Connect Savannah February 7, 2018

FEB 7-13, 2018 NEWS, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

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WEDNESDAY 2. 7 Elisabeth von Trapp

Elisabeth is the granddaughter of Maria and Baron von Trapp, whose story inspired “The Sound of Music.”

7 p.m.

Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St.

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Film: The Night My Number Came Up

This gripping B&W drama stars the late, great Michael Redgrave as an Air Marshall who becomes convinced by a creepy dream that his flight to Tokyo is cursed.

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

Savannah Black Heritage Festival

Presented by Savannah State University and the City of Savannah. For a full lineup of events, visit savannahstate.edu.

Feb. 1-18 Savannah State University, 3219 College St.

2018 Georgia Day Parade FRI 2.9

As part of the annual commemoration of the founding of the Georgia colony of February 12, 1733 by James Edward Oglethorpe, a tradition dating back to the earliest years of the colony’s founding, join us as students, musicians, local dignitaries, and costumed historical figures march through Savannah’s historic squares during this beloved annual event.

10:45 a.m.

Forsyth Park Free 912-651-2125. georgiahistory.com. georgiahistory.com/events/2018-georgia-day-parade/

THURSDAY 2. 8 Artists and Artisans Tour

Tickets to this premiere art event include admission to several homes on East Jones Street displaying paintings, photography, mixed media and sculpture by over 30 local artists. 5:30 p.m.

Judge Realty, 347 Abercorn St. $60

An Evening with Bill Nigut

The League of Women Voters Coastal Georgia will host a panel discussion moderated by Bill Nigut, host of GPB Radio’s “Political Rewind.”

7 p.m.

JEA, 5111 Abercorn Street.

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Film: Moonstruck

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Mardi Gras on Tybee SAT 2.10

Celebrate Mardi Gras with a street party, parade, live music by the Christy Alan Band, and a costume contest.

Tybee Island

Cupid is Stupid Bar Crawl SAT 2.10

Crawl through 12 downtown Savannah bars and restaurants, enjoying, or crying into, one beverage at each stop.

4 p.m.

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An exuberantly funny tribute to love and one of the most appealing comedies ever.

7 p.m.

Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne $10 tybeeposttheater.showare.com/

W.W. Law Lecture: A Conversation with Paul Stephen Benjamin

In collaboration with the Savannah Black Heritage Festival, the museum presents a conversation with Atlanta-based artist Paul Stephen Benjamin moderated by Rachel Reese, Telfair Associate Curator.

6 p.m.

Jepson Center, 207 West York St. Free

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FRIDAY 2. 9 18th Annual Low Country Home & Garden Show

Save time with everything for your home and garden under one roof. Save money with show only discounts.

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2018 Georgia Day Parade

Savannah Women of Vision

SCAD will ring in Georgia Day with the second edition of Savannah Women of Vision investiture. Edna Jackson, Sema Wilkes, Fredericka Washington and Mary Lane Morrison will be honored.

5:30 p.m.

Arnold Hall (SCAD), 1810 Bull St.

SATURDAY 2.10

As commemoration of the founding of Georgia by James Oglethorpe, students, musicians, dignitaries, and costumed figures march through the squares.

10:45 a.m.

Forsyth Park l Free

Chris Chandler: Songs for Lovers

Aimee Nezhukumatathil Poetry Reading

Family-friendly annual living history program and experience the everyday life of colonial times.

Saturday and Sunday Wormsloe Historic Site, 7601 Skidaway Rd.

Her most recent collection is “Lace and Pyrite,” a chapbook of nature poems.

7:30 p.m.

The Book Lady Bookstore, 6 East Liberty St. p Free and open to the public

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Edgar Loudermilk Band w/ Jeff Autry To many bluegrass fans, Loudermilk is best known for his bass skills, thanks to his tenure with favorites IIIrd Tyme Out. 8 p.m.

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

Gray’s Reef Film Festival: Ocean Blue

Featuring films “Stories from the Blue,” “Eye-Popping Mantis Shrimp,” “Blue Serengeti,” and more.

7 p.m.

Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. $8 adults, $5 kids suggested donations

Lyn Avenue’s “Never Been to Nashville” EP Release Party

Celebrate their latest release with a fullband performance.

8 p.m.

Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horn. $15 (includes a physical copy of their EP)

Mac Arnold w/ Willie Jackson and the Tybee Blues Band Mac Arnold is a blues musician from South Carolina.

8 p.m.

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

Oops! I Hearted: An Improvised Dating Game

Fully improvised comedy and dating game show with an All-Star cast from Savannah’s Front Porch Improv and Charleston’s Theatre 99.

8 p.m. Fri. and Sat. Bull Street Labs, 2222 Bull St.

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Savannah composer and pianist Chris Chandler has put together this cabaret.

8 p.m.

Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne $20

Colonial Faire & Muster

Contra Dance

Local callers Bob Beattie and Joyce Murlless will teach and call the dances and Glow in the Dark String Band will play.

7:30 p.m.

Garden City UMC, 62 Varnedoe Ave.

Cupid is Stupid Bar Crawl

Crawl through 12 downtown Savannah bars and restaurants, enjoying, or crying into, one beverage at each stop.

4 p.m.

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Forsyth Farmers Market

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

9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Forsyth Park

Gray’s Reef Film Festival: Locals Night

Including “Journey of the CSS Georgia” and “Shifting Baselines,” a story of Georgia’s fishing families.

7 p.m.

Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. $8 adults, $5 kids suggested donations

Hearts for Heroes

The Pooler Chamber of Commerce presents the Red Tie Gala benefiting CASA. 6 p.m.

Mighty Eighth AF Museum, 175 Bourne Ave. 912-748-0110

Mardi Gras on Tybee

Street party, parade, live music by the Christy Alan Band, and a costume contest. noon Tybee Island

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29th Annual Savannah Black Heritage Festival Feb. 1st - 18th Presented by Savannah State University and the City of Savannah The Theme: Celebrating the Dynamics of Cultures and Shared Experiences Feb. 10, 8:30am - 9pm

Grand Festival Day

Savannah Civic Center, 301 Oglethorpe Ave. An array of family-oriented activities beginning with a health walk and ending with a live concert by American Idol’s LaPorsha Renae.

NEW: $5 all-day admission bracelet (ages 16 and up); free admission for SSU students with ID

Feb. 12-14 Poets Al Black and Len Lawson address race and diversity in America through poetry readings and open conversation forums. Free and open to the public.

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Music for Violin and Cello

Join Savannah Philharmonic musicians Adrianne Munden-Dixon and Ismail Akbar as they perform Romantic works for violin and cello.

7 p.m.

Non-Fiction Gallery, 1522 Bull St. $10 suggested donation

Odd Lot Improv: Saturday Shenanigans

An improv comedy show in the style of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”

8 p.m.

Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 W Liberty St $10

One of These Nights: The Music of the Eagles

The Dark Desert Highway band play a two-set show.

3 & 8 p.m.

Mars Theatre, 109 S. Laurel St, Springfield $25 floor, $20 balcony

Savannah Black Heritage Festival: Grand Festival Day An array of family-oriented activities ending with a star-studded concert.

9 a.m.

Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $5 all-day admission fee

Telfair Museums College Night

College students are invited to explore the Jepson Center after-hours.

5 p.m.

Jepson Center, 207 West York St. Free with valid college ID

SUNDAY 2.11 Bolshoi Ballet in Cinema: The Lady of the Camellias

At a theatre performance of Manon Lescaut, the naive Armand is captivated after meeting the courtesan Marguerite.

7 p.m.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. $15

Georgia History Festival’s Super Museum Sunday

Participating museums and historic sites throughout Georgia open their doors to the public free of charge. georgiahistoryfestival.org/ events/2018-super-museum-sunday/

Gray’s Reef Film Festival: Family Matinee

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Featuring “Oceanic Connection,” “Last Stand of the Seahorse,” “Sea of Hope,” and more.

2 p.m.

Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne $8 adults, $5 kids suggested donations

Savannah Black Heritage Festival: Gospel Concert

Features a BET Sunday Best winner, with opening performances by the SSU Wesleyan Gospel Choir, the Georgia Southern Anointed Voices, Armstrong Campus, and the Savannah Mass Choir of the Georgia Music Workshop of America.

5:30 p.m.

Overcoming by Faith Ministries, 9700 Middleground Rd.

Savannah VOICE Festival: Come Together: An Evening of Relationships

This concert, directed by Savannah VOICE Festival co-founder and Director Maria Zouves, will feature music of varied genres performed by up-and-coming artists as well as Armstrong’s Dr. Benjamin Warsaw.

3 p.m.

Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern $15 tickets.armstrong.edu

Ulysses Owens Jr. and Friends

The Coastal Jazz Association presents Grammy-winning artist Ulysses Owens Jr. 5 p.m.

Westin Savannah, 1 Resort Drive.

CJA members free, non-members $20

MONDAY 2.12 The Nature of Emergence: How Does Deep Change Emerge?

Emergent Savannah explores with the screening of documentary film “One Hundred Thousand Beating Hearts”.

7 p.m.

The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Free

TUESDAY 2.13 Blues Traveler

Don’t give the Stage on Bay the run-around this Tuesday.

8 p.m.

The Stage on Bay, 1200 West Bay St. $19-$49 savconcerts.com

Deep Speaks

Twice a year, Deep release anthologies featuring original stories, poems, and plays written bypublic middle school students in Deep’s Young Author Project.

6:30 p.m.

The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St.

Savannah Black Heritage Festival: Future of Jazz Concert

The annual Future of Jazz Concert and Tribute to the late Ben Tucker will feature local and regional young jazz artists.

7 p.m.

JEA, 5111 Abercorn Street.

NEWS & OPINION EDITOR’S NOTE

BY JIM MOREKIS

jim@connectsavannah.com

LAST WEEK was a big news week in Savannah. Between a shooting at a funeral service, the official first day of the breakup of the police merger, and various controversies involving parking and St. Patrick’s Day — to name a few — you’d be forgiven for missing what might arguably have been the biggest story of all.

In a detailed Facebook post, current Savannah-Chatham County School Board President Jolene Byrne announced she will not seek a second term.

In some quarters the news was greeted with the sound of champagne corks popping. In other quarters it was received as devastating news for local public education.

Byrne’s announcement leaves, as of this writing, two declared candidates: Current Board member Larry Lower, and David Lerch, who has sought the office before.

There are rumors of others to come.

While Byrne’s announcement wasn’t a complete surprise given the many controversies during her tenure, it does say a lot of things about the state of our community and our education system — few of them positive.

Byrne was elected on a reform platform, as a real-life mother with a child enrolled in our actual school system (a surprisingly, or perhaps not surprisingly, rare thing in Chatham County school governance).

Most of the subsequent four years saw Byrne defending herself from attacks, some blatantly sexist, from then-School Superintendent Thomas Lockamy; attacks from current and former Board members (including Lower’s daughter, former Board member Lori Brady); a constant onslaught of negative reporting, often of a personal nature, from the local daily paper; and most recently, a power struggle with new Superintendent Dr. Ann Levette.

Byrne writes in her post: “While my time in office has been made challenging by a former Superintendent who frequently admitted he found it difficult to work with a ‘woman young enough to be his daughter,’ by a local newspaper so determined to write salacious gossip that facts became irrelevant, and by certain Board members more interested in Facebook posts than in the fact that hundreds of fourth graders in our district cannot read, I have been able to accomplish at least some of what we set out to do.”

Byrne specifically cites a 50 percent decrease in the number of students referred to juvenile court; an increase in the safety of the bus fleet (an audit done prior to her election, essentially hidden from the public by Lockamy and the Board, showed that three out of four buses weren’t roadworthy); and pushing through a long-overdue increase in pay for teachers and support staff.

In a way, Byrne leaves office the same way she came in. She is no stranger to strongly opinionated Facebook posts, and her recent announcement has been criticized as self-serving, even self-pitying.

But considering she spent the last few years being regularly attacked by not only the area’s daily paper of record but also by the county’s largest single bureaucracy, I’m willing to grant her a little leeway.

Ironically, the obvious bias of the daily paper was showing signs of thawing with the recent departure of their longtime education reporter, who had gained a reputation as being strongly sympathetic to the administrative bureaucracy at 208 Bull Street, to put it charitably.

But what probably sealed the decision was the unsustainably tense nature of the relationship between Byrne and Levette — a standoff which can’t be solved by a mere change of staff at a newspaper.

Byrne writes: “The sad reality is that ever since the Superintendent’s search resulted in a split vote, Board relationships have deteriorated. The Superintendent continues to freeze out Board members who did not vote to hire her, refusing to answer basic questions about policy implementation and budget expenditures, while the members who supported her bid for Superintendent have become bitterly hostile and aggressive. The antagonism has risen to the point that it has become nearly impossible to further our mission to serve students and the community.”

Of course that is just one side of the story; no doubt the reality is a bit more complex.

However, in an intriguing and possibly coincidental bit of timing, at the next Board meeting — the first since Byrne’s announcement — the Board is set to take up a bylaw change giving the Superintendent, not the School Board President, the power to craft the Board agenda.

If approved, the language would change from: “The Board President is responsible for the development of the agenda in consultation with the Superintendent.”

To this: “The Superintendent shall be responsible for the development of the agenda in collaboration with the Board President.”

In and of itself? Probably not a big deal.

But in context of the ongoing power struggle between the elected Board President and the appointed administration, it speaks volumes.

In my opinion, the move is directed toward such a time that a different — and more pliable?— Board President is in office.

Here’s the crux: The system here is odd.

We elect our School Board and Board Presidents in May, but they don’t take the oath of office until the following January.

Byrne did us a favor with the timing of her announcement: It comes a month before the final filing deadline to declare a run for the office of Board President.

It’s no small thing. You could make the case that the School Board President might be more important than even the Mayor.

Public education is not only crucial because of its indelible impact on future generations, but in the enormous amount of money the system raises and spends in the form of property taxes and sales taxes.

Regardless of your stance on Byrne’s record as School Board President, it is a hugely important position which deserves as much public involvement as possible.

You may have already heard the news that Jessica Leigh Lebos will be moving on from her role as Community Editor at Connect Savannah to take a position with the emerging entrepreneurial stars at Smoke Cartel.

I’ve had the pleasure of working with many fine writers during my time here.

None have surpassed Jessica’s dedication to her craft and to her community.

Jessica explains it much better in her farewell column this issue. But when we first cooked up the wild idea that she would come work for us, the concept for her (Civil) Society Column also took shape.

The column was a reflection of Jessica herself: Vibrant, insightful, funny, wise, passionate and compassionate at the same time, and yes, maybe even a bit controversial on occasion!

In her six years-plus here, she not only had an indelible impact on the history and legacy of Connect Savannah itself, but — much more importantly — she had a positive, energizing, and hugely beneficial impact on our entire community.

We will miss her, we will miss her writing, and we wish her nothing but the best.

CS

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BY JESSICA LEIGH LEBOS

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BACK IN September 2011, I had this idea for a society column that went against everything the genre stood for.

Instead of focusing on debutantes and fancy fêtes, I thought it would be hilarious—maybe even helpful—to spotlight regular folks making Savannah better and the issues that affect us, as well as poke a stick at the ironies that make living here an endless, absurd adventure.

“An Anti-Social Debut” offered up the Civil Society Column as a place to “bridge differences, offer solutions and create community,” which honestly sounds as naïve and pretentious as all get out but hey, I was young(er) and more idealistic back then.

Aw hell, I may be older now but I’m still the same starry-eyed tenderheart who believes in loving our neighbors as ourselves, fighting for liberty and justice for all and breaking out into song and dance when the chaos and crazy get to be too much.

And every time Savannah makes me so mad I want to throw fire ants in the air and move somewhere else, something—a slice of Southern kindness, a soul-searing art exhibit, the moon rising out of a golden marsh sunset—reminds me just how blessed we are to belong here.

As a West Coast weirdo who never tasted a boiled peanut until her 30s, I experienced a certain feeling of alienation when I first moved to Savannah. Even as the bride of a native son I stood out like a red balloon stuck in a maganolia tree, which only made me try harder to find acceptance. (Wearing my husband’s letter jacket to the homecoming football game of his alma mater may have been too enthusiatic.)

I know now that you can be born and raised here and still feel excluded, and it’s been my mission to practice radical acceptance of all of those who don’t fit into the square box of the status quo.

This space was always meant to be for and about us: The outsiders and the outliers, the curious and the queer, the service folk and the worker bees, the rebel beekeepers and the animal rescuers, the grieving mothers and wide-eyed kids, the forgotten and the voiceless.

It’s been a platform for the justice keepers and the jubilee raisers, the wild places that need to be protected and the neighborhoods that aren’t nearly as scary up close as they are on the evening news.

Every week, as I’ve invited myself into

people’s lives and asked them nosy questions, I’ve tried to keep in mind this quote from modern sage and my former California neighbor Ram Dass: “We’re all just walking each other home.”

It reminds me that regardless of our zip code, our politics, our skin color or our opinion of who serves the best fried chicken in town, we’re all living together here in this glorious, ever-complicated little moss-draped city, in a still-democratic country on this sparkly blue planet.

It also helps me remember that at the deepest level, we all come from and are going back to the same place.

Over the last six-and-a-half years or so, Connect Savannah has published around 325 Civil Society Columns, which I reckon break down by topic thusly: 32 percent commentary on social and political issues, 23 percent profiles of local characters, 17 percent exploration of environmental causes, 12 percent cheerleading for public art, seven percent salivating over food and farmers, three percent following shaggy dog stories, two percent railing about the Port deepening, one percent waxing poetic about Flannery O’Connor and the rest straight-up navel-gazing.

Many thanks to editor Jim Morekis for giving me carte blanche to pursue whatever happened to tickle my neurons any given week and for correcting misspelled names before they were printed. He and the rest of Connect’s brilliant staff will continue to bring the best coverage of Savannah and beyond, though this last Civil Society Column marks the end of the (by)line for me, for now.

But this isn’t so much a good-bye as a “see ya ‘round.” Sure, I might toss around a few fire ants over Savannah’s pernicious problems, but I have no plans to live anywhere else. Like the rest of you radical

tenderhearts, I will continue to champion all who share the idea that our community’s greatness is measured by how we treat each other, and that none of us can truly be free if a single one of us is chained down by institutional and systemic barriers to progress. It might be two steps forward, one step back forever, but my boots remain happily stuck in this charmin’ lil’ swamp.

And though we might conduct this velvet revolution with our faces in our phones, I will always maintain that it’s far more effective to meet each other face-to-face: Every day, each of us has the power to build a most just and civil society by showing up. We don’t even have to shout our opinion or carry a sign; our simple presence speaks volumes when we bring our bodies to public spaces, fill the chairs at City Council and County Commission meetings, support public art and local music, and spend our hard-earned dollars at independent bookstores, family-owned restaurants, and other small businesses.

There are so many opportunities to break out of our silos, break bread with new friends and break down the barriers that keep us from feeling like we belong— just look at the massive calendar in this publication and find one this week that tickles your neurons.

Chances are, I’ll be close by, so come say hello; I’m pretty easy to find (my hyena laugh and terrible trumpet playing usually give me away).

So, so long, Connect Savannah readers— thank you for opening your homes, hearts and mouths to help make The Civil Society Column so rich with stories and acceptance. It’s been a great run.

I hope to see all y’all on the streets and out in the squares, all us weirdos shoulder to shoulder as we walk each other home. CS

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NEWS & OPINION POLITICS The Confederate Memorial might be renamed the Civil War Memorial and be rededicated to all Civil War fallen.

There are no plans for its removal.

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IN ITS regular pre-meeting workshop last week, Savannah City Council discussed the possibility of “taking ownership” of the larger St. Patrick’s Day Festival in Savannah — potentially including hiring an outside, professional manager — in an effort to balance quality of life issues and to enhance revenue.

Stating that the City doesn’t break even on the festival after all extra expenses are added up, City staff informed Council that the use of so-called “party buses” and attendees carrying backpacks full of alcoholic beverages are “undercutting local businesses to the extent that some are considering closing for St. Patrick’s Day”

this year.

During a discussion of what is seen as the increased rowdiness of the festival, Alderman Van Johnson said the crowd on River Street in particular is “increasingly younger, and increasingly unsupervised.”

Alderman John Hall suggested “sending someone to New Orleans to see how they run Mardi Gras.”

Interestingly, there was little mention of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade itself, which is run by an independent committee unaffiliated with City government.

Early reports are that the Parade Committee isn’t overly enthused by the City’s new proposal to exert more oversight.

The official celebration in Savannah this year will likely take place over two days, March 16 and March 17, though that hasn’t been officially adopted yet by Council.

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The Confederate Memorial Task Force presented its findings to Council at the workshop.

Its survey late last year found that “slightly less than two-thirds of the Savannah residents who responded to the call for public comment desired no changes to the memorial, while slightly more than one-third of the Savannah residents who responded felt that there needed to be some form of change to the memorial.”

Their recommendations include: • To rename it the Civil War Memorial so as to be “more inclusive to all of Savannah’s Civil War fallen.”

• Preserve all historical material on the memorial. It was decided that the statue of a Confederate soldier on top of the statue represented the “everyman” soldier rather than a specific individual. “In keeping with Savannah’s long tradition of preservation, the Task Force does not recommend removing historical material,” they report.

• Install a new bronze plaque on the blank horizontal panel on the south side of the memorial. “The former memorial was dedicated to the Confederate dead in 1875.

It will be rededicated to all the dead of the American Civil War.” • Relocate the McLaws and Bartow monuments to Laurel Grove North Cemetery. “These monuments were added to the Forsyth Park site 35 years after the erection of the memorial and are distractions from the original memorial.”

The recommendations are tentatively scheduled for the February 14 City Council agenda for Council approval.

In the workshop Council also discussed the long-awaited Tourism Management Plan.

One of the more controversial elements of it will be allowing tourist trolleys to now bear advertising from third parties.

During a somewhat heated debate, Alderman Bill Durrence disagreed with Mayor DeLoach and Alderman Julian Miller about who should get the most credit for Savannah’s tourism success.

Durrence maintains that residents bear the burden through property tax and by investing in their own community, while Miller aggressively countered that the success also has a lot to do with city government and the tourism industry itself.

Durrence said the public doesn’t necessarily see it that way, and credited most of the success of tourism to residents and the private sector for improving the neighborhoods that tourists pay to come see.

In the City Council meeting following, Council approved a new hotel overlay district downtown which would limit new hotel development to the following streets: MLK Jr. Blvd., Montgomery, Whitaker, Drayton, Abercorn (Bay to Oglethorpe), Fahm, Ann, River Street, Indian Street, Bay Street, Bryan (west of Lincoln), Broughton, Oglethorpe, Liberty,

Zubly, Turner Blvd, Louisville Rd., and Jones west of MLK. Alderman Van Johnson’s controversial marijuana ordinance – which would limit punishment for a first offense of holding under an ounce to a $150 ticket and no arrest record – got its required first reading.

Saying “We’re on the right side of history,” Johnson stated that “this is an opportunity not only for criminal justice, but for social justice.”

The ordinance gets its second reading, and likely a vote, in the next month.

The most drama came near the end of the meeting, during what was supposed to be a show-cause hearing for the Over Time Bar & Grill near Tiger Stadium, the site of a series of violent crimes.

Rather than appear for the hearing and have his liquor license revoked, Over Time owner Gregory Webb voluntarily surrendered his liquor license back to the City.

