Connect Savannah February 26, 2019

FEB 26-MAR 3, 2020 NEWS, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY CONNECTSAVANNAH.COM

On Sacred Ground INSIDE:

Savannah Gallery on Slavery and Healing seeks to tell the true and full story

SLAM ART SHOW

COLLECTIVE FACE

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Southern Women’s Show FRI 2.28

Discover hundreds of boutiques filled with the latest fashions, trendy jewelry, gourmet treats, health and beauty, and so much more. Enjoy fashion shows, top chefs, and celebrity guests. Bring your mom, sister, and best friend and spend the day doing everything you love.

10 a.m.

Savannah Convention Center, 1 International Drive. $5-$11

Savannah Stopover 10 Year Photography Retrospective

Inspired by “Law’s Murphys: Works by Christopher Murphy, Jr. from the W. W. Law Art Collection,” this talk by Courtney A. McNeil will examine Murphy’s lengthy artistic engagement with the architecture and people of Savannah. noon Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

Free, but registration required lspracher@savannahga.gov

Lecture: Promising Practices to Address the Racial Wealth Divide

Dedrick Asante-Muhammad will discuss promising practices to address the racial wealth divide at the local level.

6 p.m.

The Beach Institute African-American Cultural Center, 502 East Harris Street.

Free and open to the public Savannah Music Festival presents Pink Martini.

7:30 p.m.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. savannahmusicfestival.org

As part of its 10th Anniversary Celebration, Savannah Stopover Music Festival will present a 10-year retrospective photography exhibit opening February 27.

THURSDAY 2.27 Aboreatum: Brunch and Learn

Following a VIP reception from 6-7 p.m., the exhibition’s opening night event is free and open to the public from 7-9 p.m. The exhibit will be up throughout this year’s festival, which runs March 5-7.

Program speakers are Gene Phillips of Gene’s Nursery and Leslie Geer of Leslie Geer Designs.

10 a.m.

American Legion Ballroom, 1108 Bull St. Savannah. $35 DowntownGardenClub.com

Sulfur Art Services, led by Emily Earl, will help curate the exhibit at 411 West Charlton in the newly restored West Broad complex on MLK between West Charlton and West Jones streets.

6-7pm VIP Reception, 7-9pm Open to public 411 West Charlton St, Savannah

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Hungry for History?: A Love Letter to Savannah: City Views and Street Scenes by Christopher Murphy, Jr.

Pink Martini

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Buddy Holly Experience: Rave On!

Savannah Local Artists Market SAT 2.29

The second annual SLAM has 65 artists, live music by the Crabettes, food trucks, flags and balloons.

10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Salvation Army Baseball Field, Bee Rd. and Washington Ave.

Buddy Holly impersonator, Billy McGuigan, and band add Savannah to their nationwide tour of 1500 concerts.

Fri. & Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m.

The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. $41 adult, $19.50 child savannahtheatre.com

Film: Parasite

Nominated for 10 Oscars, critics are raving about Bong Joon Ho’s pitch-black modern satire about wealth disparity.

Thurs. 7 p.m., Fri. 3 & 7 p.m.

Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne. $8

Savannah Comedy Fest

Savannah Comedy Fest is a three-day

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comedy festival devoted to bringing incredible improv, stand up, sketch, musical/ variety, and storytelling to the creative nubbin that is Savannah. ​ Thurs.-Sat. Front Porch Improv, 210 W. Victory Drive. savannahcomedyfest.com

Scotty McCreery, Adam Doleac

Scotty McCreery is the winner of the tenth season of American Idol.

7:30 p.m.

Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $26.50

FRIDAY 2.28 Book Reading and Signing with Andy Davidson

Join E Shaver for a reading and signing of Andy Davidson’s novel, The Boatman’s Daughter. Andy Davidson will be in conversation with Emily Jones of GPB. 5:30 p.m.

E Shaver Booksellers, 326 Bull St.

Film: A Good Woman Is Hard to Find

The Double-Vision Film Series is a joint production of both the Psychotronic Film Society and CinemaSavannah. Their first collaboration is a sneak preview of this tale of a young widowed mother who puts herself in harm’s way in order to learn the identity of her late husband’s murderer.

7 p.m.

Savannah Cultural Arts Center, 201 Montgomery St. $10, cash preferred

Odd Lot Improv: Friday Funnies

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

8 p.m.

The Loft on Liberty, 215 W. Liberty St. $10 oddlotimprov@gmail.com. oddlot.lol

Potable Gold: Savannah’s Madeira Tradition

,Experience the historic atmosphere of the Davenport House while learning about a unique and flavorful wine.

Fri. & Sat. 5:30 p.m.

Davenport House, 324 East State St. $22 davenporthousemuseum.org/programs/

Southern Women’s Show

Discover hundreds of boutiques filled with the latest fashions, trendy jewelry, gourmet treats, health and beauty, and so much more. Enjoy fashion shows, top chefs, and celebrity guests.

10 a.m.

Savannah Convention Center, 1 International Drive. $5-$11

Theatre: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

The story of two sisters, Vania and Sonia, who get a visit from their rich and successful sister Masha. She brings along her new boy toy Spike and things get messy.

Fri. & Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m.

Savannah Rep’s PLAYshop, 980 Industry Drive $25

United States Navy Band

The United States Navy Band features the Concert Band, Sea Chanters chorus and Cruisers popular music group.

7:30 p.m.

Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. Free and open to the public

Wordplay at The PARC

Deep Center and the Pennsylvania Avenue Resource Center are teaming up to bring you WordPlay at the PARC, a youth only open mic that will feature young poets and performers from around the city.

4 p.m.

Pennsylvania Avenue Resources Center, 425 Pennsylvania Ave.

SATURDAY 2.29 The Art of Self-Protection: A Women’s Self Defense Workshop

In this 90 min workshop Sifu/Guro Augustus Heisey will go over fundamental strategies and techniques pertaining to self defense. All proceeds benefit Safe Shelter of Savannah, Ga. 11:30 a.m.

The Foundery Coffee Pub, 1313 Habersham St. $15 suggested donation

Conversation with Wanda Lloyd

Author Wanda Smalls Lloyd will be in conversation with Shirley Barber James on the topic of Lloyd’s new memoir, “Coming Full Circle: From Jim Crow to Journalism.”

Reception and book signing to follow.

3 p.m.

Second African Baptist Church, 123 Houston Street (Greene Square).

Forsyth Farmers Market

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

9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Forsyth Park

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A concert series dedicated to the versatility of the piano

Showtunes and Classics featuring Blue Heron Chamber Ensemble

Thursday, March 5 at 7:30 p.m Fine Arts Auditorium Armstrong Campus

The Blue Heron Chamber Ensemble goes to the movies to bring you chamber works by film composers. Flutist Jeana Melilli, pianist Benjamin Warsaw and friends will perform Copland’s “Duo for Flute and Piano” (featuring music from “The Heiress”), as well as works of Miklos Rozsa, Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone and others. These eclectic but rarely performed pieces will be interspersed with songs from your favorite movies like “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” “Moon River,” and more!

For tickets, visit: GeorgiaSouthern.edu/ArmstrongTickets or call 912-344-2801 weekdays from Noon–3 p.m.

General Admission: $15 (discounts available)

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Featuring works by: Malcolm Arnold, Robert Sheldon, John P. Sousa, Robert W. Smith, H. Owen Reed and Percy A. Grainger

General Admission: $15 (discounts available) For tickets, visit: GeorgiaSouthern.edu/ArmstrongTickets or call 912-344-2801 weekdays from Noon–3 p.m.

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Laurel Grove South Cemetery Walking Tours

The City of Savannah Cemeteries Division and the Massie Heritage Center will conduct historic walking tours of Laurel Grove South Cemetery. Please register. noon Laurel Grove South Cemetery, 2101 Kollock St. jbrannen01@savannahga.gov

Lowcountry Literacy and Culture Forum

The purpose of the Forum is to celebrate, educate, and preserve Gullah Geechee culture.

10 a.m.

Liberty County Performing Arts Center, 2140 East Oglethorpe Highway.

Odd Lot Improv: Saturday Shenanigans

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

8 p.m.

The Loft on Liberty, 215 W. Liberty St. $10 oddlotimprov@gmail.com. oddlot.lol

Savannah for Morons: The Trolley Tour

This comedy show on wheels will roast nearly 300 years of Savannah in a 90minute ride.

11 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.

Visitor’s Information Center, 301 MLK Jr. Blvd. $33 savannahformorons.com

Savannah Local Artists Market

The second annual SLAM has 65 artists, live music by the Crabettes, food trucks, flags and balloons.

10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Salvation Army Baseball Field, Bee Rd. and Washington Ave.

Soup It Up for Loop It Up

Enjoy a night of tasty soups, great friends, community awards, fundraising and celebration of Loop It Up Savannah.

7 p.m.

American Legion Ballroom, 1108 Bull St. Savannah. $60 each, $100 pair

SUNDAY 3. 1 Deep in the Yard

Celebrate the powerful writing of some of Savannah’s most talented poets and support the work of Deep Center with every drink purchased from 3-5 p.m.

3 p.m.

Starland Yard, 2411 DeSoto Ave.

Drag Brunch

Brunch with the Club One Cabaret. Tickets include a brunch buffet and the show.

11 a.m.

Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St. $35

Savannah Songwriters Series

The Savannah Songwriter’s Series kicks off its run in its new venue with two duos, Lyn Avenue fronted by CC Witt and Transit Soul fronted by Melissa Danielle.

7 p.m.

Coach’s Corner, 3016 E. Victory Dr. $5

MONDAY 3. 2 Film: Band of Outsiders (1964)

This landmark, influential movie playfully combines the gangster film with a romance--all set within 1960s Paris and starring the luminous Anna Karina.

6 p.m.

SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

Free

Odd Lot Improv: Monday Night Madness

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

When magician extraordinaire Justin visits 8 p.m.

Sesame Street to put on a magic show for The Loft on Liberty, 215 W. Liberty St. the whole neighborhood, Elmo wants to $10 be part of the big event. oddlotimprov@gmail.com. oddlot.lol Sat. 2 & 5:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m.

TUESDAY 3. 3 The Savannah Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave.

Sesame Street Live

Seuss Fest

Local families are invited to celebrate the fun and whimsical world of Dr. Seuss.

10 a.m.

Savannah Children’s Museum, 655 Louisville Road. $8 for all guests 18 months and older

Film: Dazed and Confused (1993)

Follow the story of several high-school freshman and seniors as they enjoy their last day of school in 1976.

8 p.m.

SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

Free cnewsom@scad.edu.

NEWS & OPINION EDITOR’S NOTE

BY JIM MOREKIS

jim@connectsavannah.com

I’M constantly struck by how many people have moved to Savannah over the past decade or less, from other parts of the country.

Unfortunately, a phenomenon that I see more and more is that the new folks tend to ask other new folks first about the lay of the land, which just compounds mistakes and misunderstandings.

As a result, it’s more and more of a challenge to reinforce local culture and folkways.

Change is the one constant, and I fully realize there’s no point in wanting to keep

HAB-er-shum Street, not Hab-erSHAM. Again, clip “Habersham” short like the English do. This is an Anglophilic city, founded by an Englishman. When in doubt, speak like you’re on the Great British Baking Show and you’ll do fine.

YAM-a-craw, not Yahm-a-craw. This area immediately to the west of the historic district is in the news more and more because of all the development sprouting up around it. This is the name of the native tribe the first Savannah colonists encountered. While no one’s sure how they actually pronounced it, locals say YAM-a-craw.

How-ston Street, not Hew-ston. This ain’t Texas. Houston Street in New York is pronounced the same as Savannah’s.

That’s because both streets are named for the same guy, William Houstoun (not a

It’s Wit-marsh and Witfield. Whitemarsh Island and Whitefield Avenue aren’t pronounced how they’re spelled. George Whitefield was a founder of Methodism. His family name is often spelled “Whitfield” in historical records, which likely explains the pronunciation quirk. A losing battle, and within ten years probably no one will pronounce it the old way.

Atlantic, not “The Atlantic.” Talking about the restaurant at Victory and Drayton, of course.

Elizabeth on 37th, not Elizabeth’s.

A common error, but it’s not a possessive name. You’ll see many incorrect internet listings.

Garibaldi, not Garibaldi’s. Again, no possessive, just the name. Garibaldi.

It’s CHAT-um County, not Chath-am. The second “h” in Chatham is silent, in the British fashion. Don’t pronounce it!

This problem is getting much worse. everything the same, or even keep things somewhat similar.

But, Savannah’s local culture is ostensibly the main reason so many people move here. I mean, it’s definitely not for high wages, or copious career opportunities, or excellent public schools.

In that spirit, I offer you an updated version of my 2017 column, “A guide to local pronunciation.”

Abercorn Street, not “Abercrombie.”

Two hundred years from now, as climate change brings the waves of the Atlantic Ocean crashing onto Abercorn Street itself, some tourist from New York will loudly ask your great-great-great-great grandchild where “Abercrombie Street” is.

Braw-ton Street, not Brow-ton. I hear this a lot lately and it hurts my ears. The street is named for Thomas Broughton, a colonial governor of South Carolina.

CHAT-um County, not Chath-am.

The second “h” in Chatham is silent, in the British fashion. Don’t pronounce it! This problem is getting much worse. Unfortunately, it’s hard to take seriously your earnest new Facebook petition to make Savannah exactly like the city you just left if you can’t pronounce the name of our county correctly.

typo) of Georgia, a member of the Continental Congress and an original Trustee of the University of Georgia.

BAR-nerd Street, not Ber-NARD or Bar-Nard. This usage is rapidly fading.

FOR-syth Park, not For-SYTH. However, the county in middle Georgia is pronounced with the emphasis on the second syllable. This one engenders strong debate even from locals.

Montgomery Cross Road, not Crossroads. Two words: Cross and Road, singular. The toughest one to explain, and the one on the list that locals screw up as much as anyone. Montgomery Cross Road began as just that — a “cross road” from the area of White Bluff Road to the other side of the county. You see this misspelled almost everywhere, but when you go on the Truman Parkway note the correct usage on the signs.

Louie-ville Road or Lewis-ville Road? A bit of a gray area, since Louisville Road is named for the route to the old state capital, which is indeed pronounced “Lewis-ville.” However, most local style pronounces it like the city in Kentucky — which our road is not named after, no matter what anyone tells you. This one isn’t etched in stone by any means.

1790. Locals always just say the numbers, not the technically correct name “17hundred90.” Or occasionally, “the 90.”

The Collins Quarter, not Quarters or Collin’s. The cafe is named after an area, or quarter, of Melbourne, Australia.

Broughton Common, not Commons.

Based on the concept of a “common house.”

Olympia Café, not Olympic. However, the original name was Olympic, until the Olympics Committee forced them to change it prior to the Games coming to Georgia in 1996.

Hutchinson with an “n,” not Hutchison. Not that big a deal and locals mispronounce it all the time too.

It’s a lane, not an alley. And it’s a totally Savannah thing. I confess, I’m from here and I tend to call them alleys as well.

Let’s be honest – it’s an alley!

It’s y’all, not ya’ll or you’ll. OK, not pronunciation but spelling. It’s a contraction of you and all, hence only one logical way to spell it, just like it sounds: Y’all.

Sorry folks, this one’s not debatable.

Spell y’all right, y’all! cs

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ON SACRED GROUND

Savannah Gallery on Slavery and Healing seeks to tell the true and full story of slavery recent edition of her popular Underground Savannah tour.

As she leads the tour, Sistah Patt’s constant refrain is that she and her guests are THERE are eight monuments in Johnson walking on what she calls sacred ground: Square, Savannah’s main slave auction site The place on the Savannah River where prior to the Civil War. slave ships docked. The bricks imprinted The square is dominated by the obelisk with the names of the plantations where marking the tomb of Nathanael Greene, they were made by enslaved people. The who owned hundreds of slaves on his whipping posts. nearby Mulberry Grove Plantation.

The building on River Street where buyThe square’s namesake, Gov. Robert ers got flyers describing people for sale at Johnson of South Carolina, was the man the next auction. The building at 25 Bull arguably most responsible for bringing Street where they bought insurance for slavery into Georgia over the wishes of the new slaves. City Market is where sales colony’s founder, Gen. James Oglethorpe. closed – and where newly arrived Africans There’s a nice little bench dedicated to were given their slave names.

Johnny Mercer. There’s a marker about Gunn describes a line item on a slave “Washington’s Southern Tour.” There’s a ship manifest about a woman called sundial commemorating William Bull, for “Sarah” captured at about age 20, along whom Bull Street is named. with her two children.

But there is not a single marker explain“They have a dash-BR7 in one column. ing the Johnson Square slave auctions What does dash-BR7 mean? It’s a number to passing tourists, nor dedicated to the for breeding. She looks as if she could breed enslaved people from at least 14 African seven more. You’re not just purchasing tribes who were bought and sold there for Sarah, you’re purchasing ten people: Sarah, decades, their real names lost to history, her two children, and the seven more they numbers in a ledger book. think she can have.”

