Connect Savannah January 18, 2016

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Film: Birthday Salute to Director John Carpenter

Famed for such classic horror, suspense and action films as Halloween, Big Trouble in Little China, Escape from New York and The Fog - which of his best, but least known films will the PFS screen?

Exact title is a secret till showtime.

8 p.m.

The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. $7

A Peculiar Sympathy: The Grimke Sisters’ Abolition Crusade

Presented by Melanie Mirande and Rebecca Rolfes, independent researchers. Part of Senior Citizens, Inc.’s winter lecture series.

1:30 p.m.

Senior Citizens Inc., 3025 Bull St. $6 seniorcitizens-inc.org

PAW Patrol Live WED / JAN 18

Led by 10-year-old Ryder, the plucky pups of PAW Patrol are rescue dogs in training.

10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

The Savannah Civic Center 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $16-$100

Piano in the Arts

Monroe Crossing FRI / JAN 20

Named in honor of Bill Monroe, “The Father of Bluegrass Music,” Monroe Crossing dazzles audiences with an electrifying blend of classic bluegrass, bluegrass gospel, and heartfelt originals.

8 p.m.

Randy Wood Guitars, 1304 East Hwy. 80. $23

This concert will feature a collection of vocal pieces in addition to solo piano works ranging from classical composers to traditional Hebrew melodies and original compositions by Benjamin Warsaw.

Vocalist Elissa Alvarez will accompany.

7:30 p.m.

Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. $15

Thursday 1.19

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8 p.m.

Johnny Mercer Theatre 301 W Oglethorpe Ave.

Savannah Women in Solidarity

That Georgia Rhythm! with Vintage Vixens

Can’t make it to the Women’s March in Washington, DC? Join these women in solidarity.

Bring signs and friends.

12noon Wright Square Bull & President Streets

That Georgia Rhythm! is a musical trip through the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, from Little Richard to Alan Jackson.

7 p.m.

Mars Theatre, 109 S. Laurel St. $25

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Co-hosted by Georgia Southern President Jaimie Hebert and Armstrong President Linda M. Bleicken with representatives from the University System of Georgia: John Fuchko III, vice chancellor for Organizational Effectiveness, and Shelley Nickel, executive vice chancellor for Strategy and Fiscal Affairs.

4:30 p.m.

Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. 912-478-2301

Piano in the Arts

This concert will feature a collection of vocal pieces in addition to solo piano works ranging from classical composers to traditional Hebrew melodies and original compositions by Benjamin Warsaw.

Vocalist Elissa Alvarez will accompany.

7:30 p.m.

Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. $15

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Samuel Metzger, Organ

The former organist of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale will present a recital of sacred and classical favorites.

7-8 p.m.

Skidaway United Methodist Church, 54 Diamond Causeway.

Free 912-598-4860. justin@siumc.org

Telluride Mountainfilm on Tour Savannah

Mountainfilm on Tour - Savannah educates and inspires local audiences to create a better world through the power of film, people, stories and conversation in partnership with Telluride Mountainfilm.

Jan. 19-21 Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St.

Saturday 1.21

bar.food Grand Reopening

bar.food reopens with a new menu including weekend brunch, an enhanced wine and cocktail list, and restyled decor.

Pantry items will be collected for donation to the Emmaus House Soup Kitchen.

10 a.m. bar.food, 4523 Habersham St.

The Tybee Post Theater and the Garrison Actors Academy & Apprentices proudly present “Alice in Wonderland,” a theatrical play adapted from the stories of Lewis Carroll.

7 p.m.

Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horn. $15, $7 for Theater members

Thursday Night Opry

Film: Alien Heaven

Eight talented and crafted local & regional songwriters will take the stage at Trinity to showcase their original song craft.

Scheduled to perform are Justin Hylton, Jason Waller, Rachael Shaner, Blake Rainey, Coy Campbell, Sarah Poole, and both in a rare performance, Dare Dukes and then Kurtis Schumm.

7:30 p.m.

Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St. $10

Friday 1.20

Lecture: Cannabis and Cannabinoids: Review of Existing and Potential Therapeutic Applications in Oncology

Radiation Therapy Program Coordinator Pam Cartright will discuss the medical use of marijuana, with an emphasis on indications relevant to oncology, as well as the adverse effects of marijuana use. noon Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Free

Theatre: The Secret Garden

Based on the classic children’s book, The Secret Garden tells the story of Mary Lennox, who is suddenly orphaned and sent to live with her reclusive uncle. While in the lonely mansion, Mary discovers a hidden, overgrown garden that once belonged to her uncle’s deceased wife, Lily.

8 p.m.

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Contra Dance

An evening of dance: contra, squares, and waltzes. Guest Caller Jacob LeGrone will teach and call all the dances. Guest band Tesserae will supply the tunes. Eclectic, energetic Old Time String and Celtic Jazz.

Brought to you by Savannah Folk Music Society.

7:30 p.m.

Garden City United Methodist Church, 62 Varnedoe Ave. $9/$6 students at door 912-234-8891. d79vincent@gmail.com. savannahfolk.org

Theater: Alice in Wonderland

“magically hilarious...”

Savannah Children’s Theatre, 2160 East Victory Dr. $15-$20 912-238-9015. eventinfo@savannahchildrenstheatre.org

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Following an innocent lie, a Polish immigrant couple in Sweden is forced to take on the immense bureaucracy of the country’s social services to get their daughter back in this powerful drama.

5:30 & 8 p.m.

S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, 9 West Henry. $8

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Forsyth Farmers Market

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

9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Forsyth Park forsythfarmersmarket.com

Gardening Session

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

Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St. Free and open to the public

Gretchen Greene’s Company Showcase: Caravans and Covens

Witness the state of the art of dance, from Contemporary Jazz and New Orleansstyle Tap to Broadway Standards and everything in between.

6 p.m.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. $15 continues on p. 6

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Monday 1.23

Opera: Romeo and Juliette

Enjoy a movie and Leopold’s Moovie Night ice cream: creamy caramel with caramel popcorn.

5 p.m.

Leopold’s Ice Cream, 212 East Broughton St. Free

Comedian Kountry Wayne brings the Child Support Tour to Savannah.

8 p.m.

Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave.

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A famous opera by Charles Gounod, with Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo.

12:55 p.m.

Regal Savannah Stadium 10, 1132 Shawnee St. $24 912-927-7700

Theater: Alice in Wonderland

The Tybee Post Theater and the Garrison Actors Academy & Apprentices proudly present “Alice in Wonderland,” a theatrical play adapted from the stories of Lewis Carroll.

3 p.m.

Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horn. $15, $7 for Theater members

Theatre: The Secret Garden

Based on the classic children’s book, The Secret Garden tells the story of Mary Lennox, who is suddenly orphaned and sent to live with her reclusive uncle. While in the lonely mansion, Mary discovers a hidden, overgrown garden that once belonged to her uncle’s deceased wife, Lily.

8 p.m.

Savannah Children’s Theatre, 2160 East Victory Dr. $15-$20 912-238-9015. eventinfo@savannahchildrenstheatre.org

Unity in the Community

Unity in the Community is a nonprofit organization that promotes and hosts free, family-friendly culturally diverse events to give back to the community. third Saturday, Sunday of every month River Street, River St.

Sunday 1.22

Theatre: The Secret Garden

Based on the classic children’s book, The Secret Garden tells the story of Mary Lennox, who is suddenly orphaned and sent to live with her reclusive uncle. While in the lonely mansion, Mary discovers a hidden, overgrown garden that once belonged to her uncle’s deceased wife, Lily.

3 p.m.

Savannah Children’s Theatre, 2160 East Victory Dr. $15-$20 912-238-9015. eventinfo@savannahchildrenstheatre.org

Film: Frozen

Lecture: Family Matters: Raising Healthy Children in Challenging Times

Dr. Rob Evans, clinical and organizational psychologist and the Executive Director of The Human Relations Service, will explore the idea that there is no harder job than being a parent.

7 p.m.

Savannah Country Day School, 824 Stillwood Dr.

PRIDE Driver Education Course

The free, two-hour driver education program “Parents Reducing Injuries and Driver Error” (PRIDE) is designed to help teens ages 14, 15, and 16 -- along with their parents and guardians -- to learn more about driving behaviors and laws.

Registration by a teen and at least one parent or guardian is required.

5:30 p.m.

Professional Development Center, 3401 Edwin Street.

912-350-1532. ramiram1@memorialhealth. com

Tuesday 1.24

Lecture: History Underfoot: How Street and Sidewalk Pavement Modernized Savannah

Dr. Robin Williams will explore the significance of Savannah’s street and sidewalk pavement. Savannah has preserved a wider variety and evolution of pavement types than any other American city and vividly reflects the impact of geographic location, economics, engineering priorities and social concerns on decisions about pavement. Yet, Savannah is not at the forefront of protecting this heritage under foot.

7 p.m.

Massie Heritage Center, 207 East Gordon St. Free 912-395-1600

Tongue: Open Mouth and Music Show hosted by Melanie Goldey

A poetry and music open mic with an emphasis on sharing new, original, thoughtful work. fourth Tuesday of every month, 8 p.m.

The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave.

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Murder by number: Behind the stats

by Jim Morekis

jim@connectsavannah.com

THE FINAL numbers are in, and they’re grim.

The “official” homicide numbers for the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Dept. jurisidiction were released late last week.

The top line number — 50 homicides — is only three below 2015’s horrifying high of 53.

That 53 is perhaps the most significant metric in the election loss of former Mayor Edna Jackson and several sitting Council members.

Drilling down into the numbers, we see a bit of hopeful news. Or shall we say, lessbad news.

Of the 53 homicide cases, only 20 remain open. That’s actually pretty good.

Adding in the fact that there were eight homicide arrests in 2016 for killings in prior years, SCMPD is claiming a homicide clearance rate of 76 percent for 2016.

Police say that in 2015 the national homicide clearance rate was 61.5 percent.

Despite what seemed to be a relentless series of horrifying headlines about armed robberies, aggravated assaults with firearms were actually down a fair amount from 2015.

There were 280 of those in 2016, compared to 305 in 2015 — a roughly nine percent decrease.

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At this point, we’ll take good news where we can find it.

From a higher altitude, we see that the homicide totals of 2015 and 2016 — 53 and 50 respectively — both represent significant spikes from years prior.

From 2007-2014, the murder rate ranges from a low of 20 in 2010 to a high of 32 in 2014.

The sudden dramatic jump in homicides from 2014 to 2015 represents an astounding increase of 65 percent!

As for aggravated assault with a firearm, that stat also shows a jaw-dropping jump after 2014, where there were “only” 198.

If my math is right, aggravated assaults with guns skyrocketed over 50 percent from 2014 to 2015.

That’s huge.

In all, however, there’s one perhaps countintuitive number that jumps out the most.

When you add all the Part I Violent Crimes together — homicide, rape, commercial robbery, street robbery, residential robbery, aggravated assault with and without a gun — the total change from 2015 to 2016 is virtually negligible: One percent higher in 2016.

Compare that to the shift from ‘14 to ‘15: A jump in total violent crimes of 26 percent.

(Coincidentally, the number of rapes in 2016 is exactly the same as homicides: 50. That represents a decrease from 59 in 2015.)

In terms of trend analysis, we’re forced to conclude that 2015 and 2016 stand on their own as almost eerily similar compared to each other.

But taken as a unit they also stand in stark contrast to the prior decade.

For whatever reason, as 2014 morphed into 2015 there was just a hell of a lot more violence on the streets of Savannah.

That trend in violence which began spiking in 2015 continued basically unabated throughout 2016.

The questions as to what factors may have driven the seismic shift in overall crime in Savannah from 2014 to 2015 will be interesting to delve into and discuss.

Of course, this being Savannah, crime will always be a political issue. It was a political issue in terms of getting Mayor Eddie DeLoach and a new Council majority elected, and it will be a political issue in the next mayoral election in 2019.

DeLoach’s opponents are already pointing out that despite promises to the contrary, crime has basically stayed the same during his first year in office.

The easy counter is that SCMPD only just recently came up to full staffing for the first time in recent memory. And the homicide clearance rate is evidence that SCMPD’s efforts are getting more on track.

The simple truth is we don’t have enough data points — yet — to see a clear trend. But at some point this year, we’ll no doubt begin to see a trend take shape either way. cs

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Preserving Cumberland is imperative

Editor, For anyone who’s been to Cumberland Island, the importance of preserving this spectacular natural wonder should be abundantly self-evident.

In 1972 Congress designated Cumberland, the largest barrier island in the northern hemisphere, a National Seashore in recognition of its unspoiled natural beauty – characterized by windswept live-oaks, massive dunes, and diverse native species inhabiting expansive maritime forests, marshes, and shorelines.

Cumberland provides the rare experience of witnessing undisturbed nature, a breathtaking exposure to primordial coastal ecosystems as they’ve

existed for thousands of years.

This unique natural asset is so treasured that it’s attracted millions of visitors from across the nation and well beyond.

In establishing the National Seashore, a few patches of privately owned land were left intact. Most of these legacy properties are to revert to public ownership over time. But some 1,000 acres remain in “fee-simple” ownership, which opens the possible consent for resource-disturbing development activities.

We now face a proposal for subdividing a parcel into ten lots to be used for individual homes, to be decided under the authority of Camden County and its planning commission.

If approved and built, this development would

fundamentally reverse the 46-year-old agreement to safeguard Cumberland Island as America’s premier example of responsible coastal stewardship.

The National Park Service must be held accountable to tax-payer obligations by implementing a plan that prevents development.

Allowing the hard-won, costly struggle for Cumberland’s protection to be negated by potentially careless localgovernment decisions in disregard of national priorities would be both shameful and absurd.

Undoubtedly, once additional real-estate development is permitted at the Cumberland National Seashore, similar proposals will further undermine

the future of our unsurpassed coastal treasure. Would we tolerate such threats to Yosemite or Yellowstone – comparable national assets?

Cumberland‘s beautiful serenity must not be debased by the destructive disturbance of more residents, more buildings, and more vehicles. The opportunity to experience one of America’s most magnificent places must not be lost to this and future generations in the misguided pursuit of private objectives benefitting a few at the expense of the many.

Cumberland guardians should email their concerns to Camden officials at kberry@ co.camden.ga.us ASAP. David Kyler Executive Director, Cen7 ter for a Sustainable Coast

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The Urge to Purge

By Jessica Leigh Lebos

jll@connectsavannah.com

Ever since the first week of November, I’ve experienced a sense of deep discomfort, like being trapped in a sock.

No matter how often I wiped down the counters and swept the floor, my house never felt clean. I wore the same denim jacket for weeks because I didn’t want to stick my arm into the terrifying depths of the stuffed coat closet.

Every time I’d sit down on the sofa to relax, the collection of photos and figurines and vases and candleholders above the fireplace seemed like they might be conspiring to strangle me in my sleep.

“The tsotchkes are staring at me,” I’d whisper to my husband.

“Maybe you shouldn’t have a second glass of wine with dinner,” he’d whisper back.

I suspected I was projecting my sense of impending doom for our democracy into the physical realm, but that didn’t make it any less suffocating. By the time the holidays rolled around, I was having full-blown hallucinations of mutinying kitchen utensils and t-shirts that multiplied in the dark.

Those weren’t the only delusions.

I’ve always thought of myself as a fairly

conscious consumer. I swap clothes with stylish friends instead of shopping and bundle up my kids’ toys to pass on.

I reuse and recycle to the point of being the crazy person who washes Ziplocs and hangs them off spoons in the dishrack. I do my best to purchase items of quality that will last, though I’ve yet to find a damn printer that lasts more than two years.

Yet I’ve still managed to accumulate drawers full of half-used rolls of masking tape and Christmas cards from 2008.

Somehow I own an entire cabinet of mismatched coffee mugs, including one

emblazoned with “Just Another Sexy Bald Guy.” Apparently I have not thrown away a single finger painting or report card in either child’s entire school careers (the oldest is going to graduate high school next year.)

And then there’s the “art corner” in the kitchen, a pile of cardboard tubes, old calendars and other potential craft items that at one point served as a literal rat’s nest until Mark sealed the vent in the pantry.

After reading about the terrifying tale of a Brooklyn hoarder who lived with her

adult son’s decomposing corpse for 20 years, I decided I couldn’t stomach another second.

“Decide” is actually the wrong word— this wasn’t a rational, “let’s get organized!” project; this was more akin to demonic possession.

I started with the attic on the third day of January, throwing broken suitcases and empty computer boxes down the stairway while howling like a banshee. The dog cowered as I carted ten trash bags to the lane, for once in my life piling garbage up so high

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I had to call 311 for a special pick-up, landfills be damned. (It cost $25, far less than an exorcism.)

I designated the emptiness left behind into areas for things to keep and things to sell or donate, then started on the rest of house, the shelves, nightstands, bookcases, the cluttered hovel I call my desk.

I quickly figured out that my visceral urge to purge was about more than cleaning my physical space.

As I unsentimentally tossed out dustencrusted half-melted candles and Adobe Illustrator CD-ROMs, I experienced the same liberation that I felt at 23, when I was so weighed down by unreasonable expectations of adulthood that I sold or gave away everything I owned, shaved my head and moved into a VW bus.

That turned out to be the defining moment of my life, and while the Great Purge of 2017 is considerably less dramatic, it still presents a point of facing life leaner and meaner, without unnecessary baggage. It can also have a positive effect on the psyche.

Urban Gypsy Trunk Show proprietor Elle Erikson collects clothing for a living, but says paring down her personal possessions over the last few months has brought a new sense of serenity.

“Since decluttering, I’ve noticed a measurable shift in my peace of mind. With less clutter and fewer choices, it seems to have helped me stay more focused,” says Elle, who is based in Asheville, NC and sets up her 1000-item pop-up shops in Savannah several times a year.

“Emotions take up space, too,” reminded another friend also in the midst of moving mounds of detritus out of her house.

“When you clear things out, you have more room to feel, and you just feel better.”

I knew I wasn’t alone in my quest to overcome the chaos, but I hadn’t realized that unloading crap en masse has become a full-fledged movement.

I was already deep in the purge process when pianist Ben Warsaw mentioned a film he’d watched recently on Netflix. Minimalism: A Documentary about the Important Things has won myriad awards and follows the cultural trend of paring down in a world gone mad with having.

One of the first scenes is the film is of Black Friday psychosis, women punching each other in the face over an Xbox—an extreme example of the capitalism-gonewild being rejected around the world.

“If it doesn’t add value to your life, you don’t need it,” says one of the stars, Ryan Nicodemus, a former corporate wonk who left his job to write The Minimalists with his best friend.

This is a terribly dangerous idea to an unsustainable system that depends on our addiction to acquisition. It may also be the cheapest, simplest path to salvation.

My efforts may never reach minimalist standards; the bookshelf barely shows the difference. Yet the house feels lighter, and I’m not longer terrified that my bubbie’s ballerina painting is going to eat my brain.

I’m handling this week’s ACA abomination and the insults against Rep. John Lewis by keeping busy filling all the Little Free Libraries on the Flannery O’Connor Book Trail and posting vintage purses on the Buy Sell Savannah FB page.

I’ve also learned that while it feels good to freshen up our houses and minds, it’s important not to let the purge demon go too far.

One of the first items to go was a ratnibbled relic from our kids’ toddler years, a replica of the red Thinking Chair from the TV series Blue’s Clues (the Steve era, of course.) To me, it was just another outgrown thing taking up space.

To my husband, it was a sweet reminder of the years we’d all spent together watching Steve and Blue solve nerdy preschool mysteries, before everyone graduated to separate screens and no one wanted to play “licky neck” anymore.