However, Deputy City Attorney Jen Herman and Savannah Police Sergeant Shinita Young with the department’s Alcohol Beverage and Compliance Unit still insisted on showing City Council four clips of surveillance video from inside Over Time the evening of New Year’s Day, 2018.

Herman told Council the video allegedly shows illegally activity linked to nine City ordinance violations and three state law violations.

The first clip shows a fight that started in and near the restroom. The second clip showed the flight spilling over into the main room near the pool tables. Then, gunshots are fired and a man is shot.

The third clip shows employees walking though the bar picking up shell casings, with Webb putting the evidence in his pocket.

Herman called this tampering with a crime scene and altering evidence, and said no one associated with the bar called 911 to report the shooting.

Savannah Police Chief Mark Revenew said officers had to knock down the door to gain entry.

The fourth clip is from the kitchen of Over Time and clearly showed a drug transaction taking place.

The mother of the 24-year-old man shot in the video viewed the graphic footage for the first time today.

She told Council emotionally, “I’ve come to plead and beg that this place be shut down.” She said “the owner allowed him to get beaten and shot several times in this club.”

Alderman Tony Thomas said he wanted to make sure that Webb surrendering his license, instead of having it revoked, wouldn’t make it easier for him to get another license in the future. He was assured that it wouldn’t. CS

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WHEN Lajuana Hendrix first laid eyes on the house on West 40th Street last year, it was just an empty shell.

The two-story, three-bedroom cottage in the historic Cuyler-Brownsville neighborhood had a foundation and a bit of siding, but the rest of the construction had been abandoned in 2009, leaving the property susceptible to blight. The owners

chose to donate it to Coastal Empire Habitat for Humanity, the non-profit that provides affordable housing opportunities for local families.

While Habitat for Humanity usually builds from scratch, organizers accepted the property, and its volunteers got to work on what would become CEHH’s 141st new home. Now the house sports fresh drywall, new plumbing and state-of-the-art appliances. The formerly unpainted exterior is a bright shade of sky blue and surrounded by a white picket fence. CEHH board

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members handed Hendrix and her nine year-old son Zacharia keys to the front door last week.

Before that, however, Hendrix put in 350 hours of sweat equity into this house and several other CEHH projects, required of any recipient of the organization’s interestfree properties.

“I worked on the porch, painted the walls, and I also helped build three homes in Hudson Hill and Summerside,” recalls Hendrix. “It was a lot of nights and weekends, every day I had off for four-and-half or five months.”

She’s put down the hammer for now but will continue to make monthly payments to CEHH, commensurate with her full-time job as the day rehab manager at Coastal Center for Developmental Services. As with the 140 new homeowners before her, the funds go back to the program to help ensure more families have the same opportunity.

“The vast majority of our families work full-time but are technically homeless because they can’t find affordable housing,” says CEHH Executive Director Harold Tessendorf, who has worked with Habitat for Humanity for 17 years and joined the local affiliate in May 2016. “Our donors and volunteers make it possible.”

The faith-based organization partners with local businesses, congregations, civic groups and individuals to raise funds and gather crews to build its single-family homes. At Thursday’s dedication of Hendrix’s new home, Tessendorf and CEHH board members introduced the 2018

Building Futures campaign, which will “open the doors to homeownership” for six more deserving families this year.

Campaign director John Tatum announced to cheers that 20 percent of the $571,800 fundraising goal has already been pledged, but admonished that there was more work to be done.

“This is a grassroots campaign, and we have around thirty volunteers calling on at least four hundred groups over the next ten weeks,” explained Tatum to the small crowd assembled on the sidewalk, adding that “this is important to this community.

I’m convinced that affordable housing is essential for a community to flourish.”

As gentrification drives up property values in some Savannah neighborhoods, others remain stagnant as neglected properties founder and populations age out.

Hendrix’s new home on what was once an “eyesore of a corner” now adds value to the entire street and contributes to CuylerBrownsville’s revitalization while maintaining affordability for current residents.

It’s an equation neighbor QuoVadis James, born and raised on this block and self-described “oldest person on 40th Street” at 84 years old, appreciates— almost as much as having Hendrix and her young son living in the bright blue house on the corner.

“We love her,” affirmed James, giving out hugs to Hendrix and the rest of CEHH’s board members. “Thank you all for making her a place in our neighborhood and our community.” CS

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Right whales in crisis ‘Lines & Strikes’ raises funds for and awareness of these majestic coastal creatures

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GIANT AND GRACEFUL, the North Atlantic right whale is the most endangered of all marine mammals. Hunted almost to extinction for their blubber, there are only an estimated 450 of these majestic creatures left in their habitat.

In spite of their protection from poachers in U.S. waters, the right whales appear to be in further decline. A record 18 dead whales have been discovered in the past year, the most recent off the coast of Virginia Beach last month, and no newborn calves have been spotted over the winter.

It is a dire situation that has scientists wondering if right whales will become extinct from the Atlantic Ocean within the century.

Known as “the urban whale,” the massive mammals are often documented within sight of city shorelines. The species migrates annually along the Eastern seaboard, and mothers often calve along the Georgia Coast, where they are continually risk from injury and death from commercial fishing 14 lines and strikes from shipping vessels.

“There’s a lot of wild speculation about what’s happening to the right whales, be it temperature changes or food source issues,” explains environmental scholar and activist Paulita Bennett-Martin.

“What we do know is that the majority of the carcasses were found entangled in fishing line, the kind generally used to harvest snow crabs and stock all-you-can-eat seafood buffets.”

In response, new line-less fishing techniques and other technology are currently being developed, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is ramping up enforcement of laws meant to protect the whales from commercial industry.

Sonar testing related to offshore drilling that damages the navigation abilities of right whales’ and other marine life continues to be opposed at state and local levels.

But true safeguards must come from strong legislative policy, and elected officials often respond to public outcry. In spite of its imminence, the right whale crisis has not yet found its way into the activism mainstream.

“I’m amazed at how many people aren’t even aware of the species and how close it comes to shore,” says Bennett-Martin.

“No one is going to take action for a species they’re not aware of.”

In order to increase awareness of the North Atlantic right whale and its plight, Bennett-Martin has organized “Lines & Strikes” at Sulfur Studios on Feb. 9.

The visual art exhibit and auction features whale-inspired pieces by local artists, including Julia Licht, Carole Wilde Jackson and Liz Rhaney as well as globally-known names like Jiha Moon, Tara Garrigan and Pam Longobardi, whose work often fetches four to five figures.

“We are showing artists from Spain, Korea and Atlanta as well as Savannah, and there will be opportunity to purchase pieces at a variety of price points,” promises the curator. “We want everyone to be able take part.”

Musician and spoken word artist Chase Anderson will present a live presentation of Moby Dick, and Gray’s Reef Foundation Chair and noted naturalist Cathy Sakas will speak. Tybee Island Marine Science Center staff are also bringing along a lifeside replica of a North Atlantic right whale to give folks a tactical experience of the animals’ scale and beauty.

One hundred percent of funds raised go

to Tybee Island Marine Science Center’s new right whale program, which will bring specific education and actions to schools and other public spaces.

“This is the only comprehensive right whale program in coastal Georgia, and we have a lot of work to do,” says Bennett-Martin.

The idea is to foster what the ocean scholar calls a “corridor of consciousness” in coastal communities, from the right whales’ northernmost habitat in Canada’s Bay of Fundy all the way down to the calving grounds of the Georgia and Florida coasts.

“By creating awareness, we’ve been able to save other species in our Eastern waters—the manatees, the sea turtles,” she reminds.

“Now it’s time to give our attention to the right whales.” CS

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Incivility and ‘Combat Parking’ Syndrome

ONE MIGHT say that Western Civilization can be traced back to one act of extreme code enforcement. According to Livy, it occurred on April 21st, 753 B.C.E. Twin brothers Romulus and Remus, fresh from having deposed the ruler of Alba Longa, who had been messing with their sheep, decided to found their own city on the banks of the Tiber River.

The brothers disagreed on where to start. Romulus chose the Palatine Hill, and began to mark out where the walls of the city would be.

He took this very seriously, and declared that these boundaries were sacred and inviolate.

Remus mocked Romulus. He hopped back and forth over the lines in the dirt, laughing that they meant nothing.

So, to prove that they did mean something, Romulus killed Remus on the spot.

Rome would have order, dammit.

We all know that Rome then grew to be the greatest city of the ancient world. The Roman Empire spread itself by the act of building cities (and absorbing those that already existed).

That’s what the spread of civilization was – the bringing of cities, and their order, to areas where they had been absent.

Thus, the behavior that one adopts in order to live in a city, and share space with others, is to be civil.

Still, to this day, there are barbarians among us – those that ignore the rules of civility, both written and unwritten, making the act of city life more difficult for the rest of us.

They don’t pick up after their dog. They leave their trash cans out all week. They talk loudly on their phone in public.

Increasingly, they now listen to music or videos from their phone without earbuds.

But it’s the vehicular incivilities that always bother me the most. For instance, the guy (it’s almost always a guy) idling in the fire lane at the grocery store or department store, because he can’t be bothered to actually go park in a space while he waits on his significant other.

Now you may say these people are waiting for someone with a disability, but usually there are not. They are just lazy and narcissistic. I watch. I know.

And while we are on parking, let’s

discuss the greatest of all my incivility pet peeves: What I have come to call “combat parking.”

This is when someone decides to back into a parking spot, so as to be head-out, rather than head-in (pulling through two spots to be head-out doesn’t count).

This maneuver in a busy parking lot, like at Target, always causes confusion, delay, and anger.

What benefit does the combat parker gain? My research has brought up a few articles that claim parking like this is safer for pedestrians in the lot, especially when the car is going to leave, and can do so head-out. However, there is no empirical evidence to back this up.

Also, general urban design wisdom holds that the opposite is true – anything that makes drivers feel more confident is generally bad for pedestrians. Drivers should be kept as alert and cautious as possible.

But the true reason that I suspect most people combat park, and the reason that I call it that, is far more stupid. Amazingly, I heard it explicitly expressed in an NPR broadcast of Planet Money back in August.

Episode #791 of this show, which I listen to as a podcast, was titled “Tips From Spies.” The first two segments interviewed people actually in the intelligence community.

The first described the Data-AnalysisDecision-Action (DADA) thought process for tactical problem-solving. Interesting, but kind of a no-brainer.

The second described the bane of all intelligence operations in urban areas – Little Old People (LOPs) – always looking out of windows and noticing if anything in the neighborhood is awry, at all hours.

Amusing and true.

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In fact, I will posit that combat parking probably increasing your odds of injury through regular-old road rage by many degrees of magnitude, while increasing your odds of surviving a mass shooting not a bit.

So here are your two Urbanist View approved parking options: Don’t back into parking lot spaces.

Head-first, always. Pull through if you can.

That’s fine.

If you must be head-out, always, park in the Black Friday hinterlands. You can probably find a spot to pull through, or at least not annoy everyone in the more congested part of the lot with your asinine combat parking.

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so that she was totally disrupting other drivers around her. Why? “So that you can get out of a bad situation fast.”

Aaaaaaarghhh!!!

I almost threw my iPhone out the window of my truck when I first heard this segment (side note, this must be how Trump supporters always feel listening to NPR).

The reporter also taught her baby-sitters to park this way, and urged that everyone should do it. Did a spy tell her this? Any security professional? Of course not.

This is an absurd, irrational attempt to feel safer in a world where we hear about active shooter scenarios on a daily basis.

But despite their frequent occurrence, I have never heard the words, “Anderson, we survived today because of head-out parking.”

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When a hurricane blows over an island, as Maria did in Puerto Rico, what happens to the birds? I’m pretty sure a bird can’t just hunker down and wait it out. —J.C. THAT DEPENDS, J.C—what sorts of birds are we talking here? Migratory? Nonmigratory? Seabirds? Shorebirds? Cavitynesting birds? It’s a little like asking how humans fare during a hurricane.

Broadly we can say it’s not the greatest experience, but beyond that, it’s all variables: whether we live inland or on the coast, in the hills or in the flats; whether we’ve got access to sturdy shelter; etc.

So it is with the feathered set. Mostly this breaks down along species lines, but it can be as simple as where one particular flock calls home. Case in point: the longsuffering Puerto Rican parrot. Here’s a bird whose once-robust populations were reduced in the 20th century, via loggingrelated habitat loss, to the single digits—a 1975 count put the number of wild individuals at an unlucky 13. With help from

conservationists the parrots staged a comeback only to be nearly eradicated again by 1989’s Hurricane Hugo, which flattened the forest where they live.

In the intervening years the parrots managed to bounce back once more, so a lot of fingers were crossed during this latest, particularly brutal hurricane season.

Results varied depending on locale: one flock’s habitat on the eastern end of Puerto Rico was devastated, producing a number of post-storm parrot corpses. The flock in the hilly western region, by contrast? Did just fine.

The bottom line is that these birds don’t really go anywhere when they feel a storm coming—which, by the way, they’re able to do. Birds are sensitive to changes in barometric pressure and temperature, and to some extent they’ll adjust their behavior accordingly, eating in a hurry or seeking shelter before the onset of bad weather.

Some migratory birds will reroute to avoid an approaching hurricane, but there’s no evidence of island species fleeing en masse. Instead, they really do just hunker down and see it through.

With no place to shelter, aquatic birds like pelicans and herons bear the brunt of a storm, accordingly suffering worse mortality rates; some land birds have it easier, though storm-related defoliation will cause problems for (e.g.) your woodpeckers, owls, and parrots—birds that nest in the hollows of fragile older trees.

With a little bad luck, a bird population can take a serious hit. Check out the chimney swifts, a bunch of whom were migrating down the east coast in October 2005 when Hurricane Wilma showed up. The storm carried individual birds as far off as Europe, and at at least 727 flock members turned up dead. We don’t know what fraction of total casualties that represents, but

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the next spring, chimney swift numbers were down by 50 percent in their Quebec roosting grounds.

Swept off to Europe, you say? That’s one reason it’s tough to track avian mortality in these situations. Hurricanes and tornados can deposit birds far away from areas we might look for them; small birds’ remains might be eaten by scavengers before they can be tallied.

Meanwhile, even the birds that do the best hunkering don’t always stick around for a head count. Again, think what humans often experience following a catastrophic storm: they emerge from the root cellar unscathed, only to discover a radically changed landscape, scarce food and water, etc. Ditto for the birds. Survivors may wander afield looking for food if their usual sources have dried up.

(This yields its own mortality factor— outside familiar neighborhoods, the birds sometimes get shot by humans trying to keep them away.)

In the worst cases their habitats have been destroyed; here too, the severity of this varies by species, with nectar drinkers and seed eaters (hummingbirds, doves, et al) being particularly vulnerable.

That’s relative, anyway, to the insectivores and raptors, not that they’re exactly on easy street. One Caribbean bug-eater of particular concern is the near-endangered Barbuda warbler, at least some of whom made it through the recent storms down there; there’d been worries that the species (pre-storm population: 2,500, tops) might get wiped out altogether.

In the aftermath, conservationists had to scramble to get the birds some food—at the same time everyone on Barbuda was scrambling to deal with damage to 95 percent of the buildings on the island.

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It’s people who’ve ratcheted up the environmental pressures: shrinking avian habitats, disrupting food sources, putting in oil pipelines and chemical plants that rupture and leak, and, of course, altering the climate such that more and stronger storms are increasingly inevitable. It’s a good thing, I suppose, that the birds are getting so much practice battening down the hatches—they’re going to need it. CS

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Suspect arrested in shooting of 12-year-old during funeral service

Early Feb 4, SWAT, the Hostage Negotiation Team and Savannah Police detectives executed arrest warrants on a 15-year-old male for the Feb. 3 shooting of a 12-yearold boy at the Bonaventure Funeral Home.

Officers responded to the funeral home at 2520 Bonaventure Road about 3:15 p.m. and discovered the boy suffering from life threatening injuries. He was transported to a hospital for treatment, police report.

The 12-year-old victim remains in critical condition at this writing.

Reports indicate the funeral service where the shooting took place was for Ricky Jerome Boyd, 20, who was himself shot and killed in a confrontation with police on Jan. 23 while a warrant was being served for his murder arrest.

Boyd was wanted for the killing of Balil Whitfield in West Savannah. Police said Boyd was killed by police when he exited a residence on the Southside with what looked like a handgun as police arrived to arrest him on the murder charge.

“At this time, detectives do not believe the Feb. 3 shooting at Bonaventure Funeral Home was in retaliation to the Jan. 21 fatal shooting of Balil Whitfield on Hudson Street,” police report.

Police investigate E. 40th Street shooting

Officers responded to a residence in the 100 block of Greenbrier Court about 6:30 a.m. Feb. 3 in reference to a shooting. They discovered Kristen Burns, 33, suffering from injuries that were later determined to not be the result of a shooting.

A preliminary investigation revealed that Burns and his roommate Larry Hinkley were arguing when Hinkley struck Burns in the head with a skillet multiple times. Burns was transported to a hospital for treatment of non-lifethreatening injuries.

Hinkley was located by police on the property. He has been booked into the Chatham County jail on a charge of aggravated battery.

Savannah Police detectives are investigating a shooting that occurred during an attempted armed robbery on E. 40th Street the morning of Feb. 4.

Officers responded to a residence in the 100 block of E. 40th Street about 1:30 a.m. today and discovered two male victims.

“One of the men, Matthew Kimble, 33, was suffering from a gunshot wound. A preliminary investigation revealed Kimble and Matthew Cesaretti, also 33, were outside the residence when an unknown black male approached with a firearm,” police report.

“After speaking with the victims, the gunman began shooting, striking Kimble. The gunman was last seen fleeing on foot on Abercorn Street.”

Kimble was transported to a hospital in critical condition.

Cesaretti was also transported to a hospital for treatment of a Pickpocketing suspects laceration.

Arrest in ‘domesticrelated assault’ on Greenbrier Court Savannah Police Violent Crimes detectives arrested a 27-year-old man in an early morning assault of his roommate on Greenbrier Court.

Pickpocket suspects sought

Detectives are asking for the public’s help identifying two female suspects in a pickpocketing at the Publix on the 5500 block of Abercorn Street on Jan. 13.

Reportedly, the victim was approached by one of the females, who asked the victim for help with reading an item’s label. Soon after, the victim was not able to find her wallet. The victim was notified that her card was later used at a nearby Kroger.

Both suspects are described as black females. One suspect wore a burgundy

scarf, black jacket, grey sweatpants and tan boots. The second suspect had a short haircut and wore pink sweatpants and a long, black jacket with a fur hood.

SWAT, HNT take barricaded subject into custody on W. 35th Street

Metro’s SWAT and Hostage Negotiation Team (HNT) assisted in the arrest Jan. 29 of a man wanted in Florida for the theft of multiple firearms.

About 7:30 a.m. the Southeastern Regional Fugitive Task Force (SERTF) of the U.S. Marshals Service requested SWAT’s assistance in an arrest warrant service that turned into a barricaded subject incident at a residence in the 600 block of W. 35th Street. Marshals and SWAT were at the residence serving the warrants for Anthony Chris Johnson, 26, who was wanted by the Brevard County (FL) Sheriff’s Office for burglary and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, when the incident occurred. Johnson is the suspect in a Brevard County pawn shop burglary where more than 30 firearms were stolen.

Marshals arrived at the residence and removed two females from the home before Johnson barricaded himself inside.

SWAT and HNT used multiple tactics to attempt to get Johnson to exit the residence.

Johnson was taken into custody without incident around 11:30 a.m. He was turned over to the Southeastern Regional Fugitive Task Force.

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In Turkmenistan’s capital, Ashgabat, drivers of black cars are facing high costs to repaint their cars white or silver after President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov banned black vehicles because he thinks the color white brings good luck.

Police began seizing dark-colored vehicles in late December, and owners have to apply for permission to repaint and re-register them. The average wage in Ashgabat is about $300 a month (or 1,200 manats); one Turkman told Radio Free Europe that he was quoted 7,000 manats for a paint job, but was told that the price would rise within a week to 11,000 manats. “Even if I don’t spend any money anywhere, I will be forced to hand over pretty much my entire annual salary just to repaint,” the unnamed man said, adding that his black car had already been impounded.

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Noting that “nobody else has done it,” on Jan. 4 Nebraska state Sen. Paul Schumacher of Columbus proposed a novel constitutional amendment with the goal of stimulating growth in western Nebraska: Delegate complete or partial sovereignty over a designated, limited and sparsely populated area. “If I were a major business, I would not want Omaha or Lincoln ... telling me what to do,” Schumacher said.

The Lincoln Journal Star reported that the senator believes his concept would attract businesses looking for no state or local taxes and no state or local regulations. It presents the opportunity to “have your own state,” he explained. The Nebraska legislature must approve the resolution before citizens get a chance to vote.

PUBLIC SAFETY

Tennessee’s legislature has a newly renovated home in the Cordell Hull building in Nashville, so Lt. Gov. Randy McNally and House Speaker Beth Harwell have been busy outlining some new rules.

“Hand-carried signs and signs on hand sticks” will be strictly prohibited because they pose a “serious safety hazard.” Animals, too, will be turned away at the door, reported The Tennessean on Dec. 21.

But in a dizzying twist of irony, McNally and Harwell will continue a policy they enacted last year, which allows holders of valid gun permits to bring their weapons into the building.

MY KINGDOM FOR A BURRITO

• Tampa, Florida, resident Douglas Jon Francisco, 28, was arrested for DUI after he mistook a Spring Hill bank drive-thru lane for a Taco Bell. On Jan. 17, around 5 p.m., the bank branch manager noticed a driver passed out in a blue Hyundai sedan in the drive-thru lane. When the manager

went out to the car and banged on the window, Francisco woke up and tried to order a burrito, according to the Tampa Bay Times. After being set straight about the bank not serving Mexican fast food, Francisco drove around to the front of the building and parked, where deputies found him and administered a field sobriety test, which he failed. “He made several statements that were differing from reality,” a Hernando County Sheriff’s deputy reported.

• A Facebook event calling for a candlelight vigil to remember a destroyed Taco Bell restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama, started as a joke. But according to United Press International, about 100 people showed up on Jan. 21 to pay their respects to the popular fast-food restaurant, which burned on Jan. 17 after electrical equipment sparked a fire. The owner promised to rebuild and “have a true celebration upon re-opening.”

TAKE THAT!

In Dresden, Germany, police reported that two men were injured on Jan. 15 after hitting each other with their cars in consecutive accidents. The first man, 49, pulled into a handicapped parking spot, then saw his mistake and backed out, accidentally hitting a 72-year-old man walking behind the car. The two men exchanged information for a report, then the older man got into his car and reversed out of his parking spot, hitting the younger man.

Both men suffered only slight injuries, according to the Associated Press.

FOR THE LOVE OF ANIMALS

Richard the 15-year-old pony, of Bridgton, Maine, has had a rough winter. He was suffering from cancer of his penis and infection when temperatures plummeted to negative 25 degrees, which caused frostbite. As a result, part of the animal’s flesh broke off while he was being examined, the Associated Press reported. The Animal Rescue Unit in Bridgton has taken responsibility for the pony and has raised more than $4,000 for his care, including reconstructive surgery. Brogan Horton of Animal Rescue Unit said the goal is for Richard to live out his life pain-free.

