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Savannah Food Truck Festival SUNDAY 6.4

Belly up to the window of over 25 of Savannah’s most delicious street food vendors under the beautiful oaks.

Enjoy live music, beer pairings, craft vendors, free yoga and kids’ activities between meals, plus doggies get their very own food truck and watering station!

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WEDNESDAY 5.31 Film: The Mild Mild West

This big-budget satire of American Western films was a huge hit in Turkey (but has never been released in the USA) and stars Cem Yilmaz, that country’s most popular standup comic and comedic actor.

8 p.m.

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

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The Micro Wrestling Federation comes to Savannah.

8:30 p.m.

The Stage on Bay, 1200 West Bay St. $35 ringside, $20 general admission

THURSDAY 6. 1 Savannah Bananas Opening Night Start off the summer baseball season.

7 p.m.

Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr.

FRIDAY 6. 2

Theatre: Mary Poppins FRI 6.2 -SUN 6.3

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Start off the summer baseball season with Savannah’s favorite new sports team.

7 p.m.

Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr.

This supercalifragilisticexpialidocious musical is sure to delight audiences of all ages when everyone’s favorite nanny flies into town.

Savannah Children’s Theatre, 2160 East Victory Dr. $20 savannahchildrenstheatre.org

Changes in Latitude: Jimmy Buffett Tribute Band This nationally acclaimed band travels the country with beach balls and leis flying, dancing conga lines, and “Trop Rock” fun for all.

8 p.m.

The Stage on Bay, 1200 West Bay St. $15

Eef Barzelay Living Room Show

Eef Barzelay is an Israeli-American musician and the principal songwriter and singer of alternative country band Clem Snide. The exact address of the location of his performance will be disclosed after purchase of ticket.

8 p.m.

No physical address given, none. $25

First Friday for Folk Music

Monthly folk music showcase hosted by the Savannah Folk Music Society in a friendly, alcohol-free environment. Hosted

by Clark Byron.

June performers: Jason Bible and Chris Desa. first Friday of every month, 7:30 p.m.

First Presbyterian, 520 Washington Ave. $5 donation 912-484-3936. savannahfolk.org

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First Friday in Starland

A monthly art walk featuring galleries, restaurants, boutiques and more. first Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m.

Starland District, 40th and Bull.

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First Friday Fireworks

Celebrate the end of the week and the beginning of a new month with First Friday Fireworks, presented by Wet Willie’s. first Friday of every month, 9:30 p.m.

Rousakis Plaza, River St. Free

Front Porch Improv

Front Porch Improv mixes improv games, improv scenes, and stories into a seamless spontaneous and unscripted theatrical experience. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll laugh at other people crying.

8 p.m.

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

Red, White and Bluegrass

Spec Hosti and Friends provides a night filled with high energy Bluegrass covers along with original songs written by members of the group.

8 p.m.

Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne $18

SCAD New Alumni Concert w/ the Fabulous Equinox Orchestra

The concert is free and open to the public, with cash bar. After the show, the public is invited to attend a free screening of the new live-action film Beauty and The Beast at the Trustees Theatre on Broughton Street.

5-7 p.m.

SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

Theatre: Mary Poppins

This supercalifragilisticexpialidocious musical is sure to delight audiences of all ages when everyone’s favorite nanny flies into town.

8 p.m.

Savannah Children’s Theatre, 2160 E Victory $20 savannahchildrenstheatre.org

SATURDAY 6. 3 Cars and Coffee

Coffee is provided by Espresso Hill. Car owners can bring in a car and interact with other automobile enthusiasts. Visitors can bring the family to view the cars and tour the Richmond Hill History Museum.

Coffee can be purchased for 25 cents with a $1 donation to the museum. first Saturday of every month, 9 a.m.

Richmond Hill Museum, 11460 Ford Ave.

Dave Hollister w/ Palmer Williams, RL, Ann Nesby, and Frank McCombs Urban Honors Inc. presents this dynamic lineup.

8 p.m.

The Stage on Bay, 1200 West Bay St. $35-$55

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. first Saturday of every month, 9 a.m.

Fort McAllister Historic Park, 3894 Fort McAllister Rd. $2 912-727-2339

Forsyth Farmers Market

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

9 a.m.-1 p.m.

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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 every month. first Saturday of every month, 8:30-9:30 a.m.

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

Historic Savannah Foundation Block Party

What better place to see the bare bones of preservation than a lumber yard? Join the Historic Savannah Foundation as they celebrate Guerry Lumber’s 90th anniversary with demonstrations and workshops highlighting the art of preservation.

11 a.m.

Guerry Lumber, 123 W. 44th St.

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

8 p.m.

Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 W Liberty St $10

Ogeechee Audubon Field Trip

Meet by the Ft. Pulaski Bridge at 8am.

Looking for Marsh Wrens, Painted Buntings, Shrikes, White Pelicans and others. Led by Mary Sweeney-Reeves.

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8 p.m. and 3 p.m.

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Wilmington Island Farmers’ Market

Adults can sample the delicious food and browse handcrafted items, while the kids enjoy story time and crafts.

9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Islands High, 170 Whitemarsh Island Rd Free

SUNDAY 6. 4 Remembering Ben: A Memorial Tribute Concert

The concert will include jazz standards recorded and performed by Ben Tucker, including his own compositions.

3 p.m.

Wright Square, Bull and President Streets.

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The Savannah Songwriters Series features Shawn Byrne, Robert “Bubba” Hall, and Steven Baumgardner, aka Basik Lee. Anna Chandler will host.

7 p.m.

The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. $5

Theatre: Mary Poppins

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Ponies and Princesses 3 p.m.

Wilmington Island Farmers’ Market hosts Savannah Children’s Theatre, 2160 East this event, where kids can enjoy story time Victory Dr. with princesses and five-dollar pony rides. $20 9 a.m. savannahchildrenstheatre.org Islands High School, 170 Whitemarsh Island Road.

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Belly up to the window of over 25 of Savannah’s most delicious street food vendors under the beautiful oaks. Live music, beer pairings, craft vendors, free yoga and kids activities between meals. noon Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave.

Savannah Bananas Championship Ring Ceremony

Fans can celebrate the 2016 Coastal Plain League championship as head coach Sean West and returning Bananas players receive their championship rings.

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

WEDNESDAY 6. 7 100th Birthday Tribute to actor/ singer/comic Dean Martin

The Psychotronic Film Series celebrates the life and legacy of beloved Rat Pack member Dean Martin with a 90-minute compilation of comedy sketches and musical performances culled from Dean’s gloriously cheesy 1970s TV variety show, and featuring tons of amazing celebrity guest stars. All these clips were personally selected by PFS founder Jim Reed. Don’t miss this rare chance to see these slices of kitschy retro strangeness on the big screen.

8 p.m.

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

NEWS & OPINION EDITOR’S NOTE

BY JIM MOREKIS

jim@connectsavannah.com

SAVANNAH’S BEEN very, very good to Dr. Thomas B. Lockamy Jr. The just-retired superintendent for Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools was making a base salary of $204,000 a year when he stepped down after 11 years in the job.

He got a yearly “performance bonus” of $40,000 — itself nearly equivalent to the entire median household income in this largely impoverished school district he led.

He got a free late-model car to drive. A free computer for his home. A free cellphone. Thirty-six days paid vacation.

For all this profit incentive provided to Lockamy by the taxpayers, he was still held virtually unaccountable for the dozen socalled “failing schools” he leaves behind, now potential targets of a state takeover.

All in all, a pretty sweet deal for Dr. Lockamy. But it wasn’t enough for him.

On his way out of 208 Bull Street into well-deserved retirement, Lockamy pulled the pin on a metaphorical hand grenade and rolled it into the room as he shut the door behind him.

Even as he retires, Lockamy is pursuing an official complaint with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) against Savannah-Chatham School Board President Jolene Byrne.

He is threatening the entire district’s accreditation status over his beef with her.

This includes local students possibly losing HOPE scholarships for college.

In effect, Lockamy is holding the nearly 40,000 children in the school district hostage to his vendetta with Byrne, which even in retirement continues to burn, pardon the pun.

The selfish egomania, frankly, is jaw-dropping.

Lockamy’s history with Byrne, now in the third year of her initial term, was rife with tension from the beginning.

The superintendent infamously said at one point, “I’m over that woman” — a very revealing comment which may have indicated some less-than-enlightened views on gender equity on his part, to put it charitably.

At least one other time, Lockamy and his allies have taken their complaints to SACS. As I see it, however, the real sticking point came when Byrne had the temerity to publicly demand this past spring to know why a major ESPLOST bid was awarded to a lower-graded contractor.

You know, doing her job and all that.

Instead of rationally explaining his reasoning, Lockamy opted to take offense and accuse Byrne of overstepping her authority in questioning his decision.

It culminated in a literal tantrum.

Lockamy threatened this past March to resign immediately, even though he had already announced his end-of-May retirement that past November!

The local daily paper, which theoretically should be on the side of proper stewardship of tax dollars — and usually is when Jolene Byrne isn’t involved in the story — essentially chose to defend Lockamy, as it did during most all of his tenure.

Reading between the lines, what we see here is a typical Savannah story:

Members of the School Board enabled Lockamy’s autocratic rule by heaping praise (and contract extensions) on him while often holding reform efforts at bay.

Byrne was elected specifically on a reform platform. She has tried to actually accomplish some reforms, has repeatedly run into the brick wall of the local status quo, has been rebuffed by the bureaucracy and the media at least as often as she has been successful, and….

Here we are, about to pay a new school superintendent an increased $300,000 salary to fix all the problems left behind by the last overpaid superintendent.

The story of Savannah in a nutshell.

So not all of this is Lockamy’s fault.

Every dysfunctional relationship has an enabler. And Lockamy had many.

The daily paper, which rarely scrutinized his decisions closely, was one.

Many members of the elected School Board enabled Lockamy’s autocratic rule by heaping effusive praise (and lucrative contract extensions) on him while stubbornly holding reform efforts at bay.

The deeply entrenched, multi-generational bureaucracy at the Board of Education headquarters at 208 Bull Street — which gives the Kremlin a run for its money in terms of cynical self-preservation — is another enabler.

And Savannah’s general institutional culture of favoring the ineffective status quo at all costs was another guilty party.

Interestingly, one of the charges against Byrne in Lockamy’s accreditation complaint is that she doesn’t get along with the media, which of course isn’t even a job description for a School Board President.

For this, he is mounting a charge to strip accreditation from an entire school district. It boggles the mind, really.

For the record, Connect Savannah has always gotten along with Byrne, because we are fair to her.

Not everything she’s said and done has been peaches and cream by any means.

But it’s not really that hard to find a sane middle ground between sycophantic support and knee-jerk opposition.

That is, if you’re interested in trying.

I doubt Lockamy’s effort to strip local accreditation is anything more than bluster. However, I feel 100 percent certain that the same forces which worked to enable Lockamy’s narcissism will work to do the same for new Superintendent Ann Levett, and to continue to work against school reforms.

A product of the bureaucracy at 208 Bull Street, Levett has for years been rumored to be a shoo-in for the job after Lockamy’s retirement. It’s safe to say that for about half of Lockamy’s tenure it has been widely assumed in many quarters that Levett would be his successor.

The “candidate search” which resulted in the choice to hire Levett was about as hard to predict as guessing the bad guy in a Scooby-Doo episode.

(Not even this escaped Lockamy’s toddler-like manipulations. When fuming with Byrne over the contract questions, he said, “Prospective candidates read and view all of the news of the districts they are considering. They will quickly learn about the type of board they will be working with and make a choice.” Turns out to have been a moot point given the in-house choice of Levett for the job.)

None of this is a reflection on Levett so much as it is a continuing indictment of the way this school district functions, or doesn’t function as the case may be.

Regardless of Lockamy or Levett, the real guilty party is the system that produced them, and which desperately needs change. CS

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A Flannery pilgrimage to Andalusia Farm

BY JESSICA LEIGH LEBOS

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THE ROAD to Milledgeville was probably paved with the best of intentions, but barreling down Hwy 441 in an ancient Mercedes during a nasty rainstorm brought out every hellish pothole.

We had already crossed half the state, and with 60 miles left to go, the last leg of this day trip appeared to be leading to perdition.

I mean, if the priest in the backseat is nervous, you know it’s a doozy.

“Do you think we ought to pull over and wait it out for a bit?” murmured Bishop Kevin Boland in his lilting Irish accent.

I peered over the steering wheel into the steel wool of the sky, pulsing with thin, blue lines of lightning. Sheets of water slapped the windshield. Next to me, writer Beverley Willett gripped the handle above the passenger seat.

We were scheduled to arrive at 11am sharp at Andalusia Farm to meet up with our fellow board members of the Flannery

The room of her own where Flannery O’Connor wrote her Southern Gothic stories.

O’Connor Childhood Home, and what can I say, I inherited my bubbe’s peeve for punctuality. Besides, Beverly is also a former attorney, and with the head of the Catholic Diocese of Savannah in the car, I figured Satan couldn’t wait to get far behind us.

“I think we can make it,” I said, as Old

Gold’s chassis hit another puddle.

Frankly, a brimstone sinkhole could’ve opened up and I would’ve sailed around it, I was so thrilled to finally make the pilgrimage to Andalusia, the adult home of Flannery O’Connor. I’ve been on the board of the Childhood Home on Lafayette Square for a

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Last fall, when the board’s unofficial spirit booster Meredith Grey suggested a group retreat to the 544-acre dairy farm where our own “pigeon-toed child with a receding chin and a you-leave-me-alone-or-I’ll-biteyou complex” wrote many of her famously dark stories, I volunteered to chauffeur, not knowing I’d be piloting through the devil’s weather.

The storm must’ve been impressed with us because it receded right at the outskirts of town, and we crunched up the long driveway only a few minutes late, wiping our feet carefully before entering the white two-story house.

On the yawning front porch, we joined Meredith, board member emeritus Francis Allen, Mark Taylor—who rents the Childhood Home’s garden apartment, lucky duck—and Helen Turnage, the board’s sole member from Augusta and a distant cousin of the O’Connor family.

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The Savannah-Flannery contingency was greeted by Elizabeth Wylie, Executive Director of the Flannery O’Connor-Andalusia Foundation, which isn’t a foundation at all but a nonprofit struggling to stay afloat.

Elizabeth filled us in on the challenges and charms of our sister site, from fundraising woes and family entanglements to its melon-hued bedroom-cum-gallery space and the annual October bluegrass festival on the gorgeous grounds.

“We’re using contemporary art to activate these historic spaces and keep them alive,” she explained, describing the diversity and internationality of Flannery fans who come to pay homage to their literary hero.

A good four miles outside Milledgeville proper, Andalusia was only reachable “by bus or buzzard” back in 1959 when O’Connor moved in with her mother, thinking it would be a temporary arrangement.

Instead, she found herself hostage to her deteriorating health, writing in the bottom floor bedroom and tending to her flock of ungrateful peafowl. (“Over the years their attitude toward me has not grown more generous,” she lamented in a 1961 essay.)

Though she had a social life in Milledgeville and entertained with the martini set displayed on top of the Hotpoint fridge bought with her windfall selling the TV rights for “The Life You Save May Be Your Own,” her isolation from the New York literary scene she longed to be a part of still feels palpable in the tidy, tiny kitchen.

We’ll never know if the serene view of the pond from her window inspired her, but I think it’s safe to presume the barn out back sure did, its tall ladder and hayloft looking mighty similar to the description of the one where that good-fer-nuthin’ bible salesman stole Hulga’s fake leg in “Good Country People.”

The recalcitrant peacock in the pen out back also seemed to channel her wearied presence, refusing to show off his plumage.

But it’s the bedroom that really got me. Cordoned off by rope and seemingly untouched since she died in 1964 at the age of 39 from lupus, the corner space brings FOC’s life here into full relief all at once: The typewriter, grotesque in its size and irrelevance, sits on her “large ugly brown desk,” facing away from the crucifix on the paint-peeling wall. The stack of Bibles next to the bed, the bedspread stitched by her mother’s hands. The hated crutches leaning against the wardrobe.

This is the homey hermitage where Southern lit’s grande dame wrote and prayed, the space still electric with demons wrestled and art created. It was once a place of solitude; now it is a shrine.

The room’s stark vulnerability reminded me of what a tragedy it is to have lost Flannery O’Connor so early. What light would her voice have cast upon the South and beyond if she’d been around for the last fifty years? How would her writing have

changed? What would she have said of today’s hypocrisies, society’s ugliness spilled over?

I really have no idea; I’m hardly a scholar of O’Connor. I read “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” my freshman year of college and was very disappointed that it contained no hot scenes at all. Wise Blood is not exactly light reading, either. I do keep The Complete Stories on my night stand, flipping through it willy nilly, reading certain ones again and again (“A Temple of the Holy Ghost” is my favorite) though my experience is that a diet too rich in O’Connor can cause misanthropic side effects.