Master storyteller and local historian Even the ballastones on River Street Patt Gunn — known as “Sistah Patt” to she calls sacred ground. Many have been most — is determined to right this wrong. traced directly to West African origin “You will not find one marker in John— used as ballast for slave ships, then son Square that this was a slave auction offloaded at journey’s end after the miserblock. We have to do something about that. able six-month trans-Atlantic passage.

Our job is to get a marker here!” Gunn “I cannot imaging the pain and suffering 8 tells a group of local students during a they endured on the way here, lying side by

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Left: Patt Gunn and Roz Rouse in front of the Gallery on MLK Blvd.

Above: Sistah Patt and the Saltwata Players perform a Gullah freedom song during an Underground Tour of one of the “Cluskey Vaults,” which Gunn insists were slave holding pens, contrary to the City’s interpretation (photo by Jim Morekis).

Right: Various historic artifacts at the Gallery tell the story of slavery and the trans-Atlantic slave trade from 1619 to Emancipation. PHOTOS BY GEOFF L. JOHNSON

side in someone’s urine,” Gunn laments.

“I don’t know the strength that you had to have to endure. But what we know for sure is there must have been a higher source of power. Because they endured 116 years of slavery in Savannah.”

The “Healing” part of the gallery’s name, Sistah Patt and Sistah Roz say, was the missing piece of the puzzle.

“Our focus is absolutely about healing,” says Gunn. “The story of slavery is a hard story, so we tell that story with a lot of grace and respect. We promise that you WITH CO-OWNER Roz Rouse, Gunn will not leave our tour or our gallery sad, has expanded on her popular Underground because we also talk about and share the Savannah tour to open the Savannah Galhuman spirit of those enslaved Africans lery on Slavery and Healing on Martin who dwelt here in Savannah.”

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Gunn says a visit to the Simon WiesenSince opening this past November, the thal Center in L.A., with its emphasis on Slavery and Healing Gallery has served as healing deep societal wounds, was an home base for Gunn and Rouse’s continuinspiration to try and do something similar ing efforts to not only tell the true story of with slavery and its legacy in Savannah. slavery in Savannah, but to spread awareThe Gallery uses a combination of hisness of the rich Gullah-Geechee culture, torical images, donated artwork, and perunique to the Georgia and South Carolina formance to get its message across. coast.

Archival photos elucidate the brutal The Underground Tours have garnered reality – and brutal business – of slavery, a huge word-of-mouth following, but that from ship to plantation. The contribution turned out not to be quite enough. of African American soldiers to the Civil “We end our tours in Johnson Square, War is also highlighted. and people just don’t want to leave,” Gunn “And we mustn’t forget the Abolitionsays. “They’ll stay an hour, an hour and a ists,” Gunn says of images dedicated to fighalf, still wanting to talk about this history, ures such as John Brown. “They are a very and learn more about it.” important part of the story of freedom.”

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Part of the Gallery’s mission is to help guests make a personal connection to the faces in some of these photos of newly emancipated African Americans.

“Look at the face of this young woman here,” Gunn says, pointing to a photo of a group of freed slaves taken right after Emancipation.

“It’s a look that says, ‘OK, what now?

What do I do next?’ They’ve been freed, but have nowhere to go. No money, no education. A promise was made to them for land, but that promise was quickly broken.

What would you do next?”

ONE OF Gunn’s efforts is her ongoing struggle with the City of Savannah to tell what she insists is the true history of the so-called “Cluskey Vaults” on Lower Factors Walk right beside City Hall.

A series of cheery markers attempts to explain the four deep, arched vaults directly under Bay Street as harmless storage spaces for dry goods.

Gunn says there’s more than enough evidence to prove their actual purpose – as places where slaves were kept after coming off ships on River Street, on the way to auction in nearby Johnson Square.

“If you were on a slave ship and you’re disembarked, and they had 5, 6, 7 days to get ready for sale, they had to fatten their slaves,” Gunn explains.

As evidence, she says most of the archaeological artifacts found in the vaults were some kind of eating implement, like water jugs and wooden troughs.

If only dry goods were stored here, she asks, why would there be so many feeding utensils? And why would the vaults have vents all the way up to Bay Street?

Other evidence she mentions includes tribal markings on the interior walls, some of which she says have been etched away in an effort to remove for sale on Ebay, and some of which have been plastered over.

Gunn shows Google images of identicallooking, identical-sized arched limestone slave pens in Ghana today, at the departure point of the trans-Atlantic journey.

Gunn has also done detective work that would make Sherlock Holmes proud.

She cites a documented slave sale in June 1842.

“The slave manifest said the ship came to the Savannah docks on June 4 from Zambia with 300 slaves. We also know that on June 12, 300 slaves were sold in Johnson Square,” Gunn says.

“The question I asked City officials was, can you tell me what happened to 300 slaves from June 4-12? Did you have 300 slaves just waiting around on the river for eight days? And this vault is one block away from the auction,” she says.

“If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck…. It’s a duck!”

Citing the potential sale of the adjacent Gamble Building, Gunn says “we need to find a way to get some federal or state protection for these vaults, or else they could become a parking lot again” — a veiled reference to the fact that until recently, highranking City officials had been allowed to park their cars inside the vaults every day, on that sacred ground.

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EDUCATOR Kat Robertson works with Gunn and Rouse to help bring tours to life. She says it’s vitally important that all Americans know the true and full history of slavery, but especially for African Americans to understand the sacrifice of their forbears.

“I feel strongly that my ancestors are speaking through me today. I do this to connect with them,” Robertson says.

And as an educator, Robertson sees the value in teaching this history to all young Americans regardless of background.

“I want them to be hungry for this,” she says. “I want them to be so excited and interested in learning about this that they go home and make their parents come here.”

Still, it’s been an uphill struggle getting the local public school system interested in bringing students to the Gallery to learn more about their own history.

The day I visited, two buses of private school students from Savannah Country Day came, eager to see the gallery and take Gunn’s tour.

One hopes that in a public school district that is about 70 percent African American, there will eventually be the realization that a community resource like the Slavery and Healing Gallery could be an irreplaceable teaching tool — not just in Black History Month, but throughout the year.

As is her way, Sistah Patt remains optimistic, but undaunted.

“If Savannah, Georgia won’t tell our story, we’ll tell our own story,” she says. CS

Alfredo Rodríguez & Pedrito Martinez / Harold López-Nussa

The Savannah Gallery on Slavery and Healing is at 718-A MLK Jr. Blvd. Find Underground Tours of Savannah at www.undergroundtoursofsavannah.net

Marta Pereira da Costa / Germán López Saturday, March 28 at 5:30 and 8:30 pm

Martin Hayes Quartet / Aoife O’Donovan’s Songs and Strings Sunday, April 5 at 6 pm

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Savannah Local Artists Market celebrates second year this Saturday

BY RACHAEL FLORA

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CHARLIE ELLIS IS a passionate advocate for art in our community, and he’s taking big steps to enrich that community.

Last year, he hosted the first SLAM, or Savannah Local Artist Market, at the Salvation Army’s baseball field.

“When I first met with the guy there, he said, ‘Well, how many [artists] do you expect?’” Ellis remembers. “I said, ‘I would hope for 35.’”

Take that modest estimate and double it: SLAM had 60 exhibiting artists in its first year and so many attendees that Ellis couldn’t count them all. It was, pardon the pun, a grand slam.

This year, SLAM returns for its second year on Sat., Feb. 29, with even more artists slated to attend.

Ellis began planning for this year’s SLAM in October, though he didn’t intend to begin that early. He had artists from last year contact him asking about the next event.

Ellis also got a head start by utilizing Savannah’s best marketing tactic: word of mouth.

“I sent out my emails and said, ‘Please forward,’” shares Ellis. “Somebody came back to me and said, ‘I forwarded it 347 times.’ Another one said 91. It spreads— 10 those people will tell other people. It’s

going to be a big event.”

For this SLAM, Ellis estimates that 30 artists are returning, but 40 are new this year, which is a sizable increase in new participants. That’s a strong testament to Ellis’ efforts of getting the word out.

He brought on artist Debra Miller to help with getting the word out, and SLAM added Starlandia as a sponsor this year.

Part of what makes SLAM so special is that Ellis stays very true to his vision for the market.

“I want to keep crafts out of it,” he says.

“I wanted to keep it as arty as possible. I turned down a few people that had knickknacks. Early on, I would take most anybody that came along, but then I became more selective.”

SLAM is one of the only true art markets in Savannah in that it doesn’t accept craft vendors. There are plenty of craft fairs and markets, so while there’s no offense meant to those makers, Ellis’ selectivity keeps the focus on fine art, which is what he intended when creating it.

Another intention of SLAM is to help the artists network with each other. Savannah enjoys a thriving, inclusive artist community, and there’s room for anybody to join in.

“When the artists come in, they’ll interact with each other and go home with eight or 10 new best friends,” says Ellis. “There’s a network, and a lot of them will say, ‘I’ll come, but you’ve got to put me next to

Charlie Ellis, above, shared some photos from SLAM 2019. PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHARLIE ELLIS.

so-and-so—I don’t want to be by myself.’ I can do that, not a problem.”

In fact, there’s so much networking and reconnecting happening at SLAM that it almost overshadows the art itself.

“Somebody told me last year that they had one complaint: they start walking around looking at the art, and they run into somebody they hadn’t seen in ten years, so they had to stop and talk and never made it all the way around,” remembers Ellis.

There’s no doubt that SLAM is good for checking out the artists creating things in our community. That’s exactly what Ellis hoped for when he dreamed up the event.

“I put a lot into it, and I don’t get anything out of it. I did this not for me, but for the art and the artists,” says Ellis, “for them to have a place to offer their art, and to find out if what they’re doing is headed in the right direction. If nobody is interested, then they’ve got to change directions, if they’re in it for the money. It’s a test. If other people take them home and

they take some of the other people’s money, then they’re doing the right thing. If that doesn’t happen, then they look down the way and see who’s doing it and they change directions.”

This year’s SLAM features live music by the Crabettes and a few food trucks, as well as the SLAM Creativity Awards. Anybody, exhibitor or not, can enter the contest by making a creative object that incorporates the SLAM logo. Four winners will be chosen—two men, two women—and will receive a $50 gift card to a mystery restaurant. CS

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“We can do a lot better with bus service than what we’re doing now. That will be harder and costlier, but if we’re really serious about reducing our impact on the planet, it has got to be done,” he said.

Or as Vice President Joe Biden would say, “Don’t tell me what you value, show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.”

While the city has upped its investment in bicycle lanes and sidewalks in recent years, and is heading in the right direction with its support of the Tide to Town urban trail system, like most other cities in U.S. it spent almost a century and mountains of money to maximize convenience for those of us who are privileged to drive.

To speed commutes, we’ve created streets that are dangerous to people who travel by foot or on bike. We’ve sacrificed irreplaceable historic structures to make driving quick and parking easy.

And still we are not satisfied. Our driving and parking habits are hard to break.

Outcry over the loss of even a few onstreet parking spots can scuttle bike lane projects. Adding even a minute to average commute times can doom street calming initiatives. Street designs that discourage speeding can derail efforts to improve safety.

Again, these are not Savannah-specific scenarios. These challenges are faced

everywhere by people who are trying to capture the public health, public safety, economic, and environmental benefits of expanding transportation choices.

The good news for us is even modest progress will deliver significant results.

That’s because when it comes to walkability and bikeability, we are miles ahead of many communities in Georgia.

I was reminded of that earlier this month when I presented at a conference organized by the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety to “promote education and awareness to young adults about highway safety issues, including underage drinking, impaired driving, distracted driving, and other high-risk behaviors, in order to decrease crashes, injuries, and fatalities.”

Some of the attendees were a bit puzzled by my presence and unsure what a bicycle safety presentation had to do with reducing traffic crashes. One struggled to recall if she had ever even seen a person riding a bicycle on the streets of her town.

Many were surprised when I described the number of people who commute by bike in Savannah and other cities. Several seemed resigned that they had a long way to go to catch up with us.

A college student from a suburb north of Atlanta saw little hope for her community, which she described as being trapped in cars, trapped in traffic, and trapped in old ways of thinking. CS

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RENEWABLE energy was a hot topic inside the sanctuary of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah Feb. 18 as more than a hundred people gathered to hear panelists — including two City Council members — discuss ways the city of Savannah can use 100 percent clean energy by 2035.

There was quite a bit of energy in the room, too, especially after a rousing call to action by Dr. Mildred McClain, executive director of Harambee House/Citizens for Environmental Justice.

The event was organized by a coalition of environmental groups, churches, businesses, civic groups, non-profit organizations, and citizens who believe the City of Savannah should pass a resolution to transition to clean energy.

Residential and commercial solar, offshore wind farms, and energy efficient lightbulbs were all offered as tools to reach the 100 percent clean energy goal.

The transportation sector generates the largest share of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States (29 percent) according to the Environmental Protection Agency, so the topic of how we get around town was fair game.

Audience members submitted questions in advance and the first one read was about efforts to increase bicycling, walking, and transit use. While at least one panelist presumed the question had been posed by Bike Walk Savannah Executive Director Caila Brown, it belonged to Scott Anderson.

“We can do better, and unlike most things people ask their government for, this is actually very inexpensive,” Anderson told me after the meeting.

And he’s right. Compared with other types of transportation infrastructure, bike lanes and similar projects are a bargain.

“As I have been told over the years by transportation planner after transportation planner, few things are as cheaply done as ‘moving paint,’ as they say in the trade,” he said.

Anderson said transit improvements were also critical, especially if we expect people to make environmentally friendly transportation choices. He used his own trip to the meeting as an example.

If he had taken the 14 Abercorn bus, he wouldn’t have arrived back at home for more than an hour after the meeting

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Savannah Police Violent Crime detectives are seeking the public’s help locating a suspect in the February 8 homicide of a 17-year-old female on W. 60th and Montgomery streets.

“At around 8:15 p.m., officers responded to Memorial Hospital after a shooting victim, later identified as Alexis Devoe, was transported to the hospital by private vehicle. Upon arrival, it was discovered that Devoe succumbed to the injuries sustained from the shooting,” police report.

A second individual also responded to the hospital by private vehicle with a nonlife threatening injury.

“Throughout the course of the investigation, detectives identified Rashaun Padgett, 25, as a suspect in this case. He is currently wanted for murder and a separate armed robbery charge that is not connected to this case,” police say.

Padgett stands approximately 6’5” and weighs around 210 pounds. He is known to

“Officers were called to the Akshar Food Mart located at 5402 LaRoche Avenue for a report of a shooting at approximately 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 18, 2020. They found one female who had been shot. She was transported to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries,” police say.

Detectives say the shooting “was not random.”

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Feb. 16 shooting suspect arrested

A collaborative effort between Savannah Police Violent Crimes detectives and multiple agencies resulted in the successful apprehension of a 36-year-old male on Feb. 20 in the shooting of an adult woman on February 16.

At around 8 p.m., officers responded to the Alamo Plaza on the 1600 block of W. Bay Street and located Angela Richards, 39, of Pooler, with gunshot wounds. She was transported to a local hospital for treatment.

Due to an investigation by detectives and a CrimeStoppers tip, Charles Henderson, 36, was identified as a suspect in this case. With assistance from the Georgia Bureau of Investigations, Jenkins County Sheriff’s Office, Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office, Screven County Sheriff’s Office and Sylvania Police Department, Henderson was located and arrested at a residence in Millen, GA yesterday.

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Lee walked about a mile in 26-degree temperatures before his wife picked him up.

The Selectboard released a statement saying the decision was “an action based upon value for the cost of the department.” Resident Rick Sampson told reporters, “What kind of a town lets their chief of police walk out in a snowstorm in his underwear?”

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An unnamed 33-year-old woman from Herminie, Pennsylvania, took an unconventional route home after a night out drinking on Feb. 16, according to City of Duquesne police. Driving a Mazda CX-5, the woman left a tavern and ended up in a rail yard near the Port Perry Railroad Bridge, a narrow span that carries one set of tracks over the Monongahela River.

“The vehicle did quite well, considering it is not a locomotive,” noted police, and the driver traveled a significant distance along the bridge before getting stuck. WPIX reported she called 911 for help at about 2:40 a.m., and Norfolk Southern stopped all rail traffic while the car was removed from the tracks. Police arrested the driver for DUI.

The Passing Parade

Three friends were wrapping up a night of dinner and drinking on Feb. 15 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, when things got “a little out of control,” according to a police report. As the night wore on, Kasey Margaret Westraad, 24, became increasingly amorous toward a resistant female friend, the friend told police, eventually escalating to the point that a naked Westraad pursued the woman outside, punching her several times in the face. Myrtlebeachonline. com reported Westraad was charged with third-degree assault and battery, damage to property and resisting arrest.

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Police in Speyer, Germany, gave chase after they were passed by a car driving at high speed with its lights off on Feb. 14.

The suspect, a 26-year-old man, pulled over and ran from the car, leaving a trail of scent that was so distinct officers said they were able to follow it from the car to the man, who was hiding behind a hedge. “Due to the cloud of perfume that was detected inside the car and on the man,” police said, “it was possible to identify him as the driver,” the Associated Press reported. His breath didn’t smell so good, though: He was far over the alcohol limit.

