Connect Savannah May 11, 2016

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Son Little’s Big Shine Get to know up-and-coming soul sensation Aaron Livingston

Matt’s Moon River Cruise Murder By Death Fibers Show at Oglethorpe Gallery Inside The Vault Photo by Anthony Saint James

E.T. the extra-terrestrial

After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas). Soon, however, E.T. falls ill, resulting in government intervention and a dire situation for both Elliott and the alien.

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Many of the works in State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now will compel guests to return time and again, but only one work will self-destruct with each visit. Slow Room, an installation by Brooklyn-based artist Jonathan Schipper, presents an archetypal and nostalgic living room filled with a familiar arrangement of furniture and domestic objects. The familiarity is quickly interrupted, however, by the uncanny cascade of thin, white lines extending from each object and terminating into a hole at the back wall. These cables lead to a hidden winch mechanism programmed by the artist to pull the objects into it by one inch each day, eventually destroying the entire room by the end of the exhibition.

6 p.m Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Free for members, $5 for non-members

Film: Evil Birds

This shameless, low-budget dud is another spin on the whole “birds around the world are coordinating with each other and attacking humans” storyline which began with Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960s horror classic “The Birds.”

8 p.m The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. $6

Southbound Brewing Third Anniversary This anniversary party features many of Southbound’s regular beers, local food and live music by Velvet Caravan.

7 p.m Southbound Brewing, 107 E Lathrop Ave. $25 adv, $35 day of southboundsthree.bpt. me/

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Film: Where Hope Grows

Doggie Carnival SUN /15

This family (and canine!) friendly festival features fun for everyone – big and small. Enjoy an afternoon of activities including a bounce house, dunk tank, doggy derby, professional photography for you and your pup and massages for you and your four-legged best friend. Enjoy food truck fare from Molly MacPherson’s, Joe Loves Lobster Rolls and Wiley’s Championship BBQ! Twenty-one or older? Make sure and stop by the beer truck sponsored by Service Brewing and Corona Light / Modelo. All proceeds benefit the Humane Society for Greater Savannah.

12-4 p.m Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. Free and open to the public

Film: Evil Birds

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This shameless, low-budget dud is another spin on the whole “birds around the world are coordinating with each other and attacking humans” storyline which began with Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960s horror classic “The Birds.” However, this laughable attempt to cash in on Hitchcock’s original (while still boasting some legitimately scary sequences) is hampered by its own terrible script and amateurish actors.

8 p.m The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. $10

David Desanctis, star of the film, will make an appearance at the screening. He is the first actor with Down syndrome to star in an English-speaking feature film.

6 p.m Savannah Arts Academy, 500 Washington $20

Writer on Writing Workshop

Author Jack Siler will draw on his experiences as an avid traveler and amazing writer, conducting a seminar about The Art of Writing and the Industry Surrounding It. .

7 p.m Tybee Arts Center, 7 Cedarwood Dr. $15 general, $12 Tybee Arts Assoc members

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Lecture Series: What, Then, Is the American?

The Learning Center of Senior Citizens, Inc. hosts their annual One Big Question lecture series event.

5 p.m First Presbyterian, 520 Washington Ave. $20 visitor, $10 member

Night of Champions

This community celebration distinguishes local businesses that hire and retain differently-abled people, including those with Down syndrome, and recognizes the contributions made by these employees.

Five Champions will be recognized.

6 p.m Westin Savannah Harbor, 1 Resort Drive. $40

Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day

Celebrate with Israeli BBQ, Klezmer music

by Klezmer Local 42, photo booth, & more.

5:30-8 p.m JEA, 5111 Abercorn St. $5 per person, $15 per family 912-355-8111

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Concert: Alexander Kobrin

Alexander Kobrin, winner of the 12th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (2005), will perform works of Shuman, Brahms, and Schubert.

7:30 p.m Messiah Lutheran Church, 1 Westridge Rd r Free, donations accepted.

Concert: An Evening with Savannah Baroque

For their debut concert, the newly formed Savannah Baroque presents a historically informed program of Monteverdi, Purcell, Bach, Handel, and more on period instruments.

7:30-9 p.m e St. John’s Church, 1 West Macon Street.

General admission starts at $20

Concert: An Evening With Verlon Thompson

Prolific songwriter, traveling troubadour and longtime trusted sidekick of Texas Americana icon Guy Clark.

8-10 p.m Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne Ave. $20 912-472-4790. tybeeposttheater.org/

Southbound Brewing Third Anniversary

This anniversary party features many of Southbound’s regular beers, local food and live music by Velvet Caravan.

7 p.m Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. $25 advance, $35 day of http://southboundsthree.bpt.me/

The Step Book Signing and Reading

Martha Lemasters, author of The Step will discuss her book and sign copies. .

2-3 p.m s Barnes & Noble, 7804 Abercorn St.

Theatre: Calendar Girls

The Collective Face Theatre Ensemble presents this poignant comedy about Annie and Chris’ venture to create a fundraising calendar and the strain that their fame puts on their friendship.

8 p.m.

Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. $20 general admission, $15 seniors/students/active military

c . Theatre: Stepping Out The Tybee Arts Association presents this comedy by Richard Harris.

7:30 p.m.

Jim Ingham Black Box Theater, 7 Cedarwood Dr. Tybee Island, 912-786-5920. tybeearts.org

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Coastal Empire Soccer All-Star Games

Tournament director and Windsor Forest High School boys head soccer coach, Cam Turner, founded the tournament seven years ago in effort to enhance college recruiting efforts and give area soccer players who exhibit an elevated level of athletic skill an opportunity to display their talent in front of head coaches and staff invited to the games each year from top colleges across the region.

Optimist Field at Daffin Park

Forsyth Farmers Market

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

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

Old Time Country Dance

Contra dance with live music by Glow in the Dark String Band. All dances called by Joyce or Bob. Casual dress, easy to learn, two left feet accepted, no partner or experience needed. Come 7:15pm for lesson.

7:30-10:30 p.m Garden City UMC, 62 Varnedoe Ave. $8 general / $6 students savannahfolk.org

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Paws for a Cause

Raise awareness for homeless animals at this fun community event with crafts, raffles, bakery items, and a wide range of entertainment.

12-6 p.m Foundery Coffee Pub, 1313 Habersham St.

Savannah Art Walk

An inclusive and inspiring Art Walk of our Historic Downtown. The Savannah Art Walk includes twenty exceptional Galleries, as well as collaborative endeavors with Andaz and Bohemian Riverfront Hotel to offer wine pours a gratis for guests. second Saturday of every month, 4-8 p.m.

Downtown Savannah.

Free SavannahArtWalk.com

Savannah Steam vs. Georgia Firebirds

Savannah’s indoor football team goes against the Georgia Firebirds.

7:05 p.m Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. savannahsteam.com/schedule.html

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Theatre: Calendar Girls

Poignant comedy about Annie and Chris’ venture to create a fundraising calendar.

Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. $20 general admission, $15 seniors/students/active military

Theatre: Stepping Out

The Tybee Arts Association presents this comedy by Richard Harris.

7:30 p.m.

Black Box Theater, 7 Cedarwood Dr. Tybee tybeearts.org

Tybee Island Tour of Homes

Take a look inside eight of the island’s most beautiful homes at the 19th Annual Tybee Tour of Homes.

10 a.m.-1 p.m Tybee Island, Tybee Island. $35 (advance) ; $40 (onsite) 912-395-4060. tybeetourofhomes.com/

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Concert: Choral Evensong

Celebrate the Feast of Pentecost with the last Choral Evensong of the season. Guest conductor Richard Morgan will lead the St. John’s Choir in works of Brewer, Goss, Mendelssohn, and Smith.

5 p.m St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1 W Macon St

Concert: Tybee City Limits

Tybee City Limits, the Best in Live Local Music, brings you a bluesy feel with the Jeff Beasley Band and The Main Street Trio as headliners. Matt Eckstine of The Accomplices takes a turn as opening singer-songwriter.

8-10 p.m Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne Ave. $15 tybeeposttheater.org/

Doggie Carnival

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Enjoy an afternoon of activities including a bounce house, dunk tank, doggy derby, professional photography for you and your pup and massages for you and your four-legged best friend. AEnjoy food truck fare from Molly MacPherson’s, Joe Loves Lobster Rolls and Wiley’s Championship BBQ! Beer truck sponsored by Service Brewing and Corona Light / Modelo. All proceeds benefit Humane Society for Greater Savannah.

12-4 p.m Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. Free and open to the public

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SK8 City Sirens

The Sirens host their first home bout again the Mad Divas from Asheville, NC. Come out and enjoy the Coastal Empire’s only coed Junior Roller Derby Team.

11 a.m.-1 p.m SK8 City, 4 Towne Center Dr., Pooler $7 Adults, $5 Military, 10 and Under Free

Theatre: Calendar Girls

Poignant comedy about Annie and Chris’ venture to create a fundraising calendar.

3 p.m.

Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. $20 general admission, $15 seniors/students/active military

Theatre: Stepping Out

The Tybee Arts Association presents this comedy by Richard Harris.

3 p.m.

Black Box Theater, 7 Cedarwood Dr. Tybee tybeearts.org

Monday / 16 Deep Speaks

Listen to powerful works read by Savannah’s youngest authors.

6 p.m The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St.

Film: The Abolitionists

This film is about a retired federal agent who took a film crew with him undercover as traffickers. Their mission is to raise awareness about child trafficking, and all proceeds support the cause.

7:30 p.m Regal Sav’h Stadium 10, 1132 Shawnee St. $14 theabolitionistsmovie.com

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Crash Comedy Show

‘The Crash Comedy Show’ is an hour long, anything goes variety show with a rotating cast of local comedians, musicians and artists performing experimental comedy.

Performers bring prepared material such as written sketches, original solo characters, radio plays, etc. Leave the kids at home.

The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave.

State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now Lecture by Jonathan Schipper

Many of the works in State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now will compel guests to return time and again, but only one work will self-destruct with Movement in the Park each visit. Slow Room, an installation by Participants can join in the Dawning of a Brooklyn-based artist Jonathan Schipper, Miracle Mile (a one mile walk/run), Zumba presents an archetypal and nostalgic living and all kinds of dances, health screenings, room filled with a familiar arrangement of furniture and domestic objects. vendors, refreshments.

6 p.m 2-5 p.m Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Forsyth Park $10 adults, $1 students Free for members, $5 for non-members

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May 24 election will be main event locally

by Jim Morekis

jim@connectsavannah.com

THIS IS A confusing election season in Savannah, and I don’t just mean the increasingly surreal presidential circus.

For example, there was a special election April 26 to fill the Georgia House of Representatives seat made vacant by the unfortunate passing of the late Bob Bryant.

Carl Gilliard was victorious against Alicia Blakely in that special election. But Gilliard will only fill that seat for a month, until he faces Blakely again in the May 24 Democratic primary for the very same seat!

Indeed, in an echo of the century when Georgia was a one-party state —when only the Democratic primary really mattered— this month’s Democratic primary will essentially decide the future of a number of key slots, rendering the November general election a moot point for many.

Most notable of these is the race for Chatham County Commission Chairman, with incumbent Al Scott taking on current 3rd District Commissioner Tony Center.

Technically the County Commission races are partisan contests, but because no Republican is declared, the winner this May between those two Democrats will be the Chairman.

(Adding to the complexity: The main reason Center is running at all is because his residence was drawn out of his own district in the middle of his term. He couldn’t run for reelection if he wanted to.)

Another hugely important Blue-on-Blue contest is the primary battle for 5th District County Commission, between incumbent Yusuf Shabazz and challengers Shaundra Smith McKeithen and Tabitha Odell, wife of incumbent Recorders Court Judge Harris Odell, himself a former County Commissioner.

As many of you will recall, McKeithen is fresh off a narrow loss to Yusuf’s wife, Estella Shabazz, for City Council. This race is shaping up to be nearly as bitterly contested as that one.

You might recall Harris Odell came under fire recently from Police Chief Jack Lumpkin for the often surprisingly low bond amounts he has set for some violent offenders.

In Chatham County District Two, longtime incumbent James Holmes is taking on challenger Detric Leggett, who narrowly missed a runoff last year with vanquished former City Alderwoman Mary Osborne.

The man who defeated Osborne, current Alderman Bill Durrence, has endorsed Leggett in his latest bid.

As with the Chairman’s race, these battles will also be settled by the Democratic primary, with the November vote being essentially a formality.

But that’s not all that’s being settled this month. Several, but not all, SavannahChatham School Board races are being decided. (Our School Board opts to settle their races in the spring, rather than the typical November general election scenario.)

This year there are two contested School Board seats.

Connie Hall, wife of Savannah Alderman John Hall, defends her District 3 seat against Rose Harper.

The open District 7 seat is between Joe Winburn and Michael Johnson.

In an all-too common development, two School board members are running unopposed, Julie M. Wade and Dionne Hoskins.

(There are also two unopposed County Commission incumbents, Helen Stone and Pat Farrell.)

No offense to Ms. Wade and Ms. Hoskins —and it’s certainly not their fault they’re running unopposed—but I humbly submit that our democracy is better served when incumbents are routinely challenged.

In some ways the School Board is our most important local elected body. They not only make far-reaching decisions regarding our children’s education, they manage the pursestrings of the single largest taxing entity in the County.

If you want to impact local lives and policy most directly, running for School Board is probably the quickest way to do so.

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While most folks find elections for judges incredibly boring – if they indeed have any inkling that some judges are elected, not appointed—there are several interesting races this year.

The most high-profile race is 20-yearplus incumbent John E. “Pancho” Morse Jr. defending his seat against challenger Peter Muller. (We have a very interesting piece in this issue with one point of view on that race.)

Other judicial contests include former Alderman Tom Bordeaux’s bid for the open Probate Court seat along with R. Dennis King, and the contest for Clerk of Superior Court between Tammie Mosley and Brenda Kennedy, both Democrats.

If it’s good ol’ fashioned Red vs. Blue, Republican vs. Democrat action you’re looking for, you’ll have to settle for…. the County Coroner’s race, between Bill Wessinger, Republican, and Lillian Loretz-Williams, Democrat.

Yep, that’s right! In Chatham County, the Coroner is a partisan political position.

You have to be either a Democratic Coroner or a Republican Coroner.

While that odd fact is fertile ground for jokes—does a Democrat Coroner refuse to do autopsies on Republicans, or vice versa?—there is actually a somewhat understandable reason for it.

See, Coroner is an extremely powerful position. Arguably one might even say it’s the most powerful position there is.

You’ve heard the phrase, “they know where the bodies are buried?”

Well, the Coroner literally knows where the bodies are buried.

More to the point, the Coroner often gets to rule on cause of death—and whether or not foul play is involved!

I leave it to your imagination to guess why political parties historically might have wanted to maintain very tight control over decisions such as those……..

Anyway, while most people are likely to be totally focused on the almost certain matchup in November between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, our future locally is likely to hinge much more on the outcome of this month’s election, on May 24. cs

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It’s all about the Woman Card byJessica Leigh Lebos

jll@connectsavannah.com

MAY 11-17, 2016

My mother always told me that in order to attract success and prosperity, it’s important to have a nice wallet.

Since my mother is a successful and prosperous lady, I’ve always followed this advice, even when the only items I kept in my stamped Navajo coin purse were a $2 bill from my grandpa and a laminated picture of Shaun Cassidy.

For my last wallet, I invested in a lovely gray leather Hobo number from Terra Cotta (on sale, of course) that has room for my cash, Live Oak Public Library card and the several thousand customer loyalty fobs that I don’t remember signing up for (do they mate by bar code behind my extra stamps?)

It’s so weird, though, I looked all through the compartments in my fancy wallet the other day and couldn’t find my woman card—which, from what I understand, is supposed to entitle me to some kind of prize when I flash it, perhaps a two-fer on eye wrinkle cream or some free tampons?

I guess my mom was too busy running her own business and marching for the Equal Rights Amendment (Google it, kids) to tell me about it. Does it have pink lace around the edges and smell like fake lavender? Is it, like, smaller than a regular man card to accommodate my delicate female hands? I guess I must’ve been folding laundry, or, I dunno, at work when they handed them out.

No need to mansplain, ‘cause I got schooled at last week’s local reception of Georgia’s WIN List. A political action

committee that recruits and grooms women to run for local and state offices, Georgia’s WIN List knows exactly how to “play the woman card”—a term that might sound like you’re at a poker table in reflective sunglasses ready to sweep up with four aces and a queen but actually means advocating for issues like equal pay, ending violence against women and the right to dominion over our own bodies.

This formidable body of influence convened last Wednesday at the Beach Institute, the former African American schoolhouse that now serves as a gorgeous museum and cultural center that is a mustdo for every visitor and local (the carvings

by Savannah folk artist Ulysses Davis are astounding, and the lush garden is one of the city’s finest).

Under the soaring 20-foot ceilings and surrounded by paintings from the vast collection of W.W. Law, some of Savannah’s brainiest and boldest waved their woman cards loud and proud—literally.

“Listen, you know I ordered about twenty of them,” deadpanned lifelong educator and Savannah Black Heritage Festival coordinator Shirley James of the official versions issued by the Hillary Clinton campaign after Donald Trump’s recent derisive remark.

But national politics weren’t on the agenda here. While the presidential spectacle makes for sparky social media conversation and/or terrifying night sweats, these women know that what has the greatest influence over our everyday lives are the legislation and policies enacted closer to home. (You know how us ladies are, so domestic!)

Since 2000, Georgia’s WIN List has

(L to R) Tammie Mosley, state representative Mickey Stephens, former mayor Edna Jackson, plus political mavens Jean McRae, Lynn Goodman and Helen Jordan came to the Beach Institute to support Georgia’s WIN List. Photos by sean Thomas

elected 45 pro-choice Democratic women to the state assembly and has supported countless others in local municipal races.

Its year-long leadership academy provides policy briefs and vital training on how to run a campaign, and the class of 2016 has a record-breaking 21 women—including Savannah’s Kim Dulek, who lost the District 3 city council race last fall but vows that her political efforts to affect positive change have only begun.