Yet I’ve become a dedicated Flannery freak since living in Savannah, first through the annual birthday parade gathering that is both ridiculous and reverent, then through the marvelous, varied group of people who steward The Childhood Home, where someone begins every board meeting by reading a selection from the collection of her profoundly personal thoughts, A Prayer Journal.

While her literary contributions are legendary, what continues to resonate for me is her devotion—to her craft, to her truth, to her faith.

“It will be a life struggle with no consummation,” she laments on the loneliness of the writer’s life. “…I want to be the best artist it is possible to be, under God.” Some see paradox in the brutality of Flannery O’Connor’s stories and her Catholic fealty; I can only imagine the inner turmoil that came before the words, and the spiritual sacrifices offered at the tiny altar in her high-ceilinged room.

I do believe it takes great faith to make art, and it has long been a suspicion of mine that the deeply devout of this world—the Tibetan monks chanting deep within the mountains, the cloistered nuns thumbing their rosaries, the everyday saints who pray purely and without judgment—are what have been holding it all up all along.

After our visit to Andalusia and a delicious lunch at downtown Milledgeville’s Metropolis Café, we walked over to Memory Hill Cemetery, where Mary Flannery O’Connor is buried with her parents. The sun shone as Bishop Boland said a prayer over her gravestone, then Beverly and I continued on to the Sacred Heart Church where the conflicted writer came to town to worship, a plaque bearing her name in the sanctuary. Here I also felt the presence of her monumental faith in the face of poor health and dreams fizzled, the kind that transcends religion to become grace.

Before we headed on to Augusta, where Helen would host us for the night, Bishop Boland presented me with my own copy of A Prayer Journal from Andalusia’s gift shop, a thank you for the ride, bumpy as it was.

I’ll never know if his prayers in the backseat are what got us there safely, but who I am to doubt? CS

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The public has spoken.

They want safe, accommodating streets.

BY JOHN BENNETT

MAY 31-JUN 6, 2017

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MOTHER NATURE may be attempting to reclaim the Southside.

That’s one of my takeaways from a May 16 meeting at the Armstrong Center during which residents described raccoons peering into windows, armadillos tearing up yards, and birds taking control of a city park. Deer, snakes, and rats were also listed among animals behaving badly in District 6.

Varmints of another sort were drawing the ire of one citizen, who noted that a swarm of bros had infested a home on her street. It’s operating as a de facto fraternity house, she explained.

The meeting was one of a series of seven held in the city’s six aldermanic districts (Alderman Van Johnson hosted two) under the “Savannah Forward” banner. The gatherings were promoted as an opportunity for citizens to help, “create a strategic plan for the future to make Savannah the best community of our size in America.”

The complaints about animals and Animal Houses seemed to be unique to District 6. But other concerns proved common in meeting after meeting. People stood up and spoke about the critical need for sidewalks, bike lanes, and traffic calming in their neighborhoods.

In fact, the very first comments voiced by citizens at the very first Savannah Forward meeting, held May 2 in District 3, were pleas for safer streets for walking and biking. At the final meeting on May 18 (District 1), residents shared their worries about speeding cars and trucks.

And at every meeting in between, people demanded safer streets, serious measures to slow motor vehicle traffic, better connectivity between neighborhoods, and more mobility options.

This comes as no surprise to Healthy Savannah’s Paula Kreissler.

“We have engaged the community in

neighborhoods all over the city since 2014,” she said. “Our annual community survey results mirror the requests being heard at all of the Savannah Forward meetings. Residents want sidewalks, bike lanes, and traffic calming – all components of Complete Streets. Data from more than 2,000 community surveys confirm 96 percent of residents want streets that are useable by everyone.”

Nor is this news to Brent Buice. During his tenure as executive director of Georgia Bikes, he commissioned the firm Public Opinion Strategies to poll likely voters in five Georgia cities, including Savannah.

The “Key Cities Survey” was conducted in 2016 and revealed that 88 percent of respondents in Savannah favor Complete Streets policies, which were described this way: “Instead of focusing solely on motor vehicles, your community would be encouraged to design and operate streets and roads for the safety of all users — which would mean more sidewalks, crosswalks, and protected bike lanes.”

The survey also found that 87 percent of survey participants in Savannah favored investment of their tax dollars in these improvements.

Buice is now the Georgia and South Carolina coordinator for the East Coast Greenway Alliance. He said it’s understandable that Savannah residents also want trails, multiuse paths, and other connections between neighborhoods that can be used both for recreation and transportation.

“Savannah stands out as a city in Georgia that does not provide these types of safe, protected, and appealing places to walk and ride,” Buice said. “The demand is unquestionable.”

There were other concerns aired in the meetings, of course, and they are the topics discussed in coffee shops and at dinner tables all over Savannah every day: Crime.

Drainage. Blight. Poverty.

But even in these concerns, careful listening to comments from citizens unveiled multiple layers. Residents said they need police presence in their neighborhoods, but they want to see officers patrolling

If city officials incorporate citizen input gathered at Savannah Forward meetings this month in the strategic plan, sidewalk construction like this underway on Waters Avenue will be a more common sight in Savannah.

on foot or on bikes. Recreational amenities suggested as a way to steer young people away from crime were coupled with requests for accessibility.

As one Southside resident explained, “We need a community center and sidewalks so I can walk there with my children.”

Just as surely as Jeremy Stephens, the affable facilitator, drew chuckles at the beginning of each meeting by explaining how to pronounce the name of his Tennessee hometown (Locals insist the “y” in Maryville is silent), residents reliably expressed their desire for walkable, bikeable, connected neighborhoods in every single meeting.

Although they described their visions in different ways, their message was unmistakable. Intensifying concern about streets configured to encourage speeding was also easily detectible.

A District 6 resident said she was so afraid of speeding in her neighborhood, she was fearful just walking to her mailbox and back. District 2 residents demanded traffic calming on Henry and Anderson, along with Whitaker and Drayton streets.

The Savannah Forward meetings affirmed strong support for streets that are safe and accommodating for all people, no matter their mode of travel, no matter where they live in Savannah.

If city officials needed further justification for prioritizing sidewalks, bike lanes, and traffic calming in the strategic plan, there’s no doubt they now have it. CS

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Service animals, emotional support animals, therapy animals—how are they different?

What’s the difference between service animals, emotional support animals, and therapy animals? I know service animals can accompany their owners anywhere, but does that apply to emotional support animals and therapy animals too? Are these animals required to be licensed or registered in some way? —LillyPad

AMERICANS spend a whole lot of time griping about oppressive government regulations—hell, we’ve got a whole political party dedicated to stripping ‘em off the books. But if you say you use a service dog, guess what? That’s that. No one can ask for your papers. No local government can require you to register the animal. It sounds too civilized to be true—which is why, naturally, there are folks in business selling unneeded certifications.

A service animal is an animal trained to assist a disabled person by performing specific tasks: they guide the blind, signal the hearing-impaired, pull wheelchairs, and so on. Their use is governed by the Americans with Disabilities Act, which allows anyone requiring the assistance of a service animal to bring that animal into any public accommodation without discrimination— a cabbie can’t shake his head and speed off when he sees your furry companion, and that hip new restaurant can’t hide you both behind a screen in the back.

The term “service animal” sounds broader than it really is; what we’re talking about here is pretty much just dogs. ADA regulations currently exclude all other creatures, except one: if a dog is a bad fit for you (due to allergies, say, or religious constraints), a miniature horse may be used instead—providing that it’s suitably housebroken, that the mesmerizing cuteness of a tiny horse won’t create a safety hazard, etc.

Of course, there are some restrictions.

A service animal that flips out on duty can get you both tossed out on the street, and the ADA won’t object. A server doesn’t have to bring a snack or water bowl when you’re dining out with your dog. And while local governments can’t compel you to register your service animal as a service animal, they can of course require licensing, vaccinations, and all the other basics of animal ownership.

Crucially, though, the law doesn’t require you to justify your service animal’s presence with documentation, or by disclosing medical specifics; all anyone can ask you is whether it’s in fact required because of a disability, and what task it’s trained to do. This means that anyone, theoretically, could claim their dog is a service animal. Presumably some level of civic responsibility, or just self-respect, prevents the sighted from pretending to be blind so they don’t have to leave their dogs outside the bank.

An emotional support animal doesn’t do the same kind of clearly visible work as a service animal—it’s a companion that provides therapeutic benefit for those suffering psychiatric woes. With ESAs, the major issue isn’t where you’re allowed to bring them, but where they’re allowed to live.

Under the Fair Housing Act, a “reasonable accommodation” must be made for folks with a physical or mental disability who

need the assistance of an animal. Basically, even if I have a no-pets rule in my building, I’m still legally required to allow you to live with your ESA if you have a disability that entitles you to one; you just have to provide a note from your doctor (or social worker, or some other professional) certifying that you have a need for the animal.

While you can’t take your emotional support animal anywhere you want, the Air Carrier Access Act does allow you to bring it to the airport and onto the plane.

Unlike a service animal, an ESA can also be a cat or most any other species, though since an ESA mustn’t impose an undue financial burden on the landlord by doing damage to property or requiring increased insurance, you might have a harder time setting up household with your rambunctious emotional support mongoose.

“Service animal” and “emotional support animal” are legal classifications.

That’s not the case with therapy animals.

These tend to be plain old pets that some institution will invite in to cheer, soothe, or otherwise distract the residents. Access to therapy animals isn’t protected by law, so whoever’s hosting them can make their own rules.

Just because hotels and movie theaters can’t ask you to show paperwork for your service animal doesn’t mean plenty of websites out there won’t be happy to send you some anyway. Certain of these simply offer free-of-charge documentation that may make your use of a service animal less hassle-ridden. But others might charge you $60 or so for a badge, vest, or photo ID. Let’s be realistic: no matter what badge or vest you put on him, people are still going to want to talk about your miniature horse. CS

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Drugs, guns, seized in Westside arrest of seven

Savannah Chatham Metro Police’s Strategic Investigations Unit (SIU) “arrested seven people and seized a large amount of drugs, cash and two stolen firearms

outside an apartment complex Wednesday,” police say.

Undercover officers were conducting surveillance on a group of individuals outside an apartment on Westlake Avenue around 5:45 p.m. “when they observed several large bags of marijuana being distributed among the group. When the undercover officer approached along with marked detectives in marked police vehicles, the group scattered, discarding the drugs and a firearm. The suspects and the discarded drugs were located,” police report.

Seven suspects were arrested: Marvin Williams, 19; Akeem Williams, 24; Antwan Speaks, 28; Sharron King, 27; Antwan Bush, 21; Andre Ferguson, 29; and Duane Hawkins, 35.

A K-9 also conducted a free air sniff around three vehicles involved in the suspected drug activity. Searches of the vehicles resulted in more drugs and a gun.

The investigation resulted in the seizure of 1,563.8 grams of marijuana, 21.8 grams of crack cocaine, 2.1 grams of heroin, 7 Ecstasy pills, 28 Oxycodone pills, five digital scales, two stolen firearms and $1,026 in currency.

The suspect is a white female, who appears to be in her late-twenties to midthirties. She may be driving an oldermodel, blue Saturn.

Anyone with information on the suspect’s identify or this case is asked to contact police. A confidential tip line directly to investigators is open at (912) 525-3100 x1296.

Anyone who wishes to provide information anonymously can call CrimeStoppers at (912) 234-2020. CrimeStoppers tipsters may qualify for a cash reward.

Pedestrian child dies in Rogers Street collision

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Metro seeks to identify theft suspect

The Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying a female suspected of a theft that occurred on May 21.

Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police officers responded to a report of a crash in the 1300 block of Rogers Street, at approximately 5:20 p.m. on May 25. A car collided with a male child, who later succumbed to his injuries.

“The driver was traveling west on Rogers Street when the child, 4, ran out in front of the car. The driver did not see the child in time,” police report.

The Traffic Investigation Unit (TIU) responded to the scene. This investigation is ongoing.

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Jordan Haskins, 26, was sentenced to probation and sex counseling in May after pleading guilty to eight charges arising from two auto accidents in Saginaw, Michigan. Prosecutors said Haskins described “cranking,” in which he would remove a vehicle’s spark-plug wires to make it “run rough,” which supposedly improves his chances for a self-service happy ending.

Haskins’s lawyer added, “(Cranking) is something I don’t think we understand as attorneys.”

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• Le Plat Sal (The Dirty Plate) restaurant in the Marais district of Paris features specialties actually containing dirt—or as Chef Solange Gregoire calls it, “the mud of the earth that caresses our toes, the sand kissed by the sun, and rocks.” Mused a Food Network host in April, “What’s left? People are already eating snout-to-tail, leaves-toroots...” Gregoire extolled her four-star dishes, including pastry crust a la Mont Lachat rock and a Boue Ragout stew simmered with silt from the River Seine. (NPR also noted that the founder of The Shake Shack was “quietly” planning a new American chain, Rock in Roll.)

• Goldman Sachs analyst Noah Poponak’s 98-page paper (leaked to Business Insider in April) touted the wealth obtainable by capturing the platinum reputed to be in asteroids. The costs to mine the stone (rockets, launch expenses, etc.) might have dropped recently to about $3 billion—a trifle next to the $50 billion worth of platinum Poponak said a single asteroid might contain. (On the other hand, experts point out, such abundance of platinum might crash the worldwide price.)

• The Twisted Ranch restaurant in the Soulard neighborhood of St. Louis, saw crowds swell in March after it revamped its menu with more than two dozen items

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(1) Police in Cleveland are searching for the woman whose patience ran out on April 14 awaiting her young son’s slow haircut at Allstate Barber College. She pulled out a pistol, took aim at the barber and warned: “I got two clips! I’ll pop you.” (She allowed him to finish up—more purposefully, obviously—and left without further incident.)

(2) Barbara Lowery, 24, was arrested for disorderly conduct in Cullman, Alabama, in May after police spotted her standing on a car, stomping out the windshield and smashing the sun roof. She said it was a boyfriend’s car, that she thought he was cheating on her, and that she had spent the previous night “thinking” about what to do, “pray(ing) about it and stuff.” (However, she said, “I did it anyway.”)

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• Social critics and futurists suggest that the next great market for computerization (already underway) will be selling “human improvement” (alas, perhaps merely helping already successful people to even greater heights). Some sports teams are experimenting with “transcranial direct current stimulation” as a way to put athletes’ brains into constant alert, and KQED Radio reported in May that about a third of the San Francisco Giants players have donned weak-current headsets that cover the motor cortex at the top of the head. The team’s sports scientist (bonus name: Geoff Head!) said players performed slightly better on some drills after the stimulation. (One the other hand, at press time, the Giants were still next-to-last in the National League West.)

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FOUR YEARS after his passing, jazz bassist Ben Tucker’s legacy can still be heard around the world.

His bubbly 1961 classic “Comin’ Home Baby,” which became a hit for Mel Torme, currently sets the tone of Nespresso’s George Clooney-helmed TV campaign, but Savannah gets to hear the songs of one of its most beloved citizens right at home this weekend.

Friends of Ben, Inc. invites the community to “Remembering Ben,” an ode to the jazz great’s legacy, in Wright Square this Sunday.

The nonprofit was started after Tucker’s 2013 death by his close friends and admirers.

“His friends were so devastated,” President Barbara Essig recalls. “Twelve of us came together and decided that we can’t let his legacy die with him. He was so important to us—no one had ever met a person like Ben before in their life. He had a very special meaning and impacted us in such a positive way. We couldn’t forget him. We organized and decided to do things to keep his legacy alive and protect and preserve his legacy internationally.”

Tucker, who was born in Tennessee, moved to Savannah in the early ‘70s with his wife, Gloria. After years of playing upright bass with the likes of Dexter Gordon, Art Pepper, Grant Green, Yusef Lateef, Quincy Jones, Peggy Lee, Kenny Burrell, Wes Montgomery and Illinois Jacquet, Tucker arrived in The Hostess City to buy the WSOK-AM radio station.

During his time spinning other folks’

music, Tucker was not performing. Trombonist Teddy Adams encouraged him to get Bertha, Tucker’s beloved upright bass, shipped down from New York so he could jump back in the game.

The two revived Savannah’s jazz legacy, forming The Telfair Jazz Society, which evolved into what we know today as The Coastal Jazz Association.

Tucker also established a jazz club, Hard Hearted Hannah’s, and played in the house band six nights a week.

“When you learn his history, it’s amazing, the music he’s been involved with,” Essig says.

An innovative businessman, Tucker formed a production company with Bob Dorough in the early ‘70s and made television commercials. He was approached by an advertising exec whose son was struggling to learn his multiplication tables.