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The woman who attempted to board an airplane with her emotional support peacock made headlines, but in Port St. Lucie, Florida, one man is questioning why his particular support item has been banned from the dialysis center where he takes treatments three times a week. Nelson Gibson first brought an 8-by-10-inch photo of President Donald J. Trump to comfort him as he endured the 3 1/2-hour treatments, then exchanged that for a small cardboard cutout of himself standing next to a Trump photo. When he next arrived with a life-size cutout of the president, no one complained, Gibson told WPBF, but on Feb. 11, “they told me it was too much and it wasn’t a rally.” “It just feels like bringing something from home to make you comfortable,” Gibson said, noting that others bring items, including one woman who pops bubble wrap during the entire treatment. “That’s very nerve-wracking,” he said. It’s unclear whether Gibson will return to the center for treatments.

manufacturing the new Ontario license plates?” wrote Kingston Police Sgt. Steve Koopman. “They’re virtually unreadable at night.” The CBC reported a government spokesperson saying authorities “are currently looking into this,” but Lisa Thompson, Ontario’s minister of government and consumer services, saw a political angle: “Sticking with the status quo Liberal plate that was peeling and flaking was not an option,” she said. “We absolutely have confidence in our plates.”

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Police in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, arrested Robert Lee Noye, 52, on Feb. 17 and charged him with first-degree harassment and false imprisonment after his victim told them Noye kidnapped her and forced her to watch the 1977 historical miniseries “Roots” “so she could better understand her racism,” The Gazette reported. He allegedly told her if she did not sit for the entire nine-hour series about slavery, he would “kill her and spread her body parts across Interstate 380 on the way to Chicago.” CS

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MOST PEOPLE would know Cory Chambers as the mandolin player for the longrunning local bluegrass band City Hotel—a band that has made a significant name for itself over the past several years. The members have also explored solo projects in recent years, stepping outside of their acclaimed group to dip into different musical pools.

Perhaps no solo project is quite as different as Chambers’ solo project, The Cory Chambers Band. It’s a sharp left turn away from bluegrass (and the mandolin, for that matter), and into the world of jazz. It’s not exactly the first gig he’s done with the band, but the group’s upcoming album is a debut in the truest sense of the word after a long period of hibernation from playing live to hone their sound.

“We started out doing bar gigs—like a handful of them. We just kind of decided that it wasn’t what we wanted to do with this project. So we’ve really been just planning for recording for a year,” Chambers tells Connect ahead of the group’s Feb. 29 album release show at the Sentient Bean (which will also feature an opening set from Jacob Evans).

Jazz, as it happens, was Chambers’ first

love musically-speaking.

“When I was in middle school, that was my first love listening-wise. It kind of led me to listening to bluegrass, which has a lot of the same improvisation elements,” he says. “I heard about Django Reinhardt through the movie Swing Kids. And then Cab Calloway, Louis Prima—people like that, I was attracted to.”

Chambers explains that he got into mandolin through guitar, after being in bands over the years. That led him to City Hotel, but his love of jazz remained. When it came time to take the Cory Chambers Band into the studio, he and his band— which includes Kirk Lee on trumpet, Amy Drew on clarinet, Ira Miller on percussion, and Anthony Teixeira on bass—focused on honing the songs in pre-production before tracking at Elevated Basement. “[Sonically], it was definitely an openended process,” he says of the recording process. “Kevin Rose, and Shane Baldwin who’s also at Elevated, they’re both really good at getting what you’re going for almost immediately. They know how to sense that and then get a sound going.”

Chambers makes sure to note that Miller was instrumental in getting this band in the studio to record.

“I think we would’ve done an album, but probably would’ve started the process now,” Chambers admits. “He called me in

December of 2018 and he was moving to Pennsylvania, and said, ‘Before I go, I want to make an album with this band.’”

For a lot of first-time recording projects, it can be hard to see clearly if things are really clicking. In Chambers’ case, spending the better part of a year working out the songs eliminated that concern.

“There are parts where it felt like everything clicked, and then there are parts of the process that I would’ve done differently,” he says. “It’s been a totally different experience. City Hotel has three albums out, and we’re such a comfortable team now. It was a whole different thing doing it myself and figuring stuff out. It’s been a learning experience.”

Being in bands for years, it’s easy enough for Chambers to let things live as a moment in time, rather than painstakingly try to make everything “perfect” in the studio— which is something that can take the soul out of a performance.

“That’s the way I learned how to do things, by just doing it and putting myself out there,” he says. “This album is a great document of where we are.” CS

CORY CHAMBERS BAND CD RELEASE @THE SENTIENT BEAN

Sat., Feb. 29, 8 P.M., $10 (cover charge includes a copy of the new CD) 13 E Park Ave

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BY SEAN KELLY

BIT BRIGADE @VICTORY NORTH

You most likely will not find another show like this in Savannah for a long time. Bit Brigade literally plays video games on stage, with one of the members assuming the role of speedrunner while his bandmates play instruments around him. They’ll be bringing Mega Man III to the Victory North stage, for what’s sure to be an exciting night.

THURS., FEB. 27, 8 P.M. DOORS, $11

LEAP YEAR PARTY W/XULUPROPHET, AMBROSE, JACOB EVANS @THE JINX

BLACK MAGIC FLOWER POWER @EL-ROCKO LOUNGE

They’ve returned! Black Magic Flower Power is back in Savannah for a night of what they call “Stoner Disco.” It’s something you need to hear for yourself to truly wrap your mind around, but it’ll be worth a trip downtown for one of the best bands in rock right now. They’ll be joined by Sick Ride as well.

SAT., FEB. 29, 9 P.M.

TRAE PIERCE & THE T-STONES, ADAM & THE TESTIFIERS @BARRELHOUSE SOUTH

Genre-bending band Trae Pierce & the T-Stones, who’ve won an amazing four Grammys over the years, come to Barrelhouse South for some seriously funky rock. It’s not easy to call them rock or funk, because there’s so much happening in their music. Just get down to Barrelhouse and see it for yourself.

SAT., FEB. 29, 9 P.M.

CONNECT SAVANNAH | FEB 26 - MAR 3, 2020

Xuluprophet, Ambrose, and excellent rising solo artist Jacob Evans are throwing a Leap Year party at The Jinx, and you’re invited. These are three great local artists at an absolute steal of a price, so if you want to celebrate in style you won’t want to miss this. What’s better than an eclectic night of local music, after all?

SAT., FEB. 29, 10 P.M., $5

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Mondays:

Savannah Nights MUSIC savannah bourbon & vodka $4 Two Tides, Service & Southbound drafts

Tequila Tuesday

El jimador & Herradura shot and drink specials $4 corona and Corona light

Wednesdays:

Ladies Night Out

half price glasses of wine $3 Rosé and $4 Trulys!

Thursdays:

Locals only

Ghost Coast Specials $4 Two Tides, Service & Southbound drafts

Fridays

local music lunch sessions noon to 3pm

with Annie Allman

WEDNESDAY 2.26 LIVE MUSIC

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

Bay Street Blues Hitman Blues Band Bayou Cafe Ray Tomasino, 9 p.m.

Boomy’s Blues Night w/ Ben Keiser, 9:30 p.m.

Elan Savannah Subtronics Cyclops Invasion, 7 p.m.

Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) Michael McCormick Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant Laiken Williams with Eric Jones Trio, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Eric Britt, 7 p.m.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts Pink Martini, 7:30 p.m.

Mansion on Forsyth Park George Evans, 7 p.m.

Rachael’s Open Mic Night, 8 p.m.

Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Bill Smith Trio, 6:30 p.m.

Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

Southbound Brewing Company Boogaloo Bingo and DJ Miami, 7 p.m.

Starland Yard Jenna Lyn, 6 p.m.

Victory North Reel Big Fish, 8 p.m.

The Warehouse Jubal Kane, 8 p.m.

White Whale Craft Ales Open Mic Music, 7 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Jason Courtenay and Uncle Buck, 7 p.m.

The Wormhole Open Jam, 9 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

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

Dub’s Pub Trivia, 7:30 p.m.

The Jinx Human Jukebox Trivia, 10 p.m.

Service Brewing Company Trivia Night with Daniel, 6:30 p.m.

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

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

World of Beer Trivia, 7 p.m.

KARAOKE

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

DJ

Little Lucky’s DJ and Karaoke

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THURSDAY 2.27 LIVE MUSIC

Basil’s Pizz and Deli Chuck Courtenay Bay Street Blues Hitman Blues Band Bayou Cafe Eric Culberson Band, 9 p.m.

Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Nancy Witt, 6 p.m.

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

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

Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) Joe Wilson Front Porch Improv Savannah Comedy Fest: All-Star Jam, 10 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Howard Paul Quartet, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Shrimp City Slim, 9 p.m.

The Jinx Dance Party w/ DJ Basik Lee, 10 p.m.

Johnny Mercer Theatre Scotty McCreery, Adam Doleac, 7:30 p.m.

DJ

The Sentient Bean Sister Ivy, 7 p.m.

Service Brewing Company Bluegrass

By The Pint w/ City Hotel, 5:30 p.m.

The Shrimp Factory Ford Natirboff Taste of India Don Read, 6:30 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Claire Frazier, 6 p.m.

The Warehouse Matt Eckstine, Individually Twisted Wild Wing Cafe Brian Conley, Bill Hodgson outside, JD Music Group inside Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Willie Jackson and the Tybee Blues Band, 9:30 p.m.

The Wormhole Smoochyface, Jet Phase, Ember City, 10 p.m.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

PS Tavern Beer Pong Tournament, 10 p.m.

FRIDAY 2.28

Bay Street Blues Karaoke Blueberry Hill Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

Country Westerns, Teddy and the Rough Riders, Dustin Price @EL-ROCKO LOUNGE Nashville-based band Country Westerns aren’t anything like country music, but they are one of the best indie rock bands going. They’re coming back to Savannah for a show alongside the excellent Teddy and the Rough Riders, as well as brilliant songwriter Dustin Price.

FRI., FEB 28, 9 P.M.

The Perch at Local 11 ten Sarah Poole, 5:30 p.m.

PS Tavern Live Music Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Gypsy Jazz, 7 p.m.

River House Matt Eckstine Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

The Shrimp Factory Rachael Shaner Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Open Mic, 9 p.m.

Top Deck James Lee Smith, 6:30 p.m.

Victory North Bit Brigade performs Mega Man III, 9 p.m.

The Warehouse Jon Lee’s Apparitions, 8 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Ray Tomasino Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Mary Davis, 7:30 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

B & D Burgers Pop Culture Trivia, 7:30 p.m.

McDonough’s Trivia, 7 p.m.

Pour Larry’s Explicit Trivia, 10 p.m.

KARAOKE

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

The Jinx Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Rusty Rudders Tap House Karaoke World of Beer Karaoke, 9 p.m.

The Wormhole Karaoke, 9 p.m.

COMEDY

Front Porch Improv Savannah Comedy Fest: Butcher Stories, 7 p.m., Savannah Comedy Fest: Never Decaf and Sandbox Improv, 8:30 p.m.

Totally Awesome Bar Totally Open Mic, 8 p.m.

Little Lucky’s DJ and Karaoke Rusty Rudders Tap House DJ Tap Club One Tricksie Turner Dream In Color Scholarship Fundraiser, 8 p.m.

House of Mata Hari Downtown Delilahs Dance Cabaret, 9 p.m.

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

LIVE MUSIC

Barrelhouse South Neutral Snap, 9 p.m.

Basil’s Pizza and Deli Ben Keiser Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Nancy Witt, 6 p.m.

Congress Street Social Club DJ Kut Daily, 10 p.m.

El-Rocko Lounge Country Westerns, Teddy and the Rough Riders, Dustin Price, 9 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant Cynthia Utterbach w/ Eric Jones Trio, 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Shrimp City Slim, 9 p.m.

Molly McGuire’s Keystone Postcard, 6 p.m.

Pour Larry’s DJ & Live Music Prohibition Bootleg Beats, 10:30 p.m.

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

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

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

Saddle Bags Kyle Daniel, 8 p.m.

Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES KARAOKE

COMEDY

The Blind Sus Savannah Comedy Fest: Stand Up Showcase, 9 p.m.

Front Porch Improv Savannah Comedy Fest: Murder, She Joked and Whole World, 7 p.m., Savannah Comedy Fest: Sweater Puppies and Snap Kings, 8:30 p.m., Savannah Comedy Fest: Hot Models in Bikinis and Comic Kaze, 10 p.m.

The Loft on Liberty Odd Lot Improv: Friday Funnies, 8 p.m.

The Wormhole Over the Limit (Breathalyzer Comedy Show), 8 p.m.

DJ

Little Lucky’s DJ and Karaoke Rusty Rudders Tap House DJ Tap Vice Mojito Bar and Lounge Live DJ

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Abe’s on Lincoln DJ Doc Ock House of Mata Hari Downtown Delilahs Dance Cabaret, 9 p.m.

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LIVE MUSIC

Barrelhouse South Trae Pierce and the T-Stones, Adam and the Testifiers, 9 p.m.

Basil’s Pizza and Deli Joe Wilson Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Nancy Witt, 6 p.m.

Congress Street Social Club Charlie Fog Band, 10 p.m.

El-Rocko Lounge Black Magic Flower Power, Sick Ride, 9 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Teddy Adams Sextet, 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Shrimp City Slim, 9 p.m.

The Jinx Leap Year Party, 10 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Squash Molly McGuire’s The Madhatters, 6 p.m.

The Olde Pink House David Duckworth & Alisha Duckworth The Perch at Local 11 ten Danny Moon, 5:30 p.m.

Pour Larry’s DJ & Live Music Prohibition Bootleg Beats, 10:30 p.m.

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

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

Saddle Bags Matt Stell, 8 p.m.

Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

The Sentient Bean Cory Chambers Band Album Release, 7 p.m.

Stafford’s Public House DJ Rudy

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BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Lui, 9:30 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Claire Frazier, 6 p.m.

Victory North Brent Cobb, 8 p.m.

The Warehouse Adam Nye, Brady and the Bazookas Wild Wing Cafe Jason Courtenay Duo, Draucker, Bill Hodgson outside, Magic Rocks inside The Wormhole Rainbow Nite: Rhinestone Cowboiz, 9 p.m.

The Deck Beachbar and Kitchen Leap Year Party at the Deck, 3 p.m.

House of Mata Hari Downtown Delilahs Dance Cabaret, 9 p.m.

SUNDAY 3. 1 LIVE MUSIC

Bayou Cafe Don Coyer, 9 p.m.

Coach’s Corner Savannah Songwriters Series, 7 p.m.

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

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Pha Rii, 7 p.m.

Molly McGuire’s Levi Moore, noon The Olde Pink House Eddie Wilson Prohibition Bluegrass Brunch w/ Cory Chambers and Evan Rose, 11 a.m., Whiskey and Wine, 8 p.m.

Tubby’s Tank House (River St.) Jeremy J Riddle, 6 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Claire Frazier, 6 p.m.

The Warehouse Thomas Claxton Wild Wing Cafe Bucky and Barry, True Gentlemen

KARAOKE

Bay Street Blues Karaoke Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

COMEDY

The Blind Sus Savannah Comedy Fest: Stand Up Showcase, 9 p.m.

Front Porch Improv Savannah Comedy Fest: Louie Yes Anderson and Snap Kings, 7 p.m., Savannah Comedy Fest: Sweater Puppies and Gentleman’s Falcon, 8:30 p.m., Savannah Comedy Fest: All-Star Jam, 10 p.m.

The Loft on Liberty Odd Lot Improv: Saturday Shenanigans, 8 p.m.

Visitor’s Information Center Savannah for Morons: The Trolley Tour, 11 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.

DJ

LIVE MUSIC

Abe’s on Lincoln Open Mic, 10 p.m.

Bayou Cafe David Harbuck, 9 p.m.

Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) Phillip Wise Open Mic River House Josephine Johnson The Shrimp Factory Adam Nye The Warehouse Jason Bible Wild Wing Cafe Joe Wilson The Wormhole Open Mic, 8 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

Club One Bingo with Dawn Dupree, 5:30 p.m.

The Flying Fish Trivia Night, 7 p.m.

The Jinx Music and Movie Trivia,

COMEDY

The Loft on Liberty Odd Lot Improv: Monday Night Madness, 8 p.m.

White Whale Craft Ales White Whale Open Mic Comedy

DJ

Little Lucky’s DJ and Karaoke

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Fia Rua Irish Pub Family Movie Night, 8 p.m.

TUESDAY 3. 3 LIVE MUSIC

Bay Street Blues Ben Keiser Band Bayou Cafe Jam Night with Eric Culberson, 9 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

Basil’s Pizza and Deli Trivia, 7 p.m.

Coach’s Corner Texas Hold ‘Em, 7 p.m.

CoCo’s Sunset Grille Trivia, 7 p.m.

Congress Street Social Club Trivia, 10 p.m.

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

McDonough’s Bingo, 7 p.m.

