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WEDNESDAY 3.29 Memorial Tribute to Robert Culp

SMF: Hiss Golden Messenger, Sounds of Kolachi SAT 4.1, SUN 4.2

East meets West in this SMF debut of North Carolina folk-rock band Hiss Golden Messenger and Pakistani 10-piece supergroup Sounds of Kolachi.

9 p.m. Saturday, 5:30 p.m. Sunday Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St. $35

The late Robert Culp was an extremely talented and diverse actor who appeared in a broad swath of different genres. The PFS will present one of his least-known films which boasts an impressive supporting cast. The exact title is a secret until showtime.

8 p.m.

The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. $8

SMF Highlight: Jazz Organ Summit: Joey DeFrancesco and the People, Ike Stubblefield Trio The unmistakable sound and versatility of the Hammond B-3 organ and Leslie tone cabinet are showcased in this original production.

5:30 & 8:30 p.m.

Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St. $40 savannahmusicfestival.org

Urban Gypsy Pop Up FRI 3.31

The Urban Gypsy brings her vintage finds back to Savannah.

March 31-April 2, noon Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St.

THURSDAY 3.30 Cirque Italia Water Circus

Cirque Italia presents its “Aquatic Spectacular,” a unique big top show that combines a custom designed 35,000 gallon water stage with unique aerial acts.

March 30-April 2 Coastal Empire Fairgrounds, 4801 Meding cirqueitalia.com/

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Tap of the Morning and Afternoon Delight Beer Fests SAT 4.1

Black Maria Film Festival

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The Black Maria Film Festival seeks to showcase diverse, expressive, and passionate short films and videos by independent makers. The festival is named after Thomas Edison’s motion picture studio, and is known for its support of spirited, cutting edge, and otherwise singular films.

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SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

The Savannah Bananas host two beer fests -- one beginning at 9 a.m. and one beginning at 2 p.m. -- with over 100 craft beers, live music, and a free nap.

Tap of the Morning, 9 a.m./Afternoon Delight 2 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr.

The Crunk Feminist Collection is a book compilation of the trio’s most popular and thought-provoking essays on race and pop culture from their website.

6 p.m.

Armstrong State, 11935 Abercorn St.

SMF Highlight: Patrick Watson

Patrick Watson and his band play lush, playful and often cinematic pop music that is best experienced live.

8:30 p.m.

Ships of The Sea, 41 MLK Blvd. $35 savannahmusicfestival.org

FRIDAY 3.31 C+C Music Factory

Best known for their 1990 Album “Gonna Make You Sweat.”

9 p.m.

The Stage on Bay, 1200 West Bay St. $20

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SMF Highlight: Grateful Ball ft.

Travelin’ McCourys and Jeff Austin Band

The Travelin’ McCourys and Jeff Austin Band team up for a set of Grateful Dead songs with each group playing separately followed by a show-closing collaboration.

5 & 8:30 p.m.

Ships of The Sea, 41 MLK Blvd. $40 savannahmusicfestival.org

Gardening Session

Learn how to garden and harvest vegetables and herbs to bring home.

8:30-9:30 a.m.

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

Odd Lot Improv: Saturday Night Silliness

An improv comedy show in the style of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” Followed by long form comedy.

Theater: The Addams Family 8 p.m.

The Savannah Children’s Theatre presents Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 W Liberty St the Addams Family musical. Best enjoyed $10 by ages 12 and up.

Pints + Poses Brewery Yoga Fri. 7 p.m., Sat. and Sun. 3 p.m.

Join Melissa at Southbound Brewing Savannah Children’s Theatre, 2160 E Victory Company every first Saturday of the $15 month at 12pm as she walks you through savannahchildrenstheatre.org her 90 minute light hearted yoga class.

Those Were the Days The session includes 6 samples and a An upbeat, musical journey of America’s souvenir koozie. Immediately followgreatest songs of the 60s, starring iconic ing the yoga session are public tours & folk music songwriter and performer, tastings.

William Florian, a former lead singer of the 12-2 p.m. famous New Christy Minstrels.

Southbound Brewing Co 107 E Lathrop Ave. 7-9 p.m. $25 includes beer | $12 yoga only The Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne Ave. Savannah Record Dig $20 Featuring live music by Rude Dude and tybeeposttheater.showare.com/ the Creek Freaks and Hotplate, food by Psycho Circus and Bowtie Barbecue, and SATURDAY 4. 1 over 40 tables of vinyl and art.

11 a.m.

Braxton Calhoun 40th and Desoto, 40th and Desoto Sts. . Fresh off of his last tour as lead singer for SMF Highlight: Jason Isbell Trig County, Braxton is looking to kick-off One of the most celebrated artists in his solo career by bringing attitude, grit and authenticity back into country music. Americana music. The North Alabama native was a longtime member of the 8 p.m.

Drive-By Truckers, from whom he departMars Theatre, 109 S. Laurel Street. ed in 2007 to pursue a solo career. $20 d 8 p.m.

Collin’s Barefoot Comedy Club Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 W Oglethorpe It’s April Fool’s Day, so what could be $32-$80 better than a night of foolishness with na- savannahmusicfestival.org tional headline comedian Collin Moulton.

Spring Celebration and Sheep 8 p.m.

Shearing The Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne Ave. The special fundraising event will feature $15 adults, $5 children 12 and under the shearing of two Shetland sheep, Cloud tybeeposttheater.org and Storm, and two Angora goats, Rue Forsyth Farmers Market and Finnick by members of The Fiber Local and regional produce, honey, meat, Guild of the Savannahs. dairy, pasta, baked goods.

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9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Forsyth Park Rd. forsythfarmersmarket.com $7 Mixes improv games, improv scenes, and stories into a spontaneous and unscripted theatrical experience.

8 p.m.

The Space Station at Starlandia, 2436 Bull St. $15

Spring Plant Swap

Join Jane Fishman for her spring plant swap.

8-11 a.m.

West Boundary St. Garden, 450 West Boundary (between Creative Coast and Chatham Steel).

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Film: George Orwell’s 1984

SUNDAY 4. 2 Bruce Feiler

Savannah-born author Bruce Feiler returns to promote his latest book, “The First Love Story: Adam, Eve & Us.” 2 p.m.

Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St.

WED 4.5

Aggressively Civil and the Psychotronic Film Society screens this little-known 1954 British movie adaptation of George Orwell’s anti-authoritarian novel “1984.”

Proceeds from the screening will benefit the American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Poverty Law Center.

8 p.m.

The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. $10

Freedom School

Emergent Savannah and Step Up Savannah are proud to host the ACLU of Georgia as they present Freedom School, an opportunity and training for members of the public to learn how to protect civil rights and fight back on undemocratic policies.

1 p.m.

Savannah State University, 3219 College St. info@emergentsavannah.com

SMF Highlight: Daniel Hope & Friends/Edgar Meyer/Dover Quartet

Temple Mickve Israel, 20 E. Gordon St. $57 savannahmusicfestival.org

This monumental program brings together an all-star grouping of players and is bookended by Edgar Meyer’s String Quintet (performed by the composer and the Dover Quartet) and Tchaikovsky’s stellar Serenade for Strings featuring SMF favorite Joseph Conyers on bass.

6 p.m.

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Chamber music power couple David Finckel and Wu Han return for 8th consecutive year.

6 p.m.

Trinity UMC, 225 West President St. $57

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6 p.m.

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Dvorak wrote a huge amount of chamber music including string quartets, piano trios, piano quartets, the famous American string quintet and the jewel in the crown, the Piano Quintet, Opus 81. This masterpiece, along with the Dumkya trio, will be performed along with the Slavonic Dances by an all-star cast assembled by Daniel Hope including David Finckel, Wu Han and the Dover Quartet.

6 p.m.

Trinity UMC, 225 West President St. $57 savannahmusicfestival.org

2017 Spring Wine Dinner with 39 Rue SMF Highlight: Masters of Brazilian De Jean Music: Hermeto Pascoal, Danilo Six course dinner paired with Revana Brito Quintet

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This original production presents the SMF debuts of 80-year old composer/multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal alongside virtuosic choro mandolinist Danilo Brito.

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Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. $32-$80 savannahmusicfestival.org

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The arts deserve more than lip service

BY JIM MOREKIS

jim@connectsavannah.com

SAVANNAH is in the rare and fortunate position of being a very small market that consistently punches well above its weight.

At about 384,000 people in Chatham, Effingham, and Bryan Counties according to 2016 estimates, we are only the 137th largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States.

Savannah barely breaks into the top 100 media markets in the country.

Our main economic and cultural rival, the Charleston metro area, is twice as large. Columbia, S.C., also only two hours away and a place Savannahians rarely think about, is even larger than Charleston, with an 800,000+ person metro area.

Metro Atlanta, the nation’s ninth largest, is over 15 times as large as the Savannah metro area and growing bigger literally every day.

Even Jacksonville, Fla. — a place Savannah tends to look down its collective nose at — is a nearly 1.5 million person market.

Yet parochial as we are, in the Telfair we boast one of the Southeast’s finest art museums. In the Savannah Music Festival we boast a nearly three-week event which brings literally the world’s best performers to town, almost all in intimate venues.

The presence of SCAD has brought a priceless volume of not only cultural cachet, but curious and creative minds to produce and consume that culture.

Thanks to a culturally connected creative class, a small but generous core donor base, and a City government and taxpayers

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willing to significantly fund the arts, Savannah enjoys a nearly year-round calendar of high-quality performing arts and cultural activity.

(And the City of Savannah is alone among local government entities in paying for events which everyone from everywhere can attend if they choose.)

Many of us — me included — are fond of complaining that “all the big acts” bypass Savannah for Charleston, Jacksonville, Atlanta, etc.

That said, considering the small size of our market, there’s no shortage of quality arts events for locals and visitors to attend, at a generally wide price scale.

Simply put, it’s easy to find cities many times larger than Savannah with nowhere near our cultural and artistic offerings.

It is a thing for which to be very thankful. Unfortunately, it’s also a thing I’m afraid many of us take for granted.

Savannah is a town full of people who like to say they support the arts, but prying their wallets open to actually support the arts can be like pulling teeth.

I often hear local performers and artists express outrage that they’re so often asked to do their art for free, or for very little money, or for “exposure.”

I share their dismay. It’s a real problem for local artists and musicians.

However, many of us, when faced with the prospect of purchasing, say, a $40-50 ticket to see literally the best artists in the world in their particular field, often still won’t buy the ticket.

Hell, many of us, when faced with the prospect of paying a ten-buck cover charge to see three or four great live bands at a local club, even complain about that.

The Savannah Music Festival, for example, brings a roster of artistic talent that is without question at or near the highest level available on the planet, in a fairly broad cross-section of genres.

I often hear complaints about the ticket prices of these performances, the subtext being, “Why aren’t these concerts free?

Why should we have to pay to see them?”

Well, here’s an answer: If you don’t want to perform for free, or close to free… why do you assume these artists would?

Some of this attitude of course is due to the fact that we as taxpayers are already helping to fund a huge amount of local cultural events that are 100 percent free to attend.

And we get used to it. Maybe a little too used to it.

But free to attend isn’t the same as free to produce.

Events like the Savannah Jazz Festival and Picnic in the Park, to name but two, get us accustomed to the idea of not having to pay a dime to see great cultural events.

But please keep in mind that none of this is a given. There is no actual reason for Savannah to have such a fertile cultural scene, other than we’ve decided it’s important to us and we want to make it so.

There’s no rule that says the arts need to be publicly funded. Same at the national level, as the current administration seeks to aggressively cut funding to the arts.

As we’ve seen, even our local government can and will seek to cut funding to the arts when push comes to shove.

There are no guarantees unless we make them stick. And that means we may have to occasionally support the arts with more than lip service. CS

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Flaws of Shore Protection bill expose vital truths

Editor, Regarding proposed amendments to Georgia’s Shore Protection Act recently tabled by the General Assembly Senate, further details merit consideration.

Writing on behalf of the Center for a Sustainable Coast, over a month ago I began recommending that the bill in question, HB 271, be set aside for more study. At that time, few thought the measure could be stopped, despite its woefully inadequate provisions.

Fortunately, others raised enough questions about HB 271 that the Senate Natural

Resources Committee tabled it.

Most conspicuous was the bill’s total neglect of well-documented scientific evidence of shoreline erosion and sealevel rise – research paid for by state and federal funding, yet ignored in this ill-fated proposal that ironically was endorsed by the same agency (DNR) that authorized funding for relevant studies.

Research and clearly voiced scientific opinion makes it plain that, under HB 271’s proposed amendments, shorefront development would be in greater danger from storm-surge and flooding, and that the “sand-sharing” system (beaches, dunes, and

sand-bars) would be less protected.

Moreover, when storm-damage occurs, all taxpayers share the burden through federally subsidized flood insurance and other public costs incurred in recovery from “natural hazards.” Willfully ignoring relevant science in regulating such areas unfairly shifts costs onto the general population.

The hidden truth is that the more humans elevate risks by disrupting the climate – thereby intensifying storms and accelerating sea-level rise – and by building in high-risk oceanfront areas, such hazards are both “natural” and man-made.

Passing HB 271 would have rewarded politically-driven motives that have been chronically negligent about the use of science to protect both humans and our environment.

Property-owners and the oceanfront environment will both benefit if objective legislative study of shore protection issues is applied in guiding the revision of regulatory amendments.

We ignore science at our own peril (and increasing expense!), especially in a warming climate along the shores of an everrising sea.

David C. Kyler Center for a Sustainable Coast

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NEWS & OPINION THE (CIVIL) SOCIETY COLUMN

A Lone Wolf at the door or just the winds of change?

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Fellow TSNA board member and Starlandia Creative Supply owner Clinton Edminster launched a moratorium

BY JESSICA LEIGH LEBOS against the moratorium, garnering more jll@connectsavannah.com than 400 signatures.

“This is an up-and-coming business disONCE upon a time in downtown Savantrict, and the zoning is working,” admonnah, call it 20 years ago, zoning was fast ishes Edminster, adding that he lives in the and loose and rents were cheap. Most anyarea and welcomes the Lone Wolf as well body with a plucky entrepreneurial spirit as the small brewpub slated to open this and enough credit could open a business fall in the old Starland Dairy. on Broughton or Bay streets, then send up “Why would you want to impede local prayers and smoke signals that customers businesses run by good people?” would find their way through the door.

Mobley, who ran for mayor in 2003 and These days, of course, you’d have to have whose family has lived on this patch of the crazy capital or be a franchisee of a corpocity since cows roamed it, insists that she rate chain to afford a slice within the city’s and the others only want what’s best for tourist-laden commercial corridors. the area.

And the zoning acrobatics required “Believe me, I am not against progress, to build out even the simplest storefront or alcohol, for that matter,” she exclaims The Zoning Board of Appeals will vote next month whether to approve the use of this buildmake many projects unachievable, unless when it’s suggested that the Lone Wolf ing on the corner of Lincoln and 41st streets as a neighborhood bar. you want to build an ugly hotel. would bring more dollars uptown for all.

Like anyone following the tides of gentri“My dear, I have been working for the The gents’ chosen corner location It also seems unfair and frankly absurd fication, Savannah small business folk have growth and redevelopment of this neighalready holds the necessary commercial to foist the parking problem onto new busi- borhood for forty years!” sought out new, more affordable lands. nesses; given the growing popularity of In the last few years, dozens of shops, ser- zoning designation TC1, though it needs Indeed, this is the powerhouse that led vices and restaurants have popped up on the special approval for use as a bar, nightclub Starland, it is something the city will need the renovation of the Bull Street Library to solve sooner than later. slow side of Forsyth Park, and more recently, or tavern. The partners presented their when city officials tried to close it and conplan to the Zoning Board of Appeals last Maybe that’s part of why city staff recom- vinced Kroger executives to build a smaller the once sleepy blocks of Bull Street and week, describing an elegant atmosphere mended that the ZBA deny the proposed use store on Gwinnett Street to keep the Habersham south of 37th Street have come alive, especially in the evening hours. and thoughtful wine selections. at last week’s meeting. The board deferred neighborhood from becoming a food desFoodie beer anchor Green Truck Pub They were met with vociferous opposiits vote until it meets again in April, and each ert. She’s proud of the work she’s done to has been joined by culinary-cum-craft tion from representatives of the Thomas side is rallying its support. shape and keep the character of the neighcocktail hotspots The Vault, Cotton & Rye Square Neighborhood Association The MPC has received dozens of letborhood, and no one’s going to get wasted and Atlantic, and the Wormhole continues (TSNA), who argue that the Lone Wolf ters supporting and opposing the project, and act a’fool on these sidewalks on her to hold space for live music and late night would be a hot mess in sheep’s clothing. the majority of the latter coming from watch, even if they are city aldermen. munchies. But other than long-standing “This is a residential area, and the vendors of Picker Joe’s Antique Mall, who As someone who fought unwanted develwatering hole Sey Hey’s, there isn’t a place people who live here don’t want a bar next cited already existing parking woes as well opment in my own ‘hood to no avail (see for a thirsty local looking for a simple, laid- door,” says longtime TSNA member Viras anticipated trash, noise and drunken “Nightmare on 61st Street,” 4/24/13), I can empathize. It takes vigilance and tenacity back pour. ginia Mobley, who is leading the charge. vandalism.

The proprietors of the Lone Wolf “It is just not an appropriate business for “That is not our clientele,” promises Rip- to defend one’s turf, and once you open the gates to a certain element, there’s real fear Lounge would like to fill that niche. Vetthat location.” ley, who also serves as the principal oboist that a tsunami of terrible change will follow. eran bartenders and first time entreprePretty, well-maintained Victorians and in the Savannah Philharmonic.

Yet further uptown in Habersham Vilneurs Thomas Worley and Andrew craftsmen bungalows fill the streets beyond “We want people to walk over from their lage, none of the worst case scenarios my Ripley signed a lease on the former insurthe site, and there is a lovely little cottage homes, ride their bikes. Our purpose is to neighbors and I imagined about parking ance office at the corner of Lincoln and 41st next door. While the nearby north-toserve the neighborhood.” streets earlier this year, offering up a vision south routes boast a bustling mix of homes Some neighbors aren’t buying it. Though and parties and trash have come to pass, of a low-key tavern to serve surrounding and businesses, one-way Lincoln, with its she claims it is not a move against the Lone and we can’t deny the success it’s brought residents and anybody else uneager to deal wrong-side-of-the-road bike lane, remains to nearby shops.

Wolf specifically, Mobley and eight others with the downtown crowds.

Yes, I still have to look at that montranquil all the way to Liberty. submitted a petition to the city the first “We want to be the neighborhood’s strous student housing behemoth, but I’ve Yet the building in question sits mostly week of March to place a moratorium on ‘third place,’” explains Worley, citing soci- surrounded by other small businesses on 41st alcohol permits in the TC1 and TC2 parts adapted by keeping the shades drawn. ologist Ray Oldenberg’s renowned concept Street, which suggests a growing commerWhile the reflexive objections to the of the district. cial micro-corridor. Those shops and office of comfortable, inexpensive gathering Lone Wolf are understandable, it’s not reaThat precedent was set after Westside operate in the daytime, sharing limited spots beyond work and home that are sonable to expect a neighborhood not to residents convinced city council to deny street parking, a primary issue. The naressential to a civil society. an alcohol license to The Stage on Bay over evolve and change. Savannah sure has over row thoroughfare could be a disaster during similar concerns. The venue was finally Worley has been masterfully handling the last two decades.

River Street crowds at The Bayou for eight crossover hours, and emergency vehicles The Starland/Baldwin Park/Thomas granted its permit after lawyering up, and can barely squeeze through as it is. years, and his deft drink slinging seems a Square district is having an important the city saved face by issuing a 90-day The irony is that if the Lone Wolf were fabulous pairing with Ripley’s celebrated moment, and encouraging small busimoratorium on liquor licenses downtown a coffeeshop instead of a bar, it wouldn’t mixology skills, currently shaking and nesses now is vital to its future. in order to study the density and effects of have had to apply for a special permit stirring at the Andaz. They’re also both As this deal goes down in the coming alcohol-related establishments. at all, and the parallel operating hours local musicians, though the Lone Wolf (Shame the council can’t do the same for weeks, I hope all of us can remember that would cause a clustercuss of magnificent Lounge won’t host any live music, unless we’re all on the same side of the block. CS hotels, which are germinating like mush10 these guys whistle while they work. proportions. rooms that block out the sun.)

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The second coming of Savannah River Landing

THEY HAD ME at “we’re asking for less parking.”

On March 22 I attended the presentation in the Metropolitan Planning Commission’s (MPC) Arthur A. Mendonsa Hearing Room by Trent Germano, principal of Mariner Group, and Reed Freeman, president of Regent Partners.

Together as the clunkily-named “Savannah River Landing Land JV LLC” they plan to finally complete what was started a decade ago east of the Marriott on East President Street.

They struck me as sincere in their effort to build something that contributes to the The original circa 2006 Master Plan for the first, unrealized incarnation of the massive prourban fabric of Savannah, while also being posed Savannah River Landing development. refreshingly unapologetic in their desire to space facing the public riverwalk will be make money in the process. not think that the Savannah ward is the (One attendee asked if they considered composed of private backyards that propanswer to all urban design questions, and including “affordable housing” in the mix. erty owners will not be allowed to build on. particularly not this one. I’ll tell you why.

They gave a short, frank answer: No).

So you can look, but you can’t walk. I am Savannah’s ward system is a framework Their desire for less required parking not put-out by this. In fact, I look forward that organizes a multiplicity of owners, indicates an understanding of urbanism architects, and users in a beautiful, harmo- to future voyeuristic pleasures. (complementary uses and compact design One of my favorite memories of London nious, whole — a true gestalt achieved at = less need to accommodate cars) and an is walking along the Thames in the far west urban scale. eye towards maximizing the built area of of the city. Similar to what is proposed at In Design of Cities, Edmund N. Bacon the development. wrote it was a “system of land organization SRL, private yards abut the public walk In addition, the structured parking will along the river. On my walk I was mainly [that] is both practical and delightful.” be wrapped with commercial, office, and/ peering into yards, and not at the river.

When the seas rise to the point that or hotel space. The garages will be mostly These owners knew their property was coastal populations are displaced and new hidden, and sequester the bulk of incoming inland towns and cities must be built from on display. It was an incredibly interesting cars at the periphery. whole cloth, planners need look no further psychological game to tease out what they That means the interior streets are wanted to say to passers-by through their than Savannah for a model. likely to be a wonderful pedestrian yards. I can’t wait to spy on similar homeHowever, this is because it is a proven environment. owners at SRL. system for organizing what I’ll call “DemYou can see all of this and more in the ocratic Development” — city growth illustrated master plan for the new Savan- accommodating thousands of individual 2. The scale of buildings is too large. nah River Landing (SRL) development Yes, the developers are asking for maxiparticipants. here, find more information online, and Savannah River Landing is a very differ- mum building heights that exceed the see the developers themselves present ent thing. It is “Hegemonic Development” previous plan (the 2006 plan indicates their case to the City at a future council maximum number of floors, whereas the — one entity, 57 acres. meeting.

2017 PUD plan indicates maximum height Yes, residential parcels and condos will So, allow me to address what seem to be in feet). However, these buildings are not be sold off, but only according to the Masthe three main concerns with the revised being inserted into the fabric of the Hister Plan, and only after being constructed Master Plan: by the chosen home-builder. The brilliance toric District itself. They are not even of the Savannah Plan is largely moot in this immediately adjacent. They will not loom 1. It’s not a faithful enough re-creover historic neighbors. situation. ation of the Savannah ward plan, and Think of this area as a hybrid of SavanThe fact that the SRL Master Plan squares were removed from the previnah and Midtown Atlanta, but without the is including public space in the form of ous iteration. squares is a cosmetic concession, though a traffic of the Peachtrees and Spring Street.