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“He was so important to us—no one had ever met a person like Ben before in their life. He had a very special meaning and impacted us in such a positive way. We couldn’t forget him.

We organized and decided to do things to keep his legacy alive...” and performed.

“Many of the musicians that will play really honor Ben for keeping the music alive right here in Savannah,” says Essig.

The talent includes Teddy Adams on trombone, Howard Paul on guitar, Bruce Spradley on bass, Robert Saunders on drums, Randy Reese on saxophone and flute, Jeremy Johnson on saxophone, Calvin Barnes on saxophone, Eric Jones on piano, Kirk Lee on trumpet, and Claire Frazier on vocals.

“There’s something about people who are creative and have this passion—they just want to share their gift, and that’s what Ben was about,” Essig says. “He shared his gift of music, the gift of community, and improved and impacted his community in such a positive way.”

Musicians, music lovers, and neighbors of all generations are invited to bring a chair and a cold drink and enjoy the day.

“All you have to do is mention Ben’s name, and people have a story,” says Essig.

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Tucker paired math memorization and music to help the child learn; the results became the pilot episode of Schoolhouse Rock!.

“He also wrote a piece for Nelson Mandela and actually had a CD that he sent to Mr. Mandela,” admires Essig. “He was just one of those out-of-the-box thinkers.”

Friends of Ben have worked hard to preserve Tucker’s legacy; first, they restored Bertha. Last month, when The Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa dedicated its new pavilion to Tucker, Bertha was played for the first time since the restoration.

In addition to maintaining Tucker’s scholarships at SCAD, the Boys and Girls Club, and the YMCA, Friends of Ben will soon launch “Keep the Music Playing,” an instrument donation program.

“Lots of people have instruments in their attic and they don’t use them,” Essig points out. “We’ll have a day where they can donate the instruments, we’ll refurbish them and make them brand-new and shiny again, and donate them to children whose parents can’t afford instruments.

We say that education is equal opportunity, but it’s not always, especially for lowincome children.”

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BY ANNA CHANDLER

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THOUGH he’s played for thousands in gilded theatres, including our own Lucas, Eef Barzelay has found that he’s right at home performing in other people’s homes.

Several years ago, the creative force behind beloved indie band Clem Snide teamed up with Undertow Music Collective and was sent off on a tour of house shows. These days, it’s his preferred method of connecting with fans.

It’s a fitting environment: Barzelay is an exquisite songwriter, his lyrics possessing equal parts tenderness and sly whimsy.

The cozy hush of a living room is the perfect place to catch every careful word.

Clem Snide, named after a recurring character in the novels of William S. Burroughs, spun indie rock that channeled jazz, old school country, and folk. As the band was growing, the music industry was collapsing—they released an album on Sire Records in 1999, but the band dissolved in 2005. Barzelay struck out on his own, recording two solo albums, Bitter Honey and Lose Big. The band got back together for release a sixth album in 2009 and another in 2010; since then, the group’s songs have found a home on many popular TV shows, including Californication, Wonders of Life, The Good Wife, and Love.

Despite lineup changes, breakups, and the pains of navigating the music industry, Barzelay was always Clem Snide’s core. He released an album, Girls Come First, under the moniker in 2015.

The Savannah stop on Barzelay’s living room tour is a little different as it’s being held at Revolution Yoga studio (shoes off, please!).

We spoke with the singersongwriter about film scoring, the fluidity of Clem Snide, and playing

intimate shows for complete strangers.

You’ve done these Undertow shows for some time. What does that experience offer you as a musician?

your band. That can be glamorous, but it’s also weird and lonely.

How do you distinguish your solo work and your work as Clem Snide?

It’s pretty much the way I [play shows] now. When you’re at this level that I find myself in, it’s definitely the best way to do it. It was real strange at first when the idea presented itself to me—my friend Bon Iver told me about it, and at first I recoiled at the idea. I thought it would be so awkward and weird, but it’s great. It does get a little weird; sometimes it does feel like I’m hosting a Tupperware party.

There’s some magic in the separation and having a stage that makes whole performances larger than life, but this brings it right down to reality. You lose something, but you gain a kind of intimacy that’s amazing. It’s something a lot of artists who play big venues, I imagine, secretly long for. There’s no PA. Sometimes there’s a potluck. Sometimes,I’ll stay in the guest room. It’s a different kind of relationship to have with your fans. And it’s all Internet-enabled. I don’t think this could exist without social media.

It’s a little confusing. That last record was a Clem Snide record I dribbled out—Girls Come First. I could have just as well called it an Eef Barzelay record. We haven’t been a Clem Snide band for at least seven years… it’s kind of just me. I wrestle with it. Sometimes, I think it’s better to release as Clem Snide, but from here on I want to be Eef Barzelay. But if I meet some people and start a new band, I keep myself open to possibility.

How have these type of shows changed over time?

It was never one of those things I never really considered doing seriously, but about ten years ago Jeff Blitz, a writer/ director, was a big Clem Snide fan and was writing a movie and listening to Clem Snide while doing it. He made this movie, Rocket Science, and he wanted some Clem Snide songs in the movie without the vocals. We didn’t have that, so he inadvertently hired me to score it. I had no idea how to do that! So I got into the world by accident.

It’s a lot of fun working on movies. The last one I did a few years ago with William H. Macy—I got these very intimate days with ole Bill Macy, what a weird, wild thing! God bless him. Nicest guy and exciting and weird to work with.

I like any kind of creative challenge. Two years ago, I stumbled into another similar situation and wrote a little turnaround for a yogurt company, Chobani greek yogurt.

They put me in a commercial and I did the voiceover stuff! I’d never done that before; that’s exciting for me. I don’t look at any work as beneath me. I think that’s the artfulness of it. It’s just as hard to write for a commercial than anything—even harder.

It’s very constrained. It puts a restriction on artistic freedom, and I appreciate the challenge of it. CS

I think it’s become such a thing now… the first ones I did were kind of awkward.

Showing up at a stranger’s house, it’s like coming to a party at someone’s house that you don’t know, basically. Sometimes it’s a small living room, you’re sharing a couch cushion with somebody, and it’s really quiet. I think people have become more accustomed to it in the Northwest. I haven’t done too many in the Southeast.

You said this is the best way for you to tour now. Why? Part of that was just by default. I kind of got chewed up and spit out by the music business. When we got into the game in the late ‘90s, it was already starting to change.

Then the Internet rose, and it completely changed everything. A lot of that has been me trying to survive in this new world with what I can.

It’s like how the Chinese symbol for tragedy is also the one for opportunity. I never would have made it big, so to speak, but I get to have all these really cool friendships with people based around what I do in my work.

Some I’ve known for 10 years now.

I have a family, a wife and two kids, but I’m not very social. So when I do these home shows, I get to commune with my fellow humans. I toured with Ben Folds, and even on his level, you’re in a bubble.

It’s backstage to the stage to the hotel. You never hang out with people, just yourself or

Do you prefer to write alone?

I’ve done some co-writing…I haven’t had all that much success with it generally. I kind of know what I want to be if the song reveals itself to me. My dream is someone comes in and takes care of all the music for me, arranges, and plays on the record.

You’ve written for film too; how’s that challenge you as a songwriter?

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Southwest Florida reggaerockers Sowflo (see what they did there?) hit Barrelhouse South this weekend. The band’s been actively writing and touring the country since 2012, and their first album arrived in June 2016. Such is Life, recorded at Studio Center Miami with engineers Richard Maloney and five-time Grammy winner Marc Lee, debuted at No. 4 on the iTunes Reggae charts and hit No. 5 on the Billboard Reggae charts.

Barrelhouse faves The Mustard kick off the night.

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PSYCHO-DEVILLES

It’s a rockabilly return for Hot Rod Walt & The Psycho-DeVilles. The Atlantabased band breaks out super-charged vintage rock ‘n ‘roll that’s been heard everywhere from Discovery Channel to Lifetime. Led by Walt Richards, the Psycho-DeVilles were born in 2002 and have released nine albums ever since.

If you’re ready for tunes about hot rods and wicked women played with upright bass, Gretsch guitars, and punk rock drums, get thee to The Jinx.

Local rockabilly kings Crazy Man Crazy kick off the night.

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BLAKE RAINEY AND HIS DEMONS, WAITS & CO. @THE JINX

Blake Rainey came onto the scene with his band Young Antiques, a power-pop/roots band that gained the Atlanta-based artist recognition from many respected national publications. The Georgia native has been releasing consistently strong solo material, including Love Don’t Cross Me and The Dangerous Summer, since the dissolution of Young Antiques, proving he’s one of our state’s finest songwriters.

While rooted in classic country and outlaw grit, Rainey’s music boasts a melodic punk sensibility in its structures with some real Replacements and Elvis Costello moments shining through.

His latest album, Helicopter Rose, released in December 2016, showcases Rainey’s piercing, reflective lyricism. Rainey’s barflies and meandering characters offer a compassionate take on broken Americana in the vein of Tom Waits and Bruce Springsteen.

Savannah’s own Waits & Co. welcome Rainey and His Demons to The Hostess City.

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Enjoy a night with some of soul and R&B’s favorite voices hosted by Palmer Williams of Tyler Perry’s Love Thy Neighbor.

Vocalist Dave Hollister rose to fame as a member of ‘90s smash hit vocal group Blackstreet, contributing to chart-toppers “No Diggity,” “Baby Be Mine,” and “Before I Let You Go” before embarking on a solo career in 1995. As a one-man act, Hollister has reached old and new fans with hits like “One Woman Man,” “Spend The Night,” and “Take Care Of Home.” His latest record, The MANuscript, arrived last year.

RL of the group Next broke out as a solo act with “We Can’t Be Friends,” a duet with Deborah Cox. His first album included two singles, a collaboration with Snoop Dogg, Lil’ Kim, and Battlecat, “Do You Wanna Roll,” and “Got Me a Model,” a collaboration with Jermaine Dupri and Erick Sermon.

Living legend Ann Nesby earned two Grammy awards in her time with Sounds of Blackness collective and received six nominations during her solo career. Nesby has duetted with the likes of Sting (“Demolition Man”), Al Green (“Put It On Paper”), and penned hits for Patti Labelle and Gladys Knight. The versatile performer has earned five Top 5 Dance hits over two decades and has a storied theatre career, as well.

Contemporary jazz vocalist and keyboardist Frank McComb got his start with R&B vocal group The Rude Boys and went on to tour and record with DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. After writing with iconic songwriting duo Gamble & Huff, McComb landed a deal with Motown Records imprint MoJazz. In 1994, he collaborated with Branford Marsalis on jazz-rap fusion project Buckshot LeFonque. He released a new album, Soulmate: Another Love Story in 2016.

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Former Susto member Johnny Delaware brings his new band, The Artisanals, to Savannah. The young project, which features Clay Houle and Brave Baby’s Jordan Hicks, has strong footing—the band’s first gig was opening for Band of Horses in Washington, D.C. on New Year’s Eve, and they’ve hit the road with Athens royalty Futurebirds, as well.

The Artisanals have released a few songs with a coolly ‘70s-influenced indie rock feel, and the band is recording an album at The Magic Barn, a studio in Iowa that holds all the gear from New York City’s famed Magic Shop Studio. That means the trio’s cutting a record with the very tools employed by David Bowie, Lou Reed, and Blondie.

They’re joined by The Hernies, an Athens band that blends art-rock and power-pop influence on their Orange Twin Records releases.

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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 Dirty Soul Revival, The Stir, Movers and Shakers, 9:30 p.m.

Five Oaks Taproom Eric Britt, 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Ray Lundy, 7:30 p.m.

The Jinx Pussy Launcher & The Gumps Tour Kickoff Party at Rock n Roll Bingo, 10 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Jon Hill, 7 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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Dub’s Pub Trivia, 7:30 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.

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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

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Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

COMEDY

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

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Little Lucky’s Live DJ SEED Eco Lounge DJ Cesar, 10 p.m.

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THURSDAY 6. 1 LIVE MUSIC

Barrelhouse South Jonnie Morgan Band, 10:30 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 Peter Hennes Jazz, 7:30 p.m.

The Jinx Blake Rainey and His Demons, Waits & Co., 10 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Brian Bazemore, 7 p.m.

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

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

Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) The Marshall Brothers, 6 p.m.

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

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

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 Karaoke, 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 DJ Blackout, 10 p.m.

The Jinx Live DJ, 10 p.m.

Little Lucky’s Live DJ 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 6. 2 LIVE MUSIC

A-J’s Dockside Joey Manning, 7 p.m.

Barrelhouse South Sowflo, The Mustard, 10 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 DJ Basik Lee, 10:30 p.m.

Dockside Seafood Bluegrass Happy Hour, 4 p.m.

El-Rocko Lounge Hip Hop Party

Fannie’s on the Beach Flying Bacon Cheeseburgers, 7 p.m.

Flashback Evenpete, 9 p.m.

Foxy Loxy Cafe Blake Rainey, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar MS3, 9 p.m.

The Jinx House of Gunt presents Meme Girls w/ Lipschitz, 10 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Justin Morris, 7 p.m.

No physical address given Eef Barzelay Living Room Show, 8 p.m.

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

Revolution Yoga Eef Barzelay Living Room Show, 8 p.m.

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

Savannah’s Music City Bar and Grill Live Music The Stage on Bay Changes in Latitude: Jimmy Buffett Tribute Band, 8 p.m.

Taste of India Don Read, 6:30 p.m.

Tijuana Flats Gary Strickland Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) JDW Band, 5 p.m.

Tybee Post Theater Red, White and Bluegrass, 8 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Frank Bright The Warehouse Rachael Shaner, Eric Culberson, 2 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Liquid Ginger, James Lavine Trio, 5 p.m.

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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, 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.

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Rachael’s 1190 Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

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Savannah Coffee Roasters Odd Lot Improv: Saturday Shenanigans, 8 p.m.

The Wormhole Comedy Planet with Kevin Saucier, Rara Imler, Landon Levarius, Terre King, Austin King, 8 p.m.

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

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 Live DJ 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 PS Tavern 80s and Ladies

SATURDAY 6. 3 LIVE MUSIC

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

A-J’s Dockside Joey Manning, 7 p.m.

Barrelhouse South The Norm, Backyard Loveseat, 9 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.

Club Elan Flux Pavilion w/ Dieselboy and Jaykode, 9 p.m.

Coach’s Corner Phantom Wingo Congress Street Social Club Listen 2 Three, 10:30 p.m.

El-Rocko Lounge AM Rodriguez, Caleb and the Gents, 8 p.m., The Artisinals, The Hernies, 10 p.m.

Flashback The Train Wrecks, 9 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar At Sundown, 9 p.m.

The Jinx Crazy Man Crazy, Hot Rod Walt and the Psycho-Devilles, 10 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Andrew Gill, 7 p.m.

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 Space Station at Starlandia Rhythm of Fear, DMP, Mindfield, Guttwrench, 7 p.m.

The Stage on Bay Dave Hollister w/ Palmer Williams, RL, Ann Nesby, and Frank McCombs, 7 p.m.

Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Keith & Ross, 6 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Frank Bright The Warehouse Ben Keiser White Bluff United Methodist Church Gospel Concert, 5 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Jason Courtenay Band, Christy Alan Band, Bill Hodgson, Nickel Bag of Funk, 1 p.m.

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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.

COMEDY

DJ

Doubles Nightclub DJ Sam Diamond, 8 p.m.

Foxy Loxy Cafe Press Play Boombox Brunch, 12 p.m.

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

Tree House DJ Phive Star

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

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

CO/Savannah Cocktail Company Boogie Nights: Disco & Funk Dance Party, 9 p.m.

Sunny’s Lounge Little Black Fetish Party, 10 p.m.

SUNDAY 6. 4 LIVE MUSIC

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

A-J’s Dockside Joey Manning, 7 p.m.

Barrelhouse South Ripe, 9 p.m.

Bayou Cafe Don Coyer, 9 p.m.

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

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Cosmo Duo, 7 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Georgia Kyle, 7 p.m.

The Olde Pink House Eddie Wilson The Sentient Bean Savannah Songwriters Series, 7 p.m.

Tybee Island Social Club Sunday Bluegrass Brunch, noon Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Ray Tomasino, 8 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Bucky & Barry, At Sundown, 1 p.m.

Wright Square Remembering Ben: A Memorial Tribute Concert, 3 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Trivia, 9:30 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.

DJ

Boomy’s DJ Basik Lee, 10 p.m.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

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

MONDAY 6. 5 LIVE MUSIC

Abe’s on Lincoln Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Bayou Cafe David Harbuck, 9 p.m.

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

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music Rachael’s 1190 Open Mic Night, 8 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Ray Tomasino,

8 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Mark Carter, 6 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

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.

COMEDY

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

DJ

The Jinx DJ Lucky Bastard, 10 p.m.