Among the civically-minded crowd were current SCCPSS schoolboard members Connie Hall and Julie Wade—both up for reelection—as well as Tammie Mosley, running for Clerk of Superior Court (just a few of the many important races on the ballot May 24—don’t forget to vote!)

The indefatigable Detric Legett—running for Chatham County Commission District 2—stood proudly with state representative Mickey Stephens (D-Savannah), former mayor Dr. Otis Johnson and philanthropist Howard Morrison,

(L to R) Thespian Dandy Barrett, former mayor Dr. Otis Johnson and Clerk of Superior Court candidate Tammie Mosley came to hear state

8 minority leader Rep. Stacey Abrams speak about the importance of women running for political office at the local and state level.

proving you can carry a woman card no matter what bathroom you use.

After a bit of small talk about big issues, entrepreneur and local WIN List board member Murem Sharpe invited to the podium executive director Melita Easters, who underscored the importance of wielding the woman card in politics.

“Georgia ranks 49th in the nation for women serving in state and federal office,” she reminded. “And we’re one of the only states without a woman in the U.S. Senate or the House of Representatives.”

It’s also one of the worst states for working moms, with a wage gap that pays 82 cents on the dollar compared to men and is even worse for African American women (63 cents) and Latina women (48 cents.)

It’s a stubborn trend that the WIN list aims to shift by encouraging and endorsing more female representation.

Fortunately, we’ve got a stellar example in Rep. Stacey Abrams (D-Atlanta), the GA’s House Minority Leader and the evening’s keynote speaker. Introduced by former mayor Edna Jackson, Abrams acknowledged the trenchant sexism in politics but says it hasn’t stopped her from building consensus to pass family law and education legislation and serve on multiple committees.

“It’s like racism. It’s there, but you don’t have to give it power,” she counseled.

She says that attitude helped her the first time she met with Gov. Nathan Deal, with whom she now has a productive working relationship in spite of their differences in party, race and gender—though she has yet to convince him to expand federallyfunded Medicaid to almost half a million underinsured Georgians. (However, if he keeps doing civil things like vetoing the religious liberty and campus carry bills, I might have to stop clicking the angry emoji every time his face pops up on my newsfeed.)

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A dynamic and approachable presence, Abrams called Georgia’s WIN List a “lodestar of progressive politics” and sees its mission as a way to protect the most important political concern for almost everyone in the room: A woman’s right to choose.

As states like Alabama, Utah and Oklahoma consider bills that would significantly limit a woman’s options to terminate a pregnancy and a presidential candidate opines that women who seek abortions deserve “some form of punishment,” that right is under tremendous threat. Yet in spite of personal moral leanings, there are those who recognize that safe access to abortion represents a vital part of a free society.

“I was pro-life when I began. I’m the daughter of two ministers. I believe in the sanctity of life,” Abrams told the crowd.

“But I realized that to be pro-life in politics, I had to be pro-choice. Because if I want to be able to make decisions for myself, I have to protect every other woman’s right to make the same decisions.”

This earned vigorous nods from the woman seated next to me, who turned out to be Planned Parenthood Southeast president and CEO Staci Fox. “She’s a rock star,” whispered Fox of Abrams’ unwavering support of the century-old non-profit. “She does the work.”

Knowing that PP’s high-quality, affordable health services for women (and men!) of all ages has been shown to have direct, positive impacts on a community’s poverty level and advance economic and educational opportunities, it was super exciting to find out that there is a new clinic being built in Savannah to open this fall.

It was also a relief to learn from Staci that while Planned Parenthood Southeast has been completely defunded in Alabama and grossly under attack in Mississippi,

Georgia has no such current legislation.

And Georgia’s WIN List intends for it to stay that way.

The evening ended with a cautionary tale from activist and local thespian Dandy Barrett. Twenty years ago, her father, Col. James Barrett, a decorated veteran, spent his retirement volunteering at the “ladies’ clinic” in Pensacola, FL, escorting women in and out as they braved the gauntlet of vicious protestors (wasting their time, since abortions make up only three percent of PP services and most clients were there for pap smears and birth control refills).

In 1994, Col. Barrett was shot and killed by an anti-abortion terrorist, who also targeted the clinic’s doctor. Twenty-two years later, another shooter is on trial in Colorado for killing three people and injuring nine when he open-fired on a Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs.

In spite of the misogynistic violence that killed her father and others, Dandy continues to fight for the preservation of reproductive freedom—and support the politicians who do, too.

“I never want to see women pushed into those back alleys again,” pledges Dandy.

(Go see this marvelous woman in Collective Face Ensemble’s production of Calendar Girls at Muse Arts Warehouse through May 22!)

The way to ensure that we move forward instead of back is to open our nice wallets and donate what we can to the campaigns of local and state candidates who pledge the same.

And don’t be afraid to flash that woman card: No, it isn’t bulletproof. It doesn’t come with free froyo. It can’t even fold the stupid laundry.

But stack the deck with them, and everybody wins. cs

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Making Matt’s memory count Matt’s Moon River Cruise offers fun and good times while promoting bicycle safety by jim morekis

jim@connectsavannah.com

June 1 to July 31 Ages 0-18 years

IN July 2012, newlywed Matthew Kohler was killed at the age of 22 when a car ran him down from behind while he was riding his bike on Highway 80 near Bloomingdale.

He was the only child of Debbie and Andy Kohler.

“I guess we’re different from a lot of grieving parents who’ve lost a child. We talk about Matthew all the time, about how much we love him and how much we miss him,” says Matthew’s mother Debbie.

“We don’t talk about him as if he’s still here—he’s not and we know he’s not. But we talk all the time about things we can do in his memory, to try and alleviate the tragedy of other parents, other wives, other loved ones.”

Matthew is remembered by everyone who knew him with words like, “energetic,” “bright,” and “joyful.” His loss wasn’t just the loss of his family and new wife Kori—it was a communitywide blow.

“It wasn’t just us who was hurt,” says his mother. “One of his friends couldn’t even talk about it for three years. The grief is so deep.”

This weekend, the 4th Annual Matt’s Moon River Cruise takes place in downtown Savannah.

The “Cruise” part is actually a bicycle ride through downtown Savannah, ending at Moon River Beer Garden.

You can enjoy brews, eats, bicycling, and great company, all for a great cause: Matthew Kohler.

Promoting better bicycle safety and infrastructure so that death’s like Matt Kohler’s won’t happen again—and especially hammering home the state law that says a motorist must give at least three feet of space between themselves and any bicyclist on the road.

Initially Kori Kohler’s idea, the family’s close relationship with Moon River has made the Moon River Cruise an annual spring staple and an important vector for meaningful advocacy and change.

“A lot of people, especially in larger metro areas, really don’t understand how important it is to change infrastructure to allow for more and safer bicycle use and to have structured lanes,” says Debbie, who especially likes the idea of a physical curb between car lanes and bike lanes.

“If that was in place, Matthew might have had a chance to live,” she says.

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Matt’s mother, Debbie, at the podium at a previous edition of the Moon River Cruise.

For one legislator who refused to call her back or return her emails, she literally waited all day outside his office for a chance to speak to him about bicycle safety measures.

Her activism extends to sales tax measures such as SPLOST. “I won’t vote to approve any funding measure that doesn’t involve bicycle safety or devote more funding to bicycle safety. I just won’t do it,” she says flatly.

“To just make more lanes is to add more cars. Adding bike lanes is what we need to be doing.”

Buice says that measures such as protected bike lanes are valuable for the majority of bicyclists “who aren’t middleaged men wearing Lycra. For most of us bicycling is a convenient and fun way to go a few blocks.”

He says the issue in Savannah is mostly one of political will.

“It’s not an issue of making things safe for bicycles,” he says. “It’s about making things safe for people. People who are just trying to go back and forth from one place to another.” cs

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Brent Buice is executive director of Georgia Bikes!, a statewide organization which recently relocated its headquarters to Savannah.

Why Savannah? We stand out for two reasons, Buice says.

“Number one, we absolutely have the highest number of people in the state riding bikes on a day-to-day basis, including far and away the most bicycle tourism,” he says.

“Number two, and most distressingly, Savannah also has the highest number of bicycle fatalities in Georgia—including metro Atlanta.”

No, that’s not fatalities per capita.

Savannah literally sees more people dying in car vs. bike accidents than Atlanta itself.

While our high casualty rate is related to our higher local rate of bicycle use, “We can also look around at the infrastructure here, or the lack thereof, and see all kinds of ways to improve it,” Buice says.

“At this point the design solutions are very well-known. They are now decades old, they’re not new or groundbreaking.

They’re only new or groundbreaking here.”

The motorist who struck Matthew, Debbie says, had recently ingested the powerful—and often abused—sleeping aid Ambien, according to toxicology reports.

He apparently tried to keep on driving after hitting Matthew, but the car was disabled and he had to stop.

“From what I’ve heard and read since then, that’s what happens way too much of the time—people hit someone on a bike and just keep driving, a hit-and-run,” she says.

“It happens all the time.”

Debbie felt compelled to nearly full-time political activism for road safety for a while after her son’s death.

“I have been to the state capitol several times and sat by legislators’ offices and waited for hours to see them when I couldn’t get an appointment,” she says.

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News & Opinion free speech

My case against Judge Morse

By Brandy Mai I WAS ELATED when I heard that Judge John “Pancho” Morse Jr. was being challenged for his seat on the Superior Court bench. I jumped up and down and screamed “hallelujah.”

I don’t wish him any sort of ill will. I just think he needs to go ride out his retirement as the pastor of the church where he and his wife work. That’s it. Let someone with energy and an investment in the community make the decisions.

Many of the incumbent politicians who drove this town into the crime-filled chaos of the last few years are now gone, having been voted out of office.

We’ve gotten a new police chief, sheriff, and mayor.

Well, hot damn, it’s time for a new judge too.

Let fresh eyes look at these cases and clear the backlog. Let families move on with their lives. Stop playing God with the lives of Chatham County citizens.

A quick look at the chathamcourts.org website and some of Judge Morse’s cases in the past few months showed me that he only closed about 15 percent of the cases he heard between February and present.

(Computed using random samples of civil and domestic cases heard in Judge Morse’s courtoom from February–April 2016) That means that 85 percent of his cases are still open. I don’t know about others, but if I only did 15 percent of my job, I’d be fired (sure, there is legal due process and other circumstances, I’m only using hard numbers here).

You know what else I found interesting?

Most of the cases he heard in this sample were from more than a year ago.

A look at the chathamcourts.org website and some of Judge Morse’s cases in the past few months showed me that he only closed about 15 percent of the cases he heard between February and present. (Computed using random samples of civil and domestic cases heard in Judge Morse’s courtoom from February–April 2016) What the actual heck? Why can’t he close cases? Especially mine …

The one resounding theme in this message I’m writing is that you, Judge Morse, need to leave the bench.

Every night, I cry myself to sleep. Every morning, I cry when I wake up.

Why? Because my children are hung up in an ugly custody battle that is stuck in your courtroom.

For years, my ex and I have fought over custody. This battle made its way to Judge Morse’s courtroom, and in all my experience in family court with my ex over the last decade, Morse is the only one who’s refused to rule.

Now, before the naysayers jump down my throat and tell me I need to just get along with my ex for the sake of the kids, please know that I am trying. I’ve offered up joint custody. I’ve offered up waiving of all child support. I’ve caved in every manner possible except one, giving up my kids altogether.

This refusal to give up my kids (I mean, who would actually give up their kids?) has led me to thousands in attorney fees, litigation fees, the loss of two vehicles, the almost loss of my home, the selling of all my possessions.

I’ve lost it all—while waiting for Judge Morse to rule.

Honestly, I couldn’t give two damns about material possessions or money in the bank. What grinds my gears is that my children are hung up in a court system with a judge who refuses to make a decision about their lives.

Am I going to live with Mommy and Daddy? Can I live with both?

Will Mommy have a car this week to take me to my after-school activities?

Will Mommy and Daddy ever stop fighting?

Why won’t the judge listen to me?

I miss my sister. Why did the judge take us away from my sister?

As a mother, it breaks my heart that I cannot answer these questions for my children. From their first breaths, I’ve fought to protect them and give them a good life, only to have their current situation tied up in a courtroom and a judge who can’t seem to make a decision other than to take my children away without a hearing (where’s the due process?).

I mean, seriously Judge Morse, how hard is it to make a decision?

I’ve always believed that bad leaders aren’t people who make bad decisions.

They’re people who make no decisions.

By that very definition, your honor, you’re a piss poor leader. Just DECIDE. Even if it’s not in my favor, at least I can appeal.

Sad part is, even with my name on this article, he doesn’t know me. He doesn’t know my kids. We’re just names in a file that he’ll look at one day.

We’re good people. I’m a good person. I’m an upstanding member of this community.

I’m even a certified CASA (courtappointed advocate for children) in Chatham County. I’m a sworn officer of the court who’s been appointed to speak on behalf of all children in this county, yet my own kids were taken without so much as a hearing. How does this even happen?

But these are my kids—my whole world— and my life. And someone else gets to make those decisions (or not, actually).

Bottom line is I want my life back. I want my children to have their childhood back before it’s too late.

I’m tired of being at the mercy of a man who feels we’re only important enough to continue our case and get back to us later.

The citizens of Chatham County need better. The citizens of Chatham County need Peter Muller. cs

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From Ping Pong to Table Tennis

Abdel Metwally wants to raise awareness of the sport in Savannah

By Orlando Montoya

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MAY 11-17, 2016

I VAGUELY remember playing ping pong when I was little. Maybe my parents had a table on the screened-in porch. Or maybe I picked up the paddles at the YMCA. I can’t recall.

Those little nets and plastic balls didn’t cross my mind again until Abdel Metwally called to tell me that he was starting a table tennis club, the only one in the Savannah area.

Like me, the native Egyptian first experienced ping pong in a recreational setting, quite by accident. But now he’s a table tennis diehard and a coach to the ill-of-form, like me.

“It’s going to take quite a bit of trial and error,” he tells me as I swat frantically at the oncoming balls like they’re flying summer bugs. “But the main thing is to hang with it.”

What turns someone from a garage or YMCA ping pong player into a club-owning table tennis fanatic is a story involving an international move, boat repair and luxury airplanes.

But first I have to learn the basics of this clickety-clackety world. Can you make the ball come at me a little slower? Can you always send it to me right where my hand is?

“The body movement is so much more than the paddle,” he explains as he

recommends the most advantageous positions for my feet, elbows and whole body.

This is dance!

His encouragements from the other side of the table include hearty rounds of “Good!” “Nice!” and “That works!” I can see how anyone could find this game addictive.

You simply want to master it. It’s a ball!

It shouldn’t be that hard, like a key that won’t turn. Jamming doesn’t work. “At the same time, it’s an incredible workout,” he says.

You’re telling me! We lower our heart rates long enough to talk about Metwally’s life and how it relates to the sounds of squeaky shoes and hoots of victory in the background.

He tells me he came to the U.S. following family and seeking a better life. He wound up in Central Florida, land of many lakes, with a boat to his name. He liked repairing that boat.

“I decided from there that I liked working on mechanical things,” he says. “I got on the Internet and found out what pays the most. And it was aviation.”

Say no more. He studied well and got hired at Gulfstream. And the break room there had a ping pong table. That’s where he began friendly games that became competitive.

“That’s where everybody has to start,” he says of ping pong, the game you and I know. “You can’t go straight into table tennis. You have to first be able to rally back and forth.”

Other Gulfstream break players made

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him better. He improved his backhands, spins and more artful ways of winning.

And he started to do it at home, for many hours at a time.

“I wanted to play every day and not just on break times,” he says. But his own garage wasn’t enough because he needed more players than could schedule time with him.

So he opened a club, Metwally Table Tennis, in an unassuming Pooler business park. It has four tables and regular players.

He’s been there every day since it opened in October.

“I’ve been finding such a great family,” he says. “Once I opened and people started to hear about it, next thing you know, there are players showing up that are amazing talent.”

Metwally wants to grow table tennis as a sport here. He wants to help other players.

But mostly, he wants to improve his game.

And that’s the sign of a man with true passion. cs Metwally Table Tennis Club is at 1018 US Highway 80 Suite 505 in Pooler, 912-341-3277.

Abdel Metwally opened a table tennis club because there wasn’t another one in the area and he wants to grow the sport and have a great time playing.

Do cigarette filters do anything?

Do cigarette filters provide any benefits to the smoker, or were they simply created by the tobacco companies to make customers think they were addressing the health risks of smoking? Filters seem to trap something, as evidenced by the discoloration noticed on any discarded butt. While I’m on the topic, why don’t manufacturers make filters out of something that actually decomposes when exposed to the environment, rather than something that litters our beaches, parks, and sidewalks forever? —Tom M. WHY don’t they design a biodegradable butt? Yeah, that’s a real puzzler—if there’s one thing cigarette makers are known for, it’s their deeply felt sense of social responsibility. Probably just nobody’s brought it to their attention yet.

We’ll come back round to this in a minute, but let’s talk in the meantime about part one of your question.

The short answer is no, filters don’t really do anything. They’re about the illusion of a lighter cigarette rather than the fact of one. This revelation shouldn’t exactly be shocking, but you may be interested to learn that manufacturers didn’t

set out to make a deceptively useless filter—early on, cigarette manufacturers appear to have actually wanted something that would remove some of the harmful materials their products contained.

You old enough to remember the 1950s, Tom? Americans had by then been puffing happily away on their mass-manufactured smokes for half a century, while at the same time lung cancer—previously quite rare—was becoming epidemic. It was only after the Second World War that scientists started putting the pieces together. As we know now, cigarette-industry players— Philip Morris, Lorrilard, et al—were soon well aware of the link between their products and lung cancer; they just didn’t feel like sharing this info publicly. Manufacturers did, however, put some cash behind a project to mitigate, in earnest, some of the malign side effects of smoking: the cigarette filter. And they appealed to textile and chemical companies for help.

An early result was the Kent Micronite filter, designed by Lorillard; it used asbestos fibers to trap, uh, harmful substances.