CLICHE COME TO LIFE

Outdoorsman Sergey Terekhov, 64, had just let his dogs out to run before a January hunting outing in Russia’s remote Saratov region when one of the dogs bounded back to him and clawed the trigger of Terekhov’s double-barreled shotgun, shooting the man in the abdomen. The Telegraph reported that his brother rushed Terekhov to the hospital, but he died less than an hour after the shooting.

COMPULSIONS

Bradley Hardison, 27, of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, achieved minor celebrity status in 2014 when he won a doughnuteating contest sponsored by the Elizabeth City Police Department. (He ate eight glazed doughnuts in two minutes.) At the time, police had been looking for Hardison as a suspect in break-ins going back to 2013, so they arrested him, and he received a suspended sentence that ended in October 2017. But a doughnut habit is hard to break: The Virginian-Pilot reported that Hardison was charged on Jan. 18 with robbing a Dunkin’ Donuts store on Nov. 21.

FOOLED YA!

• Montreal, Canada, machinist and cabinetmaker Simon Laprise, 33, took advantage of a recent snowfall to carve a DeLorean DMC-12 (the “Back to the Future” car) in the snowbank in the street in front of his home on Jan. 16. “I decided to do something out of the mountain of snow, to do a little joke to the snow guys,” Laprise told Vice. In a “stroke of luck,” Laprise found a windshield wiper across the street, which he placed on the snow-car’s windshield. He missed a visit from the Montreal police, but others, who snapped photos, caught them looking perplexed at the “car” parked in a noparking zone. In the end, they left Laprise a “ticket” that read, “You made our night.”

Sadly, the snowplow drivers weren’t as generous, and Laprise’s snow-car was reduced to the junkyard of history.

• Levi Miles, 28, took a bold gamble on July 27 when he and Chloe Rimmer, 24, approached a valet desk at the posh Vinoy Renaissance Resort & Golf Club in St. Petersburg, Florida, and demanded the keys to the $300,000 yellow 2014 Ferrari 458 Italia Spider sitting nearby. The valet stand was busy, and Miles told the clerk his ticket was inside the car. The valet gave him the keys but stopped paying attention when Miles didn’t return with the ticket and a tip, reported the Tampa Bay Times. Eventually, the car drove off, but within minutes was stopped by police for non-working taillights, and officers found cocaine on the dashboard. The couple were taken into custody. Miles explained to police that he was only trying to impress Rimmer, whom he had just met. Rimmer admitted she thought it was odd that Miles didn’t seem to know how to drive the car, but he did manage to “move it.” The car’s owner filed a lawsuit for negligence against the resort and the parking operator in January.

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John Popper, guitar licks of Chan Kinchla, bass stylings of Tad Kinchla, Ben Wilson’s keys, and percussive rhythms of Brendan Hill, Blues Traveler shows off decades of musical camaraderie and friendship.

And they’re still keeping it fresh—in 2015, the band released Blow Up the Moon, an album they wrote and recorded in collaboration with various musicians including Jewel, JC Chasez, The Dirty Heads, Hanson, Bowling for Soup, and more.

We caught up with Chan Kinchla to talk about their tour with Los Colognes, the band’s musical growth, and what they’re working on next.

FOR 31 YEARS, the Princeton-born Blues Traveler has entertained audiences around the world with a stellar live show and admirable musical chops. The group that started in a New Jersey garage has evolved through high school, music school, dive bar gigs, and major festivals, courting new fans with their unique fusion of blues, psych rock, folk, soul, and Southern Rock.

Emerging on the Top 40 charts with “Run-Around,” the breezy, now-it’s-stuckin-your-head debut single, and following it up with the catchy “Hook,” Blues Traveler So Blues Traveler is essentially your earned a Grammy Award in 1994 and even high school rock band! broke a record for most weeks on the chart.

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citizens of America! The first incarnation was in ’85, then I joined in ’86. This is originally Brendan and John’s band, just a little high school blues band. Then I joined and we started doing more rock originals, then my buddy Bobby joined. He was more of a Deadhead, Jimi Hendrix, Zeppelin, mishmash. Then by ’87, we all graduated and moved to New York City.

You literally grew up together in this band. Do you consider that a strength?

And, in New York fashion, it did get us signed. Then we were in a van circling the country with a U-Haul behind us, playing tiny little bars in Savannah, Georgia to ten people! Touring—that’s a whole ‘nother animal.

Was it better touring in those early days or now as an established band?

I loved it all. When you’re first traveling around the country in a van with your buddies and you’re 19, 20 years old, it’s aweThat’s kind of why I think we get along— some. Now, we got a tour bus. The longer we manage to stay together. We have a lot we do it, the more I appreciate it. It’s fun in of bonds. We grew up together. Our bass a different way now…not as crazy as it was player died in ’99 and my brother took over, in ’88, ’89, ’97. We were on tour probably he’s obviously connected as well.

200 dates a year and it was just total mayJohn had gone up to New York the year hem. But it was a blast! before, we went up and started playing. A couple of us went to the New School which, Blow Up the Moon was based on collabat the time, had just opened. They had a oration. What brought up that idea? really cool alternative jazz school. I went to NYU. It was good for us. It was our 25th anniverWe tried to support ourselves in the city sary, and we wanted to release something while getting going, but the great thing interesting for that. We thought we’d do an about New York in ’87 was it was pretty album with interesting collaborations with much the Wild West. It was coming out different bands, something that people of the crazy bankrupt ‘70s. In the Lower wouldn’t expect. We did something with East Side, they’d just lifted the cabaret law Plain White T’s, 3OH!3, Dirty Heads. where you had to have a special license to It all started going so well, we kept doing have more than three people onstage. So them! We’d just crash into each other in a we got up there and they lifted that law, so cool studio and see what we came up with. every little bar and dive was having music. Really fun process. We learned a lot about We weren’t getting paid, but we were play- what makes us cool and some interesting every little shithole on the Lower East ing things other groups do. It was a great Side. Glorious shitholes! …I guess that’s a experience. loaded term now, huh?

It was as far away from being in Blues Traveler as we could get, and I think that That seems like a really well-rounded inspired us. Because with our new record music education—music school in the coming out—it’s been a couple albums day, gigging in the city at night. since we’ve done all Blues Traveler songs, and these songs came out of nowhere. We It was a great scene. The Lower East Side needed that motivation for it to click. bar bands we learned from…we were just 18-year-old kids from the ‘burbs, we were What’s the word on the new album? kind of watching how they did it, how they worked the crowd. And The New School, It’s coming out in spring and it’s going to be they had rehearsal rooms. Brendan and called Hurry Up and Hang Around. I think John were going there, so we were just hav- we’ve officially agreed on that title! It’s out ing Blues Traveler rehearsals in there. I in spring and it’s old school Blues Traveler. remember the first time we rehearsed, we played ‘til the cops came. In New York City! A lot of folks are excited to see Los We were pretty stoked about that.

Colognes on tour with y’all.

We were hanging out with all these more traditional jazz musicians, all the students We did a whole fall leg with them! It’s that were our friends, and at the same time a really kind of complementary thing. were playing these kind of seedy bars with They’re more ambient, groove-based, real working musicians. which is beautiful. We’re more in-yourThat first year, we were just playing face. They sit in with us, they’re total musitalent nights…eventually we would get cians, and we really appreciate it. We love Monday nights at this total dive on Secbeing out there with them, and Savannah’s ond and 13th. Literally no one there. We’d one of my favorite towns in the South. CS play to a drunk homeless guy and the bartender. But we could play all night, working BLUES TRAVELER, LOS COLOGNES Tuesday, February 13, doors at 7 p.m., show at things out, making things up. The hustle 8 p.m., Stage on Bay and bustle, teeming energy of New York… $19-49 via savconcerts.com it couldn’t be better for emerging artists, All-ages that immersion.

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New EP and “Kentucky Bourbon” single blend classic country and modern stylings SAVANNAH BAND Lyn Avenue has made their hottest record yet—literally and figuratively.

“We went in the studio in August with no AC,” vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter CC Witt remembers. “Literally, sweat, blood and tears went into this!”

Since they started out as a teenage garage band, Lyn Avenue as an entity has grown up just like its members, refining sounds, honing songwriting strengths, and deepening a chemistry that’s been there since the beginning. It’s all evident in their new, highlyanticipated EP, ‘Never Been to Nashville,’ available at the band’s Tybee Post Theater release concert on Friday.

Though they’re one of their home state’s favorite country acts (Lyn Avenue has been

crowned “Best Country Band” not once but three times by the Georgia Music Awards and the Georgia Country Awards), that Southern flavor wasn’t always a part of the sound.

“We started as a garage band back in, I want to say, 2008 or 2009,” Savannah native Witt says. “We were kids jamming making noise for a long time!”

That’s how Witt spent the first day she met Patrick Ellington, her co-writer in the band and, as of a few months ago, husband.

“The day we met, we were playing music,” Witt recalls. “He came over to play.

We’ve known each other for 11 years and we grew and we argued and we wrote songs together.”

Witt’s childhood home certainly had its

share of country music played throughout—her dad listened to Marty Robbins and Elvis Presley—but her folks also loved disco, soul, and The Police. That diverse influence is evident on ‘Never Been to Nashville,’ which goes full old-school country on lead single “Kentucky Bourbon” but dips into progressive country sounds throughout the rest of its tracks.

In those early days, Witt was inspired to try writing a country song for one of her best friends, a lover of the genre. The result was fan favorite “Guardian Angel,” which has finally been recorded for the ‘Never Been to Nashville’ EP. Country was the perfect style for Witt’s writing.

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natural, and we started gravitating toward that sound and my writing style lended itself more to a country style. I focus more on emotions when I write. Patrick writes more visually, I think. Together, we make a country song.”

When it was time to hit the studio, the band selected the songs that capture them at their best, reaching back to the early days for “Guardian Angel.”

“We wanted to give those songs a second chance and bring them to maturity,” explains Witt. “Since ‘Guardian Angel’ was the song that started our journey with country music, we really wanted to bring that one to fruition. ‘You Don’t Need Me’ was a bonus track, and ‘Little Big City Town’ I wrote and put on my solo EP [2016’s ‘Down Memory Lane’], so we decided to make it a full band version.”

Lyn Avenue recorded ‘Never Been to Nashville’ at Dollhouse Studios supported by a mosaic of local musicians. The EP employs four different drummers, as well as Igor Fiksman (Damon and the Shitkickers) on pedal steel, Jay Rudd (City Hotel) on mandolin and banjo, Kenny Munshaw (co-owner of Dollhouse Studios) on keys, and Witt’s aunt, Nancy Witt, on keys.

“We just had a lot of ideas, and we tried them all and it ended up coming together,” Witt recalls of their time in-studio. “We

definitely want to show people that we’re not from this bro-country stuff that’s on the radio. We want to write about real things and substance. And we still really like to write catchy songs! We want to continue with that classic country vibe.”

These days, Witt and Ellington are considered the core of the band, bringing in bassists and drummers to support their sound live. For their album release show, Lyn Avenue will include drummer AJ Davis, bassist Larry Jones, Fiksman on pedal steel, and some special surprise guests. Everyone attending the concert will receive a free ‘Never Been to Nashville’ EP. City Hotel’s Aaron Zimmer and Jay Rudd will perform an opening set.

“We’re just grateful,” Witt says. “Everyone’s been so gracious and supportive and kind, especially with our single [“Kentucky Bourbon”] that we released. We’re really excited to share all this with everybody else. We’re trying to put together a good show. It’ll be the best one yet!” CS

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Enjoy a night of talented singer-songwriters in a listening room environment. Tyler Goforth and Carrie Bowen, both based in Atlanta, share their unique abilities with the Sentient Bean audience on their “Songs from the Dust Tour.”

Bowen was born and raised in Monroe, Georgia, finding songwriting inspiration in her faith, pursuit of social justice, and motherhood.

Goforth is currently touring in support of his self-titled EP, released in February 2017.

With songs like “40 Miles to Macon,” locals will find a warm familiarity in Goforth’s folkinspired tunes.

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Experience the stylings of acclaimed drummer and producer Ulysses Owens, Jr. right here in Savannah.

Owens has taken home Grammys for his performances on the 2010 Kurt Elling live album, Dedicated to You, and Christian McBride’s 2010 big band album, The Good Feeling. He’s toured the world with Kurt Elling and Joey Alexander and performed alongside Nicholas Payton, Wynton Marsalis, Monty Alexander, Dianne Schuur, Russell Malone, Renee Fleming, and Mulgrew Miller, among others.

Honoring tradition while remaining versatile, Owens is one of the most soughtafter drummers of his generation, named a Rising Star by DownBeat’s Critics Poll.

He’s also received the 2013 ASCAP Plus Ward, earned a gold medal at the 2014 Global Music Awards, and is a 3015 Jazz at Lincoln Center Swing Award Honoree.

For his Coastal Jazz performance, Owens will share his presentation of “Ellington and Beyond,” joined by trumpeter Alphonso Horne, pianist Liston Gregory III, bassist Phil Norris, and vocalist Kiaya Cash.

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Indie reggae rockers Of Good Nature stops in Savannah on their Set Sail Winter Tour.

A four-piece with guitar, drums, trombone, bass, and percussion, the Charlotte-based group promises high entertainment from their set.

The band hit the iTunes Reggae Singles charts in June 2017 with the single “Sit Around,” a tune featuring Zach Flower of Sun-Dried Vibes. The song was engineered and mixed by Passafire’s Ted Bowne in the former Savannahian’s current home of St. Petersburg, Florida.

After they play Savannah, Of Good Nature’s tour will continue until New Orleans, where they’ll board the Sail Across The Sun Cruise and perform alongside Train, Michael Franti, and more.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 10 P.M.

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St. Augustine’s West King String band brings their hard-edged take on roots music to The Wormhole. Inspired equally by bluegrass greats like Del McCoury and rock gods like Black Sabbath, the band’s core focus is its songwriting.

West King String Band unveiled their first full-length record, Achin’, in August 2016, following with Staring at the Sun in 2017. The boot-stomping tunes swing and saunter with weathered ease.

If you enjoy front-porch pickin’ singalong songs, get on down to Starland and enjoy a set from guitarist Jack Studer, upright bass player Jesse Harman, and mandolinist Andrew Fox. All Poets and Heroes kick off the night.

A three-piece writing pensive songs with a folk core and pop melodies, the band most recently released ‘Where We Lived and What We Lived For’ in October 2017.

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Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church Elisabeth Von Trapp, 7 p.m.

Barrelhouse South VuDu Shakedown, 10 p.m.

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

Bayou Cafe Ray Tomasino, 9 p.m.

Boomy’s Eric Culberson Band, 10 p.m. coffee deli Acoustic Jam, 7 p.m.

Five Oaks Taproom Eric Britt, 8 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Claire Frazier Quartet, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Ray Lundy, 7 p.m.

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

The Sandbar Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

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

Tree House Wobble Wednesday Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Wormhole Open Mic, 9 p.m.

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

Dub’s Pub Trivia, 7:30 p.m.

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

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Richmond Hill) Trivia Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Trivia, 9:30 p.m.

Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Bingo, 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.

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Stafford’s Public House Weird Wednesdays Open Mic Comedy, 9 p.m.

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Barrelhouse South Of Good Nature, Set Sail, 10 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.

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

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

El-Rocko Lounge Sondorblue, Sound Experiment, Square One, 9 p.m.

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

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Jody Espina Quartet, 7 p.m.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 8 P.M., $15, ALL-AGES Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Georgia Kyle, 7 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) Trivia PS Tavern Live Music Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Gypsy Jazz, 7 p.m.

Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

The Sentient Bean Comedy Night, 8 p.m.

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

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

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

Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Lauren LaPointe, 7:30 p.m.

The Wormhole All Poets and Heroes, West King Street Band, 8 p.m.

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

McDonough’s Trivia, 7 p.m.

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

Southbound Brewing Company Geeks Who Drink Pub Trivia, 8 p.m.

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

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Blueberry Hill Trivia and Karaoke, 7 p.m.

The Chromatic Dragon Karaoke Night, 9 p.m.

Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

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The Jinx Live DJ, 10 p.m.

Liquid Night Club Live DJ, 9 p.m.

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

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Carnival Bar Theatre The Downtown Delilahs: Let’s Kiss and Break Up, 10 p.m.

Club One The House of Gunt’s Dirty Little Secretions, 9 p.m.

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

Stafford’s Public House Open Mic, 9 p.m.

FRIDAY 2. 9 LIVE MUSIC

Barrelhouse South Machine Kid, Josh Brannon Band, 10 p.m.

Bayou Cafe Thomas Claxton, Magic Rocks, 8 p.m.

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

Club Elan Vegas Valentine, 9 p.m.

Congress Street Social Club DJ Basik Lee, 10 p.m.

Dockside Seafood Bluegrass Happy Hour, 4 p.m.

Dub’s Pub Prime Real Estate, 8 p.m.

El-Rocko Lounge Dontfeedthemodels, 10 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Eric Jones Trio ft. Gina Rene, 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar The Hextones, 9 p.m.

The Jinx Red Mouth, Brandon Nelson McCoy, 10 p.m.

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

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Charlie Fog Band, 10 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) Jeremy Riddle, 9 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Richmond Hill) Live Music Pour Larry’s DJ & Live Music Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Jody Jazz Trio, 6:30 p.m.

Randy Wood Guitars Edgar Loudermilk Band w/ Jeff Autry, 8 p.m.

Rusty Rudders Tap House Live Acoustic Music, 6 p.m.

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

Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

The Sentient Bean Winded, Bruck Jonkson, Road to Fossil, 7:30 p.m.

The Stage on Bay Mac Arnold w/ Willie Jackson and the Tybee Blues Band, 8 p.m.

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

Tijuana Flats Gary Strickland Tybee Post Theater Lyn Avenue’s ‘Never Been to Nashville’ EP Release Party, 8 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Diana Rogers, Claire Frazier and Norm Gagne, 7 p.m.

The Warehouse Eric Culberson, 8 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Bill Hodgson, Eagle Rock, 5 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Chuck Courtenay, 9:30 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

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

PS Tavern Beer Pong Tournament, 10 p.m.

COMEDY

Bull Street Labs Oops! I Hearted: An Improvised Dating Game, 8 p.m.

DJ

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

El-Rocko Lounge DJ D-Frost Hercules Bar & Grill DJ Liquid Night Club Live DJ, 9 p.m.

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KARAOKE

Bay Street Blues Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Blueberry Hill Karaoke, 7 p.m.

The Islander Karaoke, 10 p.m.

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

Sunny’s Lounge Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

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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.

Carnival Bar Theatre The Downtown Delilahs: Let’s Kiss and Break Up, 10 p.m.

Club One Drag Show

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B & D Burgers (Congress St.) High Velocity Barrelhouse South Machine Funk Widespread Panic Tribute, 10 p.m.

Bayou Cafe Thomas Claxton, 8 p.m.

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

Club Elan Red Night, 9 p.m.

Coastal Empire Beer Co. Eric Condon, 6 p.m.

Congress Street Social Club Trae Pierce and the T-Stones, 10 p.m.

East End Provisions Roger Moss and Kim Steiner, 7 p.m.

Edgar’s Proof and Provision Matt Eckstine, 6 p.m.

El-Rocko Lounge Contour, Kudzu, Pajahm, CLVLND, 9 p.m., DJ Precisa Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Jonathan Baptist Quartet, 8 p.m.

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

The Jinx On the Cinder, 10 p.m.

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

Mars Theatre One of These Nights: The Music of the Eagles, 3 & 8 p.m.

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

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Richmond Hill) Live Music Non-Fiction Gallery Live Oak Concerts: Music for Violin and Cello, 7 p.m.

The Olde Pink House David Duckworth & Alisha Duckworth Pour Larry’s DJ & Live Music Prohibition Voodoo Soup, 9 p.m.

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

Rocks on the Roof @Sundown, 8 p.m.

Rusty Rudders Tap House Live Acoustic Music, 6 p.m.

Saddle Bags Dylan Schneider, 8 p.m.

Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

The Sentient Bean Carrie Brown, Tyler Goforth, 7 p.m.

Stafford’s Public House DJ Rudy Lui, 9:30 p.m.

Tybee Island Social Club Missionary Blues, 8 p.m.

Tybee Post Theater Chris Chandler Presents Songs for Lovers, 8 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Diana Rogers, Claire Frazier and Norm Gagne, 7 p.m.

The Warehouse Hitman Blues Band, 8 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Jason Courtenay Duo, Bill Hodgson, Andrew Gill Band, Dating Game w/ DJ Race, 1 p.m.

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

KARAOKE

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.

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

PS Tavern Karaoke

COMEDY

Bay Street Theatre SCR Comedy Club w/ Ron Feingold, 8 p.m.

Bull Street Labs Oops! I Hearted: An Improvised Dating Game, 8 p.m.

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

DJ

MONDAY 2.12 LIVE MUSIC

Abe’s on Lincoln Open Mic, 10 p.m.

Bayou Cafe David Harbuck, 9 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Wormhole Open Mic, 8 p.m., 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.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Pooler) Bingo

Doubles Nightclub DJ Sam Diamond, 8 p.m.

Liquid Night Club Live DJ, 9 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

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.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

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

Boomy’s Cupid is Stupid Bar Crawl, 4 p.m.

Carnival Bar Theatre The Downtown Delilahs: Let’s Kiss and Break Up, 9 & 11 p.m.

The Chromatic Dragon Mario Gras, 8 p.m.

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

SUNDAY 2.11 LIVE MUSIC

B & D Burgers (Pooler) Sarah Poole, 1 p.m.

Bayou Cafe Don Coyer, 9 p.m.

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

Flashback Open Jam, 5 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Eric Jones Trio ft.

Huxsie Scott, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Jason Bible, 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 St. Luke’s Lutheran Church Music for Violin and Cello, 3-4:30 p.m.

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

Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa Ulysses Owens Jr. and Friends, 5 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Bucky & Barry, Funk You Up, 1 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Trivia, 8 p.m.

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.

Saddle Bags Bar Olympics

KARAOKE

COMEDY DJ

The Jinx DJ Lucky Bastard, 10 p.m.

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

TUESDAY 2.13 LIVE MUSIC

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

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

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant Jeremy Davis and The Equinox Quintet, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Peter Hennes, 7 p.m.

The Jinx Hip Hop Night, 11 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music 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.

The Sentient Bean Tongue: Open Mouth and Music Show hosted by Melanie Goldey, 8 p.m.

The Stage on Bay Blues Traveler, Los Colognes, 8 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Hitman Blues Band, 8 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, 7:3010 p.m.

McDonough’s Bingo, 7 p.m.

Mellow Mushroom Trivia, 7:30 p.m.

PS Tavern Poker Rachael’s 1190 Adults Only Trivia, 9 p.m.

Savannah Taphouse Trivia, 7 p.m.

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

The Wormhole Trivia, 10:30 p.m.

KARAOKE

Blueberry Hill Karaoke, 7 p.m.

Club One Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub

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SOUNDBOARD DIRECTORY 912-349-0525 abesonlincoln.com

Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church 1008 Henry St. Barrelhouse South 125 W. Congress St. 912-662-5576 barrelhousesouth.com

Basil’s Pizza and Deli 216 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

912-897-6400 basilsonline.com

Bay Street Blues 17 E. Bay St.

Congress Street Social Club 411 W. Congress St. 912-238-1985 congressstreetsocialclub.com

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

Doodles 586 S. Columbia Ave. 912-295-2536

Doubles Nightclub 7100 Abercorn St. 912-352-7100

Dub’s Pub 225 W. River St.

912-236-6655

(912) 200-3652 dubspubriverstreet.com

Bayou Cafe 14 N. Abercorn St.