Little Lucky’s Live DJ SEED Eco Lounge DJ Pieces, 10 p.m.

TUESDAY 6. 6 LIVE MUSIC

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

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

Foxy Loxy Cafe J.R. Rose, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Annie Allman, 7 p.m.

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

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Rachael Shaner, 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 hosted by Willie Jackson, 8 p.m.

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

Wild Wing Cafe CC Witt, 6 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 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.

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Blueberry Hill Karaoke, 7 p.m.

Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

The Rail Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

COMEDY

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

DJ

SEED Eco Lounge DJ C-Rok, 10 p.m.

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S O U N D B O A R D 17 Hundred 90 Restaurant 307 E. President St. Savannah-Downtown 912-236-7122 17hundred90.com

Abe’s on Lincoln 17 Lincoln St. Savannah-Downtown 912-349-0525 abesonlincoln.com

A-J’s Dockside 1315 Chatham Ave. Tybee Island 912-786-9533 ajsdocksidetybee.com

Applebee’s 1492 E. Oglethorpe Hwy. Hinesville 912-369-4909 applebees.com

Barrelhouse South 125 W. Congress St. Savannah-Downtown 912-662-5576 barrelhousesouth.com

Basil’s Pizza and Deli 216 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

Wilmington Island 912-897-6400 basilsonline.com

Bay Street Blues 17 E. Bay St. Savannah-Downtown 912-236-6655

Bayou Cafe 14 N. Abercorn St. Savannah-Downtown 912-233-6411 bayousavannah.com

Billy’s Place at McDonough’s 20 E. Perry St. Savannah-Downtown 912-231-9049 billysplacesavannah.com

Blowin’ Smoke Southern Cantina 1611 Habersham St. Savannah-Midtown 912-231-2385 blowinsmokesavannah.com

Blueberry Hill 546 Dean Forest Rd. Savannah-Westside 964-8401

Boomy’s 409 W. Congress St. Savannah-Downtown 912-436-6660 boomysbar.com

The Britannia British Pub 140 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

Wilmington Island 912-898-4257

Casimir’s Lounge 700 Drayton St. Savannah-Midtown

912-721-5002 mansiononforsythpark.com

The Chromatic Dragon 514 MLK Jr. Blvd.

Savannah-Downtown 912-289-0350 chromaticdragon.com

Chuck’s Bar 305 W. River St. Savannah-Downtown 912-232-1005

Club 309 West 309 W. River St. Savannah-Downtown 912-236-1901 club309west.com

Club Elan 301 Williamson St. Savannah-Downtown Club One 1 Jefferson St. Savannah-Downtown

Foxy Loxy Cafe 1919 Bull St. Savannah-Downtown

CO/Savannah Cocktail Company 10 Whitaker Street Savannah-Downtown

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912-232-0200 clubone-online.com

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Hercules Bar & Grill 2500 Dean Forest Rd. Savannah-Westside The Islander 301 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

Wilmington Island

D I R E C T O R Y Pour Larry’s 206 W. St. Julian St. Savannah-Downtown 912-232-5778

PS Tavern 11 W. Bay St. Savannah-Downtown 912-495-5145

Rachael’s 1190 1190 King George Blvd.

Savannah-Southside

912-897-6137

912-920-7772 rachaels1190.com

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

Jazz’d Tapas Bar 52 Barnard St. Savannah-Downtown

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

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

The Jinx 127 W. Congress St. Savannah-Downtown

Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant 402 MLK Jr. Blvd.

Savannah-Downtown

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coffee deli 4517 Habersham St. Savannah-Midtown

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Cohen’s Retreat 5715 Skidaway Rd. Savannah-Midtown Congress Street Social Club 411 W. Congress St. Savannah-Downtown 912-238-1985 congressstreetsocialclub.com

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

Doodles 586 S. Columbia Ave. Rincon

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912-236-2281

Jukebox Bar & Grill 3741 US Hwy 17 Ste 500 Richmond Hill 912-756-6997

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub 117 West River St. Savannah-Downtown 912-233-9626 www.kevinbarrys.com

Little Lucky’s 6 Gateway Blvd. E. Savannah-Southside 912-925-1119

Dub’s Pub 225 W. River St. Savannah-Downtown

Mellow Mushroom 11 W. Liberty St. Savannah-Downtown

El-Rocko Lounge 117 Whitaker St. Savannah-Downtown

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

912-695-2116

Fannie’s on the Beach 1613 Strand Ave. Tybee Island 912-786-6109 fanniesonthebeach.com

Fia Rua Irish Pub 10132 Ford Ave. Richmond Hill 912-459-4160 fiaruairishpub.com

Five Oaks Taproom 201 W. Bay St. Savannah-Downtown 912-236-4440 fiveoakstaproom.com

Flashback 10010-B Ford Ave. Richmond Hill 912-428-1643

912-988-1052

912-495-0705 mellowmushroom.com

912-459-6357 melscoastalcafe.com

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub 311 W. Congress St. Savannah-Downtown 912-239-9600 macphersonspub.com

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) 110 Towne Center Dr. Pooler 912-348-3200 macphersonspub.com

Nickie’s 1971 1513 Butler Ave. Tybee Island 912-786-4444

No physical address given none Savannah-Downtown The Olde Pink House 23 Abercorn St. Savannah-Downtown 912-232-4286 www.plantersinnsavannah.com

912-344-9111 tijuanaflats.com

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

Tree House 309 W. St. Julian St. Savannah-Downtown

912-239-0095 treehousesavannah.com

Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) 2909 River Dr. Thunderbolt 912-354-9040 www.liveoakstore.com/tubbysthunderbolt

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

Tybee Post Theater 10 Van Horn Tybee Island

Ruth’s Chris Steak House 111 W. Bay St. Savannah-Downtown

912-633-1099 www.tybeeposttheater.org

The Sandbar 1512 Butler Ave. Tybee Island

912-721-1000 vicsontheriver.com

912-721-4800 ruthschris.com

(912) 238-2426

Mediterranean Tavern 125 Foxfield Way Pooler

Exclusives Bar & Grille 2003 Greenwood Street Savannah-Eastside

912-944-6302

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

912-341-8897

Doubles Nightclub 7100 Abercorn St. Savannah-Southside

912-495-5808

Rusty Rudders Tap House 303 W. River St. Savannah-Downtown

912-786-8304

912-233-6136 mcdonoughssavannah.com

(912) 200-3652 dubspubriverstreet.com

912-292-1656 ranchoalegrecuban.com

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

912-295-2536

912-352-7100

912-238-1311 therailpub.com/

Tijuana Flats 1800 E. Victory Dr. Savannah-Midtown

Savannah Coffee Roasters 215 West Liberty Street Savannah-Downtown Savannah Taphouse 125 E. Broughton St. Savannah-Downtown 912-201-8277 savannahtaphouse.com

Savannah’s Music City Bar and Grill 65 Fairmont Ave. Savannah-Southside SEED Eco Lounge 39 Montgomery St. Savannah-Downtown 912-349-5100

Vic’s on The River 26 E. Bay St. Savannah-Downtown The Warehouse 18 E. River St. Savannah-Downtown

912-234-6003 thewarehousebarandgrille.com

Wet Willie’s 101 E. River St. Savannah-Downtown 912-233-5650 wetwillies.com

White Bluff United Methodist Church 11911 White Bluff Rd Savannah-Southside 912-925-5924 www.wbumc.org/

Wild Wing Cafe 27 Barnard St. Savannah-Downtown

The Sentient Bean 13 E. Park Ave. Savannah-Downtown

912-790-9464 wildwingcafe.com

The Space Station at Starlandia 2436 Bull St. Savannah-Downtown The Stage on Bay 1200 West Bay St. Savannah-Downtown

912-208-3700 wildwingcafe.com

912-232-4447 sentientbean.com

savconcerts.com

Sunny’s Lounge 5630 Ogeechee Rd. Savannah-Southside 912-234-6628

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

Taste of India 401 Mall Blvd.

Savannah-Southside 912-356-1020

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

Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) 417 Pooler Pkwy.

Pooler World of Beer 112 W. Broughton St. Savannah-Downtown 912-443-1515 worldofbeer.com

The Wormhole 2307 Bull St. Savannah-Midtown 912-713-2855 wormholebar.com

Wright Square Bull and President Streets Savannah-Downtown

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CULTURE LOCAL HISTORY

No, Ashley, Sherman did NOT have a mistress in Savannah

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BY MICHAEL L. JORDAN

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FOR BETTER or worse, the story of Savannah in the Civil War is inextricably tied to the colorful Union general William T. Sherman and his infamous “March to the Sea,” which ended here on December 20-21, 1864.

Tour guides, visitors, and barstool historians love to argue about why the commander decided not to put the surrendered city to the torch.

In the first episode of the new Bravo cable TV reality series Southern Charm Savannah, cast member Ashley Borders repeats one of the most often-heard, yet untrue, explanations.

“Listen, when Sherman came down through the South, he burned everything,” Ashley declared. “[But] Sherman did not touch Savannah. Sherman had a mistress in Savannah. She talked him into leaving the city alone.”

No, Ashley, Sherman did not have a mistress in Savannah. But you’re not alone in assuming he did. Innumerable tour guides and countless publications and websites make the same claim.

Though the general and many of his officers had numerous friends in the city—primarily the wives of Confederate commanders the Yankees had served with in the pre-war U.S. Army—it was not a romantic interest that spared Savannah the fate of unfortunate Atlanta at Sherman’s hands.

It was common sense. Sherman had no reason to burn Savannah and every reason not to.

When the Union general and his 60,000 battle-hardened veterans arrived on the city’s doorstep in early December, 1864, they were hungry, tired, and running out of supplies. Though the blue-clad troops had lived off the fat of the land between Atlanta and Macon, the swamps of south Georgia offered little for them to forage.

Savannah represented an end to their ordeal—a place to rest, eat, and be resupplied by the Union Navy, which had a large supply base nearby in Hilton Head.

“We are in sight of the promised land, after a pilgrimage of three hundred miles,” wrote Brigadier Gen. John White Geary, who commanded one of Sherman’s divisions.

But first Sherman would need to rid himself of the roughly 10,000 Confederate troops standing in his way. The defending forces were scattered throughout a belt of earthen fortifications located about two and a half miles west of the city.

Comprising a rag-tag mix of old men and youngsters mixed in with a few regular troops, this hodge-podge Confederate army was no match for Sherman’s forces, and the Southerners knew it. Confederate Commanders ordered General William J. Hardee to abandon Savannah and evacuate his outnumbered brigades.

The city would have to be sacrificed to Sherman’s overwhelming forces so that the Southern army, pitiful as it was, could

survive to fight another day.

Sherman’s artillery had already begun hammering the Confederate trenches with steady cannon fire when Hardee’s officers put the escape plan into action. Southern engineers scavenged 31 rice flats—wooden barges commonly used in the many flooded rice plantations surrounding the city.

Connecting the barges end to end, the Confederates created a rickety floating bridge stretching from the riverfront in

Savannah all the way to the South Carolina shore (using Hutchinson and Pennyworth Islands as anchor points).

The first Confederate troops slipped across the river shortly after sunset on December 20th, 1864, passing in single file as quietly as possible.

“It seemed like an immense funeral procession stealing out of the city in the dead of night,” one evacuee wrote.

The barges were set afire and cut loose

A fire did cause great damage in Savannah over a month after the city’s surrender, but it wasn’t started by Sherman’s troops.

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around 5:30 a.m. on December 21 after the final Confederate troops passed over.

Sherman’s Union troops were hot on their heels.

Ironically, the only artillery actually fired into the city itself (as opposed to the Confederate defensive positions outside of town) came not from Sherman’s artillery, but from the Confederate ironclad warship CSS Savannah, which remained in the city covering the defenders’ retreat.

The Confederate sailors fired on an American flag raised above Fort Jackson and also on a Union artillery unit that appeared on the bluff and began shooting at the ship.

Sherman’s field commanders began raising alarms about the Confederate evacuation almost as soon as it began, but for some reason, the Union general never ordered his troops to give chase or force the Southerners to stand and fight.

This inexplicable failure seems to indicate that Sherman wanted to march his army into an empty city rather a smoking ruin.

Upon entering the city, Sherman’s soldiers put a quick stop to the looting and mayhem the evacuating Southerners left in their wake. The Union soldiers restored order, cleaned the place up, and even distributed food and firewood.

An image from the era depicting the Confederate evacuation of Savannah on a bridge made of barges, leaving from the downtown waterfront.

Savannah’s Confederate wartime mayor and council were left in office and firefighters stayed on the job. Savannahians were so pleased with life under the new Union regime that hundreds voted in a public meeting just one week later to rejoin the Union.

The war would rage on for another five months, but Savannah’s citizens were once again American citizens in Abraham

Lincoln’s fold. For Sherman and his exhausted, filthy soldiers, Savannah was a kind of wartime paradise—a place to take a break and recharge after their long march.

The blue-clad troops camped in the squares, where they erected wooden shanties for shelter. There were victory parades on Bay Street and even Union Army brass band concerts in Forsyth Park.

High-born Savannah women baked

bread and sold it to the Yankees from the ground floors of Savannah mansions downtown. Using sugar and flour she obtained from the occupiers, one Savannah woman reaped a $56 profit (equivalent to $800 at today’s rates) from selling cakes and pies to Union troops.

So while Ashley of Southern Charm Savannah opined, “In Savannah, women

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Occupying troops tried to put out the fire in Savannah in January 1865, which started in a stable in Franklin Square and soon ignited a supply of artillery rounds.

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are strong, women are powerful, and it’s because our ancestors were that way!” she might have been correct.

Sherman himself slept and worked in the beautiful Madison Square mansion known today as the Green-Meldrim House, a crash pad rivaling even the digs of the well-heeled young cast of Southern Charm Savannah.

In spite of all of this, however, there remains the little-known fact that much of Savannah did burn shortly after Sherman’s arrival. It happened on the evening of January 27, 1865, five weeks after the city’s surrender.

Sherman and his men were preparing to begin the second phase of their infamous campaign: the march through the Carolinas, which rivaled in its destructive results their earlier trek through Georgia.

The Savannah blaze began in a stable near Franklin Square and, driven by a strong wind, quickly spread throughout the entire northwestern portion of the city, even threatening wooden ships tied up on the river.

Sometime after 11 p.m., the flames reached a former Confederate arsenal where hundreds of artillery rounds were stored.

Soon the shells were streaking through the night sky and exploding mid-air, sending shrapnel flying into the helpless city. One projectile struck the water tower which used to stand in the middle of Franklin Square, sending water cascading onto the ground below.

Union soldiers—members of a new army sent to replace Sherman’s troops—rushed to the scene to battle the blaze and heave unexploded shells into the river, but the inferno was already out of hand.

By the time the flames were brought under control, more than one hundred buildings were destroyed and an unknown number of people were killed.

The smoldering city resembled “a forest of chimneys,” in the words of one Northern newspaper correspondent.

Leading Savannah citizen William Brown Hodgson (namesake of the Georgia Historical Society building on Whitaker and Gaston streets adjacent to Forsyth Park), who survived the inferno, wrote, “Never while I live shall I cease to remember this night of horrors.”

While it is tempting to blame Union soldiers for starting the fire (and many did), others pointed the finger at possible Confederate sympathizers operating in the occupied city.

It’s just as likely, however, that the fire was started accidentally, like so many of the blazes that ravaged Savannah throughout the 19th century.

In spite of the fire, Savannah survived its encounter with “Uncle Billy” Sherman relatively unscathed—at least compared to cities like Atlanta and Columbia, S.C. Sherman and his men weren’t the first Northerners to pay Savannah a visit for R&R, and goodness know they weren’t the last. Maybe these Northern soldiers were actually Savannah’s first Yankee tourists!

So no, Ashley, Sherman did not have a mistress in Savannah, but apparently he did fall in love with our fair Southern city.

CS

Michael Jordan, a Savannah historian, journalist and filmmaker, is the author of Hidden History of Civil War Savannah, released May 29th

by The History Press. The book is available on Amazon and at retailers throughout Savannah.

More information at www.michaelljordan.com.

CULTURE DANK MEMES

Digital getdown Dive into drag collective House of Gunt’s dank meme stash

BY ANNA CHANDLER

anna@connectsavannah.com

PHOTOS BY DAVE SPANGENBURG

enjoying the summer, working out some issues from the internet—that’s a huge inspiration,” Fishpaw says.

“I think everyone secretly has wanted to do meme-inspired numbers, anyway,” says collective member Rainé Rainé, recalling Edna Allan Hoe’s Pepe the Frog number at September’s election-themed show, “Clock The Vote.”