The fact that it was literally full of carcinogenic matter wasn’t what made it unpopular. Rather, the thing worked too well: the Micronite, which removed 30 percent of tar particulate, also removed the cigarette’s flavor, and forced smokers to pull harder on their draw. It also proved excessively tricky for mass production, as did filters using natural materials like cotton and wool, which have a nonuniform structure. What manufacturers needed was something that could be made in volume and at low cost—Americans at the time were, after all, going through about 400 billion cigarettes a year.

The answer turned out to be a filter made of cellulose acetate. This did, indeed, block a little tar and toxic gas, but smokers,

ever resourceful, responded by changing their behavior—smoking more, taking deeper puffs, etc—thereby making the practical effect of the cellulose-acetate filter approximately nil. At this point cigarette makers basically threw up their hands, yielding to the intractability of what was known as the “filter problem.” As a 2011 paper in the journal Tobacco Control put it, researchers had “confronted an engineering contradiction: to design a cigarette filter that would appreciably reduce the health hazards imposed by smoking (caused by tar, nicotine and gases) while preserving the taste and ‘satisfaction’ that smokers craved (provided by tar, nicotine and gases).”

Accordingly, the industry did something that conformed much more to our expectations for its behavior. One chemist discovered that if you adjust the pH in cellulose-acetate filters, you can get them to change color during the smoking process, making it look like some really bad stuff is being screened out. Thus does the filter story take its ghoulishly cynical left turn: hoping to keep concerned smokers on board but unable to actually make cigarettes safer, manufacturers settled for tricking the smokers into thinking the cigarettes were safer.

Where does that leave us? The fact that filters change smokers’ MO has produced one observable public-health effect: a shift in the type of cancer you get from smoking.

A 2011 study in the International Journal of Cancer, based on 30 years of research, suggested that while declining rates of squamous cell cancer can be attributed to cigarette filters, so can increasing rates of another type of cancer, adenocarcinoma, which occurs in parts of the lung that smoke reaches through deeper inhalation.

You can’t win for losing.

Anyways, getting to your other question: cellulose-acetate filters are photodegradable, meaning UV in sunlight breaks them down somewhat. This might be OK but for the fact that so many of them—globally about 4.5 trillion butts become litter every year, out of 6 trillion cigarettes annually smoked—end up in the environment. We don’t yet know what damage this is doing, though (for instance) under lab conditions, one cigarette butt in one liter of water is enough to kill both salt- and freshwater fish. The tobacco industry’s position? It’s smokers’ responsibility not to litter—full stop. You can expect to be waiting on your better filter just a while longer. cs By cecil adams Send questions to Cecil via straightdope.com

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news & Opinion blotter 2016 Sav/Chatham County Crime Stats through Sunday May 8:

Homicide Total

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(4 solved)

Non-fatal Shootings

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Woman shot, killed at 54th and Ash

“Detectives are investigating a May 7 shooting on Ash and 54th streets, resulting in the death of Kathy Henry, 43, of Savannah,” police report.

At about 8:45 p.m. Metro responded to the scene, finding Henry with a gunshot wound. She died in the hospital.

“Investigators are following leads to identify any suspects and circumstances surrounding this case. This investigation continues,” police say.

Henry’s homicide is the 22nd of the year.

18-year-old shot, killed near Savannah Gardens

Violent Crimes detectives are investigating an early morning shooting on May 4, resulting in the death of Christopher Patterson, 18, of Savannah.

“Just before 1 a.m. Metro responded to

Man shot and killed on Eastside

Detectives are investigating a shooting on May 1 occurred outside of a residence on Bridgestone Lane near Avalon, resulting in the death of Teesean Goodman, 23.

Just before 9 p.m. Metro responded to the scene finding Goodman with a gunshot wound. Goodman was transported to Memorial University Medical Center, where he succumbed on May 2.

“Goodman was reportedly shot after a verbal altercation with a group of males,” police say. “Investigators do not believe this crime is a random act and are following leads to identify suspects.”

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Iowa Street and Long Avenue, finding Patterson with a gunshot wound. Patterson was transported to Memorial University Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries,” police say.

Patterson was reportedly walking on Iowa Street when shots were fired. Investigators say they do not believe this crime is a random act.

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The adult male victims reportedly arrived at about 7 p.m., “to purchase shoes advertised on Facebook by a male subject previously unknown to them. One victim, upon exiting his vehicle, was met by two males with guns. The victim complied when the armed men demanded his possessions. The suspects then robbed the four remaining victims of shoes, cell phones, jewelry and cash,” police say.

Detectives are investigating the shooting of a 16-year-old female on Tuesday night. “At about 9 p.m. Metro and EMS responded to Robin Hood Drive near Friar Tuck Drive, where the victim sought help after being shot at undetermined location.

“The victim has been uncooperative with investigators. Detectives do not believe this is a random shooting,” report police.

One suspect drove off in the victim’s vehicle. The other fled in the stolen silver Nissan Sentra in which the suspects arrived. This victim’s vehicle was recovered on the 100 block of Spring Street. Both suspects are described as black males in their mid-20s..

Woman arrested for April 21 killing

Annette Flood, 52, was identified as the suspect in the stabbing death of Bobby Burns, 62, on April 21, in the 600 block of East 39th St. Flood turned herself in at SCMPD Headquarters on Wednesday, May 4. She is charged with felony murder, aggravated assault and possession of a knife during the commission of a crime.

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news & Opinion News of the weird Jail Is Hell

The eye-catching Vietnamese model and Playboy (Venezuela edition) Playmate Angie Vu complained to the New York Daily News in April that her five-plus months in jail in Brooklyn have been “torture” and “cruel” because of her lack of access to beauty care. Vu is fighting extradition to France for taking her 9-year-old daughter in violation of the father’s custody claim and is locked up until a federal judge rules. Among her complaints: “turning pale” in the “harsh light”; lack of “Guerlain’s moisturizer”; inability to look at herself for months (because glass mirrors are prohibited); and “worrying” about being hit on by “lesbians” (thus causing “wrinkles”). At least, she told the reporter, she has found God in jail and passes time reading the Bible.

Questionable Judgments

• Chef Mahbub Chowdhury pleaded guilty in April to food and hygiene violations in Swindon (England) Magistrates Court after inspectors found “brown fingerprints” in the kitchen at his Yeahya Flavour of Asia carry-out restaurant.

Chowdhury was candid about his “cultural” habit of bypassing toilet paper and using his hand to clean himself. The plastic bottle with the fingerprints, Chowdbury said, contained water that he normally used instead of the toilet paper, and his lawyer argued that since the bottle was never actually lab-tested, the brown spots could have been “spices.”

• England’s Brighton and Hove City Council, striving to be progressive, issued a directive to parents of new school students (kids as young as age 4) calling on them to mark the gender identity they prefer— and notes that any child who identifies as other than male or female should leave the space blank and consult with officials individually. (Critics, according to The Sun, expressed that school should be for “developing” such identities without the necessity of declaring them so early in life.)

Unclear on the Concept

• “Zero tolerance” claimed another victim, in Charlotte, North Carolina, in April, when Jaden Malone, 12, came to his bullied friend’s aid, was knocked down himself

(2) Brooklyn, New York, “prophet” Yakim and repeatedly punched in the head by Manasseh Jordan told followers recently the bully, and pushed the boy off of him to that he has arranged with God to bring avoid further damage—but was himself people back from the dead if they—cheersuspended for three days by his charter fully—offer a “miracle favor cloud” of gifts school Invest Collegiate. A school official as low as $1,000. (3) James David Manpointed out that the bully got five days, ning, chief pastor of the Atlah Worldwide and besides, the policy against “all” physiMissionary Church in Harlem, in a recent cal violence is very clear. (After having Jaden treated for a concussion, his mother online sermon, stepped up his usual antigay rhetoric, warning “sodomites” that promptly withdrew him from the school.)

God would soon send • Ms. Madi Barney, 20, flames “coming out of courageously publicly your butthole.” (A gay reported her own rape accuand transgender support sation recently in Provo, group is fundraising to Utah, and as a result has Let officers buy Atlah’s building and been disciplined as a student park their set up a shelter.) at Brigham Young Univercars at home! sity for allegedly violating Police Report the school’s “honor code.”

• The Tap Inn bar (She is barred from within Billings, Montana, drawing from courses or released April 11 surveilre-registering.) Whether the lance video of the armed sex was consensual must be robbery staged by two investigated by Provo police, men and a woman (still but BYU officials said they on the lam), showing two had heard enough to charge liplocked customers at Barney with the no-no of the bar, lost in affectionpremarital sex. (Critics ate embrace during the decried the advantage BYU entire crime, seemingly thus gives rapists of BYU oblivious of danger. The females—since the women face the additional fear of university repri- robbers, perhaps impressed by the couple’s passion, ignored them—even while emptysals irrespective of the criminal case.) ing the cash register just a few feet away.

Latest Religious Messages • Andru Jolstad, 26, was arrested on • Idaho’s law protecting fundamentalApril 16 and charged with using a pry ist faith healers regained prominence bar to break into the cash boxes of four recently in the case of Mariah Walton, 20, machines at Zap’s Arcade in Mesa, Ariwho was born with a routinely repairable zona. Following citizen tips, a cop arrived heart defect but who received only prayer to find Jolstad on his knees alongside one and herbs because of her parents’ religious machine with his arm still inside. His rejection of doctors. Walton’s now-irretotal take from the spree was $18, and he’ll versible damage leaves her frail and depen- likely be sent back to prison from an eardent on portable oxygen, and she will likely lier charge. need lung and heart transplants to survive. Idaho and five other states immunize Yee-Hah! (1) Transportation Security Adminparents from criminal prosecution if they istration announced on April 27 that its reject medical care on the ground of reliscreeners had confiscated 73 guns from gious teachings. passengers’ carry-ons—in just the previ• Latest From Evangelicals: (1) Christian political activist David Barton told his ous seven days! (Sixty-eight were loaded, and 27 had a round in the chamber.) (2) “WallBuilders” radio audience recently Federal regulators were deliberating in that Disney’s anthropomorphic characApril whether to stop Minnesota’s Ideal ters (e.g., Bambi) are simply gateways to Conceal from rolling out its two-shot, .380 kids’ learning Babylonian pagan worship.

caliber handgun disguised as a smartphone. Several police chiefs, and two U.S. senators, have expressed alarm. (3) Jeffrey Grubbs, 45, was charged with two felonies in March following a school’s 4-H Club carpentry project at which he (lacking a hammer) pounded a thumbtack into wood with the butt of his loaded handgun.

Perspective

California’s forests host major marijuana-growing operations (legal and illegal), and though the product has its virtues, cannabis farming creates massive problems—guzzling water (23 liters per day per plant—state drought or not) and needing the protection of a dangerous rodenticide. A state wildlife official told NBC News that cannabis sites “use massive amounts of fertilizers, divert natural run-off waters, create toxic run-off waste and byproducts, remove large amounts of vegetation and trees, ... create ... unstable soils and kill or displace wildlife.”

Drugs! Anything They Can’t Do?

(1) Police in the Augusta, Georgia, suburb of Hephzibah arrested a meth-addled Ray Roye for battery and family violence against his wife in March. Roye was yelling about custody of their child, but his wife informed police they don’t have a child.

(2) Johnnie Hurt, 38, was arrested after reportedly eating mulch from a motel’s landscaping in London, Kentucky, in April while missing a court-ordered drug test.

When police arrived, Hurt was found in his wildly trashed a motel room.

A News of the Weird Classic (March 2012)

Each year, the town of Chumbivilcas, Peru, celebrates the new year with what to Americans might seem “Festivus”-based, but is actually drawn from Incan tradition. For “Takanakuy,” during background singing and dancing, all townspeople with grudges from the previous 12 months settle them with often-bloody fistfights so that they start the new year clean. Said one villager, “Everything is solved here, and afterward we are all friends.”

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Son Little’s Big Shine

Get to know up-and-coming soul sensation Aaron Livingston

by Anna Chandler

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MAY 11-17, 2016

The last 18 months have been a whirlwind for Aaron Livingston, a.k.a. Son Little. While the rise of his nu-soul sound has been cited as an “overnight success,” Livingston laughingly scoffs at the suggestion.

“That’s absolutely false,” he clarifies with a light laugh.

The Los Angeles native has been hard at work, pushing himself, collaborating, and getting his music out in the open for years. Sure, he’s on a slew of huge festival lineups this summer and has become an NPR favorite (he was even a judge for their annual Tiny Desk Contest), but he has put in the time to earn his spot as one of Amer18 ica’s hottest new artists.

As a kid, Livingston’s early musical sights were set on the saxophone; after some time exploring woodwinds, he eventually found his way to the bass guitar, dodging six-string guitar in the process (“Everyone wants to play guitar,” he notes wryly). As he moved to Manhattan and then Philadelphia to attend college, he got involved in the local music scenes, attending open mics and jams and sharing original sounds that, previously, hadn’t really made it out of his bedroom.

“I learned a lot,” Livingston says of a particular jam night he frequented. “In that time, I was hearing a lot of criticism…I was getting a little more confident, working away at it.”

As he learned more about improvisation, Livingston met and began collaborating with fellow Philadelphia residents

The Roots. After earning a vocal credit for “Guns Are Drawn” on 2004 LP The Tipping Point, he contributed his talents to the iconic hip-hop/soul band’s 2011 album Undun.

Looking back, 2011 was a crucial year for Livingston’s career: in October, he teamed up with another Philadelphian, indie hiphop artist RJD2, for an indie-funk project called Icebird (he’d previously lent his vocals to RJD2’s groovy “Crumbs Off The Table” in 2010). For RJD2, it was a significant release, earning the prolific musician praise for a new turn during a tepid time. Celebrated for its genre-blurring, the release had everyone asking, “Who is Aaron Livingston?” He answered in the form of an EP, Things I Forgot, the first music made as Son Little.

With stomp-claps, jangly percussion, vocals treated with a little vintage-radio grit, and bass-heavy guitar, the EP captured the now-definitive Son Little sound: timelessly catchy soul with a distinctly right-now feel. Daptone Records fans can gobble it up, and so can those RJD2

fanatics who dug the experimentation on Icebird’s The Abandoned Lullaby.

Son Little is often categorized as “new soul”—implying that soul music slipped away somewhere after its ‘60s-‘70s heyday.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame defines soul as “music that arose of out the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, secular testifying.”

There’s nothing inherently dated about the essence of soul music; its king, James Brown, may have passed on, but Livingston insists that our concept of what soul is, was, and should be is holding us back.

“To me, [soul music] just means that there’s no intent other than to express yourself. I think “nu-soul,” “neo-soul,” is sort of looking backwards. I don’t really think that soul music has a time; it’s about what you’re saying and how you’re feeling. I’ve learned things about music from things I heard in different eras, but I always want to look forward and express what’s in my heart right now.”

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“To me, [soul music] just means that there’s no intent other than to express yourself.

I think “nu-soul,” “neo-soul,” is sort of looking backwards.

I don’t really think that soul music has a time; it’s about what you’re saying and how you’re feeling.”

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anti-guitar player,” preferring technique that isn’t overshadowed by flash.

“I’m always drawn to the sounds of rhythm players as much as lead players,” he discloses. “Some of my favorite lead players, like Hendrix or Carlos Santana, they’re all great rhythm players. I think I naturally gravitate toward that.”

He likes to use the electric guitar’s versatility to its fullest, coaxing piano and organ-inspired sounds from the Records debut. “Lay Down” boasts gentle instrument. guitar and smooth, subtle organ strains “I have a good time playing around with under call-and-response vocals beckoning that,” he adds. a sweetheart to get a little closer—it’s a perWith a crop of festival dates throughfect tune to kick off a romantic dinner and out summer (the band’s already enjoyed evening in. Songs like “O Mother” marry a benchmark performance at Austin City Livingston’s smooth croon and contempo- Limits and had a blast at Bonnaroo last rary R&B touches to make a delicate slow- year), Livingston promises that Son Little burner of a number. is ready to give The Jinx “one hundred “I came to Anti with a lot of songs,” Livand fifty percent” on their way to Atlanta’s ingston says. “The idea was to polish and Shaky Knees Festival. finish the demos, but I guess I get bored. I No Son Little show is exactly alike; the got restless, so I ended up kind of scrapping frontman likes to make things interesting a bunch of stuff, starting from scratch. I for himself and his audience. just kind of started over. I think sometimes “Some songs I’ll probably never sing the that’s easier, to write a new song than to fix same way twice,” he says. “Sometimes, an old one.” parts that were guitar parts become keyThe final results weren’t a total deparboard parts, those keyboard parts become ture from the initial demos, but they capguitar parts. It’s just a matter of feeling out tured a freshness that Livingston felt the what seems right for the players and what originals were lacking. the song wants.”

“It’s not dissimilar,” he says. “I just think What can Savannah expect from the risthat it sort of adds some aha moments I ing star’s first Hostess City set? wanted to capture in time. Even if I have “Come and find out,” Livingston invites a lot of songs people haven’t heard, they’ll slyly. cs be new to everyone else, but not me. But I like the feeling of releasing stuff I’m really MusicFile Productions Presents: Son Little, Miquel excited about, too.”

Mouré Son Little’s live setup includes drums, bass, two guitars, and occasional synths When: Friday, May 13, 9:30 p.m. handled by the drummer and bassist.

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Five Questions: Adam Turla of Murder By Death by anna chandler

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SAVANNAH adores Murder By Death, and lucky for us, they love us right back. The Bloomington, Indiana band entered its 16th year of existence in 2016; they’re headlining festivals and selling out all across the country, but they still love moseying down to Congress Street to play The Jinx—the smallest club in the whole world that they play at this point in their career.

Last time they were here, the band was gearing up to release a seventh studio album, Big Dark Love. Adam Turla’s deep, Cash-style vocals and Sarah Balliet’s signature cello strains remind audiences that it’s a Murder By Death record, but there’s a poppier sensibility on that release that amped up their usual roots-influenced Gothic sound. With more instrumentation and a tougher approach, Big Dark Love is an exciting chapter in the MBD catalog.

For 16 years, Murder by Death has honed a sound part-Americana, part rock, part folk, and entirely one-of-a-kind. Photo by Greg Whitaker.

