692-0038

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*11515 WHITE BLUFF ROAD: $625/month for 1BR/1BA Apt. with $500/deposit. *1303 EAST 66TH STREET: 2BR/2BA $775/month, $500/ deposit. *207 EDGEWATER ROAD. Nice location.

2BR/2BA, all electric, $795/month. *COMMERCIAL SPACE: 310 & 320 E. Montgomery Crossrds.

Upstairs $800-$1,200.

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310 EAST MONTGOMERY CROSSROADS, 912-354-4011 OR 656-5372

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

Roommate Wanted

LARGE, Furnished Room for Rent. Utilities included, washer/ dryer usage, shared kitchen & RENT OR RENT-TO-OWN: bath. No drugs. No pets. Must be Remodeled mobile homes, employed. Call 912-441-6105 for 3BR/2BA, in Garden City mobile info. home park. Low down affordable payments. Credit check approval. ROOMMATE WANTED: Single, Individual.

Safe Call Gwen, Manager, at 912-964- Mature Environment.

Central heat/ 7675 air, cable, washer/dryer. $585/ VERY NICE HOUSES FOR RENT Monthly; $280/security deposit, *16 Flagship Ct: 3BR/2BA, No lease. Immediate occupancy. on culdesac. Central heat/air, Call Mr.Brown, 912-663-2574 furnished kitchen, new carpet/ paint, fenced yard $1250. *301 Forrest Ave: 4BR/2BA $850 Automotive *Nassau Woods MH: Lot C37, 2BR/2BA $700.

Cars/Trucks/Vans Call 912-507-7934, 912-927-2853, or 912-631-7644.

FENDER BENDER ??

Paint & Body Work.

Room for Rent Reasonably Priced. Insurance Claims. We buy wrecks. Call ROOMS FOR RENT 912-355-5932. $75 MOVE-IN SPECIAL TODAY!!

Clean, large, furnished. Busline, cable, utilities, central heat/air. $100-$130/weekly. Rooms with Service Directory bath $145. Call 912-289-0410. *Paycheck stub or Proof of Business Services income and ID required.

ROOMS FOR RENT - ADULT LIVING: $150 weekly. No deposit. Furnished rooms. All utilities included. Call 912844-5995 ROOMS FOR RENT Westside / Eastside Savannah: 37th, 38th, & 42nd Streets. Adult Living. Furnished, all utilities included.

Washer/Dryer on premises, cable TV, WiFi/Internet. $150/weekly. Private bath $200/ weekly. Requirements: Pay stubs/ ID. Call 912-677-0271

ROOMS FOR RENT: $130 to $150/ wk. Washer/dryer, cable, on busline. Almost new house. Pay stubs & ID required. References.

Call Jack, 912-342-3840 or Linda, 912-690-9097

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Brick, Block, Concrete, Stucco, Brick Paving, Grading, Clearing, etc., New & Repair Work. Call Michael Mobley, 912-631-0306

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