While House of Gunt is known to host a variety of events, including the recent and wildly successful ‘80s Prom at Totally Awesome Bar, Fishpaw is particularly proud of their recurring theme shows, like “Blessed,” which riffs on religion, or House of Font, in which each queen brought a personality and message to their favorite typeface.

Given the fluidity and rapid-changing pace of meme culture, House of Gunt sees an opportunity to make the theme an annual event.

“It’s all based around the infection of the Internet,” Fishpaw says. “One person’s version of a meme can be the same image, but their text applied is totally different. We could all choose the same meme, but add something different to it. That’s why I like these shows—at the end of the day, these are all things that anyone has access to through having a phone or access to the Internet, which is becoming more common.”

Of course, there are literally millions

of memes out there, and even the dankest meme collector hasn’t seen them all.

“It’s about making the performance good outside of the meme,” explains Rainé.

“You could watch the show and not have any idea what meme is being referenced, but the performance itself is still entertaining. It gives the performance more narrative to work with in telling the story outside of the meme. They’re all going to be pretty hilarious without the direct context.”

Local artist greg will provide projections for each performance, which will provide visual framework for the audience.

“We’ll see chopped and screwed versions of the memes, which will help people have more reference,” Rainé adds.

Much like the creation and sharing of memes, House of Gunt uses performance as a way to externalize, connect, and process.

“It is about working things out,” says Fishpaw. “We don’t hold formal rehearsals, so within that, our numbers exist within a space of rehearsal and recital, in a sense.

You never know what you’re going to get, but there’s always the battle between the personal and the social. You have to make things appealing to the general audience which sometimes can be like, ‘Oh shit, I have to cater to these people.’ But with drag, we use so much iconic imagery, especially audio and popular songs that people to latch onto and fuck with them. Which is kind of what memes are.”

The show’s also a hometown sendoff for Savannah garage duo The Lipschitz.

Members Daniel Brady Lynch and Rachael Boswell move to Chicago this month, and this is their last local show.

“They’re perfect for this,” Fishpaw smiles. “’Meme Girls and The Lipschitz’—it just stuck out. It sounds like a little high school gang.”

“I’d say, too, as far as the environment we’re trying to curate…Rachael’s been a musician in Savannah for a couple years and is one of the only female drummers,” says Rainé. “She’s a really talented drummer and I love watching her play, so it’s awesome to have their last show together.”

Fishpaw’s Influenza Mueller, Toyota Mitsubishi, Lavender Mist, Rainé Rainé, Edna Allan Hoe, Aphrodykey Hoe, and Vegina George will perform at “Meme Girls,” with a grand return from Burt Sienna and performances from relocated Gunts Biqtch Puddin’ and Anita Shave.

After this show, the troupe plans to take a summer break to reconvene, make some merch, and make a plan for the next year.

“We’ll be back in September,” Fishpaw promises. CS

MEME GIRLS & THE LIPSCHITZ The Jinx Friday, June 2, 9 p.m. $5, 21+

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INTERNET CULTURE has always shone through the playful, cerebral, and innovative work of Savannah drag collective The House of Gunt.

Glitch-inspired graphics, created by local visual and motion graphics artists, flicker behind performers as they strut, gesticulate, and enrapture their audience.

Tracks by C Powers often echo familiar YouTube clips or samples from advertisements that bombard everyday web users.

The name of their first church-themed show, “#BLESSED,” simultaneously acknowledged the absurdity of curated online persona and celebrated the way a simple hashtag click democratically offers millions of perspectives and results.

Now, they’re ready to take on the language of a generation, an art form born in the bowels of the Internet that spread like pixelated kudzu, helped define an election, and brings strangers together every day.

Savannah, it’s time to meet your Meme Girls.

Basing a show theme on viral Internet graphics has a brilliant specificity and broadness to it; as a form of communication, internet memes take on a life of their own, multiplying and evolving and spreading across the Internet as easily sharable and #relatable content. For renegades like House of Gunt, who blend performance art and improvisation into their captivating numbers, it’s a goldmine.

“This is something we’ve been trying to do for a while,” shares House of Gunt’s Maxine Fishpaw. “Every show that happens we’re asking, ‘Is this going to be Meme Girls? Or this?’ Finally, it’s happening.”

With their devoted student following, House of Gunt typically has a summer send-off bash in June, and ‘Meme Girls’ will make a fond farewell to graduating students.

“It just kind of fit with a mixture of

‘You could watch the show and not have any idea what meme is being referenced, but the performance itself is still entertaining.’

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OPENINGS & RECEPTIONS AREA ARTIST SHOWCASE — This area artist showcase features work by Robert Morris, Pete Christman, Chris Dowell, Abraham Brown, Jack Wilson, Eric Sanders, DavidMichael Baldwin, K Varadi, Nae’Keisha Jones, Maryan Harrell, Richard Law, Suzanne Nelson, and Carts with HeART. Fri., June 2, 5 p.m. savtcc.com. Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, 1 International Dr. BACK IT UP — Tatiana von Tauber’s followup to Art Porn pushes the line between debatable beauty and vulgarity of our human sexuality. Upstairs at 1319 Bull Street. 18+ audience only. June 3-4. Savannah’s sexiest art show. Two years in the making, Tatiana von Tauber’s next ten paintings in the ongoing collection pushes lines between the socalled “debatable beauty and vulgarity of our human sexuality”. June 3-4, 3 p.m.

DEGRADATION OF MEMORY — Degradation of Memory by Shelby Leigh Beatty is an exhibition of works exploring how we, as humans, perceive memory and how we utilize photography as a means of expanding our memory beyond what it is actually capable of. By use of experimental printmaking, deterioration of imagery and use of foreign language and dialects, Shelby delves into what she perceives as conscious memory and how she remembers certain aspects of her recent life. free and open to the public Fri., June 2, 6-9 p.m. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. DON’T LOOK ON THE INSIDE — Senior fashion design collections in a gallery exhibition, featuring an exclusive fashion presentation at 3:30. Sun., June 4, 3 p.m. WELMONT, 1930 Montgomery Street.

JOSHUA HILL — For over twenty years Joshua Hill has been raising a family and painting in Savannah. Working as a muralist and faux finisher, he has always sought a new inspiration. Surrounded by “leftover” paints from his many projects, he began to paint canvas with the acrylics. . June 2-30. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St.

SMALL BITS — A show of 10x10” abstract paintings by Calvin Woodum. Visit Starland Cafe during their regular business hours to view the show, or visit www.sulfurstudios.org to view and purchase work from the exhibition. free and open to the public Fri., June 2, 6-9 p.m. June 2-3. Starland Cafe, 11 East 41st St. UNIVERSAL TRUTHS AND OTHER FINDINGS — Polystyrene reduction collides with superlative graphics to create a mixed media experience of unscientific principles and carefully studied generalizations about stuff like sandwiches, lift kits, pinky rings, airline food, comic sans, beer and other important subjects. Rubi McGrory’s exhibition will benefit Loop It Up Savannah. June 2-23. Location Gallery, 417 Whitaker St.

CONTINUING EXHIBITS 14 YEARS OF AN ASKEW VIEW — This year celebrates 14 years of Albano showing her work at the Gallery Espresso, the first being “An Askew View”, that was displayed May of 2003. Through June 1. galleryespresso.com/.

Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. BIKES IN PRINT — Mike Dale presents his linocuts of bicycles. Through July 30. foxyloxycafe.com. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. BOHEMIAN BOTANICAL — Displaying an arrangement of styles and mediums, Bohemian Botanicals showcases flora as imagined by Marilyn Sparks, Barbara Northrup, Martha Olson, Jeannine Cook, Hayley Gaberlavage, Tori Anderson, Anna Fox Ryan, and Leah Lopez. Through June 15. The Grand Bohemian Gallery, 700 Drayton St. FILM: HER + HIM — Akram Zaatari’s film “Her + Him” tells the story of Egyptian studio photographer Van Leo and a woman known only as Nadia, who entered Studio Van Leo in 1957 and asked to be photographed in the nude. The film explores the entire series of the images, which documents Nadia undressing in 12 poses, and also includes an in-depth interview with Van Leo about conventions related to his work. Through Sep. 10. Jepson Center, 207 West York St. FRAN THOMAS AND DONNA BOUCHILLON — Two local painters, Fran Thomas and Donna Bouchillon, exhibit their work. Hospice Savannah, 1352 Eisenhower Dr.

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GESTURE STUDIES — Inspired by signs at recent marches and protests demanding kindness and compassion, Rubi McGrory set out to find as many examples of that behavior as possible. Through June 29. 401662-1001. Beetnix Superfoods & Juice Bar, 18 East Broughton St. GOD AND MODERN MAN — What is the relationship between God and modern man?

Through Oct. 15. Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St. JIM CONE — Savannah’s Picasso hosts this exhibition featuring over 100 works, including “Tybee Nudes” and “Street People.” Through June 25. 24e, 24 E. Broughton St. KAHLIL GIBRAN AND THE FEMININE DIVINE — Renowned for his masterpiece “The Prophet,” Lebanese-American artist and writer Kahlil Gibran began experimenting with the visual arts at a young age. Telfair Museums boasts the largest public collection of visual art by Gibran in the United States.

Jepson Center, 207 West York St. LAW AND MUSIC — Through this exhibit, the City hopes to continue Law’s legacy of education and encourage others to discover music they may not be familiar with. The exhibit features content from W. W. Law’s music, book, periodical, and photograph collections, and includes interactive activities designed to introduce children to the math and science concepts embedded in music. Through Jan. 1, 2018. Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St. NEAL SLAVIN: GROUPS IN AMERICA — Neal Slavin is a celebrated photographer well known for his keen portraits of various groups of people in the United States and abroad. This installation comes from a portfolio of 15 photographs from 1979. Through June 9. Jepson Center, 207 West York St. OBJECTIFIED: STILL LIFES FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION — Objectified considers the traditional genre of still life as represented in the works of Telfair Museums’ permanent collection. Presenting still lifes from the late 19th century through the present day, this exhibition invites viewers to consider the genre as a form ripe for artistic exploration. Through June 11. Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard St. PROPAGANDA OF WAR — The posters, designed and realized by Wendy Melton, the Curator of Exhibits and Education, retain the style and flavor of historic referents, which are included in the exhibition. Wendy has reinforced the connection to Savannah by including exhibits featuring Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah ships sunk by German submarines. Through Oct. 15. Ships of The Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.

Last few days to see work by Stacy Jean Albano at Gallery Espresso!

RECONSTRUCTING THE NARRATIVE: ILLUMINATING SAVANNAH’S CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY — Using archival and historical photographs from the Jim Crow era and the Civil Rights Movement in Savannah preserved in the W. W. Law Collection, Trice Megginson rephotographed the original, depicted locations. The historical images are then physically pinned onto the contemporary views. Through July 31. Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

THE SAVANNAH PORTRAIT SOCIETY — The Savannah Portrait Society is dedicated to providing professional artists the opportunity to engage in the discipline of portrait painting from the live model and to promote the professional practice and public appreciation of fine art portraiture in Savannah. Through June 4. telfair.org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.

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“Hung”, 2016, 24W x 30L x 1.5D, acrylic on canvas

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Tatiana von Tauber backs it up Her 18+ show goes up this weekend

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THE FEMALE form has for years been the pinnacle of human beauty, represented and cherished in every culture. Why, now, do we want it to cover up? Where do we draw the line between beautiful and explicit?

“Back It Up,” Tatiana von Tauber’s longawaited reply to her 2015 exhibition “Art Porn,” runs June 3-4 at her studio, upstairs at 1319 Bull Street. Eight paintings show women in differing sexual positions.

Von Tauber was inspired by John Currin, an American painter who painted sexually explicit scenes in a tasteful way.

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von Tauber says. “Huge, huge paintings in a museum, and they weren’t really attractive paintings, but I thought, ‘Damn, I’m surprised a guy of this caliber made, what I thought, a brave move.’ And I thought, why can’t I do that?”

So von Tauber bought a canvas, found a pornographic photo, cropped it, and painted it. “By the time I was done I was like, I love this,” she recalls.

The paintings in von Tauber’s show are beautifully done and are not exploitative— they just show people in the midst of sex, which pushes the art into outrage territory experienced when she showed “Art Porn” at Oglethorpe Gallery two years ago.

“I was allowed to put the vinyl signs on the windows at Oglethorpe Gallery, but the next morning I get a call saying I have to take it down because it’s too big,” recalls

von Tauber.

Though the sign ended up being about an inch bigger than expected, the real issue was with the word “porn” on the sign.

Members of the Homeowners Association were uncomfortable with the word being displayed so prominently.

“So, I had a First Amendment attorney contact them, and they let me show it,” grins von Tauber.

Even though she won the battle with “Art Porn,” von Tauber knew she wouldn’t win the war. She didn’t even shop her art around to galleries, choosing instead to show the work in her studio.

“I knew that no gallery in Savannah would show me, so there was no point in going further than that,” recalls von Tauber. “Unless I have some major connections, it ain’t happening. It’s not about

selling, it’s not about money, it’s about being an artist and making the point.”

Von Tauber’s point has always been that sex, and consequently, is nothing to be ashamed of.

“I think [porn] reminds us of what we are, which is animals, which is sexual,” she ponders.

“The world revolves around it, even though we pretend it doesn’t, and everything—from this coffeehouse to your job to my art—it’s all just a reason to make life worthy or meaningful in some way for ourselves, because biologically, the only thing we need to do is reproduce. Isn’t it odd that that’s what creates life? I just don’t think that life or God or nature or whatever you believe in would use [sex] as the mechanism and then have it be shameful. It’s the most vital purpose we have.”

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She suddenly jerks back—“See, I’m getting goosebumps.”

She also recognizes that porn can be jarring when you aren’t expecting to see it.

“When you’re in it, it’s a completely different experience, so if you’re not aware and you’re not aroused, and you look at it, it’s like, ‘Blegh!’” she laughs.

“It was an overwhelming experience [finding porn for the show]. After a while I sort of desensitized and started looking at it differently, and I realized you really have to find the beauty in it, find that moment where while it’s sexual, it’s also approachable.”

Of course, there’s the complicated relationship of advocacy and censorship. When von Tauber sent me her press release, she didn’t include any images—I viewed all the work on her phone during

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“It’s hypocritical to what we’re trying to do, but then it’s trying to be respectful, too,” von Tauber notes. “It’s that questionable line of, ‘How far are we going?’”

It’s not easy finding that line, but von Tauber walks it with grace and a healthy dose of self-awareness. Her toned-down approach to her show—with a less controversial name of “Back It Up” and a note that the show is only suitable for those 18 and up—proves that she knows what she’s doing as an artist.

Besides, whether people here like the show or not, “Back It Up” is headed to the Erotic Heritage Museum in Las Vegas, where von Tauber is the featured artist, for a two-month stint. CS

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THERE’S a lot to love about summer. Time by the pool, BBQs, baseball, and the sound cicadas. The worst thing about summer: mowing the lawn. However, the lawn has to be mowed, so we might as well have a so called lawnmower beer to drink during that long hot work.

The best summer beers are light, low in ABV and in my opinion need to be light and crisp, no overwhelming malt or hops flavors. There is nothing wrong with a good rich dark beer, but that’s not what most want on 100-degree Savannah day.

These are all very available beers. Most are seasonals so they are only around for the summer time so make sure you go pick these up. Here is my list, in no particular order, of good summer beers.

Summer of Lager, Cisco Brewers Inc.

Helles Lager, 5.6% Lagers make sense with a summer beer.

That is what all the big boys brew right.

This was a nice crisp lager with a nice citrus finish, the brighter side to the hops.

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American Pale Wheat Ale, 5.1% Southern Tires is really best known for their darker beers so Hop Sun is a bit of an anomaly. As the name suggests there is a good bit of hops. This one has a stronger flavor as there is a good bit of hops, more than any other on this list. There is a good bit of floral note, but they are reflected in the nose so you expect them before the first sip. A fine choice especially if you like hoppier summer beers.

Summer Session Ale, Peak Organic Brewing Company American Pale Wheat Ale, 5% Peak Brewing’s entry into the summer beer market is a good one. Bright and citrusy Summer Session comes in cans so it is a fine beer to choose for sitting around the pool.

Summer Solstice, Anderson Valley Brewing Company

Cream Ale, 5% Cream Ales are a great choice for summer beer, if you don’t mind a little sweetness. Cream ales can be too sweet but Summer Solstice hits on a nice balance of easy drinking but candy like drinks.

Anchor Summer Beer, Anchor Brewing Company

American Pale Wheat Ale, 4.5% Anchor beers often have the west coast hops that they are so popular for. However the hops are downplayed here and this turned out to be a great summer beer.

Anchor calls this an all malt beer and is brewed with 50% malted wheat. They pour with a big head, something the brewery attributed to the high protein content of the malted wheat used in brewing.

Oberon Ale, Bell’s Brewery, Inc.