I hadn’t known that every time he went into the attic for the last ten years to get a suitcase or pull down the Halloween decorations, he’d touched the velvety arm of the Thinking Chair and smiled, fondly remembering the exhaustion and bliss of early parenthood.

In my cathartic hysteria, I realized with shame, I’d unwittingly tossed out a thing imbued with a precious memory. Actually, I sold it for $20 to a lady who bought it as a bed for her toy poodle.

“I didn’t even get to say good-bye to it,” said my husband sadly, looking at the noworganized attic.

Our sanity and stamina can be improved by unburdening things, but unilateral dumping doesn’t help our relationships with our loved ones.

My husband says he can forgive me for casting off the Thinking Chair but has made me promise to include him on any future possessions—er, decisions.

Maybe I’ll let him tackle the coat closet. cs

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Starlandia’s expanding universe

The Space Station launches a new galaxy of classes, workshops and performances by jessica leigh lebos

jll@connectsavannah.com

JAN 18-24, 2017

There are those who believe that Savannah’s Starland district is a multidimensional vortex, an attraction point for some of the weirdest, wackiest and most wonderful elements of the city.

With curious creative portals like Graveface Records, Sulfur Studios, two phenomenal vintage boutiques in House of Strut and Gypsy World—not to mention a venue called the Wormhole—such a premise is an easy quantum leap.

No one perpetuates this theory more than Clinton Edminster, Starland’s most visible interstellar ambassador.

“I basically traverse the same couple of blocks all day long, and there is so much creativity packed into this spot, I don’t even know how it’s physically possible,” muses Edminster, who’s helped raise the neighborhood’s profile with Art Rise’s First Friday Art March and sits on the district’s business association, The Star Council.

He opened the reclaimed art materials emporium Starlandia Supply in 2015, and its unlikely meteoric success has allowed him to expand its orbit to the building next door. After signing the lease in December and taking a sledgehammer to the connecting wall, the Starlandia Space Station debuted Jan. 6 as 700 square feet, of well, empty space.

Well, not completely. Plush purple and pink curtains line the walls and windows, and there’s a small stage in the corner. But unlike its sister planet’s mission to recycle stuff, the Space Station’s purpose is in its potential.

Unsurprisingly, Edminster defines it in the context of the space-time continuum.

“The Starlandia Reclaimed side is an exercise in the organization of things that take up space, like art supplies, yarn, paint, etc.,” explains the cosmic-thinking capitalist.

“The Space Station gives us a chance to organize time. Time for music, time for rehearsals, time for learning, and most importantly, time for the community to come together and share thoughtful experiences.”

A roster of weekly workshops are already in full effect, including art classes, music lessons with Samba Savannah and creative writing safe spaces for teens and seniors.

“It was really important to us to reach out to older citizens while we were brainstorming the schedule,” says Heather MacRae, Starlandia’s deputy commander, of 10 lasering in on specific populations.

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mother of three.

“My hope is that moms and dads will get together after class for coffee and create those vital networks.”

The Space Station is also doing its part to fill the black hole left by the closure of Muse Arts Warehouse, offering up the Space Station for performances and special events. Upcoming shows include regular offerings hosted by sound artist Jeffrey Tosh, an evening with local loud punks Dad Joke, a talk with writer Roberta Hopkins and B.I.G The Improv Musical.

Edminster will also host a live weekly “We have plenty of seniors who want curriculum. talk show from the Space Station stage on to be included in the creative community “At one, they’re at the ‘I wanna do it the Starlandia Facebook Page, inviting all and access affordable art supplies and myself’ stage and are able to keep a steady manner of local commentators, celebriprogramming.” beat. At two and three, everyone is an ties, characters and activists to weigh in on The tiniest creatives also get their slot at active participant and develops a repera constellation of various topics. The first the station on Thursday mornings with the toire of games and songs that families can installments featured Connect A&E editor local debut of Do-Re-We, an early childuse at home.”

Anna Chandler and Savannah Children’s hood music program based on the phiDo-Re-We’s interactive song-and-dance Choir director Roger Moss, with many losophies of early 20th century Hungarian sessions are geared towards parents and more Savannah stars to enter the gravitacomposer Zoltán Kodály. caregivers looking for creative stimulation tional pull.

Taught by local soprano and voice for their kids as well as connection with It was Aristotle who first observed that teacher Becca Flaherty, the 10-session, other adults in similar child-rearing stages. nature abhors a vacuum, and Edminster 45-minute classes employ shakers, tamThe Space Station’s proximity to cafes and plans to fill the void with art exhibits, thebourines and other instruments and are the Bull Street Library as well as Starland- ater pieces, community gatherings, corpoorganized into separate times for infants ia’s wonderland of cheap crafts provides rate meetings and birthday parties. up to 12 months, one year-olds and todopportunity for new parents to forge the “The idea is give people a platform to try dlers from 2 to 3 years old. “village” it takes to raise a child. things they haven’t done before,” says the “It’s a passive learning stage when “Ever since my first visit to Starlandia, Space Station captain, wearing his signathey’re babies, but they are actively learn- I thought it was the coolest business and ture uniform of thrift shop purple sweater ing. There’s a lot of brain developing going community building idea I’d ever seen. and sequined leopard belt. on.” says Flaherty of the international It’s a perfect place to launch this,” says the “This universe has no limits.” cs

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The Good, The Bad, and Section 8-3024

One view of the City’s efforts to regulate Bed and Breakfasts

IF YOU are a property rights advocate, Section 8-3024 of the Zoning Code of the City of Savannah is ugly.

If you’re an entrepreneur, Section 8-3024 could be crippling. That is, if you think 8-3024 means what the City of Savannah says it means.

Section 8-3024 of the Zoning Code of the City of Savannah states: If either a use or class of uses is not specifically indicated as being permitted in a district, either as a matter of right or on the approval of the board of appeals, then such use or class of uses shall be prohibited in such district.

That’s it – one sentence. The actual purpose of Section 8-3024 is obvious to any-

First, he was not guilty of operating a defined and prohibited use known as a “Bed and Breakfast Guest Unit” because he did not serve breakfast, as required in the definition of that use.

Second, he was not guilty of operating an illegal “undefined use,” because the judge agreed that state law says you cannot be guilty of any such thing, as articulated in the Cherokee County case.

According to the Court’s Order, “Section 8-3024 is not a blanket prohibition on the use of property for any and all uses that are not expressly defined by the City, because such an interpretation of Section 8-3024 would violate well-settled Georgia law that requires any and all restrictions on the use of property to be clearly established…”

How did the City respond? The next day a text amendment was voted on at Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC), for the purpose of clarifying and extending the prohibition on homeowners renting

“Under the City’s proposed regime, citizens would be left to guess when they had violated the Ordinance...” one that goes on to read Section 8-3025, “Regulation as to uses.”

Section 8-3025 is 91 pages long. It contains two indexes listing defined uses – one for Conservation & Residential (C&R) districts, and one for Business & Industrial (B&I) districts.

These indexes are followed by very long tables displaying what defined uses are allowed in what zoning districts, and under what conditions. Section 8-3024 simply lets the reader know that if a defined use is not specifically indicated as being permitted in a zoning district in the tables in 8-3025, either as a matter of right, or upon the approval of the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA), then that defined use is not permitted in that zoning district.

Simple.

The City, however, takes a much more expansive view of Section 8-3024. The City believes it grants them the power to prohibit even uses “undefined” in the Code.

But what makes a use “undefined”?

For that matter, what makes something a “use”?

Is the birdhouse in your yard a use?

“Accommodation for transient avians” is not found in the Code – you could be cited under 8-3024 if the City has its way.

Truly, there is literally no end of “undefined uses” that under draconian scrutiny (and moderate creativity) could be the basis for citation by the Zoning

never be clear on whether he was violating the Ordinance under the interpretation of 8-3024 urged by the City,” he concludes.

Would the City use 8-3024 to harass people having children’s sleepovers, or people with birdhouses in their front lawn, or any number of things that could be considered “undefined uses” according to their interpretation? This is unknown, but it could happen.

Also, any entrepreneur with an even slightly new business endeavor, or selling a new or simply altered product would have to assume that his or her activities were prohibited until the City got around to defining new uses within the zoning code.

Thankfully the laws of the State of Georgia protect us from the City’s interpretation of 8-3024. As established in Cherokee County v. Martin, a 2002 decision from the Ga. Court of Appeals: Since zoning ordinances restrict an owner’s right to freely use his property, they are in derogation of common law. Thus, they must be strictly construed in favor of the property owner and never extended beyond their plain and explicit terms. Any restrictions must be clearly established, and ambiguities in the language of zoning ordinances should be resolved in the favor of free use of property.

This is why Judge Stokes dismissed the City’s case against Michael Trulson in Recorders Court.

out extra bedrooms for short-term stays.

This language was then accepted at the next meeting of City Council.

So when forced, the City displayed it can act quickly when it wishes to take away property rights to prohibit a use, rather than rely on 8-3024.

Nevertheless, the City decided it will defend its interpretation of 8-3024 as a blanket prohibition by appealing the decision in the Trulson case to Superior Court.

I must now steal a friend’s pithy paraphrasing of the City’s reason for their appeal: “We’ve been doing it all wrong for awhile now, so please don’t make us change it, because that would be hard.”

Whatever your views on the ShortTerm Rental Wars that have been going on in Savannah the past few years, I would hope that you see the problem with the City’s preferred interpretation of Section 8-3024, and the implications it has for all homeowners and businesses outside of the short-term rental world.

I do not believe it to be hyperbole to label this sort of “prohibition by whim” as tyrannical. We’re lucky to have state case law that protects us, and the state Zoning Procedures Law (ZPL) delineating minimum required due process for zoning actions.

Let’s see that our government stays within boundaries set by the state and takes no zoning actions without due process. cs

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Attorney Patrick Connell expressed the problem thusly on behalf of Michael Trulson in his Recorders Court case: “Under the City’s proposed regime, citizens would be left to guess when they had violated the Ordinance by inadvertently stumbling into a land use that the City now says is actually a prohibited ‘undefined use,’ based on some previously unarticulated circumstances that the City now maintains differentiates said undefined use from all defined uses,” Connell wrote to the court.

“For example, under the City’s urged interpretation of the Ordinance, nothing would stop the City from arguing that the use of a single-family property for children’s sleepovers is actually prohibited, because such use is an undefined use that differs from the ‘One-family dwelling, Detached’ use that is designated as Use 1(a) under the Ordinance. A landowner could

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In its entry for “teeth cleaning,” Wikipedia claims that “any general recommendation for a frequency of routine cleaning (e.g. every six months, every year) has no empirical basis.” So now I’m considering saving money by skipping the dentist, and just doing my best to brush and floss at home.

What do you think? —Lyle in California I THINK I wouldn’t bet my teeth on something I saw on Wikipedia. I get it—no one likes being told what to do and when to do it, and that goes double for having the corners of your mouth yanked open while steely implements scrape and prod.

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cost-benefit analysis. But when “being a smart consumer” starts looking too much like “avoiding going to the dentist,” it may be time to question your own motives too.

It’s true that current research doesn’t offer much guidance. Two scholarly reviews, from 2013 and 2014, looked at the existing data attempting to gauge the effectiveness of routine scaling and polishing, and both sets of authors concluded the same thing: better studies will be needed before we can say anything concrete about the benefits of professional cleaning, including how often it might be needed.

And the cited source for the Wiki quote you provide—a 2010 post on askthedentist.com, addressing a question similar to yours—more or less lines up with these findings: the twice-a-year cleaning model, it agrees, is arbitrary.

But the asked dentist, a reasonablesounding Bay Area DDS named Mark Burhenne, certainly doesn’t take the position that in general people are going to the dentist too often. Burhenne’s concern is that, given wide variance in brushing/ flossing regimens, two cleanings a year might not be often enough for a patient with gingivitis hoping to prevent fullblown periodontitis, or a patient with periodontitis who wants to keep her teeth.

After all, teeth cleaning (dental prophylaxis, to use the pros’ term) is largely about preventing gums, and eventually the bones your teeth are lodged in, from succumbing to bacterial destruction. The Centers for Disease Control has said that more than 47 percent of Americans aged 30 and up have periodontitis, which is what gingivitis develops into.

And while the condition can be prevented, or, once diagnosed, contained to some degree, the damage to gum and bone can’t be reversed. Even if you consider your teeth expendable, periodontal disease can have other health impacts: pregnant women with bad gums, for instance, are more likely to bear low-weight children.

If you have insurance covering two annual visits, it’s not going to do any harm to schedule those cleanings so your dentist can keep tabs on any developments.

Granted, it wasn’t dental-health pros who initially came up with the every-sixmonths recommendation, or even insurance agency bean-counters—it was ad men.

In the 1920s and ’30s Pepsodent fought its way to the top of the U.S. toothpaste market largely on the strength of advertising campaigns waged by industry pioneer Claude Hopkins.

The brand sponsored a succession of radio shows, including the wildly popular Amos ’n’ Andy, and Hopkins dreamed up the slogan that for years led off the broadcasts: “Use Pepsodent twice a day—see your dentist twice a year.”

When dental insurance came along after WWII, the big insurers seem to have simply adopted the Pepsodent schema outright—again, it’s not like they could have based a checkup schedule on actual research, as there wasn’t any.

The copywriters on the Pepsodent account (as copywriters will) invented fantastical words to make their humdrum ingredients seem miraculous—the detergent chemical sodium lauryl sulfate became the futuristic-sounding “irium.”

And of course the company’s goals were more mercenary than public-spirited— their campaigns appealed to Americans’ vanity, insisting the product removed a disfiguring and embarrassing film from teeth rather than playing up possible health benefits.

But you know what? Americans needed to learn to brush their damn teeth. The nation’s diet had changed, with the ascent of processed food making sugar and refined flour more prevalent, and tooth decay was rampant.

A 1910 survey of 447 schoolkids in Elmira, New York, found that only 22 had completely healthy teeth; the rest had 2,063 cavities altogether and required 617 extractions.

Toothpaste ads, however shakily conceived, likely did nudge the nation along toward better dental health.

Similarly, encouraging dentist visits at six-month intervals had no scientific basis, but that doesn’t make it a bad rule of thumb.

For its part, the American Dental Association advises patients that “the frequency of their regular dental visits should be tailored by their dentists to accommodate for their current oral health status and health history.”

That’s a roundabout way of saying that the answer to the question “How often should you see your dentist?” is simple: Ask your dentist.

If the response sounds fishy, well, there are lots of other dentists out there to choose from, and with your teeth on the line it’s worth shopping around for one you trust.

A medical professional who’s intimately familiar with your in-mouth situation probably knows more about how often you should check in than you do, and certainly more than Wikipedia does. cs By cecil adams Send questions to Cecil via straightdope.com

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Stabbing in homeless camp is first homicide of 2017

Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police arrested Edward Behl, 33, on Wednesday, Jan. 11, charging him with murder in the stabbing death of Joseph Billings, 53, at a homeless camp near President Street and Harry Truman Parkway.

The homicide is the jurisdiction’s first in 2017.

Just before 9 p.m., a tip from an anonymous citizen led officers to the woodline at President Street and Truman Parkway.

Officers located and arrested Behl without incident.

On Tuesday, Jan. 10, at about 12:20 p.m., “Metro officers responded to the scene finding the victim fatally injured. The victim was reportedly stabbed during an altercation with a male acquaintance,” police report.

Southside death investigated

Official 2016 homicide numbers, cleared cases announced

Detectives launched an investigation into the death of a woman found at her residence on the 400 block of West Montgomery Cross Road, on Sunday, Jan. 15.

At about 8:30 p.m., Metro responded to the scene finding Brie Wilson, 30, deceased inside.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab will determine the exact cause and manner of death. Circumstance surrounding this death remain under investigation. The victim’s next of kin has not been notified.

Suspect sought in store robbery

Police seek to identify a suspect in an armed robbery on Saturday, Dec. 31 at a store, on the 3000 block of Ogeechee Road.

“Metro responded to the store at approximately 7:04 p.m. after reports of an armed robbery. The suspect reportedly entered the building, pointing a gun at store employees and demanding cash.

Employees complied with the suspect’s demands. The suspect fled in an unknown direction. No injuries were reported,” police say.

The suspect is described as a black male standing between 5 feet 8 and 5 feet 9 with a slim build.

Edward Behl, arrested in homicide

Shooting on Eastside

Police are investigating a shooting on the 2500 block of Oak Forest Drive, that injured Timothy Johnson, 26, on Jan. 16.

At about 2:45 a.m. officers responded to the scene, finding Johnson with a non-life threatening gunshot wound.

“Reportedly, Johnson was walking toward nearby woods when he heard a loud noise and discovered he was shot,” a department spokesperson says. “The victim is not cooperating with investigators.”

Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division (CID) “initiated a total of 50 homicide investigations in 2016,” a department spokesperson said last week.

Annual homicides are divided into three status categories: cleared by arrest, open and “exceptional clearance,” which typically means a case closed through means other than arrest or prosecution, for example if the perpetrator is either killed by police during the commitment of a crime or commits suicide after perpetrating the crime.

“In 2016, 38 homicide cases were cleared. Thirty-six homicide cases were cleared by arrest. Two were exceptionally cleared. Eight of the 2016 homicide arrests were for cases opened in prior years,” police report.

Currently, 20 homicide cases opened in 2016 remain under investigation, police say.

“In 2016, the SCMPD’s jurisdiction experienced three fewer homicides than 2015,” says a department spokesperson.

“The agency had a homicide clearance rate of 76% in 2016. As of 2015, the national homicide clearance rate is 61.5%.” cs

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2016 Sav/Chatham County Crime Stats through Sunday January 15:

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The salary the Golden State Warriors pay to basketball whiz Stephen Curry may be a bargain at $12 million a year, but the economics is weirder about the prices Curry’s fans pay on the street for one of his used mouthguards retrieved from the arena floor after a game. One used, sticky, saliva-encased teeth-protector went for $3,190 at one August auction, and SCP Auctions of California is predicting $25,000 for another, expelled during the NBA championship series last June.

ESPN Magazine reported “at least” 35 Twitter accounts dedicated to Curry’s mouthguard.

Cultural Diversity

In parts of Panama, some men still fight for access to women with the ferocity of rutting male elks. The indigenous Ngabe people mostly keep to themselves in rural areas but have surfaced in towns like Volcan, near the Costa Rican border, where in December a reporter witnessed two men fist-fighting to bloody exhaustion on the street in a typical “Mi Lucha” (“my struggle”), with the loser’s wife following the winner home. As the custom loses its cachet, only about a third of the time does the wife now comply, according to the website Narratively. (Bonus: It’s an often-easy “divorce” for the Ngabe — for a fed-up wife to taunt her husband into a losing fight, or for a fed-up husband to pick a fight and take a dive.)

The Continuing Crisis

• Over a six-year period (the latest measured), drug companies and pharmacies legally distributed 780 million pain pills in West Virginia — averaging to 433 for every man, woman and child. Though rules require dispensers to investigate “suspicious” overprescribing, little was done, according to a recent Drug Enforcement Administration report obtained by the Gazette-Mail of Charleston — even though half of the pills were supplied by the nation’s “big three” drugmakers (whose CEOs’ compensation is enriched enormously by pain pill production). Worse, year-by-year the strengths of the pills prescribed increase as users’ tolerance demands. (West Virginia residents disproportionately suffer from unemployment,

France now find kiosks dispensing short coal mining-related disabilities and poor stories to pass the time. A wide range of health.)