El-Rocko Lounge 117 Whitaker St.

912-233-6411 bayousavannah.com

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

912-231-9049 billysplacesavannah.com

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

Blueberry Hill 546 Dean Forest Rd. 964-8401

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

The Britannia British Pub 140 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

912-898-4257

Bull Street Labs 2222 Bull St.

912-447-8457 www.bullstreetlabs.com

Carnival Bar Theatre 306 West Factors Walk The Chromatic Dragon 514 MLK Jr. Blvd.

912-289-0350 chromaticdragon.com

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

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

Club Elan 301 Williamson St. Club One 1 Jefferson St. 912-232-0200 clubone-online.com

Coach’s Corner 3016 E. Victory Dr. 912-352-2933 coachs.net

CoCo’s Sunset Grille 1 Old U.S. Hwy. 80 912-786-7810 cocostybee.com

coffee deli 4517 Habersham St.

912-352-7818 savannahcoffeedeli.com

Cohen’s Retreat 5715 Skidaway Rd. 912-355-3336

912-495-5808

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

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

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

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

Mellow Mushroom 11 W. Liberty St. 912-495-0705 mellowmushroom.com

Melody’s Coastal Cafe and Sandbar Cantina 2518 Hwy 17 912-459-6357 melscoastalcafe.com

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

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

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

Non-Fiction Gallery 1522 Bull St. 912-376-9953

The Olde Pink House 23 Abercorn St.

912-232-4286 www.plantersinnsavannah.com

Pour Larry’s 206 W. St. Julian St. 912-232-5778

Flashback 10010-B Ford Ave.

PS Tavern 11 W. Bay St.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant 107 W. Broughton St. Hercules Bar & Grill 2500 Dean Forest Rd.

Rachael’s 1190 1190 King George Blvd.

The Islander 301 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

912-238-1311 therailpub.com/

912-428-1643

912-966-5790

912-897-6137

Jazz’d Tapas Bar 52 Barnard St.

912-236-7777 www.jazzdsavannah.com

The Jinx 127 W. Congress St. 912-236-2281

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

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

Liquid Night Club 307 W. River St. Little Lucky’s 6 Gateway Blvd. E. 912-925-1119

Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill 417 East River St. 912-341-8897

Mars Theatre 109 S. Laurel Street

912-754-1118 www.marstheatre.com

McDonough’s 21 E. McDonough St.

912-233-6136 mcdonoughssavannah.com

912-495-5145

912-920-7772 rachaels1190.com

The Rail Pub 405 W. Congress St. Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant 402 MLK Jr. Blvd.

912-292-1656 ranchoalegrecuban.com

Randy Wood Guitars 1304 East Hwy. 80

912-748-1930 www.randywoodguitars.com

Rocks on the Roof 102 W. Bay St.

912-721-3901 bohemianhotelsavannah.com

Rusty Rudders Tap House 303 W. River St. 912-944-6302

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

Saddle Bags 317 West River St.

912-349-5275 saddlebagssavannah.com/

The Sandbar 1512 Butler Ave. 912-786-8304

Savannah Coffee Roasters 215 West Liberty Street (912) 238-2426

Savannah Smiles 314 Williamson St.

912-527-6453 www.facebook.com/pages/ Savannah-Smiles-DuelingPianos/118909441502557

Savannah Taphouse 125 E. Broughton St. 912-201-8277 savannahtaphouse.com

SEED Eco Lounge 39 Montgomery St. 912-349-5100

The Sentient Bean 13 E. Park Ave. 912-232-4447 sentientbean.com

Southbound Brewing Company 107 East Lathrop Ave. St. Luke’s Lutheran Church 2716 Mechanics Avenue (912) 354-6815

Stafford’s Public House 306 W. Upper Factor’s Walk The Stage on Bay 1200 West Bay St. savconcerts.com

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

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

Taste of India 401 Mall Blvd.

912-356-1020

Tijuana Flats 1800 E. Victory Dr. 912-344-9111 tijuanaflats.com

Totally Awesome Bar 107 B Whitaker St. 912-349-1707

Tree House 309 W. St. Julian St.

912-239-0095 treehousesavannah.com

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

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

Tybee Post Theater 10 Van Horn

912-472-4790 www.tybeeposttheater.org

Vic’s on The River 26 E. Bay St. 912-721-1000 vicsontheriver.com

The Warehouse 18 E. River St.

912-234-6003 thewarehousebarandgrille.com

Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa 1 Resort Drive 912-201-2000 www.westinsavannah.com/

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

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Andrew Low House Museum, 329 Abercorn St. and the Girl Scout First Headquarters, 330 Drayton St. The Andrew Low House is the adult home of Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts. Behind the Andrew Low House sits the Girl Scout’s first headquarters, the home’s original carriage house.

Battlefield Memorial Park, 303 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.

This park features a memorial to the hundreds killed in the Revolutionary War Battle of Savannah, fought for control of the city on Oct. 9, 1779.

Beach Institute African American Cultural Center, 502 E. Harris St. Founded by W.W. Law, civil rights leader and the president of Savannah’s chapter of the NAACP, the Beach Institute celebrates African-American art and history. Hours: 3 to 6 p.m.

Davenport House Museum, 324 E. State St. The Davenport House is among the oldest brick structures in Savannah and seeks to preserve and interpret the American Federal-style home.

Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 E. Charlton St. Explore the home of Savannah’s most beloved author, Flannery O’Connor.

Hours: 1 to 4 p.m.

Georgia Historical Society, 501 Whitaker St. Explore the Society’s Research Center, which preserves over four million manuscripts and 100,000 photographs.

Georgia State Railroad Museum, 655 Louisville Rd. This complex is the largest collection of Antebellum railroad structures in the country.

Green-Meldrim House, 14 W. Macon St. General William Tecumseh Sherman stayed at this home on his March to the Sea, and it was here that he sent his telegram to President Lincoln offering him the city of Savannah as a Christmas present.

Hours: 2 to 4 p.m.

Harper Fowlkes House, 230 Barnard St. This Greek Revival home was built in 1842 and is the headquarters for the Soci30 ety of the Cincinnati. Hours: 1 to 4 p.m.

country’s history and read stories of service.

Thunderbolt Historical Society, 2702 Mechanics Ave. This museum preserves the history and memories of the Thunderbolt area. Note that the museum opens at 1 p.m. instead of noon.

Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne Ave., Tybee Island Situated in the Fort Screven Historic District, this theater dates to 1930 and was built as a movie house for the soldiers stationed at the fort. Hours: noon to 2 p.m.

Pin Point Heritage Museum, 9924 Pin Point Ave. Explore Gullah Geechee culture on the banks of the Moon River.

Bonaventure Cemetery, 330 Bonaventure Rd. The beautiful Bonaventure Cemetery spans over 100 acres and includes the grave of Johnny Mercer. Tours are at 2 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3 p.m.

National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, 175 Bourne Ave., Pooler For Super Museum Sunday, the Mighty Eighth will host authors Annette Laing and Steve Snyder for a book signing. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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2: Andrew Low House Museum. 4: Beach Institute.15: Congregation Mickve Israel.

18: Davenport House Museum. 20: First African Baptist Church. 21: First Bryan Baptist Church. 29: Girl Scouts First Headquarters. 30: Georgia Historical Society.

33: Georgia State Railroad

Museum. 35: Green-Meldrim House. 37: Harper Fowlkes House. 42: Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace. 43: King Tisdell Cottage. 51: Massie Heritage Center. 64: Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum. 65: Revolutionary Battlefield Memorial Park.

70: Savannah Children’s Mu-

King-Tisdell Cottage, 514 E. Huntingdon St. The cottage appears as a coastal black residence in the 1890s would have and celebrates black history and culture. Hours: 3 to 6 p.m.

Massie Heritage Center, 207 E. Gordon St. Explore an interactive city plan, Native American artifacts, and the city’s history of preservation.

Owens-Thomas House and Slave Quarters, 124 Abercorn St. Designed by famed architect William Jay, the Owens-Thomas House was occupied by George Welshman Owens, his family, and nine slaves. Learn about the complicated relationships between wealthy families and the slaves they owned. Hours: 1 to 4 p.m.

seum. 71: Savannah History Museum. 74: SCAD Museum of Art. 76: Ships of the Sea Museum. 77: St. John’s Church. 80: Telfair Academy. 81: Jepson Center. 82: Owens-Thomas House. 85: Lucas Theatre. 93: Webb Military Museum.

Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. Tour the glitzy renovated theatre, which opened in 1921 and currently hosts a plethora of events. Hours: 1 to 4 p.m.

Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum, 460 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.

Formerly the largest bank for black people in the county, the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum now explores the history of Savannah’s civil rights movement with photographs and interactive exhibits.

Savannah History Museum, 303 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.

Learn about our city’s history, from the Revolutionary War to Forrest Gump and everything in between.

Webb Military Museum, 411 E. York St. View military artifacts that span our

Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 W. York St. The Jepson currently has a wide range of exhibitions on display. This will also be the last day to view “Kirk Varnedoe: In the Middle at the Modern.” Hours: 1 to 4 p.m.

SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

As SCAD prepares for its annual deFINE Art event, there’s an impressive roster of exhibitions at the museum. Be sure to check out “Fade to Black” by Pia Camil, the Mexico City-based artist who uses T-shirts to create a sculptural work.

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

For Super Museum Sunday, Ships of the Sea will offer story time in the garden amidst “Beacons,” the lantern installation by Karen McVay Butch and Martha Enzmann, as well as living history demonstrations.

Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard St. Explore the Telfair’s permanent collections as well as “Scenic Impressions: Southern Interpretations from the Johnson Collection,” a look at the journey of Impressionism from 19th century France to the American South. Hours: 1 to 4 p.m.

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Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, 10 E. Oglethorpe Ave. Learn the history of the Girl Scouts’ founder through activities and stories.

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Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. This wildlife refuge is home to many different animals, including wolves, birds of prey and bison. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Old Fort Jackson, 1 Fort Jackson Rd. Experience a cannon firing, interactive programs, and more at the oldest standing brick fortification in Georgia.

Savannah Area Council of Garden Clubs Botanical Gardens, 1388 EisenRELIGIOUS SITES hower Dr. Congregation Mickve Israel, 20 E. Meander through the gardens, which Gordon St. include camellias, azaleas, roses and a beeThe third-oldest Jewish congregation hive. Hours: gardens open all day, house in the United States, Congregation Mickve closed Israel was founded in 1733, just months Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum after the City of Savannah was founded. and Nature Center, 681 Fort Argyle Rd. Tour the sanctuary and visit the museum Learn about archaeology, hike from the of Jewish artifacts, including the two old- museum to the Ogeechee River, and watch est Torah scrolls in North America. Hours: birds. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

1 to 4 p.m.

Tybee Island Light Station and First African Baptist Church, 23 Museum, 30 Meddin Dr. Montgomery St. Georgia’s oldest lighthouse, the Tybee Founded in 1773 by Rev. George Leile, Light Station retains its original three this church is older than the United States light keeper’s cottages. The Tybee Island itself and still retains much of its original Museum features exhibitions about the architecture. Hours: 1:30 to 4 p.m.

Euchee tribe, Fort Screven’s history, and First Bryan Baptist Church, 575 W. more.

Bryan St. Tybee Island Marine Science Center, This church is a monument to Rev. 1509 Strand St. Leile, the first black Baptist missionary.

Get up close and personal with all kinds Hours: 2 to 4 p.m. of sea creatures, including diamondback St. John’s Church, 1 W. Macon St. terrapins, spider crabs, and a corn snake.

St. John’s was founded in 1841 and uses Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. the historic Prayer Book from 1928 for Wormsloe Historic Site, 7601 Skidworship. Hours: 2 to 4 p.m. away Rd. The walkway to the historic site is OUTDOORSY famous for its picturesque live oaks and Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens, Spanish moss, but the site also includes 2 Canebrake Rd. costumed interpreters, nature trails, and a The sprawling property has 19 gardens museum. CS with a wide variety of different plants and FOR MORE INFO GO TO GEORGIAHISTORY.COM/ flowers. Hours: noon to 5 p.m.

EVENTS/2018-SUPER-MUSEUM-SUNDAY/ Fort Pulaski National Monument, US HWY 80 E This Civil War-era fortification has two powder magazines and a moat and is constructed from “Savannah Gray” brick.

Hours: 9 a.m – 5 p.m. library created by and for girls.

Savannah Children’s Museum, 655 Louisville Rd. Kids of all ages are sure to have a blast at the outdoor Exploration Station.

UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium, 30 Ocean Science Circle View 16 exhibit tanks, Georgia’s first saltwater aquarium and plenty of educational exhibits.

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CULTURE THE ART•BEAT OF SAVANNAH

LOUD Paul Stephen Benjamin’s exhibition explores black identity

BY RACHAEL FLORA

rachael@connectsavannah.com

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YOU’LL HEAR Paul Stephen Benjamin’s exhibition before you see it.

As you walk up to the gallery hosting “Reinterpreting the Sound of Blackness,” you’ll hear Aretha Franklin’s voice through the walls. The sound comes from Benjamin’s video installation, “God Bless America,” a wall of 90s-era TVs. Benjamin layers video from Franklin’s 1977 performance of “God Bless America” at Jimmy Carter’s inauguration gala with video of Lil Wayne performing “God Bless Amerika” from 2015. Flashing red and blue police sirens surround the two performances.

A similar video wall further back in the gallery, “Summer Breeze,” features clips of Billie Holiday and Jill Scott’s performances of “Strange Fruit” surrounded by video of a young girl on a tree swing, in a heartbreaking echo of the song title’s original reference.

These two video projects are emotionally impactful and force us to think about race relations in America. Benjamin presents video from two different eras to focus on the time between. What has changed between Holiday’s 1939 performance and Scott’s 2015 rendition?

“What we’re doing in this show is talking about how context changes over time,” explains Rachel Reese, associate curator of modern and contemporary art.

“There are a lot of connections between the Civil Rights movement and the Black Lives Matter movement and how it’s been recycled and become relevant again, unfortunately.”

Benjamin’s work is focused on the concept of the sound of black.

“I use video stills and sound pieces based off the premise, if the color black had a sound, what would it sound like?” says Benjamin.

Benjamin plays all of his videos on old television sets intentionally.

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Benjamin’s “Summer Breeze,” above, and “God Bless America,” left, merge different centuries as a commentary on how things have changed—and stay the same. PHOTOS BY RACHAEL FLORA.

frame,” he says. “Some are from the early 2000s and some are from the late 90s, when flat screens first started coming out.

The technology of it is important, but also a rectangular screen is how we receive information now.”

“He uses analog TVs, like tube TVs and old technology, and he exposes all the cords and DVD players on purpose to not hide anything, as a metaphor,” explains Reese.

The exhibition also includes a wall of portraits of black males, barely visible in the dim light of the gallery.

“A lot of Paul’s work is monolithic, black on black, but it’s the nuance of getting up close to something, whether it’s music lyrics or getting close to a photograph and letting something reveal itself to you,” Reese

notes. “He’s very poetic in that way.”

However, one of the most compelling parts of the exhibition is the wall. Benjamin painted the walls of the gallery five different shades of commercially-available black paint.

“I’ve been working with the color black as a monochromatic approach to my work for fourteen-plus years,” Benjamin explains. “I use black paint as a means of uniformity, and I’m interested in the variations and names associated with black by a commercial entity. When they’re presented collectively, they’re even more important.”

The five colors of black on the wall are Pure Black, Totally Black, New Black, Very Black, and Black Beauty. By thinking about the names that we use for black objects, we

also think about the way we discuss African Americans. How are black people presented in media and pop culture? What’s the power of the words we use?

“I think there are so many facets to the color black when dealing with blackness and race in general,” continues Benjamin.

“There’s no one way to describe a people— that’s becoming more and more evident.”

“Reinterpreting the Sound of Blackness” should be at the top of your list of exhibitions to see, and not just for the powerful message it sends.

“Even if someone doesn’t want to dive hyper-deep into the history of these pieces, the visual and sound will draw you in because the sound of these video installations is very rhythmic,” Reese says. “You can start to pick up on all the layers. It’s just visually beautiful.” CS “Reinterpreting the Sound of Blackness” remains at the Jepson through May 6. On Feb. 8, the Jepson presents its W.W. Law Lecture, a conversation between Benjamin and Reese, at 6 p.m. Lecture is free and open to the public.

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The Artists and Artisans Tour is the Arts Resource Collective (ARC) Savannah’s fourth annual event showcasing local artists in a home setting. This year, Hospice Savannah joined in the fun.

The homes on the tour route will feature food stations by the Grey and beverage stations by The 1970 Vodka.

The theme of this year’s event is “Under the Influence,” and each artist explored the influence they have on Savannah and vice versa.

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There are a lot of changes in store for this year’s show. First is our new partner Hospice Savannah. We have also added many more artists than before. The night starts with check in at Judge Realty at 347 Abercorn St at 5:30 p.m. and then you get a peek of smaller works by each artist next door at Kim Iocovozzi Fine Arts. Then one block away we have three great houses full of larger works by the same artists.

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In the past, we have heard criticism of the locations being too far apart. This year we decided to focus on one block of historic Jones Street. There are two houses that are next door to each other and the third is directly across the street. We are featuring some larger sculptures that require an outdoor setting, so that was another consideration. Something else new is that we are using multiple floors in two of the houses.

We also wanted houses with clear wall space so not to confuse the owners’ collection with what we are offering to sell. It sounds easy but has been a labor for most of the year.

3. What can we expect from the art on display?

We will have a large variety of styles from about 30 artists. I don’t want to name names for fear of playing favorites, but I

“In the past, we have heard criticism of the locations being too far apart. This year we decided to focus on one block of historic Jones Street.” feel no one will be disappointed.

4. How does this year’s partnership between ARC and Hospice Savannah benefit both organizations?

5. Why is an event like this mportant

for our art culture in Savannah?

The Artist and Artisans Tour is another of the special events that help knit our We know all the good work that Hospice city together. It is an evening that unites Savannah does for our community, so the known artists and lesser exposed artists chance to help with that work is very inter- on the same playing field, giving everyone esting. From ARC’s point of view, it is a way a chance. CS to fund our free ART MAP SAV that conThe Artists and Artisans Tour is Thurs. Feb. 8 nects people and galleries. I feel this will be very beneficial to both organizations.

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CULTURE IN MEMORIAM

IN COLOR with Tim Moore

Former Miss Savannah Pride remembered through scholarship and beyond

BY ANNA CHANDLER

anna@connectsavannah.com

CONNECT SAVANNAH | FEB 7-13, 2018

ON WEDNESDAY, January 31, Savannah lost a treasured member of its beloved community. Through his life, Timothy Emmett Moore touched the lives of locals in the LGBTQ community and beyond through his unrelenting kindness and memorable stage performances.

A graduate of Sol C. Johnson High School and Lee University, Moore cared deeply about his local LGBTQ community, frequently volunteering with local organizations.

“He had a huge heart,” says friend Travis Coles, General Manager at Club One. Coles met Moore while he was a customer at the downtown venue and gathering spot. Eventually, they became friends and roommates, and Moore went on to help improve and enrich Club One, revamping the kitchen menu and eventually sharing his performance abilities and sense of humor on the Club One stage as Tricksie Turner.

With wonderfully voluminous hair and plenty of glitz and color, Tricksie Turner loved bringing joy to her audience.

“Originally, I think he started about five or six years ago,” Coles remembers. “I think he might have done one of our Star Search competitions and started getting into it more regularly. It was definitely a passion of his—he had this energy about it. He had some health issues he struggled with, but he was able to put it all away and was a presence on that stage. He loved glitter—glitter was a big part of his look! And he loved the comedy of it, as well. He liked to laugh and liked to make people laugh.”

Tricksie’s talents were awarded multiple times: In 2013, she was crowned Miss Savannah Pride and Bar Fly Comedy Queen, and caught the attention of our bordering state, winning Miss South 34 Carolina Pride the following year. The

Savannahian wore the Miss Savannah Pride crown with dignity and passion.

“He put a lot of effort and energy into maintaining that position and helping out the Savannah Pride board,” Coles says.

Moore was also active in the faith community and was a member of the staff of Coastal Cathedral Church of God, the International Worship Center, and more.

In his time as a youth minister, Moore was inspired to create a scholarship fund for high school seniors in the LGBTQ community, the Tricksie Turner Dream in Color Scholarship Fund.

“That was something he was really dedicated to,” says Coles.

Since his passing, Moore’s friends and family plan to enrich the scholarship program in his memory.

“The intention is really to do Tim justice and support something that was very close to him,” Coles explains. “That’s the best way that we can honor his life—by helping his dream become a reality. It’s been a reality and been around for a couple of years, but this means more funding for it.”

Since Moore’s passing, the community has lifted up his memory and continues to do so. On March 1, Club One will host a fundraiser for the Tricksie Turner Dream in Color Scholarship Fund with performances, a silent auction, and beyond.

“We want to have a celebration of his life,” Coles says. “The community has donated their time and resources, and it’s amazing to me how everything comes together.”

There is currently a YouCaring.com fundraiser, “Tim Moore/Tricksie Turner Memorial Fund,” to support funeral expenses. Excess funds will be allocated to the Tricksie Turner Dream in Color Scholarship Fund so that Moore’s warm spirit continues to impact Savannah.

“Since Wednesday since he passed, it doesn’t feel like he’s not here,” says Coles.

“It always feels like he’s here.” CS

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FADE INTO BLACK — Pia Camil lives and works in Mexico City. “Fade into Black” is curated by Humberto Moro, SCAD curator of exhibitions. Through July 15. May Poetter Gallery (SCAD), 342 Bull St.

ARTISTS AND ARTISANS TOUR — Tickets to this premiere art event include admission to several homes on East Jones Street displaying paintings, photography, mixed media and sculpture by over 30 local artists.

Homes will feature food stations donated by Savannah’s highly acclaimed restaurant The Grey, wines, and a crafted cocktail donated by The 1970 Vodka. Proceeds benefit the Arts Resource Collective and Hospice Savannah. $60 Thu., Feb. 8, 5:30 p.m. judgerealty.com/.

Judge Realty, 347 Abercorn St. FREE PORTRAIT PAINTING DEMO, ART AUCTION — Karen Bradley, one of Savannah’s best portrait artists, will paint a portrait in a free art demo. We’ll then auction off the final art piece to HUGS, a local charity that provides counseling services to those who cannot afford them. free Fri., Feb. 9, 6 p.m.

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Studio School, 1319 Bull St. LINES AND STRIKES — Local and international artists will come together to share the message of life and death in the anthropocene. Artists will explore any interpretation they have for the beauty of the North Atlantic Right Whale, and for their dire struggle to survive. Fri., Feb. 9. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. PAGE RIPPERS SILENT AUCTION — The art for auction is an exhibit revolving around the works of 18 local artists and 18 local writers who were paired with 18 prompts inspired by a visit to the library. The exhibit represents the first-ever collaboration between Location Gallery and The Refinery Writing Studio.

Each artist worked from a scenario someone might find themselves in upon visiting the library—finding their true love in the stacks, picturing books in the shapes of their subjects, keeping a novel long after it should have been returned. The resulting photograph, drawing, painting or collage and the original prompt were then assigned to various writers, who constructed brief poems, short stories or essays to accompany the artwork. Roberts then designed a book as a companion to the exhibit, which will be available for pre-order that night. Fri., Feb. 9, 5 p.m. Location Gallery at Austin Hill Realty, 417 Whitaker St. TWO WORKS — SCAD Museum of Art presents “Two Works,” an exhibition by SCAD deFINE ART 2018 honorees Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller. The artists are internationally known for their immersive multimedia sound installations and innovative audio/ video walks. Feb. 13-July 18. scadmoa.org/.

SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

GUO PEI: COUTURE BEYOND — SCAD exhibits the work of Chinese fashion designer Guo Pei, best known for the yellow cape entertainer Rihanna wore to the 2015 Met Gala.

The exhibition held at Pei Ling Chan Gallery on MLK Blvd. will complement a larger exhibition at SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film in Atlanta. Through March 4. scad.edu/ exhibitions/savannah/exhibitions.cfm. Pei Ling Chan Gallery and Garden for the Arts, 322 Martin Luther King Jr., Blvd.

Last chance to catch the fascinating exhbit at the Telfair Museums’ Jepson Center for the Arts, “Kirk Varnedoe: In the Middle at the Modern.”

CONTINUING EXHIBITS ALL HEXED UP — The work in “All Hexed Up” makes use of materials directly related to cooking, whether it includes actual spices on panels, or photographs printed on tea bags collected by the artist, Bridget Conn since 2002. free and open to the public Through Feb. 20. 912. 231. 7105. info@sulfurstudios.org. facebook.com/ events/195644217656814/. starlanddining. com/index2.php#/home/. Starland Cafe, 11 East 41st St. ALTER EGO — SCAD presents “Alter Ego,” a group exhibition offering diverse approaches to the broad theme of the artist’s alter ego.

The exhibition, featuring various artistic practices, follows a rich history of persona, but offer fresh approaches that critique or celebrate notions of celebrity, commodity culture, reality and fiction. Through March 31.

Gutstein Gallery, 201 E Broughton St,.

AVANGUARDIA — Avanguardia, an exhibition by Savannah-based artist Lisa D. Watson, explores the encroachment of the constructed environment on the natural landscape.

Watson uses 95 percent reclaimed materials in her artmaking to keep her ecological footprint small. Avanguardia is part of Telfair Museums’ #art912 initiative, a dedicated platform to showcase the work of Savannah Artists. Through March 11. telfair.org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. BEACONS — An illuminated installation in the Museum’s North Garden created by Karen McVay Butch and Martha Enzmann inspired by lighthouses and beacons - beacons to light and guide, and sometimes to warm.

Through March 18. Ships of The Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.

BONAVENTURE: A HISTORIC CEMETERY IN ART — Steeped in art and history, Bonaventure Cemetery is one of Savannah’s most scenic locales, attracting visitors since the early 19th century. Drawn from Telfair’s and others’ collections, this exhibition includes paintings, prints, photographs, and sculpture inspired by or connected to the cemetery. Through Sep. 23. telfair.org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. CARRIE MAE WEEMS: SEA ISLAND SERIES — Considered one of the most influential contemporary artists, Carrie Mae Weems (American, b. 1953) has continued to explore the African American experience throughout her career. Weems became interested in the unique Gullah-Geechee culture found on the Sea Islands off the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina while studying folklore in graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley, and the resultant Sea Islands series made between 1991-1992 comprises black-and-white photographs with lyrical, folkloric texts devoted to Gullah-Geechee communities. Through May 6. telfair.org/ jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. ENTROPICAL PARADISE — The work in this show embraces Tom Van de Ven’s many years in the practice of Black and White photography, and is drawn from many of his series. These images emphasize the power of photography to create alternative realities, idealize environments, and give voice to unique expressions of personality. Through Feb. 20. In Vino Veritas, 102 E. Liberty St.

KENNETH MARTIN — Kenneth Martin discovered the therapeutic power of art during his recovery from a car accident that left him paralyzed. Today he works as an art instructor at the VA and at the Jepson Center.

Through Feb. 28. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. KIRK VARNEDOE: IN THE MIDDLE AT THE MODERN — Can you have an art exhibition without any artworks? Is a curator an artist?

Who or what decides an object’s value?

Through the lens of an art historian’s life, Kirk Varnedoe: In the Middle at The Modern challenges the nature of authenticity and the power of museums to define what is “high” and what is “low.” Native to Savannah and a national art legend, Varnedoe helped set in motion these questions as Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art (1988-2001). This biographic exhibition of altered documents, photographs, animations, and ephemera explores how Varnedoe’s journey—from an early art class at Telfair Academy to one of the world’s leading museums—sharpened his values and curatorial insight. Through Feb. 11. telfair. org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. LIVESTRONG SAVANNAH — SCAD Museum of Art presents “LIVESTRONG Savannah,” an installation by New York-based artist Christopher Chiappa. The artist transforms the museum lobby into an all-consuming invasion of eggs; thousands of illusionistic, hand-made sculptures of sunny-side-up, fried eggs are suspended on the walls, dripping to the corner and floor, and even found in unexpected places like the museum’s front desk and staircase. Through July 1. scadmoa.org/.

SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

NO ACCESS — SCAD Museum of Art presents “No Access,” a large-scale outdoor installation by artist Tom Burr. The artist draws contextual links to urban aesthetics and subcultures, minimalist art and avantgarde film. Through Sep. 17. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

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IT’S BEEN SAID that Savannah is the new Brooklyn. But in my opinion, our quaint city is closer to that of a small European town than a suburb of a thriving mega-metropolis.

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bona fide French bakery that is welcoming and authentic. On their honeymoon traveling from Chicago to Florida, the couple fell in love with Savannah and decided to bring a piece of their childhood to our growing town.

Upon glancing at the menu you will be faced with one immediate dilemma: mimosas or tea? The answer truly depends on the type of “funday” you intend to have, and no matter the decision, I can assure you your palate will fall in love.

Bringing our lush city even more old The menu offers a plentiful range of teas world flair from America’s posh allies to with a choice between hot or cold. The cold the east is Cafe M on Bay Street, a restaurant that tricks the mind into believing you teas are freshly brewed and served with a pitcher of ice, allowing you to chill it then have been transported to a tiny bakery on pour your own glass. a corner in Paris.

The Blood Orange Black Tea has an The brainchild of the lovely couple Amanda and Arthur de Bruc de Montplai- elegant flavor, first striking the nose with a warm floral aroma, then dancing onto the sir (hence the “M” in Cafe M), Cafe M is a

tongue with a sweet earthy taste. Amanda selected Tea Forte as the brand featured

by Cafe M because her brother, who lived in Paris, “would always bring her that tea….and the tea is normally sold in spas or hotels instead of restaurants”.

If you are a true Savannahian, I am going to guess you chose a mimosa. And if you are a true Southerner, you chose the Savannah Peach Mimosa.

A profoundly distinct mimosa, this fusion has all of the classic mimosa ingredients, orange juice and champagne, yet incorporates a Georgia peach summer wine as a boozy substitute for the peach purée that you’d normally find in a Bellini.

The savor of the wine is sour from the white grapes with a hint of sweetness from the peaches without losing its extremely comforting effervescence.

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Enjoy a sandwich and a mimosa at Cafe M.

One would expect the inclusion of peach to overpower the flavor of oranges and champagne, but each taste is well-defined.

As for food, you would disappoint both me and Amanda’s mother (because it is her recipe) if you did not give the quiche a try. Prior to last week I would have never imagined you could use decadent and quiche in the same sentence; but in describing the flavor of Cafe M’s quiche I could think of no other word.

I sampled the bacon, onion, and cheese quiche, or, as it is traditionally called, the Quiche Lorraine. The eggs are not overcooked and provide the dish the texture of a custard.

First your mouth is coated with the flavor of silky eggs just before they completely melt away, leaving the salty taste of crispy pork. You’ll find fruit and a lightly dressed salad on the side dressed with house-made balsamic, citrus, and basil dressing, which is the perfect addition to cut through such a bold quiche.

Several people have attempted to bribe Amanda in sharing her mother’s recipe, but when you have the key to something so luscious, you keep a close eye on it.

If sandwiches are more your thing, The Normandy is one of the more popular sandwiches on the menu. Layered between two slices of fresh baked French bread comes organic greens, oozy Brie, delicate ham, toasty walnuts, and sugary pears.

The surprising addition that makes

this sandwich extraordinary is a slathering of salted butter over each nook and cranny of both baguette slices. Every bite brings a new experience as your tongue unravels each layer of flavor, salty, sweet, buttery, and everything in between.

Every sandwich comes with a heap of vegetable chips that are organic and gluten free. Crunchy, nutty, and toasty is the best way to describe the unique chickpea chips.

According to Arthur, they “can make any sandwich vegetarian, vegan, or gluten free.”

If by some chance you still have room (I know by this point I had cleaned both plates), ending the meal with something sweet and a cup coffee is good choice.

The croissants are baked in-house and can be ordered with a sweet or savory filling. Bananas, honey, and jelly are just some of the choices, but when I saw “bananas and Nutella” as an option, I knew my fate was sealed.

This croissant is exactly what you’d expect from a legitimate French bakery. As your teeth break through the hundreds of layers of pastry, you can hear the crunch as each one give way under the pressure of your bite.

Next, a flavor we all know and love, Nutella, rushes in to paint your tongue, but the true creaminess comes from the little slices of banana tucked throughout the filling.

Their coffee is a special blend of Perc Coffee that was created just for Cafe M to “recreate the profile of coffee that can be found in France,” Amanda says Upon drinking a cup you will discover that there is not a single ounce of bitterness, and just a faint touch of nuttiness.

This coffee will pair well with anything on the menu, whether you order the breakfast drink iced or hot.

As for the future, Amanda told me, the store is “expanding...and we are even looking for another barista”. They will also be serving an Afternoon High Tea, featuring a gourmet brand of coffee and tea, Cafe Gourmand and a range of sweet and savory bites.

Between the welcoming vibes and the authentic taste of the dishes, Cafe M is as close as you can get to Parisian tradition outside of one of the famous arrondissements of the Mother City herself. CS

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FILM LOCAL CINEMA One of the Georgia’s 32-pound cannon being pulled from the Savannah River (the 32 pounds refers to the weight of the shot it fires)

‘A collision of high tech, history, and brawn’ New documentary tells the tale of the raising of the CSS Georgia from the Savannah River

BY JIM MOREKIS

jim@connectsavannah.com

CONNECT SAVANNAH | FEB 7-13, 2018

IF FACEBOOK had existed in the Civil War, people in Savannah would have made outraged posts about the CSS Georgia.

Pitched to the townsfolk as a Yankeebeating supership, the ironclad turned out to be too underpowered to fight the Savannah River current and so leaky that the coal-powered bilge pumps had to run 24 hours a day.

The society ladies of Savannah, who had paid for the CSS Georgia through a big fundraising effort in a depressed Confederate wartime economy, wrote angry letters to the editor, the Facebook of the day.

Due to its limitations, the Georgia was 38 converted to a floating artillery battery

anchored across from Ft. Jackson on the Savannah River. But the Georgia may have still helped deter Union forces from trying to take the city by force, keeping them content with just a very effective blockade.

(As it turns out, Gen. Sherman finally took the city from the landward side in 1864. The Georgia’s crew scuttled the ship and escaped a few hours before.)

Videographer and historian Michael Jordan unveils his comprehensive documentary about the raising of the CSS Georgia at the Grays Reef Film Festival.

Like an adventure movie, “From Ironclad to Artifact: The Journey of the CSS Georgia,” takes you grippingly from the background of the Georgia to the stirring story of the actual dives on the submerged wreck in 2015, performed by the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Digital rendering of what the Confederate ironclad CSS Georgia may have looked like. No confirmed historical images of it are known to exist, however.

For Jordan, the story of the Georgia matters “because Savannah once had its own homemade warship. It’s a story that Savannah pulled out of thin air. And the fact that the CSS Georgia sort of succeeded by failing makes it interesting.”

The film is arguably the most comprehensive single research effort on the Georgia. Jordan, who admits to being “obsessed” with the story, even wrote his master’s thesis on it.

Even the story of how Jordan got to make the film is fascinating. Funded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the film is just part of the huge effort to raise the wreck of the Georgia to clear the way for the massive harbor deepening of the Savannah River channel.

The bulk of the film, and probably what people will find most interesting, is the maritime archaeology involved with the main recovery dive in 2015, where Jordan had exclusive video access.

“I was in the field for 55 days over the span of three years,” Jordan recalls, with the dive expedition based on a special barge anchored over the wreck site.

“The days were usually very hot – the summer is the best time to dive because you’ve got the most daylight. You don’t get gnats out on the river, blessedly. But it got very hot out there.”

The days were also very long, Jordan says, with the U.S. Navy divers getting to the barge before 5 a.m. to prepare for at least two dives per day, sometimes three.

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A U.S. Navy Diver prepares to descend to the wreck of the Georgia. PHOTO BY US NAVY PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS JESSE HYATT

told the state of Georgia that it would probably cost a million bucks to bring it up,” says Jordan.

As it became clear that raising the Georgia was more of an albatross than anyone wanted to pay for, “it wasn’t until 1981 that the state deeded the ship to the Corps of Engineers for a dollar,” Jordan says.

Then, in 2002 legislation clarified that any “enemy combatant” vessel – which would of course technically include the Confederate Navy – would become the property of the U.S. Navy upon possession.

Coincidentally or not, this coincided with renewed efforts to again deepen the Savannah River channel for shipping – an effort which would be hampered by the continued presence of the CSS Georgia.

“The Navy essentially told the Corps, OK, you want to get this thing out of the way of your harbor deepening? Here’s exactly how you’re going to do it,” Jordan says. “The Navy dictated the methods, they used their barge, and mostly their divers.”

It has yet to be decided exactly who and how the various artifacts from what’s left of the Georgia will be displayed. The local Coastal Heritage Society has said it will retain possession of various heavy cannon raised from the depths.

Now, as we mark 50 years since the rediscovery of the wreck site, Jordan points out the central irony of it all.

“The harbor deepening is essentially what saved it,” he says. “It took the need to get the Georgia out of the way for the harbor deepening to be able to do all this advanced archaeology.” CS Michael Jordan’s From Ironclad to Artifact: The Journey of the CSS Georgia screens Saturday night at the Trustees Theatre as part of the Grays Reef Film Festival.

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“You’ve got this really gritty, blue-collar industrial stuff going on right next to an $80,000 sonar system, which is right next to an archaeologist making a sketch,” says Jordan. “It was a real collision of high tech, history and brawn.”

Jordan developed enormous respect for the various experts involved, especially the Navy dive team. As the film says, they almost had to “dive by Braille” as there is nearly zero visibility down in the silty Savannah River.

“Diving down there can be terrifying and claustrophobic,” Jordan explains.

“You’re in the middle of a debris field, strapping heavy things and hoping nothing swings around and hits you or tangles up your breathing apparatus. It’s like working in a scrapyard next to a crane with your eyes closed.”

One thing that really makes the film work didn’t happen on the water. The highly detailed computer graphics, recreating not only the CSS Georgia but the military topography of the Savannah area, were done by UGA professor Mike Hussey.

“He’s done work for museums and for the History Channel, and really wanted to help out with this documentary,” Jordan says. “He was pulling all-nighters getting the graphics ready. A lot of the things he included I didn’t even know about before.”

While the City of Savannah itself made some attempts to raise/remove the Georgia right after the Civil War, the site was soon forgotten and its public record went dark for a century.

Then in 1968 a dredge accidentally hit part of the wreck, and news spread that the Georgia had finally been found.

“The state initially assumed when the Georgia was hit by the dredge that it belongs to the state. Then a Navy expert

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Saving the Seahorses Entertaining and enlightening documentary is part of Grays Reef Film Festival

BY JIM MOREKIS

jim@connectsavannah.com

SEAHORSES are beautiful and romantic, perhaps the marine life easiest for people to relate to because of their similarity to their earthbound namesake.

Mostly mating for life, they are also remarkable in that it is the male seahorse who physically gives birth.

Unfortunately, they are also highly prized in Traditional Chinese Medicine for making medicinal tea. At least 150 million seahorses in the Pacific Ocean are harvested, dried, and packaged every year, mostly for export to China.

Many are harvested by hand by regional divers and fishermen, but by far the most devastating impact is by ocean trawlers dragging huge nets.

“Galloping Extinction: The Last Stand of the Seahorse” tells the tale of these amazing creatures, the subsistence fishermen who rely on them for income, and efforts to save them.

This episode of the wonderful web video series “Borneo From Below” screens Sunday afternoon at Tybee Post Theatre as part of the Grays Reef Film Festival.

Videographer Will Foster-Grundy, who created “Borneo From Below” with photographer and presenter Bertie Gekoski, spoke to us about the film recently from his home in Borneo.

First of all, how did you end up moving from the U.K to live and work in Borneo?

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Foster-Grundy: I finished a degree in 2013 studying zoology. I’ve always been fascinated with animals and underwater life.

So I decided I wanted to get into diving seriously.

Me and my best mate at the time headed to Mexico and took a divemaster training course there. Then I moved around central America for awhile working as a divemaster.

After finishing up, I returned to the UK and decided I didn’t want to give up the diving. I didn’t want to take a usual job in biology, and go into schools and become a teacher. I’d just scratched the surface of the amazing potential careers out there.

I found out about a company in Malaysian Borneo called Scubazoo. As soon as I read about them I desperately wanted to work for them.

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filmmaking company based in the coral triangle, which includes Malaysian Borneo. It’s probably the most biodiverse marine ecosystem on the planet.

Coral damage from bleaching or fish bombing is a systemic problem all over the world. Large percentages even here have been exploited.

What inspired the web series?

Me and Aaron Gekoski — who likes to be nicknamed Bertie, for reasons I don’t entirely understand (laughs) — we were working together for a long time and he started embarking on this web series that eventually became called “Borneo from Below.”

It was basically little stories around Borneo that looked at the amazing dive sites, fantastic creatures you can find here, and the fascinating people who call this area home — whether it’s the scientists who work here, or the local people who live and benefit from and depend on the ocean.

We ended up doing 29 full episodes, from jumping off sides of boats to check the sex of turtles, to diving in some of world’s best dive sites.

One episode we did which became one of the most successful was “Galloping Extinction.” We ended up entering it into the International Ocean Film Festival in San Francisco, and it has gotten quite an enthusiastic response.

What got you interested in the fate of seahorses in particular?

Bertie was pushing to do a story about the seahorse trade. A lot of people know already about shark fin soup, that had a lot of exposure, along with things like turtle egg poaching.

But the fact that 150 million seahorses are caught to use in Traditional Medicine every year was just amazing. We thought, we’ve got a great platform here, with all this content on our doorstep, with these amazing interesting little creatures, who are so anthropomorphic as well.

The more we learned and saw firsthand, the more interesting, and in some ways sad, it all became.

At least 150 million seahorses are harvested each year for Traditional Chinese Medicine.

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centuries. It’s always difficult to change mindsets which are so firmly rooted in culture. And certainly it’s difficult if they are predominantly consumed by Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners.

So having two British people telling you what you should and shouldn’t do never works. But at the same time if we can raise awareness of this issue and get it through some sort of local legislation, people can be inspired to make a difference.

For example, with the shark fin trade there has been great progress to really reduce its consumption. A lot of educated Chinese, especially younger Chinese who are maybe getting married, they no longer serve shark fin soup at their banquets.

There’s definitely scope for a similar sort of campaign for seahorses. It just needs to be done in the right way so it speaks to the people rather than telling them what they can and can’t do.

The web-only format must be liberating. Many documentary filmmakers feel constrained by time format issues – they either have to make them too short or too long.

What’s brilliant is the web has opened up so many different platforms for filmmakers. You can make a movie on your iPhone and then put it on Youtube. Long gone are the days you had to have extensive equipment and huge amounts of money; You can go out, tell a story, get some feedback, then make a bigger film next You avoid judgment of the coastal resi- time.

The world is moving away from TV. We dents of Borneo who are involved in the wanted to speak to people who don’t want seahorse trade at the lowest level. to go sit down in a movie theatre for 90 minutes and watch at times a depressing It’s a very complex issue. The use of seahorses in Traditional Medicine dates back documentary about the state of the ocean.

“Borneo from Below” isn’t depressing to watch at all – it’s quite entertaining.

We use what Bertie calls a “fun-servation” approach. I wasn’t so keen on the phrase at first, but it’s growing on me! It basically means taking a topic like conservation which is often seen as hard to make interesting , and do it in a fun way. And hopefully reaching people who otherwise wouldn’t be interested.

If you don’t give a call to arms or any faith that those watching can do anything about it, it feels pointless to do the documentary at all.

We all know our oceans are in a bad way and lots of amazing animals are under threat. But if you don’t convey that story in a way which inspires rather than depresses, then I just don’t see the point.

In the episodes, you occasionally give very specific technical advice on how to photograph underwater. Why do you do that?

That plays into our hands of myself as a videographer and Bertie’s as a photographer. Where’s the harm in showing other people a few tips now and again to improve their own photography? It’s a great way to get people into the ocean and go and see stuff if they have a passion for photography.

The way you can get someone to care about something is for them to really learn about it. Through photography you can develop a real passion for your subject. CS Galloping Extinction screens Sun. 2 p.m. at Tybee Post Theatre as part of Grays Reef Film Festival.

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OOO In these turbulent and trying times, a timid and largely ineffectual media is par for the course, feigning acts of hard-hitting journalism when maintaining some measure of the status quo is what’s really taking place. Three cheers, then, for Steven Spielberg’s The Post, which not only recalls a more honest, more efficient and more courageous period for the mainstream American newspaper but also serves as a throwing down of the gauntlet for the modern counterpart.

The Post may not match the brilliance of 1976’s All the President’s Men, but it still serves as a potent reminder of the potential power of the press. As with that look at the Watergate scandal and the toppling of a U.S. president, this one also involves the Washington Post and editor Ben Bradlee.

Jason Robards won an Oscar for portraying Bradlee in All the President’s Men; Tom Hanks probably won’t enjoy comparable awards glory, but he’s nevertheless excellent in the role, seen ordering his troops to find out what bombshell the New York Times plans to explode on its front page in June 1971.

It turns out to be some of the pages of the Pentagon Papers, leaked by analyst and activist Daniel Ellsberg (Matthew Rhys) to alert the nation to the lies spun by several administrations in regard to the Vietnam War. Once the Nixon White House manages to obtain a temporary court injunction against the Times, preventing it from publishing any more pages, Bradlee sees this as the Post’s opportunity to pick up the baton.

But to do so, he needs the approval and authorization of Post publisher Katharine “Kay” Graham (Meryl Streep), already in the spotlight as the sole female boss of a major American newspaper.

Working from a stellar screenplay by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer, Spielberg responds by serving up his best picture in 15 years. Clearly energized by the urgency and import of the piece, the director has fashioned an engrossing film that functions as both a historical record (with the usual allowances for Hollywood embellishments, of course) and a cautionary tale.

He’s backed in his zeal by a note-perfect cast — Streep and Hanks, of course, but also a supporting line-up that runs especially deep. Particularly of note are Tracy Letts (also terrific in Lady Bird) as Fritz Beebe, Graham’s sensible friend and advisor, Better Call Saul’s Bob Odenkirk as Ben Bagdikian, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who became Ellsberg’s Post liaison, and Bruce Greenwood as Robert McNamara, the former Secretary of Defense who’s seen as both combative and morally compromised.