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SUN. 3/1 Thomas Claxton 8pm-12mid MON. 3/2 Jason Bible 7pm-11pm TUES. 3/3 brett barnard 8pm-12mid

HAPPY HOUR $$3 Miller Lite drafts $4 Blue Moon drafts $4 well drinks . $1 off calls . 50 ¢ wings

service industry night Sunday 25% off entire bill

Kitchen Open Late Nightly!

SAVANNAH’S PREMIER VENUE FOR CONCERTS & PRIVATE EVENTS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH

| 8PM SHOW 7PM DOORS

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH

| 9PM SHOW 8PM DOORS

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29TH

| 8PM SHOW 7PM DOORS

THURSDAY, MARCH 12TH

| 8PM SHOW 7PM DOORS

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25TH

| 8PM SHOW 7PM DOORS

SATURDAY, MARCH 28TH

| 9PM SHOW 8PM DOORS

TUESDAY, APRIL 7TH

| 8PM SHOW 7PM DOORS

BIT BRIGADE PERFORMS MEGA MAN III

8pm-12mid

MON - Fri .3PM - 7PM

MONDAY 3. 2

REEL BIG FISH - THE LIFE SUCKS… LET’S DANCE! TOUR

cOLDEST, CHEAPEST bEER IN TOWN

SAT. 2/29 Adam Nye 2-6pm Brady & The Bazookas

Boomy’s Karaoke, 10 p.m.

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Gino Fanelli, 7 p.m.

The Jinx Hip Hop Night The Ordinary Pub Jeremy J Riddle, 7 p.m.

Peregrin Benedetto Duo, 6-8 p.m.

Top Deck James Lee Smith, 6:30 p.m.

The Warehouse Brett Barnard, 8 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Chuck Courtenay The Wormhole Tripzy Leary, Skelector, Rave Charles, Bass Canviss, Warboiz, 8 p.m.

KARAOKE

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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

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8pm-12mid

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

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

Saddle Bags Bar Olympics

KARAOKE

TRIVIA & GAMES

The Black Rabbit DJ Square One, 9 p.m.

Little Lucky’s DJ and Karaoke Rusty Rudders Tap House DJ Tap Vice Mojito Bar and Lounge Live DJ

FRI. 2/28 Matt Eckstine 2-6pm Individually Twisted

10 p.m.

Moon River Brewing Co. Trivia, 6 p.m.

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

warehouse Bar & Grille

WED. 2/26 jubal kane 8pm-12mid THURS. 2/27 Jon Lee’s apparition’s 8pm-12mid

DJ

Boomy’s DJ Basik Lee, 10 p.m.

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LIVE MUSIC & EVENTS IN THE SOUNDGARDEN

Abe’s on Lincoln 17 Lincoln St.

Elan Savannah 301 Williamson St.

Moon River Brewing Co. 21 West Bay St.

B & D Burgers 13 East Broughton St.

Exclusives Bar & Grille 2003 Greenwood Street

The Olde Pink House 23 Abercorn St.

912-349-0525 abesonlincoln.com

912-231-0986 www.bdburgers.net/

Barrelhouse South 125 W. Congress St.

SUNDAY, MAR 1

912-662-5576 barrelhousesouth.com

SAVANNAH SONGWRITER’S SERIES

7PM • ADMISSION $5 AT THE DOOR FEATURING LYN AVENUE DUO & TRANSIT SOUL

Basil’s Pizza and Deli 216 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

912-897-6400 basilsonline.com

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

Bayou Cafe 14 N. Abercorn St.

SATURDAY, MAR 7

DEPARTURE JOURNEY TRIBUTE

912-233-6411 bayousavannah.com

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

912-231-9049 billysplacesavannah.com

The Black Rabbit 1215 Barnard St. 912-200-4940 blackrabbitsav.com

The Blind Sus 118 E. Broughton St. 912-777-3742 blindsuslink.com

FRIDAY, MAR 13

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912-644-7172 www.liveoakstore.com/ fiddlersriverstreet

The Flying Fish 7906 E. Hwy 80

912-897-2009 www.flyingfishbarandgrill.webs. com/

Front Porch Improv 210 W. Victory Drive 843-868-1553

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant 107 W. Broughton St. 912-236-2226 goodtimesjazzbar.com

House of Mata Hari 306 W. Factor’s Walk Jazz’d Tapas Bar 52 Barnard St.

912-236-7777 www.jazzdsavannah.com

Little Lucky’s 6 Gateway Blvd. E.

912-289-0350 chromaticdragon.com

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

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

912-786-4745

912.352.2933 • COACHS.NET

Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) 131 West River St.

The Chromatic Dragon 514 MLK Jr. Blvd.

The Deck Beachbar and Kitchen 404 Butler Ave.

3016 E. VICTORY DR.

912-459-4160 fiaruairishpub.com

Johnny Mercer Theatre 301 West Oglethorpe Ave.

912-238-1985 congressstreetsocialclub.com

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Fia Rua Irish Pub 10132 Ford Ave.

Boomy’s 409 W. Congress St.

Congress Street Social Club 411 W. Congress St.

TICKETS ON EVENTBRITE • SELECT-A-SEAT AVAILABLE

912-695-2116

The Jinx 127 W. Congress St.

912-436-6660 boomysbar.com

SATURDAY, MAR 28

912-662-3526 elansavannah.com

Blueberry Hill 546 Dean Forest Rd. 912-964-8401 blueberryhillbar.com

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Dub’s Pub 225 W. River St.

912-200-3652 dubspubriverstreet.com

El-Rocko Lounge 117 Whitaker St. 912-495-5808 elrockolounge.com

912-236-2281 www.facebook.com/thejinx912/

912-651-6556 www.savannahcivic.com

912-925-1119

The Loft on Liberty 215 W. Liberty St. 912-352-2994 savannahcoffee.com

Lucas Theatre for the Arts 32 Abercorn St. 912-525-5040 www.lucastheatre.com

912-447-0943 www.moonriverbrewing.com/

912-232-4286 www.plantersinnsavannah.com

The Ordinary Pub 217 1/2 West Broughton Street 912-238-5130 www.theordinarypub.com/

The Perch at Local 11 ten 1110 Bull St. 912-790-9000 local11ten.com/perch

Peregrin 256 E Perry Lane

912-559-8400 peregrinsavannah.com

Pour Larry’s 206 W. St. Julian St.

912-232-5778 sportsbarinsavannahga.com

Prohibition 125 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

912-200-9255 prohibitionsavannah.com

PS Tavern 11 W. Bay St.

912-495-5145 pstavernsav.com

Rachael’s 1190 King George Blvd.

912-920-7772 rachaels1190.com

The Rail Pub 405 W. Congress St. 912-238-1311 therailpub.com/

Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant 402 MLK Jr. Blvd.

912-292-1656 ranchoalegrecuban.com

River House 125 W. River St.

912-234-1900 liveoakstore.com/riverhouse

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

Service Brewing Company 574 Indian Street 912-358-1002 servicebrewing.com

The Shrimp Factory 313 East River Street

912-236-4229 www.theshrimpfactory.com

Southbound Brewing Company 107 East Lathrop Ave. 912-335-1737 southboundbrewingco.com

Stafford’s Public House 306 W. Upper Factor’s Walk 912-660-9001 staffordpromotions.com/ staffords-public-house

Starland Yard 2411 DeSoto Ave.

www.starlandyard.com/

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

Taste of India 401 Mall Blvd. Ste. 102C 912-356-1020 tasteofindiasav.com

Top Deck 125 W. River Street 912-436-6828 topdeckbar.com

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

Tubby’s Tank House (River St.) 115 East River St. 912-233-0770 www.liveoakstore.com/ tubbysriverstreet

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

Vice Mojito Bar and Lounge 109 W Broughton St, Unit B Vic’s on The River 26 E. Bay St. 912-721-1000 vicsontheriver.com

Victory North 2603 Whitaker Street

Mansion on Forsyth Park 700 Drayton St.

Ruth’s Chris Steak House 111 W. Bay St.

McDonough’s 21 E. McDonough St.

Saddle Bags 317 West River St.

Visitor’s Information Center 301 MLK Jr. Blvd.

Mellow Mushroom 11 W. Liberty St.

Savannah Smiles 314 Williamson St.

The Warehouse 18 E. River St.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub 311 W. Congress St.

Savannah Taphouse 125 E. Broughton St.

912-238-5158 mansiononforsythpark.com

912-233-6136 mcdonoughssavannah.com

912-495-0705 mellowmushroom.com

912-239-9600 macphersonspub.com

Molly McGuire’s 216 Johnny Mercer Boulevard

912-898-0852 liveoakstore.com/mollymcguires

912-721-4800 ruthschris.com

912-349-5275 saddlebagssavannah.com/

912-527-6453 savannahsmilesduelingpianos. com

912-201-8277 savannahtaphouse.com

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

912-323-2616 victorynorthsavannah.com

912-944-0455 savannahvisit.com/

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‘A celebration of comedy’ Savannah Comedy Fest hits four years, the first in their new theatre

THE FIRST YEAR Front Porch Improv set out to host a comedy festival, they hit a big bump in the road: their venue pulled out last minute.

“So we ended up at McDonough’s,” remembers co-artistic director John Brennan. “Thankfully, they saved our ass in the karaoke bar, but you know that karaokers take karaoke very seriously. I can’t tell you how many times people were like, ‘Is karaoke still happening tonight?’ That was year one.”

Now, it’s year four, and Front Porch Improv has come a long way from that year in the karaoke bar.

The group just last week celebrated the opening of their very own theater space on Victory Drive, and this year’s Savannah Comedy Fest will be the first in their new digs.

It’s been a long road for Front Porch Improv’s dreams of having a theater space to be realized, but the road leads to a very important development for Savannah’s comedy scene.

“It’s so good for the comedy community,” explains Henry Riggs, comedian and production manager of the festival. “It’s

Murder, She Joked

You don’t have to be a Murderino to enjoy a set by Murder, She Joked, but it would certainly be a bonus.

The five-woman improv team from Nashville, Tenn., creates a podcast-style live show based on true crime.

“Not everyone in the group likes My

introducing Savannah as a dot on the map in the comedy world, because as you build this festival, people are like, ‘Oh, they have a festival. Savannah is a town that’s doing a comedy thing.’”

Riggs stepped in to help with the festival because, as Brennan shares, it simply wouldn’t have happened without him.

“This year, because of the wonderful stress of being a small business owner with Bri [Halverson, co-artistic director] and our spouses [Daniel Gilbert and Dolly Gray Brennan], and us opening up the improv theatre, we weren’t going to do the comedy festival this year,” says Brennan.

Riggs produces a sketch team with his wife and is a frequent comedy festival attendee, so Brennan and Halverson let him take the reins while they focused on making the theatre come to life.

“Each festival has a different flavor, different style,” explains Riggs. “Specifically, the one I went to that inspired me to pitch them on this was Pittsburgh. It was this real low-key gathering of artists who just loved comedy and improv and were together sharing it.”

The Savannah Comedy Fest is important because it exposes comedy lovers to different styles and forms of comedy that they might not be able to see here. As Brennan explains, every city has a unique style

Favorite Murder or has listened to it, so it’s been interesting,” explains comedian Dana Daniele. “We’re using the form of a podcast to inspire the improv, but not everyone is a podcast person. We all like true crime, but we have all attached onto different forms of true crime, whether it’s

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Front Porch Improv members yuk it up at the new theatre space. PHOTO BY GEOFF L. JOHNSON

of comedy influenced by the people who comprise the scene. Chicago, for instance, has a lot of black-box theatres, so the style is more theatrical, whereas New York City has so many writers that the style includes lots of compelling characters.

“Now we’re Savannah style,” says Brennan. “It’s so early we don’t know what that is! We do try and make it theatrical—we have our short form show, we have made our Improv for Morons show, and we’re like, this is a party.”

At this year’s festival, 11 cities will be represented in a diverse lineup of talented groups, ranging from improv to sketch to stand-up.

“One of the things we love about these kinds of comedy festivals is it doesn’t have to be the big name,” says Brennan. “We actually want to celebrate the groups and the shows. When I was in New York, I wasn’t going to see Seinfeld; we were going to the 11 p.m. shows at [Upright Citizens Brigade], going to IO in Chicago. That’s what we want to showcase, and we have to have a festival to get them here.”

“That’s the fun of it,” adds Riggs. “You’re taking a chance on a relatively unknown in

the hopes that what they’re doing is cool, then, ‘Oh, hey, they’re on SNL now.’”

There’s a good chance you’ll see the next big name at the Savannah Comedy Fest.

Acts to watch will certainly be HammerToad from Los Angeles; Murder, She Joked from Nashville; and Sweater Puppies from Atlanta, who count Archer’s Amber Nash among their members.

But above all, the festival is just a good time for fellow comedians to be inspired by each other.

“Festivals have that sense of community,” adds Riggs. “People who are looking to dig deeper into the art form can get some questions answered that they have. Savannah is a smaller market, so who knows if people are looking to expand and move to a larger city to pursue a career. That’s a great conduit to say, ‘Hey, talk to this person about the institutions or the schools that are in larger cities.’ It’s just this great inspiring time.” CS

Sweater Puppies

“Sweater Puppies was born out of the fact that we are all good friends, we like improvising together, and there was an interest in traveling and touring, so this group was created with that interest in mind,” explains Millsap.

The format of the show allows for

Atlanta-based improv team Sweater Puppies mix charity, community and humor in a unique set.

Karen Cassady, Megan Leahy, Whittney Millsap and Amber Nash all came up through the ranks at Dad’s Garage and quickly became friends.

SAVANNAH COMEDY FEST

Feb. 27-29 Front Porch Improv, 210 W. Victory Dr. Visit savannahcomedyfest.com for more.

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a TV show or podcasts. It’s nice that we’re not all into podcasts, because the shows take weird directions. It’s always surprising to see where it goes.”

The five comedians –Daniele, Cortney Warner, Libby Genz, Katy Hennan, and Rachel Wilson— while taking improv classes in Nashville.

“We were thinking about doing more with improv—we all had fallen in love with the art form,” remembers Daniele.

When one of the members suggested a true crime show, they all agreed and started moving on the idea.

“Pretty much within a week or two, we hired a coach and were working on the form,” says Daniele.

The five members all get along really well, which is important in an improv group because it helps build trust for show time.

“It helps us understand the types of jokes somebody might make, or where they might take a scene,” says Daniele, “so

it makes it a lot easier to go into the shows without nervousness. We have a lot of trust in one another and know we have fun together, so I think that makes the whole thing quite joyful.”

Another joyous part of the group is the friendships the women share.

“As adults, it can be hard to make friends, especially as you get older,” shares Daniele, who’s new-ish to Nashville. “For me personally, it’s been a great way to build a friend group.”

Murder, She Joked is comprised entirely of female comedians, which was a conscious choice.

“We bring in guests from the community and create a space for other women improvisers to perform,” Daniele says. “Outside the true crime part, it was intentional that we’re a group of all women. Just having this space where we can celebrate other women improvisers has been a nice benefit as well.” CS Murder, She Joked will perform Fri., Feb. 28 at 7 p.m.

of a woman whose floral shirt was used as a bouquet in a touching bridal scene. varying schedules, so not everyone in the “Afterwards, we were at the bar and group has to make it to a festival. But so far, somebody came up to me and was like, ‘So, it’s been a life on tour for this group, who my mother died a year ago, and I hadn’t only formed last January and has since been able to go through er clothes yet, and traveled to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; when this opportunity came up I thought Norfolk, Virginia; Cincinnati, Ohio; and it would be a good way to give back and for Charlotte, North Carolina, with Savannah me to let go,’” remembers Millsap. “‘And being their fifth festival in a year. of all the clothes you used tonight, that While the group loves traveling, they’re was her floral shirt, so it was nice to see a also on a mission while on the move. young woman’s journey through my moth“We didn’t want to just go to places—we er’s clothes.’ There are really touching wanted to offer the availability for people moments like that. Our possessions hold a to be able to connect to their own commu- lot of value to us. You’re not the final desnity the way Dad’s Garage has,” explains tination; there are other people who have Millsap. stories for it to live and breathe in.”

Enter the community outreach portion The clothing items also help bring someof Sweater Puppies: clothing donations. thing tangible to a scene, and props are Sweater Puppies asks its audience to bring always helpful in improv sets because they old items of clothing that they’ll use as can jump-start more ideas and inspiration. inspiration for their improv set. At the end Aside from the feel-good element, a of the show, all the clothing is donated to a Sweater Puppies set is also just really local charity; the beneficiary for the Savan- funny because the performers admire each nah show is the Humane Society Thrift other’s work.

Shop.

“The thing a lot of people comment Sweater Puppies’ community outreach about our style is that we just give each is a nod to Dad’s Garage, which celebrates other a lot of room and space, and I think 25 years this year—and which Millsap says that’s drawn out of the fact that we really is no small feat. respect each other’s style of work and we “There are so many different options for enjoy being audience members of each entertainment now, and it’s hard to keep other,” says Millsap. “It’s so nice to see theaters going,” says Millsap, “and the other audiences around the country that reason why that’s been an availability is are like, ‘Oh my God, this is so great,’ and because we connect with our community we’re like, ‘Yeah, we know, that’s why we so much. That’s really the only way that love them!’ It’s cool to be able to share Dad’s survives—that’s its lifeblood, conthat.” CS nected to our community.”