I love the Savannah ward system. In very welcome one. So, there is no reason to We in Savannah like to insult Atlanta, but grad school it came up on an almost daily Midtown has wonderful walkable urbanbe wed to the dimensions of the original. basis, and I incessantly reminded my ism — I know because I lived there three This is the big-budget remake. They’ll fellows that I actually owned a home in years without a car. take creative license. I don’t blame them. downtown Savannah (though not in the This is a marquee project for these develHistoric District). They loved me for it. opers. I have to believe that these struc1.b. A sub-argument: not all of the I’ve actually drawn out a Savannah tures will be well-designed and part of an green space is public space. ward diagram that I plan to have tattooed True. On the eastern, single-family resi- attractive ensemble. dential side of the development, the green CONTINUES ON P. 12 on my body at some point. However, I do

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Finally, consider this: The more intensely this land is allowed to be developed, the more tax revenue it will bring in, and the more it might relieve development pressure elsewhere. Maybe we can get the streetscape improvements to River, Bay, and Broughton Streets quicker for it.

3. It’s bait-and-switch – we’ll end up with a bunch of big box stores.

The real estate market is a moving target. Smart developers want and need wiggle room. Some things will likely change as 57 acres are built-out over a number of years. The commercial parcel facing East President might be a grocery store.

Yes, this could be pandering. It could end up being some other big box store. I wouldn’t consider that a betrayal.

The parcels facing East President are destined to be auto-oriented with a lot of surface parking. Still, from the plan, it looks like developers intend to keep it compartmentalized from the walkable interior.

Other changes might include the proportion of square footage allotted to commercial, office, hotel, and multi-family residential. This could change footprints and heights of buildings, but the important part to the visiting citizen, the network of blocks and streets, should stay the same.

Those are the big gripes. Here are some

Left, available development parcels at Savannah River Landing. Right, buildings developers foresee constructing based on market trends.

smaller, less sensible ones that came up in the Q&A after the presentation: • One attendee was miffed that the rear of one of the parking decks might be visible from East President as he drove to the islands. This might spoil his drive, and his enjoyment of the Truman overpass, the water treatment plant, and Waffle House.

• Another attendee complained that the Savannah River would be viewed through a “tunnel” of buildings where the developers propose the linear park. I suggest to this attendee that he enjoy the view from the public riverwalk if buildings offend him.

• Finally, one attendee I paraphrase thusly: “The illustration doesn’t match what was presented to the MPC. I caught you! You’re hucksters!”

I’ll explain: The image on the left above is a broad-stroke diagrammatic plan of development parcels, and of public and private division of the land within SRL. The colored areas do not represent building envelopes, but the entire developable area.

The image on the right is an illustrated plan representing the buildings that the developers foresee constructing, gauging the market at this time. There’s no conflict

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between the two.

In conclusion, I suggest that the new Savannah River Landing not be grudgingly tolerated, but greeted with wary optimism. Will it have the same character as the wards of the Historic District? Of course not, but that’s not a bad thing.

I’m looking forward to a more “big city” feel in this corner of downtown — something - Savannah lacks. If you live in Savannah because you hate the big city, well then you can just avoid this quarter.

It will not detract from what we already have. CS

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fall of 2015 at the WRUU website, a “trial run” that allowed organizers to work out the kinks.

“Operating from the online platform as we were getting the tower equipment installed enabled us to bring everyone up to speed on the FCC requirements, which are different for streaming,” explains Weeks.

The months of online broadcasting also helped establish Savannah Soundings as a strong voice in the international radio community: The hosting platform, Streamlicensing.com, has highlighted WRUU as a featured station four times in the past year.

“That’s out of 1200 other stations,” says Weeks. “I think that’s a pretty good indication of the quality of the programming.”

That programming is meant to be as dynamic and diverse as the community it serves. Weekdays at 10am bring the popular syndicated program “Democracy Now,” and Americana, jazz and classical selections fill up the unmanned early morning and overnight blocks.

In between, a roster of hosted shows spins everything from local politics to independent rock to old school hip hop.

“Musically, you’re going to hear a lot of stuff you won’t hear anywhere else,” says studio manager Dave Lake, who hosts “Evening Eclectic,” a mélange of bluegrass, jazz, and old favorites on Wednesday nights.

Lake also hosts “Music: Local and

Sustainable,” a much-needed platform for Savannah’s local musicians to play and discuss their original offerings.

For “In the Pocket,” host Ian McCarthy plays deep cuts of gospel, soul and R&B during the 8pm Sunday time slot, and devotees of punk can tune into the underground with “Crisis” Fridays at 8pm.

“Rigor Mortis” serves up surf rock, blues, early country and any music ending with “-billy” Thursdays at 10pm.

Thursdays at 7pm, Connect contributor and Savannah Bicycle Campaign Executive Director John Reid Bennett digs into the depths of “neglected West Coast jazz, embarrassing B-movie soundtracks, dusty

library music, minor college radio hits” and other aural eccentricities for his weekly “Here It Is Tomorrow.”

A radio guy since his own college years, Bennett fantasized about creating a LPFM station during his years on staff at SCAD, Georgia State and Valdosta State, but FCC requirements and competition for licenses foiled several attempts.

“I’ve served as the adviser to stations at three universities, was involved in efforts to start an FM station for SCAD dating back to 1993, and established its studentrun internet radio programs in Savannah and Atlanta,” says Bennett, who has

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IT’S TAKEN almost four years and thousands of donated dollars, but WRUU is finally broadcasting eclectic tunes and thoughtful talk from its new home at 107.5 on the FM dial.

Calling itself “local radio with a global soul,” Savannah Soundings can now be heard on car stereos and through headphones from downtown to midtown to Georgetown to Pooler, with signals reported as far away as Tybee Island.

“It’s truly amazing to have what most people called a hare-brained idea and finally have it working!” exclaims Vicki Weeks, one of the station’s original organizers.

Back in 2013 when the FCC announced it was opening up the airwaves to qualified non-profits for their own low-power community radio stations (LPFMs), a group of intrepid folks at the Unitarian Universalist Church took up the complex application process. They quickly gathered up $3500 for the required engineering study and penned a detailed proposal that described a vision combining great music, social justice issues and community education.

Once the license and call letters were granted, however, was when the real work began.

Funds had to be raised to build out a studio underneath the UU church on Troup Square, and additional dollars went to installing the WRUU antenna on a rented tower on the outskirts of town. The project’s Executive Task Force and its myriad committees plodded through legalities and infrastructure, working with engineers to match wires and purchase equipment.

After hundreds of volunteer hours and support from local businesses, a diverse schedule of programming debuted in the

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also been with the WRUU crew since its inception.

“Now, almost 24 years later, my dream of a new noncommercial radio station on the Savannah airwaves has finally come true, thanks to volunteers who understood the potential.”

Other WRUU shows combine music with relevant chat. In addition to the civic conversations of “Savannah Lexicon,” DJ Wayne Waters recently took over Tuesday and Thursday morning drive-time duties with “Savannah Rising,” a mash-up of easy-on-the-ears listening and local news.

Sunday afternoons are all about the ladies when Josephine Johnson focuses on local and regional women in music and business with “Sister Sound.”

Engaging the local community about important issues is a central theme to WRUU’s talk segments, including a monthly roundtable with Emergent Savannah. Keeping the best interest of Chatham County’s seniors in mind, “Putting the POWER in Empowerment” host Irene Vigo provides education for elders trying to navigate the healthcare system.

The politics of city planning and preservation get a weekly once-over with “The Square”’s Nick Palumbo, and social justice topics like the school-to-prison pipeline and a public health approach to reducing violence are unpacked during “Savannah Perceptions,” hosted by activist Ylana Abbott.

“Part of our mission is to give voice to the voiceless,” reminds studio manager Lake, a retired physical therapy educator who pioneered the doctorate program at Armstrong and now helps WRUU produce programs and trains hosts on the ins and

outs of FCC regulations.

“Our primary service is to showcase the many different communities of Savannah.”

Continuing the effort to bring attention to the city’s civic efforts, Lake is also producing segments on community events people may have missed. He recorded the poetic students of the most recent Deep Speaks showcase as well as the “Stories from the Women’s March on Washington” held at Trinity Methodist in January, both to be aired in the coming weeks.

He also encourages wanna-be DJs to submit their own show proposals, which are decided upon by consensus by the Program Team, one of five structured committees set up back when WRUU was just a dream and a prayer.

But just because 107.5 is now live doesn’t mean the work is done. Though WRUU is entirely manned by volunteers, there are still operating costs to cover and rent to pay. There is also more technology on the wish list, including equipment that will allow real-time call-ins for hosts to engage in true talk radio interaction.

Listeners are invited to become members at an open house this Sunday to keep the music and musings going. A $50 basic membership or a monthly sponsorship not only helps the cause, it widens WRUU’s representation of the people it serves.

“This is growing into a tremendous community,” says Weeks.

“There’s something for everyone in Savannah.” CS

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NEWS & OPINION THE NEWS CYCLE Kevin Klinkenberg described in a 2016 post on the Strong Towns blog, “a tale of two cities.”

Savannah is lauded as a walkable city, but in many neighborhoods the absence of infrastructure makes walking unpleasant and hazardous.

The bike lane on Lincoln Street also helps calm traffic, improving safety and the comfort level for people who use mobility aids. Bike lanes benefit the most able among us as well.

Visit Washington Avenue on a Saturday morning and you’ll find so many runners in the bike lanes, you could be forgiven for thinking a spontaneous 5K is underway.

The hashtags in Swanson’s tweet, #freedom and #infrastructure, are inseparable.

Too often, when talking about making our streets safe for all modes of travel, the A man with a walker is assisted in walking in the Lincoln Street bike lane. discussion degenerates into to complaints about what will be “taken” from those of us who drive.

In fact, making streets safe and accessible provides freedom of choice for those who are privileged to have options, and basic freedom of travel for people who don’t.

The Lincoln Street bike lane allows people like me to ride a bike to work instead of driving. And it makes it possible for a perthe bike lane every day. The bike lane is son in a wheelchair to shop for groceries at critical infrastructure that permits them Kroger. to safely reach important destinations.

Let’s be clear: When people argue

BY JOHN BENNETT So ubiquitous are these “other users” of against bike lanes, wider sidewalks, and john@bicyclecampaign.org the bike lane, that it’s easy to forget what other traffic calming measures, what they they tell us about our city. I’m glad a tweet are truly afraid of losing is the ability to PEOPLE WHO ride bikes on Lincoln Street from a man in Winnipeg reminded me. speed. The consequences of prioritizing are used to seeing other wheeled conveyAnders Swanson, a multi-disciplinary convenience of motorists over safety are ances in the bike lane. No, I’m not talking designer and chair of the Canada Bikes dire, especially for seniors. about the cars that are regularly parked board of directors, shared a short video of a People 65 and older account for 19 perthere. man using a powered wheel chair in a pro- cent of pedestrian fatalities. Consider that People who use wheelchairs, scooters, tected bike lane. a 30-year-old person has only a three perwalkers, and other mobility aids travel in Swanson tweeted: “It’s far more than cent chance of being killed if hit by a car

Bicycle infrastructure isn’t just about bicycles!

travelling at 20 mph. For a 70-year-old the mortality rate is 23 percent.

As speeds increase, the likelihood of death climbs dramatically.

When cars are travelling at 45 mph — a speed not uncommon on many Savannah streets, no matter the posted speed limit — a 30-year-old has a 50/50 chance of survival. For 70 year olds, the risk of death is 83 percent.

I often joke that although our city has not undertaken any significant bicycle infrastructure projects in more than 5 years, we have done a great job of keeping the ground flat. That’s my way of pointing our advantage over cities like Macon or Athens, where hilly terrain makes active transportation impossible for many residents.

Our level topography is a blessing when it comes to making our city a place where people of all ages and abilities can get where they need to go under their own power or with assistance from a small electric motor.

But this does not exempt us from the necessary task of making our streets safe for people who walk and ride bikes. Just as bike lanes, trails and multiuse paths benefit people who don’t (or can’t) ride bikes, making streets safe for older adults benefits people of all ages.

A statement from the AARP makes this clear: “For too many years, transportation policies have mostly served people using fast-moving vehicles rather than public transit, bicycles or their own feet. But a street that’s safe for a 70-year-old to cross to shop is safe for a seven-year-old walking to school or a worker heading to the office.”

In much of our city, we have failed the 70-year-old, the seven-year-old, and everyone in between. CS

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What do movie production credits mean?

Not so many years ago, when you went to the movies, the opening credits just concluded with “produced by,” then “directed by.” Now you’ll see three or four different company logos, two or three executive producers, a batch of regular producers, and maybe even some co-executive producers or co-producers. What do they all do? —Craig Blouin OWING to some very well-documented envelope trouble, this year’s Academy Awards telecast ended with an unusually large throng of humans onstage. But even a glitch-free Oscars now closes with a sizable gaggle of some of the least recognizable people in the room—the producers—trooping up the aisle to receive the biggest award of the night.

You’re right, of course: production credits on a typical film have ballooned in the past quarter century, as filmmaking has gotten ever pricier. Between 1994 and 2013, according to film-industry data analyst Stephen Follows, the average number of producers per movie climbed from 5.8 to 10.1—though the 2013 figure was surely skewed by Lee Daniels’ The Butler, which made movie-biz headlines with its whopping 41 producers. But who exactly are all these cooks stirring the broth we gulp down at the multiplex each summer?

Let’s start with that barrage of preliminary logos. The first belongs to the

distributor who got the film into theaters.

Next comes the production company, the entity that sees to it that a film gets made—or, quite possibly, a series of production companies, listed in order of size or degree of involvement in the project.

Among the smaller fish may be one of the many boutique agencies formed by top actors or directors, who seek scripts that interest them and then market the projects to larger companies or studios. Following these corporate names come those of the individual producers, in all their glorious variety.

That stock mental image you have of an old-school movie executive—colossal desk, cigar, multiple phone lines? That was supposed to be a producer, the figure who essentially runs the whole production.

(Here, at least, the title makes sense.)

The producer (no modifiers, just plain “producer”) disburses money, supervises the artistic calls (which may include hiring a director and securing a script), and has ultimate control over the day-to-day administrative operations that go into making a movie. Theoretically, the producer also has final say over what we see on the screen, to many a director’s chagrin.

But, again, today a film rarely has just one producer, meaning these responsibilities have to get divvied up somehow; feel free to picture whatever behind-thescenes Hollywood carnage you like.

The producers have someone impatiently peering over their shoulders too.

The executive producer supervises their work on behalf of the folks ponying up funds for the film, which could mean a studio, a production company, independent financiers of various sorts, or some combination. Someone with this title might also be the person who secured the rights to a film’s underlying source material.

In TV, confusingly, ”executive producer” often designates an auteur type—someone who created or scripted a series. But in film it’s mainly about keeping the machine running smoothly and thus protecting investor cash.

Financing a big-budget picture requires multiple revenue sources, though, and investors love recognition. That is where co-executive producers come from. They may poke their noses in to see how their money’s being spent, or maybe they just want to see their names up at the premiere.

These folks are not to be confused with co-producers, who do take an active role in the production. A co-producer is in many cases the screenwriter, or at the very least someone who played a significant role in revising the script.

While many of these titles are doled out at the whim of the film’s powers that be, some have been defined by professional filmmaking organizations. The Writers Guild of America makes the call about who can be billed as co-producer.

And after struggling for years to set criteria for a producer credit, in 2012 the Producers Guild of America convinced most industry players to accept the idea of a “producer’s mark.” Anyone who wants the lower-case letters “p.g.a.” after their name in the credits must in fact handle production duties as spelled out by the guild: they have to play a role in script selection and casting, and spend significant time on set.

The big push to establish this mark began after Shakespeare in Love won Best Picture in 1995 and five whole people showed up onstage to collect their trophies—a skeleton crew by today’s standards. You don’t need the PGA’s nod; the carrot the guild dangles in front of producers and studios, though, is that you can’t qualify for major awards, including the Best Picture Oscar, without their approval.

Sometimes that’s not much leverage.

Last October, studio head Dana Brunetti complained on Facebook he’d been denied a producer’s mark for his role in the sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker. Which might smart, but let’s face it: he wasn’t exactly bound for the Dolby Theatre stage anyway. CS

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Police seek suspects in armed robbery and carjacking

Savannah-Chatham Metro Police detectives ask for the public’s help identifying two males suspected of an armed robbery and carjacking on Thursday, Mar. 2.

At around 11:30 p.m., Metro officers responded to the 1900 block of East Victory Drive.

“Reportedly, a female victim was dropping off clothes at a Goodwill when two males approached her. Both males presented guns, demanding her car keys. She complied with the suspects’ demands and fled to a nearby store to call police. The suspects left in the vehicle before officers’ arrival,” police report.

The vehicle, a blue 2010 Nissan Sentra, was recovered after it was involved in a hit and run the following day, Mar. 3. One suspect fled the scene from the incident.

One suspect is described as a black male in his late teens to early 20s with a medium build. The second suspect is described as a black male in his late teens to early 20s with a medium build.

“At about 7:10 p.m. Mar. 21, 2016, Jones, 16, was reported missing by co-workers who had not seen her since Mar. 19. Metro officers responded to the residence Jones shared with her elderly grandmother in the 200 block of West 39th Street to inquire about the teen’s whereabouts. About an hour later, a relative searched the house, finding the teen deceased inside.

Police were immediately notified,” police report.

Suspect collared in homicide

Detectives arrested Rassan Sharpe, 16, on Friday, Mar. 24, charging him with the murder of Kevin Jackson, 16.

At around 5 p.m., Mar. 6, Metro officers responded to the 800 block of Crosby Street, finding Jackson suffering from a gunshot wound. Reportedly, Jackson was at that location where he was approached and shot. Jackson was transported to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

“Detective Brittany Dobbs did an excellent job investigating this case and has taken a violent predator off the streets,” said Criminal Investigations Division Major Richard Zapal. “Detective Christopher Ross and Detective Kevin Fikes assisted in the investigation and were essential in making the arrest.”

Two suspects sought for East Victory Drive carjacking and armed robbery.

Arrest made in 2016 homicide

Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department Violent Crimes detectives, the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force, the U.S. Marshals, and the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office arrested Kevin Bentley, 58, for the March 2016 murder of Altonise Jones.

Bentley was found in St. Helena Island, South Carolina and taken into custody. Bentley is being held at the Beaufort County Detention Center, awaiting extradition.

Indiana Street suspect arrested

Savannah-Chatham Police and the Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested Dominique Daniels, 18, Mar. 21.

Daniels was identified as the suspect in the shooting that occurred in the 2100 block of Indiana Avenue on Feb. 11.

“Metro responded to the scene just before 1 p.m. on Feb. 11 and located Reuben Farrow, 17, suffering from non-life threatening injuries. Reportedly, Farrow was outside washing his vehicle when Daniels approached in a gray car. Farrow was shot during a verbal altercation with the suspect,” police say. CS

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A highlight of the recent upmarket surge in Brooklyn, N.Y., as a residential and retail favorite, was the asking price for an ordinary parking space in the garage at 845 Union Street in the Park Slope neighborhood: $300,000 (also carrying a $240-a-month condominium fee and $50 monthly taxes). That’s similar to the price of actual one-bedroom apartments in less ritzy Brooklyn neighborhoods like Gravesend (a few miles away).

Compelling Explanations

Saginaw, Michigan, defense lawyer Ed Czuprynski had beaten a felony DUI arrest in December, but was sentenced to probation on a lesser charge in the incident, and among his restrictions was a prohibition on drinking alcohol -- which Czuprynski acknowledged in March that he has since violated at least twice. However, at that hearing (which could have meant jail time for the violations), Czuprynski used the opportunity to beg the judge to remove the restriction altogether, arguing that he can’t be “effective” as a lawyer unless he is able to have a drink now and then. (At press time, the judge was still undecided.)

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Residents in southern Humboldt County, California, will vote in May on a proposed property tax increase to fund a community hospital in Garberville to serve a web of small towns in the scenic, sparsely populated region, and thanks to a county judge’s March ruling, the issue will be explained more colorfully. Opponent Scotty McClure was initially rebuffed by the registrar when he tried to distribute,

as taxpayer-funded “special elections material,” contempt for “Measure W” by including the phrase “(insert fart smell here)” in the description. The registrar decried the damage to election “integrity” by such “vulgarity,” but Judge Timothy Cissna said state law gives him jurisdiction only over “false” or “misleading” electioneering language.

operating system and a $50 gift card on a single drop of DNA. In theory, wrote the researchers in the journal Science, they might store, on one gram of DNA, 215 “petabytes” (i.e., 215 million gigabytes— enough to run, say, 10 million HD movies) and could reduce all the data housed in the Library of Congress to a small cube of crystals.

• An office in the New York City govCan’t Possibly Be True ernment, suspicious of a $5,000 payment • News of the Weird has written sevto two men in the 2008 City Couneral times (as technology progressed) cil election of Staten Island’s Debi about Matt McMullen’s “RealDoll” Rose, opened an investigation, franchise—the San Marcos, Caliwhich at $300 an hour for the fornia, engineer’s richly detailed “special prosecutor,” has now MY FINAL FOUR HAS flexible silicone mannequins that cost the city $520,000, with his ONLY THREE currently sell for $5,500 and up final bill still to come. Despite (more with premium custom scant “evidence” and multiple features). Even before the recent opportunities to back off, the success of the very humanprosecutor relentlessly conish, artificially intelligent (AI) ducted months-long grand android “hosts” on TV’s “Westjury proceedings, fought several world,” McMullen revealed that court appeals, had one 23-count his first AI doll, “Harmony,” will indictment almost immediately soon be available with a choice of crushed by judges, and enticed state 12 “personalities,” including “inteland federal investigators to (fruitlectualism” and “wit,” to mimic an lessly) take on the Staten Island emotional bond to add to the sexual. case. In March, the city’s Office A recent University of London conof Court Administration finally shrugged ference previewed a near future when fake and closed the case. women routinely provide uncomplicated Ironies relationships for lonely (or disturbed) A chain reaction of fireworks in Tultemen. (Recently, in Barcelona, Spain, a pec, Mexico, in December had made the brothel opened offering four “realdolls” “disinfected after each customer”—though San Pablito pyro marketplace a scorched ruin, with more than three dozen dead and still recommending condoms.) scores injured, leaving the town to grieve • Scientists at Columbia University and and, in March, to solemnly honor the victhe New York Genome Center announced tims—with even more fireworks. Tultethat they have digitally stored (and pec is the center of Mexico’s fireworks retrieved) a movie, an entire computer

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Miscellaneous Economic Indicators

(1) “Bentley” the cat went missing in Marina Del Rey, California, on Feb. 26 and as of press time had not been located— despite a posted reward of $20,000. (A “wanted” photo is online, if you’re interested.) (2) British snack food manufacturer Walkers advertised in February for a part-time professional chip taster, at the equivalent of $10.55 an hour. (3) An Australian state administrative tribunal awarded a $90,000 settlement after a coldcalling telemarketer sold a farm couple 2,000 ink cartridges (for their one printer) by repeated pitches.

Perspective

American chef Dan Barber staged a temporary “pop-up” restaurant in London in March at which he and other renowned chefs prepared the fanciest meals they could imagine using only food scraps donated from local eateries. A primary purpose was to chastise First World eaters (especially Americans) for wasting food, not only in the kitchen and on the plate, but to satisfy our craving for meat (for example, requiring diversion of 80 percent of the world’s corn and soy just to feed edible animals). Among Barber’s March “WastED” dishes were a char-grilled meatless beetburger and pork braised in leftover fruit solids.