The band’s cut back on their typically demanding touring schedule to write and rest up. Turla and Balliet are happy in their of ideas, so I better just write this out and On moving to Louisville, Kentucky: time we were at our best on this album. new Kentucky home and look forward come up with something.’

Sometimes it’s the new one—we like hearto heading South for a weekend at Shaky It’s been two years, almost to the day.

Sometimes you end up writing to entering that. You want to feel relevant. I get Knees Festival.

We’re home, working on fixing up an old tain yourself—it can be so boring to be by people who think our first album that we We caught up with Turla on the latest house. It’s been really fun, and it’s just a yourself for a week—so you dig into yourslapped together as a bunch of sophomores record, the fruits of physical labor (he’s ton of work. I’ve been doing eight, twelve self and say, ‘What do I have to offer?’ in college saying, ‘That’s your best work’— renovating a house!), and how time off hour days. It’s awesome, it’s so different One thing I love to explore with this it’s definitely not! It’s interesting to hear allows him to experiment with all kinds of than touring. It’s a pleasure to be outside writing session is I like to see what hapthe different perspectives. songwriting techniques. working all day. pens when you’re doing multiple versions People seemed to like [Big Dark Love]; On touring less: of writing. We do experimental work the tour we did was most successful tour On Big Dark Love’s evolved sound: together in a group more for certain songs; we ever had.

Right now, our situation is that we’re others, I’ll bring finished to the group.

Every time we release an album, we pretty much taking the rest of year off folOn returning to The Jinx: We used to write songs back in the day lowing a couple festivals and stuff like that. where we’d get together, a bunch of people say it’s really different. Then, when we It’s such a fun way to start up! It’s the We haven’t really given ourselves much of and instruments, and wait until somebody look back on them, they’re not wildly diffirst day of a four-day weekend. a break in our history of 16 years; it’s sort of comes up with a line. We haven’t done that ferent: the heart of the band is always in The Jinx is the smallest club we play. there, always. Each project, looking at it a necessary breather before we start think- style in so long. That way is somewhat Really. It’s the smallest club we play in the definitively, producers naturally have a ing about writing again. tedious, you can work a day and come up world, in terms of amount of tickets we sell.

The typical thing would be to do this with nothing interesting, but to allow our- sound that might be a little different, but There’s something fun about that; it’s a bit the sounds and people are still the same. weekend, take couple weeks off, get to selves the time do to something like that, With this one, we were trying to do certain of a roots show. The people at Jinx treat us writing immediately, book studio time, find a song or two like that, you come up start planning the album release tour. This with different songs than when you write a things differently—there are songs that are really well.

It’s going to be a fun show. We’re playing way, we have more time in different secsong by yourself. Doing that, you tend to be some of our very early stuff, songs that are totally new, songs that fit the more general stuff from all our albums. We’ve practiced tions the cycle of an album. I feel like, for really organized—‘I’m gonna streamline over 50 songs for the tour, so we’re really sound of band. me, that will just benefit the writing more this and edit it down based on the organicovered so we’re not just doing same set Basically, the same way with all our than anything. zation of how a song should be’—but when records, some people say it’s their favorite, every night. We have no idea what we’ll you’re kind of just letting something hapOn songwriting: play that night! It depends on what people some don’t like it as much. When you’re pen, you get weird bridges and things that want to hear. We’ll feel it out. CS might not have made it in if you didn’t start releasing a seventh album, it’s certainly It’s impossible for us to write on the harder than releasing an earlier album. saying, ‘I really like this part; how do we road—there’s no opportunity to have time Some people have an idea of what they’re work it into the song?’

Murder By Death, Saintseneca to yourself. For me, I think, it’s better to going to hear; you can never get in someMy hope is, after we take a break and say, ‘Okay, now I’m going to just write.’ one’s head. We literally get people that very When: Thursday, May 12, 10 p.m. it’s time for me to start digging, I want Where: The Jinx One thing I’ve done in past is go out confidently tell us how one specific album to approach a bunch of different ways of Cost: $20 via ticketfly.com into the woods, leave for a week and say, is clearly our best work—people have said writing.

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An Evening with Verlon Thompson

@Tybee Post Theater

Spend Friday night with an American songwriting star. Binger, Oklahoma native Verlon Thompson has made a name for himself cowriting and touring with icon Guy Clark; now, Thompson’s taking his own show on the road, playing solo up and down the East Coast.

You may not know Thompson’s name, but you have more than likely heard his songs: the talented musician is a prolific songwriter, having spent the last 30 years penning hits for Jimmy Buffett and Alan Jackson, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Dierks Bentley, Kenny Rogers, Trisha Yearwood, Pam Tillis, Del McCoury Band, Hal Ketchum, Tracy Byrd, Sam Bush, and many, many more.

He’s also an in-demand guitarist and flatpicker who’s recorded with the likes of Restless Heart, Pam Tillis, and, of course, Guy Clark. In addition to touring, performing and recording with Clark, Verlon co-produced the Grammynominated album Cold Dog Soup, as well as The Dark, Workbench Songs, and Somedays the Song Writes You. Thompson’s carved his name into the Nashville scene thanks to a lifetime of hard work it’s high time Savannah starts talking about him, too.

Friday, May 13, 8 p.m., $20, $18 for Theater members, all-ages Verlon Thompson

St. John’s Church, Episcopal invites you to the last Choral Evensong of the season on

Grandpa’s Cough Medicine @Barrelhouse South

From the moment we heard “hardcore power grass,” Grandpa’s Cough Medicine piqued our interest. Blending Hank III-approved outlaw influences with bluegrass and boot-stompin’ beats, the Florida trio promises a great show to start your weekend.

From tales of heartbreak and devotion to drinking songs, the band digs into standard country/roots lyrical fare while spicing it up with modern twists and a healthy infusion of humor.

Their latest and third album, 180 Proof, featured the likes of Jason Carter, Aaron Till, Hank III, and Isaac Corbitt as guests. Having featured players of that caliber is certainly great, but the members of Grandpa’s Cough Medicine have their own feathers in their caps: banjo player Mike Coker was the 2015 Rockygrass banjo champion, and Brett Bass was the 2015 Rockygrass flatpick guitar champion.

They’ll perform in Savannah with Southern groove rockers LoveChunk.

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Head to The Foundery on Saturday afternoon to support One Love Animal Rescue, the Lowcountry’s premiere animal rescue nonprofit. One Love partners with other rescue groups, shelters, and the community to help abandoned, neglected, and abused animals find their forever homes.

With an emphasis on responsible pet ownership, the organization has paired countless pets with loving human companions.

Organized by local musician/belly dancer/seamstress Nicole Edge and One Love’s Karrie Bulski, the Paws for a Cause event offers a full day of live entertainment, coffee, baked goods, auctioned prizes, and crafts.

Expect belly dance performances from Edge, Gigi, Yavanna, Maya, and Mahree, salsa dance from Leslie Furman, and live music from Samba Savannah, Phillip Wise, Basik Lee, Greg Rettig, and Dead Oak. Shop crafts and wares from an eclectic array of vendors, dig into a sweet treat from the bake sale table, and enjoy a Cup to Cup coffee from the bar.

If you are a vendor interested in participating in the event, contact Edge at kleokatt@gmail.com by May 12. All proceeds go directly to One Love Animal Rescue.

Saturday, May 14, 12 p.m.-6 p.m., free, all-ages

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The Pessimists

Heck yeah, Brazilian punk! The Pessimists are coming all the way from São Paulo to serve up clanging, reverb-drenched, no-holds-barred walls of guitar with catchily furious call-and-response vocals. Super-fun stuff for punx, post-punx, rock ‘n’ rollers, and garage-rockers alike.

Three Savannah bands join ‘em for a $5 show: Greta O and The Toxic Shock, Sherman’s Boot (recently rebooted to redefine Southern cultural identity and stomp, stomp, stomp), and hardcore three-piece Feeding Tube.

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Just paint it

by Jessica Leigh Lebos

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I’ve found that creating this mural has been very therapeutic for me,” wrote the artist in a statement.

“When presented with this opportunity, I figured what better way to mirror the amount of the generosity I’ve been shown than to do the same for a great cause in the community. The JEA offers so much to all walks of life, and it’s my hope that this mural will give back in the way they do every day.”

Established over a hundred years ago as a club for Savannah’s Jewish community, the JEA now serves as a cultural center, preschool, summer camp and vital hub for family and children’s services for the entire city.

“We are always looking to collaborate with other non-profits that have a need, and we emphasize service projects at our summer camps and afterschool programs,”

says the JEA’s Berwitz.

“To have a non-profit identify a need that we have, well, it’s just been terrific.”

This isn’t the first time Selby has answered a community’s call for support with art. In 2014, she established the project Just Paint as a response to vandalism at White Bluff Elementary School, which left students and teachers with a terrible mess and sense of defeat. Selby enlisted several artists and volunteers as well as students to create a mural in the school cafeteria, where they would be reminded every day of their talents and how much good people can do when they gather together to help.

Using public art as a way to engage and unite citizens as well as provide local artists with a way to increase their exposure, Selby believes the impact of Just Paint comes from more than the murals.

“I create these projects because I want

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Forty-three feet is a long way up.

But big walls don’t daunt Cierra Selby, who jumped at the chance to create a mural on a blank space behind the Jewish Educational Alliance on Abercorn last month.

Selby isn’t an artist, but that didn’t deter her, either. When the 24 year-old community activist learned the space was available after attending a recent JEA panel on non-profit partnerships for young professionals, she put the afternoon’s advice into action. Immediately.

“After the panel, I took a tour of the facility, and when we got outside near the basketball courts, [Administrative Director] Anna Berwitz kind of mentioned in

passing that they’d always wanted a mural out there,” says Selby of the community center’s outbuildings.

Within days, Selby had recruited a painter, Danielle Gusby, as well as rallied volunteers and secured sponsorships for the project. Ladders were acquired, gallons of paint purchased.

A few short weeks after a community painting party that gathered more than 60 people to help color in Gusby’s vision, the 43’x35’ panorama is complete. What had been a dingy beige wall for decades now blooms with trees, bees, hearts, rainbows and a large book that pays tribute to the Jewish concept of “Tikkun Olam,” the “repairing of the world” through social action and justice.

For Gusby, participating in the public art project helped heal personal tragedy.

“After the recent loss of my newborn,

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Originally from New York, Selby graduated from Savannah Arts Academy and went on to earn a business and marketing degree from Clark Atlanta University.

Knowing intuitively that the corporate route wasn’t for her, she returned to

Savannah a few years ago to serve a year with AmeriCorps, the federal program that promotes civic involvement by way of various public service projects. That introduced her to local good works organizations like Hands On Savannah, which helped provided a grant for the paint for the JEA mural.

Hands On Savannah also connected her with legions of local volunteers looking for ways to give back—an important resource when she launched Just Paint.

“The purpose of the Just Paint project is to bring people together—kids, the elderly, local businesses and community members—for an interaction that reminds them

Hands On Savannah provided a grant for the paint; more than 60 volunteers put in the work.

how powerful it is to help others,” she says.

With two murals under her belt, Selby plans to organize more opportunities for Savannah to create public art together— though it might be a while until the next one. She’s leaving for New York this summer to attend a yearlong Master’s of Public Administration program that she hopes will fill her toolbox with even more skills and tips on how to inspire people with her message: “Whatever talents you possess, there is something you could be doing to help the world around you, all while gaining a clearer understanding of your role in it.” cs

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The fibers of her being

Yan Cao’s show at Oglethorpe squares the circle of Chinese heritage and culture

By Kayla Goggin

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MAY 11-17, 2016

FIBERS ARTIST Yan Cao sees circles everywhere.

Poploquize, Cao’s first solo exhibition opening at Oglethorpe Gallery on Friday, May 13, is full of them. Glimmering circles of silver needles snaking their way through near-invisible monofilament thread; the tight spiral of a typhoon’s eye rendered in ruffled fabric and plastic bags; the sinister perfection of the storm’s funnel summoned in cotton and organza.

“I use the circle because it’s simple and important in traditional Chinese culture,” Cao tells me. “It symbolizes the beginning and the end, but it keeps going just like our own lives.”

It’s the kind of platitude I’ve heard offered by plenty of yogis and well-meaning hippies, falling from their mouths with a hollowness that belies the emptiness of their optimism.

But Cao is sincere. She talks often about the importance of patience and a peaceful mind; something she says she learned from her grandmother and which her art forces her to constantly practice.

It took Cao three weeks just to dress the loom to create “Endless”, a threepanel work made from clear monofilament threads. The piece, which features a fractured circle outlined in needles, is a testament to Cao’s dedication to her craft and an artifact of her meditative creative process.

When she works, she says, she’s looking for peace of mind.

But while pieces like “Endless” are evocative of the calmness of Cao’s meditative state, the works in her “Typhoon” series spin the circle motif out into something more insidious.

Before she came to SCAD to get her MFA in Fibers, Cao lived in Zhejiang, China with her grandmother. They lived together in an old house on the coast, an area which was frequently hit by typhoons.

“I got the idea for these pieces from a memory. In 2006, a typhoon almost destroyed my hometown,” she explains.

“For three days we had no water and no electricity. I was staying in my grandma’s house and I could hear the houses around us shaking. Because the house was so old, 28 the water kept coming in. I was using a

Yan Cao’s work evokes circles of nature, and circles of philosophy.

basket and a towel to keep it out; I kept doing that overnight.

“I asked my grandmother, ‘Can we stop the waves? Can we stop the rain?’ but my grandmother said, ‘You cannot do anything. Just try your best and be patient.’”

After the storm, Cao says her whole neighborhood came together to clear the streets of debris. The process was very calm. These people had weathered many storms, they’d accepted the process of destruction and repair as a natural part of the life cycle of their environment.

“I think it may be because of Chinese traditional culture,” Cao says as she relays the memory to me. “Chan thinking, especially. Chan has really inspired my work. I want to translate it into my work.”

She’s referring to Chan Buddhism, a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism which is the spiritual parent of Japanese Zen Buddhism.

Chan emphasizes the idea of personal awakening through patience. Its followers believe that spirituality is all-encompassing, extant all around us. In the pantheon of Chan beliefs, achieving peace of mind is key to reaching spiritual fulfillment.

Cao’s artistic process is infused with this belief. As she dresses her loom and crochets her yarn she’s thinking about the ebb and flow of life, the futility of pushing against the cyclical current.

“The moon becomes round and waxes or wanes and the flowers bloom and then are gone. Like old people die and new babies come, everything is circling, repeating, repeating. That’s what I’m thinking about when I’m weaving, knitting

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Maybe viewers sense these silent stories in Cao’s work. Often, people will come up to her and tell her what memories the pieces have stirred up in their minds. “[Typhoon] reminds people of lots of different beautiful memories that they share with me,” she explains.

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and crocheting. Everything repeats and repeats,” she says.

There’s peace even in this moment, in the rhythm of her words. We’re sitting outside, talking and drinking coffee like we’ve each done a hundred times and will do a hundred more. Fractals of sunlight flit across her white blouse, casual reminders of the day slipping by.

Though Cao’s fibers may have the appearance of sieves, they actually function to capture memories–the moments before and after peace of mind is achieved.

For the artist, her fabrics are a living diary.

“I collect fabric from my friends because it reminds me of people and experiences.

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Melange — Kipling Collins displays his recent paintings, and proceeds benefit United Ministries of Savannah Emmaus House May 13-June 3. Reception Fr. May 13, 5-8 p.m.

Location Gallery, 417 Whitaker St. Out of the Fire — Opening Reception of “Out of the Fire”, a juried group exhibition by the SCAD Ceramics Club. The works exemplify the dynamic creative potential of clay as a medium, and showcase the design skills of the Savannah College of Art and Design’s ceramics students. May 12-14. free and open to the public Fri., May 13, 6-9 p.m. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull Street.

Under the Umbrella — A glimpse into a social and political injustice that took place on the streets of Hong Kong in fall of 2014.

The showcase of images and a small print run of books have been curated to bring the best understanding on a much larger issue still affecting Hong Kong today. Fri., May 13, 6-9 p.m. 7Non-Fiction Gallery, 1522 Bull St .

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Boxed In/Break Out — Tricia Cookson has been selected to install a site-specific work. This project encouraged artists to propose a creative installation that activates six windows at the Jepson Center (facing Barnard Street) with original artwork. Cookson’s installation features colored cotton cord stretched in various patterns that progress from chaos to cohesion in the windows.

Through Aug. 28. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.

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Carrie Mae Weems: Considered — Exhibition by deFINE ART 2016 honoree and keynote speaker Carrie Mae Weems that brings together a range of her work that is both provocatively disparate and deeply connected.

SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

Elvis at 21: Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer — Taken during the year Elvis Presley turned 21, Alfred Wertheimer’s photographs are a remarkable visual record of rock ‘n’ roll’s most enduring figure. Through Oct. 2.

Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Kim Miller and Brian Attaway — Kim Miller draws inspiration from the landscapes of Work by Kipling Collins is highlighted at Location Gallery, benefitcoastal Georgia to create ting Emmaus House. Reception is this Friday evening. mixed media and acrylic paintings with rich color Prints from the Collection — This and texture. Ceramics artist Brian Attaway exhibit features approximately 40 European takes a humorous approach to his craft, inspired by the human condition. Gallery 209, and American works dating from the 16th century through 1945 and includes works by 209 E River St. Rembrandt, Cezanne, Degas, Renoir, Goya, and others. Telfair Academy of Arts and SciLandings Art Association Annual ences, 121 Barnard St. Spring Show — Landings Art Association

Annual Spring Show, 135 entries, 8 different mediums. Judged by SCAD Professor Stephen Gardner. Reception at Plantation Club Gallery, The Landings at Skidaway Island.

Public invited, cash bar, hor d’oeuvres. Entire show online April 22 to May 31 at landingsart.com. $5.00 The Plantation Club (at The Landings), Skidaway Island.

Landmark: A Decade of Collecting at the Jepson Center — To celebrate the remarkable strides made in collecting during the Jepson Center era, this exhibition highlights 10 of the most significant acquisitions made from 2006 to the present.