American Pale Wheat Ale, 5.8% This is another beer with a high malted wheat content. It’s also brewed with Bell’s signature ale yeast yielding Oberon’s citrusy flavor. I’m not one for fruity flavors but the fruit here is subtle and just makes a lot of sense. It pushed the range of a sessionable beer at 5.8% and has a stronger flavor than some on this list.

Summer Ale, Brooklyn Brewery

English Pale Ale, 5% Brooklyn’s Summer Ale has everything you might be looking for in a summer beer.

It is light and crisp with no overbearing flavors. That is not to say that this beer has no flavor, it’s has a light citrus flavor but it’s balanced out by a touch of bready yeast.

Brooklyn’s Summer Ale is a perfect poolside or yard-working beer.

THE LOCAL OPTION: Gun Bunny, Service Brewing Company

Belgian Style Witbier, 5.1% Made with Indian coriander, tangelo peel and muddled mandarin oranges Gun Bunny is a refreshing but flavorful summer option. Available for the first time in cans Service Brewing has made this summer seasonal very accessible this year. CS

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OO´ The big-screen version of the imbecilic TV series that ruled ‘90s television, Baywatch is pretty much indefensible. Nevertheless, like My Cousin Vinny bucking the odds in the courtroom, allow me to defend at least parts of it. Those would be the parts involving a charismatic leading man and no small measure of knowing laughs.

A movie based on a show about brainbaked lifeguards isn’t going to stir memories of, say, A Man for All Seasons or The King’s Speech or even Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, but within its own parameters, Baywatch knows the territory.

The plot is flimsy but enough to get the movie from point A to point B (if not much beyond): Stalwart lifeguards defend their stretch of the beach against criminals hoping to seize it for their own nefarious purposes. On second thought, flimsy might be too strong a word.

The MVP is, of course, the impossibly appealing Dwayne Johnson, cast as head lifeguard Mitch. The film has fun playing off the actor’s image as everyone’s best – and best-built – buddy, and he’s equally ingratiating whether receiving or (more often) delivering the cutting zingers.

Mitch’s favorite target is a narcissistic Olympian named Matt Brody, and Zac Efron surely deserves some sort of Good Sport award for allowing himself to be the

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movie’s version of Lou Costello.

That Baywatch was written entirely by men can be deduced by simple math. There are four beautiful women in the primary cast (Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach and Ilfenesh Hadera as lifeguards and Priyanka Chopra as the villain) but only two beautiful men (Johnson and Efron). The inequality is partly because the other male lifeguard is the audience surrogate, a shlub who looks like Josh-Gad-with-training-wheels.

The character of Ronnie (played by Jon Bass) is there for the same reason that Ron Jeremy has prevailed in porn, so that ordinary, uncool guys can excitedly point and breathlessly intone, “If he can make it with the ladies, then, by God, so can I!” This Josh Gad Jr. isn’t particularly funny or endearing, but he of course gets the girl (well, one of the girls) — this bit of wish fulfillment should add an extra five or so million to the domestic box office.

On the other hand, the only nudity in the film comes not from the four beautiful women or the two beautiful men but from this guy, so maybe subtract a mil due to the expected gay panic on the part of the intended audience.

Speaking of the male writers, it took three separate teams of two guys – six total writers! – to produce this script. It was probably worth the piling-on, considering one team was previously responsible for Norbit, one for Freddy vs. Jason, and one for those inane Night at the Museum flicks.

Perhaps these gents were able to weed out much of each other’s rancid material, allowing several amusing bits to float to the top.

On the other hand, the juvenile antics that do drag down the picture – moments like Mini-Me Josh Gad unable to conceal his erection or Efron fondling a corpse’s testicles – clearly reveal the fingerprints of man-children who have previously toiled for the likes of Kevin James, Jimmy Fallon and The Smurfs.

It’s too bad a skilled comic writer like Tina Fey wasn’t tapped to drop the boyswill-be-boys drivel and beef up the potent bits that were already in place. Or how about Aaron Sorkin? I imagine Aaron Sorkin writing a Baywatch movie would pretty much be on bucket lists left and right.

But I digress. Bottom line: Baywatch ain’t great, but after such duds as that King Arthur clunker and the latest Jack Sparrow droppings, you could do worse than a day at the beach.

For a movie that never stops moving, Dead Men Tell No Tales is astoundingly dull.

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Whereas the brightest blockbusters leave audiences feeling happily drained thanks to a real sense of adventure and plenty of adrenaline-pumping excitement (think Raiders of the Lost Ark or the original Jurassic Park), the poorest ones wear viewers out through a bullheaded combination of unnecessary bloat, tiresome developments, and – to paraphrase that Shakespeare guy – unrelenting sound and fury, signifying absolutely nothing at all. After sitting through a movie like Dead Men Tell No Tales, you don’t want to rush out and tell your friends to see it. You just want to take a nap.

It’s been six years since the last Pirates of the Caribbean picture drifted into theaters, and a full 14 years since the original film made its debut. Like all that have preceded it, this fifth entry is primarily built around Johnny Depp and his character of Jack Sparrow, and why not? It was the first Pirates feature that turned Depp into a genuine movie star and earned him his first Oscar nomination, and he’s always been the bloodline of this franchise.

Unfortunately, that blood is running thin these days – with Depp having spent the last several years playing caricatures rather than characters (The Mad Hatter, Tonto and more), there’s no longer any novelty to what was once a blazingly origiPIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD nal creation. His Jack Sparrow is now just MEN TELL NO TALES a Jack-in-the-box, popping out at regular O´ intervals to amuse the kids.

The least sea-worthy – make that seeBrenton Thwaites, the bland hero in last worthy – film in the deathless franchise, year’s Gods of Egypt, is the bland hero here Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No as well, playing the son of Will Turner and Tales is the sort of big-budget extravaganza Elizabeth Swann (original series co-stars 36 that’s exhausting in the worst possible way. Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley). For

reasons too convoluted to explain, he’s but one of many people seeking the fabled Trident of Poseidon, joined in his quest

by Jack and an astronomer named Carina (Kaya Scodelario).

Captain Barbossa (returning Geoffrey Rush) is still on the scene, and there’s a new villain in the form of Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem), a murderous spirit who blames Jack for his present ethereal state.

For a movie that never stops moving, Dead Men Tell No Tales is astoundingly dull, choked to death by expensive CGI, lumbering set-pieces, and a script seemingly cobbled together even after production was underway (late in the film, Salazar is revealed to possess a power that sure would have come in handy at countless earlier points).

There are a few clever moments strewn throughout – intentional or not, Jack’s first appearance is a nice homage to Charlie Chaplin’s intro in City Lights — but these bits are too few and too far between.

A couple of the earlier films featured Keith Richards as Jack’s father. Figuring that a Rolling Stone cameo should be matched by a Beatles cameo, this one showcases a brief appearance by Paul McCartney as Jack’s uncle. It’s an apt inclusion, since a message to the makers of this past-its-prime franchise can be found right there in The Beatles discography: Let It Be.

THE LOVERS

O/´ An art-house experience for older viewers not particularly interested in typical summer shenanigans, The Lovers stars

Debra Winger and Tracy Letts as Mary and Michael, an unhappily married couple both enjoying affairs with other people.

Mary is seeing a writer (Aidan Gillen) while Michael is dallying with a dance instructor (Melora Walters), and both are repeatedly being given ultimatums by their respective lovers: Tell your spouse that you’re leaving them, or else. While Mary and Michael each try to build up the courage to confess, they unexpectedly locate a burning ember among the cold ashes of their marriage. Suddenly, they’re in no real rush to seize that divorce.

Winger and Letts are excellent in the central roles, and writer-director Azazel Jacobs does a rather remarkable job of making these colorless and not particularly likable people interesting. The film loses its potency in the third act, though, with every action leading to a gotcha ending that’s too obvious, too facile and too clever for its own good. Too bad.

ALIEN: COVENANT

OOO To say that Prometheus, Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel from 2012, divided audiences would be an understatement. Championed in some quarters for expanding the franchise’s mythology and lambasted in others for being too cerebral, the film was subjected to mixed word-of-mouth and saw its box office plummet after a strong opening weekend. That’s a shame, considering it was the first good movie in the series since James Cameron’s masterpiece Aliens opened in theaters back in 1986.

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franchise, Scott has returned with Alien: Covenant, a movie that adds more action to the mix while also keeping the more philosophical points intact. Ironically, Scott will doubtless still get blasted by the naysayers, since fanboys are sure to gripe about the mixing and matching of styles.

Yet more discerning viewers should find this a worthy experience, and if it recycles some beloved Alien/Aliens moments a bit too slavishly—well, so did Star Wars: The Force Awakens with the Lucas flicks, and that worked out nicely.

Once again, the crew of a space vessel— in this case, Covenant, a ship transporting two thousand sleeping inhabitants to a distant planet ripe for colonization— answers a mysterious call emanating from an unknown source. Seeking its origin, the crew members—among them the resilient Daniels (Katherine Waterston), timid leader Oram (Billy Crudup) and the android Walter (Michael Fassbender)— find themselves on a planet that seems perfectly suitable for the human race. And then they meet David (also Fassbender), the android from the mission detailed in Prometheus. No significant spoilers here, but let’s just say we find out what’s up with Prometheus lead character Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace), what became of the Engineers, and how the alien monsters will again figure into the proceedings.

Working in references to Milton, Michelangelo and Percy Shelley’s “Ozymandias” rather than to Marvel, mutants and Depp’s Jack Sparrow, it’s clear that Alien: Covenant isn’t a typical summer blockbuster. For that, credit the new team of writers for building on the character brought to life by Fassbender in the previous film. David is one of the most complex and fascinating characters in the entire Alien franchise, and most of the story’s existential angst, ironic developments, and role inversions all link back to him.

Fassbender again excels in the part, and his double duty in also portraying Walter (a completely different style of replicant) is endlessly intriguing. Other cast members aren’t quite as compelling, although it should be noted that, against all expectations, Danny McBride portrays a character (Covenant pilot Tennessee) who we do not want to see immediately eviscerated by the aliens.

When it comes to helming suspenseful set-pieces, Scott remains at the top of his game, with at least two tremendous sequences that are directed for maximum payoff. That’s not to say there aren’t some missteps along the way. The climactic skirmish on top of a moving vessel comes off as overkill, and there’s a plot twist so obvious that even someone with the I.Q. of a slug should be able to figure it out. Yet even the occasional flaw can’t prevent Alien: Covenant from fulfilling its obligation as sound summertime entertainment.

EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING

OO A YA adaptation brandishing a WTF plot twist, Everything, Everything arrives in theaters as a seasonal antidote to all the superhero and sci-fi sagas clamoring for attention. Of course, counterprogramming is nothing new, and it worked like gangbusters three summers ago with the lovely box office hit The Fault In Our Stars.

This new picture, based on Nicola Yoon’s novel, isn’t nearly as successful in its construction of the central characters or its handing of the dilemmas they face, but it’s an agreeable movie with a startling final act that might catch young audiences off-guard as forcefully as, say, The Usual Suspects or The Sixth Sense walloped older audiences with their left-field reveals.

Amandla Stenberg, The Hunger Games’ little Rue all grown up, essays the lead role in what’s initially a modern-day variation on the 1976 John Travolta TV-movie The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. She plays Maddy Whittier, an 18-year-old who has spent practically her entire life never venturing outside her Los Angeles home.

That’s because she has severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), which basically prevents her body from fighting any and all infections. Since even stepping outside might prove to be fatal, she can’t ever leave the premises, with her physician mom (Anika Noni Rose) and a sympathetic nurse (Ana de la Reguera) keeping a watchful eye on her. It isn’t until a cute boy named Olly Bright (Nick Robinson) moves into the house next door and befriends her via text-messaging that Maddy finds herself willing to put her life at risk.

Even within the confines of the narrative, the behavior of certain characters doesn’t always make sense, but there’s nothing forced about the burgeoning relationship between Maddy and Olly. Theirs is a sweet romance, and it’s a shame the filmmakers don’t trust it to stand on its own—instead, the picture is weakened by strains of whimsical fancy (many involving an astronaut) that probably worked better on paper than in practice. As for the third-act revelation, it provides some oomph to a storyline that had started getting fragmented by this point. It spins the tale in a new direction, and while some viewers might resent the darker implications it brings to the table, it certainly guarantees that the movie won’t be dismissed as merely another standard teen sudser.

KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD

It seems that every decade rates its own King Arthur flick, which means those folks who never wanted the 1980s to end now have another reason.

John Boorman’s 1981 Excalibur remains

a superb motion picture—literate, lush, intelligent, and absolutely stunning to behold. Since then, though, audiences have been privy to the underwhelming likes of Jerry Zucker’s 1995 First Knight (starring Sean Connery as Arthur) and Antoine Fuqua’s 2004 King Arthur (with Clive Owen in the title role). This current decade now brings King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, and it’s the feeblest interpretation yet.

A dull and dour undertaking, the film begins with the nefarious Vortigern (Jude Law) teaming up with The Little Mermaid’s Ursula the Sea Witch in order to murder his brother Uther (Eric Bana, basically reprising his Troy role) and steal his crown. He also wipes out the rest of Uther’s family and friends, but he misses his wee son Arthur, who ends up floating down the river Moses-style.

Arthur grows up among the rabble (he’s played as an adult by Charlie Hunnam), and his lineage is only determined once he pulls Excalibur from the stone. Excalibur, of course, is the mighty sword forged by Merlin himself – it should be noted that Merlin, one of the great characters in the Arthurian saga, only appears for a few seconds in a flashback sequence, presumably because the filmmakers couldn’t meet the asking price of Ian McKellen or Patrick Stewart or, considering the film’s overall incongruity, Kevin James.

Director Guy Ritchie’s kinetic style, perfect for Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, crucially hampered those daft Sherlock Holmes films starring Robert Downey Jr.—the ones that basically reimagined the sleuth as an elementary Indiana Jones.

It’s even more damaging here, with Ritchie employing tiresome tricks of the trade to cover up the anemic screenplay he helped write. To complicate matters, the 3-D version of the film appears to have been shot through a dirty washcloth, with the darkness recalling the early years of the current 3-D craze when filmmakers were still tweaking the technique.

As Arthur, Hunnam displays little of the authority or magnetism integral to the character, although, to be honest, nobody really stands out in this blasé grouping.

The impersonal nature of the project extends to the visual effects – when most of the villains are dispatched by a snake that’s the size of a Boeing 747, it’s hard to care about anything going on.

It’s rather astonishing that the creators of King Arthur: Legend of the Sword plan for it to be the first in a six-film series focusing on the Camelot celebrity. Unless the international box office is enormous, it’s doubtful there will even be enough enthusiasm for a straight-to-video sequel starring C. Thomas Howell as Arthur.

To borrow from a far superior film about this king—1975’s Monty Python and the

Holy Grail, of course—it would be easier to cut down the mightiest tree in the forest with a herring than to willingly watch another entry in this errant enterprise.

SNATCHED

OO Amy Schumer became an instant movie star with Trainwreck, the 2015 summer surprise that grossed $110 million at the U.S. box office and earned the comedienne a Best Actress Golden Globe nomination.

It would be tempting to state that Snatched, Schumer’s follow-up flick, is a train wreck of a different kind, but that might be a tad too harsh. Ultimately, though, here’s another grasping summertime slog that promisingly pairs two popular actresses and then puts them through nonsensical material.

While Snatched is (thankfully) more tolerable than the recent summer stinkers Tammy (Melissa McCarthy and Susan Sarandon) and Hot Pursuit (Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara), it never really gets out of neutral. The film casts Schumer as Emily Middleton, a slacker who gets dumped by her boyfriend (Randall Park) right as they’re about to embark on a trip to Ecuador.

Because it’s a nonrefundable vacation package, Emily is forced to find somebody else to accompany her—after all her friends turn her down, she decides to take her stick-in-the-mud mom Linda (Goldie Hawn).

Mother and daughter are greeted at their hotel by whale cum (a clever gag), but while Linda wants to spend the entire trip reading her book safely by the pool, Emily yearns for something more exciting.

She meets a hunky guy (Tom Bateman) at the hotel bar, and he takes both Emily and her mom on a jaunt through the real Ecuador—it proves to be disastrous for the women, as they’re kidnapped by local ruffians and held for ransom.

Schumer throws herself into her role— here’s a performer who’s admirably not afraid to look ridiculous if the part calls for it—but the focus on Emily turns this into a one-woman show at the expense of her Oscar-winning co-star.

Hawn hasn’t appeared in a film since 2002’s The Banger Sisters, but anyone anticipating a comeback won’t find it here.