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Undignified Deaths

(1) Smoking Kills: A 78-year-old man in Easton, Pennsylvania, died in February from injuries caused when he lit his cigarette but accidentally set afire his hooded sweatshirt. (2) Pornography Kills: A Mexico City man fell to his death recently in the city’s San Antonio neighborhood when he climbed up to turn off a highway video sign on the Periferico Sur highway that was showing a pornographic clip apparently placed by a hacker.

Least Competent Criminals

Oops! An officer in Harrington, Delaware, approaching an illegally parked driver at Liberty Plaza Shopping Center in March, had suspicions aroused when she gave him a name other than “Keyonna Waters” (which was the name on the employee name tag she was wearing).

Properly ID’ed, she was arrested for driving with a suspended license.

The Passing Parade

(1) In his third try of the year in January, Li Longlong of China surpassed his own Guinness Book record by climbing 36 stairs while headstanding (beating his previous 34). (Among the Guinness regulations: no touching walls and no pausing more than five seconds per step.) (2) The

online live-stream of the extremely pregnant giraffe “April” (at New York’s Animal Adventure Park) has created such a frenzy, and exposed the tiny attention spans of viewers, that, as of March 3, they had spent a cumulative 1,036 years just watching.

(Erin Dietrich of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 39 weeks pregnant herself, mocked the lunacy by livestreaming her own belly while wearing a giraffe mask.) (By press time, Erin had delivered; April, not.)

A News of the Weird Classic (June 2013)

Maryland state troopers stopped when they caught sight of a drummer working out all alone on the side of traffic-packed Interstate 695 near Windsor Mill Road in Baltimore on May 21 (2013), at about 10:30 a.m. As the troopers later reported, the man had run out of gas and, rather than just sit around in his car, had set up his full drum kit on the shoulder and practiced while he awaited assistance. After a utility truck arrived, with gasoline, the drummer packed up and went on his way. CS

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Singer/songwriter set for solo gig at Savannah Music Festival

BY JIM MOREKIS

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THE DAYS are long gone when music writers felt compelled to compare Justin Townes Earle to his father Steve Earle.

With a sound that owes at least as much to classic country, blues, and swing as it does to the more folk/alt-country sound of his dad, the younger Earle has amassed a body of work that more than stands on its own, with a following to match.

The same profound gift for storytelling is there, however, as is a lyric tendency to shoot straight and observe life with a certain dark, fatalistic wit.

A new album, Kids In The Street, is set for a May release on a new label, New West Records. There’s already a single out, the propulsive “Champagne Corolla.”

Justin Townes Earle plays a solo set at the Savannah Music Festival on April 7 at the Ships of the Sea North Garden. We spoke to him last week.

This tour behind the new album is a mix of solo and full band shows. This is a solo set here, right?

Yeah, I’m doing a few solo shows, just me and my guitar, before the other stops on the tour. After the Savannah show I’ll be going into rehearsal with the full band, for the rest of the shows. But there’s almost never really a time when I’m not on the road somehow, somewhere. It’s a tour that never really ends.

The flip side is there’s been a real renaissance for live music. Is that mostly the industry or what?

It’s the industry. Nobody’s selling records anymore, man, those days are gone. That’s just the way it is. If you’re making a living, you’re making a living in publishing, licensing, and in touring. You’ve got to stay on the road to survive.

accoutrements are added in that setting, with the added instrumentation, but it’s the same basic song.

The only track out from the upcoming album is “Champagne Corolla.” Is this driving, robust sound sort of a one-off for the first single or more typical of the whole record?

That’s a fairly representative tune. This record is sort of pushing things back to my original love of Delta music and early rock ‘n’ roll. Ike Turner, stuff like that. I wanted to make a record that’s more raucous maybe than some of the more recent albums, and get back to that old sound.

How much does your set list change from a solo set to the full band? For example, will it impact performing new material?

You grew up in Nashville but moved away. I’m curious about your relationship with your hometown now that it’s become such a huge center of indie and rock music in addition to country/ western.

Doesn’t matter, it stays the same. I do represent them differently. But since I’m a singer-songwriter, I write all the songs myself, just on my guitar, anyway. Then I present them to the band. The various

Nashville’s not Nashville. Not anymore.

Now, Nashville’s always been a strange conduit of a sort of off-the-wall rock scene.

That kind of thing’s not new. That was already going on in the ‘80s.

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The problem that’s happening now is Nashville has become so disconnected with its past. And there are people there now who have an active disdain for Nashville’s past. They don’t want it there and want to see it gone.

They all go there thinking they’re gonna reinvent the fucking wheel. I don’t need my country wheel fucking reinvented, thank you very much (laughs).

Who’s responsible? The country music industry? The influx of hipster culture to Nashville?

I wouldn’t chalk it up to hipsters. I’d chalk it up to blowdried douchebags from elsewhere who come in to tell everyone else how they should do things. It’s not the kids in floppy hats who are messing up country music, it’s those douchebags.

Sounds like you’re talking about ‘Bro Country.’

Oh God. Don’t get me started. I cannot stand that fucking shit. That is the most bullshit idea of country music you could ever come up with. I mean that is just the worst kind of shit imaginable.

If you think that shit is country you can kiss my genuine Tennessee ass. (Laughs)

‘Looking back, in 1995 if you told me that one day I’d be wishing for the days of Garth Brooks to come back and save us all, I’d have laughed.’

Didn’t it sort of start with the whole Garth Brooks cross-over thing, though? When country became a form of pop?

Looking back, in 1995 if you told me that one day I’d be fucking wishing for the days of Garth Brooks to come back and save us all, I’d have laughed. That I’d pray for the days of Garth Brooks and Travis Tritt and people like that instead of… well I won’t name any names but you can figure it out.

I’m fascinated with your guitar playing. You have a pretty unique and rhythmic fingerpicking style. Is that your invention or something you picked up?

A lot of it I picked up from others, but my own curve on it is the main place it comes from, I guess.

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What kind of set can we expect in Savannah?

We know how much early, Grand Ole Opry-style country influenced you. But I hear some Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard in your vocals, in the sense that you also sing with a lot of jazz phrasing.

I do love country music that has that sort of jazz and Ragtime sensibility. I tend toward anything that swings. I always have.

When I listen to music in daily life it tends to be by people like Lester Young.

I’d say overall that jazz plays a large role in what I tend to listen to day-to-day.

I’m more of a traditional jazz person for sure. I never got free jazz—it’s not my thing! CS

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He plays the guitar with this sleight of hand thing. It’s amazing to watch. He would just like move his wrist a little bit, and all this stuff came out. It just didn’t make sense to me but I loved it.

What I do is an extremely bastardized version of what he does. When he plays it’s just so clean and flawless.

‘Harlem River Blues’ and ‘Mama’s Eyes,’ stuff like that. And there are certain cities where they want to hear certain songs.

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Sounds of Kolachi performs at The Charles H. Morris Center with Hiss Golden Messenger for two performances.

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ONE OF Savannah Music Festival’s most unique components is its unusual bill pairings. This weekend, the festival honors two traditions: Hiss Golden Messenger’s distinctly American roots/rock sound and Pakistani rock band Sounds of Kolachi.

Sounds of Kolachi makes its United States debut thanks to Center Stage, a public diplomacy initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The ten-piece band of vocalists and instrumentalists use Western harmony and South Asian melodic lines, wield South Asian classical instruments against electric guitar, and set it all on a bed of rock ‘n’ roll rhythm. Through

their compositions, Sounds of Kolachi introduces audiences to a world of musical, lyrical, and spiritual exploration.

Band leader Ahsan Bari, who performs on guitar, keyboards, and sings, studied Hindustani classical forms, Bach, and Coltrane equally; he’s also a metalhead who got his start in Pakistan’s underground scene.

In songs like “Yaar Mileya,” with music and lyrics by Bari, Sounds of Kolachi discusses the intersection of self-actualization and the search for the Divine and the nature in which everything is connected, vibrating at inaudible or unexplained frequencies.

They’ll also perform songs composed around words of Sufi writers, like Hazrat Amir Khusrau, an iconic figure in the history of South Asia. Khusrau was a Sufi

mystic, musicologist, poet, scholar, and pioneer of various melodic modes and rhythmic cycles.

On the Western front, Hiss Golden Messenger’s songs traverse the American countryside. Written during a huge 2015 storm, the band’s last album, Heart Like A Levee, found songwriter M.C. Taylor navigating his role as a father and full-time musician and establishing a sense of home. We spoke with Taylor about playing traveling songs while on the road, his old life as a folklorist, and his place in American music tradition.

Heart Like A Levee came after you decided to do music full-time. How did you know it was the right time?

[Laughs] I didn’t. I still don’t. But it seems like the wind is sort of at our backs right

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Hiss Golden Messenger, a Savannah Stopover favorite, makes a Savannah return.

now—people are enthusiastic about the songs. There’s no way to really know, but it’s okay.

You’ve been playing these songs about traveling and being away from home while doing just that; what’s that like?

When music became your sole bread and butter, did you find yourself writing or performing differently?

It’s great—it gives me a new perspective into them. And it lets me check back in on and retain things I was feeling a year or two ago when I wrote them, which is always good. It’s good to touch base with experiences that feel profound, at least to me, to go back and not obsess or get nostalgic about them but just see measuring how far I’ve come, you know.

And I love to travel and play music. I’m not sad to be out on the road. I’m not out like, partying and raising hell—I take what I do really seriously. It’s a good, interesting life.

What is your writing process like from the initial stages to studio?

It’s generally pretty solitary. I’m sort of in a writing mode right now, doing a lot of writing to make another record. Oftentimes I will sit down in my little studio at home and just make a home-recorded version of the record where I’m playing everything and kind of taking some parts, giving some ideas for when I give it to the guys in the band—like melodic ideas and stuff like that. But yeah, it doesn’t have to be solitary, but it’s a really personal experience.

Occasionally I’ll have someone come over and work on some stuff because I want the company, but most of the time it’s just me.

I understand you studied folklore. Do you find certain elements of that coming into your writing, in terms of imagery or story style?

At this point, not so much. What I do now is so personal and small. I’m sure that my songs can be connected to a broader tradition and, in fact, that’s great. I love American music at large, but the way I approach my writing of my music is so personal.

Folklore seems like a million miles away at this point. It was a long time ago did that I did that work to make a living and made a lot of good friends in that world, but I’m kind of on my own path right now. CS

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Charles H. Morris Center Two performances: Saturday, April 1, 9 p.m. and Sunday, April 2, 5:30 p.m.

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Yeah, maybe it’s changed a little bit, but I’m still feeling really creative and really love writing songs. I always want to be doing, I just have to trust that it’s going to work, because my love for doing it is still the same as when I started playing music when I was a kid.

That certain emotion that I get when I get on something that I know is going to become a good song and that feeling has been same since I was young. A lot of circumstantial stuff has changed in my life, but my relationship to music is pretty innocent. I still love music. I listen to music all day, I love going to record shops.

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Che Malambo!

Experience the folk dance of Argentinian cowboys with this dance sensation

BY ANNA CHANDLER

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WITH heart-stopping footwork, core strength, and resonating drums, the Argentinian folk dance known as Malambo dates all the way back to the 19th century. But it wasn’t until quite recently that the dance and musical spectacle was experienced outside of its home country.

Enter Che Malambo, an all-male Argentinian dance company celebrating the history of Malambo, the dance of South American cowboys (gauchos). Featuring stomping, precise footwork, drumming and song, the troupe presents an unforgettable show rich in history and culture.

Matthew Bledsoe, producer and manager of Che Malambo, discovered the style of dance through a friend and was instantly enchanted.

“I was just blown away by how different it was,” he says. “It was a whole genre and

style of dance. As a dance professional, I’d managed several troupes around the world and toured, and it was quite a discovery.”

One of Malambo’s most fascinating aspects is the melting pot nature of the style. In the 18th and 19th centuries, gauchos were migratory horsemen, adept in cattle work.

“I kind of imagine them not on horseback for a few days of riding, gathered around the campfire, and that’s where this came together,” Bledsoe explains.

“They had all these influences! There are a lot of high kicks, which is reminiscent of a lot of Irish dancing, and of course in the 1900s there was one of the largest immigrations of Irish to Argentina,” he says. “They worked as herders next to the gauchos and picked up a lot of their steps and incorporated it into Malambo.”

“If you really look at the history and where they get the inspiration, it’s very international,” he continues. “There are influences from flamenco, the drums they

play are originally from West Africa from slaves that were taken from Portugal to Brazil and worked together with the gauchos. Those drums they used were not only a musical instrument; they used them for communication from mountaintop to mountaintop.”

Most of Che Malambo’s performers grew up with the dance, and some are third and fourth generation dancers.

Bledsoe fondly recalls visiting a cast member’s family home in Argentina last year, where an elderly grandfather, mother, father, and son joyfully performed together.

“It’s a lifestyle for them,” he says. “It’s a part of their family.”

To perform with Che Malambo, troupe members must be skilled with the traditional Argentine bombos and boleadoras, a throwing weapon made of intertwined cords and weighted with stones. They must have rapid-fire footwork for zapeteo, steps inspired by the rhythm of galloping horses.

Though it still remains relatively unknown in academic dance, Che Malambo has become an international sensation, bringing Argentinean culture to a new audience, including 26 cities on their current tour.

“I see the show in three kinds of points,” Bledsoe says.

“Dance aficionados—the dance nerds, as I call them!—are really intrigued and impressed by this because it is an art form we’re not familiar with. Everybody knows tango, but there’s this huge passion for Argentine culture in Malambo. It’s just never been showcased and exported properly. And there’s the world music audience we’re catering to at Savannah Music Festival...whether you’re a dance or music fan, this is just a spectacle.” CS

SMF: CHE MALAMBO Lucas Theatre for the Arts Thursday, April 6, 7:00 pm

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THE FOREFATHERS OF JAZZ Swing Central Jazz wraps up with an ode to Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie

BY ANNA CHANDLER

anna@connectsavannah.com

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“Marcus is never going to play piano Thelonious Monk played piano,” Gibson says. “But nobody’s going to play piano the way Rachmaninoff played it. You always have people who interpret his compositions—that’s what they’re doing. Marcus is incapable of repeating himself—he doesn’t play a song the same way if it’s his or Gershwin’s. He’s always changing it.”

Gibson, a life-long lover of jazz and creator of the esteemed program Jazz at Lincoln Center, is fascinated by the paths that Monk and Gillespie took.

“These are Carolina boys, and so much history of jazz came out of the Southern United States,” he marvels. “Thelonious monk had a really interesting trajectory toward the end of his life. He had some mental instability…people talked about him being bipolar and things we know more about now than they did back then… but then there’s Dizzy, who was more of a showman, and was always very poplar through the end of his life. You’re talking about guys who played in a certain style in the ‘40s that carried on in the ‘50s and ‘60s when rock ‘n’ roll took over. These geniuses weren’t getting nearly enough acclaim for what they had achieved. We live in a time now where pop figures like Beyoncé or Madonna get massive press, and their musical achievement is nowhere close to what Dizzy and Thelonious did on a musical and spiritual level.”

To kick off the concert, the top three finalists of the Swing Central Jazz high school band competition will take the stage to vie for the Faircloth Award and the

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covetable $5,000 top prize. The students have studied under top players, including Roberts, Marsalis, and Whitaker, throughout the program, and watching their teachers take the stage is a truly unique learning opportunity for the next generation of players.

“There is a vocabulary in jazz music, and in order to speak the vocabulary, there are certain standards you must know about,” says Gibson. “Not unlike if you’re going to be an English teacher—you need to know about poetry, Shakespeare, the standards, the canon, if you will. Part of the canon of jazz are the great masters. This is just a great thing—it’s a free concert we offer for the kids. They not only hear musicians playing, they hear the best compositions in jazz played by these people.” CS

SMF: MONK AND DIZZY AT 100: SWING CENTRAL JAZZ FINALE Lucas Theatre for the Arts Friday, March 31, 6:30 p.m.

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ON October 10, 1917, Thelonious Monk was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

Just 11 days later, 180 miles away in Cheraw, South Carolina, Dizzy Gillespie entered the world.

The sons of two small Southern towns would change music forever.

Jazz wouldn’t be what it was today without the influence of pianist Monk, the second-most recorded jazz composer of all time, and trumpeter Gillespie, largely considered one of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time.

To top off another great year of Swing Central Jazz, Savannah Music Festival’s high school band competition, the festival hosts a Finale honoring Monk and Gillespie and what would be their hundredth birthdays.

“There are certain major figures in the history of jazz that always need to be celebrated,” says Rob Gibson, SMF Executive and Artistic Director and co-producer of “Monk and Dizzy at 100.”

“Dizzy and Monk both would have turned 100 this year, and they were great composers and instrumentalists, virtuosos in the history ot the art and the music.

As time goes by, their work just continues to have more depth and profundity. Monk wrote 80-something songs in his life, and they’re all great. Dizzy may have written that many, as well…he was such an important innovator in the history of jazz with Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk, founder of the style known as bebop. It’s time that we celebrate.”

Some of today’s finest jazz musicians, including Marcus Roberts, Rodney Whitaker, Marcus Printup, Ted Nash, Terell Stafford, and Jason Marsalis will perform selections from Gillespie and Monk’s extensive catalogs. Listen for big band, septet, combo, and solo interpretations of songs like “Groovin’ High,” “‘Round Midnight,” “Criss Cross,” and “Night in Tunisia.”

“Marcus is always super-involved,” says Gibson of “the genius of modern piano” Roberts. “He’s heading up the Monk part of the program, and Ted Nash is heading up the Dizzy part.”

Gibson acknowledges that, though the tributes won’t sound note-for-note like Monk sitting down at a piano to Gillespie wielding a horn, that’s the idea. Having the show template allows the players to get creative and capture the true essence of these legendary performers.

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Savannah Music Festival: OUR PICKS

You can’t miss with the Savannah Music Festival’s eclectic lineup. Here are some of our top picks for the second week of the festival.

BY ANNA CHANDLER

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Ike Stubblefield Trio @Charles H. Morris Center

He’s a hit on Savannah’s club scene and made his SMF debut in 2011. Hammond B-3 legend Ike Stubblefield is back!

The organ master has had a truly impressive career, having performed with artists like Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Ike & Tina Turner. In the 1970s, he linked up with San Francisco royalty like Janis Joplin, Eric Clapton, and Jerry Garcia, going on as producer and composer with Phil Spector, Quincy Jones, and more.

These days, Stubblefield is an in-demand session player who finds his way onstage with all kinds of performers. The trio has a few performances throughout the festival—you can see them at Jazz Organ Summit: Joey DeFrancesco & The People/Ike

The Travelin’ McCourys are ready to throw a Grateful Ball.

Stubblefield Trio on Wednesday, March 29 at 5:30 and 8:30 p.m., but we’re particularly psyched for this afternoon gig. What a better way to break up your work day than with a funky lunchtime concert?

Thursday, March 30, 12:30 p.m.

Patrick Watson @Ships of the Sea Museum

If you dig the heartfelt, elegant stylings of songwriters like Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainwright, and Andrew Bird, don’t miss a chance to see cinematic pop sensation

Patrick Watson and his band. The Canadian composer has roots in film and TV composition with credits for 15 film scores.

His latest solo album, the poignant Love Songs For Robots, arrived in 2015.

Thursday, March 30, 8:30 p.m.

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Grateful Ball feat. Travelin’ McCourys & Jeff Austin Band @Ships of the Sea

Here’s a very special Music Festival event! Deadheads and festival regulars alike will be delighted with Travelin’ McCourys and the Jeff Austin Band’s unique team-up that will pay tribute to The Grateful Dead.

Bluegrass troubadours The Travelin’ McCourys, a SMF favorite (they were last here with guitarist Keller Williams in 2013), include Del McCoury’s sons (mandolinist Ronnie McCoury and banjoist Rob McCoury) along with Jason Carter on fiddle and Alan Bartram on bass.

Jeff Austin is a founding member of Yonder Mountain String Band. As a frontman of his own group, Austin blends jam and theatrical influences together for a unique take on Americana.

Each group will play select Grateful Dead songs individually. For the grand finale, all members hit the stage for a oneof-a-kind collaboration.

Friday, March 31, 5 p.m.

Last time we saw one-of-the-Top20-Guitarists-of-all-Time-according-toRolling-Stone Richard Thompson, he was performing with his electric trio at the 2013 Savannah Music Festival. The prolific writer, who’s penned hits for the likes of Robert Plant, Elvis Costello, David Byrne, Bonnie Raitt, and more, returns to the Festival with a solo set.

As a solo artist, the former member of influential British folk-rock band Fairport Convention has spent the last two years on the road with Bob Dylan, Wilco, and My Morning Jacket.

For his grand return, Thompson shares a bill with Savannah Music Festival Sarah Jarosz. The 25-year-old Grammy winner made her Savannah Music Festival when she was just a teen in 2010.

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Máirtín O’Connor Trio / Molsky’s Mountain Drifters @Charles H. Morris Center

Who’s ready for some traditional Irish music? Button accordion player Máirtín O’Connor, who’s been performing since he was a member of De Dannan and the Boys of the Lough in the 1970s, has kept Irish traditional music alive and even incorporated it into pop music by playing with Rod Stewart, Elvis Costello, Mark Knopfler, Townes Van Zandt.

A contributor to the music behind dance hit Riverdance, the Galwegian musician offers an engaging and entertaining performance.

Molsky’s Mountain Drifters share the bill and add Southern Appalachian oletime tradition in the mix. Molsky is a SMF regular, having performed with many artists in the past. The Mountain Drifters are his newest project and will show off the expert fiddle player’s unrivaled chops. CS Tuesday, April 4, 5 p.m.

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MUSIC #SMF2017: REVIEWS

DakhaBrakha: Dovzhenko’s ‘Earth’

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“I’ve never seen anything like that before” is typical of the audience response in the stunned aftermath of the March 25 performance by the Ukrainian quartet DakhaBrakha.

While more well-known for their raucous live shows combining all kinds of Eastern European folk and world music traditions, this day DakhaBrakha was onstage playing their own original soundtrack to the 1930 Soviet silent film “Earth,” by Ukrainian filmmaker Alexsandr Dovzhenko, projected onto the big screen behind them at the Lucas.

The quartet took the stage in their usual traditional Ukrainian garb. They are all skilled multi-instrumentalists, but their heavy and imaginative use of percussion was particularly impactful in this performance.

As the group followed the film’s action with a monitor of their own at the lip of the stage, they tightly choreographed their accompaniment in real-time, frame by frame, their vivid dynamics matching the film’s own onrushing climax.

The heart and soul of this performance, however, was the trance-like and almost indescribably gorgeous cello playing of Nina Garanetska. Using a variety of techniques, she brilliantly used the full sonic and emotional range of this instrument, so accurately described as being the most similar to a human voice.

Speaking of human voices, DakhaBra28 kha’s use of the distinctive harmonies of

the Russo-Balkan tradition was in fine form and again, almost defies description.

Though technically dissonant in the view of the Western music tradition, your ear soon adjusts and finds the sheer emotive beauty in this unique vocal style, sung to perfection by Garanetska and the other two women in the group, Iryna Kovalenko and Olena Tsybulska.

It’s easy to see why DakhaBrakha were inspired to conceptualize music for this hypnotically compelling film. Like much Soviet-era cinema from the Revolution to World War II, the film is in many ways ahead of its time even today.

Shot with the innate eye for beauty and composition typical of the genre, “Earth” is a cautionary — and for the time quite subversive — tale of the impact of Stalinism on the Ukrainian steppe, with a more universal message about the folly of human politics in general.

An ancient Ukrainian farming community, deeply religious and hewing to the old ways of their agrarian society, is visited by “modernization” in the form of mandatory Soviet collectivization of their family farms and the officially atheist government’s eradication of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Personifying the advance of collectivist industrialization is a single tractor. Like the monolith in ‘2001: A Space Odyssey,’ the kulaks of the village puzzle over the machine and its mysterious impact on their lives.