•University of Kentucky professor Buck selections (even poetry!), in suggested reading-time lengths of one, three and five Ryan disclosed in December that he had minutes, can be printed out for free. (2) been punished recently (loss of travel The only U.S. vending machine for chamfunds and a “prestigious” award) by his pagne is now operational in the 23rd-floor dean for singing the Beach Boys classic lobby of the Mandarin Oriental hotel in “California Girls” for a lesson comparing American and Chinese cultures — because Las Vegas. Moet and Chandon bubbly can of the song’s “language of a sexual nature.” be purchased with $20 tokens sold at the front desk.

The school’s “coordinator” on sexual harassment issues made the ruling, New World Order apparently absent student comRecent Awkward Apps: (1) The plaints, for Ryan’s lyric change of Kerastase Hair Coach (a “smart” “Well, East Coast girls are hip” to hairbrush with Wi-Fi, monitor“Well, Shanghai girls are hip.”

We are so ing brush strokes “on three axes” •Because the 2015 San BerTrumped to manage “frizziness, dryness, nardino, California, terrorsplit ends and breakage”); (2) ist attack that killed 14 and The still-in-prototype “Kisseriously wounded 22 was a senger” (with a “meat-colored” “workplace” injury (in that the rubbery dock for a smartphone shooters fired only at fellow that the user can kiss and have the employees), any health insurance sensation transmitted to a lover’s the victims had was superseded receiving dock over the internet); exclusively by coverage under (3) The Ozmo smart cup (to “effortthe state’s “workers’ compensalessly” “empower you with a plattion” system — a system largely form for better hydration choices” designed for typical job injuries, in your water and coffee consumpsuch as back pain and slip-andtion — with software for other drinks comfalls. Thus, for example, one San ing soon!) (Bonus: Old-school users can Bernardino victim with “hundreds of also just drink out of it.); (4) The Prophix pieces of shrapnel” still in her body even toothbrush (with a video camera so you after multiple surgeries and in constant catch areas your brushing might have pain, must nevertheless constantly argue missed); (5) Spartan boxer briefs (stylishly her level of care with a bureaucrat presprotecting men’s goods from Wi-Fi and sured by budgetary issues and forced to massage sets of one-size-fits-all guidelines. cellphone radiation).

Wait, What?

(1) The Las Vegas Sun reported in December that Nevada slot- and videomachine gamblers left almost $12 million on the floor during 2012 (i.e., winning tickets that remain uncashed for six months, thus reverting to the state), running the five-year total to nearly $35 million. (2) The pre-game injury report for college football’s Dec. 31 Citrus Bowl included two University of Louisville linebackers, Henry Famurewa and James Hearns, who were out of action against Louisiana State because of “gunshot wounds.”

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made their job, “begged” him to give them some sort of challenge: “Please at least try to hide.” Suspect Dale Tice was soon in custody.

Update

In January, tireless convicted fraudster Kevin Trudeau, who pitched magical remedies for countless ailments on latenight TV for almost 20 years (dodging investigations and lawsuits until the feds caught up with him in 2014) was turned down in what some legal experts believe might be his final judicial appeal. Still, he never gives up. From his cell at a federal prison in Alabama, he continued to solicit funding for appeals via his Facebook fans, promising donors that they could “double” their money. Also, he said he would soon share “two secrets” that would allow donors to “vibrate frequencies ... to create the life (they) want.”

The Passing Parade

A six-point deer head-butted the owner of a fur company in Willmar, Minnesota, in November and broke into the building where thousands of recently harvested deer hides were being dried (and largely wrecked the place). The owner was slightly injured, and the vengeful buck escaped.

A News of the Weird Classic (March 2013)

Unclear on the Concept

In December the European Union’s 28 nations reached what members called a historic agreement to thwart terrorists: a ban on private citizens’ possessing semiautomatic weapons — but exempted terrorists’ firearm of choice, the Kalishikov assault weapon. (Finland vetoed inclusion of the AK-47 because of concerns about training its reservists.)

Least Competent Criminals

A December post on the Marietta, Georgia, police department’s Facebook page chided a shoplifter still at large who had left his ID and fingerprints (and inadvertently posed for security cameras). The police, noting “how easy” the man had

Leaders of the ice-fishing community, aiming for official Olympics recognition as a sport, have begun the process by asking the World Anti-Doping Agency to randomly test its “athletes” for performance-enhancing drugs, according to a February (2013) New York Times report.

(The chairman of the U.S. Freshwater Fishing Association said, “We do not test for beer” because “everyone would fail.”)

Ice-fishing is a lonely, frigid endeavor rarely employing strength but mostly guile and strategy, as competitors who discover advantageous spots must surreptitiously upload their hauls lest competitors rush over to drill their own holes. cs By chuck shepherd UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

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Like many, Ben Maher of Savannah band Lies in Stone doesn’t want to be seething alone at home on Inauguration Day while Donald Trump is sworn into office.

“I, and I’m sure everyone else, was pissed off that Wednesday morning,” he says, recalling the day he heard the results of the election. “At least the popular vote was.”

So, what’s the alternative to screaming into a pillow while hate-watching the news station? Throw a loud, raucous, all-ages rock ‘n’ roll show supporting Planned Parenthood, of course.

“It’s a way of saying, ‘Hey, guess what: not only do we have to deal with you, but you have to deal with us,’” Maher states.

“That’s the general idea behind it.”

Together, Maher and Emily Earl of Sulfur Studios created a lineup and decided to turn the event into a benefit for Savannah’s chapter of Planned Parenthood.

“Let’s give some money to someone who’s going to be first on the chopping block,” says Maher. “And Planned Parenthood is one of the first on the chopping block.”

It was important to both Maher and Earl to feature bands with female members,

and the final lineup is a fine selection of some of Savannah’s top acts, including electronic/rock/post-punk duo Twisty Cats, punks Greta O. and the Toxic Shock, and garage-yacht duo The Lipschitz.

“That was a very purposeful task,” says Earl. “I’m personally excited to host all these bands with ladies; there need to be more women making music in Savannah, I think.”

When seeking out a venue, Maher knew Sulfur Studios was the perfect spot.

With its grassroots ties through Emergent Savannah, eagerness to host charity events, and support of the arts community, their philosophy was just in line with the kind of event Maher hoped to create.

“Sulfur Studios is a great place to have a show in any way, shape, or form,” he says.

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Lies in Stone made its debut at the all-ages space, opening up for Black Tusk, in 2016.

“That was our first show, and it was a lot of fun,” Maher remembers. “They were very accommodating hosts and seemed to really get people out.”

Earl is glad that Sulfur Studios can be available for the community on days like the 20th.

“I think, especially just because this is going to be a difficult day for a lot of people it’s nice that we can use the space we have to host people in a time like that,” she says. “It’s important to not get too bummed out and get together and try to make the best out of an unfortunate situation.”

Maher says throwing an event like this in a red state like Georgia is “definitely drawing a line in the sand.”

“It’s harder to do in a place like this,” he says. “Savannah is a bigger town, but it’s still a small town. Standing up for the underrepresented in any way, shape, or form is very noble, and doing it even when you’re a

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minority says a lot more about your character and about what the cause is really worth. It’s definitely hard to do it in a small town like this—and Savannah’s fairly blue, but it’s still not, though. I don’t think we could get away with certain things in this town, but it’s definitely the bluest city on the coast.”

Earl and Maher both hope the event is a way for the community to come together and support one another.

“Come out, go to the show, and participate in something that’s proactive instead of being pissed about it,” suggests Maher. “Be pissed about it together. Hopefully all the bands will be extraangry and there will be lots of fists in the air that night. Come out and rock for a cause.” CS

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Piano in the heart of Armstrong

Music series continues with a tour of European and American song by anna chandler

anna@connectsavananh.com

Dr. Benjamin Warsaw and Elissa Alvarez join forces for this week’s Piano in the Arts.

On Thursday, the series highlights classical, traditional, and original songs played

by Warsaw himself with vocal accompaniment from Elissa Alvarez, known for her vocal fluidity and striking timbre.

Warsaw and Alvarez met while pursuing their doctorate degrees at Boston University and even formed a duo, Alvarez-Warsaw Duo, with Warsaw writing original music inspired by Alvarez’s voice.

This week’s concert marks Alvarez’s second appearance in Savannah, and her former classmate is thrilled to welcome her back.

“She’s my number one!” Warsaw says.

“She’s amazing; she came and performed here before, and we just had to bring her back.”

The evening is a celebration of diversity in piano music, and Warsaw’s program is geared to appeal to many different folks. Many pieces will be familiar to music enthusiasts—great composers like Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Wolfgang Mozart, and others are included—while other pieces might become new favorites.

Audiences will also hear originals from Warsaw, who released a debut album of 24 preludes of original music for piano, Warsaw Plays Warsaw, in 2015.

“The first half [of the program] is all European,” Warsaw explains. “We’ve got traditional Hebrew songs, we’re going to do some Spanish music, some French music, some German. The second half of the program is American song standards.”

In addition to having shifted Savannah’s musical landscape, Piano in the Arts has been vital for students of Armstrong State, who receive a master class from each performer the day before the concert.

“They’re really learning a bunch,” says Warsaw. “A lot of students come up to me after and say, ‘I’ve never seen a professional concert.’ For me, that’s the best. Of course, it’s rewarding when people from the Savannah community say, ‘We love your series, we love what you’re doing,’ and especially when students say, ‘We’ve never seen a live concert of professional quality before,’ and then they’re inspired.”

Above all, Warsaw is grateful for Armstrong’s support in the program.

“Armstrong has been incredibly supportive the whole day,” he says. “Armstrong supported everything from the beginning; I think it’s rare to find that in a school.” CS

Piano in the Arts: Classical, Traditional, and Original Music

Where: Armstrong State University Fine Arts Auditorium When: Thursday, January 19, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $15 via tickets.armstrong.edu or 912.344.2801

JAN 18-24, 2017

Armstrong State University’s Piano in the Arts series is in its fourth year, and Dr. Benjamin Warsaw couldn’t be happier with the program’s growth.

Warsaw, an Assistant Professor who teaches piano and theory, established Piano in the Arts when he came to Armstrong from Georgia Perimeter College.

In that time, he says the series’ expansion and the audience’s reception has been exponential.

“Nothing quite like this existed in Savannah,” he recalls.

“We have an orchestra, we have all these different concert series, The Savannah Music Festival, but there was nothing that just focused on concert music for piano. I wanted to create a series in which we could expose the different genres of piano— piano is one of those different genres to a Savannah audience—and just focus on piano.”

Over the years, Piano in the Arts has hosted an impressive roster of guests, from vocalists to dancers to Savannah’s own Velvet Caravan, and continues to innovate and inspire (stay tuned for a program highlighting pianos and electronics in February).

“It’s been picking up steam every year,” Warsaw says.

Going from having no sponsors in its first year to support from a number of companies and families, including Membersfirst Credit Union, Marriott Springhill Suites, GPB, and Mano and Brigitta Solinski, Piano in the Arts is ready to step into 2017 with fresh selections for music fans of all walks of life.

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music stopover

A tribe called red Photo by matt Barnes

Savannah Stopover unveils full lineup Julien Baker, Caveman, and locals added by anna Chandler

Julien Baker Caveman

JAN 18-24, 2017

Savannah Stopover has announced its complete lineup, including local bands and new headliners, for the 2017 festival.

There’s plenty to unearth in a weekend that’s rooted in discovery, and many of the added artists might already have a home on your playlists.

After all, Stopover is home to up-andcomers, and indie tastemakers are singing the praises of these festival additions.

Julien Baker, an ambient-folk singersongwriter who’s accrued quite a following since releasing the LP Sprained Ankle, signed with revered label Matador Records in early January.

Brooklyn’s Caveman performed at the second Stopover Festival; since then, the band has grown tremendously, releasing a third album, Otero War, in 2016 on Cinematic Records.

A Tribe Called Red will bring the party with their globally-inspired hiphop, dubstep, reggae, and electronic sound.

Christopher Paul Stelling, who has been a loyal Stopover performer since the festival’s formation makes a return.

Country Mice, the first band Stopover ever booked, has reunited specifically for the festival—that’s loyalty!

The home team is a strong one this year with a focus on new talent. Garden Giant, San Soma, Isaac Smith, Ambrose, McLeod, Miggs, Lyn Avenue, Clouds & Satellites, Rude Dude & The Creek Freaks, Lulu the Giant, and Damon & The Shitkickers will all represent Savannah on the Stopover lineup.

Savannah Stopover will take place from March 9 to March 11. Head to savannahstopover.com for tickets and 18 playlist links. CS

Floco Torres

anna@connectsavannah.com

New additions: • Julien Baker • A Tribe Called Red • Caveman • Weaves • Tim Darcy (Ought) • Christopher Paul Stelling • The Belle Game • Deantoni Parks • Hockey Dad • Lawrence • Splashh • Alex Cameron • Country Mice • Communist Daughter • Floco Torres • Tall Tall Trees • Ian Sweet • Gracie and Rachel • The Britanys • Molly Burch • Frances Cone • The Undercover Dream Lovers • Dirty Dishes • Big Mama Shakes • Say Brother • Ess See • Saw Black • High Waisted • Upright Man • Garden Giant • San Soma • Isaac Smith • Ambrose • McLeod • Miggs • Lyn Avenue • Clouds & Satellites • Rude Dude & The Creek Freaks • Lulu the Giant • Damon and The Shitkickers

Previously announced: • Kishi Bashi • Lee Fields & The Expressions • JEFF The Brotherhood • Ezra Furman • Ruby Amanfu • Muddy Magnolias • Tall Heights • Crocodiles • Allison Crutchfield & The Fizz • AJ Dávila • Alanna Royale • River Whyless • Gibbz • The Dig • Major and the Monbacks • Wreckless Eric • Hoops • Walker Lukens • Kelsey Waldon • The Bones of J.R. Jones • Charly Bliss • Vita and The Woolf • Ron Gallo • Cicada Rhythm • Valley Queen • *repeat repeat • Yoke Lore • Vagabon • Chain of Flowers • Becca Mancari • Half Waif • Daddy Issues • Kane Strang • Nellie Pearl • The Paperhead • pronoun • Wolkoff

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Kishi Bashi. Lee Fields & The Expressions.

Julien Baker. JEFF The Brotherhood. Ezra Furman. Caveman.

Crocodiles. A Tribe Called Red. Kelsey Waldon. Ruby Amanfu.

Muddy Magnolias.Tall Heights. Hockey Dad. Allison Crutchfield & The Fizz.

River Whyless. Wreckless Eric. Christopher Paul Stelling. Deantoni Parks. Gibbz.

The Dig. Splashh. AJ Dávila. The Bones of J.R. Jones. Weaves. Tim Darcy.

Alanna Royale. Major and the Monbacks. The Belle Game. Lawrence. Alex Cameron.

Country Mice. Communist Daughter. DTCV. Hoops. Walker Lukens. Floco Torres.

Charly Bliss. Tall Tall Trees. Vita and The Woolf. Ian Sweet. Ron Gallo. Cicada Rhythm.

GGOOLLDD. Yoke Lore. Half Waif. Gracie and Rachel. *repeat repeat. Molly Burch.

The Paperhead. Frances Cone. Valley Queen. The Undercover Dream Lovers. Daddy Issues.

Chain of Flowers. Dirty Dishes. Big Mama Shakes. High Waisted. Say Brother. pronoun. The Britanys. Best Behavior. Vagabon. Wolkoff. Nellie Pearl. Saw Black.

Becca Mancari. Kane Strang. ESS SEE. Upright Man. & FEATURING SAVANNAH’S OWN Ambrose. Clouds & Satellites. Damon & The Shitkickers.

Garden Giant. Isaac Smith. Lulu the Giant. Lyn Avenue. McLeod. Miggs Son Daddy.

Rude Dude & The Creek Freaks. San Soma.

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By Anna Chandler anna@connectsavannah.com

Hotplate, Dead Hand, The Death Hour @The Jinx

JAN 18-24, 2017

Concert Organist Samuel Metzger in Recital @Skidaway Island United Methodist Church

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Enjoy an evening of beautiful music with organist Samuel Metzger. The Fulbright Scholar honed his skills at Northern Arizona State University’s Preparatory School of Music, University of Arizona Tucson, and Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart, Germany. Metzger earned a second Fulbright Scholarship and also studied with Marie-Claire Alain in St. Germain-en-Laye, France.

The accomplished Metzger has served as Senior Organist at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, working with the late Dr. D. James Kennedy. In his time at that congregation, church services were broadcast throughout the USA and to 202 countries as a TV program. Metzger has also worked on the staff of New Presbyterian Church in Pompano Beach, Florida, and as Organist and Music Associate of Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee.

When Metzger performs in concert, his program is chosen in consultation with the host church; audiences can typically look forward to a classical and sacred repertoire and commentary and history of each piece from Metzger.

Thursday, January 19, 7 p.m., free, all-ages

The Lark and the Loon @The Wormhole

Americana! Sea shanties! Irish dance tunes! Delta blues! Piedmont blues! Jazz! Country! The Lark and the Loon love it all and effortlessly weave genres together for a unique take on roots music.

Featuring eastern Montana native Rocky SteenRolfzen, an alum of the rock touring circuit, and Jeff Rolfzen, a banjo, harmonica, and guitar player, the duo fuse their strengths as solo artists into a multi-instrument-wielding live show. With jaunty flair, fanciful charisma, and charming harmonies, the family band’s sure to put a smile on your face.

Thursday, January 19, 9 p.m., 18+

Coastal Rock Productions curates an all-Georgia bill at The Jinx this weekend.

Locals Hot Plate and The Death Hour join Warner Robins, Georgia’s Dead Hand. The latter recently released a split 7” with Miami sludge favorites Shroud Eater through the iconic Southern Druid Records (AXIS, WVRM, Black Tusk’s first record). The small town Georgia doom band dips into post-rock, sludge, and stoner metal on their track, “Guaiacol.” The band’s been working on a followup EP to their 2015 full-length Storm of Demiurge, recording at LedBelly Sound Studio in Dawsonville.

Hot Plate and The Death Hour both cut new albums at The Garage Savannah in the tail end of 2016; Hot Plate’s EP, one 24-minute continuous piece of music, has gotta be in the running as one of 2017’s most ambitious projects. The Death Hour, featuring former members of Rotten Blush, has a sound shaped around hard rock with psychedelic flourishes and a bit of ‘90s grunge.

Saturday, January 21, 9:30 p.m., $6, 21+

Koffin Kats, The Attack @The Jinx

For more than 12 years, Vic Victor, Tommy Koffin, and Damian Detroit have channeled the rockabilly influences of Stray Cats with punk heroes like The Damned to create their own unique spin on Detroit psychobilly. With over 2,000 live shows under their belts, the trio knows how to thrill an audience.

The Attack is a Jinx fave, known to dish out hard-driving, singalong punk rock fresh outta Florida.

Thursday, January 19, 10 p.m., $10, 21+

Thursday Night Opry @Trinity United Methodist Church

Thursday Night Opry is back with eight, count ‘em, eight, of Georgia’s brightest singer-songwriters performing in the gorgeous intimate setting of Trinity United Methodist Church.

Many of the performers are familiar faces in the scene—you’ll find Rachael Shaner (whose debut solo album, Kingdoms Fall, is due in February), Coy Campbell, and Sarah Poole gigging and sharing their talents most weekends, while special guests Blake Rainey, Justin Hylton, and Jason Waller are shining stars of the Atlanta musical circuit.

Two rare performances make this Opry a unique treat. Many may know Dare Dukes for his dynamic work as leader of DEEP Savannah, but the multitalented father and philanthropist is also a stellar writer and songwriter, fetching several Best of Savannah awards in the past for his evocative narratives and folk stylings. These days, a performance from Dukes is a rare treat, so take advantage of this special appearance.