The actress is given precious little to do besides alternating between I-love-you and I-told-you-so modes, and it’s difficult to ascertain if she still possesses her revered comedic prowess since her part is so threadbare. Then again, the flatness of her character is duplicated in most other areas of Snatched, which offers a few offhand chuckles but mostly feels like a journey to nowhere. CS

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ACTIVISM & POLITICS

DRINKING LIBERALLY Every first and third Thursdays, 7:00 p.m.

A gathering of Liberals for an informal discussion of politics, the economy, sports, entertainment, and the world around us. Free to attend. Food and beverages available for purchase. first Thursday of every month, 7 p.m. (912) 341-7427. livingliberally.org/drinking/chapters/GA/ savannah. Tondee’s Tavern, 7 E. Bay Street.

FIRST TUESDAY TOUR OF CITY HALL The First Tuesday Tour series gives an overview of the history, architecture, and art of historic City Hall. Participants will also hear stories about some of the City’s more fascinating characters and learn about their City government. The tour is free, but space is limited and registration is required, at savannahga.gov/FirstTuesdayTours. first Tuesday of every month, noon. 912651-6411. lspracher@savannahga.gov.

Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

GREEN PARTY OF CHATHAM COUNTY People, Planet and Peace over Profit!

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

ONE OF THE GUYS Guys, have you found yourself in a social rut, or just have a need for the art of conversation? Make a change in 2016.

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

Downtown Savannah, downtown.

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

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

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

AUDITIONS AND CALLS FOR ENTRIES

AUDITIONS FOR ARMSTRONG YOUTH ORCHESTRA Open to students enrolled in primary 38 grades through high school and including

Armstrong students (available for course credit). Auditions, by appointment, are in Armstrong Fine Arts Hall. To schedule an audition, e-mail: savaayo@yahoo.com. Info is also available at www.savaayo.org. AYO is sponsored in part by the Savannah Friends of Music, www.savannahfriendsofmusic. com ongoing. about.armstrong.edu/Maps/ index.html. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR DEEP CENTER WRITING FELLOWSHIP Deep Center is on the hunt for Savannah writers to apply for fellowships for Deep’s upcoming semester of programming (September through December). Deep Center is a nonprofit creative-writing literacy program working with Savannah’s public middle schools. Writing Fellows work in teams of two to lead 11 weeks of afterschool writing workshops at assigned middle schools. Interested? Learn more and apply at deepkids.com/join. Applications due by May 31. Through May 31. liveoakpl. org. Bull Street Library, 2002 Bull St. 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 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

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First Friday for Folk Music

Monthly folk music showcase hosted by the Savannah Folk Music Society in a friendly, alcohol-free environment. Hosted

by Clark Byron. $5 donation June performers: Jason Bible and Chris Desa.

FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 7:30 P.M. SAVANNAHFOLK.ORG. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 520 WASHINGTON AVE.

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

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BENEFITS

RED, WHITE & BLUEGRASS WITH SPEC HOSTI & FRIENDS Enjoy an evening of foot stompin’, hand clappin’ music at our Red, White and Bluegrass evening, starring Tybee’s own Spec Hosti & Friends. This extraordinary band provides a night filled with high energy Bluegrass covers along with original songs written by members of the group. Their musical style features classic Bluegrass and adds a bit of rockabilly to bring their style into the “twangy-first century.” $18 Fri., June 2, 8-10 p.m. 912-472-4790. info@ tybeeposttheater.org. tybeeposttheater. showare.com/. The Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne Ave. SCMPD ANIMAL CONTROL SEEKS VOLUNTEERS Savannah Chatham County Animal Control seeks volunteers to serve various tasks as needed by the shelter. No prior animal shelter experience is necessary. Newly trained volunteers will be authorized to serve immediately after orientation. Potential volunteers are asked to notify J. Lewis prior to orientation; though, walk-ins are welcome.

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

CLASSES, CAMPS & WORKSHOPS

AERIAL SILKS CLASSES Come fly with us and try something new this summer. Learn to dance and work with Aerial Silks all while suspended in the air.

Increase strength and flexibility in a different way. Weekly classes held on Fridays. Very limited space available, reserve your spot and register online today. 20 Fri., June 2, 5:30-7 p.m. 954.682.5694. elyse.thestudio@ yahoo.com. thestudiosav.net/aerial-silk-arts. html. thestudiosav.net. The STUDIO, 2805-b Roger Lacey Dr. 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 Wednesday 6:45pm and Saturday 12:30pm. Class size limited.

Required to register online ahead of time 25 Wed., May 31, 6:45-8 p.m. and Sat., June 3, 12:30-1:45 p.m. 954.682.5694. elyse. thestudio@yahoo.com. thestudiosav.net/ aerial-silk-arts.html. thestudiosav.net. The STUDIO, 2805-b Roger Lacey Dr. 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.

BASIC SELF DEFENSE Essential self-defense for adults. $30/ month Tuesdays, Thursdays, 6 p.m. fit912savannah.com. fit912savannah.com.

Fit912 Savannah, 428 Bull Street.

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.

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. 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/.

Salón de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 7068 Hodgson Memorial Dr. DUI PREVENTION GROUP Offers victim impact panels for intoxicated drivers, DUI, offenders, and anyone seeking knowledge about the dangers of driving while impaired. A must see for teen drivers.

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

ESSENTIAL SELF DEFENSE Develop situational awareness and learn vital self defense and crime survival techniques. No experience needed.

Appropriate for all adults. 30.00 Thu., June 1, 6-7 p.m. 912-236-9013. dan@ fit912savannah.com. fit912savannah.com/. fit912savannah.com. Fit912 Savannah, 428 Bull Street.

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.

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 SUMMER WORKSHOPS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Our 3-day summer camps are a more in-depth version of our regular improv classes. You will learn improv in threehour segments for three days a week.

Through theater games and exercises, you will learn the classic improv skills: focus, agreement, give and take, mime playing at the top of your game, justifying, specificity, spontaneity & ​making your teammates look like geniuses. $90 Wed., May 31, 12:303:30 p.m. 912-659-4383. info@improvhub. com. improvhub.com. ImprovHub, 42 W. Montgomery Cross Road, Warehouse F. 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.

LIVE OAK PUBLIC LIBRARIES SUMMER READING PROGRAM Live Oak Public Libraries presents “Build a Better World” Summer Reading Program June 1 – July 31. SRP offers engaging activities and programs for children ages 0 – 18 at libraries throughout Chatham, Effingham and Liberty Counties.

Participants can earn exciting reading rewards and entries for the Grand Prize drawing. Visit your library or www.liveoakpl. org/srp2017/ for details. Free and open to the public. June 1-July 31, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. liveoakpl.org/srp2017/. liveoakpl.org. Live Oak Public Libraries, 2002 Bull Street.

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 Photography Workshops: Beginner to Advanced level. 4-hour sessions. $250 per student. See website for complete list. 410251-4421. chris@chrismorrisphotography. com. chrismorrisphotography.com/learn.

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.

POLE FITNESS CLASSES Pole dancing is a beautiful artform, and a combination of dance, flexibility and gymnastics. Pole dancing has quickly become one of the most popular forms of fun and exercise for women. It can help you lose weight, gain beautiful muscle tone, make you stronger than ever and build confidence like no other form of exercise can. Join us on Tuesday nights and get fitter and stronger than you’ve ever been, with this

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amazing full body workout. Schedule TBA $20 Every other Tuesday, 7-9 p.m. 912-9881052. Mediterranean Tavern, 125 Foxfield Way. POWER FIT DEFENSE Have fun! Get fit! Develop lightning speed and explosive power. Slash your reaction time through modern “responsive” training techniques that challenge your mind, as well as your body. Recommended for active adults. No experience needed. Wear loose clothing and workout shoes. 30.00 Thu., June 1, 7-8 p.m. and Tue., June 6, 7-8 p.m.

912-236-9013. dan@fit912savannah.com. fit912savannah.com/. fit912savannah.com.

Fit912 Savannah, 428 Bull Street.

POWER FIT YOUTH This fun, active class for boys and girls, ages 10-14, combines traditional Taekwon-Do techniques with modern responsive training methods to develop both body and mind.

Build speed, power, and coordination.

Develop self-confidence and practice appropriate responses to deal with bullying and harassment. 20.00 Tue., June 6, 6-7 p.m. 912-346-9013. dan@fit912savannah. com. fit912savannah.com/. fit912savannah. com. Fit912 Savannah, 428 Bull Street.

POWER SELF DEFENSE Get fit and develop powerful selfdefense skills. For active adults. $30/ month Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7 p.m. fit912savannah.com. fit912savannah.com.

Fit912 Savannah, 428 Bull Street.

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.

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.

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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 Ages 8-14. Learn to dance and work with Aerial Silks while suspended in the air.

Increase flexibility and strength! Weekly classes held every Friday. Limited space available, reserve your spot and register online today. 20 Fri., June 2, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

954.682.5694. elyse.thestudio@yahoo. com. thestudiosav.net/aerial-silk-arts. html. thestudiosav.net. The STUDIO, 2805-b Roger Lacey Dr. 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, 8400-B Abercorn St. Call Muriel, 912-6313452, or Darowe, 912-272-2797. ongoing. abeniculturalarts@gmail.com.

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

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

website. ongoing. buccaneerregion.org.

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

CHATHAM SAILING CLUB Friday evening social event at the clubhouse.

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

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

Young’s Marina, 218 Wilmington Island Rd. COASTAL BEAD SOCIETY Coastal Bead Society monthly meetings, 12 noon on the third Friday of the Month at the Coastal Georgia Center, 303 Fahm Street, near SCAD. All beaders are welcome. ongoing. wyrnut18@gmail.com. cgc. georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

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. 912257-6248. info@kbnalliance.com. eventbrite. com/e/christian-business-networking-eventsavannah-tickets-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., June 3, 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.

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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. facebook.com/groups/ SavannahChineseCorner. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

SAVANNAH COUNCIL, NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES A dinner meeting every 4th Tuesday of the month at 6:00 pm at local restaurants. 3rd Tuesday in November; none in December.

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

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

Downtown Savannah, downtown.

SAVANNAH GO GREEN Meets most Saturdays. Green events and places. Share ways to Go Green each day.

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

SAVANNAH KENNEL CLUB Monthly meetings open to the public the 4th Monday each month, Sept. through June. ongoing, 7 p.m. savannahkennelclub.org.

Carey Hilliard’s (Southside), 11111 Abercorn St. SAVANNAH NEWCOMERS CLUB Open to women who have lived in the Savannah area for less than two years.

Membership includes monthly luncheon and program. Activities, tours and events help you learn about Savannah and make new friends. Ongoing sign-up. savannahnewcomers.com. ongoing.

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

SAVANNAH TOASTMASTERS Helps improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly, supportive environment.

Mondays, 6:15pm, Memorial Health University Medical Center, in the Conference Room C. ongoing. 912-484-6710. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. 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. 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.

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CONCERTS

CHILDREN’S CHOIR AND HANDBELL CONCERT A concert by the 50-voice Youth Choir and Handbell Ensemble of Tucker Methodist Church (Atlanta). FREE Wed., May 31, 7-8:30 p.m. 912-598-7242 Ext 5. tmckee@ stpeterssavannah.org. stpeterssavannah. org. St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 3 West Ridge Road.

FIRST FRIDAY FOR FOLK MUSIC Monthly folk music showcase hosted by the Savannah Folk Music Society in a friendly, alcohol-free environment. Hosted by Clark Byron. $5 donation June performers: Jason Bible and Chris Desa.. first Friday of every month, 7:30 p.m. 912-484-3936. savannahfolk.org. fpc.presbychurch.net.

First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. SAVANNAH LIVE Savannah Live is a high-energy 2 hour variety show that features everything from pop to Broadway and Motown to rock n’ roll, featuring a rockin’ live band and eight singers. $37 Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, 8 p.m. savannahtheatre.com. The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. SCAD NEW ALUMNI CONCERT W/ THE FABULOUS EQUINOX ORCHESTRA The concert is free and open to the public, with cash bar available. After the show, the public is invited to attend a free screening of the new live-action film Beauty and The Beast at the Trustees Theatre on Broughton Street. Fri., June 2, 5 p.m. scadmoa.org/.

SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

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$8 COMMUNITY MEDITATION CLASSES Join us for breath work, guided meditation, and yoga nidra, a deep relaxation technique to relieve stress, quiet the mind, and find the calm within. All proceeds support local organizations. $8 Sundays, 6-7 p.m. 912349-2756.

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1 Horseshoe-shaped fastener 6 Center of attraction, so to speak 11 Like some answers 14 Judge’s place 15 Kazakhstan range 16 Marriage starter 17 Gloss over, vocally 18 Grab a belief?

20 Pizza ___ (2015 meme) 21 Disturbance 23 Low tattoo spot 24 Bar tests?

26 Holes in Swiss cheese 27 “M*A*S*H” character’s cutesy Disney Channel series?

31 Four-award initialism 32 Charmed 36 The whole thing 37 Airwaves regulatory gp.

40 Planetarium depiction 41 Call for Lionel Messi 42 Northern California draw 45 One of four on a diamond 46 Brothel owner on a pogo stick?

50 Word in multiple “Star Wars” titles 53 Neighbor of Morocco 54 Acid in proteins, informally

56 ___ District (Lima, Peru beach resort area) 57 Maggie Simpson’s grandpa 60 Queen of paddled boats?

62 Injured by a bull 64 Ginormous 65 The first U.S. “Millionaire” host, to fans 66 Bring together 67 Part of IPA 68 Having lots of land 69 Ford Fusion variety

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1 Lyft competitor, in most places 2 Bauhaus song “___ Lugosi’s Dead” 3 “Don’t bet ___!”

4 ___ Soundsystem 5 Stanley Cup org.

6 Sailors’ uprising 7 “A Little Respect” synthpop band 8 They get greased up before a birthday 9 A.L. Central team, on scoreboards 10 Schnauzer in Dashiell Hammett books 11 Swear word?

12 “Hello” singer 13 Completely, in slang (and feel free to chastise me if I ever use this word)

19 Calendario starter 22 Slick stuff 24 Frequent chaser of its own tail 25 Mt. Rushmore loc.

27 Make a mad dash 28 Give creepy looks to 29 Tattled 30 “Snatched” star Schumer 33 Word before kill or rage 34 “Let It Go” singer 35 Consider 37 “Learn to Fly” band ___ Fighters 38 Barry Manilow’s club 39 Increasingly infrequent dashboard option 43 Full of complaints 44 Political placards in your yard, e.g.

45 Sheep’s sound 47 Made out 48 Miracle-___ (garden brand) 49 “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” bassist Charles 50 Brand name in the smoothie world 51 Server piece 52 Morose song 55 Gumbo veggie 57 Uninspired 58 B in Greek Philosophy?

59 Genesis setting 61 DOE’s predecessor 63 It comes after twelve

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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. 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. 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 42 Join us October 3 and every first

Putt Putt & Pub Crawl

You will visit nine restaurants in City Market, each with a Mini golf hole built & your team plays the hole. The format is a Fun Foursome scramble, so record the best 2 scores of 4. Entry fee includes your 4 person team, Tervis Tumbler, Titleist Golf Ball & other goodies. Donations also excepted on the website and day of the event.

Proceeds benefit the Humane Society of Greater Savannah. $25 PER PLAYER/$100 PER 4 PERSON TEAM JUNE 3, 12-5 P.M.. 912-201-2009.

DANA.SCHULTZ@WESTIN.COM. CITY MARKET, JEFFERSON AT WEST SAINT JULIAN ST. 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.

Delaware Recreation Center, 1815 Lincoln St. MOMMY AND BABY YOGA Mondays. Call for times and fees or see website. ongoing. 912-232-2994. savannahyoga.com. savannahyoga.com/.

Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. PILATES CLASSES Daily classes for all skill levels including beginners. Private and semi-private classes by appointment. Carol Daly-Wilder, certified instructor. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-238-0018. savannahpilates. com. pilatessavannah.com/. Momentum Pilates Studio, 8413 Rerguson Ave. 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., June 3, 12-2 p.m. 912-667-0033. natalie@ southboundbrewingco.com. facebook.

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com/Pints-Poses-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: 912376-0219 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.

STUDIO DANCE PARTY Free lesson at 7:30 p.m. Social dancing, light refreshments, and fun. All ballroom dances, Argentine Tango, Hustle, West Coast Swing, and more. $15.00 Sat., June 3, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 612-470-6683. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. salondebaileballroomdancestudio.com/.

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

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,

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bottomless pommes frites, and warm bread all for just $24. One order per guest.