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CULTURE THEATRE Collective Face’s ‘Intimate Apparel’ explores race, relationships, and more.

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Collective Face brings Intimate Apparel to life

BY SEAN KELLY

sean@connectsavannah.com

LYNN Nottage’s Intimate Apparel is a lot of things. It’s a play about being an AfricanAmerican woman in New York City in 1905. It’s a statement piece about intimacy, in all its forms. It’s got nuance and layer after layer of depth. And it’s all told within the world of a seamstress.

The play has garnered critical acclaim since it was originally published and first run in 2003. Many have done it, and it even starred Viola Davis in an off-Broadway production. It’s never reached Broadway, though. Perhaps that’s a blessing, because it feels like a coveted, brilliant secret of the theater world in that regard.

Therefore, it’s all the more exciting that Collective Face Theater Ensemble is bringing it to the Kennedy Fine Arts Building stage at Savannah State University, starting on March 6.

“It’s a play that’s coming around again,” Collective Face’s David Poole tells Connect. “It kept on piquing my interest, and

then when I was in graduate school it was being done a lot. So around the mid-2000s, it was being done a lot. It’s right up my alley; it’s the kind of play that really speaks to me.”

When he decided to pick it for his ensemble’s current season, Poole says he did a lot of research and really tried to envision how he could put it to his stage.

“Lynn Nottage speaks to the unsung hero, and that’s what this play is about. It fits perfectly with our ‘impostering identities’ theme of the season,” he says. “It’s a lovely play. It’s so wonderfully crafted, and that’s why it got a lot of buzz.”

The story revolves around Esther, an African-American seamstress living in a boarding house for women in New York City.

“Esther has migrated there from the South. It really shows the melting pot that existed during that time. It’s interesting— even though this is set in New York, none of the characters are from New York. So it’s a play about immigration, in a way,” Poole says.

“Esther, the unsung hero in this play,

navigates throughout all of these different groups of people. She becomes a confidant, and she becomes a form of communication between all of these different people.”

Intimate Apparel centers around Esther’s job as a seamstress who sows intimate clothing for “high-class, lowbrow women,” as Poole explains. While in the boarding house, she witnesses women marrying and leaving one by one, while she remains due to the fact that she wants to find the right man. She has feelings for a Hasidic man, who sells her fabric from his shop, and he has feelings for her. They’re mutually aware, however, that they can never be together—prompting her to choose to pursue a man she met through a mutual acquaintance.

The man, named George, works on the Panama Canal. The two begin to correspond through letters, though Esther is illiterate—meaning she enlists the help of her customers to read and respond to the letters on her behalf.

Things between Esther and George intensify to a point and then boil over in somewhat of a tragic way, but we won’t

spoil the whole thing audiences. It’s a show that examines racism, cultural barriers, geographical barriers, and much more, but it’s all filtered through one theme.

“All of these characters are corseted, in a way. So there was that sort of analogy throughout this play as well,” Poole says.

“Every one of these scenes takes place in a boudoir, so Lynn Nottage was also playing with this idea of what it means to be intimate. What is intimacy?”

The nuance and layers that exist in Intimate Apparel are all told through this lens of intimacy, and it comes together in a way that is told powerfully and impactfully.

“It’s just a lovely play, and I think that the more people that see it, the better,” Poole says. CS

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Savannah Rep parodies, honors Chekov with ‘Vanya’ performance

Chekov-esque comedy opens Feb. 28

BY SEAN KELLY

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WITH Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Savannah Repertory Theatre is taking on a comedy that is a total sendup of Chekov, but in the best possible way that honors the great Russian playwright.

It’s set in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, The cast of ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ get ready for a big opening night on Feb. 28. PHOTO BY SHANNON KUANFUNG-ZALLER and tells the story of two sisters—Vania and Sonia—who get a visit from their rich they are is interesting—it’s all born out The comedy I love is character-driven.

I’m not sure if people outside the theater and successful sister Masha. She brings I think of the Christopher Guest movworld would get the Chekov reference, but of the characters. It’s my favorite kind of along her new boy toy Spike, lifelong ies, where the characters are inherwhen I first saw the title I said, “Oh, it’s got humor. resentments come to the surface, and ently funny and the jokes are really to have something to do with Chekov.” things get messy.

On that note, is there a scene or a porderived almost at their expense as indiThe author sourced his love of Chekov Vanya is a character-driven comedy, viduals. You mentioned that being the tion of this show that you’re really plays like Uncle Vanya, The Cherry written by Christopher Durang. It’s perfocus in this play; I’d imagine that forOrchard, and The Seagull to craft this play. enjoying doing so far in the role of haps best known for a run on Broadway mat works well in theater.

Vanya? that featured Sigourney Weaver and David I have to say, I’ve never read anything quite like it. I think everybody in the cast Hyde Pierce, as well as a Tony award win I think that’s a great analogy, with the You know, there’s a lot. In Chekov plays, is blown away by how funny it is. And it in 2013.

Christopher Guest movies. Have you seen the characters seem to be on the edge of Savannah Rep’s production, which runs is funny! It’s not “cheap” funny. This is change but they’re sort of stuck in the past. Schitt’s Creek? entirely original. It’s really wonderful. from Feb. 28 to March 8, features a cast of That’s sort of a blessing and a curse for Although it’s much funnier than what local theater veterans as well as guest actor Yes! It’s one of my favorite shows. them, and that’s how this play starts out.

Bash Halow, who’s returning to town from you’d find in a Chekov play—and a difSonia and Vanya are stuck in time on the ferent genre entirely—you never lose the New York to take over the titular role of As zany as those characters look to us, outskirts of New York City, and their lives sense that this author really has a deep Vanya. they’re really playing into the realness of are about to be overturned by their sister love for Chekov. It’s like tearing off a page Ahead of opening night, we spoke to those people. And that’s what makes it so Masha whos’ an international acclaimed of a Chekov play and making a party hat Halow about his role in the play and this funny. As we’ve rehearsed this play, it’s movie star. out of it. intriguing comedy. very clear to me that Christopher Durang I have to, Masha is a very funny charachas provided that same kind of depth for ter. The actress playing her is Meg Kelly When it comes to theater, humor can How did you end up down here for this come from different places. Sometimes Schroeder, and she’s hysterical. I can’t keep the actors to go to. These characters are show? written with that sort of depth. CS a straight face when I’m on stage with her. the jokes are not always obvious or staring at the audience—they might be Masha brings with her a boy toy—a twentyI was cast in last year’s production of The VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA something hot, hot muscle boy. more subtle or even physical. Where Legend of Georgia McBride and I had a AND SPIKE @SAVANNAH There’s some pretty funny interactions do you think the humor comes from in great time with that. I’m a professional REPERTORY THEATRE with that. He’s very narcissistic and exhithis play? equity actor, and auditioned for that and Feb. 28-March 8, $25 | Tickets available at bitionistic, and so he’s looking for every got the part. When I heard that they were opportunity to show off his body. So that in savannahrep.org I would agree, yeah. This isn’t a sitcom doing Vanya, I asked to audition and ultiFridays and Saturdays at 8 P.M. / matinees and front of Sonia and Vanya—two women in script where everyone has a snarky commately got cast. evenings on Sundays ment or something up their sleeve. Though their 50s—is very funny.

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Of Montreal in 2018. PHOTO BY GEOFF L JOHNSON

Ten years of Stopover

BY RACHAEL FLORA

rachael@connectsavannah.com

IT’S SAFE TO say that after ten years, Savannah Stopover Music Festival is a local institution.

Over its decade of programming, the festival has brought performers like Grimes and Mac DeMarco before they made it big, as well as of Montreal and Deerhunter after they were household names.

A dedicated team of photographers, both local and national, were there the whole way, front row at every show, capturing the shots that have come to define the festival.

On Feb. 27, Stopover will present a tenth anniversary retrospective exhibition to run in conjunction with this year’s festival. The exhibition will be on display at 411 West Charlton, in the West Broad complex, through March 7 with limited gallery hours. Sulfur Art Services partnered with the festival team to help make the retrospective happen.

When planning this year’s festival, founder Kayne Lanahan originally wanted to have a poster exhibition.

“But this summer as we were looking through old photographs, it struck me how many wonderful images there were, and how hard these photographers have worked over the years to capture the festival,” explains Lanahan. “We started contacting the photographers, and their excitement helped the idea grow.”

“When we think about the past nine years of Stopover, we always think about that quintessential moment that defined the set,” adds Caila Brown, Stopover’s creative services manager, “whether it was

Grimes on the stairs at the Jepson Center, human bowling with Peelander Z at the Jinx, or Pinc Louds performing at the Peregrin rooftop. Our photographers have captured those moments perfectly, and we wanted the opportunity to share our—and their—favorite Stopover memories with the world.”

The photographers included in the exhibition include local favorites Adriana Iris Boatwright, Tom Cartmel, Bill Dawers, Molly Hayden, Geoff L. Johnson, Stephanie Augello, Ryan Taito, Sarah Weitman and Andrew Von Goellner.

The 46 images for the show were selected by a jury that was comprised of Brown, Emily Earl and AJ Perez of Sulfur Studios, and artist Marcus Kenney.

“We were looking for images that gave the feeling of Stopover,” says Earl, “images that would be fun for people to see who have attended the festival before.”

The photographs in the retrospective are sure to remind attendees of their favorite sets of the past.

“The exhibition will be a nice walk down memory lane for those that have attended lots of shows in the past,” says Earl. “We also wanted to showcase some of the musicians that played Stopover and then went on to become quite well known.”

“It was great to see the photographers’ favorite and most celebrated Stopover moments,” adds Brown. “Some matched up with my preconceived thoughts, and some were completely new. Our first passthrough of the images, we stopped at every shot that made us pause or exclaim, and we quickly realized that we were going to need to be more subjective or we were going to take every single one.”

The photographs themselves are all fantastic shots on their own, covering a

wide range of approaches to shooting the festival.

“The exhibition features a nice variety of photographic approach—wide crowd shots and full band shots, as well as more closeup portrait-style work,” says Earl. “The exhibition also has a nice balance of black and white and color work.”

The ten year anniversary is a big moment for founder Lanahan, as well as everyone who’s been involved with it over the years.

“I think it’s a testament to all of the people who have helped the festival grow over the years,” says Lanahan. “We’ve really tried to keep it affordable and true to the original concept of discovering emerging artists.”

Above all, the retrospective is a way to get everyone excited for this year’s festivities.

“We wanted to do something to both commemorate and celebrate the milestone by giving our longtime Stopover fans a way to look back at the festival over the years,” says Lanahan, “and also to give people who are new to Savannah—or new to the festival—a window into what the festival is all about.”

Savannah Stopover’s tenth festival takes place over three days, March 5-7, at various locations downtown. For the full lineup and to buy tickets, visit savannahstopover. com. CS

THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY PHOTOGRAPHY RETROSPECTIVE

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Kench Lott Weathers

BY RACHAEL FLORA

rachael@connectsavannah.com

SAVANNAH STATE grad Kench Lott Weathers is a sculptor with a unique and meaningful body of work.

In his studio, a repurposed storage facility, Weathers welds new and repurposed steel together to create angular, geometric shapes. He’s experimented with painting them, sandblasting them and adding wood to them, but his body of work remains the same at heart.

Currently, his work is on display at the Savannah Convention Center as parts of Arts Across the River. Weathers has recently been featured in British Vogue and Vanity Fair, so keep an eye on this rising star artist.

We caught up with Weathers last week.

1: How did you get started on this par-

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ticular body of work?

I got my undergrad here at Savannah State; I’ve been here off and on since 2007. I’ve been a 2D artist the majority of my life.

It’s not until maybe the last semester of undergrad, when we were doing stuff with reclaimed materials and I made a sculpture piece out of it and I really enjoyed it. It was my first time using a band saw.

I’ve been a painter, a printmaker, a drawer—I still draw. My last semester, I took a higher level sculpture class and was working with reclaimed materials. When I went to grad school, I brought my portfolio and the chair liked my 3D work better. I was open, I’d do anything, so I ended up in 3D studio.

The first semester, you have to figure it out—you might have a nice aesthetic but the concept might be lacking. I also didn’t want to take my whole aesthetic from undergrad to grad school. I wanted something new, and the professors were promoting that.

Up until the end of my first semester, I started forming this new aesthetic for me, with more hard geometric design qualities.

And then it wasn’t until maybe the second or third semester that I had this really sound concept.

2: What inspires your work?

My thesis was called “Mindful Escapism” and it was about escaping, but not in 26 a negative sense. I just think so much is

Weathers’ work challenges the typical idea of what sculptures can be. PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE ARTIST.

4: What’s your newer work like? going on. I don’t want to get into politics, but a lot is happening, a lot of polarization, and it’s nice to escape. It’s not in a bad way, I just think that’s part of human nature to escape. If you can get away, at least for the time being in an art gallery with people, talk about how much you like the work, maybe about how much you don’t like the work, as long as you’re getting together and conversing, that’s a plus. You can find the humanness in other people.

I don’t know whether it was the stress of grad school or what, but I just wanted to escape. That’s what Isamu Noguchi would do. I’m influenced by the East and the West, and Noguchi was a Japanese American artist, a sculptor, and he’d form these things influenced by zen rock gardens and this idea of creating nonrepresentational structures. I used to be more representational when I was 2D, and since I’ve been 3D I’ve stuck to the nonrepresentational.

The past few years it’s been more hard geometric.

I think everyone goes through this stage of, you have to prove your skill level. You go through that realistic stage because you want to prove to yourself and everybody that you can do this. Then I feel like there’s a step where you can go into nonrepresentational, more abstract work.

What I’ve been doing with my 3D work is I mixed it with 2D; I’ve been doing kind of a hybrid. My sketching is more for documenting purposes.

3: Most of your work has German

titles. What’s the reason behind that?

I’m working with these German names. I

like a good contrast. Usually, you hear German and it’s stereotypically a little crasssounding; it’s a harsh language. I’m also trying to stay away from cultural appropriation, but I have some German ancestry.

The English language is a mixture of Germanic and Latin, so I’m on these GermanLatin themes. These themes I’ve been working on is about mindfulness and compassion, so it’s this contrast, and there’s some ambiguity in that as well.

The concept of Vorsehung, it means “providence” in German and it also means a pathway protected by God. I was watching a sci-fi movie and they said something about providence, and I hadn’t heard that word, so I looked it up. I like these words that have different meanings that don’t translate to English exactly.

So Vorsehung is a pathway protected by God, and basically I believe there are different right paths, different right ways to do things. The conclusion to that concept is that there are multiple paths for one conclusion, whether you believe or don’t, whatever cultural or religious identity you hold, there are multiple right ways.

I try to relate my work not to just one specific demographic. I try to be more universal. That’s some of the reason I use nonrepresentational forms; I feel like it can relate to more people.

I’ve been working on this idea of inner corners and outer corners. I like working with corners; some things just come to me.

I like simple optical illusions, so what I’ve been doing is either sketching basic optical illusions or projecting them onto an inner or outer corner. Then I’ll lay it out to where I’ve projected it and I’ll think about it and abstract it. I don’t want to have the same format as something I’ve Googled. I’ll either add onto it or take it out and come up with tape, and I can print them and paint them. I’ve done a few of these and plan to start doing them flat on the wall so they’re more marketable. They’re site specific-ish.

5:

What do you work on in your studio?

I try to come here daily and do at least or two chores. I’ll write down in my calendar the projects. I’ve gotten some recognition recently, so I’ll find the time to publicize my work. I try to do at least one physical thing a day here, and if not, I’m still working, publishing or working on an interview.

Savannah is a good place to be around artists. It’s saturated with artists, so there’s pros and cons to everything. Artists here need to think about getting their work elsewhere. There’s a community of artists here, which is awesome—you can get feedback and all that stuff—but also, as creatives, there’s a whole world out there.

I took this past year to publicize my work, and I’m still concentrating on that.

That’s still goals, but also to market my work to sell. I’m still going to be working with corners and all that, but I also want to do more flat pieces that will still be my work, just more marketable. CS

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OPENINGS & RECEPTIONS 2ND ANNUAL SAVANNAH LOCAL ARTIST MARKET - SLAM — Free Sat., Feb. 29, 10 a.m. 3000 Bee Rd. FRIENDS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ART — Group show highlighting the work of FAAA member artists. Feb. 27-March 14. The Hen House @ The Stables, 7 Rathborne Dr. ROBERT SEGALL — Robert Segall is a native Savannah artist specializing in oil paintings of landscapes and seascapes. The majority of his subjects have been inspired by the coastal areas around Savannah. He is also a portraitist, does commissioned architectural renderings, and abstract paintings.