Through Aug. 14. telfair.org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. On The Way — MacKenzie Mercurio and Ira Talanchuk present a photographic journey of two artists viewing the world similarly and separately through their camera phones. The Florence, 1 B West Victory Drive.

Parish Kohanim — Parish is an award winning commercial photographer and has been a Canon “Explorer of Light” since 1994.

Galerie 124, 124 East Taylor Street.

Randy Akers and Fran Kaminsky — Randy Akers shows his textural, abstract paintings from four bodies of work. Fran Kaminsky will display her sculptures. A portion of sales will support Hospice Savannah’s extra programs and services not covered

by Medicare or other insurances. Hospice Savannah, 1352 Eisenhower Dr. Savannah Point of View — The exhibition includes thirty-one original works presented in photography, acrylics, oil pastel, mixed medium, wood and stoneware. Cultural Arts Gallery, 9 W. Henry St. Somewhere in the Middle of Nowhere — Stacie Jean Albano displays her recent landscape oil paintings. Reception May 20, 6-8 p.m. Through June 1.Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now — Snapshot of the unusually diverse and nuanced range of artwork created by contemporary artists in diverse communities across America.

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NEW TO ONE of the hottest up-andcoming districts in Savannah, The Vault Kitchen and Market looks to be a cornerstone for the people of the Starland District, similar to the bank which once occupied its current space.

The latest from the local super restaurant group built by Ele and Sean Tran, this space promises to continue being a staple in this community for years to come. One of their first attempts at accomplishing that task was their decision to incorporate a number of the major interior design elements left when the bank closed into the layout of the restaurant.

The big vault door towards the back of the restaurant holds a more intimate seating area, also hinting towards the restaurant’s name and intention.

Ele and Sean continue to rewrite the script in a way that’s original in atmosphere and fearless in approach. Their restaurants are usually fresh in design and unique in methodology, and they carry out these intentions through consistent execution.

Honestly, the best spring roll I’ve had in a minute. Photos by Melissa delynn

I’m always impressed with how their ever growing number of local restaurants remain true to their intention. And The Vault does not disappoint.

Depending on what you are in the mood for, you can either scan their culturally vibrant main menu, or you can have a sushi experience and find some creative house rolls to pair with some traditional ones.

The first time I tried their spot, I went with their “main” menu, just so I could taste some of their traditional inspirations.

Immediately I could feel the menu dripping with Thai spices and flavors.

But I was surprised to see a few things I’m not used to, like Korean BBQ tacos and roasted duck dumplings. So I grabbed an order of dumplings to start, and while I waited ate a few bites of my girlfriend’s vegetarian spring rolls.

Honestly, the best spring roll I’ve had in a minute. Execution was the theme in every course, as the dumplings and spring rolls were cooked to perfection.

When you are deciding on your entree, the menu design navigates through separating the dishes by land and by sea. The by-land options all seemed rich with Thai flavors, whether you decide to dig into the grilled steak, acutely named the “Crying Tiger” served with a dry Rhai chili sauce, or the grilled pork, served at the perfect temperature, topped with a Lao hot sauce.

All of the main plates seemed packed with flavor and garnished with some serious spice.

The Vault serves chicken three different traditional ways, and the next time I eat here, I will be trying the “Chicken Claypot” which is topped with caramel sauce, curry Thai chili, ginger, Thai green eggplants, and rice.

This time around I landed by-sea, and the banana leaf steamed fish caught my attention right away. A large piece of white fish, steamed in a banana leaf with an herb mousse, and served in a bamboo steamer.

I added an order of sticky rice with it, as I incorporated that with the flavors of the

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The second time I landed in this spot, I decided to try their sushi menu. Their house rolls menu was full of creative rolls that I would suggest to the most novice of sushi eaters. Tempura shrimp, battered salmon and tuna, and baked eel provide a cooked option for those who may be on the fence of sushi.

They have a list of some classics, as well as a short list of fish to choose from for a traditional nigiri and sashimi. Reasonably priced, and again, the consistent execution of these dishes truly impressed me.

The service was spotty but this is to be expected from a restaurant that is just opening its doors. Here’s to hoping things improve in that department.

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///1 In the long run, it’s unlikely the notion of Team Cap or Team Iron Man will take root in the cultural lexicon in the same manner as, say, Team Beatles or Team Elvis or even Team Boxers or Team Briefs, but that’s mainly because Team Marvel trumps them both. In an era when superhero flicks hit theaters with the same frequency as bugs hit windshields, Captain America: Civil War still manages to rise above the fray and declare itself one of the finest pictures yet from Team Stan Lee. Or should this thing have been called Avengers: Civil War? It could certainly go both ways. With no less than 12 superheroes on display, this clearly isn’t a one-man show; at the same time, it’s apparent that Captain America (as always, played to perfection by Chris Evans) is the principal character in this chapter of the ongoing saga, more personally tied to the proceedings thanks to the involvement of his childhood friend Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), now known (and feared) as the Winter Soldier.

Directors Anthony Russo and Joe Russo and scripters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely are able to make Civil War feel like a direct follow-up to both 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier and 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron. Intriguingly, it shares narrative material with the lambasted Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, with a discussion of whether superheroes should be allowed to roam— and fight—as they please or whether there

should be some sort of governmental oversight when their actions lead to collateral damage. This issue comes to a head right at the beginning of this picture, as civilian deaths lead both the U.S. government (repped by William Hurt) and the United Nations to propose a resolution wherein the Avengers will only act when given permission by these bodies.

And here’s where the movie really starts to flex its intelligence, since it would be logical to assume that the patriotic, by-thebook Cap/Steve Rogers would be the one to agree to this and the arrogant, maverick Iron Man/Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) would be the one to snort and walk away.

But after the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, wherein Steve witnessed corruption at the highest levels of government, he’s no longer the all-trusting innocent, and he balks at this executive order. Stark, on the other hand, is haunted by a number of deaths—many at the hands of his creation Ultron—and he thinks that maybe the Avengers should be reined in a bit.

The line in the sand becomes even more pronounced once Bucky is fingered for a terrorist bombing and Rogers comes to his aid, thereby establishing himself and his allies as fugitives.

Some, like War Machine/James Rhodes (Don Cheadle) and Vision (Paul Bettany), strongly side with Iron Man. Others, such as the Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Hawkeye/Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner), firmly align themselves with Cap. And with heroes to

the left of her, heroes to the right, here’s Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), stuck in the middle. Black Widow (aka Natasha Romanoff) continues to be perhaps the most fascinating and complex character in this Marvel world order: smart, brave, witty, troubled, and able to read people and situations better than most of the others. She’s a dynamic figure—gee, you think somebody would give her a movie of her own.

There’s very little that Civil War does wrong. After Avengers: Age of Ultron, which allowed too much bloat to get in the way of some socko individual scenes, this one establishes a beautiful balance between quieter character-driven sequences and splashy action set-pieces (the airport skirmish goes on a tad too long for my liking, but since it’s clearly the movie’s showcase moment, others doubtless won’t complain). Tom Holland is introduced as the new Spider-Man/Peter Parker, and after the miscasting of Andrew Garfield in those underwhelming Amazing Spider-Hipster flicks, he’s simply divine, the geeky, motormouth teen we all know and love—along with Anthony Mackie’s Falcon/Sam Wilson and Paul Rudd’s AntMan/Scott Lang, he provides most of the film’s knowing laughs.

Also new to the roster is T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman, 42’s Jackie Robinson and Get On Up’s James Brown), African royalty who dons the sleek duds to fight crime as the Black Panther. T’Challa’s involvement in the proceedings ultimately becomes as personal as Steve’s, and he figures

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in many of the picture’s best moments.

Finally, there’s the villain of the piece: Zemo (Daniel Bruhl, so excellent as Rush’s Niki Lauda), an ordinary man as opposed to the godlike likes of Loki and Ultron.

Never missing a chance to add twisty issues of morality to their saga, Markus and McFeely provide even Zemo with enough backstory to make his reasons for his wrongdoing impossible to dismiss out of hand.

And, yes, there’s the requisite cameo by the one and only Stan Lee. The Marvel maestro has now clocked appearances in over two dozen superhero films, but his brief bit here ranks among the best. So does the movie itself.

KEANU

/// Yes, there are references to both Keanu Reeves and The Matrix in Keanu—heck, there’s even a gag related to the actor’s dopey action flick Point Break. First and foremost, though, the film is a cinematic coming-out party for Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, the popular comedians who hope to translate their television success into a motion picture career.

They’re off to a good start with Keanu, which may be ragged but delivers a hefty number of sizable laughs. The title refers

to an adorable kitten who’s such a heartmelting cutie that everyone who meets him wants to adopt him.

Initially the pet of a drug kingpin who gets killed, he ends up in the care of Rel (Peele), a pothead who finds comfort in the kitty following a nasty breakup. Rel’s best friend Clarence (Key), an upstanding guy with a fondness for George Michael tunes, is told by his wife (Nia Long) that he needs to cut loose and have more adventures in life—that’s exactly what happens when Keanu is kidnapped by yet another drug dealer, the intimidating Cheddar (Method Man), and Clarence accompanies Rel as the pair pose as hardcore gangsters (“Shark Tank” and “Tectonic”) in order to locate and rescue Keanu.

Yes, it’s the old “fish out of water” and ”mistaken identity” templates, but director Peter Atencio (helmer of the Key and Peele TV series) and scripters Alex Rubens (the show’s co-writer and co-producer) and Peele manage to come up with enough good lines (love Clarence being told that “you talk like Richard Pryor doing an imitation of a white guy”) and clever setpieces (the movie-homage calendar is uproarious and should be sold in stores) to show that this particular well hasn’t dried up quite yet.

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Certainly, there are some bits that are only so-so—Anna Faris turns up as Anna Faris, but her appearance lacks the punch of, say, Bill Murray as Bill Murray in Zombieland, and can we please call a moratorium on drug-induced dream sequences?—but between the breezy plotting, the high hit-to-miss ratio, and the appealing turns by the two leads, Keanu is frequently the cat’s meow.

hellhole, he proves to be an inspired casting choice. (And Trekkies will be amused to see Yelchin, Chekov in the new Star Trek flicks, matching wits with Jean-Luc Picard himself.)

There are a couple of late lapses in logic, and the final confrontation could use a bit more oomph. But overall, Green Room is a sterling example of locating and mining a rich vein in a well-worn premise.

GREEN ROOM

THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR

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/// Red-meat catharsis for Blue State moviegoers, Green Room demonstrates what happens when a group of alternative punk rockers are forced to mix it up with rightwing skinheads whose taste in décor leans toward swastikas and Confederate flags.

Short on depth but long on visceral thrills, it’s Old Testament moviemaking, with the adage about an eye for an eye expanding to also include arms, legs, torsos and, once killer dogs are introduced, even jugulars.

Desperately low on cash, the members of the East Coast band The Ain’t Rights— Pat (Anton Yelchin), Sam (Alia Shawcat), Reece (Joe Cole) and Tiger (Callum Turner)—find themselves stranded on the other side of the continent and accept a last-minute booking at a dilapidated backwoods club in the hopes of raising some gas money. The clientele, comprised of bigoted bruisers who would just as soon eat a kitten as pet one, aren’t exactly the target audience for The Ain’t Rights, but, hey, a gig’s a gig.

But as the band is leaving the venue following the performance, one member spots a murder in progress—one being committed by club employees—and suddenly, no one is allowed off the premises.

Darcy Banker (Patrick Stewart), the dapper yet despicable club owner, is summoned to issue the obvious directive: Kill every last band member, and also add Amber (Imogen Poots), the victim’s best friend, to the body count.

What follows is unsettling and exciting, a violent thriller that finds writer-director Jeremy Saulnier (whose previous picture, Blue Ruin, earned critical hosannas two years ago) milking the claustrophobic setting for maximum impact.

The film is grisly but not gratuitous, and any laughs are generated not by a jokey attitude toward the life-and-death struggle (as is the norm in many action films) but in the befuddled reactions of the young protagonists attempting to cope with a completely foreign situation. (There’s also a running gag of the “If you were stranded on a desert island” variety that leads to a couple of amusing payoffs.)

The performers picked to play both the heroes and the heavies sell the material, and while Patrick Stewart is just about the last actor we would expect to find bark36 ing orders at skinheads in a backwater

/1 If a studio is going to loosen the purse strings enough to hire the formidable trio of Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain, then why not do so for a worthy Oscar-bait title? Maybe something

by Shakespeare. Or Chekhov. Or a remake of The Women (oh, wait, Hollywood already remade — and botched — that one).

But corralling this titanic threesome and dumping them into something as inconsequential as The Huntsman: Winter’s War is only slightly less bothersome than if someone signed up Daniel DayLewis, George Clooney and Michael Fassbender to appear in yet another dimwitted Transformers sequel.

The Huntsman: Winter’s War is, of course, the follow-up to the 2012 sort-ofkind-of-maybe-a-hit Snow White and the Huntsman. While superior to that same year’s other Snow White saga, the torturous Mirror Mirror, SW&TH was itself only so-so, a Tolkien wannabe that succeeded partially on its interesting interpretation of Snow White (effectively, if occasionally awkwardly, played by Kristen Stewart) and primarily on a terrific performance by Theron as the evil Queen Ravenna.

With Stewart punished and booted out of the franchise for having an affair with the married director (showing we really haven’t come that far since the blacklisting of Ingrid Bergman in the late 1940s), the focus has shifted solely to the Huntsman, aka Eric (Chris Hemsworth), who, let’s face it, was arguably the dullest character in that first film.

Here, we follow the hunk through what’s initially a prequel to SW&TH before settling into being a sequel. Eric is paired with Sara (Chastain), a fierce huntswoman and his one true love, as they battle Ravenna’s little sister Freya (Emily Blunt as a wicked version of Frozen’s Elsa) and, eventually, a Ravenna who’s been resurrected from the dead.

As before, Theron dominates the proceedings; unfortunately, she has about as much screen time as the Jawas in Star Wars. Blunt’s frigid queen is the only character who goes through anything resembling a character arc, but she’s also sidelined for much of the film.

The bulk of the picture instead focuses on the woodland adventures of Eric and Sara, and it makes for an exceedingly

snoozy experience.

Narrative inertia sets in as these two bicker, battle a fakey CGI critter, bicker some more, team up with some spunky dwarfs, and finally make out a little bit.

Were I Rex Reed back in that brief period when he helmed that awful moviereview program opposite Bill Harris and then Dixie Whatley, I would have relished the opportunity to bellow, “Winter’s War?!? More like Winter’s Bore!!”

EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!

/// Everybody who wants some MTV, some Family Ties, some Purple Rain (to paraphrase Horatio to Hamlet, goodnight, sweet Prince, and flights of doves sing thee to thy rest), and some Maverick declaring his need for speed won’t find anything of the sort in Everybody Wants Some!!

Promoted as an ‘80s version of writerdirector Richard Linklater’s charmer about the 1970s, 1993’s Dazed and Confused, it’s actually more of a companion piece—since it’s set in 1980, it therefore captures the look and feel of the last gasps of the previous decade.

(After all, the 1980s we all know and love didn’t really ripen for another couple of years; check out 2010’s Hot Tub Time Machine for that representation).

Yet while Linklater’s new film might disappoint those about to break out their parachute pants and Members Only jackets to celebrate its opening, it will prove to be irresistible to those who don’t need nothin’ but a good time.

Taking place on the final days before classes begin in the fall, the movie follows affable freshman Jake (Blake Jenner) as he meets his fellow college baseball players (all shacked up in the same house) and falls for theater major Beverly (Zoey Deutch, playing basically the same role she essayed in that recent dirty diaper of a movie, Dirty Grandpa).

There isn’t much narrative momentum—no established third-act structure— to the picture, which is perfectly fine.

Rather than drumming up some moviemanufactured nonsense like a championship game to win as underdogs or a mystery for these meddling kids to solve with the aid of some doobie snacks, Linklater just has these students hanging out, with their greatest challenge turning out to be whether to attend a party or not.

It may be slight, but it’s also very funny, occasionally insightful, and a welcome throwback to those hallowed school daze.

THE JUNGLE BOOK

/// Forget “The Bare Necessities”; the bare fact of the matter is that Disney’s 1967 animated hit The Jungle Book, the most famous film version of Rudyard Kipling’s stories, is the least effective of the various

celluloid adaptations. Far better are the 1942 British production starring 18-yearold Sabu as Mowgli, the underrated 1994 take with 28-year-old Jason Scott Lee in the primary role, and, now, a new edition featuring 12-year-old newcomer Neel Sethi as the young boy raised by wolves.

This incarnation initially spends more time than the other versions on the wolf pack, as Raksha (voiced by Lupita Nyong’o) and Akela (Giancarlo Esposito) raise Mowgli alongside their cubs. But when the ferocious, man-hating tiger Shere Khan (Idris Elba) makes it clear that nothing will stop him from killing the boy, it’s decided that Mowgli will be taken to live with his own kind, escorted in his journey by his friend and protector, the noble panther Bagheera (Ben Kingsley).

But the trip doesn’t go as planned, with Mowgli finding himself alone and in the clutches of the snake Kaa (Scarlett Johansson) before he’s rescued by the garrulous bear Baloo (Bill Murray). Yet his troubles are just getting warmed up, as he still has to contend with a seemingly crazed ape named King Louie (Christopher Walken) as well as the ever-present threat of Shere Khan.

In much the same manner as Kenneth Branagh’s enchanting Cinderella last year, director Jon Favreau and scripter Justin Marks have crafted a film that manages to pay tribute both to the original tale as well as its animated adaptation. (You would think there wouldn’t be any room in this nonmusical version for “The Bare Necessities” and “I Wanna Be Like You.” You would be wrong.)

More importantly, their movie employs CGI to dazzling, seamless effect, resulting in an immersive viewing experience rather than the distancing sensation often created by motion pictures that live and die by the computer.

With the exception of Mowgli, everything else is artificial, from the lush jungle surroundings to the anthropomorphic animals surrounding the “man-cub” protagonist. It’s an immaculate presentation, further buoyed by John Debney’s catchy score. (Save your money, though, by nixing the 3-D option; it adds very little.)