Reservations suggested. 39ruedejeansav. com/reservations $24 5-9 p.m.. ruedejeansavannah.com. holycityhospitality. com/39-rue-de-jean-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. 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. FIRST FRIDAY OYSTER ROASTS First Friday Oyster Roasts return to The Westin Savannah Harbor for all of Savannah to enjoy. We invite everyone to take the Free Ferry from River Street or park at the

hotel to enjoy this local favorite. Guests will delight in specialty cocktails, enjoy coastal cuisine like oysters, Lowcountry boil and BBQ, dance to live music on the Riverfront Esplanade and catch the best views of the sunset and fireworks! Attendees can also shop with some of Savannah’s finest local artists, right on the Savannah River! 912201-2000. westinsavannah.com/firstfriday. westinsavannah.com/. Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, 1 Resort Drive.

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.

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19)

Life is in the mood to communicate with you rather lyrically. Here are just a few of the signs and portents you may encounter, along with theories about their meaning. If you overhear a lullaby, it’s time to seek the influence of a tender, nurturing source. If you see a type of fruit or flower you don’t recognize, it means you have a buried potential you don’t know much about, and you’re ready to explore it further. If you spy a playing card in an unexpected place, trust serendipity to bring you what you need. If a loud noise arrives near a moment of decision: Traditionally it signifies caution, but these days it suggests you should be bold.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

Your body is holy and magic and precious. I advise you not to sell it or rent it or compromise it in any way -- especially now, when you have an opening to upgrade your relationship with it. Yes, Taurus, it’s time to attend to your sweet flesh and blood with consummate care. Find out exactly what your amazing organism needs to feel its best. Lavish it with pleasure and healing. Treat it as you would a beloved child or animal. I also hope you will have intimate conversations with the cells that compose your body. Let them know you love and appreciate them. Tell them you’re ready to collaborate on a higher level.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

“The most intense moments the universe has ever known are the next 15 seconds,” said philosopher Terence McKenna. He was naming a central principle of reality: that every new NOW is a harvest of everything that has ever happened; every fresh moment is a blast of novelty that arises in response to the sum total of all history’s adventures. This is always true, of course. But I suspect the phenomenon will be especially pronounced for you in the near future. More than usual, you may find that every day is packed with interesting feelings and poignant fun and epic realizations. This could be pleasurable, but also overwhelming. Luckily, you have the personal power necessary to make good use of the intensity.

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Nobody likes to be scrutinized or critiqued or judged. But we Crabs (yes, I’m one of you) are probably touchier about that treatment than any other sign of the zodiac. (Hypersensitivity is a trait that many astrologers ascribe to Cancerians.) However, many of us do allow one particular faultfinder to deride us: the nagging voice in the back of our heads. Sometimes we even give free rein to its barbs.

But I would like to propose a transformation of this situation. Maybe we could scold ourselves less, and be a bit more open to constructive feedback coming from other

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 Saturdays.

(912) 298-0071. ghostcoastdistillery.com.

BY ROB BREZSNY

beautyandtruth@freewillastrology.com

people. Starting now.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

The lion’s potency, boldness, and majesty are qualities you have a mandate to cultivate in the next three weeks.

To get in the righteous mood, I suggest you gaze upon images and videos of lions. Come up with your own version of a lion’s roar -- I mean actually make that sound -- and unleash it regularly. You might also want to try the yoga posture known as the lion pose. If you’re unfamiliar with it, go here for tips: tinyurl.com/lionpose. What else might help you invoke and express the unfettered leonine spirit?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

You’re in a phase when you have the power to find answers to questions that have stumped you for a while.

Why? Because you’re more open-minded and curious than usual. You’re also ready to be brazenly honest with yourself. Congrats! In light of the fact that you’ll be lucky at solving riddles, I’ve got three good ones for you to wrestle with. 1. Which of your anxieties may actually be cover-ups for a lazy refusal to change a bad habit? 2. What resource will you use more efficiently when you stop trying to make it do things it’s not designed to do? 3. What blessing will you receive as soon as you give a clear signal that you are ready for it?

“What does it matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe?” French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan posed that question. I invite you to put it at the top of your list of hot topics to meditate on. In doing so, I trust you won’t use it as an excuse to disparage your companions for their inadequacies. Rather, I hope it will mobilize you to supercharge your intimate alliances; to deepen your awareness of the synergistic beauty you could create together; to heighten your ability to be given the universe by those whose fates are interwoven with yours.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

From my study of the lost prophecies of Nostradamus, the hidden chambers beneath the Great Pyramid of Cheops, and the current astrological omens, I have determined that now is a favorable time for you to sing liberation songs with cheeky authority . . . to kiss the sky and dance with the wind on a beach or hilltop . . . to gather your most imaginative allies and brainstorm about what you really want to do in the next five years. Do you dare to slip away from business-as-usual so you can play in the enchanted land of what-if? If you’re smart, you will escape the grind and grime of the daily rhythm so you can expand your mind to the next largest size.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

“On some hill of despair,” wrote poet Galway Kinnell, “the bonfire you kindle can light the great sky -- though it’s true, of course, to make it burn you have to throw yourself in.” You may not exactly feel despair, Scorpio.

But I suspect you are in the throes of an acute questioning that makes you feel close to the edge of forever. Please consider the possibility that it’s a favorable time to find out just how much light and heat are hidden inside you.

Your ache for primal fun and your longing to accelerate your soul’s education are converging with your quest to summon a deeper, wilder brilliance.

A typical Capricorn cultivates fervent passions, even to the point of obsession. Almost no one knows their magnitude, though, because the members of your tribe often pursue their fulfillment with methodical, businesslike focus. But I wonder if maybe it’s a good time to reveal more of the raw force of this driving energy than you usually do. It might humanize you in the eyes of potential helpers who see you as too strong to need help. And it could motivate your allies to provide the extra support and understanding you’ll need in the coming weeks.

In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to carry out a flashy flirtation with the color red. I dare you to wear red clothes and red jewelry. Buy yourself red roses.

Sip red wine and savor strawberries under red lights. Sing Elvis Costello’s “The Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoes” and Prince’s “Little Red Corvette.” Tell everyone why 2017 is a red-letter year for you. For extra credit, murmur the following motto whenever a splash of red teases and pleases your imagination: “My red-hot passion is my version of high fashion.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

“If you want a puppy, start by asking for a pony,” read the bumper sticker on the Lexus SUV I saw. That confused me. Would the owner of a Lexus SUV be the type of person who didn’t expect to get what she really wanted? In any case, Pisces, I’m conveying a version of this bumpersticker wisdom to you. If you want your domestic scene to thrive even more than it already does, ask for a feng shui master to redesign your environment so it has a perfect flow of energy. If you want a community that activates the best in you, ask for a utopian village full of emotionally intelligent activists. If you want to be animated by a focused goal that motivates you to wake up excited each morning, ask for a glorious assignment that will help save the world.

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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.

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.

PUTT PUTT & PUB CRAWL You will visit nine restaurants in City Market, each with a Mini golf hole built & your team plays the hole. The format is a Fun Foursome scramble, so record the best 2 scores of 4. Entry fee includes your 4 person team, Tervis Tumbler, Titleist Golf Ball & other goodies. Donations also excepted on the website and day of the event. Proceeds benefit the Humane Society of Greater Savannah. $25 Per Player/$100 Per 4 Person team 912-2012009. dana.schultz@westin.com. facebook. com/events/1634794983514171/. savannahcitymarket.com. City Market, Jefferson at West Saint Julian St. 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.

HEALTH

BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS St. Joseph’s/Candler’s SmartSenior offers blood pressure screenings on every Monday from 10 AM to Noon in the SmartSenior office, #8 Medical Arts on 836 E. 65th Street. No appointment is necessary; the screenings are free and open to the public.

For more information, call (912) 352-4405. ongoing. St. Joseph’s/Candler Medical Arts Building, 836 E. 65th St. FREE HEARING AND SPEECH SCREENING Hearing: Thursdays, 9am-11am.

Speech: First Thursdays. Call or see

website for times. ongoing. 912-3554601. savannahspeechandhearing.org. savannahspeechandhearing.org/. Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E 66th St. FREE 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).

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.

GVNT HAVS GVNT HAVS is a free monthly drag show that houses the unique antics of the House of Gunt, a Savannah based free-form drag collective whose mission is to connect the trashy with the flashy, the kitschy with the classy, and the people of Savannah with a breath of fresh, queer air. Free first Thursday of every month, 10 p.m. houseofgunt@ gmail.com. Chuck’s Bar, 305 W. River St. 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.

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.”

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FILM: THE MILD MILD WEST This big-budget satire of American Western films was a huge hit in Turkey (but has never been released in the USA) and stars Cem Yilmaz, that country’s most popular standup comic and comedic actor. $8 Wed., May 31, 8 p.m. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave.

SPORTS & GAMES

Film: The Mild Mild West

This big-budget satire of American Western films was a huge hit in Turkey (but has never been released in the USA) and stars Cem Yilmaz, that country’s most popular standup comic and comedic actor. $8 WED., MAY 31, 8 P.M. SENTIENTBEAN.COM. THE SENTIENT BEAN, 13 E. PARK AVE.

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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 46 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.

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.

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 bootcamp programs. See website for info. ongoing. savannahderby.com.

FIREBALL CLASSIC Bloomingdale Recreation Department is hosting their 4th annual Fireball Classic baseball and softball tournament. The GRPA rules tournament features boys and girls brackets. Sat., June 3, 8 a.m. Taylor Park, 1824 Pine Barren Road.

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.

MICRO WRESTLING FEDERATION The Micro Wrestling Federation comes to Savannah. $35 ringside, $20 general admission Wed., May 31, 8:30 p.m. savconcerts.com. The Stage on Bay, 1200 West Bay St. 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 BANANAS CHAMPIONSHIP RING CEREMONY Fans can celebrate the 2016 Coastal Plain League championship as head coach Sean West and returning Bananas players receive their championship rings. Mon., June 5. thesavannahbananas.com. Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. SAVANNAH BANANAS OPENING NIGHT Start off the summer baseball season. Thu., June 1, 7 p.m. thesavannahbananas.com.

Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. SAVANNAH BIKE POLO Like regular polo, but with bikes instead of horses. Meets weekly. See facebook for info. ongoing. facebook.com/ savannahbikepolo.

ULTIMATE FRISBEE Come play Ultimate! Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30pm until dark. Sundays, 4:30pm until we get tired. The west side of Forsyth Park. Bring a smile, two shirts (one light or white, one dark), water, and cleats (highly recommended). ongoing. savannahultimateproject@gmail.com. savannahultimateproject.wordpress.com/ pick-up/. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. USMNT (SOCCER) AMERICAN OUTLAWS CHAPTER USMNT is a national soccer team that represents the U.S. in international soccer competitions. American Outlaws Savannah chapter of USMNT meets regularly. Call for details. ongoing. 912-398-4014. savannahflipflop.com. Flip Flop Tiki Bar & Grill, 117 Whitaker St.

SUPPORT GROUPS

ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS Adult children of Alcoholics is a fellowship and support group for those who grew up in alcoholic or dysfunctional homes.

Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. 24 Hour Club, 1501 Eisenhower Drive.

AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS Are you troubled by someone else’s drinking? Please go to alanon.org for daily meeting schedule. ongoing. savannahalanon.com.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS For people who want or need to stop drinking, AA can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Free to attend or join. Check website for meeting days/times, or call 24 hours a day. ongoing.

912-356-3688. savannahaa.com.

ALZHEIMER’S CAREGIVER AND FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP For individuals caring for Alzheimer’s and dementia family members. Second Monday, Wilm. Isl. United Methodist Church, 195 Wilmington Island Rd. Second Thursday, Ruth Byck Adult Care Center, 64 Jasper St. Sponsored by Senior Citizens, Inc. Call for info. ongoing. 912-236-0363 x143.

AMPUTEE SUPPORT GROUP Open to all who have had limbs amputated and their families or caregivers. Call for info. ongoing. 912-355-7778.

BACK PAIN SUPPORT GROUP Second Monday of every month,7:00pm.

Denny’s Restaurant at Hwy. 204. Everyone is welcome. For more info, contact Debbie at 912-727-2959 ongoing.

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ELECTRICIANS NEEDED SACK now has openings for Electricians with a minimum of (2) years experience. We offer top wages, company insurance, 401K, vacation & paid holidays. Please send resume or inquiry to: apply@ hasack.com

EOE/M/F/V/D/Drug-free Workplace

*Application fee $50 waived until application is approved* We are currently hiring experienced warehouse workers to unload containers in the Savannah, GA area.

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

CLIFTON’S DRY CLEANERS Has Immediate Opening for We can work with your Please contact Dry Clean Pants Presser. Apply schedule. within: 8401 Ferguson Ave. Yvonne James at: No phone calls.

FRONT COUNTER CLERK Full time position.

Apply in person, Monday - Friday: Campbell’s Cleaners, 8422 Waters Avenue.

Front Counter Tuesday-Saturday.

Shirt Presser Monday-Tuesday.

Please apply in person: 12325 White Bluff Road. No Phone calls/ emails.

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2BR/1BA $590/month plus $590/ deposit. One block off Waters Avenue, close to Daffin Park.

Call 912-335-3211 or email adamrealstate@gmail.com. Days/ Nights/Weekends.

426 E. 38th St. Apt. C. (Habersham & Price) 2BR/1BA Apt. Appliances, central heat/ air, carpet $735/month.

Off ACL Blvd. & Westlake Ave.

2 & 3BR, 1 Bath Apts. Newly Renovated, hardwood floors, carpet, ceiling fans, appliances, central heat/air, washer/dryer hookups. $625-$795/month for 2bdrs and $735-$895/month for 3bdrs.

912-228-4630 Mon-Sat 10am-5pm www. bnetmanagement.com WE ACCEPT SECTION 8 *For Qualified Applicants with 1+ years on Job.*

912-228-4630

Mon-Sat 10am-5pm 1 Green Gate Ct. Apt. 56 Savannah, GA 31405 www.bnetmanagement.com WE ACCEPT SECTION 8

1 & 2 BEDROOM APTS. & ROOMS FOR RENT

Westside / Eastside Savannah: 37th, 38th, & 42nd Streets. Adult Living.

Furnished, all utilities incl.

Washer/Dryer on premises, cable TV, WiFi/ Internet. $130-$200/weekly.

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

RENT: 1510 East 53rd Street. 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath House. $950/ month plus $950/deposit. Call Mark @ 912-335-3211.

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11515 White Bluff Rd. 1BR/1BA, all electric, equipped kitchen, W/D connection. Convenient to Armstrong College. $695/ per month, $300/deposit.

DAVIS RENTALS

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

VERY BIG HOUSE FOR RENT *72 Knollwood Drive: 2BR/2BA Condo.

CH/A, washer/dryer 103 COASTAL PLACE @ TIBET hookup. $950/month plus 2BD/2BA Apartment.

Eat-in $950/security deposit (Includes kitchen, large LR, washer/dryer amenity fees). Call 912-631-7644, connections, new paint and 912-507-7934 or 912-927-2853 flooring. 6 closets, all electric. $800 /month. 912-655-4303.

Room for Rent

AFFORDABLE HOUSING SENIOR PROPERTY 62 or Older Only

• ALL Ads Must be PrePaid (Credit Cards Accepted)

One Bedroom Availability Income based Total electric, Central heat & Air. Community room for activities.

McFadden Place Apartments

• Basic rate includes up to 25 words.

Pembroke, GA. 912-653-3113

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ROOM FOR RENT, Mature renter preferred, proof of income required. $160 weekly + deposit.

All utilities included. Call 912659-3550

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

Call 912-844-5995

801 W. 39th St. 3bd/1ba Central heat and air, fenced in backyard, LR and dining room $850/month Available June 1st 2031 New Mexico Apt. B. 1BR/1BA Efficiency, off Pennsylvania. Kitchen w/ appliances, LR, carpet, ceiling fans. $720/month includes utilities or $195/weekly option payment.

2wks. deposit needed.

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

Refrigerator, Stove, Washer & Dryer. Mature Renters Preferred. For More Info, Call 912-272-3438 or 912247-7969

ROOMS FOR RENT $75 MOVE-IN SPECIAL ON 2ND WEEK Clean, large, furnished. Busline, cable, utilities, central heat/air. $100-$130/weekly. Rooms with bath $145. Call 912-289-0410. *Paycheck stub or Proof of income and ID required.

Connect Savannah Classifieds Work For You!

SAVANNAH’S HOUSE OF GRACE

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

Shared kitchen & bathroom.

All bedrooms have central heating/air and cable.

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

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

Income must be verifiable.

We accept gov. vouchers.

Prices starting at $550.

Call 912-844-5995

SHARED LIVING for Senior citizen/ Retired. Furnished room, CH/A, cable. Shared bath, kitchen and common area. $160 & Up (utilities included). Safe environment. ID/ Proof of income required. 912308-5455

SHARED LIVING: Fully Furnished Apts. Ages 40 & better. $170 weekly. No deposit. All utilities included.

Call 912-844-5995

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