We see the impact in visceral form as

the tractor replaces the village’s oxen and literally tears apart their world. The scene where the tractor aggressively tills this ancient “Earth” in close-up plays more like a murder scene in a gangster film — and that’s the message.

The fact that this film — whose “counterrevolutionary” message about communism was barely even a mixed one — was allowed to be released behind the Iron Curtain is a testament to Dovzhenko’s skill.

Like all great silent films, you don’t miss dialogue at all. The cinematography and emotive silent acting, accompanied by DakhaBrakha’s intense and deeply compelling music and vocals, are more than enough to rivet your attention. Indeed, at the end of a performance like this you are left wondering why there aren’t more silent films made today. — Jim Morekis

These particular dancers, as Schumacher told us in our previous interview with him, “are nearly superhuman” in their physical skills. The audience was stunned by not only the sheer physical beauty of these performers in action, but their seemingly effortless mastery of complex moves and their relentless and unflagging cardiovascular stamina.

The genius of BalletCollective is in combining the things that make ballet like no other art form — the ultra-high level of physical fitness and the elongated aesthetic line of the classic en pointe dancer — with the compelling emotion and essential informality of contemporary dance.

The accompanying orchestra, Hotel Elefant, used a variety of creative instrumentation and phrasing in addition to the usual symphonic sounds, including distorted electric guitar and subwoofer bass lines BalletCollective + Hotel Elefant: generated by a Mac. ‘What’s Next’ BalletCollective’s performances come Dance lovers are accustomed to a surfrom immersive collaboration, includplus of modern/contemporary ensembles ing dancer, composer, choreographer, and these days. The sad stock in trade of many musician in the process. Because of this, of these groups is often a tendency to rely the segments — ranging from feeling isoon instantly recognizable dance clichés lated in Manhattan to dissecting an NBA and tropes to disguise the fact that many of jump shot — are broadly impressionist in the dancers…. simply aren’t that good. nature rather than the more hamfisted Well, imagine the genuinely best con“interpretive dance” some of us are accustemporary dance troupe you’ve seen, put tomed to seeing. them mostly en pointe — thus increasDance as a genre is often a dicey risk to ing both the challenge and the beauty bring to Savannah, a town whose audiexponentially — and support them with ences often pat themselves on the back for dynamic original music performed by a supporting fine arts but who often undercrack live orchestra, and you’ve got the deliver on that sentiment when it comes amazing performance by BalletCollective time to pull their wallets out. on March 26 at the Lucas Theatre as part of The Savannah Music Festival books the Savannah Music Festival. dance with an understanding that it may or BalletCollective, comprising a select may not find robust audience support. group of elite dancers from the alreadyHowever, I’m happy to say that the elite New York City Ballet, is directed by crowd was quite robust on this sunny SunAtlanta native Troy Schumacher. During day afternoon, and hopefully this is a posia brief Q&A in between segments, Schum- tive sign that Savannah is on its way to a acher was clearly overjoyed at the oppormore consistent support for the dancing tunity to premiere these works for the first arts here. — Jim Morekis time in his native South.

MUSIC #SMF2017

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29

Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms 12:30 p.m.

Charles H. Morris Center Jazz Organ Summit: Joey DeFrancesco & The People / Ike Stubblefield Trio 5:30 p.m.

Charles H. Morris Center Jan Lisiecki, piano 6:00 p.m.

Trinity United Methodist Church Jazz Organ Summit: Joey DeFrancesco & The People / Ike Stubblefield Trio 8:30 p.m.

Charles H. Morris Center

THURSDAY, MARCH 30

Ike Stubblefield Trio 12:30 p.m.

Charles H. Morris Center Swing Central Jazz: Jazz on the River 4:00 p.m.

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Professors & Youngbloods: Rodney Whitaker & MSU Professors of Jazz / Marcus Printup & Youngbloods 5:30 p.m.

Charles H. Morris Center Mozart & His Legacy 6:00 p.m.

Trinity United Methodist Church Jerry Douglas presents the Earls of Leicester 7:30 p.m.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts Patrick Watson 8:30 p.m.

North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum Professors & Youngbloods: Rodney Whitaker & MSU Professors of Jazz / Marcus Printup & Youngbloods 8:30 p.m.

Charles H. Morris Center

FRIDAY, MARCH 31

Swing Central Jazz: The Competition 8:30 a.m.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts Passionate Piano Trios 11:00 a.m.

Trinity United Methodist Church Marcus Printup & Youngbloods 12:30 p.m.

Charles H. Morris Center Grateful Ball feat. Travelin’ McCourys & Jeff Austin Band 5:00 p.m.

North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum Monk and Dizzy at 100: Swing Central

Jazz Finale 6:30 p.m.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts Grateful Ball feat. Travelin’ McCourys & Jeff Austin Band 8:30 p.m.

North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum Late Night Jazz Jam 10:00 p.m.

Charles H. Morris Center

SATURDAY, APRIL 1

Dover Quartet 11:00 a.m.

Trinity United Methodist Church Piano Showdown: Chucho Valdés, Marcus Roberts and Danilo Pérez 3:00 p.m.

Trustees Theater Chicago Blues Meets Gulf Coast Boogie: Lurrie Bell / Marcia Ball with Paul Oscher 4:30 p.m.

North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum Edgar Meyer & Mike Marshall 6:00 p.m.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts Chicago Blues Meets Gulf Coast Boogie: Lurrie Bell / Marcia Ball with Paul Oscher 8:00 p.m.

North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum Jason Isbell 8:00 p.m.

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Hiss Golden Messenger / Sounds of Kolachi 9:00 p.m.

Charles H. Morris Center

Hermeto Pascoal

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Nikki Lane / Parker Millsap 8:30 p.m.

North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum Release the Hounds: An Evening with Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge / Aoife O’Donovan 8:30 p.m.

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Trustees Theater Justin Townes Earle 8:30 p.m.

North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum Zydeco Dance Party: Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie 9:00 p.m.

Charles H. Morris Center

Sutton, Holt & Coleman

SUNDAY, APRIL 2

Richard Thompson / Sarah Jarosz 3:00 p.m.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts Hiss Golden Messenger / Sounds of Kolachi 5:30 p.m.

Charles H. Morris Center Daniel Hope & Friends feat. Edgar Meyer and the Dover Quartet 6:00 p.m.

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MONDAY, APRIL 3

Sutton, Holt & Coleman / Noam Pikelny 5:00 p.m.

Charles H. Morris Center David Finckel & Wu Han 6:00 p.m.

Trinity United Methodist Church Sutton, Holt & Coleman / Noam Pikelny 8:00 p.m.

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Máirtín O’Connor Trio 12:30 p.m.

Charles H. Morris Center Máirtín O’Connor Trio / Molsky’s Mountain Drifters 5:00 p.m.

Charles H. Morris Center All Dvořák: Daniel Hope & Friends feat. David Finckel, Wu Han & the Dover Quartet 6:00 p.m.

Trinity United Methodist Church Máirtín O’Connor Trio / Molsky’s Mountain Drifters 8:00 p.m.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5

Molsky’s Mountain Drifters 12:30 p.m.

Charles H. Morris Center Lawrence Power, viola 6:00 p.m.

Trinity United Methodist Church Masters of Brazilian Music: Hermeto Pascoal / Danilo Brito Quintet 7:30 p.m.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts

THURSDAY, APRIL 6

Sebastian Knauer, piano 11:00 a.m.

Trinity United Methodist Church Danilo Brito Quintet 12:30 p.m.

Charles H. Morris Center Release the Hounds: An Evening with Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge / Aoife O’Donovan 5:30 p.m.

Charles H. Morris Center Che Malambo 7:00 p.m.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts

FRIDAY, APRIL 7

Into the Romantics 11:00 a.m.

Trinity United Methodist Church Joe Alterman Trio 12:30 p.m.

Charles H. Morris Center Stringband Spectacular: Acoustic Music Seminar Finale 6:00 p.m.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts Zydeco Dance Party: Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie 6:30 p.m.

Charles H. Morris Center Gerald Clayton’s Piedmont Blues: A Search for Salvation featuring René Marie

SATURDAY, APRIL 8

Sanam Marvi 3:00 p.m.

Charles H. Morris Center Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers 7:30 p.m.

Trustees Theater Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with Stephen Hough 8:00 p.m.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts Closing Night Party: The Wood Brothers 9:00 p.m.

North Garden Assembly Room at Ships of the Sea Museum

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A modern songwriting treasure, David Dondero has been relentlessly releasing beautifully-wrought portraits of America since his 1999 solo debut The Pity Party.

Named one of the best living songwriters among the likes of Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, and Tom Waits by NPR in 2006, Dondero performed with This Bike is a Pipe Bomb and Sunbrain before writing and releasing songs under his own name.

He comes to town hot off the release of his tenth album, Inside the Cat’s Eye. It’s his first LP in four years, released a year after the EP “With Love,” a collection of demos and songs from an old studio session with Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace.

Inside the Cat’s Eye, released in January, continues the criminally overlooked writer’s tradition of wry, journeyed storytelling, pairing up-tempo acoustic guitar and Dondero’s affably cracked vocals. Any opportunity to catch the Austin-based songwriter is one worth taking.

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As a former member of The New Christy Minstrels, the Grammy-winning folk music group responsible for hits like “This Land Is Your Land,” “Green, Green,” and “Today,” Florian was a key component in the early ‘60s folk revival. He’ll share songs from his tenure as lead singer of the Minstrels and add in other favorites of the time, including music by Peter Paul & Mary, Pete Seeger, John Denver, The Mamas & The Papas, and more.

With stories and memories sprinkled throughout, it’ll be a journey to the past that captures the true spirit of the 1960s folk revival.

FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 7 P.M., $20 ADULTS, $25 PREMIUM SEATS, $10 FOR CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER

Looking for an eclectic evening of entertainment to kick off your week? Look no further than Space Station at Starlandia, where Neurosound Booking presents a varied lineup of comedy, art, and music.

Local comedian Melanie Goldey is your host for the evening; she’ll welcome fellow comedians Tara Scott, Chris Islame, Jerrod Smith, and Aaron Odom to the stage.

Cincinnati band Lung will bring their intense, cello-driven indie rock to the allages venue. A two-piece featuring Daisy Caplan, formerly of Foxy Shazam, on drums, and Kate Wakefield on vocals and electric cello, Lung’s one-of-a-kind sound was most recently captured Bottom of the Barrel, released on March 17 and is sure to be a captivating performance.

Savannah’s own mathy stoner rockers Joi Ryder join the bill, as well as hip-hop innovator Cunabear. While the comedians crack you up and the bands rock out, check out visual art from Matty Dass, Mat Gross, Jake Schlosser, and Nia Smalls.

MONDAY, APRIL 3, 7 P.M., $5, ALL-AGES

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Graveface Records welcomes its newest signees for an intimate in-shop concert. If you haven’t heard of CLOSENESS yet, you might know its members—husband and wife team Todd Fink, frontman of The Faint and Orenda Fink, one half of dream-pop duo Azure Ray, are synonymous with indie label Saddle Creek and staples of early-mid 2000s indie rock.

In 2015, after Orenda underwent heart surgery, the Finks began composing songs for CLOSENESS, a dreamy electronic project that encompasses Southern Gothic moodiness and otherworldly beauty. Finding inspiration in The Knife, Pink Floyd, Crystal Castles, and The Zombies, they’ve honed a sound that’s both new age in its glow and dance-floor ready thanks to its deep rhythms.

The band’s currently touring their Graveface Records debut, Personality Therapy. The performance inside the label’s shop marks the band’s first Savannah appearance.

Savannah’s own Sunglow opens.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 7 P.M., $5, ALL-AGES

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WEDNESDAY 3.29 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 Company VuDu Cocktail Acoustic Open Mic Night, 7 p.m. coffee deli Acoustic Jam, 7 p.m.

El-Rocko Lounge The Lipschitz, Pallas, 9.p.m.

Five Oaks Taproom Eric Britt, 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Jason Bible, 7:30 p.m.

Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Levi Moore, 7 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) Live Music, 9 p.m.

PS Tavern Trivia, 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.

Wild Wing Cafe Brandon Reeves, 5 p.m.

The Wormhole Open Mic, 9 p.m.

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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.

Soundboard

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 3.30 LIVE MUSIC

Barrelhouse South The Sound Experiment, 10 p.m.

Basil’s Pizza and Deli Erica Franklin, 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.

Fannie’s on the Beach Christy and Butch, 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Cory Chambers, 7:30 p.m.

The Jinx Weedeater, ASG, 9 p.m.

Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Rachael Shaner, 7 p.m.

The Shrimp Factory Eric Britt Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Open Mic, 9 p.m.

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

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Jon Lee’s Apparitions, 8 p.m.

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

Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Acoustic

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The Wormhole 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 & Throwback Jams, 8 p.m.

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

Mediterranean Tavern Karaoke, 8 p.m.

PS Tavern Karaoke 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 Basik Lee, 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.

SEED Eco Lounge Daas Unterground Thursdays, 10 p.m.

FRIDAY 3.31 LIVE MUSIC

B & D Burgers (Congress St.) Christy Alan Band, 6 p.m.

Barrelhouse South Pasadena, Beauregard, 10 p.m.

Basil’s Pizza and Deli Keith & Ross, 7 p.m.

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

Casimir’s Lounge Tradewinds, 9 p.m.

Congress Street Social Club Reckless Abandon, 10:30 p.m.

Dockside Seafood Bluegrass Happy Hour, 4 p.m.

El-Rocko Lounge Movers and Shakers, Embering, Nico Franc, 9:30 p.m.

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

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Bucky & Barry, 9 p.m.

The Jinx The Hooten Hallers, Boo Hag, 10 p.m.

Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Susanna Kennedy, 7 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Live Music, 10 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) Live Music, 9 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Richmond Hill) Live Music The Rail Pub Willie Jackson Blues, 7 p.m.

Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Jody Espina Trio, 6:30 p.m.

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

Savannah’s Music City Bar and Grill Sonic Shockwave The Shrimp Factory Justin Morris Southbound Brewing Company Cyril Durant and Nalani Proctor, 5 p.m.

The Stage on Bay C+C Music Factory, 8 p.m.

The Tybee Post Theater Those Were the Days, 7 p.m.

Tijuana Flats Gary Strickland The Warehouse Stan Ray, Jubal Kane, 2 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Thomas Claxton, Bill Hodgson, Ear Candy, 5 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Thomas Claxton and the Myth, 9:30 p.m.

The Wormhole The Reppertons, Jeff Two-Names and the Born Agains, Porno Arcade, 10 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.

DJ

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

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

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Abe’s on Lincoln DJ Doc Ock, 9 p.m.

Club One Drag Show

SATURDAY 4. 1 LIVE MUSIC

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

201 Seafood Restaurant and Tapas Lounge Christy Alan Band, 6:30 p.m.

40th and Desoto Savannah Record Dig w/ Hotplate and Rude Dude & the Creek Freaks, 11 a.m.

Barrelhouse South Groove Fetish, Sumilan, 10 p.m.

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

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

Congress Street Social Club The Reality, 10:30 p.m.

El-Rocko Lounge David Dondero, Sean Pennington, Too Much, 9:30 p.m.

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

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

The Jinx The Wave Slaves, Grace Joyner, North by North, Star Period Star, 10 p.m.

Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Levi Moore, 7 p.m.

Mars Theatre Braxton Calhoun, 8 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub American Hologram, 10 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) Live Music, 9 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Richmond Hill) Live Music The Olde Pink House David Duckworth & Alisha Duckworth Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Jody Espina Trio, 6:30 p.m.

Ruth’s Chris Steak House Eddie Wilson Savannah’s Music City Bar and Grill Live Music The Shrimp Factory Justin Morris Sulfur Studios The Gumps, Tommy Techno, 7 p.m.

Totally Awesome Bar Ember City, 10 p.m.

The Warehouse Eric Culberson, 2 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Voodoo Soup, 9:30 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 & Throwback Jams, 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

The Space Station at Starlandia Front Porch Improv, 8 p.m.

The Wormhole Comedy Planet, ft. Tom Feeney and Sam Severin, 8 p.m.

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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.

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BAR & CLUB EVENTS

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

SUNDAY 4. 2 LIVE MUSIC

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

Bayou Cafe Don Coyer, 9 p.m.

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

Fannie’s on the Beach Christy and Butch, 2 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Cosmo Duo, 7 p.m.

Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Matt Eckstine, 7 p.m.

The Olde Pink House Eddie Wilson Tybee Island Social Club Sunday Bluegrass Brunch, noon Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Thomas Claxton, 8 p.m.

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

TRIVIA & GAMES

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

MONDAY 4. 3 LIVE MUSIC

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

Bayou Cafe David Harbuck, 9 p.m.

Cohen’s Retreat Monday Munchies and Music, 5:30 p.m.

The Space Station at Starlandia Monday Night Mix Up, 8 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Jason Bible, 8 p.m.

The Wormhole Open Mic, 6 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

KARAOKE

Blueberry Hill Karaoke, 7 p.m.

Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

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

The Rail Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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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Boomy’s DJ Basik Lee, 10 p.m.

Exclusives Bar & Grille Open Mic Poetry Night, 7 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

Basil’s Pizza and Deli Trivia, 7 p.m.

Coach’s Corner Trivia, 8 p.m.

CoCo’s Sunset Grille Trivia, 7 p.m.

Congress Street Social Club Trivia, 10 p.m.

Fia Rua Irish Pub Trivia, 7:30-10 p.m.

Mediterranean Tavern Battle of The Sexes Game, 9 p.m.

Mellow Mushroom Trivia, 7:30 p.m.

Savannah Taphouse Trivia, 7 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Trivia, 9 p.m.

The Wormhole Trivia, 10:30 p.m.

KARAOKE

Boomy’s Karaoke, 10 p.m.

Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

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

Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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.

The Jinx Hip-Hop Night, 11 p.m.

Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Stan Ray, 7 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) Open Mic Nickie’s 1971 Open Mic w/ Willie Jackson, 8 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Hitman Blues Band, 8 p.m.

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COMEDY

Chuck’s Bar Comedy Open Mic, 9:30 p.m.

DJ

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

LIVE MUSIC

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

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

Foxy Loxy Cafe Miss Sissy Brown, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Annie Allman, 7 p.m.

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Five Oaks Taproom 201 W. Bay St. Savannah-Downtown

Barrelhouse South 125 W. Congress St.

912-352-2933 coachs.net

CoCo’s Sunset Grille 1 Old U.S. Hwy. 80 Tybee Island

Foxy Loxy Cafe 1919 Bull St.

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Bay Street Blues 17 E. Bay St. Bayou Cafe 14 N. Abercorn St.

coffee deli 4517 Habersham St.

savannahcoffeedeli.com

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Billy’s Place at McDonough’s 20 E. Perry St.

billysplacesavannah.com

Blowin’ Smoke Southern Cantina 1611 Habersham St.

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Dockside Seafood 201 West River St. 912-233-3810

Blueberry Hill 546 Dean Forest Rd. Savannah-Westside

Doodles 586 S. Columbia Ave. Rincon

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Boomy’s 409 W. Congress St.

Doubles Nightclub 7100 Abercorn St. Dub’s Pub 225 W. River St.

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The Britannia British Pub 140 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

dubspubriverstreet.com

912-898-4257

El-Rocko Lounge 117 Whitaker St.

Casimir’s Lounge 700 Drayton St.

912-495-5808

The Chromatic Dragon 514 MLK Jr. Blvd. chromaticdragon.com

Cohen’s Retreat 5715 Skidaway Rd. Savannah-Midtown Congress Street Social Club 411 W. Congress St.

Exclusives Bar & Grille 2003 Greenwood Street 912-695-2116

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Fiore Italian Bar and Grill 7360 Skidaway Rd. Isle of Hope

Flashback 10010-B Ford Ave. Richmond Hill

Coach’s Corner 3016 E. Victory Dr. Savannah-Eastside

McDonough’s 21 E. McDonough St. Savannah-Downtown

Mediterranean Tavern 125 Foxfield Way Pooler

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Club One 1 Jefferson St. Savannah-Downtown

Fannie’s on the Beach 1613 Strand Ave. Tybee Island

B & D Burgers (Congress St.) 912-238-8315

blowinsmokesavannah.com

Sister Hazel

912-236-1901 club309west.com

CO/Savannah Cocktail Company 10 Whitaker Street

912-369-4909 applebees.com

Basil’s Pizza and Deli 216 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

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Mellow Mushroom 11 W. Liberty St. mellowmushroom.com

Melody’s Coastal Cafe and Sandbar Cantina 2518 Hwy 17 Richmond Hill melscoastalcafe.com

912-236-4440 fiveoakstaproom.com

Hercules Bar & Grill 2500 Dean Forest Rd. Savannah-Westside 912-966-5790

The Islander 301 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

912-897-6137

Jazz’d Tapas Bar 52 Barnard St.

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Ruth’s Chris Steak House 111 W. Bay St. Savannah-Downtown 912-721-4800 ruthschris.com

Savannah Coffee Roasters 215 West Liberty Street Savannah-Downtown

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Richmond Hill) 3742 US-17 Richmond Hill Nickie’s 1971 1513 Butler Ave. Tybee Island 912-786-4444

912-786-8304

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Savannah Taphouse 125 E. Broughton St. savannahtaphouse.com

Savannah’s Music City Bar and Grill 65 Fairmont Ave. Savannah-Southside SEED Eco Lounge 39 Montgomery St. Savannah-Downtown

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The Olde Pink House 23 Abercorn St. Savannah-Downtown

The Jinx 127 W. Congress St. Jukebox Bar & Grill 3741 US Hwy 17 Ste 500 Richmond Hill

912-232-4286 www.plantersinnsavannah.com

Pour Larry’s 206 W. St. Julian St. Savannah-Downtown

Little Lucky’s 6 Gateway Blvd. E. Savannah-Southside

PS Tavern 11 W. Bay St. Savannah-Downtown

912-925-1119

912-495-5145

Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill 417 East River St. Savannah-Downtown

Rachael’s 1190 1190 King George Blvd. rachaels1190.com

savconcerts.com

The Rail Pub 405 W. Congress St. Savannah-Downtown

sulfurstudios.org

912-756-6997

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Mars Theatre 109 S. Laurel Street Springfield

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The Shrimp Factory 313 East River Street Savannah-Downtown

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Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill 11215 Abercorn St. 912-921-2269

The Tybee Post Theater 10 Van Horne Ave. Tybee Island 912-472-4790

Tijuana Flats 1800 E. Victory Dr. tijuanaflats.com

Totally Awesome Bar 107 B Whitaker St. Savannah-Downtown 912-495-5945

Tree House 309 W. St. Julian St.

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Tybee Island Social Club 1311 Butler Ave. Tybee Island 912-472-4044 tybeeislandsocialclub.com

Vic’s on The River 26 E. Bay St. vicsontheriver.com

The Warehouse 18 E. River St.

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Wet Willie’s 101 E. River St. wetwillies.com

Wild Wing Cafe 27 Barnard St. wildwingcafe.com

Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) 417 Pooler Pkwy.

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Jay Jacobs: ‘Things don’t have one meaning’ Augusta artist brings deeply metaphoric art to the Butcher

JAY JACOBS is clearly a fan of the metaphor. “[My art] is like hieroglyphs. You can tell what certain things probably mean,” he explains. “It’s like soup. A good soup, you don’t realize how many things go in it.”

In “No Place to Rest,” open now at the Butcher, the Augusta artist piles meaning after meaning onto each piece he creates.