In an awards season in which most of the players are either cutting-edge

endeavors or indie darlings, The Post seems comparatively old-fashioned in its content and in its execution. That’s hardly a criticism, though. Blessed with veterans on both sides of the camera, here’s a classically trained piece that manages to be both robust and rousing.

THE COMMUTER

OO Planes, Trains and Automobiles might be the name of a beloved John Hughes flick from the 1980s, but it’s also Liam Neeson’s preferred modes of transportation en route to dispatching various baddies with bone-crunching determination.

Under the watchful eye of director Jaume Collet-Serra, Neeson has taken to cars in Unknown, an airplane in Non-Stop, and now a locomotive in The Commuter. (In their joint offering Run All Night, the actor was content just to hoof it.)

In The Commuter, Neeson plays Michael MacCauley, a former cop who has spent the past decade working as an insurance salesman. Unexpectedly losing his job, Michael’s in a vulnerable state, which largely explains why, on his train ride home, he accepts a mysterious offer from a complete stranger (Vera Farmiga): Locate a certain person on the train and earn an easy $100,000. Michael takes the bait, but once he realizes that the individual he’s expected to expose is being targeted for assassination, he spends the rest of the commute trying to figure out how to thwart the killers.

The January-February stretch of any new year is often a dumping ground for the studios’ tax write-offs, but that’s clearly not the case when it comes to Liam Neeson action vehicles — here, it’s a matter of strategic scheduling, as most have tended to do quite well at the box office against limp competition. The Commuter similarly gets the job done, with Neeson’s committed performance providing a strong center to an increasingly outlandish storyline.

The identity of the “surprise” villain was obvious before the script was even written (and the way he trips himself up is daft beyond compare), and late innings find Neeson’s everyman engaged in deathdefying activities that would give even Superman pause. But for those looking for a reasonably satisfying mix of mystery and muscle, The Commuter should be just the ticket.the

JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE

OOO No one was exactly clamoring for a sequel to 1995’s Jumanji, yet here comes Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle — and the holiday season just became a bit brighter.

Arguably even more engaging than its predecessor, this one finds four disparate high school students discovering

the magical game (which has reconfigured itself from a board game into a video cartridge) and being thrust into its dimensions.

The clever hook is that these four kids have been placed into the bodies of adult avatars (played by Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart and Karen Gillan) yet retain their teenage personalities.

The result is enjoyable and undemanding entertainment, with the plot just sturdy enough to hold the weight of the stars’ irresistible characterizations.

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

OOO When Star Wars: The Force Awakens debuted exactly two years, its detractors groused that it was a timid and lazy movie insofar as it never deviated much from the template established by the original Star Wars back in 1977. I would counter that this isn’t exactly true – while it did borrow plenty of plot points from George Lucas’ first baby, it did so in imaginative and exciting ways – but never mind.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi likely won’t be dismissed with similar charges, even if one sizable chunk feels like a rehash of The Empire Strikes Back. Written and directed

by Rian Johnson, The Last Jedi is very much its own entity, exploring new routes as it teases out themes that have always been present in the Skywalker saga.

It’s a bold and challenging work — exactly what we would expect from the auteur of Brick and Looper. In the debit column, it’s also a tad bloated, and it contains an almost risible number of false endings — admittedly not as many as the 42 or so that closed The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, but enough to draw attention.

The last thing anyone would want in a review of a new Star Wars movie is spoilers, so let’s tread carefully, shall we? As we saw at the end of The Force Awakens, new Jedi on the block Rey (Daisy Ridley) has finally made contact with Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), who’s been hiding out on an island populated by Porgs (this movie’s equivalent of those infernal Ewoks, though thankfully employed only sparingly).

Meanwhile, in another part of the galaxy, General Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) is doing her best to keep the Resistance from being crushed by the First Order. In other story strands, the bravery exhibited by Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) is weighed against his recklessness; Finn (John Boyega) finds a new friend in maintenance worker Rose Tico (Kelly Marie Tran); and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) continues to fret and fume and throw tantrums with the best of them.

Actually, the character arc given to Kylo Ren is an excellent one, marking him as one of this entry’s most intriguing players. Yet the greatest appeal is in watching

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Hamill and Fisher again explore and expand upon their iconic roles.

Fisher delivers a commanding performance in both senses of the word, and knowing that her tragic death means this will be her final appearance further lends the proceedings a somber and bittersweet tone.

As for Hamill, this might represent his finest work in the 40-year-old franchise.

Johnson allows the character of Luke Skywalker to evolve in some startling and unexpected ways, and Hamill is with him every step of the way, contributing a turn that’s weighty and wonderful.

At 152 minutes, The Last Jedi is the longest of the nine Star Wars films to date — it’s also the only one where the length is felt (that riveting Trade Federation chat that opens The Phantom Menace, though…).

While all the scenes involving younglings should have been deep-sixed, the rest of the bloat can be forgiven, since it simply meant Johnson wanted to make sure fans were saturated and satisfied. Yet there aren’t many vignettes that couldn’t have benefited from a judicious trim here or there.

Still, this is a minor quibble when placed against the magnitude of the movie.

Between its acute attention to character growth, the excellent effects that serve rather than dominate, and the poignant moments that tie back to past entries, it’s easy to imagine true believers’ emotions hitting hyperdrive as they anticipate the concluding chapter that’s landing on December 20, 2019.

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OOO Beauty and the Beast meets The Creature from the Black Lagoon in The Shape of Water, an unusual love story that emerges as writer-director Guillermo del Toro’s best English-language movie to date.

Del Toro, whose Spanish-language efforts (particularly Pan’s Labyrinth) remain more deeply satisfying than his Hollywood output, has crafted (along with co-scripter Vanessa Taylor) a sensual and often surreal drama in which a mute cleaning woman named Elisa Esposito (Sally Hawkins) finds romance in an unexpected place. Working alongside her best friend Zelda (Octavia Spencer) at a research facility in 1960s Baltimore, Elisa is naturally curious when government operative Richard Strickland (Michael Shannon) arrives on the property with a water-filled tank in tow.

Elisa soon discovers that Strickland has brought an amphibious humanoid to the facility, a highly intelligent creature he fished out of the Amazon. While Strickland abhors his nautical discovery and wants it destroyed, Dr. Hoffstetler (Michael

Stuhlbarg), a scientist with a clouded past, wants to study it.

COCO

OOO Coco proves to be another top-shelf effort from the Pixar factory. The fanciful story centers on Miguel (voiced by Anthony Gonzalez), a young Mexican boy who yearns to become a celebrated musician like his idol, the late singing star Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt).

That’s quite the challenge, though, since his entire family hates music and has prohibited anyone within its ranks to ever pick up a guitar or a microphone.

(The disdain traces back generations, to when Miguel’s great-great-grandmother was abandoned by her husband, who left to pursue his musical career.)

Undeterred, Miguel goes against his family’s wishes, a decision that, through supernatural means, catapults him into the Land of the Dead. There, he not only has to contend with a hard-luck layabout named Hector (Gael García Bernal) but also with his deceased ancestors, all of whom also forbid him from becoming a musician.

Coco opens by following the traditional toon template of a person following their dreams against all odds, but once Miguel reaches the Land of the Dead, the movie deepens in satisfying and even unexpected ways.

Interpersonal relationships take some surprising turns, and the story’s metaphysical slant lends the proceedings a haunting and ruminative air. All of this is played out with Pixar’s usual attention to engaging characters and cutting-edge animation that is ofttimes jaw-dropping.

JUSTICE LEAGUE

OO Certainly, after the three-and-out represented by Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Suicide Squad, the arrival of this past summer’s Wonder Woman was nothing short of a miracle.

The solo starring vehicle for the Amazonian warrior princess clicked on all cylinders, and it appeared that DC had finally turned the corner and would begin producing superhero sagas as acclaimed and as beloved as those emanating from the Marvel warehouse.

But if Justice League makes anything clear, it’s that Wonder Woman was an illusion, a cinematic sleight of hand, and the celluloid equivalent of a stopped clock being right twice a day. Justice League defaults to the problems that have plagued the DCEU films pre-WW, and while it offers more pleasures than its detractors would ever admit, it still qualifies as yet another big-screen disappointment from The House That Clark Built. CS

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13TH COLONY PATRIOTS Conservative political activists that meet the 13th of each month. Dedicated to preserving the U.S. Constitution and life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. See Facebook page for meeting location.

Free 13th of every month, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 912-604-4048. liveoakstore.com/ tubbysthunderbolt. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. AN EVENING WITH BILL NIGUT The League of Women Voters Coastal Georgia will host an evening with Bill Nigut, the host of GPB Radio’s “Political Rewind.”

Mr. Nigut will lead a panel featuring “Political Rewind” contributor and Atlanta Journal Constitution political reporter Jim Galloway, along with other state and local officials representing the Savannah area.

The panel will focus on local and state issues that impact the area and give an overview of what’s ahead in this year’s Georgia Legislative session. Thu., Feb. 8, 7 p.m. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn 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.

THE NATURE OF EMERGENCE: HOW DOES DEEP CHANGE EMERGE? Emergent Savannah explores how deep change emerges with the screening of documentary film “One Hundred Thousand Beating Hearts” by Peter Byck. Free Mon., Feb. 12, 7 p.m. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. 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.

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SAVANNAH WOMEN OF VISION SCAD will ring in Georgia Day with the second edition of Savannah Women of Vision investiture, honoring local women of peerless valor, altruism and intellect.

The university invites the public to join the celebration where Edna Jackson, Sema Wilkes, Fredericka Washington and Mary Lane Morrison will be honored. Fri., Feb. 9, 5:30 p.m. Arnold Hall (SCAD), 1810 Bull St. VICTORIAN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS Open to all residents, property owners and businesses located between Anderson and Gwinnett, M.L.King,Jr. Blvd to East Broad Street. Free second Tuesday of every month, 6-7 p.m. 912-233-0352. 1308 West, Henry St. and Montgomery St. YOUNG DEMOCRATS

Savannah VOICE Festival Come Together: An Evening of Relationships

This concert, directed by Savannah VOICE Festival co-founder and Executive Director Maria Zouves, will feature elegant music of varied genres performed by up-and-coming artists as well as Armstrong’s own Dr. Benjamin Warsaw. $15 SUN., FEB. 11, 3 P.M. TICKETS.ARMSTRONG.EDU. ARMSTRONG CAMPUS, GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, 11935 ABERCORN ST. Mondays at 7pm on the second level of Foxy Loxy, Bull Street. Call or visit the Young Democrats Facebook page for more information. Free ongoing. 423-619-7712. foxyloxycafe.com. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St.

AUDITIONS AND CALLS FOR ENTRIES

AUDITIONS FOR ARMSTRONG YOUTH ORCHESTRA Open to students enrolled in primary grades through high school and including Armstrong students (available for course credit). Auditions, by appointment, are in Armstrong Fine Arts Hall. To schedule an audition, e-mail: savaayo@yahoo. com. Info is also available at www. savaayo.org. AYO is sponsored in part

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Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR TEDXSAVANNAH Speaker applications open Monday, Nov. 20 for the 2018 TEDxSavannah, scheduled for May 11, 2018. For details, go to tedxsavannah.com on Nov. 20 or visit the TEDxSavannah Facebook page. Ticket sales begin March 12. Through May 11.

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CALL FOR AUDITIONS FOR THE DOWNTOWN DELILAHS DANCE CABARET The Downtown Delilahs dance cabaret are holding auditions for several upcoming shows. To set up an audition, contact Jade Bills at 912-272-7601. Through Feb. 28. No

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CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR HELEN LEVITT PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST Both amateur and professional photographers are invited to freely interpret the theme ‘Contemporary Life in America.’

Participants are encouraged to submit between three and six photos starting January 15, 2018. The deadline for entries is March 23, 2018. Winners of the contest will receive cash prizes ranging from $50 to $250, as well as being featured in Aint-Bad Magazine, an independent publisher of new photographic art, and a solo exhibit in a Savannah gallery.For more information, go to a-towngetdown.com. Through March 23.

CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR VIGNETTE SAVANNAH Vignette Savannah is looking for contributors in writing and photography! vSav’s tagline is “Indulging in Savannah’s most coveted decor, design, & awe-inspiring spaces.” Contribute to the blog and social media channels with your writing and/ or photography (credit will be given) featuring restaurants, coffee shops, or any other creative spaces and design you find inspiring! Preference will be given to students/professionals that can be consistent contributors-- build a portfolio with the vSav blog and on its social media channels and gain a reference in the process! Visit vignettesavannah.com and email Anita at vignettesavannah@gmail. com to express your interest! ongoing.

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CALL FOR ENTRY FOR “ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT? BROADENING THE DEFINITION OF PHOTOGRAPHY” In the 1970’s, the term “alt process” emerged, which referred to a resurgence in the practice of numerous photographic processes other than the traditional darkroom-based print. Since digital methods have become mainstream, what does “alt process” mean now?

Sulfur Studios is seeking submissions that explore creative capture or output of photographic imagery. Examples may include non-silver processes, pinhole camera imagery, darkroom-based manipulation, photographic mixed media, and new approaches to digital-based output. With Guest Juror Bridget Conn To Enter: sulfurstudios.org/alternative-to-what Deadline to Enter: February 23rd, 2018 by Midnight Exhibition Runs: March 22nd – April 1st Entry fee: $15 / $10 for Artist Members for up to 3 entries Through Feb. 23, 11:45 p.m.-midnight. 912. 231. 7105. info@sulfurstudios.org. sulfurstudios.org/ alternative-to-what/. sulfurstudios.org.

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ONSITE BOUTIQUE SHOP Cohen’s Retreat, a historic destination for art, food and community located in Savannah’s famed Moon River District, is seeking specialty retailers interested in placing their locally or regionally-made products in its onsite boutique shop, Brown Dog Market. Cohen’s Retreat is refreshing its product lines at Brown Dog Market to feature more of a mix of mainstream local products to include with their current artisan products. Retailers who would like access to some of Savannah’s largest neighborhoods located in and near the Moon River District are encouraged to apply for shelf space. Interested retailers should reach out to Colleen Smith at colleen.smith@cohensretreat.com or by calling 912.355.3336, ext. 4. Please include product name(s), description, price point, availability, contact information and any other essential details. ongoing. Cohen’s Retreat, 5715 Skidaway Rd. CALL FOR MUSICIANS FOR EFFINGHAM COUNTY ORCHESTRA Effingham Community Orchestra is now accepting additional musicians.

Instruments included are winds, orchestral strings and orchestral percussion. For information contact the Director at www. effinghamcommunityorchestra.org or call 912-826-5300 ext. 110. ongoing. No physical address given, none.

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS IN PTSD STUDY Are you a recent combat veteran experiencing psychological or emotional stress related to your combat? You may be eligible to receive first-line medication and talk therapy interventions with proven effectiveness. PROGrESS is a study looking to learn more about how to effectively treat recent combat veterans with PTSD. The therapies are not experimental. You will be randomly assigned to receive either psychotherapy, medication, or both. For more information about the PROGrESS study, please call 912-920-0214 ext. 2169. ongoing. Online only, none.

CALL FOR WORLD WAR I ITEMS FOR CITY EXHIBIT The City of Savannah Research Library & Municipal Archives is currently planning a World War I Centennial exhibit for 2018 to honor Savannahians’ role in the war.

The City would like to include items from local residents and families to further personalize the exhibit. Residents are asked to share World War I related artifacts or documents with the City to help create the exhibit. To lend an item to the exhibit or to learn more about the exhibit, please contact Luciana Spracher, City of Savannah Library & Archives Director, at Lspracher@ savannahga.gov or (912) 651-6411. ongoing. Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

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? 44 Organization seeks to document your

Film: Moonstruck

Moonstruck is an exuberantly funny tribute to love and one of the most appealing comedies ever, led by energetic performances from Nicolas Cage and Cher. $10 THU., FEB. 8, 7 P.M. 912-472-4790. TYBEEPOSTTHEATER.ORG. TYBEE POST THEATER, 10 VAN HORNE

first hand experiences with psychical phenomenon for analysis and potential investigation. Our investigators have reputable credentials and long time investigation training and connections with the top minds and researchers in parapsychology field research and other areas. We are especially interested in Chatham and neighboring counties with special emphasis on Savannah itself and the Historic District. Interviewees should be comfortable with video documentation of themselves and events w/privacy level negotiated beforehand. ongoing. amchclub@yahoo.com. Downtown Savannah, downtown.

BENEFITS

HEARTS FOR HEALING GALA Faith Equestrian Therapeutic Center will hold their second annual Hearts for Healing Gala with dinner, dancing and live music from the John Brackett Quartet. Faith Equestrian is a non-profit organization founded to improve the quality of life for children with special needs through the therapeutic nature of horses. $150 Fri.,

Feb. 9, 6:30-11:45 p.m. 912.728.3728. bonnierachael1293@gmail.com. faithetc. org/hearts-for-healing-gala/. Tybee Island Wedding Chapel, 1114 U.S. Hwy. 80.

HEARTS FOR HEROES The Pooler Chamber of Commerce presents the Hearts for Heroes Red Tie Gala benefiting CASA. Includes a silent auction, dinner, dancing, and a live auction. Sat., Feb. 10, 6 p.m. 912-748-0110. mightyeighth. org/. Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum, 175 Bourne Ave. LOVE WALK 2018 The 3.6 K walk begins at 9:00 am at Wesley.

Join us for pre and post walk rallies, food, entertainment, and fellowship. Funds raised will directly benefit homeless and low income people from this community who need Wesley’s services including Georgia quality rated early childhood education programming, youth camps, and Crisis Intervention (emergency assistance with food, rent, and utilities, financial literacy, SNAP assistance, and case management).

Sat., Feb. 10, 7 a.m.-1 p.m. 912-2364226. henderson_adrianne@yahoo.com. wesleyctrs-savh.org/. Wesley Community

Center, 1601 Drayton St. 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-years-old. ongoing. (912) 525-2151. jlewis01@savannahga.gov.

CLASSES, CAMPS & WORKSHOPS

ART, MUSIC, PIANO, VOICE COACHING Coaching for all ages, beginners through advanced. Classic, modern, jazz improvization and theory. Serious inquiries only. 912-961-7021 or 912-667-1056.

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

Fit912 Savannah, 428 Bull Street.

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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. BEGINNER’S JEWELRY STUDIO This workshop focuses on building strong metalsmithing skills including soldering, forming, sawing, texturing and stamping and finishing. You will fabricate a bezel setting (one of the most popular ways to set a stone) and learn rock solid ring making strategies. $300 for 8 sessions Wed., Feb. 7, 6:30-9:30 p.m. 912-2898337. christina@dreamcatstudio.com. dreamcatstudio.com/. dreamcatstudio. com. dreamcat studio, Hover Creek RD. 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. 912-3494582. ctcsavannah.com.

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

912-358-3160. confuciusinstitute@ savannahstate.edu. savannahstate.edu. savstate.edu/. Savannah State University, 3219 College St. CLAY CLASSES Savannah Clay Studio at Beaulieu offers handbuilding, sculpture, and handmade tiles, basic glazing and firing. 912-351-4578. 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.

912-897-7656. savannahaux.com.

COME TOGETHER: AN EVENING OF RELATIONSHIPS FREE MASTER CLASS The Savannah VOICE Festival presents this master class. Wed., Feb. 7, 4:30 p.m. ASU Fine Arts Auditorium, 11935 Abercorn St. COUNTRY TWO STEP GROUP CLASS Country Two Step: no partner needed or experience required. 4 weeks for $40 or drop in for $15. $40 for 4 weeks Thursdays, 7-8 p.m. 612-470-6683.

salondebaile.dance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 301 US Hwy 80 SE. 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. 323-539-1760.

DANCEHOWIWANTTO@GMAIL.COM. DANCEHOWIWANTTO.COM. DUI PREVENTION GROUP Offers victim impact panels for intoxicated drivers, DUI, offenders, and anyone seeking knowledge about the dangers of driving while impaired. A must see for teen drivers.

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

FAMILY LAW WORKSHOP The Mediation Center has three workshops per month for people who do not have legal representation in a family matter: divorce, legitimation, modifications of child support, visitation, contempt. Schedule: 1st Tues, 2nd Mon, 4th Thursday. Call for times. $30 912-354-6686. mediationsavannah.com.

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

912-921-4646.

HERBILICIOUS The event will feature breakfast and coffee provided by members of the Downtown Garden Club of Savannah and a special demonstration and presentation with Chef Lauren Teague of Atlantic and Jason Restivo, owner of Atlantic. They will discuss unique ways to use herbs grown in your garden as well as demonstrate wine pairings and flavors. $30 Wed., Feb. 7, 10 a.m.-noon. downtowngardenclub@gmail. com. downtowngardenclub.com/. cgc. georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

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

Basic computer training: Tues & Thurs, 1pm-3pm. Community computer lab: MonFri, 3pm-4:30pm. ongoing. 912-232-4232 x115. savannahpha.com. savannahpha. com/NRC.html. Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton St. JEWELER’S GUIDED OPEN STUDIO Use our space to practice your skills and knock out your personal pieces. Tuition includes access to the studio with support from Christina or one of her assistants.

Students are responsible for their own materials. Prerequisite of Jewelry I or

similar instruction from another studio. $30 Fridays, 6 p.m. 912-289-8337. christina@ dreamcatstudio.com. dreamcatstudio. com. Join us for time to practice your skills and knock out some projects you’ve been dreaming up. Tuition includes access to the studio with support from Christina or one of her assistants. Students are responsible for their own materials. Prerequisite of Jewelry I or similar instruction from another studio. $30 Thursdays, 1-4 p.m. 912-2898337. christina@dreamcatstudio.com. dreamcatstudio.com. dreamcat studio, Hover Creek RD. KNITTING & CROCHET CLASSES Offered at The Frayed Knot, 6 W. State St. See the calendar of events on website.

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

LIFE CHALLENGE COACHING In an environment of patience, nonjudgement and compassion, we will explore the source of your challenge, the beliefs that hold your challenge in place, and discover & enact healthy and healing life changes. For appointment, contact Cindy Un Shin Beach at revfugon@gmail.com, or Text (only) to 912-429-7265. ongoing.

Online only, none.

MUSIC LESSONS AND CLASSES: ALL INSTRUMENTS, ALL AGES Portman’s Music Academy offers private lessons on piano, guitar (electric, acoustic, classical), mandolin, ukulele, banjo, bass guitar, drums, percussion, voice, clarinet, saxophone (alto and tenor), oboe, flute, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, tuba, DJ, Pro Logic, Composition, Ear Training, violin, viola, and cello. Group classes for beginner piano and guitar.

Music Adventures for ages 5 to 7. ongoing. 912-354-1500. portmansmusic. com. Portman’s Music Superstore, 7650 Abercorn St. 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. Tuesdays 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 912-961-7021 or 912-667-1056. Serious inquiries only. ongoing.

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. westbroadstreetymca.org. 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.

SASS & SWAG ADULT HIP HOP Sass & Swag is a high energy, adult hip hop dance class. Learn hip hop grooves you can take to any party or club, and learn a choreographed routine to today’s hottest hits. Mondays at 7:30 pm. $15 Mondays, 7:30 p.m. 323-539-1760.

DANCEHOWIWANTTO@GMAIL.COM. DANCEHOWIWANTTO.COM. YOUTH AND TEEN AERIAL SILK CLASSES Youth Class ages 8+. Teen Class ages 11+. Learn to dance and work with Aerial Silks and Hoop while suspended in the air. Weekly classes held on Fridays

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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 award-winning 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

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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 RETIRED EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION MEETING The Chatham Retired Educators Association (CREA) is an organization of retired educators and friends of education designed to support educational and community service. $17.00 (optional) second Monday of every month, 11 a.m.12:30 p.m. 912-925-4980. aohoward@ hotmail.com. careyhilliards.com. Carey Hilliard’s (Southside), 11111 Abercorn St. 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 46 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.