Kurtis Schumm is another community leader with musical talents. Tybeeans know Schumm as owner of Tybee Island Social Club, Tybee Island Fish Camp, and Bo Bien Hut, but before revolutionizing the Island’s food scene, Schumm was a professional musician and will share his gifts with the Opry crowd.

Thursday, January 19, doors at 7 p.m., show at 7:30 p.m., $10, all-ages

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Wednesday 1.18 Live Music

Barrelhouse South Ben Lewis, 9:30 p.m.

Bay Street Blues Hitman Blues Band, 9 p.m.

Bayou Cafe Thomas Claxton, 9 p.m.

Boomy’s Eric Culberson Band, 10 p.m.

CO/Savannah Cocktail Co. VuDu Cocktail Acoustic Open Mic Night, 7 p.m. coffee deli Acoustic Jam, 7 p.m.

El-Rocko Lounge Happy Hour w/ Anders Thomsen, 6 p.m.

Five Oaks Taproom Eric Britt, 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar CC Witt, 7:30 p.m.

Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Cory Chambers, 7 p.m.

Rachael’s 1190 Jeremy Riddle, 10 p.m.

The Sandbar Open Mic, 9 p.m.

SEED Eco Lounge Latin Music Night, 9 p.m.

Tree House Wobble Wednesday Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Jubal Kane, 8 p.m.

White Rabbit Wobble Wednesdays w/ CLVLND Wild Wing Cafe Brandon Reeves, 5 p.m.

The Wormhole Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Trivia & Games

The Chromatic Dragon Geeky Trivia Night, 8 p.m.

Dub’s Pub Trivia, 7:30 p.m.

The Jinx Rock n Roll Bingo, 10 p.m.

Rachael’s 1190 Team Trivia, 8:45 p.m.

Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Trivia, 9:30 p.m.

Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Tubby’s Trivia, 7 p.m.

World of Beer Trivia, 7 p.m.

Karaoke

Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

Hercules Bar & Grill Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Little Lucky’s Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Mediterranean Tavern Karaoke hosted

by K-Rawk, 8 p.m.

Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Comedy

Totally Awesome Bar Weird Wednesdays Open Mic Comedy, 9 p.m.

DJ

Little Lucky’s DJ Mixx Masta Matao SEED Eco Lounge DJ Cesar, 10 p.m.

Thursday 1.19 Live Music

Andaz Hotel Andaz Salon: American Traditions featuring Kim Michael Polote, 5:30 p.m.

Armstrong State University Piano in the Arts, 7:30 p.m.

Barrelhouse South Come Back Alice, 10 p.m.

Basil’s Pizza and Deli Jan Spillane, 6:30 p.m.

Bay Street Blues Hitman Blues Band, 9 p.m.

Bayou Cafe Eric Culberson Band, 9 p.m.

Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Nancy Witt (piano and vocals), 6 p.m.

El-Rocko Lounge Birdperson, Twisty Cats, Machine Dreams, 8:30 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Danielle Hicks Duo, 7:30 p.m.

Sloppy Tonk Night @el-rocko lounge

Enjoy a variety of regional takes on country, honk-tonk, folk, and rock ‘n’ roll with Say Brother, The Minks, Movers & Shakers, and Debbie and the Skanks. . saturday, january 21, 9 p.m., free, 21+ The Jinx Koffin Kats, The Attack, 10 p.m.

Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Luke Landers, 7 p.m.

Skidaway United Methodist Church Samuel Metzger, Organ, 7-8 p.m.

Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Totally Awesome Bar DJ Basik Lee, 10 p.m.

Trinity United Methodist Church Thursday Night Opry, 7:30 p.m.

Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Eric Britt, 6 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Frank Bright and Claire Frazier, Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Stan Ray, 8 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Bucky & Barry, 5 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Acoustic Thursday, 6 p.m.

The Wormhole The Lark and the Loon, 9 p.m., Open Mic, 6 p.m.

Trivia & Games

The Britannia British Pub Trivia, 7:30 p.m.

McDonough’s Trivia, 7:30 p.m.

Mediterranean Tavern Butt Naked Trivia with Kowboi, 7 p.m.

Melody’s Coastal Cafe and Sandbar Cantina Trivia Pour Larry’s Explicit Trivia, 10 p.m.

Totally Awesome Bar 80s and 90s Trivia, 8 p.m.

Tybee Island Social Club Trivia, 7:30 p.m.

Karaoke

Applebee’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Blueberry Hill Trivia and Karaoke, 7 p.m.

The Chromatic Dragon Karaoke Night, 9 p.m.

Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

Doodles Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Flashback Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Jukebox Bar & Grill Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Little Lucky’s Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Mediterranean Tavern Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Rachael’s 1190 Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

Rusty Rudders Tap House Karaoke Savannah’s Music City Bar and Grill Karaoke, 8 p.m.

World of Beer Karaoke, 9 p.m.

DJ

Congress Street Social Club DJ Blackout, 10 p.m.

The Jinx Live DJ, 10 p.m.

Little Lucky’s DJ Mixx Masta Matao Mediterranean Tavern DJ Kirby Rusty Rudders Tap House DJ Tap SEED Eco Lounge DJ Cesar, 10 p.m.

Bar & Club Events

Club One Drag Show, 10:30 p.m.

Foxy Loxy Cafe Vinyl Appreciation, 7-10 p.m.

SEED Eco Lounge Daas Unterground, 10 p.m.

Friday 1.20 Live Music

Barrelhouse South C2 & the Brothers Reed w/ Bonnie Blue, 10 p.m.

Bayou Cafe Ben Keiser Band, 10:45 p.m.

Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Nancy Witt (piano and vocals), 6 p.m.

Congress Street Social Club The Accomplices, 10 p.m.

Fiore Italian Bar and Grill Anne Allman, 6:30 p.m.

Huc-A-Poo’s Pocket Change, 9 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Cory Chambers Jazz Band, 9 p.m.

The Jinx Lara Hope and the Ark-Tones, 10 p.m.

Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Jason Bible, 7 p.m.

Mansion on Forsyth Park Tradewinds,

9 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub The Mercers, 10 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) Wild Wisteria, 10 p.m.

Rachael’s 1190 Sonic Shockwave Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Jody Espina Trio, 6:30 p.m.

Randy Wood Guitars Monroe Crossing, 8 p.m.

Ruth’s Chris Steak House David Duckworth, 8 p.m.

Savannah’s Music City Bar and Grill Live Music The Sentient Bean The Head, Joi Ryder, Pointless Honey, 8 p.m.

Sulfur Studios You Will Hear Us w/ The Lipschitz, Twisty Cats, Greta O and the Toxic Shock, 7 p.m.

Tijuana Flats Gary Strickland Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Damon and the Shitkickers, 6 p.m.

The Warehouse Hitman Blues Band, 8 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Ever Change, Bill Hodgson, Cody Webb, 5 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Tell Scarlett, 9:30 p.m.

Trivia & Games

Coach’s Corner Trivia, Movies & Music Trivia, 8 p.m.

Karaoke

Bay Street Blues Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Blueberry Hill Karaoke, 7 p.m.

The Islander Karaoke, 10 p.m.

Little Lucky’s Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Rachael’s 1190 Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

Sunny’s Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Karaoke/ DJ, 10:30 p.m.

Comedy

Foxy Loxy Cafe Comedy Night, 7:30 p.m.

Johnny Mercer Theatre Michael Carbonaro, 8 p.m.

DJ

Club 309 West DJ Zay Doubles Nightclub DJ Sam Diamond, 8 p.m.

El-Rocko Lounge DJ D-Frost Hercules Bar & Grill DJ

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Little Lucky’s DJ Sweet Treat Melissa Rusty Rudders Tap House DJ Tap SEED Eco Lounge DJ C-Rok, 10 p.m.

Tree House DJ Phive Star

Trivia & Games

Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Trivia, 9:30 p.m.

Bar & Club Events

Saturday 1.21

Boomy’s DJ Basik Lee, 10 p.m.

Abe’s on Lincoln DJ Doc Ock, 9 p.m.

Club One Drag Show

Live Music

17 Hundred 90 Restaurant Gail Thurmond, 6:30 p.m.

Barrelhouse South Jonnie Morgan w/ PMA, 10 p.m.

Bayou Cafe David Harbuck, Jon Lee and the Canebreaks, 9 p.m.

Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Nancy Witt (piano and vocals), 6 p.m.

Casimir’s Lounge Jackson Evans Trio, 9 p.m.

Congress Street Social Club Bella’s Bartok, 10 p.m.

El-Rocko Lounge Sloppy Tonk Night: Say Brother, The Minks, Movers & Shakers, Debbie and the Skanks, 9 p.m.

Huc-A-Poo’s @Sundown, 9 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar The Fundamentals, 9 p.m.

The Jinx Hotplate, Dead Hand, The Death Hour, 9:30 p.m.

Mars Theatre That Georgia Rhythm! with Vintage Vixens, 7 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Wood & Steel, 10 p.m.

The Olde Pink House David Duckworth & Alisha Duckworth Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Jody Espina Trio, 6:30 p.m.

Savannah’s Music City Bar and Grill Live Music, High Velocity Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Christy Alan Band, Christy Alan Trio, 6 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Frank Bright and Claire Frazier The Warehouse Sweet Potato and the Pies, 8 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Jason Courtenay Duo, Lauren Lapointe, Bill Hodgson, Whiskey Run, 1 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Tony Richards, 9:30 p.m.

The Wormhole Paleface, Jason Bible, 8 p.m.

Karaoke

Applebee’s Karaoke, 10 p.m.

Bay Street Blues Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Doodles Karaoke, 9 p.m.

The Islander Karaoke, 10 p.m.

Jukebox Bar & Grill Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Little Lucky’s Karaoke McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Melody’s Coastal Cafe and Sandbar Cantina Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Rachael’s 1190 Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

Comedy

Johnny Mercer Theatre Kountry Wayne, 8 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) Comedy Night, 10 p.m.

DJ

Doubles Nightclub DJ Sam Diamond, 8 p.m.

Little Lucky’s DJ Sweet Treat Melissa Rusty Rudders Tap House DJ Tap SEED Eco Lounge DJ Pieces, 10 p.m.

Tree House DJ Phive Star

Bar & Club Events

Club One Drag Show, 10:30 p.m.

Sunday 1.22 Live Music

17 Hundred 90 Restaurant Gail Thurmond, 6:30 p.m.

Aqua Star Restaurant (Westin Harbor Hotel) Equinox Trio Jazz Brunch, 11:30 a.m.

Barrelhouse South Jonnie Morgan Band w/ PMA, 10 p.m.

Bayou Cafe Don Coyer, 9 p.m.

Congress Street Social Club Voodoo Soup, 10:30 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Cory Chambers, 7 p.m.

Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Jon Hill, 7 p.m.

The Olde Pink House Eddie Wilson Tybee Island Social Club Sunday Bluegrass Brunch, 12:30 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Luke Landers, 8 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Bucky & Barry, Irritating Julie, 1 p.m.

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Karaoke

Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Karaoke/DJ, 10:30 p.m.

DJ

Monday 1.23 Live Music

Abe’s on Lincoln Open Mic with Craig Tanner and Mr. Williams, 9 p.m.

Bayou Cafe David Harbuck, 9 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Wormhole Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Trivia & Games

Blowin’ Smoke Southern Cantina Team Trivia, 7:30 p.m.

The Britannia British Pub Bingo, 8 p.m.

McDonough’s Trivia, 7:30 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) Bingo

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Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

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Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Comedy

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Molly Mondays, 10:30 p.m.

DJ

The Jinx DJ Lucky Bastard, 10 p.m.

Little Lucky’s DJ Mixx Masta Matao SEED Eco Lounge DJ Pieces, 10 p.m.

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Tuesday 1.24 Live Music

Bay Street Blues Ben Keiser Band, 9 p.m.

Bayou Cafe Jam Night with Eric Culberson, 9 p.m.

Foxy Loxy Cafe Clouds and Satellites, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Ricky Standard, 7 p.m.

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Bloom and grow with Savannah Children’s Theatre Diverse cast brings The Secret Garden to life by anna chandler

anna@connectsavannah.com

JAN 18-24, 2017

It’s feeling a little like spring in January, and Savannah Children’s Theatre has the perfect performance to complement the sunshine.

Based on the classic novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden is a musical that will inspire and delight with its memorable characters and music.

This is the second time Kelie Miley, Savannah Children’s Theatre’s Artistic Director, has directed The Secret Garden; she praises the script for its challenging nature and the way in which it pushes its actors.

“It’s a very dramatic telling of a hauntingly beautiful story,” Miley describes.

The musical’s script and lyrics were written by Marsha Norman, winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for ‘night, Mother, with music by composer Lucy Simon.

The Secret Garden, set in the early 20th century, follows Mary Lennox, a 10-yearold English girl born and raised in the British Raj. Mary has been orphaned by a cholera outbreak and is sent away from India to Yorkshire, England, to live with Archibald Craven, an uncle she has never met.

In the hallowed halls of Misselthwaite Manor, Mary discovers a hidden world.

Strange cries echo throughout the house at night, and a walled garden sits on the grounds, locked and decaying. In her exploration, Mary encounters new friends and long-hidden secrets and learns the important lesson that even the saddest, most forsaken lives can bloom once again.

Hodgson Burnett’s novel was published in 1911 and is considered a classic. There have been several film and theatrical adaptations, and Miley is particular fond of Norman’s interpretation of the tale.

“Grief, loneliness—it all comes together,” she says.

The music is a defining element of the production and will be brought to life by Laura Dutton (piano), Brian Walker (keyboard), Jessica Heilman Whitehead (flute), and Tom Hoffman (percussion).

“It’s the majesty of the symphony and the music kind of narrates the story,” Miley says.

A ensemble chorus of “dreamers” adds a haunting and ethereal element to the sound.

“It is challenging music,” says Miley.

“That’s a good thing! It’s going well, and we 26 have some very lovely voices.”

12-year-old Molly Bass plays Mary Lennox, with support from Jordan Able as Rose, Chris Bass as Dr. Craven, Heidi Bindhammer as Lily, Daniel Bosch as Colin, and many more talented youth and community members rounding out a diverse cast of players aged seven to 63. Several actors delved into Hodgson Burnett’s book to better understand the script, while others sought out the 1993 film adaptation.

“It’s very true to the scenes of the book while not being completely realistic storytelling,” Miley says. “It’s definitely a stylized play where time and memory weave in and out of all of the scenes.”

The Savannah Children’s Theatre crew and cast encourage Savannah families to check out the production and enjoy their unique retelling of a classic tale.

“Whether you love the book or don’t even know the story, come check it out!” encourages Miley. CS

Savannah Children’s Theatre Presents: The Secret Garden

Where: Savannah Children’s Theatre When: January 20 – February 5 Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.

Sundays at 3 p.m.

Cost: $20 adults, $15 students, military, and seniors Tickets via savannahchildrenstheatre.org Challenging music, sung by skilled young voices.

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I’d Burn Alive to Keep You Warm — A compilation of Camden Noir’s work, the good and the bad, the pristine and the unappealing. Thu., Jan. 19, 6 p.m. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. Painting in Oils with Bill Fletcher — Jan. 24-26. Tybee Arts Association, 7 Cedarwood Ave.

Continuing Exhibits Abstractions — Calvin Thomas of Cal Wood Art presents his abstract paintings.

Through Feb. 2. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. Alt-AI — Telfair features selections from Alt-AI, an exhibition that explores artificial intelligence and machine learning through art. Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard St. Armstrong 2D National Exhibition — Celebrating its 6th year, this gallery features juried selections of two-dimensional artwork submitted by professional artists throughout the nation. Through Jan. 20. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St.

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ArtCade — Featured works include London’s Robin Baumgarten’s internationally-exhibited “Line Wobbler,” an abstract dungeon crawler game played with a spring controller and a 15-foot-long LED strip. Through March 26. Jepson Center, 207 West York St.

Low Country Callings: Goin’ with the Flow — Large-format acrylics by Carol Lasell Miller comprise a narrative of Savannah’s maritime community in portraiture.

Ships of The Sea Museum, 41 MLK Jr Blvd.

Call for Entries for The Personal is Political — Art Rise Savannah seeks submissions for The Personal is Political, opening March 9. Open to artists of all gender Work by Preston Orr is at Location Gallery; proceeds benefit Ossaidentities, racial and baw Island Foundation. economic backgrounds.

Consideration given Eastern Edge — Preston Orr’s current to all mediums and dimensions. $5 of each fee benefits Planned work features mixed media pieces. Profits donated to the Ossabaw Island Foundation.

Parenthood Southeast. Non-Fiction Gallery, Location Gallery, 417 Whitaker St. 1522 Bull St.

Re-embodied: From Information to Sculpture — Featuring Heather DeweyHagborg’s portrait sculptures based on DNA. Courtney Brown and Sharif Razzaque’s “RAWR! A Study in Sonic Skulls” allows participants to recreate the sounds of an extinct creature. Jepson Center, 207 West York St.

Objectified: Still Lifes from the Permanent Collection — Objectified considers the traditional genre of still life as represented in the works of Telfair Museums’ permanent collection. Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard St.

There’s Enough Time in Distance — Jordan Fitch Mooney works primarily in printmaking and explores popular iconography, religious symbols, and mythology. Through Feb. 21. Starland Cafe, 11 East 41st St. Tiny Treasures — Presented by Coastal Bead Society. Through Jan. 20. Cultural Arts Gallery, 9 W. Henry St.

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Getting weird with Camden Noir Tattoo artist branches out with art show at Sulfur Studios

by Rachael Flora

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pink headdress. At first, they look like flowers, but those are actually rat tails hanging from the skull’s head.

“Every painting I try to incorporate some juxtaposition, usually something alive and something dead,” Noir explains.

“Queen of the Rats” is done on plywood with palette knives, creating a textured and chunky style.

“Canvas is cool, but I paint real harsh,” he explains. “Painting harsh gives it texture on a lot of it, and then if you’re heavyhanded you have a tendency of not keeping

JAN 18-24, 2017

CAMDEN NOIR has only been in Savannah for about five months, but he’s already making big moves in the art scene.

The Syracuse native opens his first solo show, “I’d Burn Alive to Keep You Warm,” at Sulfur Studios this weekend.

“It’s literally a compendium of all of the work I’ve done and never sold, so it’s stuff from 15 years ago and stuff from last week,” Noir says.

“I’ve tried many different styles; there’s my tattoo kind of stuff and my fine art kind of stuff where I don’t use brushes, I just use palette knives. It’s strange. It’s gonna look like four or five people’s work, all different styles.”

Currently a tattoo artist at Black Orchid, Noir’s tattoo apprenticeship taught him to look at art differently and go beyond what’s expected.

“I had to draw a skull, a rose and a word a day,” Noir explains. “The dude who taught me how to tattoo would yell at me. He was like, ‘Why are you still doing human skulls? Why don’t you do a bird skull, a rabbit skull?’ I was literally doing what he was asking me and nothing more, but he wanted me to push it. Once I had that, I was like, ah. Even in my paintings I was like, let’s see where I can push this. Let’s get weird.”

That’s just what Noir does in “Queen of the Rats,” a skull adorned with a white and Rescued by a Sinking Ship

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it super tight, and you don’t have as much control.”

The looser approach is a welcome change from tattooing, where the line work has to be tight and precise.

Noir is also the author of the Label 228 Project, a collection of street art on mailing labels. To date, there are over 1,500 labels

The Queen is Dead

from artists all around the world, and the book is available for purchase on Amazon.