The voice actors are appropriately cast, even if none really stand out in the manner of, say, Ratatouille’s Patton Oswalt or Aladdin’s Robin Williams. Idris is menacing as Shere Khan, Johansson is an interesting choice for Kaa, and Walken (he who possesses one of the most distinctive voices in Hollywood) gives us a Louie who almost belongs in a live-action gangster or horror flick. As for Murray, he’s an expected scene-stealer as Baloo, and I’m all for more Jungle Book pictures if it prevents him from lending his vocals to any more infernal Garfield atrocities. cs

Activism & Politics

13th Colony Patriots Conservative political activists that meet the 13th of each month. Dedicated to preserving the U.S. Constitution and life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. See Facebook page for meeting location. Free 13th of every month, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 912-604-4048. liveoakstore.com/tubbysthunderbolt.

Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. One of the Guys Guys, have you found yourself in a social rut, or just have a need for the art of conversation? Make a change in 2016.

The past decade a diverse group of guys have been getting together about every two weeks to share dinner and opinions on just about any topic. No membership requirements or dues. Just an open mind and willingness to expand your friendship base. For more information visit us on Facebook at Savannah Men’s Club, or if you prefer, email details/questions to savannahmensclub@gmail.com. ongoing.

Downtown Savannah, downtown.

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

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 Applications for Weave a Dream Initiative The City of Savannah’s Weave-A-Dream (WAD) Panel has issued a call for proposals for the 2016 Weave-A-Dream Cultural & Arts Projects initiative. Applications will be accepted through the calendar year, while funds are available. Programs are to be completed prior to December 31,

2016. The application must be submitted at least eight weeks prior to the start date of the project; the last date an application can be submitted is October 21, 2016.

Project funding is available up to $2,000 for specific and innovative arts, cultural, or heritage projects or presentations that have a measurable, quantifiable benefit to Savannah’s diverse populations. The Weave-A-Dream Panel seeks proposals that actively involve youth, seniors, and those who have limited access to arts based programs in Savannah. A priority of the WAD funding program is that organizations reach neighborhood communities, encompassing all city districts. To be eligible for consideration, an organization must be a non-profit, 501c3, head-quartered in Savannah’s corporate limits. Proposed programs must also be produced within the City’s corporate limits. No individual artist applications will be accepted. Agencies funded by the City of Savannah for 2016 are not eligible to apply. Applications are available at www.savannahga.gov/ arts. Applying organizations may request application materials and technical assistance by contacting Rebecca Brown at 912-651-6760 or rbrown02@savannahga. gov Through Oct. 21. City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs, 9 West Henry St. Call for Collegiate Chapters for Yeshua Next Generation Young adults between the ages of 21-25 with technical and people skills are needed to attend Savannah Chamber of Commerce events and to act as Overseers for collegiate chapters. Please contact Reverend Brenda Lee at (912) 236-3154, email:revbrendalee@ yahoo.com ongoing. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Call for Entries: MONO - A One of a Kind Printmaking Exhibition Sulfur Studios is now accepting entries for MONO, an exhibition featuring monoprints and monotypes. Any printmaking technique that results in a one of a kind work is eligible, including work that is experimental, sculptural or installation based. Entry fee is $20, $15 for artist members.

Entries due May 15 by Midnight. Artist notification May 19. Accepted entries must be delivered by June 4. Exhibition runs June 8-19. Opening reception June 10.

Contact us at exhibitions@sulfurstudios. org with any questions. $20 / $15 for Artist Members Through May 14. 912. 231. 7105. exhibitions@sulfurstudios.org. https:// facebook.com/events/541000192748917/. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull Street.

Call for Participants in Medical Study Armstrong State University’s Biodynamics and Human Performance Center is currently seeking adults over the age of 60 to participate in a study sponsored by Biodex Medical Systems. The goal of the study is to identify a screening test that can be used to screen individuals at risk for falls. The

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Film: Where Hope Grows

David Desanctis, star of the film, will make an appearance at the screening. He is the first actor with Down syndrome to star in an English-speaking feature film. $20 May 11, 2016. 6 p.m. Savannah Arts Academy, 500 Washington Ave.

study, seeking both males and females, will utilize and evaluate a machine, which notes the movement of individuals attempting to balance on a non-moving platform. The study requires participants to have neither a history of lower-body musculoskeletal or neurological problems, nor undergone a serious surgery within the past year. Prior to participating, other health stipulations,

such as uncontrolled heart disease, will be screened. Participants should be available for a single test lasting no longer than 30 minutes and will be compensated with a Kroger gift card. If you qualify and would like to participate in either of these studies, please contact Kelsey Piersol at ASUbiomechanics@gmail.com or (912) 247-

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2982. Through July 31. about.armstrong. edu/Maps/index.html. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn 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 more information about the PROGrESS study, please call 912-920-0214 ext. 2169. ongoing. Online only, none.

Call for Proposals for 2017 Contracts for Cultural Arts and Services The City of Savannah’s Cultural Affairs Commission has issued a “Call for Proposals” for the 2017 Contracts for Cultural & Arts Services Program. In 2017, two investment program categories are available: Project Investment and Partner Investment. To be eligible for consideration, an organization must have a non-profit 501(c) 3 status and be headquartered within the City of Savannah. Proposed programs must take place during the 2017 calendar year. Submitted proposals will be reviewed by the Cultural Affairs Commission, whose recommendations will be sent to the City Manager, the Mayor, and the City Council for review and final funding approval. Applications, guidelines, and program information will be available on the Department of Cultural Affairs website (www.savannahga.gov/arts) or by contacting Rebecca Brown at RBrown02@ savannahga.gov or 912-651-6760. Through June 24. City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs, 9 West Henry St. Call for Submissions for Dank Memes Non-Fiction Gallery invites you to dig deep and decode the cultural viruses that live in you. Show us your dank memes. Through June 22. nonfictiongallery.com. Non-Fiction Gallery, 1522 Bull St. 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.

Tell Us Your Ghost Story?

Organization seeks to document your first hand experiences with psychical phenomenon for analysis and potential 38 investigation. Our investigators have

Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, 1 Resort Drive.

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

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. 912-398-8828. smisavannah@gmail.com. savmusiciansinstitute.com reputable credentials and long time investigation training and connections with the top minds and researchers in parapsychology field research and other areas. We are especially interested in Chatham and neighboring counties with special emphasis on Savannah itself and the Historic District. Interviewees should be comfortable with video documentation of themselves and events w/privacy level negotiated beforehand. ongoing. amchclub@yahoo.com. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Benefits

Family Promise 2016 Golf Tournament Family Promise of Bryan County, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping homeless Bryan County children and their families. The program enables families to get their children out of unsafe environments and into a safe haven where food, counseling, shelter, and compassion are provided. Through a network of faithbased organizations in Bryan County, families are empowered to regain stability and independence, and to break the cycle

of dependence on social programs and government assistance. Family Promise of Bryan County relies on donations to assist families. All contributions are tax-deductible. $100 per player Fri., May 13, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

912-388-6522. familypromisebryan@gmail. com. familypromisebryancounty.org. Black Creek Golf Club, 277 Canterwood Drive. $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.

Night of Champions This community celebration distinguishes local businesses that hire and retain differently-abled people, including those with Down syndrome, and recognizes the contributions made by these employees.

As in years past, five “Champions” will be recognized at the event, along with the businesses that employ them. $40 Thu., May 12, 6 p.m. westinsavannah.com/.

40 Day Transform and Renew Join us on a 40 day journey to Self using the tools of yoga, meditation, conscious eating, and self-inquiry based on Baron Baptiste’s 40 Days to a Personal Revolution. The program fee includes 40 days of unlimited yoga classes, a 40 Day Workbook, weekly podcasts to support your yoga and meditation practices, and 6 weekly meetings. $175| Meetings + 30 Days of Unlimited Yoga, $75 for Meetings only Mondays, 7:30-8:30 p.m.. 912-3492756. info@savannahpoweryoga.com. https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ classic/ws?studioid=13343&stype=8&sTG=25&sVT=18&sView=day. savannahpoweryoga.com. Savannah Power Yoga, 7360 Skidaway Road Unit J-3.

Aerial Silks Workshop This is a mixed level class, and everyone will be pushed to their personal max. We will be going over climbs, basic knots, and static poses to hold mid-performance (or for pictures). Limited space. Call or email to reserve your spot. $35 Sat., May 14, 2-4 p.m.

954-682-5694. elyse.thestudio@yahoo.com. thestudiosav.net. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. Art Class at the Foundery Students will learn observational drawing and use charcoal, watercolor, and other art mediums. They will also learn about artists from the past. Classes are taught by SCAD graduate, Seth Fite (sethfite.com). 6-11 year olds are Fridays 4:30-6 and 12-15 year olds are Wednesdays 4-6. Younger class - $130 Older class - $150 Fridays, 4:30-6 p.m..

513-295-7378. sethfite@gmail.com. The Foundery Coffee Pub, 1313 Habersham St. 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 Classses at Epiphany Bead & Jewelry Studio Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced. Call for class times.

912-677-3983. epiphany.indiemade.com.

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.

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Hosted by the Georgia Department of Public Health, Coastal Health District. Thu., May 12, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 912-421-0526. Goodwill Job Connection Center, 7220 Sallie Mood Drive.

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, ---.

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.

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.

Google Apps- Getting Started In the morning workshop, students will get an overview of Google apps. You will learn how this is the “hub” for everything Google, how to find and Join Google+ Communities, YouTube Channels, and getting started with Hangouts on Air. In the afternoon workshop, students will learn to create Docs, Sheets, Slides and Forms; Upload files and Folders to Drive. Full Day: $75.00 Half Day $45:00 Sat., May 14, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 912-651-2005. goo.gl/zZqsJV. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/.

Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

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.

Maximizing Innovation and Improvement The session will position leaders to be effective change agents through continuous improvement and teach them how to align continuous-improvement projects and innovation efforts with their companies’ business strategies. $895 May 11-12. 912963-6976. pe.gatech.edu/leading-well-sav.

Georgia Tech Savannah, 210 Technology Circle.

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.

Open House PSCD Open Houses are fun, no obligation opportunities to see the school and become acquainted with your Career Advisor. The Career Advisors’ job is to provide you with all of the information you need to decide which course is best for you, help you enroll, make sure you have everything you need to complete the course, and they will even help you find a job! The Open House includes a presentation and light refreshments.

Thu., May 12, 6-8 p.m. 912-662-0200. palmettoschool.com. Palmetto School of Career Development-Savannah, 11215 Abercorn St. 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 Voice-Coaching Pianist with M/degree,classical modern jazz improvisation, no age limit. Call 912-9617021 or 912-667-1056. Serious inquiries only. ongoing.

Portrait Study Open Studio Improve your life drawing skills with our open studio portrait model sessions every Thursday evening 6pm to 9pm from April 28 to May 26. Non-instructional.

Walk ins and beginners welcome. $15, model fees inclusive. Practice makes the artist better. There is no other way.

Come join our group and have some too. $15 Thursdays, 6-9 p.m.. 912-484-6415. info@thestudioschoolsavannah.com. thestudioschoolsavannah.com/weeklyfigure-drawing.html. Studio School, 1319 Bull St. R&B Soul Adult Line Dancing The R&B Soul line dance group Savannah Show Stoppers are conducting line dance classes every Monday night at the West Broad St. YMCA and every Tuesday nights at the John Delaware Center. Both classes starts at 6:30. Lamont Hunter, the founder of the Savannah Show Stoppers, is the Instructor. Donations Mondays, 6:30-8 p.m. and Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. 912-220-7712. hlamont70@yahoo.com. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. 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.

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.

Saturday Figure Life Drawing Train your hand and mind to represent the human figure in our Saturday Figure Life Drawing sessions for a long and short pose variation May 14 & May 28 or long pose May 21. Non-instructional with guidance provided if requested. Beginners welcome! Registration necessary. 20 Sat., May 14, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. 912-484-6415. info@thestudioschoolsavannah.com. thestudioschoolsavannah.com/currentclasses.html. Studio School, 1319 Bull St.

Clubs & Organizations

1 Million Cups 1 Million Cups is a free, weekly national program designed to educate, engage, and connect entrepreneurs. Developed by the Kauffman Foundation, 1MC is based on the notion that entrepreneurs discover solutions and network over a million cups of coffee.

Free Wed., May 11, 9 a.m. 1millioncups. com/savannah. Creators’ Foundry, 415 W Boundary St. 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. Coastal Bead Society Coastal Bead Society monthly meetings, 12 noon on the third Friday of the Month at the Coastal Georgia Center, 303 Fahm Street, near SCAD. All beaders are welcome. ongoing. wyrnut18@gmail.com. cgc. georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

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. 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.

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learn? Join us. ongoing. 912-308-6768.

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.

Pints for Pigs Fundraiser for American Diabetes Association Southbound is hosting its 3rd Annual Pints for Pigs Fundraiser hosted by the Young Republicans as a part of the 24th Annual Savannah Kiss A Pig Campaign.

Live music by The Trace Pridgen Band and food provided by Bowtie BBQ and The Ordinary Pub. All proceeds benefit the American Diabetes Association. $30 Sat., May 14, 7-10 p.m. 912-6670033. natalie@southboundbrewingco. com. https://facebook.com/ events/1086476894748412/. Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. 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. Savannah Tree Foundation, 3025 Bull Street.

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 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 Club This is a new club for the board game “go” (igo, weiqi, baduk). For places and times, please call John at 734-355-2005. ongoing.

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

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

Savannah Kennel Club Monthly meetings open to the public the 4th Monday each month, Sept. through June. ongoing, 7 p.m. savannahkennelclub.org.

Carey Hilliard’s (Southside), 11111 Abercorn St. 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 help you learn about Savannah and make new friends. Ongoing sign-up. savannahnewcomers.com. ongoing.

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 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.

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Spies and Mysteries Book Club A book club for readers who love thrillers, spy novels, and mysteries. We meet every 2nd Thurs of the month @6:30 pm. None second Thursday of every month, 6:30 p.m.

912-925-8305. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. Toastmasters Toastmasters International is an organization which gives its members the opportunity to develop and improve their public speaking abilities through local club meetings, seminars, and contests.

Regardless of your level of comfort with public speaking, you will find a club that is interested in helping you improve your speaking abilities. Free Tuesdays, 6-7 p.m.. hostesscity.toastmastersclubs.org. thincsavannah.com. Thinc Savannah, 35 Barnard St. 3rd Floor.

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.

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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.

Comedy

Comedy Night Join us for an evening of ice cream and laughter...the perfect combo for your Friday night! All ages welcome. Free Fridays, 8-10 p.m.

Odd Lot Improv An improv comedy show in the style of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” $5 Mondays, 8 p.m. musesavannah.org/. Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. Odd Lot Improv: On The Spot Mysteries Dinner Theatre Odd Lot is teaming up with the brilliant Chefs of Savannah Coffee Roasters to bring you a whole new dining experience.

The always surprising talent of Odd Lot will perform a fully interactive Friday night Murder Mystery while you dine on a delicious three course meal. Seating is at 6:30pm Friday nights. Reservations are strongly recommended. Four actors and three courses all for $40. It’s certain to be a night to remember. Great for groups, parties, or anyone who loves a good show. $40 Fridays, 6:30 p.m. justin@oddlot.org. oddlot. org. Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 West Liberty Street.

Concerts

Concert: Choral Evensong Celebrate the Feast of Pentecost with the last Choral Evensong of the season. Guest conductor Richard Morgan will lead the St. John’s Choir in works of Brewer, Goss, Mendelssohn, and Smith. Sun., May 15, 5 p.m. stjohnssav.org/. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1 West Macon Street.

Concert: Alexander Kobrin Alexander Kobrin, winner of the 12th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (2005), will perform works of Shuman, Brahms, and Schubert. This singular concert is free, but contributions will be gratefully accepted to help defray costs. Fri., May 13, 7:30 p.m. 912-598-1188 between 2 and 5 p.m. weekdays. allenpr@comcast.net. messiahsk.com. Messiah Lutheran Church, 1 Westridge Road (The Landings).

Concert: An Evening with Savannah Baroque For their debut concert, the newly formed Savannah Baroque presents a historically informed program of Monteverdi, Purcell, Bach, Handel, and more on period instruments. The rich timbres of the past, coupled with two entwining, radiant soprano voices, are sure to transport and refresh the spirit. General admission starts at $20 Fri., May 13, 7:30-9 p.m. 912-704-3048. www.

SavannahBaroque.com. https://facebook. com/savannahbaroque/. stjohnssav.org. St. John’s Church, 1 West Macon Street.

Concert: An Evening With Verlon Thompson Prolific songwriter, traveling troubadour and longtime trusted sidekick of Texas Americana icon Guy Clark, Verlon

Thompson has taken the stage everywhere from Barcelona to Binger, his Oklahoma hometown, and now, the Post Theater for an evening of stories and chart-topping songs. $20 Fri., May 13, 8-10 p.m. 912472-4790. info@tybeeposttheater.org. tybeeposttheater.org/. The Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne Ave. Concert: Tybee City Limits Tybee City Limits, the Best in Live Local Music, brings you a bluesy feel with the Jeff Beasley Band and The Main Street Trio as headliners. Matt Eckstine of The Accomplices takes a turn as our opening singer-songwriter on this special night. $15 Sun., May 15, 8-10 p.m. 912472-4790. info@tybeeposttheater.org. tybeeposttheater.org/. The Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne Ave.

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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. Ballet FIT! Love ballet? We are ready to get that body in ballet shape. This total body workout is great for low impact and high impact movements. With a series of bar, floor, and mat exercises, you will leave refreshed and stretched. Toning, stretching, and strengthening are our goals for you. See calendar for details. $15.00, $10.00, $8.00, $5.00 Thursdays, 5-6 p.m.

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1 Jacket style named for an Indian prime minister 6 Impala, to a lion 10 Scoring advantage 14 “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” e.g.

15 “Game of Thrones” actress Chaplin 16 Safe contents?

17 “All that over your fireplace--are you trying to put Hummel out of business?”