COASTAL EMPIRE BEEKEEPERS ASSN. MONTHLY MEETING CEBA hosts meetings on the second Monday of each month that feature a speaker (guest or local beekeeper).

Specific topics will be posted on the CEBA website. Social time: 6-6:30 p.m. - meet other beekeepers and chat with master beekeepers. Meeting time: 6:30-8 p.m. Held in the conference room of the main building at Oatland Island Wildlife Center, meetings are free and open to the public. Mon., Feb. 12, 6:30-8 p.m. ceba.oiwc@gmail. com. ceba.wildapricot.org. oatlandisland. org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. 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. GEECHEE SAILING CLUB Founded in 1971, GSC promotes sailing and boating safety, education, and fellowship.

Member of the South Atlantic Yacht Racing Association. second Monday of every month, 6 p.m. 912-356-3265. geecheesailingclub.org. liveoakstore.com/ tubbysthunderbolt. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. HISTORIC FLIGHT SAVANNAH A non-profit organization dedicated to sending area Korean War and WWII veterans to Washington, DC, to visit the WWII Memorial. All expenses paid by Honor Flight Savannah. Honor Flight seeks contributions, and any veterans interested in a trip to Washington.

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

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

HOSTESS CITY TOASTMASTERS CLUB 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, 6:15-7:15 p.m. hostesscity.toastmastersclubs.org. bullstreetlabs.com. Bull Street Labs, 2222

Bull St. 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. 912-344-5127. Savannah Tree Foundation, 3025 Bull Street.

SAFE KIDS SAVANNAH A coalition dedicated to preventing childhood injuries. Meets 2nd Tuesday each month, 11:30am-1:00pm. See website or call for info. ongoing. 912-353-3148. safekidssavannah.org.

SAVANNAH BREWERS’ LEAGUE Meets 1st Wednesday of the month, 7:30pm at Moon River Brewing Co. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-4470943. hdb.org. moonriverbrewing.com/.

Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St. SAVANNAH AUTHORS WORKSHOP If you’re a writer, and you’re serious about it, Savannah Authors Workshop is looking for you 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, 912-2726309. ongoing. No physical address given, none.

THE SAVANNAH CHINESE CORNER The Savannah Chinese Corner welcomes anyone interested in Mandarin language or Chinese culture. Meets every Saturday morning from 10 am to noon. Check the Facebook group to see meeting location. ongoing. 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. careyhilliards.com. 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 SACRED HARP SINGERS Savannah Sacred Harp Singers welcome you to join our monthly community singing on the second Saturday of the month from 2-4pm at Ferguson Avenue Baptist Church.

Sacred Harp is an American tradition of singing hymns in four part harmony. No particular religious affiliation is required or endorsed. All are welcome. No experience necessary. ongoing. Ferguson Avenue Baptist Church, 10050 Ferguson Ave. SAVANNAH TOASTMASTERS Helps improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly, supportive environment.

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

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.

SPIES AND MYSTERIES BOOK CLUB A book club for readers who love thrillers, spy novels, and mysteries. We meet every 2nd Thurs of the month @6:30 pm. None second Thursday of every month, 6:30 p.m.

912-925-8305. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA CHAPTER 671 Meets second Monday of each month, 7pm, at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. ongoing. 912-656-6818. jsphmtler@ gmail.com. vvasav.com.

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

CONCERTS

CONFERENCES

MLK INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY & SOCIAL CHANGE The inaugural MLK Institute for Community and Social Change seeks concerned citizens, members of neighborhood associations and civic organizations, Greekletter organizations, college students, and community organizers and representatives of faith organizations who want to make a difference in the community. Participants will have the opportunity to develop a customized action plan based on the needs and their vision for meeting these needs. Experienced Institute faculty will serve as facilitators. Sponsored by the MLK Jr., Observance Day Association, Inc., the registration deadline is Jan. 8, 2018.

Register online at MLKingsavannah.com. $20 Thu., Feb. 8, 5:15-8 p.m., Fri., Feb. 9, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sat., Feb. 10, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. 912-234-5502. celebrate@ mlkingsavannah.com. MLKingsavannah. com. Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St.

EVENTS

100 BLACK MEN OF SAVANNAH GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING The 100 Black Men of Savannah host a general membership meeting. To join or for more information, contact events@100blackmensav.org. free to attend second Tuesday of every month, 6 p.m. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer &

Community Tai Chi

Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese martial art tradition that is now practiced as a graceful form of exercise, performed in a slow, focused manner and accompanied by deep breathing. All of the exercises are performed from a standing position, so please wear shoes which are comfortable for standing, and clothing which allows freedom of movement. Weather depending, the class may be held indoors or outdoors. $5 SECOND SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 8:30 A.M. CUSTOMFITCENTER.COM. CUSTOMFIT CENTER, 101-A WEST PARK AVE Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. 18TH ANNUAL LOW COUNTRY HOME & GARDEN SHOW Save time with everything for your home and garden under one roof. Save money with show only discounts. Have fun with activities for the whole family. For more information including seminar schedules and to purchase tickets online, visit www. savannahhomeandgardenshow.com. Fri., Feb. 9, 2-7 p.m., Sat., Feb. 10, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sun., Feb. 11, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. savannahhomeandgardenshow.com. savtcc.com. Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, 1 International Dr. CALL FOR PROM DRESS DONATIONS The Rape Crisis Center of the Coastal Empire is collecting gently used prom dresses and evening gowns for their House of Prom event on March 3. The dresses can be dropped off at Kathi Rich at 2515 Abercorn St., the 97.3 KISSFM office at 245 Alfred St., Kendra Scott at 311 W. Broughton St., and at the Tanger Outlets in Pooler. For more information, visit 973kissfm.com/prom or email events@ rccsav.org. Through March 3. Tanger Outlets, 200 Tanger Outlet Boulevard, #400.

COLONIAL FAIRE & MUSTER Audiences of all ages are invited to join this family-friendly annual living history program and experience the everyday life of colonial

times through historical re-enactments, cannon firings, cooking demonstrations, craft techniques, storytelling, and period music and dance. Free and Open to the Public Sat., Feb. 10, 10 a.m. and Sun., Feb. 11, 10 a.m. 912.651.2125. PMeagher@ georgiahistory.com. georgiahistoryfestival. org/events/2018-colonial-faire-muster/. gastateparks.org/info/wormsloe/.

Wormsloe Historic Site, 7601 Skidaway Rd. COMMON GROUNDS Common Grounds is a collaboration of the Episcopal Church and the United Methodist Wesley Fellowship. We meet on Wednesday nights for open theological discussion on hot button issues. All are welcome regardless of faith background or where you are on your spiritual journey.

We are open and affirming of the LGBT community. Order for Compline by candlelight is offered on Sunday nights at 8PM. Wednesdays, 8 p.m. facebook.com/ commongroundssavannah. The Foundery Coffee Pub, 1313 Habersham St. DRINKS AFTER WORK This group is for people that enjoy getting out mid-week, being social after work, and want to discover new places in the downtown Savannah area. Come have a cocktail, make new friends, and get over the hump. The group will meet on Wednesdays at various establishments throughout

Downtown Savannah and nearby area. http://www.meetup.com/Drinks-afterwork/ https://www.facebook.com/ groups/960991837322187/ Wednesdays, 7 p.m. drinksafterworksavannah@gmail. com. meetup.com/Drinks-after-work/ events/227656080/. distillerysavannah. com. The Distillery, 416 W. Liberty St. THE EXCHANGE CLUB OF SAVANNAH In a rut? The Exchange Club of Savannah welcomes men and women like you to support, serve and encourage the best teachers, students, firefighters, crime fighters, leaders and organizations in our community. Check us out at savannahexchange.org or find us on Facebook. Mondays, noon. 912441-6559. ddewitt30@yahoo.com.

Savannahexchange.org. Exchange Club of Savannah, 4801 Meding Street.

FREE ADMISSION DAY Visit the historic fort for free. Sun., Feb. 11, 9 a.m. nps.gov/fopu/. Fort Pulaski National Monument, Cockspur Island.

GEORGIA HISTORY FESTIVAL’S SUPER MUSEUM SUNDAY Join the Georgia Historical Society for the Georgia History Festival’s Super Museum Sunday when participating museums and historic sites throughout Georgia open their doors to the public free of charge for this

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SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: FUTURE OF JAZZ CONCERT The annual Future of Jazz Concert and Tribute to the late Ben Tucker will feature local and regional young jazz vocalists and instrumentalists. Tue., Feb. 13, 7 p.m. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn Street.

SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: GOSPEL CONCERT The annual gospel concert will feature a BET Sunday Best winner, with opening performances by the SSU Wesleyan Gospel Choir, the Georgia Southern Anointed Voices, Armstrong Campus, and the Savannah Mass Choir of the Georgia Music Workshop of America. Sun., Feb. 11, 5:30 p.m. Overcoming by Faith Ministries, 9700 Middleground Rd. SAVANNAH VOICE FESTIVAL: COME TOGETHER: AN EVENING OF RELATIONSHIPS This concert, directed by Savannah VOICE Festival co-founder and Executive Director Maria Zouves, will feature elegant music of varied genres performed by up-and-coming artists as well as Armstrong’s own Dr. Benjamin Warsaw. $15 Sun., Feb. 11, 3 p.m. tickets.armstrong.edu. Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St.

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popular, annual, family event. You don’t want to miss this exceptional opportunity to experience our state’s rich history and cultural life. Free and Open to the Public Sun., Feb. 11, noon. 912.651.2125.

PMeagher@georgiahistory.com. georgiahistoryfestival.org/events/2018super-museum-sunday/. georgiahistory. com/. Georgia Historical Society, 501 Whitaker St. GET A NEW LIBRARY CARD Get a new library card at any Live Oak Public Libraries branch as we join the PINES library network in Georgia. Enjoy access to more books and resources. www. liveoakpl.org Through April 1, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

912-652-3600. liveoakplga@liveoakpl.org. liveoakpl.org/. liveoakpl.org. Live Oak Public Libraries, 2002 Bull Street.

GUIDED TOURS OF THE LUCAS THEATRE FOR THE ARTS Learn the history of the historic Lucas Theatre on a 20-30 minute tour. Restoration, architecture, history of the theatre and of early cinema. $4. Group rates for ten or more. School trips available. Tours are Monday-Friday 10am-5pm and must be scheduled. To schedule a tour, contact Megan Chandler at 912-525-5029 or mchandle@lucastheatre.com. ongoing.

912-525-5023. lucastheatre.com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. KINGDOM BUSINESS NETWORKING ALLIANCE 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 Wednesday of every month, 7:30-9 a.m. 912-257-6248. info@kbnalliance.com. kbnalliance.com/.

Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Savannah Airport - Pooler, 103 San Drive.

THE MARKET AT 3 WEST RIDGE This boutique trunk show and plant sale features 20 carefully selected vendors from across the country, offering unique merchandise for family, home, and garden.

Premier shopping, door prizes, and cafestyle lunches with all proceeds to benefit Parent University and Performance Initiatives. $5 charitable admission ticket for all 3 days Tue., Feb. 13, 5-8 p.m. themarketat3westridge@gmail.com. facebook.com/Marketat3WestRidge. stpeterssavannah.org. St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 3 West Ridge Road.

THE ORIGINAL MIDNIGHT TOUR One of the spookiest tours in town. Learn about the untold stories of some of the most haunted locations here in Savannah Georgia. Guaranteed to give you a few goose bumps and an unexplained need for a night light. 33.00 ongoing. 1-866666-3323. 6thsenseworld.com. 6th Sense Savannah Tours, 404 Abercorn Street.

PBJ PANTRY A free food pantry held every Thursday, 10-11am and 6-7pm. Contact Jessica 48 Sutton for questions. 912-897-1192

ongoing. ymcaofcoastalga.org/. YMCA (Wilmington Island), 66 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

SAVANNAH STORYTELLERS Tall tales and fun times with the classic art of storytelling. Every Wednesday at 6pm.

Reservations encouraged by calling 912349-4059. Wednesdays, 6 p.m. liveoakstore. com/tubbysthunderbolt. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. SCAD DAILY TOURS SCAD offers tours in Savannah, Atlanta and Hong Kong for prospective students and their families. Tours are available daily, excluding Sundays, and 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. For more information please visit, https://www. scad.edu/admission/visit-scad/dailytours. ongoing. SCAD Student Center, 120 Montgomery St. SHIRE OF FORTH CASTLE FIGHTER PRACTICE Local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism meets Saturdays at Forsyth Park (south end) for fighter practice and general hanging out. For those interested in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. ongoing. savannahsca.org.

SIXTH SENSE SAVANNAH TOUR In 2002, smashing all of the barriers,the Sixth Sense Savannah tour became the first tour to go well beyond the usual touring areas and subject matter, starting in a neighborhood, where locals, family, friends, chose to share their personal ghost stories, exclusively with the company founder.

30.00 Every 55 days, 9:30 p.m. 9122920960.

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

SOUTHBOUND BREWERY SATURDAY TOURS AND TASTES Savannah’s first microbrewery is open for public tours and tastings Wednesday - Fridays from 5:30-7:30 and Saturdays from 2-4. Hang out, have a few cold ones, and learn a little more about Savannah’s first craft brewery. Free Saturdays, 2-4 p.m.

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

Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. SUPER MUSEUM SUNDAY Explore the exciting work of Carrie Mae Weems’ Sea Islands Series, meet and discover local artists, and create artworks that blend fabric, photography, and text.

Free Sun., Feb. 11, 12-4 p.m. telfair.org/ jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Georgians and visitors alike experience our state’s rich history and cultural life as historic sites, house museums, art museums, and other points of interest in Savannah and throughout Georgia open their doors to the public, providing an exceptional opportunity to experience the history in our own backyard.

For a full list of participating sites, visit georgiahistoryfestival.org. Sun., Feb. 11, 12-4 p.m.

TELFAIR MUSEUMS COLLEGE NIGHT College students are invited to explore the Jepson Center after-hours to view new

and ongoing exhibitions, create their own artworks, win prizes, and mingle with their peers. Free with valid college ID Sat., Feb. 10, 5 p.m. telfair.org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. VALENTINE TRUNK SHOW Vendors will feature special jewelry, hand dyed scarves, unique and beautiful gifts in every price range. Gorgeous sterling silver, Akoya pearls, diamonds, Garnets and vintage pieces. Sat., Feb. 10, 1 p.m.

Savannah Underground Market, 201 W. Broughton St.

FESTIVALS

2018 GEORGIA DAY PARADE As part of the annual commemoration of the founding of the Georgia colony of February 12, 1733 by James Edward Oglethorpe, a tradition dating back to the earliest years of the colony’s founding, we invite you to join us as students, musicians, local dignitaries, and costumed historical figures march through Savannah’s historic squares during this beloved annual event.

Free Fri., Feb. 9, 10:45 a.m. 912-651-2125. georgiahistory.com. georgiahistory.com/ events/2018-georgia-day-parade/. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. 2018 SUPER MUSEUM SUNDAY Georgians and visitors alike experience our state’s rich history and cultural life as historic sites, house museums, art museums, and other points of interest in Savannah and throughout Georgia open their doors to the public, providing an exceptional opportunity to experience the history in our own backyard. Free Sun., Feb. 11. 912-651-2125. georgiahistory.com. georgiahistory.com/events/2018-supermuseum-sunday/. georgiahistory.com/.

Georgia Historical Society, 501 Whitaker St. GRAY’S REEF FILM FESTIVAL The 15th Annual Gray’s Reef Film Festival will be an exciting event that combines art, education, and entertainment to inspire ocean stewardship and conservation in our community, hosted by Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary. The 2018 festival will feature two evenings of films at the SCAD Trustees Theater, an afternoon Emerging Filmmakers Session at SCAD Museum of Art Theater, and a Sunday matinee at the Tybee Post Theater. Feb. 9-11. tybeeposttheater.org. Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horn.

MARDI GRAS ON TYBEE Celebrate Mardi Gras with a street party, parade, live music by the Christy Alan Band, and a costume contest. Sat., Feb. 10, noon.

Tybee Island, Tybee Island.

SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL Presented by Savannah State University and the City of Savannah, the 29th annual Savannah Black Heritage Festival’s theme is Celebrating the Dynamics of Cultures and Shared Experiences. For a full lineup of events, visit savannahstate.edu. Through Feb. 18. savstate.edu/. Savannah State University, 3219 College St. SAVANNAH BLACK HERITAGE FESTIVAL: GRAND FESTIVAL DAY An array of family-oriented activities ending with a star-studded concert. $5 all-day admission fee Sat., Feb. 10, 9 a.m. savannahcivic.com. The Savannah Civic

Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave.

FITNESS

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

ACRO YOGA JAM Join us for a weekly acro jam every Saturday 12-2pm at the West Broad Street YMCA. Acro Yoga is a partner or group yoga practice with the three primary roles of base, flyer, and spotter. It is a fun way to practice verbal and nonverbal communication, and try new poses that challenge your comfort zone in a safe environment. Note: This is not an instructor led class, this is an open jam. $30 for 10 week session Sat., Feb. 10, 12-2 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@ westbroadstreetymca.org. facebook. com/events/1429384693850288/. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. ADULT DANCE FITNESS Come out to the Lake Mayer Community Center and participate in “Twist & Shout.”

Work out while you dance to the oldies in this fun and varied fitness class. This program is free and open to the public.

Bring a yoga mat, bottled water, and a friend. FREE Tuesdays, Thursdays, 1 p.m.

912-652-6863. sedavis@chathamcounty. org. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

AERIAL YOGA Join us for Aerial Yoga at The STUDIO available on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

New Student, SCAD and Armstrong Students discount available online. 25.00 Wed., Feb. 7, 6:45-8 p.m. and Sat., Feb. 10, 12:30-1:45 p.m. 954-682-5694. elyse. thestudio@yahoo.com. thestudiosav.net. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. AERIAL YOGA CLASSES Increase flexibility and strength using aerial yoga, a relatively new approach to a traditional yoga practice. We use a silk fabric called a ‘hammock’ to support the weight of our bodies, helping us achieve various postures with more depth, ease and excitement. Every Saturday. Class size limited. Required to register online ahead of time. $25 Saturdays, 12:30-1:45 p.m.

954.682.5694. elyse.thestudio@yahoo. com. thestudiosav.net/schedule.html. thestudiosav.net/. The STUDIO, 2805-B Lacy Ave. AFRO-CARIBBEAN DANCE Let the excitement begin as Mahogany takes you to the best staycation each and every Tuesday night to the Islands through movement and rhythm. This class will focus on the cultural movement of Afro-Caribbean dance. Get ready for hip winding and arms in the air as we explore our bodies’ rhythm through Caribbean and reggae music. $10 Tuesdays, 6:45-7:45 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. Let the excitement begin as Mahogany takes you to the best staycation each and every

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Tuesday night to the Islands through movement and rhythm. This class will focus on the cultural movement of Afro-Caribbean dance. Get ready for hip winding and arms in the air as we explore our bodies’ rhythm through Caribbean and reggae music. $65 for 10 week session Tue., Feb. 13, 7-8 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@ westbroadstreetymca.org. facebook. com/events/1993508454225459/. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. 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 semi-private 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. BALLROOM FIT Always wanted to learn how to ballroom dance? Don’t have a partner? Want to get in shape and have fun in the process? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this program is for you! Learn how to ballroom dance and get a great workout in the process. We use all styles of music that are modern or traditional. Cha Cha, Rumba, Swing, Jive, Samba, Paso Doble, Foxtrot, Waltz, Hustle, and more! Check out our schedule for more details. 4 classes for $40, 10 classes for $80, UNLIMITED for $120 Sundays, 5-6 p.m., Mondays, 6-7 p.m., Tuesdays, 12:30-1 p.m., Wednesdays, 12:30-1 & 6-7 p.m. and Thursdays, 12:30-1 p.m. 612.470.6683. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com.

Salon de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 301 US Hwy 80 SE. BARIATRIC SURGERY SUPPORT GROUP Located in Mercer Auditorium of Hoskins Center at Memorial. For those who have had or are considering bariatric surgery.

Call or see website for info. first Wednesday of every month, 7 p.m. 912-350-3438. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. BEACH BODY WORKOUTS WITH LAURA MONDAYS at 6:15 PM at the Lake Mayer

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1 ___ Lama (Tibetan leader) 6 Some football linemen, briefly 9 “The Destroyer,” in Hinduism 13 Oak-to-be 14 Slip up 15 McGregor in a hyped 2017 boxing match 16 “Super Freak” singer 18 The Mad Hatter’s guest 19 Commotion 20 Roths, for short? (abbr.)

21 “King Lear” daughter 22 Tree with an extract that purportedly helps memory 25 Sea of ___ (Biblical location) 28 Word before bump or boom 29 It’s a sign 30 Actor Benicio del ___ of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” 31 Daily ___ (political blog since 2002) 34 Worth a “meh” response 39 D&D game runners, for short 40 Quicker than quick 41 Participate in a poll 42 Letters over 0 on older touchtones 43 Stretchy shirt of sorts 46 He was assassinated on the Ides of March 50 ___ to arms

51 Winter ride 52 Diddley and Derek, for two 55 Bete ___ (nemesis) 56 Jokers, usually (or what the circled letters represent) 58 Not yet burning 59 Gator or Power follower 60 Constellation with a “belt” 61 Catch on clothing 62 “___ Kommissar” (1983 pop hit) 63 Jury members

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1 Irish comedian ___ Ó Briain 2 Hydrochloric ___ 3 In ___ parentis (legal doctrine) 4 Boat with a pair of bears 5 Monopoly board words near “Just visiting” 6 2011’s “Arthur,” e.g.

7 Duane Allman’s brother 8 Near-grads, for short 9 Without help 10 “The Princess Bride” character ___ Montoya 11 Word knowledge, briefly 12 Scene of action 15 Arctic herd 17 Actress Hathaway of “The Princess Diaries” 22 “I Just Wanna Stop” singer ___ Vannelli 23 Wind section member

24 Surname of two brothers behind a root beer brand 25 Beyond passable 26 Radio band letters 27 Microscope piece 30 Cough syrup amt.

31 Shape of a pretzel (but not a pretzel stick) 32 Septa- plus one 33 Dissipate slowly 35 Juliet’s surname 36 Medical suffixes 37 Drug bust participant 38 At any point 42 Offshore drilling structure 43 Half of a headliner at the Rio in Las Vegas 44 Like cheaper textbooks 45 The rougher interrogator, in procedurals 46 Roman god with two faces 47 Home of the Huskies, for short 48 Boxer Ali 49 Stage whisper, perhaps 52 Cheese that goes with red wine 53 Quality of some cheeses 54 Some bank acct. data 56 Stack of cash 57 “___ you for real?”

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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. westbroadstreetymca.org. 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. CANDLE(LIT) COMMUNITY FLOW Catherine Mulligan teaches this vinyasa flow yoga class in efforts to raise money for local charities in the Savannah community.