Noir’s foray into street art came back in Syracuse, when a building owner asked him to paint the side of his building. The man wanted something uplifting, but all of Noir’s suggestions—a bouquet of roses coming out of a trash can, a sinking ship emblazoned with the words “Whatever”— were too abstract for him.

“I feel like the viewer should always ask why. Why did you do it like that? If your painting is there and they’re not questioning anything, it’s just like a landscape. It’s beautiful, but it’s a landscape,” he muses.

Street art is clearly one of Noir’s biggest influences—another piece in the collection is a painting of a field with “No One Cares” painted over the glass. Noir bought the original artwork from a friend of a friend and, inspired by Banksy, painted lettering over the glass.

“There’s one by Banksy where he found a painting at a thrift store, an open field, and he painted a KKK member hanging from a tree,” Noir explains. “I thought that was cool, taking it and reinterpreting it, but I don’t want to take someone’s thing.”

Over 40 pieces will be included in Noir’s show, an impressive body of work for a solo show, even for a career-spanning 15 years.

They’ll all be for sale, along with prints of the works, but Noir isn’t particularly hopeful for sales.

“As long as I get one tattoo out of it,” he laughs. cs “I’d Burn Alive to Keep You Warm” opens Thursday, Jan. 19 at 6 p.m. at Sulfur Studios.

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Big Bon Pizza

is one big family Food truck/catering effort is a slice of Savannah’s food future

By Jared A. Jackson

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The crew behind Big Bon says ‘family is a mindset, not a household.’ Photo by melissa delynn

brings the ambiance and positive vibrations along with it.

Big Bon is one of Savannah’s newest caterers who aims at providing a very unique experience, giving them the

opportunity to not only engage with their customers, but to get to know them and their needs on a completely different level.

“Family is a mindset, not a household,” Kay Heritage, one of the partners and the

mother of the group, explains of one of their mantras.

“It truly feels as if I get the opportunity to let my friends and family into my kitchen on a regular basis.”

With Kay being the only person in the group with extensive catering experience, having an environment that fosters trust and belief in one another has been key.

So this family spent a lot of time in the pre-planning stages of this venture, making sure they knew the techniques required and had the necessary equipment.

That level of humility allowed them to occupy the spaces in which they could learn from the best, and bring that knowledge and trust in one another to the table when they finally took their shot.

“Having someone believe in you is one thing, but to have someone believe in you with their entire life savings is a completely different thing,” Kay explained.

Belief runs deep, and Kay’s Seoul sister

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WRITING HAS always been a passion for me, while food and the kitchen have always been beacons of discipline and foundations of structure in my life.

But I have to be honest: Writing about food honestly isn’t the best part of this gig.

I’ve got to give that to all of the amazing people I’ve had the opportunity to listen to, and all the amazing stories I’ve had the privilege of hearing.

When you get the opportunity to go beyond what’s directly on the plate, and you dive into where the inspiration comes from, you begin to understand the dynamic of the ingredients and what they mean together. It takes a lot of courage and bravery to believe in yourself, create a business around something you love, and actually dare to be great at it.

It takes another level of bravery and determination to do that in a country you are not from, in an industry brand new to the city in which you are opening said business.

And that is the beginning of the story of Big Bon Pizza, a wood fire pizza food truck, who serve some of the best pizza Savannah has to offer.

Family-owned businesses seem to be taking on a different meaning lately.

I’ve noticed a transition from “Mom and Pop” shops, usually portrayed in small run down buildings, decorated ten years behind the times.

Now it seems as if family-owned businesses have evolved into well branded, well oiled machines who provide a ton of culture and upward mobility for the our city.

I had the privilege of speaking with the family who has created its own hybrid within the food truck industry, and currently is the only catering company who

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Big Bon’s transition from pure catering to an added retail aspect has changed their mindset for the better. Photo by melissa delynn

Sunju Pitts, another third of Big Bon, proved that by believing in her dream enough to back her sister with everything she had.

The transition between being in the catering business to owning your own catering company is a big shift, but it was handled with nothing but grace and professionalism.

“Coming from the catering industry, where you usually engaging with your customers, our trailer has presented us with an aspect that I never knew could exist; and I love it,”Kay explained.

“I’ve always known food makes people happy, and food has always been good to me,” Sunju explains.

“But when I started making food for others, I began to notice how happy it made me to feed people.”

Which to me sounded like the final piece of the puzzle, and also to me hinted towards that trust found within each other.

“There is a lot of freedom given to me within my role,” Anna Heritage, the third and final piece of Big Bon, explained.

“Which in turn gives us the room to make mistakes in order to see what works for us, and what doesn’t.

All in all, Big Bon seems to be setting the tone for small businesses: A tight organized family unit, dedicated to being the best they can be, consistently.

They have set the bar for efficiency and for what food service should look like.

Family really is a mindset, and Big Bon lives that mantra, as they make whoever they are around feel like family.

That’s not an easy thing to do, however.

When it is done correctly, the lasting impression left on customers will leave them thinking about you every time they go out to eat.

The people I have the opportunity to interview for this gig are the same people you see out at your neighborhood coffee shop or at the park. They reflect tremendous amount of growth happening beneath the surface.

Let’s keep stirring that pot, people. cs

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“Family is a mindset, not a household.”

“It truly feels as if I get the opportunity to let my friends and family into my kitchen on a regular basis.”

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The new menu boasts “trendy gourmet” fare, featuring fresh locally sourced ingredients and modern eats, some of which can be shared.

Chef and co-owner John H. Baker III has spent 37 years in the food industry.

Orleans and worked at a country club where he learned Creole cuisine.

This experience enhanced his kitchen prowess and desire to cook. While there, Baker also worked as a private caterer with a former friend from Savannah.

Soon Baker began to miss the water in Savannah, ultimately deciding to come

This joint has been fully renovated from floor to ceiling, furnished with a new menu and extensive wine and cocktail list.

back and buy a riverboat that was “as ugly as sin.” The vessel may have been hideous, but he served “really good food” for nine years on that boat.

In 2001, Baker opened Queeny’s To Go-Go, where Blowin’ Smoke is currently located, and sold it five years later.

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WHILE SAVANNAH is a tourist town, the food scene has been increasingly catering to locals. Neighborhood bars and restaurants are residents’ best-kept secret, a place where they are guaranteed a seat among familiar faces.

Since February 2009, Bar • Food at Habersham Village has been a constant for Midtown dwellers. Chef and co-owner John H. Baker III boasts, “We are a neighborhood place, we are not a tourist destination.”

Given its many years of service, this local hotspot was ready for a refresh, a reawakening if you will. “It was time. Most restaurants do a renovation every five years, but we stretched it to eight,” Baker reports.

This joint has been fully renovated from floor to ceiling, furnished with a new menu and extensive wine and cocktail list.

Everything, from flooring and lighting to local abstract paintings and bar shelving, will make Bar • Food’s faithful following gawk at its transformation.

Although this swanky spot maintains its charismatic “railroad car shape” and local charm, its original French Asian menu has been converted to “trendy gourmet” fare.

The “Americanized” menu features fresh locally sourced ingredients and modern eats, some of which can be shared. For those that have a hankering for French Asian, rest assured, Baker kept some favorites from the old menu.

Chef Baker has served 37 years in the food industry. His passion for cooking began unexpectedly in the 8th grade, when he attended the Boys of Christ School, which was a working preparatory school in Arden, North Carolina. While there, Baker chose to work in the kitchen, feeding more than 100 students daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

“Big pots don’t scare me. When I say ‘big pots’, I mean crowds,” he says. After spending 8th to 12th grade serving in this kitchen, Baker not only developed a strong work ethic but also discovered his niche.

Following an unsuccessful year at Georgia Southern, Baker ended up working as a dishwasher, realizing that he needed a change. Years later, he moved to New

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Then in 2009, Baker partnered with his former contractor, Paula Letcher, and established Bar • Food, named ironically, of course. Later in 2013, the two business partners opened Coffee • Deli, which resides a few doors down from Bar • Food at Habersham Village.

Now that Bar • Food has been renovated, I had the opportunity to break bread with Baker and Tammy Ray, publicist, indulging in brunch staples from the new and improved menu.

Before we dug in, I designed my own Bloody Mary from their new build-yourown Bloody Mary Bar. First, I was given a glass of ice, with a rim of celery salt, filled with vodka. There were three different juice choices: tomato, clamato and zing zang.

Goodies like worcheshire sauce, hot sauce, olives, celery, pickled okra, pepperoncini, and horseradish can be added to customize your drink just the way you like it.

The highlight of the meal was the Biscuit Board for Two or as Letcher coined it, “The Country Ass Biscuit Board.” Four golden scratch-made biscuits were served on a wooden butcher board that was garnished with savory and sweet accouterments.

This Southern twist on a charcuterie board playfully highlighted local

Crab Cake Benedict with seaweed salad, poached egg and hollandaise sauce.

ingredients, as well as house made sauces, butters and meats. The tender biscuits, made with pig-fat, were served with homemade sausage, ham and bacon.

Baker made me laugh as he chanted, “Pig is my friend. Pig, pig and pig.”

For those with a sweet tooth, the strawberry cognac sauce and local honey paired well with the biscuits. The spiced grape jelly, with cayenne chili, offered slight heat that will “get you going in the morning.”

The honey herbed butter was creamy

and sweet while the garlic herb butter had a strong and satisfying dill flavor.

The Red Eye gravy is an acquired taste, as it is bacon fat and coffee incorporated together.

Lastly, the Sausage Gravy pays homage to Baker’s mother’s chipped beef gravy.

Baker makes his creamy sage flavored gravy in a black iron skillet because “it makes a damn difference.” This was certainly a fun sharable brunch item.

After that, we all dove into the decadent Crab Cake Benedict. Two hearty crab cakes were served on English muffins and a bed of bright green seaweed salad.

This salad offered a crunchy texture and unique oceanic flavor. The cakes were topped with a perfectly poached egg and of course, rich and buttery hollandaise sauce.

Lastly, for those that prefer a lighter meal, we shared the Waffle Bowl Parfait.

Like any traditional parfait, vanilla yogurt was served with fresh succulent berries and baked granola. But they were innovatively served in two house-made waffle bowls, designed by a waffle iron.

Bar • Food plans on celebrating its Grand Re-opening on January 21, 10 am-2 pm, where patrons can enjoy food from the new menu in the recently renovated space. cs

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Telluride Mountainfilm shares the human experience with Life, Animated and more

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Telluride Mountainfilm has established itself as a premiere festival for films highlighting nature’s beauty, environmental activism, and outdoor adventure. This year, the fest turns the focus on inspirational tales of the human experience.

“Mountainfilm is 35 years old, and this is our eighth year in Savannah,” explains Katherine Albert, Director of Mountainfilm in Savannah.

“It started as this adrenaline series and adventure-based film festival—a lot of skiing, biking, so forth—and over time, it’s

morphed from being that solely to including more educational, inspiration, cultural exploration, the human experience, and social justice pieces, and a lot of environmental concerns. The ideas that it presents are, I think, important, and designed to inspire conversations among people working to make change in the world.”

The centerpiece of the 2016 festival is acclaimed feature-length film Life, Animated. Director Roger Ross Williams presents the story of Owen Suskind, a young man who was unable to speak as a child until his family found a one-of-a-kind way to communicate using Owen’s favorite media: Disney movies.

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One day, Mintz, considering his two perfectly healthy kidneys, asked his doctor, “If I don’t give my kidney to somebody this week, will somebody die waiting for it?” Upon hearing “yes,” Mintz decided to undergo surgery in order to help a total stranger.

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A moving look into autism, family, and identity that uses classic Disney animated sequences and verite scenes from Owen’s life, Life, Animated shows how timeless characters helped Owen communicate.

The film has won numerous awards, including Directing Award: U.S. Documentary at Sundance, Audience Award Winner at Full Frame, San Francisco Integrational Film Festival, Nantucket Film Festival, Berkshires Film Festival, and Telluride Mountainfilm, and was a part of the official selection for True/False, Tribeca Film Festival, Seattle Film Festival, and Montclair Film Festival.

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Owen’s father and author of the book upon which the film is based, will tune in for a Q&A via Skype; audience members are encouraged to ask questions.

“It’s pretty amazing,” says Albert of the film. “The family understandably wanted to go to whatever length possible to sum up Owen’s communication pattern as he was slipping further into autism, so they used the power of animated film.”

Another film rooted in compassion and human connection is 1-800-GIVE-USYOUR-KIDNEY. The 17-minute film introduces audiences to Harold Mintz, a blood donation advocate. One day, Mintz, considering his two perfectly healthy kidneys,

asked his doctor, “If I don’t give my kidney to somebody this week, will somebody die waiting for it?”

Upon hearing “Yes,” Mintz decided to undergo surgery to help a total stranger.

“The kidney went to this woman he’d never met before, and it saved her life,” says Albert.

“Years later, he met her, and it was kind of a full-circle experience for him. Now, he’s also an advocate for living donation, and his message is that you can make a difference in the lives of others through your own life.”

Mintz will make a special appearance at the screening.

Mountainfilm boasts many talented guests, including Coffin Nachtmahr, star of Throw.

“He’s from inner-city Baltimore and is a world-class yo-yoer!” Albert shares.

“His message is, ‘You can do anything if you set your mind to it and figure out what you’re passionate about and go and get it and make something of your life: put down

your smartphone, the video games, and go play.’”

It’s a message that will reach the 4,000 children from Savannah Chatham County Public Schools attending Mountainfilm.

Education is a key element of the festival, and the SCCPS collaboration includes customized educational materials in support of the films to engage young viewers.

“We have prepackaged lesson plans that we send to the administration and Board of Education, and they disseminate these lesson plans to teachers to use in classrooms,” Albert explains.

“When kids come and watch the film, they are able to interact. We have number of special guests who will be coming in to be at the screenings, and because of the prescreening materials, students are really able to participate in the discussion with the people they’ve been reading about and have just seen on-screen. That has a lot meaning on a number of students—and we have post-screening lesson plans, too,” she says.

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When: January 19-21 Where: Trustees Theater Thursday, January 19 Life Animated, 7 p.m., $15 Friday, January 20 “Ace and the Desert Dog,” “Edges,” “Nascent,” “How We Choose,” Mile 19,” “Adventure Dispatch,” “The Accord,” “Throw,” 7 p.m., $15 Booze and Banter at Moon River, 9:30 p.m., free Saturday, January 21 Coffee Talk with Harold Mintz of “1-800-GIVEUS-YOUR-KIDNEY,” Coffin from “Throw,” “Johnnie Jameson from “Mile 19,” Jim Nowak from dZi Foundation in Nepal at Kennedy Pharmacy, free, coffee provided, 9:30 a.m.

TelluRIDE Bike Tour at Kennedy Pharmacy, 11 a.m., free Veterans Walk with the Southeastern Guide Dogs at Kennedy Pharmacy, 11 a.m., free Mountainfilm Matinee: “The Wrestling Cholita,” “Canyon Song,” “Angel Annihilates Alaska,” “FINconceivable,” “Running Wild,” “To Scale: The Solar System,” “One of Those Days 3,” “Throw,” 2 p.m., $5 Saturday Evening with Mountainfilm: “The Mysteries.” “Wasfia,” “Property,” “Kamchatka Steelhead Project,” “StrongWater,” “Across the Sky,” “Heavens Eleven,” “When We Were Knights,” “Iceland. Proven Here.,” “1-800-GIVEUS-YOUR-KIDNEY,” “Angel Annihilates Alaska,” 7 p.m., $15

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Mountainfilm’s outreach also extends to the military, with military-centered film screenings running at Hunter Army Airfield and Fort Stewart.

Some films and their guests offer community activity outside of Trustees Theater. Mile 19 highlights postal worker Johnnie Jameson, a Legacy Runner in the Los Angeles marathon. Wearing his signature Payless shoes, Jameson has run the marathon backward, dribbled a basketball for the entirety of the race, and even run with a boom box.

A Vietnam veteran, Jameson found that running deeply helped with his PTSD. On Saturday, he’ll lead a walk, beginning at Kennedy Pharmacy on Broughton Street and ending at the south end of Forsyth Park, in honor of veterans and open to anyone who wants to participate.

Walkers will be joined by Southeastern guide dogs who are trained companions to soldiers returning home from war.

If traveling on two wheels is more your speed, link up with the Savannah Bicycle Campaign on Saturday, January 21 at 11 a.m. for a bike ride following the same route as Jameson’s walk.

No matter what your Mountainfilm style is, Albert and the rest of the crew encourage Savannahians to get involved, get active, and learn about our world.

“We wanted to bring a lot of films with energy, and we wanted to bring a lot of films that are inspirational,” Albert states.

“And I think we’ve really done that.” CS

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Silence is an uncomfortable and unsettling watch, better at generating questions than supplying answers – which, come to think of it, is perhaps the proper outcome for a film of this nature.

SILENCE

/// Beginning with his first picture, 1967’s Who’s That Knocking at My Door, Martin Scorsese has often employed cinema as a reflection on his own experiences and beliefs regarding religion. Considering he had planned on becoming a priest before opting to become a filmmaker, this makes perfect sense, and additional musings on the matter can be found in projects as diverse as Mean Streets, Kundun, Bringing Out the Dead and, most magnificently, The Last Temptation of Christ.

With Silence, Scorsese again fully turns his attention to the spiritual side, and the result is a movie that’s both disturbing and deeply committed. To be clear, this isn’t a motion picture for those who superficially wear their Christianity like a shiny pinback button, falling for the long con of money-grubbing charlatans like Joel Osteen and believing their devotion to the Lord ends with slapping an ichthys sticker on a car bumper. Instead, Silence is an uncomfortable and unsettling watch, better at generating questions than supplying answers – which, come to think of it, is perhaps the proper outcome for a film of this nature.

Set in the 17th century, Silence follows two Portuguese priests, Rodrigues (Andrew Garfield) and Garupe (Adam Driver) as they head to Japan to search for their mentor, Father Ferreira (Liam Neeson). Having had some initial success with converting the locals to Christianity, the Church is rattled by the fact that Japanese authorities are now forcing all of the Jesuit priests and their followers to denounce

their faith or face torture and execution.

The word is that Ferreira has apostatized, a rumor that Rodrigues and Garupe refuse to believe. Seeking to discover what really has happened to Ferreira, the two holy men are encouraged by the pockets of Japanese peasants who continue to serve God in silence yet aghast at the widespread atrocities being committed by the Buddhists intent on turning back the Western influence.

Adapting Shusako Endo’s 1966 novel, Scorsese and scripter Jay Cocks (the former film critic who also co-wrote the director’s Gangs of New York and The Age of Innocence) have crafted a film packed to the breaking point with thorny issues.

Of course, there’s the basic debate over the whole matter of proselytizing in foreign territories, but the picture also looks more specifically at whether innocent laypeople are actually dying to appease God or to appease the priests. Scorsese and Cocks prefer to keep the queries percolating, only succumbing to obviousness – and, thanks to an ill-advised Heavenly voiceover, unfairness – during the final stretch of this 160-minute undertaking.

Garfield, all wrong as the amazing Spider-Hipster in his pair of so-so superhero ventures, follows up his strong work in Hacksaw Ridge with an equally intense performance in this picture. Those expecting a co-starring role for Driver, however, will be disappointed with his comparatively brief screen time. Among the Japanese actors, Issei Ogata is particularly memorable as Inoue, the cunning and cruel Inquisitor who engages in frequent debates with Father Rodrigues about the

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impracticality of bringing Christianity to his homeland. Indeed, these conversations are among the highlights of a flawed but fascinating endeavor likely to leave viewers as divided as those Red Sea waters of yore.