19 Fails to be 20 Courtroom fig.

21 Beethoven wrote just one 22 Detective’s lead 23 Life sentences?

24 Yiddish interjections 26 Sweet suffix 27 Crumpled into a ball 32 “Hello, I’m ___” (recurring ad line from Justin Long) 34 Sans-serif Windows font 35 Unteach, in a way 39 It immobilizes 40 Rock venue 41 A couple of gossip columns 42 Aim 44 When infomercials start running, sometimes 45 Wavy lines, in a comic strip 46 “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” songwriter 48 Visit Vail, perhaps 50 Talk and talk

52 Machine to watch “RoboCop” on, way back when 53 Didi of “Grease” and “Grease 2” 55 Astronomical flareups 57 Automaker headquartered in Bavaria 61 Make a clickbait list, e.g.

62 “Your hair looks like it was styled by kittens” 64 Brews that may be Scotch or pale 65 Early Nebraskan 66 Lisa, to Patty and Selma 67 Stamp inkers 68 “Cleanup in aisle four” tools 69 To-do list items

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1 Zippo 2 Theater sign 3 Much of soc. studies 4 Michele’s “High School Reunion” friend 5 “Pulp Fiction” actress Thurman 6 Mishmash of a “Jeopardy!” category 7 Play thing?

8 First month on a Mexican calendar 9 “And so on” 10 Majestic 11 “You couldn’t even find your own butt on a Waze app” 12 Trivial Pursuit edition 13 Cosmetics mogul Lauder 18 Pizza destroyer of old Domino’s ads

23 “The Fresh Prince of ___-Air” 25 Home of the Mustangs, for short 27 1993 Texas standoff city 28 Speedy breed of steed 29 “Buying your weed wearing a pot leaf T-shirt?

Like that’s original” 30 Went out with 31 “Pet” irritation 33 ___ di pepe (tiny pasta variety) 36 Sucks the strength out of 37 Blue-green hue 38 Model with a palindromic name 40 How lottery numbers are chosen 43 Gear tooth 44 Text-interpreting technology, briefly 47 Champagne bucket, e.g.

48 Piece of paper 49 Australian leaf-eater 51 “Otello” librettist 54 Loch ___ Monster 56 Abbr. on a bottle of Courvoisier 57 Where the Himalayas are 58 Partakes of 59 Pack of playing cards 60 Bad time for Caesar 63 “Lord of the Rings” tree creature

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Salón de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 7068 Hodgson Memorial Dr. 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.

Basic Shag Lessons Every Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. ongoing. doublesnightclub.com/. Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. 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 St. & East Park Ave. Dance Night Salsa Savannah sponsors this dance night.

Be advised that locations often change. Visit salsasavannah.com or call 912-704-8726 for updated locations. Fridays, 10 p.m. Latin Chicks (Waters Ave.), 5205 Waters Avenue.

Salsa Savannah sponsors this dance night.

Be advised that locations often change. Visit salsasavannah.com or call 912-704-8726 for updated locations. Thursdays, 10 p.m.

42 Gatsby’s, 408 West Broughton Street.

Dance Party Dance on Thursdays at 8pm--fun, friendship, and dancing. Free for Savannah Ballroom students. $10 for visitors ($15 for couples). free - $15 Thursdays, 8 p.m. 912-3353335. savannahballroom@gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing.com. Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

DJ Greer DJ Greer spinning some old and new R&B. Happy hour all night long. Fridays, 8 p.m.-2:30 a.m. 828 216 9005. jgoodfellas@ yahoo.com. doublesnightclub.com/.

Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Free Dance Thursdays at Lake Mayer Lake Mayer is offering free dance and fitness classes for all ages every Thursday, in the Community Center. 9:30 am and 10:30 am is the “Little Movers” class for toddlers.

12:00 pm Lunch Break Fitness. 1:30 pm Super Seniors. 5:30 pm youth hip hop. 6:30 pm Adult African Fitness. FREE ongoing, 9:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. 912-652-6780. sdavis@ chathamcounty.org. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

Free Trial Shimmy Chic: Belly Dance Fitness Shimmy and Shake with a BRAND NEW dance fitness program that we will start offering in January after the holiday break. Shimmy Chic is a low impact, high cardio workout that is designed to teach beginners and challenge the seasoned dancer. You will learn the true skill of belly dance while getting a great workout.

Our instructor, Kit Dobry, is the only one certified in the Savannah area to teach this great workout! *Yoga mat is required Join us for a FREE trial Thursday, December 17th. FREE Thursdays, 7-8 p.m.. 612-470683. salondebaile.dance@gmail.com. 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.

Kids Ballroom Group Class Get the next generation involved with all the styles of partnership dances. We teach etiquette, the history, and how to actually dance them! Get them involved today to get ready for our Monthly Ballroom Dance. $40 for 4 weeks Tuesdays, 6-6:45 p.m. 612.470.6683. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. salondebaileballroomdancestudio.com/.

Salón de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 7068 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Kids Hip Hop and Jazz Mondays, 6 p.m. salondebailedancestudio. com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Kids Tap Teaching two skills in one class: music and dance. Join our newest tap class for kids to enjoy learning different rhythms and foot patters for fun music. Tap shoes are required and can be purchased at our studio! Sign up today and start tomorrow. $40 for 4 weeks Thursdays, 6-6:45 p.m.

612.470.6683. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com.

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Salón de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 7068 Hodgson Memorial Dr. 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.

Latin Nite Salsa DJ Vaina Enventos brings Latin Night to Doubles. Happy hour all night long. NONE Thursdays, 8 p.m.-2:30 a.m. 828 216 9005. jgoodfellas@yahoo.com. 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.

Mom and ME DANCE Classes Does your baby love to dance? Sign up for our MOM and Me Dance class and explore movement to fun music and learn the basic skills of dance to develop better motor skills for your child. 18 months to 2 years old. $40.00 for 4 weeks Saturdays, 9-9:30 a.m. 612.470.6683. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. salondebaileballroomdancestudio.com/.

Salón de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 7068 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Old Time Country Dance Contra dance with live music by Glow in the Dark String Band. All dances called by Joyce or Bob. Casual dress, easy to learn, two left feet accepted, no partner or experience needed. Come early 7:15p for lesson. $8 general / $6 students Sat., May 14, 7:3010:30 p.m. savannahfolk.org. Garden City United Methodist Church, 62 Varnedoe Ave. Salsa Lessons Learn to dance salsa and bachata, and try it free before you buy it. Call 912-704-8726 to reserve your space and visit salsasavannah. com for more information. ongoing. Salsa Savannah Latin Dance Studio, 408 Bull Street.

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. Salsa! Salsa! Salsa!

0 Thursdays, 9 p.m.-2:30 a.m. 828 216 9005. jgoodfellas@yahoo.com. doublesnightclub. com/. Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. 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. Shimmy Chic Dance Fitness Shimmy and Shake with a brand new dance fitness program that will have you burning calories while learning the true skill of belly dance. Shimmy Chic is a low impact, high cardio workout that is designed to teach beginners and challenge the seasoned dancer. Yoga mats will be required. See calendars for details. $15.00, $10.00, $8.00, $5.00 Thursdays, 7-8 p.m.

612.470.6683. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. salondebaileballroomdancestudio.com/.

Salón de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 7068 Hodgson Memorial Dr. 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.

Swing Night with Free Lesson Join us for our Monthly Swing night every 2nd Friday. Free lesson and following a party to practice all your patterns and movements you learned in class. No partner or experience necessary. All ages and levels welcome. $10 per person or $15 per couple second Friday of every month, 7:30-10 p.m. 612.470.6683. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. salondebaileballroomdancestudio.com/.

Salón de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 7068 Hodgson Memorial Dr. West Coast Swing Group Class Love to swing dance? This class is for you.

Join us for 4 weeks of triple steps, rock steps, and whips! Need to practice? We got that covered too. Get ready and join this class to come to our Monthly Swing/Blues Night! $40.00 for 4 weeks Thursdays, 6-7 p.m. 612.470.6683. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. salondebaileballroomdancestudio.com/.

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Events

Awaken with Chakradance™ Thursdays Join us for a free-flowing, meditative dance and experience the healing power of Chakradance™. With eclectic music selected to resonate with each specific chakra, along with guided imagery, Chakradance™ will take

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you on a spiritual journey, free the energy in your body and open you to a deeper experience of life. No dance experience or prior knowledge of the chakras is necessary.

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

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

Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Suite B. Beer and Hymns Drink beer while you sing your hymns. A band will help lead in the singing and lyric sheets will be provided. Singers of all skill levels are invited to drink and sing. Free second Thursday of every month, 8 p.m.

615-364-1571. musiqueconnoisseur@gmail. com. moonriverbrewing.com/. Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St. Bonaventure Cemetery After Hours Savannah’s only after-hours cemetery story event! See this great Victorian with Shannon Scott and all of the intrigues from bootleggers to murderers and those loved, lived and are now part of these immortal story grounds. $35.00 Saturdays, 5-8 p.m..

912-319-5600. shannon@shannonscott. com. zerve.com/shannonscott/BonCemAH. savannahga.gov/cityweb/cemeteriesweb. nsf/cemeteries/bonaventure.html.

Bonaventure Cemetery, 330 Bonaventure Rd. 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. Diamond Jubilee Gala Celebrating 75 years of sisterhood, scholarship and service. A silent auction precedes the program. Sat., May 14, 7 p.m. savannah.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels-savannah/ index.jsp?null. Hyatt Regency Savannah, 2 West Bay St. Drinks After Work This group is for people that enjoy getting out mid-week, being social after work, and want to discover new places in the downtown Savannah area. Come have a cocktail, make new friends, and get over the hump. The group will meet on Wednesdays at various establishments throughout Downtown Savannah and nearby area. http://www.meetup.com/Drinksafter-work/ https://www.facebook.com/ groups/960991837322187/ Wednesdays, 7 p.m. drinksafterworksavannah@gmail. com. meetup.com/Drinks-after-work/ events/227656080/. distillerysavannah. com. The Distillery, 416 W. Liberty St. The Exchange Club of Savannah In a rut? The Exchange Club of Savannah welcomes men and women like you to support, serve and encourage the best teachers, students, firefighters, crime fighters, leaders and organizations in our community. Check us out at

savannahexchange.org or find us on Facebook. Mondays, noon. 912-441-6559. ddewitt30@yahoo.com. Savannahexchange. org. Exchange Club of Savannah, 4801 Meding 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. Monthly Membership Dinner and Meeting Membership meeting with dinner and speaker. Navy League supports our Sea Services and their families. You do not have to have been in any of the military services to join. For further information contact Jeff Zureick at 912 450 0521 $22.00 third Tuesday of every month & 5:45-8:15 p.m.. 912 450 0521. piwi@hargray.com. savannahnavyleague.us. Savannah Navy League, 17 lake heron ct west.

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. 1-866-666-3323.

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

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.

PICKSavannah Art Walk An inclusive and inspiring Art Walk of our Historic Downtown. The Savannah Art Walk includes twenty exceptional Galleries, as well as collaborative endeavors with Andaz and Bohemian Riverfront Hotel to offer wine pours a gratis for guests.

Free second Saturday of every month, 4-8 p.m.. 912-507-7860. savartwalk@gmail. com. SavannahArtWalk.com. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Savannah Philharmonic Season Launch Enjoy drinks, appetizers and live music as the Philharmonic announces their 2016-17 season. Mon., May 16, 5:30-7 p.m. sohosouthcafe.com. Soho South, 12 West Liberty St. 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 continues on p. 44

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general hanging out. For those interested in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. ongoing. savannahsca.org.

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

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

Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave.

Southbound Brewing Third Anniversary This anniversary party features many of Southbound’s regular beers, local food and live music by Velvet Caravan. $25 advance, $35 day of Fri., May 13, 7 p.m. Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now Lecture by Jonathan Schipper Many of the works in State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now will compel guests to return time and again, but only one work will self-destruct with each visit.

Slow Room, an installation by Brooklyn-

based artist Jonathan Schipper, presents an archetypal and nostalgic living room filled with a familiar arrangement of furniture and domestic objects. The familiarity is quickly interrupted, however, by the uncanny cascade of thin, white lines extending from each object and terminating into a hole at the back wall. These cables lead to a hidden winch mechanism programmed by the artist to pull the objects into it by one inch each day, eventually destroying the entire room by the end of the exhibition. Free for members, $5 for non-members Tue., May 17, 6 p.m. telfair.org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.

Free Will Astrology ARIES (March 21-April 19)

Russian writer Anton Chekhov was renowned for the crisp, succinct style of his short stories and plays. As he evolved, his pithiness grew. “I now have a mania for shortness,” he wrote. “Whatever I read -- my own work, or other people’s -- it all seems to me not short enough.”

I propose that we make Chekhov your patron saint for a while. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you are in a phase when your personal power feeds on terse efficiency. You thrive on being vigorously concise and deftly focused and cheerfully devoted to the crux of every matter.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” Approximately 30,000 sites on the Internet attribute that quote to iconic genius Albert Einstein. But my research strongly suggests that he did not actually say that. Who did? It doesn’t matter. For the purposes of this horoscope, there are just two essential points to concentrate on. First, for the foreseeable future, your supreme law of life should be “creativity is intelligence having fun.” Second, it’s not enough to cavort and play and improvise, and it’s not enough to be discerning and shrewd and observant. Be all those things.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

In Western culture, the peacock is a symbol of vanity. When we see the bird display its stunning array of iridescent feathers, we might think it’s lovely, but may also mutter, “What a show-off.” But other traditions have treated the peacock as a more purely positive emblem: an embodiment of hard-won and triumphant radiance. In Tibetan Buddhist myths, for example, its glorious plumage is said to be derived from its transmutation of the poisons it absorbs when it devours dangerous serpents.

This version of the peacock is your power animal for now, Gemini. Take full advantage of your ability to convert noxious situations and fractious emotions into beautiful assets.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22)

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“Clear moments are so short,” opines poet Adam Zagajewski. “There is much more darkness. More ocean than terra firma. More shadow than form.” Here’s what I have to say about that: Even if it does indeed describe the course of ordinary life for most people, it does not currently apply to you. On the contrary. You’re in a phase that will bring an unusually high percentage of lucidity. The light shining from your eyes and the thoughts coalescing in your brain will be extra pure and bright. In the world around you, there may be occasional patches of chaos and confusion, but your luminosity will guide you through them.

PICKThe Step Book Signing and Reading Martha Lemasters, author of The Step will discuss her book and sign copies. The Step is a gripping memoir that tells the remarkable story of Lemaster’s life as a single mother working at Cape Kennedy during the Apollo years. free Fri., May 13, 2-3 p.m. 912-353-7757. torimedia@ gmail.com. stores.barnesandnoble.com/ event/9780061772388-0. Barnes & Noble, 7804 Abercorn St. Tybee Island Tour of Homes Take a look inside eight of the island’s most beautiful homes at the 19th Annual Tybee Tour of Homes. $35 (advance) ; $40 (onsite)

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

“Dear Smart Operator: My name is Captain Jonathan Orances. I presently serve in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. I am asking for your help with the safekeeping of a trunk containing funds in the amount of $7.9 million, which I secured during our team’s raid of a poppy farmer in Kandahar Province. The plan is to ship this box to Luxembourg, and from there a diplomat will deliver it to your designated location. When I return home on leave, I will take possession of the trunk.

You will be rewarded handsomely for your assistance. If you can be trusted, send me your details. Best regards, Captain Jonathan Orances.” You may receive a tempting but risky offer like this in the near future, Leo. I suggest you turn it down. If you do, I bet a somewhat less interesting but far less risky offer will come your way.

omens suggests that you Scorpios will have an unusually good chance of cultivating vibrant intimacy in the coming weeks. Take advantage of this grace period, please!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

“Some days I feel like playing it smooth,” says a character in Raymond Chandler’s short story “Trouble Is My Business,” “and some days I feel like playing it like a waffle iron.” I suspect that you Sagittarians will be in the latter phase until at least May 24. It won’t be prime time for silky strategies and glossy gambits and velvety victories.

You’ll be better able to take advantage of fate’s fabulous farces if you’re geared up for edgy lessons and checkered challenges and intricate motifs.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

“Some things need to be fixed, others to be left broken,” writes poet James Richardson. The coming weeks will be an ideal time for you to make final decisions about which are which in your own life. Are there relationships and dreams and structures that are either too damaged to salvage or undeserving of your hard labor? Consider the possibility that you will abandon them for good. Are there relationships and dreams and structures that are cracked, but possible to repair and worthy of your diligent love?

Make a plan to revive or reinvent them.

Author Rebecca Solnit says that when she pictures herself as she was at age 15, “I see flames shooting up, see myself falling off the edge of the world, and am amazed I survived not the outside world but the inside one.” Let that serve as an inspiration, Capricorn. Now is an excellent time for you to celebrate the heroic, messy, improbable victories of your past. You are ready and ripe to honor the crazy intelligence and dumb luck that guided you as you fought to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles. You have a right and a duty to congratulate yourself for the suffering you have escaped and inner demons you have vanquished.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Once every year, it is healthy and wise to make an ultimate confession -- to express everything you regret and bemoan in one cathartic swoop, and then be free of its subliminal nagging for another year. The coming days will be a perfect time to do this. For inspiration, read an excerpt from Jeanann Vernee’s “Genetics of Regret”: “I’m sorry I lied. Sorry I drew the picture of the dead cat. I’m sorry about the stolen tampons and the nest of mice in the stove. I’m sorry about the slashed window screens. I’m sorry it took 36 years to say this. Sorry that all I can do is worry what happens next. Sorry for the weevils and the dead grass. Sorry I vomited in the wash drain. Sorry I left.

Sorry I came back. I’m sorry it comes like this. Flood and undertow.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

According to the British podcast series “No Such Thing as a Fish,” there were only a few satisfying connubial relationships in late 18th-century England. One publication at that time declared that of the country’s 872,564 married couples, just nine were truly happy. I wonder if the percentage is higher for modern twosomes. Whether it is or not, I have good news: My reading of the astrological

“To regain patience, learn to love the sour, the bitter, the salty, the clear.” The poet James Richardson wrote that wry advice, and now I’m passing it on to you. Why now?