“I’m using a lot of symbolism and a lot of visual totems to reflect things,” explains Jacobs. “A lot of them are personal, but that’s never really explained. Everything’s left intentionally ambiguous. I love the idea of three people looking at the painting and all of them coming up with different stories.”

For instance, he uses the snake in many of the pieces as a deliberate metaphor for self-doubt.

“I wrestle with that—I’m self-taught so I have a chip on my shoulder,” he explains.

“I’m always scared someone’s gonna figure out I don’t know what I’m doing.”

Jacobs represents himself in the paintings with a blue jay, an allusion to his own name. The jay and the snake interact often throughout the series.

“They both need each other,” he muses.

“But one of the paintings I’ve got a blue jay with wormswood in his beak, which is a snake deterrent.”

“I’ve done one one time where I used snakes through the ten paintings to represent wisdom,” he continues, “because in a lot of old folklore and the Bible and things like that, the snake depicts wisdom and the tree of knowledge, all that. I use an elephant to represent memory, the idea of what we learn versus what we understand and what we remember and how we apply our memories to what we actually know is real. So, I’ve got a snake choking an elephant.”

However, don’t dig too deeply for meaning in every single piece. “Sometimes a snake is just a snake,” he advises.

The varying depth of Jacobs’ work is what keeps the collection fresh and intriguing—and what demands attention from the viewer.

“At this point, in the way that I work,

This untitled work is the biggest departure from Jacobs’ typical style in the show.

“Bull Mountain,” the only titled piece in the collection, is based on a book by the same name

by Augusta author Brian Panowich. ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF JAY JACOBS

Snakes are a recurring theme in Jacobs’ art, usually for their metaphoric value. But, “sometimes a snake is just a snake,” notes Jacobs.

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it’s an odd kind of formula,” he says, “but one that just came out of necessity. When I work, I work in about three to four different styles at the same time. It’s a catharsis because if I’m working very meticulously on one thing, then I’m apeshit crazy on the other one.

“I like the idea that things don’t have one meaning, so if you say, ‘Oh well, that elephant means memory,’ then you’re amputating the potential meaning because if you rest on that definition, you can’t go anywhere.”

Jacobs uses acrylic painting on panel in a style that ends up looking like an illustration thanks to its tightness. The biggest departure from that style is an untitled piece of two girls standing in front of a fire.

The loose brush strokes and featureless faces leave the ambiguity that Jacobs loves.

The most visually captivating piece is the only titled one, “Bull Mountain,” based on a book with the same name by Augusta author Brian Panowich. Layers upon layers of small details, from a sheriff’s badge to a broken liquor bottle to scattered prescription pills, fill the painting, which ends up feeling almost like a hidden picture puzzle.

There’s so much going on in the piece that it feels overwhelming—just the way Jacobs likes it.

“I tend to overwork things, hence the [name] ‘No Place to Rest,” he explains.

“It’s a multifaceted meaning to that. One, things are extremely busy so it’s a lot of dense imagery. You’re not gonna get it in a peripheral view. You have to pay attention to recognize what’s happening because there’s a lot of shit going on.” CS

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divides it into male and female.

First of all, this tells us that what’s true for male is true for female, so you have total equality. But even more intriguingly, especially in this age of gender beyond the binary, to think that humanity is this singular thing that gets divided in half suggests that male and female both have the other within them.

By the way, for the first thousand years of Judaism and Christianity, everyone agreed that this first human was hermaphroditic—that is in the commentary. And by extension, God was both male and female.

This was how people talked about it for hundreds and hundreds of years.

So today, as gender goes beyond the binary and sexuality is fluid, it’s just remarkable to find this in the opening chapter of Genesis. In the very next verse, kind of the signature line of the story, it says it’s not right for humans to be alone.

To me, that means we’re all called to find connection with another.

Native son Bruce Feiler returns to Eden with The First Love Story: Adam, Eve and Us

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THE BIBLE’S first couple isn’t exactly a role model for romance.

Most modern interpretations frame Adam and Eve as sinners who can’t follow simple directions. Banished from Paradise, they end up naked and afraid. One of their sons turns out to be a murderer. But could all those troubles add up the foundation of a great relationship?

There’s no better person to answer that question than Bruce Feiler.

The author of Walking the Bible, Abraham and several more bestsellers has always approached the stories of the Old Testament with a combination of journalistic fortitude and faithful curiosity, bringing fresh life to the tales we thought we knew. He turns his lens to the Garden of Eden in his latest book, The First Love Story: Adam, Eve and Us. Mining holy sites, tropical islands and pop icons, this is a look at the original baes that might surprise the most cynical among us, religiously and otherwise.

Born and raised in Savannah by stalwart power couple Ed and Jane Feiler, Bruce now lives in New York City with his wife and twin daughters, Eden and Tybee.

The regular New York Times contributor returns to his hometown this weekend for a series of book signings and hopefully, a bit of family beach time.

We chatted with him between national TV appearances about the inescapable relevance of the Bible, gender fluidity, and whether Eve would have swiped right or left.

Adam and Eve, with their bad behavior and unfortunate parenting, are hardly the ideal couple. What led you to examine their relationship through the lens of love?

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Bruce Feiler: For me, the process begins at my kitchen table. I’m surrounded by strong women—I have a working wife, twin daughters who are about to be 12, involved grandmothers—and I’m struggling like everyone else to figure out how men and women relate to each other. And like a lot of writers, I talk about the latest science and the latest research and the newest app, but there’s this part of me that’s very attracted to the ancient world, and I just 36 feel like we can’t be throwing everything

out. I tweet, but I Talmud, too. [laughs] At the beginning of the book I describe being in the Sistine Chapel with my two girls trying to blow their minds, and they’re like, “Well, that’s just two men. Where am I in this picture?” And I thought, this story has been around for three thousand years, maybe it has something to tell us.

I started tugging on these strings and this amazing story popped up of all the people who had encountered the story Adam and Eve: Michelangelo, John Milton, Mary Shelley, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway and Bob Dylan and Beyoncé.

And suddenly I discovered I was writing a book about love and how it has changed.

What was the strangest place this trek led your physically and philosophically?

The Galapagos, for sure. I mean, I’m the fool who’s going to write a book about Adam and Eve and devote a whole chapter to Darwin [laughs].

On the surface, the people who are interested in Adam and Even are not interested in Darwin, and the people interested in Darwin are not interested in Adam and Eve. Yet they’re actually best friends in a way.

Darwin really explains why we need love: Animals essentially just pass along their genes, as we know, and that’s a vertical way of living. But love is horizontal: I don’t just care about passing along my genes, I also want to make a relationship and a family with someone that I love.

That’s what Adam and Eve invent. God says be fruitful and multiply, and they could have had children with no relationship. The Bible understands that making a relationship is difficult. It requires a balance of independence and interdependence, it requires forgiveness, it requires resilience. Their relationship is actually laying the ground work for what Darwin would discover three thousand years later.

Speaking from the experience of someone who’s been married a long time, how do Adam and Eve reflect how we keep relationships together through time and inevitable difficulties?

Yes, Linda and I will be married 14 years in June! So it’s about that resilience, the constancy, the stick-to-it-iveness. Adam and Eve start off together, they part. They get

The regular New York Times contributor returns to his hometown this weekend for a series of book signings.

kicked out of Eden. They could part again, but instead they come together and have children. The children disappoint. They could separate—in fact, the text suggests they do—but they come back together and have Seth, who populates the human line.

That is a textbook case of resilience. And what to do modern psychologists tell us?

The key to relationship is being able to heal rupture, to mend a broken heart.

Also, there is what I call balance, the give and take, a see saw of power that it is very contemporary.

The other thing is co-narration. “Love is a story that we tell with another person,” I wrote in the book. We each have our own story, and there is the two-story on top of that. We are rewriting our own love stories in real time.

How does the story of Adam and Ave apply to same sex relationships and gender fluidity?

So, the second story about Adam and Eve is the story we all know about: Adam and Eve being created from the earth, Eve being created from Adam’s body, the forbidden fruit, etcetera. But there’s a first story that no one talks about, which to me is shocking.

On the sixth day, God creates humans in His image. And what He creates is actually this ungendered human being in the image of God—and God suddenly becomes plural at this point in the Scripture. You have this singular/plural God that creates this singular/plural being in Its image, and then

For the devout, the story of Adam and Eve is definitive, original sin and all that. What about the secular perspective?

Well, there were thousands of stories, maybe millions, in the ancient world. Only several hundred make it into the Bible, and within that, only two or three are as wellknown as Adam and Eve. Therefore its ability to be relevant is just accepted. It’s an existential fact. This story has been at the heart of our civilization for three thousand years, and the idea that we can just wipe it away because we think it doesn’t apply is absurd.

As I quote in the introduction, Adam and Eve may or may not have existed back then, but they surely exist now. You can see them on the Sistine Chapel, you can read them in Paradise Lost, you can watch them in the movies, you can hear Pope Francis talk about them. They are central to our culture.

So do you think Eve would have swiped right or left?

Hmm, I see going for the fruit as essentially swiping left—maybe she was thinking, “I don’t want to be stuck playing second fiddle to you!” Let’s remember what happens: he’s created first, and just like any other guy, he falls in love right away. “Bones of bones, flesh of my flesh,” he’s ready to go. The two of them are naked and know no shame.

But then she grows bored. She goes off and eats from the Tree of Knowledge. She wants independence, she wants autonomy.

But as soon as she’s got it, she goes running back to him.

Then Adam has a choice between duty to God and love, and he chooses love! And they get booted out of Paradise. And here

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they could part, like the Real Housewives or like half of People magazine. But they don’t. They forgive each other.

run it through both sides. To me, what’s most interesting is the mix between timely knowledge and timeless wisdom.

I love coming home to my parents. We call my father a professional Savannahian because he loves the city so much. And it’s important to me that my daughters—one is named Eden, the other is named Tybee— feel connected to and appreciate Savannah for all its many wonderful things and acknowledge that it’s different from the world they’re growing up in.

I have a piece in Garden & Gun this month about Savannah, and I refused to tell the story that’s been told all these years about how it never changes. Many things have remained constant, but there is progress, there is open-mindedness.

It’s been a place that we all thought doesn’t change, but that myth is not true.

Savannah can change, it has changed. The Bible can change. All of us can change. CS

A lot of interpretations of the Eve story have added up to centuries of misogyny, of which we’re seeing an ugly resurgence. Why should she matter to women now?

It matters because women are trying to take back their own spirituality from men, who took it from them. Nothing has been more aggressively—even violently—discriminatory towards women than organized religion.

As organized religion has become voluntary, who can blame women for running the other way? Yet women are the ones keeping religion alive. They pass on the traditions to their children, they volunteer their time, they’re essentially propping it up.

Hers is a powerful story for those of us who are in the struggle every day to figure out the rules. I find it valuable to find they also were struggling in the first story, and they got it right.

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SAVANNAH welcomed a new pizza joint the weekend of March 10, and it has quickly become a hotspot in the downtown food scene.

Green Fire Pizza, owned and operated

by Russell Lee, is a fast-casual, Europeanstyle pizzeria specializing in organic woodfired brick-oven pizza.

Lee, who also co-owns McDonough’s Restaurant and Lounge with his father, thought the petite white building, with lime green trim, at 236 Drayton Street would be an ideal location for the new eatery, as it sits across the street from McDonough’s.

From deep-dish to Jersey-style, Savannah offers a wide variety of deliciously cheesy pies. But Green Fire Pizza has a secret weapon that makes their Neapolitan pizza something to write home about.

The pièce de résistance is their revolving brick oven that was handcrafted by a team of world champion Italian pizza makers, who have been building and designing brick ovens for over 20 years.

“It’s a bad ass oven, “ Lee proudly boasts.

This rotating oven, which spins at a set pace, maintains a consistent temperature.

This eliminates hotspots that will burn the pizza and cold spots that will create an uneven bake.

While oak and pecan wood fuel the brick oven, it also utilizes gas, making for easy lighting. To further ensure uniformity across pizzas, this world-renowned oven’s revolving floor is heated.

When the pizzas enter the 1,000 degree brick oven, the dough is blistered with charred bubbles. The high temperature 38 sears the crust, making it crispy and flaky. Pizzas only take 2 ½ minutes, cooked in a 1,000-degree brick oven, blistering the dough with charred bubbles.

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Since each authentic Neapolitan pizza pie takes only 2 ½ minutes, a random pizza craving is totally worth the pop in.

Lee, who was born and raised in Savannah, was so passionate about disseminating quality pizza to downtown Savannah, that prior to opening Green Fire Pizza, he attended a wood fired brick oven pizza school in New York.

While there he not only learned how to make authentic Neapolitan pizza from world champion pizza artisans, but also the theory of wood-fired pizza and how to use the revolving oven properly.

The pizza dough is made with organic enriched unbleached and unbromated flour, making it a more natural and less processed product. It takes 2 days for the dough to properly proof, a process that takes organization and preparation.

When they are ready to bake, each ball of dough is hand stretched into a thin disk and cooked until airy and golden brown.

With a wide variety of house and specialty pizzas, Lee features high-quality ingredients on each unique pie.

Take the margarita pizza for example.

This pizza is topped with dollops of house-made Roma tomato basil sauce, fresh mozzarella, basil and olive oil. It is in its simplicity that the complex flavors of the ingredients shine.

The sauce is made from Italian Roma tomatoes, garlic, fresh herbs, basil and olive oil. While it tastes like a sweet ripe tomato, there is no added sugar.

After it is fully cooked, the juices are drained and ground through a food mill, giving it a chunky and thick consistency, rather than smooth.

Another soon to be classic is the Smokin’ Green Fire pizza, which has a creamy and pungent roasted red pepper sauce, a variety of colorful roasted peppers, sausage, Romano and parmesan cheese, as well as fresh basil.

My personal favorite, which was riddled with garlicky zest, was the Gourmet White Pizza with an olive and garlic base, sundried tomatoes, provolone, feta, fresh mozzarella, Roma tomatoes and onions.

Though pizza traditionalists have numerous menu options, Green Fire Pizza also caters to the foodie adventurers, who see pizza as a vehicle for anything delicious.

If that is you, check out their Crustacean Sensation Pizza which features shrimp, calamari and blue crab served in a lobster sherry cream sauce and topped with fresh basil, fresh mozzarella and imported provolone.

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Green Fire Pizza is an outdoor eatery with an indoor walk-up counter, surrounded by construction at 236 Drayton Street

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With a variety of organic vegetables, imported cheeses, gourmet meats, and handmade dough, Green Fire Pizza plans to fire up more than just pizza. Frittatas, loaves of Italian bread, and stuffed baked potatoes will also grace the menu.

This pizzeria, which shares a wall with Woof Gang Bakery Drayton, currently sits in the heart of construction. However, do not be deterred, as towering hotels and hungry travelers will soon surround this area.

In true Savannah style, Green Fire Pizza is an outdoor eatery. Patrons can wait in a single file line to order 12- or 16-inch pizzas from a walk-up counter inside a narrow indoor space.

With limited standing room, pizza is tossed, stretched, garnished, and baked right before your eyes. The rotating brick oven, teeming with pizzas, is truly the centerpiece of this eatery.

For those that only want one slice of ‘za, about 2-3 fresh pizzas sit behind a glass shield beckoning to be devoured. Each slice is re-crisped in the oven just before serving.

Green Fire Pizza also offers about 20 craft beers, some on tap, along with wine and other refreshments.

If you choose to sit and indulge, there are several outdoor tables that seat up to 6 people, along with handmade, high-top, double-sided bar studded with red stools.

While some tables have umbrellas, others are set under a large white overhang.

Lee plans to set up more tent-like shelters to protect patrons from the outdoor elements.

When sitting outside, one can enjoy an ice-cold beer and slice of pizza while listening to any number of bands that will regularly perform at this establishment.

Lee plans to compete with the other late night bites by staying open Fridays and Saturdays until 2 AM, Sunday until midnight, and weekdays until 11 PM. For those that cannot make the trip, Green Fire Pizza will deliver to the downtown area, as far as Forsyth Park. Lee dreams to someday equip delivery personnel with iconic lime green bikes for ease of travel and identification of his product.

Even more, if you are across the street at McDonough’s and have a hankering for pizza, Lee and his staff will deliver a pie directly to your table. CS Green Fire Pizza is at 236 Drayton St.

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Life: everything about Life feels like reheated leftovers.

LIFE

// As a title, Life is a pretty lousy choice. It relates absolutely nothing about the movie at hand — at best, it sounds like some inspirational Hallmark Channel production, and, at worst, it recalls that cloying “Life: What a Beautiful Choice” campaign created by anti-choice zealots back in the ‘90s. Given the actual narrative of the film, a better generic choice might have been Space Station. Or Mars. Or Astronauts. Or Alien.

Scratch that last one — it’s already been taken. Then again, what is Life if not an Alien copy? That’s perfectly legitimate, of course, what with imitation being the sincerest blah blah blah. And while there have already been countless other films influenced by Alien, there’s also the fact that Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic was itself inspired by 1958’s It! The Terror from Beyond Space. Where Life strikes out is in the fact that it adds absolutely nothing new to this template: It’s strictly for folks who somehow have never seen Alien — or any science fiction drama, for that matter.

Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds and Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation’s Rebecca Ferguson are among those portraying the six members of a space expedition who come into contact with a mysterious microbe from Mars. Initially a cute counterpart to Baby Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy, the extra-terrestrial grows at a frightening rate, and it’s soon large enough to slaughter at will.

From the offing of a character earlier than expected to the alien wreaking havoc

from within the human body (thankfully, the filmmakers resist the urge to outright lift the chestburster scene), everything about Life feels like reheated leftovers.

Director Daniel Espinosa manages to stage a couple of scenes for modest suspense, but any forward narrative thrust eventually goes straight out the space station window solely for the sake of an obvious twist ending that should surprise absolutely no one over the age of 10 — and by 10, I mean 10 months old, not 10 years old.

WILSON

// The title character in the seriocomedy Wilson comes from the graphic novel by Daniel Clowes, but, truth be told, he might as well have come from the Dennis the Menace comic strip created by Hank Ketcham. Like Mr. Wilson, Dennis’s next-door neighbor, this Wilson is positioned as a grouchy guy but ultimately revealed to be a sweetheart. It’s a bait-and-switch tactic that was more believable in the Sunday funnies than in this lackluster new film.

Wilson starts out by painting its protagonist (played by Woody Harrelson) as a raging misanthrope, albeit one who has convinced himself that he actually likes people. But the thaw begins almost immediately, with Wilson soon emerging as nothing more than a socially maladjusted guy with an ex-wife (Laura Dern), a cute dog, and a desire to have a family.

Sentiment quickly takes the place of cynicism, and, despite the occasional flash of brutal wit, the film settles into a well-worn groove of indie preciousness.

Harrelson, who over the last decade has built himself up into one of our finest supporting players (The Edge of Seventeen, The Messenger, The Hunger Games franchise, etc.), is just fine as Wilson. There’s no doubt the actor would have taken the character to greater extremes, but that’s not what’s asked of him. Instead, he’s forced to play a man who, quite frankly, isn’t particularly interesting – certainly not as a leading character in a motion picture – and the overriding feeling is that the filmmakers should have just made a movie about Tom Hanks’ Castaway volleyball. At least that Wilson exhibited a bit more bounce.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

ooo Admittedly, a live-action version of 1991’s Beauty and the Beast, one of Disney’s all-time great animated features, sounds like nothing more than a cash-grab, an easy way for the studio to make a mint off of gift-wrapped nostalgia.

What’s truly wondrous is that this new Beauty and the Beast is a powerful piece in its own right, with everyone involved shedding copious amounts of blood, sweat and candle wax to produce a picture that illuminates rather than tarnishes the legacy.

In a year in which several of the biggest hits have been little more than sops to fanboys and fanboy critics more interested in bloodletting than storytelling, here’s a film that should appeal to all demographics. The plot remains fundamentally unchanged from the ’91 model, and the narrative diversions that have been added

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through the entire picture to be privy to the requisite coda. Just be sure not to actually read the credits that precede this tease, as it spells out (via copyright acknowledgments) exactly what this surprise addendum will contain.

Then again, since no one actually reads the closing credits—aside from OCD critics, of course—the secret is probably safe until it reveals itself.

LOGAN

Wilson: despite the occasional flash of brutal wit, the film settles into a well-worn groove of indie preciousness.

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along the way are acceptable and sometimes even manage to enhance particular points from its predecessor.

While some great individual moments don’t survive the transition—I particularly missed the “If it’s not baroque, don’t fix it” line, which never fails to amuse me — what is transferred unencumbered is a true sense of enchantment and an even truer sense of romance.

Starting with Emma Watson, who proves to be absolutely luminous as Belle, the cast is top-flight straight down the line.

As Belle’s father, Kevin Kline rescues the role from irrelevance—little more than dotty comic relief in ’91, here he’s a fully fleshed-out character with an added backstory that brings him into focus.

Ewan McGregor and Ian McKellen are dandy providing the voices of Lumiere and Cogsworth, and Luke Evans amuses as the conceited Gaston. Even Josh Gad, typically as welcome as a rash, is fine as Gaston’s sidekick LeFou. LeFou, as everyone has doubtless heard by now, has been transformed into an openly gay character.

It’s a progressive change that neither helps nor hurts the overall narrative – ditto for the pair of mixed-race relationships among major supporting players.

The 1991 Beauty and the Beast featured both the best song score and the best thematic score found in any Disney animated feature, and if there’s a major complaint to be lodged against this latest film, it’s that the new songs—doubtless added to snag an Oscar nomination or two—don’t compare to the original tunes and occasionally slow down the proceedings.

But in most other respects, from the vibrant visual sheen to the enormous emotional pull, this picture doesn’t disappoint.

To be sure, it’s no match for the animated take, which belongs in a special class all by itself. Yet on its own terms, it manages to return a splash of magic to the movies, 42 even if only momentarily.

KONG: SKULL ISLAND

ooo For those who don’t keep up on such matters, the new Kong: Skull Island is part of a so-called “shared universe” of movies. Just as the Marvel movies share a universe and the DC flicks operate in similar fashion, the new King Kong thriller likewise shares a MonsterVerse with 2014’s Godzilla and with the rash of M.U.T.O. (Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism) motion pictures barreling our way.

(Up next: Godzilla: King of the Monsters in 2019 and Godzilla vs. Kong in 2020.)

If it all seems a little too much like the result of brand marketing and capitalist co-opting and less like a natural ebb and flow in artistic temperament and intent, that’s par for the course. The biggest fear is that shared universes will become the norm in modern cinema, leading to that awkward point when, say, the young men from Moonlight team up with the La La Land lovebirds to prevent Paul Blart from inadvertently destroying a shopping mall owned by the Tyrell Corporation.

For now, though, it’s all eyes on Kong: Skull Island, an action romp that’s frequently clever, occasionally inane, and always exciting. Practically all ties to past Kong pictures have been neatly severed, from Carl Denham to Ann Driscoll to the Empire State Building.

About all that remains is what’s promoted in the title itself: the island and the ape. Certainly, the human players matter less than ever, with all but one character painted in the broadest strokes possible.

The glorious exception is Hank Marlow, played with the right mix of cheer and fear

by John C. Reilly. A fighter pilot who’s been stranded on Skull Island since World War II (the film itself is set in 1973, so cue the ample Creedence Clearwater Revival), Marlow proves to be the most sympathetic character in the film, the go-to figure for audience involvement.

The others are the usual stock assemblage of hunky adventurer (Tom Hiddleston), feisty pacifist (Brie Larson), gung-ho military man (Samuel L. Jackson), government wonk (John Goodman), whiny company suit (John Ortiz), and various expendables in the form of scientists and soldiers. All are part of an expedition that arrives on Skull Island and proceeds to get ambushed not only by Kong but by other oversized inhabitants.