LIVE BY NIGHT

// “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” That classic line is uttered by Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in 1990’s The Godfather: Part III, but truthfully, it can easily be muttered by any audience member who happens to catch Live by Night, Ben Affleck’s warmed-over plate of gangland goulash.

Live by Night marks Affleck’s first project in the director’s chair since his 2012 Best Picture Oscar winner Argo, and he also tackles the roles of writer, producer and star. The movie is based on the novel by Dennis Lehane, and that largely explains its appeal to Affleck, whose first (and, by my reckoning, best) film as director was 2007’s excellent adaptation of Lehane’s Gone Baby Gone. But Affleck’s literary loyalty comes at a price, since Live

by Night emerges as the weakest of his four directorial at-bats to date.

Technically, the picture can’t be faulted: It’s a gorgeous production, meticulously put together by a team of seasoned Hollywood vets. This assemblage includes cinematographer Robert Richardson, who frames the saga in expansive and immaculate ways that seek to enhance the mythmaking (Richardson won a trio of Oscars for similar approaches on Hugo, The Aviator and JFK). Only in this case, the text can’t keep pace with the illustrations. There’s nothing inherently wrong with the story, which centers on Joe Coughlin (Affleck), a Boston mobster who’s sent to Tampa to oversee operations and finds himself tangling with rival gangsters as well as the local Ku Klux Klan. But there’s also little that’s fresh, with Affleck dutifully following a dog-eared playbook that’s been in rotation since the days when James Cagney would periodically gun down Humphrey Bogart.

Select vignettes add some flavor — a sit-down with a Klan flunky leads to an extremely satisfying denouement — but nothing can overcome the implausibility of its leading character, a guy who seems entirely too sweet to be involved in such a nasty business. Affleck brings his usual stoicism (the less charitable would say rigidity) to the role, but that only adds to the dilemma. It’s hard to accept this brooding anti-hero as one of the GoodFellas when there’s an unshakable feeling that he’s apt to whip out his Batman threads at any given moment.

HIDDEN FIGURES

/// While the white men at NASA were busy figuring out the challenges of managing outer space, the black women assisting them also had to worry about the challenges of managing office space. That’s the crux of Hidden Figures, a breezy and inspiring film about three intelligent ladies having to contend with both sexism and racism as they became personally involved in the Space Race that found the U.S. competing with the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Based on Margot Lee Shetterly’s nonfiction book, Hidden Figures places Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson) at the forefront, relating how she was tapped for her skills as a mathematician to help NASA’s Space Task Group (headed by Kevin Costner’s tough but fair director) crunch the numbers needed to successfully send astronaut John Glenn (winningly played by Glen Powell) into space and have him safely return to Earth. As Katherine copes with prejudice on various fronts, her best friends and colleagues Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae) are having equal difficulty in finding ways to advance in a society that frowns disapprovingly upon their skin color.

Clearly, these women are going to overcome all manner of adversity and emerge triumphant, so – as is often the case – the pleasure is not in the destination but in the journey.

A MONSTER CALLS

// Superior to The BFG but inferior to Pete’s Dragon, A Monster Calls is the latest release to detail the relationship between a young child and a fantastical creature.

Unfortunately, it often skews closer to the calculated artifice of the Spielberg dud rather than the emotional honesty of the Disney remake, spinning a tale about a lonely British lad named Conor (Lewis MacDougall) whose mother (Felicity Jones) is dying of cancer.

Coping with bullies at school and a crotchety grandmother (Sigourney Weaver) at home, Conor eventually receives a nocturnal visit from the talking tree that lives up on the hill. No, it’s not Treebeard from the Tolkien franchise but rather an ancient yew that sounds just like Liam Neeson when he delivers that great “particular set of skills” speech from Taken. The tree informs Conor that he will tell him three stories in exchange for Conor speaking his “truth” – a “truth” that becomes painfully obvious long before the fade-out.

Individual scenes crackle with flavor, but nearly as many segments turn out heavy-handed, with director J.A. Bayona (yet to top his debut feature, the Spanish

horror yarn The Orphanage) more interested in carefully arranged sets and thundering effects than in anything more empathic. It’s hard to become completely invested in a movie about holding onto life when its creators are so focused on artdirecting it to death.

FENCES

/// Stage-to-screen adaptations often fail to expand in ways that take advantage of cinema’s limitless potential, meaning viewers are often left with what’s little more than a filmed play.

For the most part, Fences, based on August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, falls into that camp, with director Denzel Washington doing very little to fill the parameters of the big screen. Yet sometimes the material is simply too strong to be crippled by a lack of celluloid dazzle.

Reprising their roles from the 2010 Broadway revival, Washington and Viola Davis are nothing short of remarkable as Troy and Rose Maxson, living in 1950s Pittsburgh and dealing with issues involving family, infidelity and dashed dreams.

Washington remains so faithful to Wilson (who passed away in 2005, at the age of 60) and his text that he even credits the screenplay solely to the playwright (a far cry from Kenneth Branagh, who earned an Oscar nomination for adapting Shakespeare’s Hamlet verbatim). Between the power of the prose and the potency of the performances, Fences easily earns its screen cred.

PASSENGERS

// It becomes clear before long that the futuristic sci-fi outing Passengers, aka Grab ‘Em By the Pussy: The Movie, could only have been written by a man. The picture stars Chris Pratt as Jim Preston, one of the 5,000 hibernating passengers aboard a spacecraft heading to a habitable planet 120 light years away. A glitch causes Jim to awaken 90 years too soon; realizing he will die alone long before the ship reaches its destination, he decides to wake up a hottie, Aurora Lane (Jennifer Lawrence), to keep him company.

It’s an interesting if troubling premise, and scripter Jon Spaihts initially plays fair with the moral implications of such a scenario. But the final stretch finds the picture copping out at every turn.

ROGUE ONE

/// Rogue One comes equipped with the subtitle A Star Wars Story, but let it be known that this isn’t your father’s Star Wars, your mother’s Star Wars, or even your own Star Wars. It’s a different strain of space opera insofar as it lacks the light touch and breezy action of the previous

seven pictures in the franchise.

That’s not necessarily a bad thing. While Rogue One never comes close to matching the heights of the series at its most dazzling (basically, Episodes IV and V, with honorable mention to Episode VII), it’s still a worthy addition to the canon, neatly circling back on the story to right before A New Hope opens.

It follows Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) as she’s tasked to snatch the plans for the planet-destroyer – the Death Star, of course – that the evil Empire is building.

Jyn has a personal stake in the matter – her father (Mads Mikkelsen) had a hand in its creation – and she bands with a steely Rebellion operative (Diego Luna), a blind Force follower with Zatoichi-like skills (Donnie Yen) and other assorted heroes to fulfill a mission that’s imperative to the survival of the resistance.

The employment of CGI to bring back younger versions of characters remains extremely creepy and unconvincing In most other respects, from the addition of engaging new characters to the answering of lingering questions from 39 years ago, Rogue One will keep the faithful satisfied until the next adventure hits the multiplex.

LA LA LAND

//// As effervescent as the finest bottle of champagne, La La Land is an intoxicating motion picture that should particularly please anyone whose heart skips a beat whenever Fred dances on the late show or Judy sings on TCM. Clearly, director Damien Chazelle harbors a musical affinity, and that’s nowhere more apparent than in this latest effort, the sort of old-fashioned entertainment where ordinary folks suddenly break out into song and dance.

Initially, it appears that neither protagonist has much reason to tap their toes. Mia (Emma Stone) is an aspiring actress whose auditions invariably end in “Don’t call us, we’ll call you” declarations, while Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) is a talented pianist whose insistence on playing experimental jazz gets him frequently bounced by club owners who only want him to perform covers of soothing standards.

Mia and Sebastian first encounter each other in heavy traffic, and it’s antagonism at first sight. Subsequent meetings, however, lead to an eventual thawing and then a starry romance.

If there’s one area in which La La Land doesn’t take its cues from Old Hollywood, it’s in the ferocity of the character conflicts. When, for instance, Mia and Sebastian inevitably fight, it feels raw and real, forcefully removed from the make-believe of the film’s artifice. cs

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Happenings Wednesday 1.18 Activism & Politics

Green Party of Chatham County People, Planet and Peace over Profit!

Meets Saturdays and the first Tuesday of every month. Join the Facebook group, @ChathamGreens, to find out about upcoming local events. ongoing. No physical address given, none.

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Auditions and Calls for Entries

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Auditions for Armstrong Youth Orchestra Open to students enrolled in primary grades through high school and including Armstrong students (available for course credit). Auditions, by appointment, are in Armstrong Fine Arts Hall. To schedule an audition, e-mail: savaayo@yahoo. com. Info is also available at www. savaayo.org. AYO is sponsored in part by the Savannah Friends of Music, www. savannahfriendsofmusic.com ongoing. about.armstrong.edu/Maps/index.html.

Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Call for Applications for Cuyler Community Improvement Association Scholarship The Cuyler Community Improvement Association, Inc. Scholarship is to provide support for persons whose residence is in the city limits of Savannah, GA. $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to three candidates. The applicants must be registered, in at least their second semester of study with an accredited college, university, or technical school pursuing the 38 study in a medical field. Must have a 3.5

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Call for Artists for What Is Your America “This is not my America” is becoming a common refrain in this new post-election reality. Sulfur Studios wants to hear from artists, just what is your America and where is your place within it? Is your America a place for all? Do you live in a bubble of your own making, and what are your blind spots?

What are your hopes/fears for the future of your America? How is your America perceived locally, nationally and globally?

Artwork in any media will be considered for this juried exhibition to be held Feb. 8-19, 2017. Selections will be made by guest jurors Jeremiah Jossim and Stephanie Raines. Jan. 21. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. Call for Auditions for the Downtown Delilahs Dance Cabaret The Downtown Delilahs dance cabaret are holding auditions for several upcoming shows. To set up an audition, contact Jade Bills at 912-272-7601. March 31. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Call for Entries for Vignette Savannah Are you a student living fabulously in a studio apartment or a creative with an efficient yet stylish workspace?

Maybe you’re renewing your space after Hurricane Matthew, decorating your home for the holidays for the first time, or just want to share the character & charm of your historical home? Whatever your space, Vignette Savannah would love to feature you. Vignette Savannah is a web presence that features the most creative and eclectic living, leisure, and work spaces in Savannah. Tell us about yours at vignettesavannah@gmail.com, and check us out in the weeks to come at vignettesavannah.com. ongoing.

Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Call for Jesus-Yeshua Production Club and Video Crew Contact Brenda Lee at 912-236-3156 or at revbrendalee@yahoo.com for more information. ongoing. Online only, none.

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.

Religious Ethnic Artists Needed

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

We reserve the right to edit or cut listings due to space limitations.

Leopold’s Creative Writing Challenge

Students are encouraged to creatively express their thoughts on this year’s theme, “Build a Better World,” through poetry.

One finalist from each of the four age groups (K-2, 3-5, 6-8 & High School) will win a Leopold’s Ice Cream party for their classroom.

Poetry can be submitted in person at a Live Oak Public Libraries branch or at Leopold’s Ice Cream, or it can be emailed.

Through Jan. 27. liveoakplga@liveoakpl. org. leopoldsicecream. com/. Leopold’s Ice Cream, 212 East Broughton St.

Religious ethnic (JESUS-YESHUA) artists and musicals needed for upcoming season.

A classical accompanist and conductor for sacred music and gospel singers needed.

Contact Reverend Brenda Lee (912) 2363154; email: revbrendalee@yahoo.com ongoing. No physical address given, none.

Tell Us Your Ghost Story?

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

$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.

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seeks volunteers to serve various tasks as needed by the shelter. No prior animal shelter experience is necessary. Newly trained volunteers will be authorized to serve immediately after orientation.

Potential volunteers are asked to notify J. Lewis prior to orientation; though, walk-ins are welcome. Volunteers must be at least 17-years-old. ongoing. (912) 525-2151. jlewis01@savannahga.gov.

Classes, Camps & Workshops

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. 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.

912-358-3160. 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. 912-3514578. sav..claystudio@gmail.com.

Boating Classes Classes on boat handling, boating safety and navigation offered by U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. See website or call to register. 912-897-7656. savannahaux.com.

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, ---.

Divas & Pumps: Adult Heels Dance Class Divas & Pumps is a dance class teaching walks, struts, freestyles, and choreography to hits by our favorite Divas. Come get your life every Wednesday at 7:30. $15 7:30 p.m..

323-539-1760. DANCEHOWIWANTTO@ GMAIL.COM. DANCEHOWIWANTTO.COM. salondebaileballroomdancestudio.com/.

Salón de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 7068 Hodgson Memorial Dr. 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. $30 912-354-6686. mediationsavannah.com.

Fany’s Spanish/English Institute Spanish is fun. Classes for adults and children held at 15 E. Montgomery Crossroad. Register by phone. ongoing.

912-921-4646.

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

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

Basic computer training: Tues & Thurs, 1pm-3pm. Community computer lab: MonFri, 3pm-4:30pm. ongoing. 912-232-4232 x115. savannahpha.com. savannahpha. com/NRC.html. Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton St. Life Challenge Coaching In an environment of patience, nonjudgement and compassion, we will explore the source of your challenge, the beliefs that hold your challenge in place, and discover & enact healthy and healing life changes. For appointment, contact Cindy Un Shin Beach at revfugon@gmail.com, or Text (only) to 912-429-7265. ongoing.

Online only, none.

Music Lessons--Multiple Instruments and Styles Savannah Musicians’ Institute offers private instruction for all ages and experience levels for Guitar (electric, acoustic, bass, classical, jazz), Piano, Flute, Banjo, Mandolin, Ukulele, Clarinet, Saxophone, and Voice as well as Music Theory/ Composition/ Ear Training. We teach public, private and home school students as well as adults at all experience levels. Located at 15 East Montgomery Crossroads in Office #205 near White Bluff Road, Savannah, GA. ongoing. 912388-1806. smisavannah@gmail.com. savmusiciansinstitute.com.

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

All ages and ability levels welcome.

Call for info. ongoing. 912-354-1500. portmansmusic.com. Portman’s Music Superstore, 7650 Abercorn St. Novel Writing Write a novel, finish the one you’ve started, revise it or pursue publication. Awardwinning Savannah author offers one-onone or small group classes, mentoring, manuscript critique, ebook formatting.

Email for pricing and scheduling info. ongoing. pmasoninsavannah@gmail.com.

Photography Classes

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

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

Reiki Treatment Reiki relaxes & rejuvenates; promotes emotional & physical healing; reduces neuromuscular & arthritic pain. E-mail request for appointment/ Fee base at revfugon@gmail.com, or Text (only) 912429-7265 ongoing. Online only, none.

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 8 a.m.-8 p.m.. 912-484-0628. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

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

Youth and Teen Aerial Silk Classes Youth Class ages 8+. Teen Class ages 11+. Learn to dance and work with Aerial Silks and Hoop while suspended in the air. Weekly classes held on Fridays through the month of September only.

Very limited space available, reserve your spot and register online today. $20/ class $75/September package ongoing.

954.682.5694. elyse.thestudio@yahoo.com. thestudiosav.net. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave.

Clubs & Organizations

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

Mondays, 7pm. ongoing. 912-344-9768. savannahbarbershoppers.org. Thunderbolt Lodge #693, 3111 Rowland Ave. 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.

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.

Historic Flight Savannah A non-profit organization dedicated to sending area Korean War and WWII veterans to Washington, DC, to visit the WWII Memorial. All expenses paid by Honor Flight Savannah. Honor Flight seeks contributions, and any veterans interested in a trip to Washington.

Call for info. ongoing. 912-596-1962. honorflightsavannah.org.

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

Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet Meets every Wednesday. Different locations downtown. Call for info. No fees. Want to 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. R.U.F.F. - Retirees United for the Future RUFF meets the last Friday of each month at 10am to protect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and related senior issues. Parking in the rear. Free to all Seniors ongoing. 912-344-5127. 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. 912-4470943. hdb.org. moonriverbrewing.com/.

Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St. Savannah Authors Workshop If you’re a writer, and you’re serious about it, Savannah Authors Workshop is looking for you. We exist to encourage good writing.

We meet twice a month in the relaxed atmosphere of a private home (Baldwin Park area). Our third annual Anthology has just been published. We are looking for new members. Come as a guest to our

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next meeting (Wednesday, September 21) and see how you like us (sorry: no poets).

Contact Christopher Scott, President: cscott630@yahoo.com for more details and directions. ongoing. No physical address given, none.

The Savannah Chinese Corner The Savannah Chinese Corner welcomes anyone interested in Mandarin language or Chinese culture. Meets every Saturday morning from 10 am to noon. Check the Facebook group to see meeting location. ongoing. https://facebook.com/groups/ SavannahChineseCorner. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

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.

Downtown Savannah, downtown.

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.

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

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

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. 8 p.m.. facebook. com/commongroundssavannah. The Foundery Coffee Pub, 1313 Habersham 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/ Drinks-after-work/ https://www.facebook. com/groups/960991837322187/ 7 p.m.. drinksafterworksavannah@gmail. com. meetup.com/Drinks-after-work/ events/227656080/. distillerysavannah. com. The Distillery, 416 W. Liberty St. 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.

912-525-5023. lucastheatre.com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. The original Midnight Tour One of the spookiest tours in town. Learn about the untold stories of some of the most haunted locations here in Savannah Georgia. Guaranteed to give you a few goose bumps and an unexplained need for a night light. 33.00 ongoing. 1-866666-3323. 6thsenseworld.com. 6th Sense Savannah Tours, 404 Abercorn Street.

PBJ Pantry A free food pantry held every Thursday, 10-11am and 6-7pm. Contact Jessica Sutton for questions. 912-897-1192 ongoing. ymcaofcoastalga.org/. YMCA (Wilmington Island), 66 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

Savannah Storytellers Tall tales and fun times with the classic art of storytelling. Every Wednesday at 6pm. Reservations encouraged by calling 912-349-4059. 6 p.m.. liveoakstore.com/ tubbysthunderbolt. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. Shire of Forth Castle Fighter Practice Local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism meets Saturdays at Forsyth Park (south end) for fighter practice and general hanging out. For those interested in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. ongoing. savannahsca.org.

Events

Al-Anon Family Groups An anonymous fellowship of relatives

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and friends of alcoholics. The message of Al-Anon is one of strength and hope for friends/family of problem drinkers.

Al-Anon is for adults. Alateen is for people age 13-19. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. check website or call for info. ongoing. 912-598-9860. savannahalanon.com.

Ballet Body Toning Ballet Body Toning is a ballet inspired workout designed to improve balance, flexibility, and use body resistance to strengthen core, legs & booty. This workout is low impact and scorches major calories and teaches you basic ballet! Call to make a reservation before class. This is a semi-private class so space is limited! $10.00 6:30-7:30 p.m..

732.232.3349. FitnessFoodWine@gmail. com. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. Beastmode Fitness Group Training Train with this elite team. A total body program that trims, tones and gets results.

Personal training options available. See website for info. Meets at West Broad YMCA. 5am-6am and 8pm-9pm. ongoing. beastmodefitnessga.com. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. Blue Water Yoga Community donation-based classes, Tues. and Thurs., 5:45pm - 7:00pm.

Fri., 9:30am-10:30am. Email for info or find Blue Water Yoga on Facebook. ongoing. egs5719@aol.com. Talahi Island Community Club, 532 Quarterman Dr. Dance DynaMix Dance DynaMix is a choreographed dance fitness class inspired by funky hip hop and sleek jazz moves! No dance experience required. Call 732.232.3349 to reserve your spot ahead of time, as class space is limited. Stay after class for a 30 minute stretch to wind down for the weekend with! $10.00 10-11 a.m..