The class is heated, candlelit, and set to upbeat music. Charities are rotating and chosen based on feedback from the students who show up. $8 Thursdays. The HUB Savannah, 4505 Habersham St. COMMUNITY TAI CHI Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese martial art tradition that is now practiced as a graceful form of exercise, performed in a slow, focused manner and accompanied by deep breathing. All of the exercises are performed from a standing position, so please wear shoes which are comfortable for standing, and clothing which allows freedom of movement. Weather depending, the class may be held indoors or outdoors. $5 second Sunday of every month, 8:30 a.m. customfitcenter.com. CustomFit Center, 101-A West Park Ave. 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 50 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.

GLUTE CAMP WITH KAYLA All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Fridays, 12:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. 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 7am-10pm. Call or see website. ongoing. 912-598-2300. gastateparks.org/ SkidawayIsland. gastateparks.org/info/

skidaway/. Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

INSANITY LIVE WITH SHAWN All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. 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.

LINE DANCE Line dance class teaches basic instructions, coordination, and dance combinations, to the rhythm of different styles of music. Line Dancing is exercise for the body & mind, and is a fun way to dance socially without a partner.

Dancing styles covered in this class include Country Western, Swing, Salsa, Tango, Cha Cha, Waltz & more. $10 Wednesdays, 6-7:45 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. LINE DANCE SPRING 2018 Line dance class is an hour and 45min class that teaches basic instructions, coordination, and dance combinations, all to the rhythm of different styles of music. Line Dancing also is exercise for the body & mind. Line Dancing is a fun way to dance socially without a partner.

Dancing styles covered in this class include Country Western, Swing, Salsa, Tango, Cha Cha, Waltz & more. $65 for 10 week session Wed., Feb. 7, 6-7:45 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@ westbroadstreetymca.org. facebook. com/events/501826426870927/. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. 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. LUNCHTIME VINYASA YOGA In this vinyasa yoga class you will experience dynamic movements while linking breath, building heat, and endurance.

This class is open to all levels. We will explore each pose with special attention to alignment. This class will be the perfect way to start your week and stay energized. $65 for 10 week session Mon., Feb. 12, 12-1 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@ westbroadstreetymca.org. facebook. com/events/685895525131229/. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May 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. POWER YOGA This is an hour of stretching your mind and body to become one, and a reset in the middle of the work week. Come experience the endless possibilities as you take yourself to the next level with Mahogany. $10 Wednesdays, 8-9 a.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. POWER YOGA WITH MAHOGANY Get ready for an hour of power each and every Saturday morning at 9am. This is an hour of stretching your mind and body to become one, and a reset at the end of the week. Come experience the endless possibilities as you take yourself to the next level with Mahogany. $65 for 10 week session Sat., Feb. 10, 9-10 a.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@ westbroadstreetymca.org. facebook. com/events/383749712064164/. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. PRANA YOGA Prana Yoga is a practice that integrates breathing techniques and chakra sounds into the yoga. Come experience a deep sense of grounding, learn to be present, and develop your center, passion, strength, compassion, creativity, intuition, and light. $10 Mondays, 6:45-8 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. 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.

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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.

912-495-8010. savannahclimbingcoop.com.

SAVANNAH DISC GOLF Weekly events (entry $5) Friday Night Flights: Fridays, 5pm. Luck of the Draw Doubles: Saturdays, 10am.

Handicapped League: Saturdays, 1pm.

Singles at the Sarge: Sundays, 10am.

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

SAVANNAH STRIDERS RUNNING AND WALKING CLUB With a one-year, $35 membership,free training programs for beginners (walkers and runners) and experienced athletes.

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

SHIMMY CHIC Shimmy Chic Fitness is an energetic, fun dance workout based on the ancient art of belly dance- with a modern twist.

The class provides calorie-burning and muscle-toning moves, along with increased flexibility, grace, and sense of self. No dance experience necessary. Shimmy Chic provides fun & repetitive routines suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear comfortable workout clothes and sneakers (you do not have to show your stomach).

Open to all ages and fitness levels. $10 Thursdays, 5:45-6:45 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St.

SHIMMY CHIC BELLY DANCE FITNESS Shimmy Chic Fitness is an energetic and fun dance workout program based on the ancient art of belly dance- but with a modern twist! The class provides both calorie-burning and muscle-toning moves, along with increased flexibility, grace, and sense of self. No dance experience necessary. Shimmy Chic provides fun & repetitive routines suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear comfortable workout clothes and sneakers (you do not have to show your stomach). Open to all ages and fitness levels. $65 for 10 week session Thu., Feb. 8, 6-7 p.m.

912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@ westbroadstreetymca.org. facebook. com/events/1782280308737673/. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. SLIDERS WITH KAYLA All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Wednesdays, 12:30 p.m.

Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. TIMED INTERVAL TRAINING WITH KAYLA All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Mondays, 12:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. TRX CIRCUIT TRAINING WITH SHAWN All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. TRX FUNCTIONAL TRAINING WITH SHAWN All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. VINYASA YOGA In this vinyasa yoga class you will experience dynamic movements while linking breath, building heat, and endurance. This class is open to all levels. We will explore each pose with special attention to alignment.

This class will be the perfect way to start your week and stay energized. $10 Mondays, 8-9 a.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. WBSY ZUMBA Zumba Fitness is a dance fitness class

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for everybody and every body! With easy to follow moves, Zumba focuses on a wide variety of Latin and International rhythms. This hour long class is guaranteed to make you sweat. $65 for 10 week session Tue., Feb. 13, 6-7 p.m.

912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@ westbroadstreetymca.org. facebook. com/events/297982624055914/. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. WEIGHTED WORKOUT A 45 minute, total body workout that includes a 5 minute warm-up and a 5 minute cool-down/stretch. We will use dumbbells and steps to perform compound

functional movements to maximize workout time. $10 Tuesdays, 8-9 a.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. YOGA FOR CANCER PATIENTS AND SURVIVORS Free for cancer patients and survivors. The classes help with flexibility and balance while also providing relaxation. Located at FitnessOne, on the third floor of the Memorial Outpatient and Wellness Center.

Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. and Thursdays, 12:45 p.m. 912-350-9031. memorialhealth.com/.

Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave.

YOGA WITH BIANCA All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Mondays, 6 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. ZUMBA Zumba Fitness is a dance fitness class for everybody and every body! With easy to follow moves, Zumba focuses on a wide variety of Latin and International rhythms.

This hour long class is guaranteed to make you sweat. It’s not a workout, it’s a party. $10 Tuesdays, 5:45-6:45 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St.

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19)

British athlete Liam Collins is an accomplished hurdler. In 2017, he won two medals at the World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships in South Korea. Collins is also a stuntman and street performer who does shows in which he hurtles over barriers made of chainsaws and leaps blindfolded through flaming hoops. For the foreseeable future, you may have a dual capacity with some resemblances to his.

You could reach a high point in expressing your skills in your chosen field, and also branch out into extraordinary or flamboyant variations on your specialty.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

When he was 32, the man who would later be known as Dr. Seuss wrote his first kid’s book, *And To Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street.* His efforts to find a readership went badly at first. Twentyseven publishers rejected his manuscript.

On the verge of abandoning his quest, he ran into an old college classmate on the street. The friend, who had recently begun working at Vanguard Press, expressed interest in the book. Voila! *Mulberry Street* got published. Dr. Seuss later said that if, on that lucky day, he had been strolling on the other side of the street, his career as an author of children’s books might never have happened. I’m telling you this tale, Taurus, because I suspect your chances at experiencing a comparable stroke of luck in the coming weeks will be extra high. Be alert!

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A survey of British Christians found that most are loyal to just six of the Ten Commandments. While they still think it’s bad to, say, steal and kill and lie, they don’t regard it as a sin to revere idols, work on the Sabbath, worship other gods, or use the Lord’s name in a curse. In accordance with the astrological omens, I encourage you to be inspired by their rebellion. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to re-evaluate your old traditions and belief systems, and then discard anything that no longer suits the new person you’ve become.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

While serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Don Karkos lost the sight in his right eye after being hit by shrapnel.

Sixty-four years later, he regained his vision when he got butted in the head by a horse he was grooming. Based on the upcoming astrological omens, I’m wondering if you’ll soon experience a metaphorically comparable restoration. My analysis suggests that you’ll undergo a healing in which something you lost will return or be returned.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

The candy cap mushroom, whose scientific name is *Lactarius rubidus,* is a burnt orange color. It’s small to medium-sized and has a convex cap. But there its resemblance to other mushrooms ends. When dried out, it tastes and smells like maple syrup. You can grind it into a powder and use it to sweeten cakes and cookies and custards. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, this unusual member of the fungus family can serve as an apt metaphor for you right now. You, too, have access to a resource or influence that is deceptive, but in a good way: offering a charm and good flavor different from what its outer appearance might indicate.

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the imagery. The new data show that the Earth is covered with 618 million more acres of croplands than had previously been thought. That’s 15 percent higher than earlier assessments! In the coming months, Libra, I’m predicting a comparable expansion in your awareness of how many resources you have available. I bet you will also discover that you’re more fertile than you have imagined.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

In 1939, Scorpio comic book writer Bob Kane co-created the fictional sciencefiction superhero Batman. The “Caped Crusader” eventually went on to become an icon, appearing in blockbuster movies as well as TV shows and comic books.

Kane said one of his inspirations for Batman was a flying machine envisioned by Leonard da Vinci in the early 16th century.

The Italian artist and inventor drew an image of a winged glider that he proposed to build for a human being to wear. I bring this up, Scorpio, because I think you’re in a phase when you, like Kane, can draw inspiration from the past. Go scavenging through history for good ideas!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

A grandfather from New Jersey decided to check the pockets of an old shirt he didn’t wear very often. There Jimmie Smith found a lottery ticket he had stashed away months previously. When he realized it had a winning number, he cashed it in for $24.1 million -- just two days before it was set to expire. I suspect there may be a comparable development in your near future, although the reward would be more modest. Is there any potential valuable that you have forgotten about or neglected? It’s not too late to claim it.

I was watching a four-player poker game on TV. The folksy commentator said that the assortment of cards belonging to the player named Mike was “like Anna Kournikova,” because “it looks great but it never wins.” He was referring to the fact that during her career as a professional tennis player, Anna Kournikova was feted for her physical beauty but never actually won a singles title. This remark happens to be a useful admonishment for you Sagittarians in the coming weeks. You should avoid relying on anything that looks good but never wins. Put your trust in influences that are a bit homely or unassuming but far more apt to contribute to your success.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

The U.S. Geological Survey recently announced that it had come up with improved maps of the planet’s agricultural regions. Better satellite imagery helped, as did more thorough analysis of

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/. 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.

A Chinese man named Wang Kaiyu bought two black-furred puppies from a stranger and took them home to his farm.

As the months passed by, Wang noticed that his pets seemed unusually hungry

and aggressive. They would sometimes eat his chickens. When they were two years old, he finally figured out that they weren’t dogs, but rather Asian black bears.

He turned them over to a local animal rescue center. I bring this to your attention, Capricorn, because I suspect it may have a resemblance to your experience. A case of mistaken identity? A surprise revealed in the course of a ripening process? A misunderstanding about what you’re taking care of? Now is a good time to make adjustments and corrections.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Charles Nelson Reilly was a famous American actor, director, and drama teacher. He appeared in or directed numerous films, plays, and TV shows. But in the 1970s, when he was in his forties, he also spent quality time impersonating a banana in a series of commercials for Bic Banana Ink Crayons. So apparently he wasn’t overly attached to his dignity.

Pride didn’t interfere with his ability to experiment. In his pursuit of creative expression, he valued the arts of playing and having fun. I encourage you to be inspired by his example during the coming weeks, Aquarius.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

According to ancient Greek writer Herodotus, Persians didn’t hesitate to deliberate about important matters while drunk. However, they wouldn’t finalize any intoxicated decision until they had a chance to re-evaluate it while sober. The reverse was also true. Choices they made while sober had to be reassessed while they were under the influence of alcohol.

I bring this to your attention not because I think you should adhere to similar guidelines in the coming weeks. I would never give you an oracle that required you to be buzzed. But I do think you’ll be wise to consider key decisions from not just a coolly rational mindset, but also from a frisky intuitive perspective. To arrive at a wise verdict, you need both.

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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, 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-jeansavannah/. 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. FARM TRUCK 912 The Farm Truck 912 is a mobile market program of the Forsyth Farmers’ Market that aims to improve healthy food access by bringing locally produced fruits and vegetables into Savannah’s neighborhoods.

Mercy Housing: Savannah Gardens Courtyard, 515 Pennsylvania Avenue.

The Farm Truck 912 is a mobile market program of the Forsyth Farmers’ Market that aims to improve healthy food access by bringing locally produced fruits and vegetables into Savannah’s neighborhoods.

Moses Jackson Advancement Center, 1410B Richards Street. The Farm Truck 912 is a mobile market program of the Forsyth Farmers’ Market that aims to improve healthy food access by bringing locally produced fruits and vegetables into Savannah’s neighborhoods. Sheppard’s Gas and Food Mart, 1302 W. Gwinnett St. The Farm Truck 912 is a mobile market program of the Forsyth Farmers’ Market that aims to improve healthy food access by bringing locally produced fruits and vegetables into Savannah’s neighborhoods. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. The Farm Truck 912 is a mobile market program of the Forsyth Farmers’ Market that aims to improve healthy food access by bringing locally produced fruits and vegetables into Savannah’s neighborhoods. savannahjea. org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn Street. The Farm Truck 912 is a mobile market program of the Forsyth Farmers’ Market that aims to improve healthy food access by bringing locally produced fruits and vegetables into Savannah’s neighborhoods. W.W. Law Gym, 909 E. Bolton St. The Farm Truck 912 is a mobile market program of the Forsyth Farmers’ Market that aims to improve healthy food access by bringing locally produced fruits and vegetables into Savannah’s neighborhoods. 1 p.m.

Skidaway Island, Diamond Causeway. The Farm Truck 912 is a mobile market program of the Forsyth Farmers’ Market that aims to improve healthy food access by bringing locally produced fruits and vegetables into Savannah’s neighborhoods. 3:30 p.m.

Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave. FIRE & WINE Half priced bottles of wine, campfires in the courtyard, marshmallows and s’mores kits. 912-401-0543. info@foxyloxycafe.com. foxyloxycafe.com. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. FORSYTH FARMERS MARKET Local and regional produce, honey, meat, dairy, pasta, baked goods and other delights. Rain or shine. Free to attend. Items for sale. 912-484-0279. forsythfarmersmarket.com. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. GHOST COAST DISTILLERY TOURS Tour & Tasting Visit Ghost Coast Distillery, where you will hear about Savannah’s unique history of drinks and revelry, while learning how we create our unique, hand crafted spirits. Hours Tuesday – Wednesday: 12–6 (last tour starts at 6) Thursday – Saturday: 11-8 (last tour starts at 8) Tours begin every hour, on the hour Closed Sunday and Monday Tour with tasting: $12.50 Tour with tasting and Souvenir Bottle of Ghost Coast Vodka 261: $32.00 All guests must be 21+ or accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

ID Required $12.50 Saturdays. (912) 2980071. ghostcoastdistillery.com. Ghost Coast Distillery, 641 Indian St. HAPPY HOUR 39 Rue De Jean favorites at happy hour prices! Enjoy $4 house wine, $4 well cocktails, $8 daily cocktail feature, Moules en Six Preparations for $8, $8 1/2 dozen raw oysters, and more. Mondays-Thursdays, Sundays, 5-7 p.m.. 912-721-0595. holycityhospitality.com/39-rue-de-jeansavannah/promotions/. holycityhospitality. com/39-rue-de-jean-savannah/. 39 Rue de Jean, 605 W Oglethorpe Ave. HONEY TASTING AND BODY CARE SAMPLES + STORE TOUR Daily honey tastings and body care demonstrations. Come see honeybees in the observation hive or call 912.629.0908 to schedule a tour of the Bee Garden. Garden tour available March through October. $3 per person. Must call ahead. Free Mondays-Fridays, 10 a.m.. 912-234-0688. jessie@savannahbee.com. Savannah Bee Company, Wilmington Island, 211 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

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

PRESS PLAY BOOMBOX BRUNCH Brunch is served from 11 am – 3 pm. Jason B. James Live vinyl DJ spinning classic soul, R&B, indie, rock, pop, and everything in between begins at noon. foxyloxycafe.com.

Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. TASTE OF LUCKY’S MARKET

Sample products from all Lucky’s departments. Free luckysmarket.com/ savannah-ga/. Lucky’s Market, 5501 Abercorn St. VALENTINE’S DAY DINNER & ENTERTAINMENT CRUISE 2 hour cruise includes a premium 4-course plated dinner, a bottle of house wine or champagne, fresh-cut rose bouquet, live entertainment and dancing. A romantic evening sure to delight the one who means the most. $199.90* per couple 912-232-6404. info@savannahriverboat. com. savannahriverboat.com. Savannah Riverboat Cruises, 9 East River Street.

WHISKEY, WINE AND WILDLIFE W3 artfully combines legendary beverage tastings of all kinds – from all types of spirits, beers, whiskies and wines, along with inspired cuisine from some of the South’s best chefs and local culinary superstars, with a chance to experience coastal wildlife up-close. whiskeywineandwildlife.com. The Westin Jekyll Island, 110 Ocean Way. 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 FLU SHOT FRIDAY Health Departments in Bryan, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, and McIntosh counties will offer free flu shots from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. to those ages 3 and older. Shots will be given on a first come, first served basis to people without health insurance while supplies last. Fri., Feb. 9, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Chatham County Health Department, 1602 Drayton 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.

912-355-4601. 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. FREE MAMMOGRAMS The Chatham County Health Department’s Breast and Cervical Cancer Program (BCCP) is partnering with the St. Joseph’s/Candler Mobile Mammography Program to offer free mammograms. Women who meet certain annual income guidelines and are 40-64 years of age without insurance will be eligible to receive a screening mammogram at no cost. Appointments are preferred but walk-ins will be accepted. To make an appointment, please call 912-356-2946.

Mon., Feb. 12, 9 a.m. Chatham County Health Department, 1602 Drayton St. 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. 912897-9544. lllusa.org/web/savannahga.html.

LABOR AND DELIVERY TOUR Want to take a look around before the big day? Register for a tour of our labor and delivery areas. The tour is held once a month and fills up quickly, so please register early. Call 912-350-BORN (2676). second Sunday of every month. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. 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

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AIMEE NEZHUKUMATATHIL POETRY READING Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of three books of poetry. Her most recent collection is “Lace and Pyrite,” a chapbook of nature poems written in collaboration with poet Ross Gay. Free and open to the public Fri., Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m. fariesc@ savannahstate.edu. thebookladybookstore. com/. The Book Lady Bookstore, 6 East Liberty St. DEEP SPEAKS

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Twice a year, Deep release anthologies featuring original, vivid, and fearless stories, poems, and plays written by our young authors—public middle school students in Deep’s Young Author Project. Tue., Feb. 13, 6:30 p.m. savannahtheatre.com. The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. HISTORICAL WRITERS GUILD The HWG will endeavor to offer a variety of programs for both published and unpublished writers to promote historical fiction and creative non-fiction. All compatible and cross-genre works to historical writing are welcome. HWG is also open to hobbyist writers to enjoy a relaxed and fun environment. Annual dues $20 second Monday of every month, 7-9 p.m. 713-907-8627. hwg.rh@comcast.net.

Richmond Hill Museum, 11460 Ford Ave. W.W. LAW LECTURE: A CONVERSATION WITH PAUL STEPHEN BENJAMIN In collaboration with the Savannah Black Heritage Festival, the museum presents a conversation with Atlanta-based artist Paul Stephen Benjamin moderated by Rachel Reese, Telfair Museums Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. Free Thu., Feb. 8, 6 p.m. telfair.org/jepson/.

Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.

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COASTAL EMPIRE BEEKEEPERS ASSN. BEE YARD WORK DAY On the second Saturday of each month, CEBA members gather in our beeyard at Oatland Island Wildlife Center. We inspect hives and conduct workshops on various aspects of beekeeping. Visitors are always welcome to observe. Bee veils will be provided. Sat., Feb. 10, 9-11:30 a.m. ceba. oiwc@gmail.com. ceba.wildapricot.org. oatlandisland.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. COFFEE WITH A RANGER Start your morning right by getting coffee and having a discussion with a park ranger.

Fridays, 8:30 a.m. gastateparks.org/info/ skidaway/. Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

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

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

DR. JAY BRANDES The Dolphin Project is hosting Dr. Jay Brandes of the Skidaway Institute of Oceangraphy. Dr. Brandes will present his very enlightening research on the effect of micro plastics on our coastal waterways.

Heavy hors d’oeuvres and non-alcoholic beverages are included in the price of admission. You may B.Y.O.B. $10 Sat., Feb. 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 912-657-3927. thedolphinproject@gmail.com. Richmond Hill History Museum, 11460 Ford Ave.

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FIRST CITY NETWORK Georgia’s oldest LGBT organization (founded in 1985) is a local non-profit community service organization whose mission is to share resources of health care, counseling, education, advocacy and mutual support in the Coastal Empire. Members and guests enjoy many special events throughout the year, including First Saturday Socials held the first Saturday of each month at 7pm.

Mondays. 912-236-CITY. firstcitynetwork. org.

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

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.

Immediate opportunities for DRIVERS located at AGM Imports in Hardeeville, SC. Primary Driver Responsibility: • Early AM Daily Deliveries of Stock (Granite and Marble Slabs etc.) to replenish our other 3 AGM warehouses located in Norcross, Ga, Charlotte NC, and Charleston SC ….4 days of the week.

Every day of work would start in the early AM to allow you sufficient time to reach your destinations by 8 AM each morning of delivery.

Upon your return, the day is over. By the end of your 4 day work week you will rarely have overtime hours.

Secondary Driver Responsibility :

• Our granite and marble slab inventory is loaded onto flatbed trucks with an A-frame for delivery to various locations in the Southeastern United States. There will be occasional loads of our heavy equipment as well.

Qualified candidates must be able to operate a boom as well as having an understanding of securing your load.

When not on long runs, you will be expected to handle local deliveries.

In addition, your nondriving time (minimal) will require you to assist with the daily warehouse functions regarding inventory or maintaining the building.

This is a Monday through Friday position with no overnight stays.

AGM Imports offers competitive benefits including health insurance and 401K plan.

Requirements: Three year MVR, current DOT physical card, CDL driver’s license, Class A with air brakes and TWIC for port access will be required. Please send salary requirements and e-mail your resume to employment@agmimports. net

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at St. Joseph’s Candler African American Resource Center. (Program sponsors.) ongoing. 912-447-6605.

NAMI EDUCATION Second Tuesday of every month NAMI Savannah presents professionals from the community sharing current topics of interest and resources. FREE second Tuesday of every month, 6-8 p.m. 912-3537143. namisavannah.org. The Reed House, 1144 Cornell Street.

PLANNED PARENTHOOD HOTLINE First Line is a statewide hotline for women seeking information on health services.

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

PREPARED CHILDBIRTH CLASS This course gives an overview of reproductive anatomy and physiology and explains the process of labor and delivery in simple, easy-to-understand terms. The fourweek course includes a tour of the labor and delivery unit. This class is popular, so please register early $75 per couple 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. SUICIDE PREVENTION WORKSHOP Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first-aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may be at risk of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. Although ASIST is widely used by healthcare providers, participants don’t need any formal training to attend the workshop—ASIST can be learned and used by anyone. $125 Wed., Feb. 7, 8:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. 912-661-1456. ASIST@chlink.org.

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