March 1-31. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. SPRING 2020 SENIOR EXHIBITIONS — Graduating seniors showcase their college portfolios for this capstone project. March 2-13. Fine Arts Gallery (Armstrong Campus), 11935 Abercorn St., Fine Arts Hall.

CONTINUING EXHIBITS 230 YEARS AGO... — This exhibition reflects on the 230th anniversary of the City of Savannah government, discussing the early days of the government and featuring a sampling of the treasures preserved in the Municipal Archives for our citizens. Through June 30. Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

AMALGAM RETURNS COMIC ART SHOW — Thanks to the students of SCAD professor Rashad Doucet, the Amalgam Age of Comics has returned. Through March 6. Neighborhood Comics, 1205 Bull St. AMY PLEASANT: ECHO — Amy Pleasant maneuvers with ease between drawing, painting, ceramic sculpture, and installation; between small and large-scale compositions commanding equal visual attention and gravitas. Through March 21. Laney Contemporary, 1810 Mills B. Lane Blvd.

“ON THE LINE” — Local stitchers have been gathering at Friendship Cafe on Wilmington Island to work on the upcoming exhibit, featuring embroidered panels they created in recognition of the global refugee crisis.

Through March 10. Friendship Coffee Company, 205 Johnny Mercer Blvd, Ste I. CHROMOZONE 2020 — Working in sculpture, murals, and immersive installations, Icelandic artist Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir, aka Shoplifter, transforms spaces with the unique medium of hair. Through Aug. 2. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

ON::VIEW RESIDENCY: DARLA ELAM & SARAH BERNZOTT WITH THE SAVANNAH ART ASSOCIATION — Originally formed as the Savannah Art Club in 1920, the Savannah Art Association is celebrating one hundred years of promoting arts appreciation. Through March 8. sulfurstudios.org.

Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St.

CINDY MALE — The unique conversations that go on in the creative mind during art making continually renew Cindy Male’s involvement in the visual arts. In this private space, her knowledge, emotion, intuition, and experience come together bringing forth images that invariably surprise/ encourage her. Through April 6. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St.

POR UM FIO (BY A THREAD) — The SCAD Museum of Art presents a major survey exhibition of work by Anna Maria Maiolino, a renowned São Paulo-based artist. Maiolino’s life path informs much of her work. Through Aug. 9. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

EVERYTHING THAT CANNOT BE KNOWN — Kenturah Davis is interested in language and its relationship to the formation of identity and, in a broader sense, a world vision. Through Aug. 2. scadmoa.org/.

SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

A RAKE’S PROGRESS — British artist Charlie Billingham presents a site-specific installation within the SCAD Museum of Art lobby, in which he pays homage to the museum’s permanent collection holdings of William Hogarth’s historic engraving series A Rake’s Progress (1735). Through Aug. 2. scadmoa. org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

FANTASIES, PASSIONS AND DREAMS — Fantasies, Passions & Dreams features work Show prints by Nate Duval are on display at Foxy Loxy. that portrays Jade’ B.’s Club, Telfair presents this exhibition of work thoughts and feelings by and about the founding members of the about life, love, politics, and relations; she club. Through July 28. Jepson Center for the hopes to inspire people to feel and to think about things. Through March 3. The Sentient Arts, 207 West York St. Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. LAW’S MURPHYS — Law’s Murphys showGETUIE — Working in performance, weaving, cases seven pieces by acclaimed artist Christopher Murphy, Jr. collected by local historian sculpture, and installation, South African and preservationist Westley Wallace “W. W.” artist Igshaan Adams explores materiality, Law for their documentation of historic Afriphenomenology, and identity. Through Aug. can American churches and neighborhoods.

9. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Through June 30. Savannah City Hall, 2 East Turner Blvd.

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GO DOWN TO SAVANNAH: WW LAW’S NEA MOTH TO A FLAME — In his practice, artGRO HERITAGE TRAIL — Westley Wallace ist Rodrigo Hernández revitalizes questions Law was born in Savannah, Georgia, in an posed by the avant-garde, dynamically infusera of great inequality and social injustice. ing his formal vocabulary with metaphysical He earned a modest income as a postman meditations informed by dreams, poetry, and and would become an icon of civil rights. history. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Through March 31. Massie Heritage Center, Blvd.

207 East Gordon St. THE JOURNEY IS MINE: CHAPTER ONE — The works in this exhibition present scenes of William Kwamena-Poh’s native Ghana, West Africa, often featuring the busy lifestyles of fishermen, the hub of market scenes, and sensitive portraits of Ghanaian women and children. Through May 25. epson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. LAUNCHING SAVANNAH’S ART SCENE: FOUNDERS OF THE SAVANNAH ART CLUB — In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Savannah Art

NASTY WOMAN — Over the course of five decades, artist Marilyn Minter has radically redefined the nature of feminist art. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

NATE DUVAL: A ROCK POSTER RETROSPECTIVE — From his full-service Design and Illustration studio in Longmeadow, MA, Nate draws, collages, cuts and pastes his way through a wide variety of projects big and small. Through April 26. foxyloxycafe. com. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St.

REEMERGE THE ZERO BEGINS YOUR LIFE, ETERNAL IS YOUR LIGHT — In a series of dazzling installations by artist Raúl de Nieves, the SCAD Museum of Art’s dynamic Jewel Boxes are transformed into a kaleidoscopic terroir, in which majestic depictions of the body take hold. Through Aug. 2. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

REMEMBERING THE SAVANNAH PHARMACY (1914-2007) — This exhibition highlights the history of this landmark business and showcases documents and pharmaceutical artifacts from the Pharmacy preserved in the Municipal Archives. Through June 30.

Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

TAMARA GARVEY: LET’S ALL PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AND TAKE A GOOD LOOK — This exhibition features whimsical pen and ink artwork, depicting the color, magic and intricacies of the natural world. Through March 10. Starland Cafe, 11 East 41st St. WAN DESTINATION WANHOOP — In Wan Destination Wanhoop, SCAD alumnus Xavier Robles de Medina excavates images of 20thcentury Suriname dating to the country’s independence from the Netherlands in 1975.

Through May 18. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

WONG PING’S FABLES — Hong Kong-based artist Wong Ping is known for his child-like animations, sculpture, and site-specific environs that tell unsettling stories of human nature. Through July 11. scadmoa.org/.

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FOOD & DRINK EPICUROPEDIA

Drayton Executive Chef Christopher Meenan

Mushroom Rotolo

St. Neo’s is The One

Seafood, Southern and French are highlights of Brasserie in Drayton Hotel

BY LINDY MOODY

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FOR THE past several years I’ve passed the construction at Drayton and Bay and often wondered what they were putting in place of Outback Steakhouse.

Many locals, especially those who work downtown, came to see the downtown location of Outback as a landmark of the Historic District.

Finally, the construction on the building that once housed the chain restaurant ended in 2019. Before the New Year, the Drayton Hotel opened its doors.

Now, the space is unrecognizable, but in a good way. Gone are the wood-lined booths, replaced with a modern update which honors the building’s history.

The Drayton Hotel offers a myriad of 28 rooms, a rooftop bar, a basement bar,

as well as a brand-new restaurant: St. Neo’s Brasserie. Fresh seafood, Southern inspired food, and an oyster bar are the key features of the Brasserie, a French style restaurant with a laid-back setting.

St. Neo’s space is vibrant, just like the food offered by Executive Chef Christopher Meenan.

The experienced and well-traveled Executive Chef was kind enough to take time out of his new bustling schedule to answer a few questions about St. Neo’s Brasserie.

Tell me about your culinary background.

Most recently I was the executive chef at Blue Water Grill, one of the highestgrossing iconic New York City restaurants.

But I’ve been working in the industry for almost 30 years now, starting as a dishwasher when I was 14 years old. I graduated from the French Culinary Institute where I studied under Jacques Pepin, Andre Soltner, Alain Sailhac. After school,

I had the opportunity to work for some really amazing chefs in New York including Wayne Nish at March, Tom Colicchio at Craft, and Michael White at Vaucluse.

I traveled outside of New York for some time working for James Beard Award winners—in Sante Fe with Mark Kiffin at The Compound and in New Orleans at Gabrielle with Greg Sonnier. After returning to New York I took over as executive chef at Michelin-starred Water’s Edge. I was also chef de cuisine at Veritas, a New York Times 3 star recipient. At Veritas, I really learned how to run the operations of a kitchen from one of the best in the industry: Sam Hazen, Michelin star recipient and opening chef of Taos Las Vegas, still the highest-grossing restaurant in the country.

I partnered with Brian Ghaw to open Feast, which was included in the Michelin guide—a forty-five seat, tasting menu focused spot in the East Village. My concept with Feast was to create an atmosphere that felt like having friends over for a dinner party. And I want to bring some of

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that to St. Neo’s—that feeling of the neighborhood spot where you feel welcomed, comfortable and cared for.

I’m excited to be back in the South and to soak up Southern ways. I look forward to bringing what I’ve learned from all of my experiences to Savannah and St. Neo’s.

What is the aim of the St. Neo’s menu?

At its core, we really wanted to have a large focus on seafood, the raw bar and seasonal ingredients. While there are seafood options at many restaurants in Savannah, we wanted to celebrate seafood more visibly on our menus. We source almost all

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experimenting more with this way of eating, so that influenced how I created the menu as well. Instead of just adding vegan or vegetarian options as an afterthought, I wanted to offer real dishes that also happen to be vegan.

The Mushroom Rotolo is an example of this kind of entree and it sells just as well as some of our seafood entrees.

The Midnight in the Garden —with vegetable tastings like red beet tartare—is a fun, vegetarian version of a charcuterie. It’s also very popular with our guests.

SEAFOOD since 1998!

Any special recipes?

of our ingredients locally but [we also] do offer options such as West Coast oysters.

Conceptually, St. Neo’s is a seafood brasserie; dishes are approachable with preparations that range from classic to inventive.

What does “with a Southern accent” mean?

We are working within the context of Southern culinary traditions. You may not see many of the traditional “Southern” dishes, but what you will see is how we are influenced by the Lowcountry as well as greater regional cooking.

Tell me your process in creating the menu.

The ingredients are really the starting point of the menu, and from there it’s kind of like putting together a puzzle. I started brainstorming and doing tastings with the owner Raghav Sapra when I was still in New York.

Of course, the most important thing is that the food is delicious. And there is also the visual presentation to think of; the dishes should incorporate different sizes, colors, and shapes that make the meal a sensory experience. A menu is a complex document and each item needs to work together, every dish has to work from multiple angles; it has to fit the concept, be beautiful, easy to execute, and there has to be a balance amongst all the dishes.

Raghav is vegan and many people are

Do you source any menu items locally?

Absolutely! Local ingredients are really important to us. Billy Dugger’s Botanicals is just fifteen minutes from the restaurant.

Access to fresh, local shrimp is something most of the country doesn’t have. It’s been great to be able to work with local ingredients like Bradford watermelons and collard greens that are so tender you can eat the leaf and the stem raw. We work with a few local cheesemakers like Bootleg Farms and Sweetgrass Dairy. We get swordfish from South Carolina, Geechie Boy local grits—almost everything on our menu, really.

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Does the menu change? If so, how often?

The raw bar menu will change often…I love creating composed, flavored oyster dishes, it’s fun to regularly switch those up. I’ve designed some dishes on the menu to stay the same but other dishes will change seasonally based on the availability of local ingredients. CS St. Neo’s is at 7 Drayton St.

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Deviled Blue Crab

I’m obsessed with octopus but didn’t think I would be able to source it down here. I was so excited when I made a local connection: Captain Charlie Phillips, owner of Sapelo Island Clam Farm.

We’re launching a barroom menu soon that will offer an octopus hot dog. The onion custard on the Midnight in the Garden dish highlights one of the most important local crops, Vidalia onions, and also gives a nod to a famous dish on the former occupant Outback Steakhouse’s menu: the Bloomin’ Onion.

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MOVIES THE FILM SCENE

Last chance to see some Oscar winners in the theatre Dazed and Confused

BY JIM REED WELCOME BACK to another Film Scene – the area’s only weekly preview of all the noteworthy “alternative cinema” events taking place in and around these parts.

We begin with an important announcement: contrary to what was written in last week’s column and due to unexpected scheduling conflicts, the Psychotronic Film Society’s next two weekly Wednesday night installments of their long-running and award-winning series of underappreciated feature films from around the globe have been cancelled – however those selections will still be shown, just at a later date.

So, no PFS on February 26 and March 4. The next Psychotronic Film at the Bean will be on March 11, when they’ll celebrate the birthday of 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist Mitch Gaylord with a special showing of one of the very few movies he’s ever starred in: “American Tiger,” aka “American Rickshaw.” Shot in Miami by a famed Italian director of Euro-sleaze gems, it’s a hoot from start to finish. More on that selection in a future column.

Looking out to the nearby town of Springfield, Ga., their historic Mars Theatre wraps up its extended run of the family-oriented mix of CGI and live-action, “Sonic The Hedgehog,” with a final showing at 7 p.m. on Feb.27. The following night, they launch a three-day run of the newlyreleased legal drama “Just Mercy,” starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Tim Blake Nelson and Brie Larson.

Based on the true story of an idealistic young African-American lawyer who founded the Equal Justice Initiative and winds up fighting for the release of a convicted murderer, whom he believes was wrongfully jailed based on unreliable testimony. Showtimes at 7 p.m. on Feb. 28 and 29, plus a 3 p.m. matinee on Mar. 1.

A few nights later, the Mars presents a four-day engagement of the internationally revered WWI action-drama “1917,” which many critics named the best movie released last year. Director Sam Mendes’ epic tale has much in common plot-wise with Steven Spielberg’s WWII action drama “Saving Private Ryan,” but its outstanding visual and sound effects work elevate this picture to something which almost demands to be seen in a theatrical environment.

This post-Oscars run may be the last time you have an opportunity to view locally it in that setting. 7 p.m. showtimes on Mar. 5 through 7, with an additional 3 p.m. matinee on Mar. 8.

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Hopkins (“Freejack”) as the Pope and the reliably amazing Jonathan Pryce (“Brazil,” Glengarry Glen Ross” and TV’s “Taboo”) as the Cardinal. This is the latest in a series of movies distributed by Netflix to play the Tybee Post.

Netflix makes virtually all their money through digital streaming direct to subscribing customers, and only ever releases a handful of their original films each year to cinemas, and then only briefly around awards season. Add to that the fact that most all U.S. cinema chains have boycotted Netflix product due to their opposition to the short or nonexistent windows of theatrical exclusivity afforded by Netflix’s business model, and the small, independently Speaking of one of the last times you operated Tybee Post is in a unique position may have an opportunity to see one of the locally in that it is one of only three venues best-reviewed and most award-winning which can even potentially serve as a home films of the past year in a theatrical setting: for such rare opportunities. the similarly-sized historic Tybee Post Better still, this one-day engagement is Theater will screen South Korean filmcompletely free to the general public, as maker Bong Joon-Ho’s masterful satiriboth shows (at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.) are sponcal horror movie “Parasite” for just three sored by St. Michael’s Catholic Church on shows, on Feb. 27 and 28 at 7 p.m., and at 3 Tybee Island. p.m. on Feb. 28 as well. If you are familiar All they ask is that everyone bring a with Bong Joon-Ho’s wondrous, earlier donation with them to help the homeworks like “Snowpiercer,” “Mother” and less. They recommend mew and sealed “The Host,” you know what an incredibly packages of men or women’s underwear talented and unique visual storyteller he is. or socks, toiletry items or non-perishable This film, which made history when it food items. Don’t have any of those things won Best Picture at the most recent Acadhandy? Then they will gladly accept cash in emy Awards (the only foreign-made film any amount, which they’ll put towards the ever to do so) has racked up effusive accosame good use. lades wherever it has shown.

Finally, on Mar. 5, the Tybee Post presNext up at the Tybee Post is “The Two ents another beloved classic example of Popes,” director Fernando Meirelles’ Hollywood filmmaking: legendary writerdramatized account of the provocative director Billy Wilder’s raunchy (for the relationship between Pope Benedict XVI time) 1960 dramedy “The Apartment,” and Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio in which was nominated for an incredible ten the mid-2000s. Its cast includes Anthony Oscars (it wound up taking home five), and

“JUST MERCY”

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stars Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray and Ray Walston.

The tale of an insurance company employee who makes a name for himself among superiors by allowing them the clandestine use of his NYC apartment for extramarital trysts, its blunt look at the commonplace practice of adultery in the business world of that era turned off some viewers, while others lapped up the edgy construct. Showtime is 7 p.m.

Moving back into downtown, on Feb. 28, the city’s two highest-profile independent community cinema organizations, The Psychotronic Film Society and CinemaSavannah, join forces officially for the first time in many years. Known as the Double-Vision Film Series, this new collaborative venture is designed to take place approximately once every two months, and is co-curated by both myself and CinemaSavannah founder Tomasz Warchol (who enjoys a solid reputation for selecting and presenting high-quality titles).