732.232.3349. FitnessFoodWine@gmail. com. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. Fitness Classes at the JEA Sin, firm it up, yoga, Pilates, water aerobics, Aquasize, senior fitness, and Zumba. Prices vary. Call for schedule. ongoing. 912-3558811. savj.org. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Free Caregiver Support Group For anyone caring for senior citizens with any affliction or illness. Second Saturday of the month, 10am-11am. Savannah Commons, 1 Peachtree Dr. Refreshments.

Free to attend. Open to anyone in need of support for the caregiving they provide. ongoing. savannahcommons.com.

Functional Training Class Celebrate fall with a Saturday morning workout class. All levels welcome. A smooth mix of cardio and strengthening exercises. Call Kara 912-667-0487 if interested. ongoing. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Get Excited and Move This program is designed to combat the effects of Parkinson disease for Savannah/ Chatham-area people and their caregiver.

The activities are designed to enhance and improve muscular strength, and endurance, coordination, agility, flexibility, speed work,

and voice command. $10 a month 10:3011:30 a.m. & 6-7 p.m. and 10:30-11:30 a.m..

912-376-9833. psgsav@gmail.com.

Anderson-Cohen Weightlifting Center, 7230 Varnedoe Drive.

Hiking & Biking at Skidaway Island State Park Year round fitness opportunities. Walk or run the 1-mile Sandpiper Nature Trail (accessible) the additional 1-mile Avian Loop Trail, or 3-mile Big Ferry Trail.

Bicycle and street strider rentals. Guided hikes scheduled. $5 parking. Open daily 7am-10pm. Call or see website. ongoing. 912-598-2300. gastateparks.org/ SkidawayIsland. gastateparks.org/info/ skidaway/. Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

Kung Fu School: Ving Tsun Ving Tsun (Wing Chun) is the world’s fastest growing martial arts style. Uses angles and leverage to turn an attacker’s strength against him. Call for info on free trial classes. Drop ins welcome. 11202 White Bluff Rd. ongoing. 912-429-5150.

Living Smart Fitness Club St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center offer the Living Smart Fitness Club, which is an exercise program to encourage healthy lifestyle changes. On Mondays and Wednesdays the classes are held at the John S. Delaware Center. On Tuesdays, the classes are held at the center, at 1910 Abercorn Street. Classes include Zumba (Tuesdays) and Hip-Hop low impact aerobics with cardio and strengthening exercises (Mondays/Wednesdays).

6:30-7:30 p.m.. 912-447-6605. Delaware Recreation Center, 1815 Lincoln St. Mommy and Baby Yoga Mondays. Call for times and fees or see website. ongoing. 912-232-2994. savannahyoga.com. savannahyoga.com/.

Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Pilates Classes Daily classes for all skill levels including beginners. Private and semi-private classes by appointment. Carol Daly-Wilder, certified instructor. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-238-0018. savannahpilates. com. pilatessavannah.com/. Momentum Pilates Studio, 8413 Rerguson Ave. Pregnancy Yoga Ongoing series of 6-week classes.

Thursdays. A mindful approach to pregnancy, labor and delivery. Instructor Ann Carroll. $120. Call or email for info. ongoing. 912-704-7650. ann@aikyayoga. com. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Qigong Classes Qigong exercises contribute to a healthier and longer life. Classes offer a time to learn the exercises and perform them in a group setting. Class length averages 60 min. Any level of practice is welcome. $15 ongoing. qigongtim.com/.

Renagade Workout Free fitness workout, every Saturday, 9:00 am at Lake Mayer Park. For women only.

Offered by The Fit Lab. Information: 912376-0219 ongoing. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

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Runners Association of America. Monthly training sessions and seminars. Weekly runs. Kathy Ackerman, 912-756-5865, or Billy Tomlinson, 912-596-5965. ongoing.

Ladies Day at Savannah Climbing Coop Wednesdays, 2 til 10 p.m. Savannah Climbing Coop 302 W Victory Dr, Savannah Every Wednesday women climb for half price, $5. See website for info. ongoing.

912-495-8010. savannahclimbingcoop.com.

Savannah Disc Golf Weekly events (entry $5) Friday Night Flights: Fridays, 5pm. Luck of the Draw Doubles: Saturdays, 10am.

Handicapped League: Saturdays, 1pm.

Singles at the Sarge: Sundays, 10am.

All skill levels welcome. Instruction available. See website or email for info. ongoing. savannahdiscgolf@gmail.com. savannahdiscgolf.com.

Savannah Striders Running and Walking Club With a one-year, $35 membership,free training programs for beginners (walkers and runners) and experienced athletes.

Fun runs. Advice from mentors. Monthly meetings with quality speakers. Frequent social events. Sign up online or look for the Savannah Striders Facebook page. ongoing. savystrider.com.

Turbo Kick Cardio Workout Lose calories while dancing and kickboxing. No experience or equipment needed. Tues. and Thurs. 6pm, Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton Wed.

6pm Lake Mayer Community Center, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads. $5 ongoing. 586-822-1021. facebook.com/ turbokicksavannah.

Zumba Fitness (R) with April Mondays at 5:30pm, Thursdays at 6:30pm.

Nonstop Fitness in Sandfly, 8511 Ferguson Ave. $5 for nonmenbers. call for info. ongoing. 912-349-4902.

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“sweet!” —getting that glazed-over look.

Food & Drink Events

Bethesda Farm and Gardens Stand Each week, this popular organic farm stand, managed by Bethesda students and staff, sells fresh produce, seasonal vegetables, herbs, free range eggs, a variety of plants, goat milk soap, firewood and more. In addition, 100 percent grass fed ground beef in various quantities are available at the farm stand, which is raised and distributed

by Bethesda Academy’s Cattle & Beef Operation. Specialty cuts are also available. merrin.slocombe@bethesdaacademy.org. bethesdaacademy.org. Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. Happy Hour 39 Rue De Jean favorites at happy hour prices! Enjoy $4 house wine, $4 well cocktails, $8 daily cocktail feature, Moules en Six Preparations for $8, $8 1/2 dozen raw oysters, and more. 5-7 p.m.. 912-721-0595. holycityhospitality.com/39-rue-de-jeansavannah/promotions/. holycityhospitality. com/39-rue-de-jean-savannah/. 39 Rue de Jean, 605 W Oglethorpe Ave. continues on p. 42

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1 Put in stitches 5 Andreas opener 8 Cogitates, with “over” 13 Antioxidant berry in fruit juices 14 Nervous twinge 15 Like a game’s tutorial levels 16 Considered only in terms of money 19 Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America bestowals 20 Bird that runs 35 mph 22 Dating site datum 23 1986-to-2001 orbiter 24 Hi-___ graphics 26 Like “The Polar Express” 28 “Ain’t happenin’” 30 “Friends” friend 31 Filet mignon cut 35 Foul, as weather 36 Number sometimes decoded as “Z” 39 Friedlander of “30 Rock” 42 Amish, e.g.

43 “Buy It Now” site 47 ___ of troubles 49 Ashley and Mary-Kate, for two 51 Christmas tree choice 52 Fall back, tidewise 54 Quirky comic Philips 55 Unagi, at sushi bars 56 It’s provided by guild members 60 Advice that the four

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1 Trump tweet ender, often 2 Prefix before friendly or terrorism 3 Brownie ingredients, sometimes 4 Khartoum’s river 5 Uphill battle 6 Supermarket section 7 March Madness gp.

8 Cheese companion 9 Exploitative type 10 Retired hockey great Eric 11 “Dig in, everyone!”

12 High-class group, for short?

15 Hubble after whom a space telescope was named 17 “I’ve got ___ feeling about this!”

18 “Born on the Fourth of July” locale, briefly 20 “To ___ is human” 21 “Little Red Book” chairman 25 James Bond, for example

27 “Como ___?” (“How are you?” in Spanish) 29 Horns that are really winds 32 Iron-___ (T-shirt transfer patterns) 33 London or Brooklyn ending 34 Home of Times Sq. and Columbus Cir. 37 Brings by cart, perhaps 38 Bovine quartet 39 Peanut butter brand for “choosy moms” 40 Instances of agreement 41 Hackers’ hangout that’s tough to find via search engines 44 Keg attachment 45 “I’d like to buy ___” (request to Pat Sajak) 46 Armani competitor, initially 48 “I’ll have ___ Christmas without you” (Elvis lyric) 50 “Rio ___” (John Wayne flick) 53 Ask for a doggie treat, perhaps 54 Judy Jetson’s brother 57 “Make ___!” (Captain Picard’s order) 58 Some PTA members 59 Aloha Stadium locale 60 Morgue acronym 61 Judge Lance played by Kenneth Choi on “American Crime Story” 62 First number shouted before a ball drop, often

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Honey Tasting and Body Care Samples + Store Tour Daily honey tastings and body care demonstrations. Come see honeybees in the observation hive or call 912.629.0908 to schedule a tour of the Bee Garden. Garden tour available March through October. $3 per person. Must call ahead. Free 10 a.m..

912-234-0688. jessie@savannahbee.com.

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

Prepare Sunday Suppers at Union Mission Local organizations are invited to sign up to prepare Sunday Supper for people who are homeless and live at Union Mission’s shelters for homeless people. Groups must sign up in advance and bring/prepare a meal, beginning at 2pm on Sundays. Call for information. ongoing. 912-236-7423.

PAW Patrol Live Led by 10-year-old Ryder, the plucky pups of PAW Patrol are rescue dogs in training. $16-$100 Jan. 18, 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.. savannahcivic.com. The Savannah Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. Savannah Children’s Museum School Year Hours SCM hours beginning 8/31/13 will be Sunday 11am-4pm; Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm. Open on holiday Mondays that SCC Public Schools are not in session including Labor Day. For more details go to savannahchildrensmuseum.org ongoing. Savannah Children’s Museum, 655 Louisville Road.

LGBT

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

Savannah Pride, Inc. Organizes the annual Savannah Pride Festival and helps promote the well-being of the LGBTQI community in the South.

Mission: unity through diversity and social awareness. Second Tuesday/month. PO Box 6044, Savannah, GA 31414. 501c nonprofit. ongoing. info@savannahpride.com. savannahpride.com.

What Makes a Family A children’s therapy group for children of GLBT parents. Ages 10 to 18. Meets twice a month. Call for info. ongoing. 912-352-2611.

Health

JAN 18-24, 2017

Armstrong Prescription Drug DropOff Armstrong Atlantic State Univ. hosts a permanent drop box for disposing of unused prescription drugs and over the counter medication. In the lobby of the University Police building on campus.

Open to the public 24 hours/day, year round. Confidential. All items collected are destroyed by the Drug Enforcement Administration. ongoing. 912-344-3333. armstrong.edu. about.armstrong.edu/ Maps/index.html. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Blood Pressure Screenings St. Joseph’s/Candler’s SmartSenior offers blood pressure screenings on every Monday from 10 AM to Noon in the SmartSenior office, #8 Medical Arts on 836 E. 65th Street. No appointment is necessary; the screenings are free and open to the public. For more information, call (912) 352-4405. ongoing. St. Joseph’s/ Candler Medical Arts Building, 836 E. 65th St. Free Hearing and Speech Screening Hearing: Thursdays, 9am-11am.

Speech: First Thursdays. Call or see website for times. ongoing. 912-3554601. savannahspeechandhearing. org. savannahspeechandhearing.org/.

Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E 66th St. Free HIV Testing at Chatham County Health Dept.

Free walk-in HIV testing. 8am-4pm Mon.-Fri. No appointment needed. Test results in 20 minutes. Follow-up visit and counseling will be set up for anyone testing positive. Call for info. ongoing. 912-644-5217. Chatham County Health Dept., 1395 Eisenhower Dr. Health Care for Uninsured People Open for primary care for uninsured residents of Chatham County. Mon.Fri., 8:30am-3:30pm. Call for info or appointment. ongoing. 912-443-9409. St. Joseph’s/Candler--St. Mary’s Health Center, 1302 Drayton St. Hypnosis, Guided Imagery and Relaxation Therapy Helps everyday ordinary people with everyday ordinary problems: smoking, weight loss, phobias, fears, ptsd, life 42 coaching. Caring, qualified professional

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.

Literary Events

A Peculiar Sympathy: The Grimke Sisters’ Abolition Crusade Presented by Melanie Mirande and Rebecca Rolfes, independent researchers. Part of Senior Citizens, Inc.’s winter lecture series. $6 Jan. 18, 1:30 p.m.. seniorcitizens-inc.org.

Senior Citizens Inc., 3025 Bull St.

Nature and Environment help. See website or call for info. ongoing.

912-927-3432. savannahypnosis.com.

La Leche League of Savannah A breast feeding support group for new/ expectant monthers. Meeting/gathering first Thursdays, 10am. Call or see website for location and other info. ongoing. 912897-9544. lllusa.org/web/savannahga.html.

Living Smart Fitness Club An exercise program encouraging healthy lifestyle changes. Mon. & Wed. 6pm-7:15pm Hip Hop low impact aerobics at Delaware Center. Tues. 5:30-7:00 Zumba at St. Joseph’s Candler African American Resource Center. (Program sponsors.) ongoing. 912-447-6605.

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

Open 7pm-11pm nightly. ongoing. 800-2647154.

Prepared Childbirth Class This course gives an overview of reproductive anatomy and physiology and

explains the process of labor and delivery in simple, easy-to-understand terms. The fourweek course includes a tour of the labor and delivery unit. This class is popular, so please register early $75 per couple 6:308:30 p.m.. 912-350-2676. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave.

Kid’s Happenings

Leopold’s Creative Writing Challenge Students are encouraged to creatively express their thoughts on this year’s theme, “Build a Better World,” through poetry. One finalist from each of the four age groups (K-2, 3-5, 6-8 & High School) will win a Leopold’s Ice Cream party for their classroom. Poetry can be submitted in person at a Live Oak Public Libraries branch or at Leopold’s Ice Cream, or it can be emailed. Jan. 27. liveoakplga@liveoakpl. org. leopoldsicecream.com/. Leopold’s Ice Cream, 212 East Broughton St.

Dolphin Project Dolphin Project’s Education Outreach Program is available to speak at schools, clubs, organizations. A powerpoint presentation with sound and video about estuarine dolphins and their environment.

Age/grade appropriate programs and handouts. See website for info. ongoing. thedolphinproject.org.

Walk on the Wild Side A two-mile Native Animal Nature Trail winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland, salt marsh habitats, featuring live native animal exhibits. Open daily, 10am4pm except Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-395-1500. oatlandisland.org. oatlandisland.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. Wilderness Southeast A variety of programs each month including guided trips with naturalists. Canoe trips, hikes. Mission: develop appreciation, understanding, stewardship, and enjoyment of the natural world. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-236-8115. wilderness-

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Pets & Animals

Low Cost Pet Clinic TailsSpin and Dr. Stanley Lester, DVM, host low-cost pet vaccine clinics for students, military and seniors the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month.

5pm-6pm. Vaccinations: $12, ($2 is donated to Savannah pet rescue agencies). See website for info. ongoing. tailsspin.com. tailsspin.com. TailsSpin Pet Supplies Store, 4501 Habersham St., Habersham Village.

Operation New Hope Operation New Hope allows inmates to train unadoptable dogs from the Humane Society for Greater Savannah. The goals of the program are to decrease the recidivism rate among Chatham County inmates, help inmates learn a new skill, and help previously unadoptable dogs find loving homes. The graduated dogs are available for adoption can be viewed at www.humansocietvsav.org, and www. chathamsheriff.org. Operation New Hope is funded by the Humane Society and community donations. ongoing. chathamsheriff.org. humanesocietysav. org/. Humane Society for Greater Savannah, 7215 Sallie Mood Dr. St. Almo’s Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks on Sundays, 5pm (weather permitting). Meet at Canine Palace. Call for info. ongoing. 912-2343336. caninepalacesavannah.com. Canine Palace Inc, 618 Abercorn St.

Religious & Spiritual

Band of Sisters Prayer Group All women are invited. Second Tuesdays, 7:30am-8:30am. Fellowship Assembly, 5224 Augusta Rd. Email or call Jeanne Seaver or see website for info. “The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hands of the Lord.” (Prov. 21:1) ongoing. 912-663-8728. jeanneseaver@aol.com. capitolcom.org/ georgia.

Buddhist Meditation Everyone is welcome. Experience not necessary. Visit our website for location, meditation periods and classes. savannahzencenter.com. Individual instruction upon request. Email Cindy Un Shin Beach at revfugon@gmail.com for more information. ongoing. Online only, none.

Catholic Singles A group of Catholic singles age 30-50 meet frequently for fun, fellowship and service.

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

Gratitude Circle in the Squares Gather with others to share gratitude.

Everyone welcome. Park next to Bull Street Library. 12-12:30 p.m.. 917-6764280. facebook.com/savannahgratitude. liveoakpl.org. Bull Street Library, 2002 Bull St. 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.

Jesus Yeshua Holidays and plans for 2017 underway for young adults and college Christians.

Contact Reverend Brenda Lee @yahoo.com or call (912) 236-3156. ongoing. No physical address given, none.

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.

Psychic Medium Your Pal, Erin Ready to reconnect you with your loved ones who’ve passed and your own inner knowing? I’m here to help. Let’s all work together to create the amazing new life you truly desire, releasing old situations that no longer serve you. Readings available in person and by phone. 60 minutes, $65.

Group readings of 5 or more, $30 per person for 20 minutes. Get your personalized, 45 minute prerecorded “Tuesday Tune-Up” emailed to your inbox for just $45. Visit www.yourpalerin.com for more information or contact psychicyourpalerin@gmail.com today. ongoing. Online only, none.

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 continues on p. 44

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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. and third Thursday of every month, 7 p.m.. 440-3715209. Sweet Water Spa, 148 Abercorn Street.

Service of Compline Enter the stillness of another age. Gregorian Chant sung by candlelight at 9:00-9:30 p.m. every Sunday night by the Complne Choir of Christ Church Anglican. Come, say good nigh to God. All are welcome. ongoing.

Christ Church Anglican, 37th and Bull.

South Valley Baptist Church Weekly Sunday services. Sunday school, 10:00am. Worship, 11:30am. Tuesday Bible 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.

St. Peters AME 3 Night Revival

The Reverend Terry D. Alexander, officers, and members of St. Peter’s A.M.E Church cordially invite you to share in their 3-Night Revival. The theme is “A New Year, A New You” (Isaiah 43:13). Jan. 18-20, 7 p.m. St. Peter’s A.M.E. Church, 626 Staley Ave. 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.

Special Screenings

Film: Birthday Salute to Director

Free Will Astrology ARIES (March 21-April 19)

Are you more attracted to honing group dynamics or liberating group dynamics? Do you have more aptitude as a director who organizes people or as a sparkplug who inspires people? Would you rather be a Chief Executive officer or a Chief Imagination Officer? Questions like these will be fertile for you to meditate on in the coming weeks. The astrological omens suggest it’s time to explore and activate more of your potential as a leader or catalyst.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

An eccentric Frenchman named Laurent Aigon grew up near an airport, and always daydreamed of becoming a commercial pilot. Sadly, he didn’t do well enough in school to fulfill his wish. Yet he was smart and ambitious enough to accomplish the next best thing: assembling a realistic version of a Boeing 737 cockpit in his home.