Before long, though, it becomes clear that the great ape doesn’t deserve to be lumped into the same category as the isle’s other beasties: Unlike the subterranean Skullcrawlers and a particularly nasty spider, Kong has far nobler reasons for employing his berserker rage against the hapless humans.

Like Jurassic World’s Colin Trevorrow and Fantastic Four’s Josh Trank, Jordan Vogt-Roberts is the latest indie filmmaker automatically entrusted with a franchise blockbuster. Clearly, the director responsible for 2013’s sweet coming-of-age tale The Kings of Summer has adapted better than the others.

Pacing is never an issue in Kong: Skull Island, and some of the shot selections Vogt-Roberts devises with cinematographer Larry Fong are exceptional: Note, particularly, the moments that evoke Apocalypse Now in both form and content.

His helming is certainly more accomplished than the script, which passed through several sets of hands before being deemed filmable.

Insipid one minute and overstuffed the next, it also never allows an incredibly talented assemblage of players to strut their stuff. Still, the people don’t matter nearly as much as the creatures, and in that respect, Kong: Skull Island offers some truly dazzling visual effects, particularly when it comes to its towering star.

As with all movies occupying a shared universe, it’s imperative that viewers sit

// It’s too early to make a definitive declaration, but the R rating handed by the MPAA to last year’s Deadpool might end up being the worst thing to ever happen to comic-book movies.

Certainly, Deadpool earned its R, and it wore it well: Everything about the film was gleefully over the top, and the tongue-inbloody-cheek attitude matched the gore that smoothly flowed like wine at a sommeliers’ convention. But the massive success of that film has emboldened studios to eye the R when making more superhero flicks, and, in the case of Logan, that turns out to be an unfortunate development.

Set in the year 2029, the movie explores a landscape in which practically all mutants have died off and (shades of Children of Men) no new ones have been born in approximately a quarter-century. The only ones who apparently remain are Logan (Hugh Jackman), toiling away as a limo driver near the U.S./Mexico border (oddly, no wall seems to exist), Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), now suffering from dementia, and Caliban (Stephen Merchant), tasked with looking after the former Professor X. But when the gang comes into contact with Laura (Dafne Keen), a little girl who, like Logan, also has the ability to sprout claws and shish-kabob the opposition, it’s clear that the mutant lifestyle isn’t as extinct as presumed. Spurred on by Laura and with Xavier tossed into the back seat, Logan hightails it to a presumed safe haven in Canada, dogged every step of the way by a despicable scientist (Richard E. Grant) and his bumbling minions.

Superhero sagas have occasionally opted to go deeper and darker (The Dark Knight, for instance), but Logan elects to take the full plunge into pitch-black nihilism. It’s Stan Lee by way of Cormac McCarthy, but the end result—basically, No Country for Old X-Men—suffers from its own sense of self-importance.

There’s little joy to be had in the experience of watching the movie, with director James Mangold (who also helmed The Wolverine) more interested in serving up groovy kills for the gamers than anything more substantive.

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killing, yet Logan, with its newfound ratings freedom, treats it like a fresh fact.

Innocents and evildoers alike are slaughtered with reckless abandon, and the end result makes Natural Born Killers look like The Sound of Music by comparison.

Except that Oliver Stone piece at least had purpose behind its gruesomeness— particularly the manner in which this country mindlessly cheers on anybody who can pass as a celebrity. In contrast, the violence in Logan only has the purpose of making 12-year-old kids all that more determined to sneak into the auditorium.

At any rate, those who enjoyed watching Keanu Reeves shoot people through the head approximately 400 times in John Wick: Chapter Two will enjoy watching Logan stick his claws through people’s skulls approximately 400 times here.

Naturally, fanboys who live and die by the hype will love the picture, but more discerning viewers will note that even the plotline isn’t particularly fresh.

The evil scientist portrayed by Grant and a swaggering henchman played

by Boyd Holbrook come straight from Generic Casting 101—the film is crucially missing a worthy villain of note—and when the scripters run out of ideas, they paraphrase Stephen Sondheim and elect to send in the clones. This latter decision renders the action sequences even more rote and less interesting.

Still, Logan is extremely well-made — Mangold knows how to frame a shot—and the performances by the leads are topnotch. Jackman, both more wary and more weary than ever in his signature role, is typically excellent—his pain, frustration and tiredness can be felt radiating off the screen. Stewart is equally compelling, playing a version of Xavier different than what movie audiences have seen before.

There, however, rests another problem, one that will bother some (like me) more than others. Professor Charles Xavier is a titan among screen heroes, and it’s unsettling seeing this great character reduced to wasting away in his own piss and vomit while grappling with Alzheimer’s—it’s akin to watching Indiana Jones struggle with putting on his Depends, or James Bond popping out his false teeth before retiring for the night.

A UNITED KINGDOM

/// The sort of formidable true story that nevertheless doesn’t generally make it into the textbooks handed out during history classes, A United Kingdom centers on the difficulties encountered by a loving couple whose different skin colors meant they had to deal with an astonishing amount of societal prejudices.

David Oyelowo, terrific as Martin Luther King in Selma, here plays another crusader for equal rights: Seretse Khama,

a prince who in the 1940s journeys from Bechuanaland (now Botswana) to England to further his education before he returns home to claim the mantle of king. While in London, he falls in love with Ruth Williams (Gone Girl’s Rosamund Pike), a secretary who returns his affection.

The two plan to wed, a decision that not only upsets Ruth’s parents but also Seretse’s kinfolk, who bristle at the thought of a white woman becoming queen of their country. The proposed union also faces the wrath of the British government, whose members are outright antagonistic since they’re playing nice with a South Africa that has just recently adopted a policy of apartheid.

The first section of A United Kingdom is the strongest, since the personal problems faced by the couple are more delineated than the political ones that tend to blur during the latter segments. And, as is often the case with historical sagas, the picture relegates lots of fascinating material into a few blocks of text at the end, giving short shrift to the subsequent accomplishments of two people who refused to be defined merely by their physical appearances.

Overall, though, director Amma Asante (Belle) and scripter Guy Hibbert (Eye in the Sky), working from Susan Williams’ book Colour Bar, have presented a compelling piece that serves as a welcome reminder that, even in the direst of situations and in the most impossible of times, love can indeed trump hate.

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THE RED TURTLE

/// The Red Turtle (aka La tortue rouge) stands as the first Studio Ghibli movie that isn’t primarily a Japanese production.

Instead, the outfit behind such hits as My Neighbor Totoro and the Oscar-winning Spirited Away put its faith in Dutch animator Michael Dudok de Wit after studio founder Hayao Miyazaki caught de Wit’s animated short Father and Daughter.

It was a move that paid off, as the picture is one of the five Academy Award nominees this year for Best Animated Feature Film.

Certainly, the film itself is all about tolerance and acceptance, as a man who finds himself deserted on a tropical island encounters a large turtle that becomes his constant companion. I won’t reveal exactly how the turtle becomes an integral part of his life, but it involves a transformation that transforms the direction of the film.

Related with no dialogue and illustrated in an uncluttered yet often luminous style, The Red Turtle is ultimately a mediation not only on what it means to be human but, more significantly, what it means to be as one with the natural order of the world. CS

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SAVANNAH AREA YOUNG REPUBLICANS Get involved. Contact is Michael Johnson, via email or telephone, or see website for info. 912-604-0797. chairman@sayr. org. sayr.org. Call or see website for information. Free ongoing. 912-308-3020. savannahyoungrepublicans.com.

SAVANNAH LIBERTARIANS Join the Facebook group to find out about upcoming local events. Mondays. Facebook. com/groups/SAVlibertarians.

YOUNG DEMOCRATS Mondays at 7pm on the second level of Foxy Loxy, Bull Street. Call or visit the Young Democrats Facebook page for more information. Free ongoing. 423-619-7712. foxyloxycafe.com. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St.

AUDITIONS AND CALLS FOR ENTRIES

MAR 29-APR 4, 2017

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, 44 11935 Abercorn St.

Cirque Italia Water Circus

Cirque Italia presents its “Aquatic Spectacular,” a unique big top show that combines a custom designed 35,000 gallon water stage with unique aerial acts, hand balancing, contortionists, and surprise performances.

MARCH 30-APRIL 2. CIRQUEITALIA.COM/. COASTALEMPIREFAIR.COM. COASTAL EMPIRE FAIRGROUNDS, 4801 MEDING ST. CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR SAVANNAH YOUTH AMBASSADOR SUMMER INSTITUTE The City of Savannah is now accepting applications for the 2017 Savannah Youth Ambassador Summer Institute.

Interested parties should complete the online application at www.savannahga. gov/sya. The application deadline is 5 p.m. on Friday, March 31, 2017. Savannah Youth Ambassadors (SYA) is an intensive leadership training institute for high school students living in Savannah, GA. SYA is open to all rising 9th – 12th graders that reside within the incorporated city limits of the City of Savannah. Participants will be chosen through a selective application process.

Space is limited to 50 participants. Through March 31. 912-651-6520. No physical address given, none.

CALL FOR ARTISTS TO TEACH AT STUDIO SCHOOL The studio school in downtown Savannah seeks qualified artists interested in joining the team during spring and/ or summer sessions 2017. Seeking artists to present workshops for adult programming and/or teach short term summer classes for youth programming. Through Aug. 31. 912-5963873. info@thestudioschoolsavannah. com. thestudioschoolsavannah.com. Studio School, 1319 Bull St. CALL FOR AUDITIONS FOR HOLY WEEK

Auditions are being held for the Holy Week events at Forsyth Park. It is an opportunity for males and females of all races and denominations to be featured biblical roles. Prepare a monologue and call (912) 236-3154 for an audition or come as a group. Events run from Palm Sunday, April 9th through April 14th. Schedules will be provided. Costumes provided if needed.

Auditions will be held at JESUS-YESHUA Exhibit House at 1004 Collat Avenue.

Through April 9. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. 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. Through 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 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

SCMPD ANIMAL CONTROL SEEKS VOLUNTEERS Savannah Chatham County Animal Control seeks volunteers to serve various tasks as needed by the shelter. No prior animal shelter experience is necessary. Newly trained volunteers will be authorized to serve immediately after orientation. Potential volunteers are asked to notify J. Lewis prior to orientation; though, walk-ins are welcome.

Volunteers must be at least 17-yearsold. ongoing. (912) 525-2151. jlewis01@ savannahga.gov.

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our city’s favorite restaurants. Guests will also enjoy a trolley ride to and from dinner. Following dinner, the evening will conclude with an exciting program at The Club at Savannah Harbor featuring classical dramatic and musical performances by our talented students, classic Southern desserts, a live auction, and raffle games. $35-$50 Fri., March 31, 6-9:30 p.m. 912238-1222. cbrodmann@veritassavannah. org. veritassavannah.org/atotc-2017/. theclubatsavannahharbor.com/index.php.

The Club at Savannah Harbor, #2 Resort Dr.

CLASSES, CAMPS & WORKSHOPS

AERIAL SILK CLASSES Try something different this year by improving your strength and flexibility all while suspended from aerial silk fabric. All levels, all ages, and all beginners welcome.

Class will go over basics and provide challenges for those more advanced.

Classes every Friday. Fri., March 31, 5:30-7 p.m. 954.682.5694. Elyse.theSTUDIO@ yahoo.com. thestudiosav.net/schedule.html. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. ART, MUSIC, PIANO, VOICE COACHING Coaching for all ages, beginners through advanced. Classic, modern, jazz improvization and theory. Serious inquiries only. 912-961-7021 or 912-667-1056.

BEADING CLASSSES AT EPIPHANY BEAD & JEWELRY STUDIO Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced. Call for class times.

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

Epiphany Bead & Jewelry Studio, 101 N. Fahm St. BEGINNING BELLY DANCE CLASSES Taught by Happenstance Bellydance.

All skill levels and styles. Private instruction available. $15 912-704-2940. happenstancebellydance@gmail.com. happenstancebellydance.wordpress.com.

BLACKSMITHING WITH JOE MILLER Work with renowned blacksmith Joe Miller to create a one-of-a-kind 3D aquatic critter.

Students will learn to hammer out the shape of a fish in 2 pieces of sheet metal using a torch, join them together, smooth the edges, and add details like gills, tails, eyes, scales, and seaweed. This class will introduce students to basic forge work, torch work, repose, and basic chasing. $125 (includes $75 material fee) Fri., March 31, 6-9 p.m., Sat., April 1, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sun., April 2, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 912-443-5864. bcurran@ savannahtech.edu. savannahtech.edu/ HistoricHomeownersAcademy. Savannah Technical College, Historic Homeowners Academy, 5717 White Bluff Road.

BRIDGE LESSONS Competitive Bidding (BB2), Saturday, February 4 at 10AM. Defensive Signals (BB5), Monday February 6. They are 4 week classes. Intermediate and advanced workshops continue on Fridays at 10AM. Savannah Duplicate Bridge Center, 8511 Ferguson Ave, Sandfly. Also, games are held in the afternoon and/or evening almost every day. There is something for players at all levels. Check our website for fees and schedules of games and other classes. ongoing. 912-228-4838. bridgewebs.com/

savannahclubs. Savannah Duplicate Bridge Center, 8511 Ferguson Ave. CEMETERY AND FUNERARY MONUMENT REPAIR WITH JON APPELL This workshop event will introduce students to the various aspects of gravestone and cemetery monument preservation.

The majority of commonly encountered problems with memorials, which are both historic as well as modern, will be over viewed and discussed. Repair, cleaning, and numerous other conservation treatments will be demonstrated and conducted as an interactive group experience. Jonathon is a professional masonry conservation specialist with expertise in gravestone, monument, sculpture, and historical masonry preservation. $75 Wed., March 29, 6-9 p.m., Fri., March 31, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat., April 1, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sun., April 2, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. 912.443.5864. bcurran@ savannahtech.edu. savannahtech.edu/ HistoricHomeownersAcademy. Savannah Technical College, Historic Homeowners Academy, 5717 White Bluff Road.

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

CHINESE LANGUAGE CLASSES The Confucius Institute at Savannah State University offers free Chinese language classes starting January 17. To register, please call 912-358-3160. ongoing. 912-3583160. confuciusinstitute@savannahstate. edu. savannahstate.edu. savstate.edu/.

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

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

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

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 Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. 323-5391760. DANCEHOWIWANTTO@GMAIL. COM. DANCEHOWIWANTTO.COM. salondebaileballroomdancestudio.com/.

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while impaired. A must see for teen drivers.

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

FAMILY LAW WORKSHOP The Mediation Center has three workshops per month for people who do not have legal representation in a family matter: divorce, legitimation, modifications of child support, visitation, contempt. Schedule: 1st Tues, 2nd Mon, 4th Thursday. Call for times. $30 912354-6686. mediationsavannah.com.

FANY’S SPANISH/ENGLISH INSTITUTE Spanish is fun. Classes for adults and children held at 15 E. Montgomery Crossroad. Register by phone. ongoing. 912921-4646.

FREEDOM SCHOOL Emergent Savannah and Step Up Savannah are proud to host the ACLU of Georgia as they present Freedom School, an opportunity and training for members of the public to learn how to protect civil rights and fight back on undemocratic policies. Sun., April 2, 1 p.m. info@emergentsavannah. com. savstate.edu/. Savannah State University, 3219 College St. HISTORIC MILLWORK WITH BRENT HULL Join Brent Hull, a nationally renowned historic millwork expert, for a two day seminar on classical design, proportioning, and the evolution of historic millwork in America. On Saturday, students will learn to draw classical architectural details, and on Sunday, they will learn about the evolution of American molding profiles, and how to incorporate classical design into restoration or new construction. $50 Sat., April 1, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sun., April 2, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. 912-443-5864. bcurran@ savannahtech.edu. savannahtech.edu/ HistoricHomeownersAcademy. Savannah Technical College, Historic Homeowners Academy, 5717 White Bluff Road.

HISTORICAL WRITERS GUILD OF RICHMOND HILL MONTHLY WORKSHOP In addition to the regular meetings offered on the second and fourth Monday of each month as a writing feedback group, the Historical Writers Guild of Richmond Hill will begin offering its members a writing skills workshop on the first Monday of each month. This monthly workshop will address topics such as: show versus tell, conflict, how to build your story, fiction strategy and structure, characterization, and other topics as chosen by the group. The mission of the Historical Writers Guild (HWG) of Richmond Hill is to improve members’ writing skills and to help each writer become published. first Monday of every month. Richmond Hill Museum, 11460 Ford Ave. HOUSING AUTHORITY NEIGHBORHOOD RESOURCE CENTER Housing Authority of Savannah hosts classes at the Neighborhood Resource Center. Adult literacy/GED prep: Mon-Thurs, 9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm. Financial education: 4th Fri each month, 9am-11am. Basic computer training: Tues & Thurs, 1pm3pm. Community computer lab: Mon-Fri, 3pm-4:30pm. ongoing. 912-232-4232 x115. savannahpha.com. savannahpha.com/NRC. html. Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton St. IMPROV CLASSES 46 This class is for elementary school

students. Learn specific improv techniques in class to enhance trust, unity, equality & creativity in a fun-filled, safe environment. $80 for eight classes Mon., April 3, 4:305:15 p.m. 912-659-4383. info@ImprovHub. com. ImprovHub.com. ticsav.com. The Inheritance Center, 42 W. Montgomery Crossroads.

IMPROV CLASSES FOR ADULTS This class is for adults. Learn specific improv techniques in class to enhance trust, unity, equality & creativity in a fun-filled, safe environment. $120 for eight classes.

Mon., April 3, 7:30-9 p.m. 912-659-4383. info@ImprovHub.com. ImprovHub.com. ticsav.com. The Inheritance Center, 42 W. Montgomery Crossroads.

IMPROV CLASSES FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS Through well-established theater games, Resurrection Theater teaches kids how to communicate more effectively and become a team player. They also will take the first step toward becoming an actor. The eight-week class meets on Mondays at 4:30 pm and lasts 45 minutes. $10 per class; $80 for the 8-week course Mon., April 3, 4:30-5:15 p.m.

912-659-4383. fritz@resurrectiontheater. com. resurrectiontheater.com. resurrectiontheater.com. Resurrection Theater, 42 W. Montgomery Cross Road.

IMPROV CLASSES FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Through well-established theater games, Resurrection Theater teaches teens how to communicate more effectively and become a team player. They also will take the first step toward becoming an actor. The eight-week class meets on Mondays at 6:30 pm and lasts 45 minutes. $10 per class; $80 for the 8-week course. Mon., April 3, 6:30-7:15 p.m.

912-659-4383. fritz@resurrectiontheater. com. resurrectiontheater.com. resurrectiontheater.com. Resurrection Theater, 42 W. Montgomery Cross Road.

IMPROV CLASSES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS Through well-established theater games, Resurrection Theater teaches middle schoolers how to communicteam player.

They also will take the first step ate more effectively and become a toward becoming an actor. The eight-week class meets on Mondays at 5:30 pm and lasts 45 minutes $10 per class; $80 for the 8-week course Mon., April 3, 5:30-6:15 p.m.

912-659-4383. fritz@resurrectiontheater. com. resurrectiontheater.com. resurrectiontheater.com. Resurrection Theater, 42 W. Montgomery Cross Road.

IMPROV CLASSES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS This class is for middle school students.

Learn specific improv techniques in class to enhance trust, unity, equality & creativity in a fun-filled, safe environment. $80 for 8 classes. Mon., April 3, 5:30-6:15 p.m. 912-659-4383. info@ImprovHub. com. ImprovHub.com. ticsav.com. The Inheritance Center, 42 W. Montgomery Crossroads.

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.

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 912-9617021 or 912-667-1056. Serious inquiries only. ongoing.

R&B SOUL ADULT LINE DANCING The R&B Soul line dance group Savannah Show Stoppers are conducting line dance classes every Monday night at the West Broad St. YMCA and every Tuesday nights at the John Delaware Center. Both classes starts at 6:30. Lamont Hunter, the founder of the Savannah Show Stoppers, is the Instructor. Donations Mondays, 6:30-8 p.m. and Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. 912-220-7712. hlamont70@yahoo.com. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. 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 Mondays-Saturdays, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. 912-4840628. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

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

SAFETRAINING The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention hosts a safeTraining. Sat., April 1, 9 a.m. YMCA Tybee, 204 5th St. SAMBA SAVANNAH DRUMMING WORKSHOP Learn Afro-Brazilian rhythms with drumming instructor Andrew Hartzell. All ages. $10 Sundays, 2:30 p.m. starlandiasupply.com.

Starlandia Creative Supply, 2438 Bull Street.

SASS & SWAG ADULT HIP HOP Sass & Swag is a high energy, adult hip hop dance class. Learn hip hop grooves you can take to any party or club, and learn a choreographed routine to today’s hottest hits. Mondays at 7:30 pm. $15 Mondays, 7:30 p.m. 323-5391760. DANCEHOWIWANTTO@GMAIL. COM. DANCEHOWIWANTTO.COM. salondebaileballroomdancestudio.com/.

Salón de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 7068 Hodgson Memorial Dr. 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. ZONA ROSA WRITING WORKSHOP Become the writer you were meant to be: Join Zona Rosa, the internationally acclaimed, monthly Savannah-based writing workshops founded and led by awardwinning author Rosemary Daniell. Over 180 Zona Rosans have become published authors. For information, contact Rosemary at info@myzonarosa.com. Also ask about the week-long, intensive Sixteenth Annual Zona Rosa Writing and Living Retreat,Tybee Island, July 22-29, 2017. ongoing. No physical address given, none.

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,

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8400-B Abercorn St. Call Muriel, 912-6313452, or Darowe, 912-272-2797. ongoing. abeniculturalarts@gmail.com.

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

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

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

CHATHAM SAILING CLUB Friday evening social event at the clubhouse.

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

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

Young’s Marina, 218 Wilmington Island Rd. COASTAL AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY MONTHLY MEETING The Coastal Amateur Radio Society hosts its April meeting. Our members come from every back-ground and are all ages. Some members have been active hams for 50+ years; others are just getting into the hobby.

April presentation given by Jere Connan on the history of the Savannah CARS radio club.. Mon., April 3, 7 p.m. whitebluffpc@ bellsouth.net. White Bluff Presbyterian Church, 10710 White Bluff Rd. COASTAL BEAD SOCIETY Coastal Bead Society monthly meetings, 12 noon on the third Friday of the Month at the Coastal Georgia Center, 303 Fahm Street, near SCAD. All beaders are welcome. ongoing. wyrnut18@gmail.com. cgc. georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia

Center, 305 Fahm Street.

FAITH BASED BUSINESS NETWORKING EVENT - SAVANNAH Our mission is to Grow, Encourage, Inspire, Ignite & Equip Christian Business owners on how to do business with a Kingdom mindset. We promote and celebrate excellence in the business arena while developing the future generations of leaders through Christian values, disciplines, honor, integrity and expression of skills. Register early before the event closes out and please share this event by inviting a guest.

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

Photographers of all levels are welcome! $35 per year first Tuesday of every month, 6 p.m. 912-234-2571. alfie.wace@gmail.com. gnpa.org. oatlandisland.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. HISTORIC FLIGHT SAVANNAH A non-profit organization dedicated to sending area Korean War and WWII veterans to Washington, DC, to visit the WWII Memorial. All expenses paid by Honor Flight Savannah. Honor Flight seeks contributions, and any veterans interested in a trip to Washington. Call for info. ongoing. 912-5961962. honorflightsavannah.org.

HISTORIC SAVANNAH CHAPTER: ABWA Meets the second Thursday of every month

from 6pm-7:30pm. Tubby’s Tank House, 2909 River Drive, Thunderbolt. Attendees pay for their own meals. RSVP by phone. ongoing. 912-660-8257.