Each Double-Vison (get it?) selection will be a brand-new independent or foreign-made film which would otherwise never play in our market at standard, corporate multiplexes. The idea is to seek out movies which appeal greatly to both of our programming tastes and to hopefully foster a greater crossover between regular audience members of CinemaSavannah and the PFS than already exists. These screenings will take place in the 300-plus Ben Tucker Theater at the new Savannah Cultural Arts Center in the shadow of the Civic Center, and I am very pleased to say that this series is generously co-sponsored

by Connect Savannah.

Our first presentation will be a very special U.S. Premiere of an incredibly wellregarded U.K. crime thriller that has never been shown in this country outside of a few major film festivals, and will not even be released in American theaters for another three months. “A Good Woman is Hard to Find� is an intense, female-led suspense and horror hybrid about a young, widowed mother in Northern Ireland who enters into the dangerous world of criminals and drug dealers in hopes of identifying the man who killed her husband.

Written by a BAFTA winner and Oscar nominee and shot partially in Belfast and partially in Belgium, it is said to be a star turn for its lead, Sarah Bolger, who is perhaps best-known in this country for her role as Queen Mary 1 in “The Tudors.�

Tomasz and I hope to see many of you there for this gritty, cathartic flick that currently enjoys an unbelievable 100% Positive rating on RottenTomatoes. com, and which Film Threat magazine described as “an extremely harrowing, tense movie that has such an unbelievably satisfying payoff.� There’s no parking lot onsite, so make sure to factor in time to find a spot nearby on the street or in a city

parking garage. 7 p.m. showtime.

The next day, Feb. 29, the AMC Savannah 11 multiplex behind the Savannah Mall presents a live, high-def digital simulcast of the Metropolitan Opera House’s new production of Handel’s story of deception, “Agripinna.� This new production from Sir David McVicar and conductor Harry Bicket features mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato in the title role, and potential viewers should be aware that while no nudity is featured in this four-hour-andten-minute show, the Met warns of “suggestive adult content which may not be suitable for young audiences.� That said, kids’ tickets are at a discount for this live premiere at 12:55 p.m., as well as for the encore presentation on Mar. 4 at 6:30 p.m.

In Italian, with English subtitles.

And last, but certainly not least, SCAD students in two different Cinema Studies Dept. classes are putting on free, public screenings of notable feature films in the cozy theater space at the SCAD Museum of Art on MLK, Jr. Blvd.m both of which are deserving of attention and support.

First up, at 6 p.m. on Mar. 2, they’ll screen celebrated French New Wave icon Jean-Luc Godard’s highly stylized and charming 1960 bank robbery gem “Band of Outsiders.� Described by some critics as one of the few Godard movies which has the potential to appeal to those who find most (or all) of his other output too inscrutable for their tastes, this glorious B&W tale of crime, romance and (to a much lesser extent) dancing, is a wondrous and enthralling slice of ambiguous, low-budget cinema that relies on non-traditional pacing and framing to offer an unusually thought-provoking end result.

The students follow that up the next night, Mar. 3, with an 8 p.m. screening of Oscar-nominated filmmaker Richard Linklater’s 1993 cult classic “Dazed and Confused,� which is set in Austin, Tx. on the last day of high school in 1976.

The phenomenally naturalistic ensemble cast includes Matthew McConaughey, Nicky Katt, Milla Jovovich, Parker Posey, Adam Goldberg, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason London and Ben Affleck. The end result? An uproarious period dramedy about the upsides and downsides of American youth counterculture in a contentious era of upheaval, which effectively served as the “American Graffiti� of its generation.

Again, both of these shows are free and open to the public. There’s very little parking directly adjacent to the museum, so remember to arrive early to find a spot nearby, or better yet, bike, walk or rideshare there and avoid all the hassle.

Until next week, see you at the movies, be kind to those around you, and don’t forget to turn off that cell phone. CS Jim Reed directs the Psychotronic Film Society of Savannah

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THE CALL OF THE WILD

OO Computer-generated imagery is being utilized at such a rapid rate these days that Hollywood will soon reach the point where it will eagerly employ this mode of effects to show a ball rolling across a floor or a book page being turned. But a line must be drawn somewhere — and preferably one not drawn by a computer.

Using CGI to create Marvel villains?

Fine. Employing CGI to illustrate spaceships zipping across the galaxy? Sure. Even turning to CGI to conjure up wartime battles? If they must. But using CGI to create dogs? Them’s fighting words.

The Call of the Wild, the latest screen adaptation of Jack London’s classic novel, is of course not the first film to offer digitized dogs instead of flesh-and blood ones.

But it is the most egregious example to date.

As in the novel, the canine star is Buck, a domesticated St. Bernard who’s stolen from his rich owner in California and sold to dealers who provide dogs to prospectors up north in Canada and Alaska. After being beaten by his handler until he complies with all orders, Buck soon finds himself part of the sled team owned by mail carrier Perrault (Omar Sy) and his wife Francoise (Cara Gee).

Both humans treat him kindly, but he nevertheless faces cruelty from Spitz, the lead dog on the sled team. It’s in his conflict with Spitz (who’s laughably designed to glower with the intensity of Jafar in the animated version of Aladdin) that allows Buck to start understanding his place in this brave new world that’s filled with ice flows rather than fireplaces.

Throughout his early Northern adventures, Buck keeps running into grizzled

John Thornton (Harrison Ford), who has retreated from civilization following a personal tragedy. It’s no surprise that the two eventually bond and become a team, although danger always follows them.

Most prominent among their troubles is a supercilious snot named Hal (Dan Stevens), who plans to locate a hidden valley of gold detailed on a rare map. Hal and his companions (Colin Woodell and a wasted Karen Gillan) have no experience in the wild, and whenever anything goes wrong, Hal blames it on the dogs.

In London’s novel, Hal’s arrogance costs him his life at an early juncture.

But because this is a simplistic film that requires a Major Supervillain so audiences will have somewhere to direct their sneers, Hal is kept alive so he can perennially show up like a bad penny and take potshots at Buck and John at inopportune moments.

Constantly sputtering spittle, Hal thus becomes a ridiculous character, although his presence isn’t the worst aspect of this watered-down interpretation.

No, that would be the CGI doggies, Buck most of all. The attendant effects never convince us that Buck is an actual animal, yet even if they were better, the crucial element of identification would still be removed.

A story such as this one requires the involvement of a real dog to stir up all the proper emotions, but the filmmakers are more interested in having their canine lead perform amazing feats — if Clark Kent is looking for Krypto the Superdog, he can find him hiding out in this picture. Adding insult to injury, Buck’s movements aren’t even based on a real dog — instead, stuntman Terry Notary served as the motioncapture model.

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scenes of brutality against both human and animal, and at least some sense of this gritty realness was conveyed in past filmic versions (including the 1935 edition with Clark Gable and the 1972 take starring Charlton Heston).

All such violence has been extracted to allow this rendition to cater exclusively to family audiences (the movie’s rated PG).

That’s the studio’s right, but between this tame approach and the “No Dogs Allowed” mindset that similarly foiled Snoopy at every turn, The Call of the Wild proves to be a toothless affair.

BRAHMS: THE BOY II

O Lest anyone think Brahms: The Boy II is a continuing biopic of Johannes Brahms during his formative years, it should be quickly clarified that it’s actually a followup to the 2016 horror yarn The Boy. Yet if the makers of this franchise absolutely had to borrow the name of a famed composer for its central character, perhaps Beethoven would have been a better fit, given the tone-deaf nature of this stultifying sequel.

The Boy circled around the Heelshires, an elderly British couple whose 8-yearold son Brahms had died tragically two decades earlier. They replace him with a porcelain doll, and it soon becomes apparent that there are supernatural forces at work that link the lad and the doll.

Brahms: The Boy II takes place shortly after the events of the first film, with a troubled family moving to the Heelshire property as a form of therapy. While dad Sean (Owain Yeoman) was working late, mom Liza (Katie Holmes) had been the victim of a home-invasion attack, one that left their son Jude (Christopher Convery) traumatized and unable to speak.

The subsequent move to the isolated Heelshire estate allows Jude to find the Brahms doll, which he embraces as his own. Liza initially approves of the doll as a distraction for Jude, but once strange things start happening around the house — a turned on TV set, an upended table — and once Jude starts treating Brahms like a real person, she becomes worried and begins to wonder if the doll is actually alive.

Watching Brahms: The Boy II, one gets the feeling that the picture was only made on a dare: Create a horror movie about a doll and make it even more dull and derivative than the other doll-faced films of late (the Annabelle chain, the Child’s Play remake, etc.). A dark figure bolts across the screen — cue the loud single note of music!

A dog senses the evil emanating from the doll — cue the tragic fate of our furry friend! (For those worried, “No animals were harmed in the making of this motion picture.” Alas, the same couldn’t be said about brain cells.)

This movie’s utter lack of imagination is downright depressing, never more so than in its closing minute. If anyone thought this film would end any other way, well, I have a patch of land on the Heelshire estate I would love to sell you.

FANTASY ISLAND

OO Fantasy Island was once a benign television series that ran for seven seasons (1977-1984) on ABC, but now it has been reconfigured by the Blumhouse team as a horror flick. In other words, this ain’t your parents’ (or possibly even your own) Fantasy Island.

It’s a smart approach with which to tackle a show that was often a bit too precious for its own good, and the tweaking reaches its pinnacle with a closing bit that truly delivers. And, for a short while, the film maintains interest with a set-up that nicely turns the original premise on its head. Mr. Roarke (a miscast Michael Pena) has invited five contest winners to his island resort to fulfill their biggest fantasies.

For most, it involves stirring up something from the past. Gwen (Maggie Q) wants a second chance at the marriage proposal that got away. Melanie (Lucy Hale) seeks revenge on a former childhood bully (Portia Doubleday). And Patrick (Austin Stowell) desires an opportunity to serve, just like his father who was killed in action. As for siblings Brax (Jimmy O. Yang) and J.D. (Ryan Hansen), they simply want to be fabulously wealthy.

Needless to say — and as Mr. Rourke repeatedly states — fantasies have a way of not going where you want or expect, and that’s certainly the case here, as the various scenarios become nightmarish. Yet it’s exactly when the wishes turn dark that the movie turns daft.

There are plotholes aplenty to be found in the various segments (Gwen’s story strand is especially problematic in this regard), and while it’s clever how the trio of scripters (including director Jeff Wadlow) ultimately link everything together, it’s not exactly satisfying since the movie cheats to get there. Yet amazingly, the final stretch, when the true villain is revealed and the once-primary villain is suddenly demoted to the part of a well-meaning if misguided dope, is so messy, ludicrous and ill-conceived that it makes the earlier missteps pale in comparison.

Still, the willingness to mess around with an established TV series should be commended, and hopefully we’ll see more efforts in this vein. Three’s Company as an existential Western? Murder, She Wrote as a raunchy comedy? The mind boggles at the possibilities.

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

OO While some might have preferred a starring vehicle for Deadpool’s Negasonic Teenage Warhead and others may have opted for a mainstream film starring Ron “The Hedgehog” Jeremy, the reality is that viewers have instead been handed Sonic the Hedgehog, a feeble feature based on the Sega video game.

In this live-action/CGI hybrid, the SegaSonic Teenage Bedhead — a blue-furred extra-terrestrial hedgehog with the ability to run at an incredible speed — is presented with a slight backstory before he’s propelled to Earth via a ring left over from the set of the Tolkien trilogy.

After roughly a decade on our planet, he ends up bonding with small-town sheriff Tom Wachowski (James Marsden, perfectly fine even though he frequently looks like he wants to be somewhere, anywhere, else) while steering clear of the crazed genius Dr. Robotnik (Carrey).

The headline story coming out of Sonic the Hedgehog isn’t so much the longawaited big-screen debut of its title critter or even the highly publicized character redesign after viewers shrieked at his quasi-humanoid appearance in the initial trailer. Rather, it’s the return of Carrey, who, after a 15-year reign as a top box office star, has been MIA over the past decade.

Seeing Carrey back in action made me realize that I didn’t really miss him.

His brand of slapstick shtick, always an acquired taste anyway, feels particularly moldy at this point in time, and while his mugging in this picture should amuse the small fry, it will more likely leave adult viewers irritable and impatient.

Like too many video-influenced features, this one spent so much time (twice!) on applying the CGI that no imagination was left to power the screenplay.

(It remains ironic that the two Wreck-It Ralph flicks, movies about video games, have managed to display far more creativity than movies actually based on video games.)

Sonic the Hedgehog is one big sugar rush, devoid of any real content as it zips from one grasping set-piece to the next.

To the film’s credit, Sonic (voiced by Ben Schwartz) is actually an engaging character, and, given the plot point of the creature needing to perennially stay out of sight, the film somewhat succeeds in conveying the anguish of a life spent alone.

But all of his speed-racer exploits are instantly forgettable, and the sideline grown-up drama (similar to The Photograph, Marsden’s lawman must decide whether to move to another city to further spread his wings or remain put) will bore adult and offspring alike.

Not surprisingly, Sonic the Hedgehog ends with a pair of sequences that both promise a sequel in our near-future.

But before that follow-up materializes, it might be best for all involved to pause for air and introspection before simply rushing to create more mediocrity. After all, it’s been rumored that slow and steady wins the race.

THE PHOTOGRAPH

OO Issa Rae and LaKeith Stanfield as bona fide romantic leads — who knew?

Rae, best known as a comedian, and Stanfield, most recognizable for quirky roles in offbeat projects like Get Out and Sorry to Bother You, fall in love in The Photograph, and chances are audiences will fall in love with their relaxed and natural chemistry.

It’s just a shame their romance is trapped in a movie as staid as this one.

Written and directed by Stella Meghie, The Photograph is one of those films that follows two storylines over two different periods.

The prominent one is set in the present, as journalist Michael Block (Stanfield) leaves New York to cover a story in Louisiana (it has something to do with post-Katrina hardships and/or man-made environmental disasters; like most things in this film, it’s rather vague).

While interviewing fisherman Isaac Jefferson (Rob Morgan), Michael notices the striking photos on display in his home and learns that they were taken by Christina Eames, Isaac’s old flame and a prominent photographer who has since passed away.

This leads to the secondary tale about how the young Christina (Chante Adams) had to choose between staying in her stifling hometown and marrying Isaac (played as a younger man by Y’lan Noel) or heading to NYC to try her luck as a professional picture taker.

The modern-day story continues with Michael returning to New York and looking up Christina’s daughter, museum curator Mae Morton (Rae). Instant sparks are struck, and the two tentatively test the waters of a relationship.

But there are distractions, with Michael considering a career move to London and Mae constantly losing herself in a letter written to her by her deceased mother.

The Photograph hails from an original screenplay penned by Meghie, but it might as well have been based on a Nicholas Sparks novel. While not as sudsy as many Sparks screen adaptations, it proves to be just as drowsy.

A leisurely pace in a love story can allow the romance to simmer before sliding into sizzling sensuality, but the lethargic pace here only emphasizes the utter predictability of both tales being told.

The lack of dramatic urgency is palpable, and the one attempt at providing any sort of twist is so obvious that it will lead to shrugs rather than shock. CS 33

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Happenings ACTIVISM & POLITICS

PROMISING PRACTICES TO ADDRESS THE RACIAL WEALTH DIVIDE Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, Chief of Equity and Inclusion at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), will discuss promising practices to address the racial wealth divide at the local level. He will highlight the depth and breadth of racial wealth inequality as seen throughout the country and share effective practices to address these issues coming from local and state interventions. Mr. Asante-Muhammad oversees NCRC’s Fair Housing, Fair Lending and Small Business programs. He is known for his economic inequality analysis particularly as it relates to the racial wealth divide. Free Wed., Feb. 26, 6-7:30 p.m.

912-335-8868. engage@beachinstitute.org.

Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St. SAVANNAH AREA YOUNG REPUBLICANS Get involved. Meetings are the last Tuesday of every month (except for December) at 7:00pm. Contact number: (912) 657-9623 912-604-0797. chairman@sayr.org. sayr.org.

THOMAS SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING Tue., March 3, 6 p.m. lascalasavannah,com.

La Scala Ristorante, 119 E 37th St. UNMERGE MY UNIVERSITY FREE: UN-MERGE MY UNIVERSITY vehicle stickers. Greater Savannah and Statesboro areas. Visit www.unmergemyuniversity.com for details. ongoing.

VICTORIAN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS The VNA represents all residing, working or otherwise involved in the Victorian District and meets every second Tuesday of each month to the exception of the month of August. Meetings are held at The Mansion on Forsyth Park. Social starts at 5:30 p.m. and meetings start at 6 p.m. There is no fee to attend our meetings. For anyone using the Valet Parking at The Mansion, there is a $5. fee. MEMBERSHIP YEARLY FEES are: Individual $25. - Household (2 people) $40. - Business $50. and Students $10. Free ongoing, 6-7 p.m. vnasavannahga2013@ gmail.com. mansiononforsythpark.com.

Mansion on Forsyth Park, 700 Drayton St.

AUDITIONS AND CALLS FOR ENTRIES

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AUDITIONS FOR ARMSTRONG YOUTH ORCHESTRA Auditions for our spring session will be held January 9, 2019. Students who played in the Fall 2018 session, and who plan to remain in the same ensemble, do not need to re-audition in January. The January auditions are for new students, or students wishing to move to a different ensemble.