Because if you enhance your appreciation for the sour, the bitter, the salty, and the clear, you will not only regain patience, but also generate unexpected opportunities. You will tonify your mood, beautify your attitude, and deepen your gravitas. So I hope you will invite and welcome the lumpy and the dappled, my dear. I hope you’ll seek out the tangy, the smoldering, the soggy, the spunky, the chirpy, the gritty, and an array of other experiences you may have previously kept at a distance.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

“A thousand half-loves must be forsaken to take one whole heart home.” That’s from a Coleman Barks’ translation of a poem by the 13th-century Islamic scholar and mystic known as Rumi. I regard this epigram as a key theme for you during the next 12 months. You will be invited to shed a host of wishy-washy wishes so as to become strong and smart enough to go in quest of a very few burning, churning yearnings. Are you ready to sacrifice the mediocre in service to the sublime?

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Sat., May 14, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. 912-395-4060. tybeetourofhomes.com/. Tybee Island, Tybee Island.

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. Wilmington Island Farmers’ Market The Wilmington Island Farmers’ Market would love to have you come visit on a Saturday morning. There’s tons to buy and see. free Sat., May 14, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. wifarmersmarket@aol.com. wifarmersmarket.org/spring-2016-session. html. Islands High School, 170 Whitemarsh Island Road.

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, $10. Wednesdays 6-7:30 PM- one hour of gentle yoga followed by 30 minutes of guided meditation, $15. Sundays 9-10:30 AM- Mediation, dharma talk and tea, $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 atLocated at 640 E 40th St and Reynolds. $10-$15 ongoing. The Savannah Zen Center, 640 E. 40th St. Catholic Singles A group of Catholic singles age 30-50 meet frequently for fun, fellowship and service.

Send email or check website to receive announcements of activities and to suggest activities for the group. ongoing. familylife@ diosav.org. diosav.org/familylife-singles.

Clifton Baptist Church 42nd Gospel Chorus Anniversary Evangelist Tabatha Hamilton- Worship Leader for Event. none Sun., May 15, 5-8 p.m. 912-964-2355. cliftonbc100@yahoo. com. cliftonbc.org. Clifton Baptist Church, 100 Big Hill Road.

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 continues on p. 46

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By Your Pal Erin

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DEAR ERIN, Weird dreams last night…but a guest appearance by The Purple One…standing there eating a cookie. Yes…a cookie. He really loved that cookie!!

When Prince appears standing before you in a dream, staring at you, dressed in a beautiful cream colored suit and eating a cookie... you know it is the best damn cookie ever made!!

And I’m pretty sure it was an oatmeal chocolate chip with nuts and coconut (and possibly craisins)... not overly sweet but warm and chewy.

No idea what it means, but I wanted that cookie too.

Your pal, Du Dear Du, Believe it or not, I’ve received many letters from friends and acquaintances reporting experiences of deep spiritual communion with Prince in the days after his passing. And like the ecstatic man in the Double Rainbow video, they’re all asking the same question, what does it all mean?

I chose your letter because it’s the funniest, most lighthearted of the correspondence. Most have been deeply personal, expressing uncontrollable tears, inexplicable loss and a profound sense of mourning. People are unsure why they grieve him when they didn’t even know him. They question whether his appearances in their dreams and waking moments are hallucinations or real.

(Quick show of hands, dear readers —raise yours if you can relate to these experiences.)

See? You’re not alone and it’s not your imagination. It’s a very real, transcendental phenomenon. He is very much among us.

But why is it happening? Why with him? Why weren’t we as moved by the passings of other beloved geniuses like Michael Jackson, Robin Williams, Philip Seymour Hoffman or even David Bowie?

What follows is just a theory, not a definitive answer —one that’s entirely subjective, informed only by my personal experience. Maybe you’ll find my insights resonant, maybe not. Regardless, I hope they will help provide some relief to people who are grieving his loss in a very tangible way.

To be honest, I was never a big fan of Prince as a person. As his former employee/World’s Worst Cocktail Waitress at his nightclub Glam Slam, his presence invoked an intolerable degree of chaos over which he exercised maniacal control.

There were strict rules about who could approach him, when and how, yet he reserved the right to pluck anyone he saw fit—employee or patron— out of the crowd and sweep them away on his purple jet at a moment’s notice. Furthermore, The Little Man made it known that rebuffing an exclusive invitation was highly frowned upon.

It bothered me that he kept his muse Mayte (literally) a locked up in cage, belly dancing above the crowd in his VIP area. There was something grossly harem-esque about the whole production. Sure was a cool artistic concept, but as a woman, I found the whole experience insufferable, especially after my experience with Noxema Boy [Ghost Dog Diaries 4/27 edition].

Nevertheless, I always felt that I was in the presence of God whenever I listened to his music. It didn’t matter whether the topic was sacred (“I Would Die 4 U) or profane (“Darling Nikki”). His musical genius was an invariable testament to a Higher Power.

I suspect that Prince possessed the essence of Jesus Christ incarnate—a notion that is bound to rub many the wrong way. Modern Christianity is quick to put Christ on a pedestal —the standard that all humans must aspire to, but no one could ever possibly become.

Prince never would have been so blasphemous as to liken himself to Christ, yet it was evident, both in his work and in his interviews, that he did so love the Lord and devote himself to Christ’s teachings that he consistently aspired to Christ’s perfection, even though he was an imperfect person.

I suspect that this is why we collectively grieve his loss.

Even though the magic of the man created the illusion that he floated above us in life, he so devoted himself to the path of Jesus Christ that he now appears to all of us in death to remind us that we are all God’s children — each with our own inherent gifts to bestow upon the world— and that we are universally loved.

So go make those damn cookies, already and share them with the world!

Stop hiding your gifts to yourself.

I promise you, The Little Man would have wanted it that way.

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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 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, 311 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.

Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day Celebrate Israel’s independence since 1948 with Israeli BBQ, Klezmer music by Klezmer Local 42, a photo booth, and more. $5 per person, $15 per family Thu., May 12, 5:30-8 p.m. 912-355-8111. savannahjea.org.

Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St.

Special Screenings

MAY 11-17, 2016

PICKFilm: Evil Birds This shameless, low-budget dud is another spin on the whole “birds around the world are coordinating with each other and attacking humans” storyline which began with Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960s horror 46 classic “The Birds.” However, this laughable

attempt to cash in on Hitchcock’s original (while still boasting some legitimately scary sequences) is hampered by its own terrible script and amateurish actors. $6 Wed., May 11, 8 p.m. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. Film: The Abolitionists This film is about a retired federal agent who took a film crew with him undercover as traffickers. Their mission is to raise awareness about child trafficking, and all proceeds support the cause. $14 Mon., May 16, 7:30 p.m. theabolitionistsmovie.com.

Regal Savannah Stadium 10, 1132 Shawnee St. Film: Where Hope Grows David Desanctis, star of the film, will make an appearance at the screening. He is the first actor with Down syndrome to star in an English-speaking feature film. $20 Wed., May 11, 6 p.m. Savannah Arts Academy, 500 Washington Ave. Punk Rock Movie Night Join the Sentient Bean for a monthly series of movies directly inspired by punk music, fashion or general attitude. The movie will start promptly at 8PM. Admission is free for customers. Attendees are invited to discuss and or promote any events or shows happening around town. second Saturday of every month, 8 p.m. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave.

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.

Bears Elite Football Learn the fundamentals of football. Ages 4-12. Sign up now. Mondays-Thursdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 912-272-6684. Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave. Britannia’s Golf Tournament After-party features live music by Keith and Ross at 3 and Damon and the Shitkickers at 4. Sat., May 14. westinsavannah.com/.

Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, 1 Resort Drive.

Coastal Empire Soccer All-Star Games Tournament director and Windsor Forest High School boys head soccer coach, Cam Turner, founded the tournament seven years ago in effort to enhance college recruiting efforts and give area soccer players who exhibit an elevated level of athletic skill an opportunity to display their talent in front of head coaches and staff invited to the games each year from top colleges across the region. Sat., May 14. Optimist Field at Daffin Park, Victory Drive near Bee Road.

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.

Registration for USTA League Teams It’s time to grab a racquet, your sneakers and some tennis balls and head to your local court to be part of a fun, social and healthy activity. Registration for USTA tennis leagues are now taking place across the country – the perfect way to play for those looking to enjoy the thrill of competition while making friends in the process. The USTA offers a wide variety of competitive tennis programs available for members of all ages. Registration is open through April 22 for the men’s 40 and over league and May 15 for the 18 and over league. Through May 15. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

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 Steam vs. Georgia Firebirds Savannah’s indoor football team goes against the Georgia Firebirds. Sat., May 14, 7:05 p.m. savannahsteam.com/schedule. html. savannahcivic.com. The Savannah Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. SK8 City Sirens The Sirens host their first home bout again the Mad Divas from Asheville, NC. Come out and enjoy the Coastal Empire’s only coed Junior Roller Derby Team. $7 Adults, $5 Military, 10 and Under Free Sun., May 15, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 912-658-1375. webmaster@ sk8citysirens.org. https://facebook.com/ events/1324843184209178/. SK8 City, 4 Towne Center Dr. Sports Coach Golf, Tennis, Baseball, Etc. for novices or professionals. Fine tune your mental game with guided imagery and visualization. 25 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. Al-Anon Family Group meeting Isle of Hope For Today Find comfort and understanding for families and friends of alcoholics. AFG is an anonymous fellowship seeking to find serenity for those impacted by the effects of alcoholism. Free Mondays, 7-8 p.m. savannahalanon.com. St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 2 St. Thomas 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.

For Your Information

MAKE A CONNECTION, TALK TO SEXY SINGLES FREE now! Call 912.544.0013 or 800.926.6000 www.livelinks.com 18+

Yard Sales Yard Sale Annual Parkside Neighborhood Treasure Days Saturday, May14th

Visit the Parkside Neighborhood this Saturday, May 14 to find your next treasures. Our neighborhood runs from Washington Ave. to 52nd St. and from Waters Ave. to Bee Rd. We have 15 homes participating in our annual neighborhood wide yard sale. Items for sale include Furniture and Home, Baby, Art, Jewelry, Clothing, Yard, and many other items.

Join us between 7:30 AM and 12:00 NOON. Each home will have a complete address listing and map of participating homes to help you on your treasure hunt!

NURSES NEEDED

THINK FAST. THINK FEDEX.

Interested in a fast-paced job with career advancement opportunities? Join the FedEx Ground team as a part-time Package Handler.

Part-time Package Handlers Qualifications: • 18 years or older • Ability to load, unload, sort packages and other related duties.

All interested individuals must attend a sort observation at one of our facilities prior to applying for the part-time package handler position. For more information, or to register for a sort observation, please go to: http://WatchASort.com Join us at our OPEN HOUSE / SORT OBSERVATION Saturday, May 14, 2016 10:00am – 2:00pm North Savannah Colocation 595 North Port Parkway Port Wentworth, GA 31407 913-966-4100

Employment Wanted Help Wanted

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Optim Healthcare is seeking a fulltime Director of Marketing for our Savannah location. For more details and to apply, please visit optimhealth.com/ careers.

Real Estate Homes For Sale

EXPERIENCED CARPENTERS NEEDED. CALL 912-210-1069 MECHANIC WANTED For restoration of cars from the 30’s, 40’s & 50’s. Experience preferred.

Background familiar with classic cars.

Seniors/Semi Retired welcome. Make your own hours. Call Mr. Dan, Wed.Friday between 3-5pm, 9641421 (Airport location)

We are currently hiring Experienced Warehouse Workers to unload containers in the Savannah, GA area.

This is an incentive based position with a guaranteed base, but we have many employees earning upwards of $12-$18/hour based upon productivity.

We can work with your schedule.

NOW HIRING CHILDCARE ATTENDANT: Must be available to www.my3pljob.com work any shift. Call 912-443-4649 Submit Your Event Online and Place Your ad Online www.ConneCtSavannah.Com

Paint the Town Red Ochre !

Check out Art Patrol For All The Local Art Openings and Exhibits.

*Credit Issues, Prior Evictions, Bankruptcies may still apply 1535 E. 54th St. Apt. B

1BR/1BA Efficiency, off Waters Ave. Washer/dryer, kitchen with appliances. $720/month (utilities included) or $185/weekly option payment. 2wks. deposit needed.

2031 New Mexico Apt. B. 1BR/1BA Efficiency, off

Pennsylvania.

Kitchen w/ appliances, LR, carpet, ceiling fans. $895/month includes utilities or $195/weekly option payment.

2wks. deposit needed.

2031 New Mexico: Off Pennsylvania. 3BR/1BA, LR, DR, carpet & hardwood floors, laundry room, kitchen w/appliances, fenced yard. $895/mo. (Utility allowance $30).

House, LR, DR, CH&A, kitchen w/ appliances, ceiling fans, carpet, hardwood floors, laundry room, fenced backyard $925/month.

Listing in Parkside, Gordonston, Midtown, or Ardsley? I OWN HOMES in these areas and I benefit from YOUR MAXIMUM Bottom Line.

References Provided. Please call or TEXT me 912-663-0558.

Tom Whitten, Realty Executives Coastal.

CLEANERS

Accepting applications for Matcher/Bagger, Driver & Counter Clerks. Apply in person: 8401 Ferguson Avenue. No phone calls.

B Net Management Inc. For pictures & videos of properties

2304 Shirley Drive: 3BR/1BA

FedEx Ground is an equal oppor tunit y/affirmative action employer (Minorities/ Females/Disability/Veterans) committed to a diverse workforce.

CDL DRIVERS & MECHANICS NEEDED for Richmond Hill, Savannah, Hinesville and Hardeeville. Good Benefits & Top Pay! Call Joseph, 912-330-0058

1105 EAST 39TH STREET: 3BR, Living room, Dining room, kitchen. $800/per month. Call 912-354-3884 2 Bed/1 Bath Garage Apartment.

Washer/Dryer, Very Clean. 63 Main Street, Garden City. Avail.

5/15. $475/month. 912-247-4771 or 912-964-1268

Please register online at http://WatchASort.com prior to arrival.

Jobs

CLIFTON’S

For Rent

Teach 7-week Nurse Aide Course in classroom and clinical.

8am-12:30pm and 5pm-9:30pm, Monday-Friday. FAX resume: 912-354-3113 Apply: 7160 Hodgson Mem. Dr. Ste. 103

Place Your ad online Reach Over Thousands of Potential Customers Every Day • • • • •

Employment Real Estate Vehicles Miscellaneous Garage Sales

www.ConnectSavannah.com

807-809 Paulsen St. 2BR/1BA Apt. Appliances, central heat/air, carpet & hardwood floors $645$675/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-$765/month for 2bdrs and $715-$850/month for 3bdrs.

912-228-4630 Mon-Sat 10am-5pm www. bnetmanagement.com WE ACCEPT SECTION 8 *For Qualified Applicants with 1+ years on Job.* *2023 CAUSTON BLUFF: 3BR with washer & dryer $775. *22B MASTICK: 3BR/2BA $750. *2223 MISSISSIPPI: 2BR $675. *All Electric & have fresh paint* Call 912-257-6181

WEEK AT A GLANCE Does what it says. Only at www.connectsavannah.com

540 WEST 44TH ST: 2-story, Very large house, wrap-around porch, parking, CH/A, W/D hook-up, total electric, appliances. $975.

Serious inquiries only. Call 912354-3884

FOR RENT

*2BR House: Large yard $735. *1BR Efficiency Apt: Includes appliances & utilities. $615/mo.

STAY MANAGEMENT 352-7829 FURNISHED APTS. STARTING AT $170/WK. Private bath and kitchen, cable, utilities, washer furnished. AC & heat, bus stop on property. No deposit required. Completely safe, manager on property.

Contact Gail, (912)650-9358; Linda, (912)690-9097.

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

Call Gwen, Manager, at 912-9647675 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

SYLVAN TERRACE: 8-1/2 Rooms, 2 full baths. Garage parking. $1200/ month. Call 912-354-3884

CLEAN, QUIET, NICE ROOMS & EFFICIENCIES from $100-$215. Near Bus lines.

Refrigerator, Stove, Washer & Dryer. For More Info, Call 912-272-3438 or 912-4122818 ROOMMATE WANTED: Single, Mature Individual.

Safe Environment.

Central heat/ air, cable, washer/dryer. $585/ Monthly; $280/security deposit, No lease. Immediate occupancy.

Call Mr.Brown, 912-663-2574

ROOMS FOR RENT - Ages 40 & better. $150 weekly. No deposit. Furnished rooms. All utilities included. On Busline.

Call 912-844-5995 ROOMS FOR RENT Westside / Eastside Savannah: 37th, 38th, & 42nd Streets.

Adult Living. Furnished, all utilities included. Washer/Dryer on premises, cable TV, WiFi/ Internet. $130-$150/weekly.

Requirements: Pay stubs/ID. Call 912-677-0271

SHARED LIVING: Fully Furnished Apts. $170 weekly.

No deposit. All utilities included. Call 912-844-5995 SINGLE, Family Home w/ Room for Rent: Furnished, includes utilities, central heat/air, Comcast cable, washer/dryer. Ceramic tile in kitchen & bath. Shared Kitchen & bath. Call 912210-0144, leave message

Roommate Wanted ROOMMATE: $125 & Up. Private bath, Spa, Cable TV, Internet, CH/A, Washer/Dryer, Kitchen, Clean & Safe. 24-Hour surveillance, Busline, Near grocery store. 912-401-1961

Automotive Cars/Trucks/Vans FENDER BENDER ??

Paint & Body Work.

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

Room for Rent ROOMS FOR RENT Service Directory $75 MOVE-IN SPECIAL ON 2ND WEEK Clean, large, furnished. Busline, Business Services cable, utilities, central heat/air.

FOR ALL TYPES OF $100-$130/weekly. Rooms with MASONRY REPAIR bath $145. Call 912-289-0410. *Paycheck stub or Proof of Brick, Block, Concrete, Stucco, Brick Paving, Grading, Clearing, income and ID required. etc., New & Repair Work. Call Michael Mobley, 912-631-0306

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