KNITTERS, NEEDLEPOINT AND CROCHET Meets every Wednesday. Different locations downtown. Call for info. No fees. Want to learn? Join us. ongoing. 912-308-6768.

LOW COUNTRY TURNERS A club for wood-turning enthusiasts. Call Steve Cook for info at number below. ongoing. 912-313-2230.

MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART LADIES AUXILIARY Meets the first Saturday of the month at 1:00pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-7864508. American Legion Post 184, 3003 Rowland Ave. PHILO CAFE Discussion group that meets every Monday, 7:30pm - 9:00pm at various locations.

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

Mondays. athenapluto@yahoo.com.

R.U.F.F. - RETIREES UNITED FOR THE FUTURE RUFF meets the last Friday of each month at 10am to protect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and related senior issues. Parking in the rear. Free to all Seniors ongoing. 912344-5127. Savannah Tree Foundation, 3025 Bull Street.

R/C CAR CLUB RACE The SCORE R/C club will be having a competitive race at Phil Hurd Raceway inside of Lake Mayer Park. Typical classes are 1/10th and 1/8th scale off-road cars, buggies, and trucks. Practice starts at 9AM and the driver meeting begins at 11:45AM. The public is welcome to come watch.

This event is pending weather, please see www.PhilHurdRC.com for schedule updates. $15 for the first class and $5 for each additional (Less if you’re a club member). Sat., April 1, 11:45 a.m.-5 p.m.

SCOREatPhilHurdRaceway@gmail.com.

PhilHurdRC.com. Phil Hurd Raceway, Lake Mayer Rd. SAFE KIDS SAVANNAH A coalition dedicated to preventing childhood injuries. Meets 2nd Tuesday

each month, 11:30am-1:00pm. See website or call for info. ongoing. 912-353-3148. safekidssavannah.org.

SAVANNAH BREWERS’ LEAGUE Meets 1st Wednesday of the month, 7:30pm at Moon River Brewing Co. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-447-0943. hdb.org. moonriverbrewing.com/. Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St. SAVANNAH AUTHORS WORKSHOP If you’re a writer, and you’re serious about it, Savannah Authors Workshop is looking for you and has space for a few new members. We meet on the first and third Wednesday of each month, 6:30 p.m. at 630 East Victory Drive. We have members of all standards, from multiple-published to never-tried. Have a look at our website www. savannahauthorsworkshop.com and call Christopher Scott, President, 912-272-6309. 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.

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The late Robert Culp was an extremely talented and diverse actor who appeared in a broad swath of different genres. The PFS will present one of his least-known films which boasts an impressive supporting cast. The exact title is a secret until showtime, but we can say it is a clever, perplexing murder mystery that is unjustly overlooked. $8 WED., MARCH 29, 8 P.M. SENTIENTBEAN. COM. THE SENTIENT BEAN, 13 E. PARK AVE.

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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. SAVANNAH VEGGIES AND VEGANS Join the Facebook group to find out more about vegetarian and vegan lifestyles, and to hear about upcoming local events.

Mondays.

SCAD DAILY TOURS SCAD offers tours in Savannah, Atlanta and Hong Kong for prospective students and their families. Tours are available daily, excluding Sundays, in Savannah, Atlanta, and Hong Kong. Tours allow prospective students an opportunity to view classrooms and administrative buildings, galleries, residence halls and dining facilities and see where our students live, learn and prepare for professional careers. Free MondaysSaturdays. https://scad.edu/admission/ visit-scad/daily-tours. scad.edu/. Savannah College of Art and Design, PO Box 2072.

TOASTMASTERS Toastmasters International is an organization which gives its members the opportunity to develop and improve their public speaking abilities through local club meetings, seminars, and contests.

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

VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA CHAPTER 671 Meets second Monday of each month, 7pm, at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. ongoing. 912-429-0940. rws521@msn. com. vvasav.com.

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.

FITNESS

$8 COMMUNITY MEDITATION CLASSES Join us for breath work, guided meditation, and yoga nidra, a deep relaxation technique to relieve stress, quiet the mind, and find the calm within. All proceeds support local 48 organizations. $8 Sundays, 6-7 p.m. 912-

349-2756.

AERIAL YOGA CLASSES Increase flexibility and strength using aerial yoga, a relatively new approach to a traditional yoga practice. We use a silk fabric called a ‘hammock’ to support the weight of our bodies, helping us achieve various postures with more depth, ease and excitement. Every Saturday. Class size limited. Required to register online ahead of time. $25 Saturdays, 12:30-1:45 p.m.

954.682.5694. elyse.thestudio@yahoo. com. thestudiosav.net/schedule.html. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. AIKIDO CLASSES Aikido is a traditional Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba, ‘O Sensei’ or (‘Great Teacher’). On a purely physical level it is an art involving throws and joint locks that are derived from Jujitsu and Kenjutsu (open hand and weapon based techniques).

Beyond the self defense aspects of the art its true goal is to challenge its practitioners to discover their best selves. $50/month for JEA Members, $70/month for NonMembers, or $80/8-class punch card Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7-8:30 p.m. 912-6040958, 912-346-2650. AikiNorm@aol.com, AikidoBilly@hotmail.com. CoastalAikido. com. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS An anonymous fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics. The message of Al-Anon is one of strength and hope for friends/family of problem drinkers. Al-Anon is for adults. Alateen is for people age 13-19.

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

912-598-9860. savannahalanon.com.

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 semiprivate class so space is limited! $10.00 Wednesdays, Sundays, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

732.232.3349. FitnessFoodWine@gmail. com. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. BARIATRIC SURGERY SUPPORT GROUP Located in Mercer Auditorium of Hoskins Center at Memorial. For those who have had or are considering bariatric surgery.

Call or see website for info. first Wednesday of every month, 7 p.m. 912-350-3438. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/.

Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. BEACH BODY WORKOUTS WITH LAURA MONDAYS at 6:15 PM at the Lake Mayer Community Center $5.00 per session Mondays, 6:15 p.m. (912) 652-6784. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

BEASTMODE FITNESS GROUP TRAINING Train with this elite team. A total body program that trims, tones and gets results.

Personal training options available. See website for info. Meets at West Broad YMCA. 5am-6am and 8pm-9pm. ongoing. beastmodefitnessga.com. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St.

BEGINNING POLE FITNESS Pole fitness is a fun and flirty way to get in shape! Taught by Pole Dance America National Professional Champion Sabrina Madsen, you’ll learn the basics of pole dance in a safe and welcoming environment. Gain strength, balance and confidence. Beginner Classes are open to all shapes and sizes and are for ladies only (men welcome at our Intermediate Class). $25 for drop-in or $100 for a package of 5 classes Tuesdays, 8-9 p.m. 801.673.6737. info@firstcityfitness.com. firstcityfitness. com/pole-fitnessparties.html. First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. BLUE WATER YOGA Community donation-based classes, Tues. and Thurs., 5:45pm - 7:00pm.

Fri., 9:30am-10:30am. Email for info or find Blue Water Yoga on Facebook. ongoing. egs5719@aol.com. Talahi Island Community Club, 532 Quarterman Dr. BREEMA Join us October 3 and every first Saturday 10-12. Discover a practical and transformative approach to life and health.

Receiving Breema bodywork releases deeply held tension in the body, mind and feelings.

Breema is a way to practice being present.

Taught by Laura Ike. Open to community.

Donation jar. Call 912 658-5592 with questions. first Saturday of every month, 10 a.m.-noon. Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. 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 Wednesdays, Fridays, 10-11 a.m.

732.232.3349. FitnessFoodWine@gmail. com. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. FIT4MOM SAVANNAH STROLLER STRIDES A group of moms that meet with strollers and workout at Savannah Mall, Daffin Park and on occasion Hull Park. Also offer HIIT Classes to other Moms who have any age children. The HIIT program is a kid free program. 1 hour long stroller based workout with kiddos. Moms- Pre and Post Natal, and kids of stroller age. Savannah Mall (M,W,F). Daffin Park (T,Th), Hull Park (Sat) ongoing. ashleyyoungblood@fit4mom.com. savannah.fit4mom.com. Daffin Park, 1198 Washington 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.

FREE YOGA FOR CANCER PATIENTS St. Joseph’s/Candler’s Center for WellBeing

offers Free Yoga for Cancer Patients every Monday from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. in Candler’s Heart & Lung Building, Suite 100. The very gentle movements and breath work in this class will give you much needed energy, it will make your body feel better, and it will give you a mental release. This class is free to cancer patients. Mondays, 1:30-2:30 p.m.

912-819-8800. sjchs.org/. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. FUNCTIONAL TRAINING CLASS Celebrate fall with a Saturday morning workout class. All levels welcome. A smooth mix of cardio and strengthening exercises.

Call Kara 912-667-0487 if interested. ongoing. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

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 Mondays-Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. & 6-7 p.m. and Tuesdays-Thursdays, 10:3011:30 a.m. 912-376-9833. psgsav@gmail. com. Anderson-Cohen Weightlifting Center, 7230 Varnedoe Drive.

DUDE’S DAY AT SAVANNAH CLIMBING COOP Thursdays, 2 til 10 p.m. Savannah Climbing Coop 302 W Victory Dr, Savannah Every Thursday men climb for half price, $5. See website for info. Thursdays, 2 & 10 p.m.

912-495-8010. savannahclimbingcoop.com.

Savannah Climbing CoOp, 302 W Victory Dr. HIKING & BIKING AT SKIDAWAY ISLAND STATE PARK Year round fitness opportunities. Walk or run the 1-mile Sandpiper Nature Trail (accessible) the additional 1-mile Avian Loop Trail, or 3-mile Big Ferry Trail. Bicycle and street strider rentals. Guided hikes scheduled. $5 parking. Open daily 7am10pm. Call or see website. ongoing.

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

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

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).

Mondays, Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. and Tuesdays, 5:30-7 p.m. 912-447-6605.

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class and start getting fit! This full-body workout focuses on arms, legs, and abs.

With keynotes of Pilates & ballet, this class will deliver the post-baby workout you need to tighten & tone the body.

Teacher: Michelle Riley $20/session Wed., March 29, 10:30-11:15 a.m. 912-2004809. info@savannahyogabarre.com. savannahyogabarre.com. Savannah Yoga Barre, 2132 E Victory Drive.

MOMMY AND BABY YOGA Mondays. Call for times and fees or see website. ongoing. 912-232-2994. savannahyoga.com. savannahyoga.com/.

Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. PILATES CLASSES Daily classes for all skill levels including beginners. Private and semi-private classes by appointment. Carol Daly-Wilder, certified instructor. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-238-0018. savannahpilates. com. pilatessavannah.com/. Momentum Pilates Studio, 8413 Rerguson Ave. PINTS + POSES BREWERY YOGA Join Melissa at Southbound Brewing Company every first Saturday of the month at 12pm as she walks you through her 90 minute light hearted yoga class. The session includes 6 samples and a souvenir koozie.

Immediately following the yoga session are public tours & tastings. $25 includes beer | $12 yoga only Sat., April 1, 12-2 p.m. 912667-0033. natalie@southboundbrewingco. com. https://facebook.com/PintsPoses-1203581879668449/. Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. PREGNANCY YOGA Ongoing series of 6-week classes.

Thursdays. A mindful approach to pregnancy, labor and delivery. Instructor Ann Carroll. $120. Call or email for info. ongoing. 912-704-7650. ann@aikyayoga. com. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. PREGNANCY YOGA CLASSES Pregnancy is a transitional time when many physical and emotional changes take place. Pregnancy Yoga is about honoring these changes in ourselves, our body and our baby. Yoga strengthens the rapidly changing body and increases the ability to relax, and helps to prepare for a more mindful approach to the challenges of pregnancy, labor, delivery, and motherhood.

Pregnancy Yoga classes are offered as a 6 week session on Thursday evenings from 6pm – 7:15 pm. The class is suitable for all stages of pregnancy and no prior yoga experience is necessary. $120 - six week session Thursdays. 912-704-7650. ann@ douladeliveries.com. douladeliveries.com. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. QIGONG 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: 912-

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1 2009 film set in 2154 7 Backs of boats 11 A.D.A. member’s degree 14 “Everybody Loves Raymond” star 15 Grade 16 Down Under hopper 17 “Mean ___” (recurring Jimmy Kimmel segment) 18 Frozen kids?

20 ID for a taxpayer 21 Aptly named card game 23 Witty criticism 24 “Entourage” actress Mazar 25 Like some weekend “sales events” 27 Leader of a Russian Doors tribute band?

32 “Look!” to Dora the Explorer 33 It’s a question of time 34 Plucks unwanted plants 38 Took those plums from the icebox (that you were probably saving for breakfast) 39 Lindsay of “Mean Girls” 41 Bank acct. transaction 42 Go down without power 45 Actor Spall of “Life of Pi” 46 One’s in a lifetime?

47 Mineral-fortified red wine?

50 Head shop patron, presumably 53 Fargo’s st.

54 Cyrano’s protrusion 55 Like Dick Clark’s New Year’s Eve specials 58 “Foucault’s Pendulum” author 61 CEO painter?

63 Often-spiked drink 65 Frozen food bag bit 66 Met highlight 67 Christian who plays the titular “Mr. Robot” 68 Blow it 69 Atmospheric 1990s CDROM puzzle game 70 “Chappelle’s Show” character who’s always scratching

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1 Cultural interests 2 They’re often exchanged for rituals 3 “Absolutely!”

4 ___ Bo (workout system that turns 25 in 2017) 5 Spain’s has no official lyrics 6 Big game on January 1 7 “The Kite Runner” protagonist 8 The 100% truth (accept no imitations!)

9 Clandestine meetings 10 If it’s blue, it doesn’t mean you’re pregnant 11 Priest of Stonehenge days 12 Disco diva Summer 13 How some people like their cereal

19 O3 22 Loud sound effect for rappers and morning radio shows 24 “It’s in my ___” 26 “Where do I even begin ...”

27 Computer since 1998 28 Corleone patriarch in “The Godfather” 29 8, for a two-by-four?

30 It’s supposed to be a sobering experience 31 Low 35 Hagman’s “I Dream of Jeannie” costar 36 Beyond reinflation 37 Full of life 40 Most likely to squee over a Pi Day pie 43 Bone-to-muscle connection 44 Cool with Green Day 46 Sound of a belly laugh 48 Planetarium model 49 Clumsily tall 50 Long-billed marsh bird 51 Cartridge stuff 52 His first line was “Don’t bang on my can!”

56 Milo’s canine pal 57 Socialize in cyberspace 58 Prefix with parasite 59 Either “Barton Fink” director 60 Grimm guy 62 Sweet potato lookalike 64 Long-jawed freshwater fish

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376-0219 ongoing. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

RICHMOND HILL ROADIES RUNNING CLUB A chartered running club of the Road Runners Association of America. Monthly training sessions and seminars. Weekly runs. Kathy Ackerman, 912-756-5865, or Billy Tomlinson, 912-596-5965. ongoing.

LADIES DAY AT SAVANNAH CLIMBING COOP Wednesdays, 2 til 10 p.m. Savannah Climbing Coop 302 W Victory Dr, Savannah Every Wednesday women climb for half price, $5. See website for info. ongoing. 912495-8010. savannahclimbingcoop.com.

SAVANNAH DISC GOLF Weekly events (entry $5) Friday Night Flights: Fridays, 5pm. Luck of the Draw Doubles: Saturdays, 10am.

Handicapped League: Saturdays, 1pm.

Singles at the Sarge: Sundays, 10am.

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

SAVANNAH STRIDERS RUNNING AND WALKING CLUB With a one-year, $35 membership,free training programs for beginners (walkers and runners) and experienced athletes.

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

TURBO KICK CARDIO WORKOUT Lose calories while dancing and kick-boxing.

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.

YOGA FOR CANCER PATIENTS AND SURVIVORS Free for cancer patients and survivors. The classes help with flexibility and balance while also providing relaxation. Located at FitnessOne, on the third floor of the Memorial Outpatient and Wellness Center.

Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. and Thursdays, 12:45 p.m. 912-350-9031. memorialhealth.com/.

Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. ZUMBA FITNESS Isn’t lifting weights and running on the treadmill boring? Come join Sheena’s Zumba Fitness class and have fun while burning calories! The class regularly has 75+ participants that know that Sheena is the best Zumba instructor in Savannah!

So show up early and see you soon!

Free with YMCA membership Tuesdays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. 912-354-6223. https:// facebook.com/ZumbaFitnesswithSheena/. ymcaofcoastalga.org/. YMCA (Habersham Branch), 6400 Habersham St. ZUMBA FITNESS (R) WITH APRIL Mondays at 5:30pm, Thursdays at 6:30pm.

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

FOOD & DRINK EVENTS

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BREWING COMPANY Bring in proof of service industry employment (pay stub or biz card), military ID or Gulfstream badge and receive 10% off your tours & tastings admission.

Admission includes six 6 ounce samples, a guided tour and a souvenir 6 pack of one of our year round beers OR Southbound koozie. $15 | 10% off with proof March 30, 5:30-7:30 p.m.. 912-667-0033. natalie@ southboundbrewingco.com. Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. NLAWS PRODUCE OPENS GROCERY DELIVERY SERVICE, NLAWS PRODUCE@ HOME NLAWS Produce has launched a new division, NLAWS Produce@Home, that allows customers to place grocery and produce orders online to be delivered to their doorstep. Online customers may choose fruit, veggie or combo boxes or build their own. Juicing and soup boxes are available as well along with a selection of local favorites ranging from baked goods and Savannah Bee Company honey to Chocolat by Adam Turoni. All products can be packaged in specialty baskets for gifts.

Each delivery is made in a climate-controlled truck one to two days after ordering. Free March 30, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.. 912-6295111. ssimon@nlawsproduce.com. https:// nlawsathome.com. NLAWS, 701 US-80 West #51.

A TASTE OF THE CLASSICS Guests enjoy a trolley ride to some of Savannah’s most notable restaurants for traditional menu favorites. Participants may choose from one of these restaurants for dinner: The Olde Pink House, Boar’s Head Grill & Tavern, Cha Bella, Vic’s on the River, The Shrimp Factory, The Pirates’ House, DeSoto Grille and The Collins Quarter.

Following the meal, guests will be taken by trolley to The Club at Savannah Harbor to enjoy classic Southern desserts and musical performances by Veritas Academy’s students. March 31, 6 p.m. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

2017 SPRING WINE DINNER WITH 39 RUE DE JEAN Six course dinner paired with Revana Family of Wines, a collection of vineyards planted by Dr. Madaiah Revana. This event will feature Revana’s Napa, Oregon and Argentina vineyards. With 25 seats available, the dinner will include food pairings that highlight the different flavors and aromas of each wine. Must be 21 years or older. $115 per person, plus tax and gratuity April 4, 6 p.m.. 912.721.0595. info@39ruedejeansav. com. 39ruedejeansavannah.com. holycityhospitality.com/39-rue-de-jeansavannah/. 39 Rue de Jean, 605 W Oglethorpe Ave.

Ongoing

2017 SPRING WINE DINNER WITH 39 RUE DE JEAN Six course dinner paired with Revana Family of Wines, a collection of vineyards planted by Dr. Madaiah Revana. This event will feature Revana’s Napa, Oregon and Argentina vineyards. With 25 seats available, the dinner will include food pairings that highlight the different flavors and aromas of each wine. Must be 21 years or older. $115 per person, plus tax and gratuity

912.721.0595. info@39ruedejeansav. com. 39ruedejeansavannah.com. holycityhospitality.com/39-rue-de-jeansavannah/. 39 Rue de Jean, 605 W Oglethorpe Ave. ALL YOU CAN EAT MUSSELS Make your Tuesdays “Ruesdays” at Rue de Jean in Savannah with ALL YOU CAN EAT mussels! Choose from 6 different flavors and enjoy baby greens salad, bottomless pommes frites, and warm bread all for just $24. One order per guest.

Reservations suggested. 39ruedejeansav. com/reservations $24 ruedejeansavannah. com. holycityhospitality.com/39-rue-dejean-savannah/. 39 Rue de Jean, 605 W Oglethorpe Ave. 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. 3-5 p.m.. merrin.slocombe@ bethesdaacademy.org. bethesdaacademy. org. Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. FIRE & WINE Half priced bottles of wine, campfires in the courtyard, marshmallows and s’mores kits. 912-401-0543. info@foxyloxycafe.com. foxyloxycafe.com. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. FORSYTH FARMERS MARKET Local and regional produce, honey, meat, dairy, pasta, baked goods and other delights.

Rain or shine. Free to attend. Items for sale.

912-484-0279. forsythfarmersmarket.com.

Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. GHOST COAST DISTILLERY TOURS Tour & Tasting Visit Ghost Coast Distillery, where you will hear about Savannah’s unique history of drinks and revelry, while learning how we create our unique, hand crafted spirits. Hours Tuesday – Wednesday: 12–6 (last tour starts at 6) Thursday – Saturday: 11-8 (last tour starts at 8) Tours begin every hour, on the hour Closed Sunday and Monday Tour with tasting: $12.50 Tour with tasting and Souvenir Bottle of Ghost Coast Vodka 261: $32.00 All guests must be 21+ or accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. ID Required $12.50 Tuesdays-Saturdays. (912) 298-0071. ghostcoastdistillery.com. Ghost Coast Distillery, 641 Indian St. 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. Mondays-Thursdays, Sundays, 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. 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 MondaysFridays, 10 a.m.. 912-234-0688. jessie@ savannahbee.com. Savannah Bee Company, Wilmington Island, 211 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

INDUSTRY NIGHT AT SOUTHBOUND BREWING COMPANY Bring in proof of service industry employment (pay stub or biz card), military ID or Gulfstream badge and receive 10% off your tours & tastings admission. Admission includes six 6 ounce samples, a guided tour and a souvenir 6 pack of one of our year round beers OR Southbound koozie. $15 | 10% off with proof 912-667-0033. natalie@ southboundbrewingco.com. Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. NLAWS PRODUCE OPENS GROCERY DELIVERY SERVICE, NLAWS PRODUCE@ HOME NLAWS Produce has launched a new division, NLAWS Produce@Home, that allows customers to place grocery and produce orders online to be delivered to their doorstep. Online customers may choose fruit, veggie or combo boxes or build their own. Juicing and soup boxes are available as well along with a selection of local favorites ranging from baked goods and Savannah Bee Company honey to Chocolat by Adam Turoni. All products can be packaged in specialty baskets for gifts.

Each delivery is made in a climate-controlled truck one to two days after ordering. Free 912-629-5111. ssimon@nlawsproduce.com. https://nlawsathome.com. NLAWS, 701 US-80 West #51.

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.

A TASTE OF THE CLASSICS Guests enjoy a trolley ride to some of Savannah’s most notable restaurants for traditional menu favorites. Participants may choose from one of these restaurants for dinner: The Olde Pink House, Boar’s Head Grill & Tavern, Cha Bella, Vic’s on the River, The Shrimp Factory, The Pirates’ House, DeSoto Grille and The Collins Quarter.

Following the meal, guests will be taken by trolley to The Club at Savannah Harbor to enjoy classic Southern desserts and musical performances by Veritas Academy’s students. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

TYBEE ISLAND FARMERS MARKET Featuring a variety of produce, baked goods, honey, granola, BBQ, sauces and dressings, popsicles, dog treats and natural body products. The market is non-smoking and pet friendly. tybeeislandfarmersmarket.com.

Stephen Johnson, 206 Miller Ave. WINE SAMPLING Sample the variety of wines Lucky’s Market has to offer. luckysmarket.com/ savannah-ga/. Lucky’s Market, 5501 Abercorn St.

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ARMSTRONG PRESCRIPTION DRUG DROP-OFF Armstrong Atlantic State Univ. hosts a permanent drop box for disposing of unused prescription drugs and over the counter medication. In the lobby of the University Police building on campus.