With the help of Google, he gathered the information he needed, and ordered most of the necessary parts over the Internet. The resulting masterpiece has enabled him to replicate the experiences of being a pilot. It’s such a convincing copy that he has been sought as a consultant by organizations that specialize in aircraft maintenance. I suggest you attempt a comparable feat, Taurus: creating a simulated version of what you want. I bet it will eventually lead you to the real thing.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

The weather may be inclement where you live, so you may be resistant to my counsel. But I must tell you the meanings of the planetary omens as I understand them, and not fret about whether you’ll act on them. Here’s my prescription, lifted from Henry David Thoreau’s *Walden*: “We need the tonic of wildness, to wade sometimes in marshes where the bittern and the meadow-hen lurk, and hear the booming of the snipe; to smell the whispering sedge where only some wilder and more solitary fowl builds her nest, and the mink crawls with its belly close to the ground.” And why does Thoreau say we need such experiences? “We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor, to witness our own limits transgressed.”

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Welcome to the most deliciously enigmatic, sensually mysterious phase of your astrological cycle. To provide you with the proper non-rational guidance, I have stolen scraps of dusky advice from the poet Dansk Javlarna (danskjavlarna.tumblr.com). Please read between the lines: 1. Navigate the ocean that roars within the seashell.

2. Carry the key, even if the lock has been temporarily lost.

3. Search through the deepest shadows for the bright light that cast them. 4. Delve into the unfathomable in wordless awe of the inexplicable.

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.

by Rob brezsny

beautyandtruth@freewillastrology.com

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

What exactly would a bolt of lightning taste like? I mean, if you could somehow manage to roll it around in your mouth without having to endure the white-hot shock.

There’s a booze manufacturer that claims to provide this sensation. The company known as Oddka has created “Electricity Vodka,” hard liquor with an extra fizzy jolt.

But if any sign of the zodiac could safely approximate eating a streak of lightning without the help of Electricity Vodka, it would be you Leos. These days you have a special talent for absorbing and enjoying and integrating fiery inspiration.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Eighteenth-century painter Joshua Reynolds said that a “disposition to abstractions, to generalizing and classification, is the great glory of the human mind.” To that lofty sentiment, his fellow artist William Blake responded, “To generalize is to be an idiot; to particularize is the alone distinction of merit.” So I may be an idiot when I make the following generalization, but I think I’m right: In the coming weeks, it will be in your best interests to rely on crafty generalizations to guide your decisions. Getting bogged down in details at the expense of the big picture—missing the forest for the trees—is a potential pitfall that you can and should avoid.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal penned the novel *Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age.* It consists of one sentence. But it’s a long, rambling sentence—117 pages’ worth. It streams from the mouth of the narrator, who is an older man bent on telling all the big stories of his life.

If there were ever to come a time when you, too, would have cosmic permission and a poetic license to deliver a one-sentence, 117-page soliloquy, Libra, it would be in the coming weeks. Reveal your truths! Break through your inhibitions! Celebrate your epic tales! (P.S.: Show this horoscope to the people you’d like as your listeners.)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

John Carpenter Famed for such classic horror, suspense and action films as Halloween, Big Trouble in Little China, Escape from New York and The Fog - which of his best, but least known films will we screen? Exact title is a secret till showtime. $7 Jan. 18, 8 p.m.. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave.

When Pluto was discovered in 1930, astronomers called it the ninth planet. But 76 years later, they changed their mind. In accordance with shifting definitions, they demoted Pluto to the status of a mere “dwarf planet.” But in recent years, two renowned astronomers at Caltech have found convincing evidence for a new ninth planet.

Konstantin Batygin and Michael E. Brown are tracking an object that is much larger than Earth. Its orbit is so far beyond Neptune’s that it takes 15,000 years to circle the sun. As yet it doesn’t have an official name, but Batygin and Brown informally refer to it as “Phattie.” I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because I suspect that you, too,

are on the verge of locating a monumental new addition to your universe.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

The tomato and potato are both nightshades, a family of flowering plants. Taking advantage of this commonality, botanists have used the technique of grafting to produce a pomato plant. Its roots yield potatoes, while its vines grow cherry tomatoes. Now would be a good time for you to experiment with a metaphorically similar creation, Sagittarius. Can you think of how you might generate two useful influences from a single source?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Some guy I don’t know keeps sending me emails about great job opportunities he thinks I’d like to apply for: a technical writer for a solar energy company, for example, and a social media intern for a business that offers travel programs. His messages are not spam. The gigs are legitimate. And yet I’m not in the least interested. I already have several jobs I enjoy, like writing these horoscopes. I suspect that you, too, may receive worthy but ultimately irrelevant invitations in the coming days, Capricorn. My advice: If you remain faithful to your true needs and desires, more apropos offers will eventually flow your way.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

The word “naysayer” describes a person who’s addicted to expressing negativity. A “yeasayer,” on the other hand, is a person who is prone to expressing optimism. According to my assessment of the astrological omens, you can and should be a creative yeasayer in the coming days—both for the sake of your own well-being and that of everyone whose life you touch. For inspiration, study Upton Sinclair’s passage about Beethoven: He was “the defier of fate, the great yea-sayer.” His music is “like the wind running over a meadow of flowers, superlative happiness infinitely multiplied.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

If I’m feeling prosaic, I might refer to a group of flamingos as a flock. But one of the more colorful and equally correct terms is a “flamboyance” of flamingos. Similarly, a bunch of pretty insects with clubbed antennae and big fluttery wings may be called a kaleidoscope of butterflies. The collective noun for zebras can be a dazzle, for pheasants a bouquet, for larks an exaltation, and for finches a charm.

In accordance with current astrological omens, I’m borrowing these nouns to describe members of your tribe. A flamboyance or kaleidoscope of Pisceans? Yes! A dazzle or bouquet or exaltation or charm of Pisceans? Yes! All of the above.

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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. 5:30-7:30 p.m.. 912-2726684. Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave. 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.

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

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

Alcoholics Anonymous For people who want or need to stop drinking, AA can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Free to attend or join. Check website for meeting days/times, or call 24 hours a day. ongoing.

912-356-3688. savannahaa.com.

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

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

Back Pain Support Group Second Monday of every month,7:00pm.

Denny’s Restaurant at Hwy. 204. Everyone is welcome. For more info, contact Debbie at 912-727-2959 ongoing.

Brain Injury Support Group For traumatic brain injury survivors and their caregivers. Third Thursdays, 5pm. In the gym of the Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial. ongoing. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Breast Cancer Survivors Group Tuesdays, 5:20pm at First Presbyterian Church. For survivors and caregivers.

Call for info. ongoing. 912-844-4524. fpc. presbychurch.net. First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. Cancer Support Group For anyone living with, through or beyond a cancer diagnosis. First Wednesdays, at Lewis Cancer Pavilion. Call for info. ongoing. 912-819-5704. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. Children’s Grief Support Group Seven week structured educational support group for children 6-17. Support, coping tools, utilizing play and activity to learn to live with loss. Free of charge. A service of Hospice Savannah, Inc. Call for dates. ongoing. 912-303-9442. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive.

Connect for Kids This group is for children who have a loved one with a life-limiting illness. 2-3 p.m.. 912350-7845. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Debtors Anonymous For people with debting problems. Meets Sundays, 6:30pm at Unity of Savannah.

See website or call for info. ongoing.

912-572-6108. debtorsanonymous.org. unityofsavannah.org/. Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Eating Disorders Anonymous Free, volunteer-led support group for recovery from anorexia/restrictive eating and/or bulimia/binge/purging. Not a diet group, nor for those who struggle solely with overeating. Mondays, 7:30pm-8:30pm.

Email for info. ongoing. edasavannah@ yahoo.com. Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. Essential Tremor Support Group For those with the disease, care partners,

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family and caregivers. Managing the disease, treatments and therapies, quality of life. First Thursdays, 3:00pm-4:30pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-819-2224. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. Fibromyalgia Support Group Second Thursdays, 5:30pm-6:30pm. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-8196743. sjchs.org. sjchs.org. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5353 Reynolds Ave. Gambling Problem 12 Step Program Twelve step program offers freedom from gambling. Meets weekly. Leave message with contact info. ongoing. 912-748-4730.

Georgia Scleroderma Support Group A group for people with scleroderma for the greater Savannah area and surrounding counties. Meets regularly. Call for day and time. Lovezzola’s Pizza, 320 Hwy 80 West, Pooler. Info: 912-412-6675 or 912-414-3827. ongoing.

Grief Support Groups Hospice Savannah’s Full Circle offers a full array of grief support groups and individual counseling for children, teens and adults is available at no charge.

Counseling is offered at 450 Mall Blvd., Suite H in Savannah, and appointments are also available in the United Way offices in Rincon and in Richmond Hill. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-303-9442.

HospiceSavannah.org/GriefSupport.

Head and Neck Cancer Support Group Meeting This group is open to individuals with cancers of the head and neck area and their caregivers. At the meetings, we have a brief discussion from experts in the treatment of head and neck cancer and allow time for group discussion. For more information, please call Suzy Buelvas at 912-350-7845.

1-2 p.m.. 912-350-7845. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Howard Hand in Hand Children’s Support Group Hand in Hand is a support group for children that have a family member or loved one affected by cancer. third Wednesday of every month. 912-819-5704. Hand in Hand is a support group for children that have a family member or loved one affected by cancer. For more information, call 912-8195704. third Wednesday of every month, 2 p.m.. 912-819-5704. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. Klinefelter Syndrome/47-XXY Support Group For parents of children with this diagnosis, and for men with this diagnosis. Started by the mother of a boy with 47-XXY. Email to meet for mutual support. ongoing. amkw21@gmail.com.

Legacy Group: For individuals with advanced and recurrent cancer.

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

Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer

Institute (at Memorial Health Univ. Medical Center), 4700 Waters Ave. Narcotics Anonymous Call for the Savannah Lowcountry Area NA meeting schedule. ongoing. 912-238-5925.

Overeaters Anonymous Is food a problem for you? Overeaters Anonymous can help. Savannah meetings Mon 6:30pm, Wed 5:30pm, Fri 6:30 p.m. See website for locations and info, or call 912358-7150. ongoing. oa.org/meetings.

Parents of Children with IEP’s (Individualized Education Plans) For parents of children attending ChathamSavannah Public School System who have IEP plans, to offer mutual support through the challenges of the IEP process. Email for info. ongoing. amkw210@gmail.com.

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

Case manager facilitates the meetings.

Meets weekly. Call for info ongoing. 912350-5616. memorialhealth.com/backus. memorialhealth.com/backus. Backus Children’s Hospital, 4700 Waters Ave. Parkinson’s Support Group The Parkinson’s Disease Support Group will meet on the first Thursday of the month from 5:00 to 6:30 PM in the Marsh Auditorium at Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds Street. Featuring medical and therapeutic guest speakers, join us for discussion, support, and new community activities. For more information, call Fran McCarey at 912-819-2224. ongoing. 912355-6347. sjchs.org/. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. Prostate Cancer Support Group: Man to Man This group is for prostate cancer patients and their caregivers. Meets in the Conference Room of the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute.

6-8 p.m.. 912-897-3933. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Rape Crisis Center Assists survivors of rape and sexual assault. Free, confidential counseling for victims and families. 24-hour Rape Crisis Line operates seven days a week. 912-2337273. ongoing.

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Support Group Second Tuesdays at 7pm in Marsh Auditorium at Candler Hospital. For anyone with this disorder, plus family members/ caregivers interested in learning more. Call for info. ongoing. 912-858-2335. sjchs.org/.

Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. Sex Addicts Anonymous If you believe you have a problem with sex addiction (or are wondering if you might) and you want to change your behavior, we recommend that you attend a meeting of Sex Addicts Anonymous. The only requirement is a desire to stop your addictive sexual behavior. Meets Mondays at 7 pm. Call for venue information. ongoing. 731-412-0183. saa-recovery.org.

Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Spinal Injury Support Group Third Thursdays, 5:30pm, at the

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Call or see website for info. ongoing.

912-350-8900. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Survivors of Suicide Support Group Suicide often leaves survivors with guilt, anger, hurt and unanswered questions.

Hospice Savannah/United Way of Coastal Empire/Coastal Suicide Prevention Alliance offer an ongoing support group.

Third Thursdays, 6:30-7:30pm. Safe and confidential. Free to attend. Barbara Moss at Full Circle of Hospice Savannah, 912-6291089. ongoing. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive.

Teens Nurturing Teens (Cancer Support) Support group for teens with a family member or loved one impacted by cancer.

Meets at the Lewis Cancer Pavilion. Call for information. ongoing. 912-819-5704.

Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. Teens With No One to Turn To Help for people ages 11-18, or concerned parents of teens. Park Place Outreach Youth Emergency Shelter. Call or see website. ongoing. 912-234-4048. parkplaceyes.org.

Volunteers

JAN 18-24, 2017

Bethesda Seeks Volunteer Docents for New History Museum/Visitors Center Bethesda seeks volunteer docents for their new visitors center/museum. Volunteer docents needed during regular museum hours, Thurs.-Sat. 10am-4pm. Docents will share Bethesda’s rich history and inspiring legacy with visitors from across the country and around the world. ongoing. 912-3512061. Elizabeth.brown@bethesdaacademy. org. Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. Call for Volunteer Docents at the Davenport House Davenport House volunteer docent/ tour guide training is offered in February.

This is a four week training program.

The date and time will be determined by participants. Docents lead tours and assist with programming for people from around the world who visit the historic house. Call Rebecca Bustinduy at 236-8097 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. or email at rbustinduy@davenporthousemuseum. org Feb. 3. davenporthousemuseum.org.

Davenport House, 324 East State St. Call for Volunteers for AARP Tax Aide Program Volunteers are needed to prepare Federal and Georgia state tax returns, particularly for people ages 60 and up. All volunteers who will prepare tax returns will need to attend a five-day training program, held in early January. A background in accounting is not a prerequisite; only a willingness to help low to middle income residents and a familiarity with computers.

Volunteer opportunities are not limited to tax preparation. Each location also has a person to welcome and organize taxpayers as they come into the site. April 15. aarpfoundation.org/volunteer. No physical 46 address given, none.

Magic: Saturday Night Modern

Dust off your Mirrodin cards and dig up those Lorwyn bombs you’ve been hoarding.

Each Saturday Night Modern session is a Modern constructed tournament. $5 Sat., Jan. 21, 7-10 p.m. 912-200-9377. https://facebook.com/ events/1620021984970667/. Jolly Goblin Games, 518 MLK Jr Blvd.

Call for Volunteers for Hospice Savannah Share your love, friendship and empathy with caregivers and hospice patients in their homes or nursing homes.

Hospice Savannah is seeking caring volunteers to provide companionship and caregiver respite throughout Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty and Long counties. There are also opportunities to volunteer in our Hospice House on Eisenhower Drive, in our administrative offices or at Full Circle Grief and Loss Center off Chatham Parkway. Please complete an application on-line at www.

HospiceSavannah.org/volunteer or call the volunteer department at 912.355.2289 for more information. No prior experience is needed - just a loving heart. Volunteer training will be offered Monday, May 10 in the community education room at the rear of Hospice House from 8:30 am to 5 pm. Pre-registration is required. ongoing. hospicesavannah.org/. Hospice Savannah, 1352 Eisenhower Dr. Call for Volunteers for the Savannah Book Festival The Savannah Book Festival seeks volunteers. Being a volunteer is mostly physically light and social. A number of volunteer opportunities with varying time commitments are available. The festival runs Feb. 16-19, 2017. Feb. 16. 912-3351717. volunteer@savannahbookfestival. org. savannahbookfestival.org. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Call for Volunteers for the Tybee Island Historical Society and Lighthouse Volunteers are the backbone to the Tybee Island Historical Society and Lighthouse.

Because we are a non-profit we rely on volunteers to help us succeed everyday.

If you’re interested in volunteering at the lighthouse please call Gus Rehnstrom at 912-785-5801 or email lhvolunteers@ yahoo.com. For more information visit: www.tybeelighthouse.org. ongoing. tybeelighthouse.org/. Tybee Island

Lighthouse, 30 Meddin Ave. Docents and Volunteers Needed at Flannery O’Connor House Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home seeks additional volunteers and volunteer docents to help on Fridays and Saturdays, 1p-4pm, and for extended hours. Duties: greet visitors, handle admissions, conduct merchandise sales and help with tours.

Docent training and written narratives during tours provided. . 912-233-6014. haborrello@ aol.com. flanneryoconnorhome.org.

Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 E. Charlton St Dolphin Project Seeks Volunteers Dolphin Project needs boat owners, photographers, and other volunteers to help with scientific research on the Atlantic Bottlenose dolphin along coastal Georgia.

Must be age 18 or older. Call or see website for info. . 912-232-6572. thedolphinproject. org.

Good Samaritan Health Clinic St. Joseph’s/Candler’s Good Samaritan Clinic in Garden City needs volunteer nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, Spanish interpreters and clerical staff. The clinic serves people without insurance and those whose income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Call to volunteer. ongoing.

912-964-4326.

Hospice Volunteers Needed in Chatham and other Coastal Counties Island Hospice, THA Group’s nonprofit hospice service, seeks volunteers for patient socialization and caregiver respite. Also seeking nonpatient contact volunteers who can contribute by providing services including, but not limited to, office work, crafting, sewing, light yard work, housekeeping, playing guitar for patients, and licensed hairdressers. Serving patients in Chatham, Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Liberty, Camden, Glynn, McIntosh, and Screven Counties in Georgia, and Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, Charleston, Colleton Counties in South Carolina. See website

or email or call for info. ongoing. 888-8424463. kbuttimer@thagroup.org. thagroup. org.

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

Medical Professional Volunteers Needed St. Joseph’s/Candler’s St. Mary’s Health Center, a free clinic serving the uninsured, seeks physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, lab techs, and patient care techs.

Non-clinical volunteers needed to to schedule appointments. Contact Stephanie Alston. ongoing. 912-443-9409. St. Joseph’s/Candler--St. Mary’s Health Center, 1302 Drayton St. Oatland Island Wildlife Center Oatland Island Wildlife Center often needs volunteers. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-395-1500. oatlandisland.org. oatlandisland.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. Pre-School Volunteers Needed Seeking early childhood education majors, retired elementary teachers and/or community residents to help 3 & 4 year olds with language development skills. Mon.-Fri., 9am-12noon. Call for info. ongoing. 912447-0578. sjchs.org/1969.cfm. St. Mary’s Community Center and Health Center, 812 W 36th St. Retired and Senior Volunteer Program Share time and talents through the RSVP program of the Equal Opportunity Authority. Seniors 55 and older serve in various community organizations. Call for information. ongoing. 912-238-2960 x123.

Ronald McDonald House Help in the “home away from home” for families of hospitalized children. Volunteers needed to provide home-cooked meals for families at the house. Volunteer internships available for college students.

Call or see website for info. ongoing.

912-356-5520. rmhccoastalempire.org. rmhccoastalempire.org/. Ronald McDonald House, 4710 Waters Avenue.

Stand-Up Paddleboarding Lessons and tours. East Coast Paddleboarding, Savannah/Tybee Island. email or call for info. . 912-484-3200. eastcoastpaddleboarding.com.

Tutoring Volunteers Needed Education majors, retired reading teachers or community residents sought to volunteer for a reading and math tutorial program for elementary and middle school students.

Call for info. ongoing. 912-447-6605. sjchs. org/body.cfm?id=399. African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Tutors Sought for Adult Learners (GED Prep and Literacy Needs) Adult Community & Education Program at Royce Learning Center seeks volunteer tutors to assist adult learners. Monday Thursday, 5pm-7pm. Tuesday & Thursday, 9am-11am. Classes at Royce Learning Center and Wesley Community Center. Free training. 912-354-4047. kmorgan@roycelc. org.

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