Open to the public 24 hours/day, year round. Confidential. All items collected are destroyed by the Drug Enforcement Administration. ongoing. 912-344-3333. armstrong.edu. about.armstrong.edu/Maps/ index.html. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. 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. FAMILY TO FAMILY CLASS Free 12 week course for family and caregivers of individuals with mental illness. Meets once a week for 2 1/2 hours.

FREE Mondays, 6-8:30 p.m. 912-441-7724. dianebreeder@omcast.net. Wilmington Island United Methodist Church, 195 Wilmington Island Rd. 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 HEARING SCREENINGS The Savannah Speech and Hearing Center offers free hearing screenings every Thursday from 9-11 a.m. Children ages three years old to adults of all ages are screened on a first-come, first-serve basis by a trained audiology assistant. If necessary, a full audiological evaluation will be recommended. Free and open to the public Thursdays, 9-11 a.m. 912355-4601. speechandhearingsav.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 coaching. Caring, qualified professional help. See website or call for info. ongoing.

912-927-3432. savannahypnosis.com.

LA LECHE LEAGUE OF SAVANNAH A breast feeding support group for new/ expectant monthers. Meeting/gathering first Thursdays, 10am. Call or see website for location and other info. ongoing. 912-8979544. lllusa.org/web/savannahga.html.

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

MAYBE YOU’RE NOT SICK, YOU’RE THRISTY Are You Sick of being Sick? Learn the first step in helping your body get on the road to healing itself. Every Tuesday we will educate you on the dangers of bottled, tap, reverse osmosis, distilled, spring, and yes even bottled alkaline water. See this eye opening demonstration for your safety and for your health. We will serve Kangen water, test your water and give you a sample to take home if you qualify. NO CHARGE Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m. 703.989.6995. oggisavannah@ gmail.com. goodh20.yourbodyiswater.com.

Nuts About Savannah, 14045 Abercorn St.(Savannah Mall).

NO TRUMPCARE RALLY A rally in Wright Square to demonstrate opposition to the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and GOP replacement plan proposals. This event is being organized in coordination with various area progressive groups. Free Sat., April 1, 12-2 p.m. https://facebook.com/ events/101014463773910/?notif_t=plan_ user_invited&notif_id=1490202365525074.

Wright Square, Bull and President Streets.

PERFORMANCE INITIATIVES PI FUNDRAISING LUAU KICKOFF The Magnum PI Luau Party will be the official kick-off and celebration of “Pumped Up for PI” Performance Initiative’s new weightlifting and fundraising event. Dark sunglasses, heavy mustaches and Hawaiian shirts encouraged. Tasty tropical treats will be served. Thu., March 30, 5:45 p.m.

912-667-5382. Crossfit Savannah, 2021 Tennessee Ave. PLANNED PARENTHOOD HOTLINE First Line is a statewide hotline for women seeking information on health services.

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

PREPARED CHILDBIRTH CLASS This course gives an overview of reproductive anatomy and physiology and explains the process of labor and delivery in simple, easy-to-understand terms. The four-week course includes a tour of the labor and delivery unit. This class is popular, so please register early $75 per couple Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 912-350-2676. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. THE SAVANNAH 7-DAY DIABETES REPAIR If you are ready to take control of your life and health, call today, enroll in this fun but intensive seven week program to heal your body of diabetes. You will learn how changing can heal. You can reverse diabetes by following a new protocol, even if you have been diabetic for years.

Includes over a year of follow-up support. $450 Thursdays, Saturdays. 912-598-8457. jeff@heartbeatsforlife-ga.org. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St.

LGBT

FIRST CITY NETWORK Georgia’s oldest LGBT organization (founded in 1985) is a local non-profit community service organization whose mission is to share resources of health care, counseling, education, advocacy and mutual support in the Coastal Empire. Members and guests enjoy many special events throughout the

year, including First Saturday Socials held the first Saturday of each month at 7pm.

Mondays. 912-236-CITY. firstcitynetwork. org.

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

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.

STAND OUT YOUTH A gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth organization. Meets every Friday at 7pm. Call, email or see website for info. Fridays, 7-9 p.m. 912-288-1034. info@standoutyouth.org. standoutyouth. org. Vineyard Church Office, 1020 Abercorn Street.

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.

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LITERARY EVENTS

BRUCE FEILER Savannah-born author Bruce Feiler returns to promote his latest book, “The First Love Story: Adam, Eve & Us.” Sun., April 2, 2 p.m. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. F#&KING COOL WOMEN SHOW An evening of performances of Savannah’s F#&king Cool Women to benefit Planned Parenthood. Performances by Amy Adams, Jamie Falling, Keaira-Renee’ Brown, Jessica Lebos, Joanne Morton, Nichelle Stephens and more to come. $7 Fri., March 31, 8 p.m. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull

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NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT

BIRDING WORKSHOP 101 Join The Savannah National Wildlife staff and Ogeechee Audubon to learn the basics of how to better identify birds. Ages 14 and up. Space is limited to 10 participants, so please RSVP to 843-784-2468 or sign up at the Savannah NWR Visitor Center. The program is comprised of both classroom and field work. Free Sat., April 1, 8 a.m.

Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive off S.C. 170.

COFFEE WITH A RANGER Start your morning right by getting coffee and having a discussion with a park ranger.

Fridays, 8:30 a.m. gastateparks.org/info/ skidaway/. Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

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

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

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19)

The dragon that stole your treasure will return it. Tulips and snapdragons will blossom in a field you thought was a wasteland. Gargoyles from the abyss will crawl into view, but then meekly lick your hand and reveal secrets you can really use. The dour troll that guards the bridge to the Next Big Thing will let you pass even though you don’t have the password. APRIL FOOL! Everything I just described is only metaphorically true, not literally.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

According to legend, Buddha had to face daunting tests to achieve enlightenment. A diabolical adversary tempted him with sensual excesses and assailed him with vortexes of blistering mud, flaming ice, and howling rocks. Happily, Buddha glided into a state of wise calm and triumphed over the mayhem. He converted his nemesis’s vortexes into bouquets of flowers and celestial ointments. What does this have to do with you? In accordance with current astrological omens, I hope you will emulate Buddha as you deal with your own initiatory tests. APRIL FOOL! I wasn’t completely honest. It’s true you’ll face initiatory tests that could prod you to a higher level of wisdom. But they’ll most likely come from allies and inner prompts rather than a diabolical adversary.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

Since I expect you’ll soon be tempted to indulge in too much debauched fun and riotous release, I’ll offer you a good hangover remedy. Throw these ingredients into a blender, then drink up: a thousand-year-old quail egg from China, seaweed from Antarctica, milk from an Iraqi donkey, lemon juice imported from Kazakhstan, and a dab of Argentinian toothpaste on which the moon has shone for an hour. APRIL FOOL! I deceived you. You won’t have to get crazy drunk or stoned to enjoy extreme pleasure and cathartic abandon. It will come to you quite naturally -- especially if you expand your mind through travel, big ideas, or healthy experiments.

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Hire a promoter to create gold plaques listing your accomplishments and hang them up in public places. Or pay someone to make a thousand bobble-head dolls in your likeness, each wearing a royal crown, and give them away to everyone you know. Or enlist a pilot to fly a small plane over a sporting event while trailing a banner that reads, “[Your name] is a gorgeous genius worthy of worshipful reverence.” APRIL FOOL! What I just advised was a distorted interpretation of the cosmic omens. Here’s the truth: The best way to celebrate your surging power is not by reveling in frivolous displays of pride, but rather by making a bold move that will render a fantastic dream ten percent more possible for you to accomplish.

BY ROB BREZSNY

beautyandtruth@freewillastrology.com

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

Endangered species: black rhino, Bornean orangutan, hawksbill turtle, South China tiger, Sumatran elephant, and the Leo messiah complex. You may not be able to do much to preserve the first five on that list, but PLEASE get to work on saving the last. It’s time for a massive eruption of your megalomania. APRIL FOOL! I was exaggerating for effect. There’s no need to go overboard in reclaiming your messiah complex. But please do take strong action to stoke your self-respect, self-esteem, and confidence.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Race through your yoga routine so you have more time to surf the Internet. Inhale doughnuts and vodka in the car as you race to the health food store. Get into a screaming fight with a loved one about how you desperately need more peace and tenderness. APRIL FOOL! A little bit of self-contradiction would be cute, but not THAT much.

And yet I do worry that you are close to expressing THAT much. The problem may be that you haven’t been giving your inner rebel any high-quality mischief to attend to. As a result, it’s bogged down in trivial insurrections. So please give your inner rebel more important work to do.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Research shows that a typical working couple devotes an average of four minutes per day in meaningful conversations. I suggest you boost that output by at least ten percent. Try to engage your best companion in four minutes and 24 seconds of intimate talk per day. APRIL FOOL! I lied. A ten-percent increase isn’t nearly enough. Given the current astrological indicators, you must seek out longer and deeper exchanges with the people you love. Can you manage 20 minutes per day?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

In a way, it’s too bad you’re about to lose your mind. The chaos that ensues will be a big chore to clean up. But in another sense, losing your mind may be a lucky development. The process of reassembling it will be entertaining and informative. And as a result, your problems will become more fascinating than usual, and your sins will be especially original. APRIL FOOL! I lied, sort of. You won’t really lose your mind. But this much *is* true: Your problems will be more fascinating than usual, and your sins will be especially original. That’s a good thing! It may even help you recover a rogue part of your mind that you lost a while back.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

FIRST SATURDAY HIKE This moderately-paced, 3-mile hike will include a talk about the different ecosystems of the park. Wear sturdy shoes and bring water and insect repellant. Parking pass is $5. $2 first Saturday of every month, 9 a.m. 912-727-2339. gastateparks.org/ FortMcAllister/. Fort McAllister Historic Park, 3894 Fort McAllister Rd. 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. First and third Saturday of

You say that some of the healthiest foods don’t taste good?

And that some of your pleasurable diversions seem to bother people you care about? You say it’s too much hassle to arrange for a certain adventure that you know would be

exciting and meaningful? Here’s what I have to say about all that: Stop whining. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, there will soon be far fewer reasons for you to whine. The discrepancies between what you have to do and what you want to do will at least partially dissolve. So will the gaps between what’s good for you and what feels good, and between what pleases others and what pleases you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

You should begin work on a book with one of the following titles, and you should finish writing it no later than April 28: “The Totally Intense Four Weeks of My Life When I Came All the Way Home” . . . “The Wildly Productive Four Weeks of My Life when I Discovered the Ultimate Secrets of Domestic Bliss” . . . “The Crazily Meaningful Four Weeks When I Permanently Anchored Myself in the Nourishing Depths.” APRIL FOOL! I lied. There’s no need to actually write a book like that. But I do hope you seek out and generate experiences that would enable you to write books with those titles.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

If you were a passenger on a plane full of your favorite celebrities, and the pilot had to make an emergency landing on a remote snowbound mountain, and you had to eat one of the celebrities in order to stay alive until rescuers found you, which celebrity would you want to eat first? APRIL FOOL! That was a really stupid and pointless question. I can’t believe I asked it. I hope you didn’t waste a nanosecond thinking about what your reply might be. Here’s the truth, Aquarius: You’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when the single most important thing you can do is ask and answer really good questions.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

You now have an elevated chance of finding a crumpled one-dollar bill on a sidewalk. There’s also an increased likelihood you’ll get a coupon for a five-percent discount from a carpet shampoo company, or win enough money in the lottery to buy a new sweatshirt. To enhance these possibilities, all you have to do is sit on your ass and wish really hard that good economic luck will come your way.

APRIL FOOL! What I just said was kind of true, but also useless. Here’s more interesting news: The odds are better than average that you’ll score tips on how to improve your finances. You may also be invited to collaborate on a potentially lucrative project, or receive an offer of practical help for a bread-and-butter dilemma. To encourage these outcomes, all you have to do is develop a long-term plan for improved money management.

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every month. Free and open to the public first Saturday of every month, 8:30-9:30 a.m. charleshmorriscenter.com. Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St. LOVE DOLPHINS? TDP TRAINING PROGRAM The Dolphin Project is holding a Dolphin program and research training workshop.

Learn about the habits, anatomy, behaviors and threats of the local wild Bottlenose Dolphins. TDP is an all-volunteer research, education and conservation organization begun in 1989. Learn how our crews conduct Photo-ID surveys. Skippers with boats, Team leaders and photographers are being recruited. Program is appropriate for 12+. Minimum age for research participation is 16. No charge Sat., April 1, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 912-657-3927. thedolphinproject@ gmail.com. thedolphinproject.org. Richmond Hill Public Library, 9607 Ford Ave. WALK ON THE WILD SIDE A two-mile Native Animal Nature Trail winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland, salt marsh habitats, featuring live native animal exhibits. Open daily, 10am-4pm except Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years.

Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912395-1500. oatlandisland.org. oatlandisland. org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. WILDERNESS SOUTHEAST A variety of programs each month including guided trips with naturalists. Canoe trips, hikes. Mission: develop appreciation, understanding, stewardship, and enjoyment of the natural world. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-236-8115. wildernesssoutheast.org.

PETS & ANIMALS

LOW COST PET CLINIC TailsSpin and Dr. Stanley Lester, DVM, host low-cost pet vaccine clinics for students, military and seniors the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. 5pm-6pm.

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

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

Humane Society for Greater Savannah, 7215 Sallie Mood Dr. ST. ALMO’S Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks on Sundays, 5pm (weather permitting). Meet at Canine Palace. Call for info. ongoing. 912-234-3336. caninepalacesavannah.com. Canine Palace Inc, 618 Abercorn St.

RELIGIOUS & SPIRITUAL

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

BUDDHIST MEDITATION 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. Wednesdays, 12-12:30 p.m. 917-676-4280. 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.

MARITIME BETHEL “Sundays on Thursdays” worship at the Fellowship Assembly. Plenty of parking for large trucks. Free Thursdays. 912-220-2976.

The Fellowship Assembly of God Church, 5224 Augusta Road.

A NEW CHURCH IN THE CITY, FOR THE CITY Gather on Sundays at 10:30am. Like the Facebook page “Savannah Church Plant.” ongoing. Bryson Hall, 5 E. Perry St. NEW ORLEANS BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Courses are now being offered at the new Savannah Extension of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Full course loads for both Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees will be offered. Apply now at www.nobts. edu to start classes this winter. ongoing.

912-232-1033. revwasson@gmail.com.

Savannah Baptist Center, 704 Wheaton Street.

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 Methodist Church, 225 West President St. SAVANNAH REIKI SHARE During shares, participants take turns giving and receiving universal life force energy via Reiki and other healing modalities. Present at the shares are usually no less than 2 Reiki Masters. Come share with us on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month at the Sweet Water Spa in downtown Savannah.

Sign up at Savannah Reiki Share or Reiki by Appointment on Facebook. Free ongoing, 7 p.m. 440-371-5209. Sweet Water Spa, 148 Abercorn Street.

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

Christ Church Anglican, 37th and Bull.

SOUTH VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH Weekly Sunday services. Sunday school, 10:00am. Worship, 11:30am. Tuesday Bible 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.

TAIZÉ SERVICES Reverend Billy Hester will lead these services which provides worshippers with the opportunity to peacefully meditate on the love of Christ. Free Wednesdays, 7 p.m.

Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St.

CROSSWORD ANSWERS

TAPESTRY CHURCH A church for all people! We don’t care what you are wearing, just that you are here.

From the moment you walk in until the moment you leave, Tapestry is committed to delivering a creative, challenging, straight forward, and honest message about the role of biblical principles in your life. Come experience an environment that helps you connect with God and discover his incredible purpose for your life. Join us every Sunday morning 10AM at the Habersham YMCA. Sundays, 10 a.m. tapestrysavannah.com. ymcaofcoastalga.org/. YMCA (Habersham Branch), 6400 Habersham St. THEOLOGY ON TAP Meets on the third Monday, 8:30pm-10:30pm. Like the Facebook page: Theology on Tap Downtown Savannah. ongoing. distillerysavannah.com. The Distillery, 416 W. Liberty St.

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

FILM: STREIT’S MATZO AND THE AMERICAN DREAM Streit’s Matzo and the American Dream is the story of the last family-owned matzo bakery in America during their final year at their historic New York City factory.

The iconic Jewish institution has, for five generations, been baking matzos from inside four unassuming tenement buildings on New York’s Lower East Side. Mikie Streit Heilbrun will speak about being part of the Streit family and her new cookbook. Wed., April 5, 6:30 p.m. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO ROBERT CULP The late Robert Culp was an extremely talented and diverse actor who appeared in a broad swath of different genres. The PFS will present one of his least-known films which boasts an impressive supporting cast. The exact title is a secret until showtime, but we can say it is a clever, perplexing murder mystery that is unjustly overlooked. $8 Wed., March 29, 8 p.m. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave.

SPORTS & GAMES

ADULT AND JUNIOR TENNIS CLINICS On Thursdays. Intended for a class size of 4-8 students. Buy four classes, get the fifth class free. $15 per class ongoing.

912-201-2000. westinsavannah.com. theclubatsavannahharbor.com/index.php.

The Club at Savannah Harbor, #2 Resort Dr. ADULT COED FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE 8x8 Coed Flag League. Play adult sports, meet new people. Sponsored by Savannah Adult Recreation Club. Wed. nights/Sun. mornings, at locations around Savannah. $450. Minimum 8 games. Ages 18+. Coed teams. See website or call for info. ongoing.

912-220-3474. savadultrec.com.

BEARS ELITE FOOTBALL Learn the fundamentals of football. Ages 4-12. Sign up now. Mondays-Thursdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 912-272-6684. Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave. DERBY DEVILS ROLLER DERBY CLASSES Roller derby league offers 12-week courses for beginners, recreational scrimmaging for experienced players and two annual

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bootcamp programs. See website for info. ongoing. savannahderby.com.

GRIEF 101 SUPPORT GROUP Seven-week morning or evening adult support group offers tools to learn to live with loss. Tuesdays, 10am-11am; or Thursdays, 6:00pm-7:00pm. Free of charge.

Offered by Hospice Savannah, Inc. Call for info. ongoing. 912-303-9442. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive.

SATURDAY GROUP RUN OR WALK Join us in our quest for fitness. Beginners are welcome. We can help you exceed your fitness goals. Free Saturdays, 7-8:15 a.m. 912-398-4130. runthecity@live.com. savystrider.com. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

SAV. STRIDER WEEKLY GROUP RUN OR WALK DOWNTOWN Join us for a run or walk downtown or over the bridge if you’re feeling froggy. The best part is afterwards when we get coffee or whatever else your heart desires from Savannah Coffee Roasters. Free Sundays, 7-8 a.m. 912-398-4130. runthecity@live. com. savystrider.com. Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 West Liberty Street.

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

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.

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AL-ANON FAMILY GROUP MEETING ISLE OF HOPE FOR TODAY Find comfort and understanding for families and friends of alcoholics. AFG is an anonymous fellowship seeking to find serenity for those impacted by the effects of alcoholism. Free Mondays, 7-8 p.m. savannahalanon.com. St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 2 St. Thomas Ave. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS For people who want or need to stop drinking, AA can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Free to attend or join. Check website for meeting days/times, or call 24 hours a day. ongoing.

912-356-3688. savannahaa.com.

ALZHEIMER’S CAREGIVER AND FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP For individuals caring for Alzheimer’s and dementia family members. Second Monday, 54 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. Wednesdays, 2-3 p.m. 912-350-7845. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. DEBTORS ANONYMOUS For people with debting problems. Meets Sundays, 6:30pm at Unity of Savannah.

See website or call for info. ongoing.

912-572-6108. debtorsanonymous.org. unityofsavannah.org/. Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd.

EATING DISORDERS ANONYMOUS Free, volunteer-led support group for recovery from anorexia/restrictive eating and/or bulimia/binge/purging. Not a diet group, nor for those who struggle solely with overeating. Mondays, 7:30pm-8:30pm. Email for info. ongoing. edasavannah@yahoo. com. Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. ESSENTIAL TREMOR SUPPORT GROUP For those with the disease, care partners, family and caregivers. Managing the disease, treatments and therapies, quality of life. First Thursdays, 3:00pm-4:30pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-819-2224. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. FIBROMYALGIA SUPPORT GROUP Second Thursdays, 5:30pm-6:30pm. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-8196743. sjchs.org. sjchs.org. Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5353 Reynolds Ave.

FREE MONTHLY SUPPORT GROUP FOR NEW & EXPECTANT PARENTS Come and meet fellow parents and kids.

Discuss and learn different ways to enjoy parenthood. Cate Glyn-Jones, registered nurse, midwife, and lactation consultant, will be on hand to answer all of your questions.

This is a free event with refreshments served and takes place the first Tuesday of every month. Free first Tuesday of every month, 10 a.m. 912-544-6387. support@ erigosavannah.com. erigosavannah.com.

Erigo, 5301 Paulsen Street.

GAMBLING PROBLEM 12 STEP PROGRAM Twelve step program offers freedom from gambling. Meets weekly. Leave message with contact info. ongoing. 912-748-4730.

GEORGIA SCLERODERMA SUPPORT GROUP A group for people with scleroderma for the greater Savannah area and surrounding counties. Meets regularly. Call for day and time. Lovezzola’s Pizza, 320 Hwy 80 West, Pooler. Info: 912-412-6675 or 912-414-3827. ongoing.

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS Hospice Savannah’s Full Circle offers a full array of grief support groups and individual counseling for children, teens and adults is available at no charge. Counseling is offered at 450 Mall Blvd., Suite H in Savannah, and appointments are also available in the United Way offices in Rincon and in Richmond Hill. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-303-9442. HospiceSavannah. org/GriefSupport.

HEAD AND NECK CANCER SUPPORT GROUP MEETING This group is open to 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.

Wednesdays, 1-2 p.m. 912-350-7845. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters 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 912-3507845. ongoing. 912-350-7845. Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute (at Memorial Health Univ. Medical Center), 4700 Waters Ave. LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOMA AND MYELOMA SUPPORT GROUP For patients with blood-related cancers and their loved ones. Call or see website for info.

Located in the Summit Cancer Care office at the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute. Thursdays, 5-6:30 p.m. 912-350-

7845. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS Call for the Savannah Lowcountry Area NA meeting schedule. ongoing. 912-238-5925.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Is food a problem for you? Overeaters Anonymous can help. Savannah meetings Mon 6:30pm, Wed 5:30pm, Fri 6:30 p.m. See website for locations and info, or call 912358-7150. ongoing. oa.org/meetings.

PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH IEP’S (INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLANS) For parents of children attending ChathamSavannah Public School System who have IEP plans, to offer mutual support through the challenges of the IEP process. Email for info. ongoing. amkw210@gmail.com.

PARENTS OF ILL CHILDREN Backus Children’s Hospital sponsors this group for parents with a seriously ill child receiving inpatient or outpatient treatment.

Case manager facilitates the meetings.

Meets weekly. Call for info ongoing. 912350-5616. memorialhealth.com/backus. memorialhealth.com/backus. Backus Children’s Hospital, 4700 Waters Ave. PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP 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.

Wednesdays, 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. 912-233-7273. ongoing.

REAL TALK Real Talk and Peer to Peer is a support group for the LGBT community to come together to sit, eat and socialize while talking about issues relevant to the community. Meetings are completely confidential and private. Meets in the Lecture Conference Room. first Monday of every month, 4-5 p.m. 912-231-0123 ext.

1410. Chatham Care Center, 107 Fahm St. REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY SUPPORT GROUP Second Tuesdays at 7pm in Marsh Auditorium at Candler Hospital. For anyone with this disorder, plus family members/ caregivers interested in learning more. Call for info. ongoing. 912-858-2335. sjchs.org/.

Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St.

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