Choose your instrument from the list on their website - https://ayosavannah.org/ auditions/ -to see the audition requirements for applicable ensembles. Then, contact them via email at ayosavannah2004@gmail. com to reserve an audition date and time, or 34 with any questions you may have. ongoing.

Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. CALL FOR 2D ARTIST The Savannah Art Association is now looking for a 2-D artist partner for the gallery to start asap. Art such as jewelry or small pottery or ceramics needs to fit in a tall glass case. For details, contact Cathy Sizer at 912-547-2855 or c.sizer@gmail.com. ongoing.

CALL FOR EARLY 19TH CENTURY DANCERS/REGENCY DANCING The Davenport House has a social dance program which meets most Wednesdays at 5 p.m. The Museum is looking for new participants in this free community activity. For information contact info@davenporthousemuseum. org or call 912-236-8097. ongoing. davenporthousemuseum.org. Davenport House, 324 East State St. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR 2020 LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM Leadership Southeast Georgia, a leadership development program for professionals in a 10-county coastal region, is calling for nominations for the class of 2020.

The program fosters relationships among leaders in the region and offers professional development related to critical leadership skills and issues such as conflict resolution, self-awareness, communication and strategic thinking. For more information, visit http://www.lsega.com/home.html. ongoing.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE DRIVE THRU ART BOX AT GREEN TRUCK PUB The Drive Thru Art Box is ideal for showing mounted prints of 2-dimensional work, wheat pasted prints, site specific installations, and any other artistic medium that can hold up to direct sunlight and a non climate-controlled environment. Pegboard and hooks allows for flexibility of display options, and LED lighting ensures the work is visible for late night crowds. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. ongoing. greentruckpub.com. Green Truck Pub, 2430 Habersham St. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR EARTH DAY 2020 FESTIVAL The year 2020 marks the 20th anniversary of Savannah’s festival and the 50th anniversary of the Earth Day Festival worldwide! This year, we are reaching out to the youth in our community to add their voices to the global youth-led environmental movement happening right now. We want to learn about the creative and innovative ways youth are addressing current/future environmental challenges that are impacting/will likely impact their local and global communities and their vision for the future. We will be gathering and featuring the work of these youth through a student showcase and competition based on the festival’s theme: “Our Earth, Our Future.” Students in grades 9th-12th can submit work (either individually or as a team) that illustrates the theme: “Our Earth, Our Future” in one of the following categories: Eco-Art: take on the challenge of

COMPILED BY RACHAEL FLORA happenings@connectsavannah.com HAPPENINGS IS CONNECT SAVANNAH’S LISTING OF COMMUNITY EVENTS, CLASSES AND GROUPS. VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT CONNECTSAVANNAH.COM TO SUBMIT A LISTING. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO EDIT OR CUT LISTINGS DUE TO SPACE LIMITATIONS.

creating a piece of art, either 2D or 3D, using any medium or combination of media. EcoSTEM: take on the challenge of creating a STEM project. Projects can tackle current or future environmental problems/challenges and should address possible solutions.

Eco-Action: take on the challenge of creating a community action project. Projects need to tackle at least one local environmental issue and solution. Through March 20. earthdaysavannah.org.

SINGERS NEEDED (PAID ONGOING POSITIONS) : AUDITIONING NOW Singers: St. John’s Church in Savannah (Episcopal) has multiple openings for paid choral singers in the soprano, tenor, and bass-baritone sections. Rate is by call, competitive to the region and commensurate with skills and experience.

Rehearsals Wednesdays 7-9pm (SeptMay) and rehearsal/service Sundays 10- noon(approx), year round. Additional calls for Evensong rehearsals and services (Sept-May). Sight reading and/or excellent musicianship is needed; learning parts prior to rehearsal is required for staff singers. For audition times or questions, please contact sbranyon@stjohnssav.org or text 912-5724326. No prepared material is required to audition. Positions open until filled. ongoing.

St John’s Episcopal Church, 325 Bull St. on Madison Square.

CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS

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. For more info visit https://www.abeniculturalarts.com or call 912-272-2797. ongoing. abeniculturalarts@ gmail.com. abeniculturalarts.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.

CHATHAM SAILING CLUB Friday evening social event at the clubhouse. Meet Members and their families who all enjoy water based activities but whose prime interest is sailing. This BYOB event is free and all are welcome, but Membership is encouraged after several visits once interest is gauged!! We look forward to meeting you. Fridays, 7-10 p.m. cdixon604@aol.com. Young’s Marina, 218 Wilmington Island Rd. COASTAL BEAD SOCIETY Our mission is to further the art of beading and bead education within our membership and our communities.

Visit website for more info regarding the next Bead-In Class or the next CBS Meeting! ongoing. coastalbeadsociety. com/coastalbeadsociety-com. cgc. georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

FEBRUARY CSPOT Join us on February 26th for cocktails, great conversations, and awesome networking at Broughton Common for this month’s cSpot! (Creative Spot) Enjoy happy hour from 4-7:30pm for discounted drinks.

There will also be great snacks and food options as well. We can’t wait to see all of you creative-minded people there! Wed., Feb. 26, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 912-536-6091. amy@clarkcreativedesign.com. Broughton Common, 118 E Broughton St. FIBER GUILD OF THE SAVANNAHS A club focusing on weaving, spinning, basket making, knitting, crocheting, quilting, beading, rug hooking, and other fiber arts.

Meets at Oatland Island Wildlife Center (in the 2nd floor studio), first Saturday of the month (Sept.-June) 10:15am - 1pm.

Visit website for more updates! ongoing. fiberguildsav.com. Fiber Guild of the Savannahs, 711 Sandtown Road GA. 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. PHILO CAFE We are a free form informal discussion group meeting to discuss a different topic every Monday night at 7:30 upstairs at Foxy Loxy Cafe on Bull St. across the street from the Main Library. The public is welcome and there is no charge. Topics can be found ahead of time on our Facebook page. ongoing. 904-440-8475. foxyloxycafe.com.

Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. PROOFREADER’S WHISKEY CLUB Membership includes the first whiskey drink free, free monthly private whiskey tastings from various brands, 15% off the member’s bill for the year, and a personalized book card including a list of 75 whiskeys in each chapter in the DeSoto library. Library series meetings will be the last Thursday of every month and include one free guest pass per member for the year. They will pick a book from the Edgar’s P&P library to hold their personalized book card which will be used to keep track of their progress on the whiskey list. $50 ongoing. eventbrite. com/e/proofreaders-whiskey-clubtickets-42943991635. proofsavannah.com.

Edgar’s Proof and Provision, 15 E. Liberty St. SAVANNAH HOME COOKERY CLUB This is a group for home cooks and bakers to expand, explore, and inspire our skills. Come join us in sharing our culinary adventures. This is a place where we can exchange resources, ideas, and our tastes for food adventure and bring it all home. Meets the second Saturday of every month from 1-3pm. Free ongoing.

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SavHomeCookeryClub@gmail.com. friendshipcoffeecompany.com/index.html.

Friendship Coffee Company, 205 Johnny Mercer Blvd, Ste I. 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. 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.

STITCH AND BITCH Slow down and nurture your creative spirit in a constructive, casual atmosphere. Bring a project or enjoy one of our kits curated to focus on the dedicated process of craft: embroidery, knitting, needlework, or any of the fiber arts. All ages are welcome!

Cheeseboard + wine deals to be had.

Wednesdays, 6-9 p.m. foxyloxycafe.com.

Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. WRUU 107.5 FM COMMUNITY RADIO VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION WRUU 107.5 is Connect Savannah’s “Best of Local Radio” and “Best of Local Talk Radio” 2019 winner! Our all-volunteer station seeks members of our community who have media/marketing, fundraising and other talents to keep us going strong. We are also accepting proposals for program hosts. Our next information session and volunteer orientation is on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. in Rahn Hall at the Unitarian Universalist Church (note: entry at 311 East Macon Street). For more information, visit www.wruu.org or contact program@wruu.org. Tue., March 3, 6-7 p.m.

912-712-5077. program@savsoundings.org. wruu.org/. facebook.com/savsoundings.

Savannah Soundings - WRUU - 107.5, 307 E. Harris Street.

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“I’M NO SAINT” --SHOT OUT OF THE CANON

CONCERTS

U.S. NAVY BAND IN CONCERT The Navy Band’s national concert tour is a collection of tours throughout the year by the various units of the Navy Band. Each year, ensembles of the Navy Band embark for weeks on concert tours throughout specified regions of the country.

The national concert tours of the Navy Band serve audiences with entertaining performances but also allow the Navy

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1 “You’re the Worst” star Chris 6 Gadot of “Wonder Woman” 9 DJ’s output 14 Pentium company 15 Have regret 16 Positive terminal 17 Liquid extracted from beer brewed by quarterback Elway?

19 Be indecisive 20 Margarine substitute 21 Dodge 23 Quagmire 24 Musical ability 25 Recognize 26 Cookies in sleeves 28 British actor Garfield is angry?

32 Item thrown by Olympic athletes 35 They’re attracted to sugar 36 Compete 37 Work badge, e.g.

38 NBA tiebreakers 39 “That should do it” 41 Abbr. in want ads denoting fair hiring 42 Clothing company founded in Queens 44 Disallowed 45 Sandwich grill belonging to comedian Short?

48 Movement started on social media in 2006 49 Bale stuff

50 Mini-menace 53 “No Ordinary Love” singer 55 ___-Kettering Institute 57 “Million Dollar ___” (2006 “Simpsons” episode featuring Homer’s dad) 58 Desktop images 60 Result of an arson investigation on Sesame Street?

62 Got up 63 20-20, e.g.

64 Brownish eye color 65 “The Post” star Streep 66 Ken Jennings has four of them 67 Rub out

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1 Action figure with kung-fu grip 2 “Waterworld” girl with a map on her back 3 It’ll knock you out 4 Slot machine city 5 Chicago transit trains 6 President Cleveland 7 Invisible vibes 8 Disappointments 9 Like some sugar 10 Beguile 11 Gets out of the way 12 Time to “beware” 13 Gen ___ (post-boom kids) 18 Mary Louise Parker Showtime series 22 Lead-in to “while”

25 Like some shirts or pajamas 27 Molly’s cousin 28 Healthcare.gov statute, briefly 29 Completely consume 30 “Your Majesty” 31 Everything bagel bit 32 Per ___ 33 Notion 34 Winter house protection 38 Antiquated 40 Day planner divs.

43 Ones, in Juarez 44 “Helps stop gas before it starts” product 46 Microscopic 47 Actor Ving of “Pulp Fiction” 50 Resort island near Majorca 51 Boggy areas 52 “Get Out” director Jordan 53 “Anna and the King of ___” 54 Part of a parcel, perhaps 56 “Chocolat” actress Lena 57 “Bearing gifts, we traverse ___” 59 Poutine seasoning?

61 “___-Hulk” (upcoming Disney+ series)

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direct access to both former and future members of the United States Navy. For tickets please call 912-344-2801 or email armstrongboxoffice@georgiasouthern. edu Box office hours: Mon.- Fri. 12-3 p.m. Free Fri., Feb. 28, 7:30-10 p.m.

912-344-2801. armstrongboxoffice@ georgiasouthern.edu. facebook.com/ events/1496515500497635/. Fine Arts Auditorium, Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. UNITED STATES NAVY BAND The United States Navy Band features the Concert Band, Sea Chanters chorus and Cruisers popular music group. Free and open to the public Fri., Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m.

Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St.

FOOD & DRINK EVENTS

ABOREATUM: BRUNCH AND LEARN The Downtown Garden Club of Savannah invites the public to Aboreatum: Brunch and Learn benefiting the tree lawn restoration project on Drayton Street north of Liberty with the support of the Savannah Tree Foundation and the City of Savannah. Program speakers are Gene Phillips of Gene’s Nursery who will speak on raising camellias and Leslie Geer of Leslie Geer Designs who will demonstrate container gardening. $35 Feb. 27, 10 a.m..

DowntownGardenClub.com. American Legion Ballroom, 1108 Bull St. Savannah.

SPICY BOIS CLUB HOT SAUCE WING NIGHT

Calling all hot sauce freaks! Locally smoked chicken wings paired with hot sauces. Bring your favorite sauce, try new sauces, and revel in all things saucy every Thursday starting at 6pm. Kick off Thirsty Thursday with a kick! Lo-fi DJ brought to you by Savannah Bounce featuring DJ Skelector! FREE 6-8 p.m.. 9127777507. miramiracoffee@gmail.com. facebook.com/ events/2286151455015678/. brewedbrews. com. Mira Mira Coffee, 1722 Habersham St. HUSK X RAUL PEREZ $112 Feb. 28, 6:30 p.m. Husk Savannah, 12 West Oglethorpe Avenue.

OYSTER ROAST BENEFITTING THE CCA OF GEORGIA Join us for some delicious, fresh oysters and BBQ that benefits the Coastal Conservation Association of Georgia.

Oysters, BBQ from Cohen’s Retreat & delicious Southbound craft beer!

There will also be live music from local band Liquid Ginger. $25 presale, $30 at door Feb. 29, 5-9 p.m.. marketing@ southboundbrewingco.com. facebook. com/events/2470283823290359/. southboundbrewingco.com. Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. SATURDAY SPRITZES We are pairing up with Lillet to bring you Saturday Spritzes. Join us as we roll out our new Lillet cart where you can build your own Spritz! Choose between Lillet Blanc or Rose`and head to the cart where you will find a variety of fresh fruits, garnishes, and spices. Get creative and don’t forget to tag

TO WEEKLY SPECIALS 7PM 12AM BLUE MON $7 BLUE MOON TEQUILA TUE $6 JOSE CUERVO

PRIME RIB WEDNESDAYS

$11.95 PRIME RIB & $8 BABY GUINNESS

THROWBACK THURSDAYS $7 KAMIKAZE & RED HEADED SLUTS

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12 NORTH LATHROP AVE. | 912.233.6930 | EMPERORSSAVANNAH.COM

us with your handiwork! 10 a.m.-3 p.m..

(912) 559-8400. andrea.locorini@ sagerestaurantgroup.com. facebook.com/ events/500678067302318/. Emporium Kitchen & Wine Market, 254 E Perry Street Savannah.

SOUP IT UP FOR LOOP IT UP Enjoy a night of tasty soups, great friends, community awards, fundraising and celebration of Loop It Up Savannah. $60 each, $100 pair Feb. 29, 7 p.m. American Legion Ballroom, 1108 Bull St. Savannah.

TIPSY TALES SAVANNAH PUB CRAWL $25 Feb. 29, 7:30 p.m. Jen’s & Friends, 34 Bull St. BLOODY MARY BAR We are joining forces with Savannah Vodka to bring you Emporium’s Bloody Mary Cart!

Spice up your day with a trip to the cart and create your own masterpiece with a variety of hot sauces & garnishes. 11 a.m.-3 p.m..

(912) 559-8400. andrea.locorini@ sagerestaurantgroup.com. facebook.com/ events/551603858899919/. Emporium Kitchen & Wine Market, 254 E Perry Street Savannah.

DRAG BRUNCH Brunch with the Club One Cabaret. Tickets include a brunch buffet and the show. $35 March 1, 11 a.m.. moonriverbrewing.com/.

Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St.

Ongoing

$10 PITCHER THURSDAYS It’s Thursday. You’ve almost made it to the weekend, but you need a beer. Swing by with your friends for $10 pitcher night! business.

facebook.com/events/771292539893213/. southboundbrewingco.com. Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. 201 OYSTER MONDAY Each and every Monday til we run out of oysters. Enjoy Fresh Oysters for $1 (each) along with $5 Champagne, Blue Point Toasted Lager beer or our Ice-cold draft Beers. This will be the “Shucker’s Choice” with steamed and raw options.

ALL YOU CAN EAT MUSSELS EVERY TUESDAY We are pleased to announce the return of All You Can Eat Mussels. This monumental mussel meal will be available every Tuesday from 5pm-9pm starting on Tuesday, January 7th. Every bowl of mussels comes with baby green salad, bottomless pommes frites, & warm bread. Don’t forget about the 6 different flavors of mussels that can be enjoyed: Meunière, Bacon Blue Cheese, Pesto, Red Curry, Provençal, and Vegetable Cream. Enjoy it all for $24 a person! *No sharing or substitutions* *Holidays are excluded* 5-9 p.m.. 912721-0595. info@39ruedejeansav.com. holycityhospitality.com/39-rue-de-jeansavannah/. 39 Rue de Jean, 605 W Oglethorpe Ave. BETHESDA FARM AND GARDENS STAND Featuring in season, organic (not certified) veggies, herbs and flowers. All proceeds go directly to funding tuition expenses for Bethesda Academy students. For specialty orders, contact Merrin at merrin.slocombe@ bethesdaacademy.org. merrin.slocombe@

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bethesdaacademy.org. bethesdaacademy. org. Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. FARM TRUCK 912 Forsyth Farmers’ Market Farm Truck 912 offers fresh produce 7 days a week in neighborhoods all around Savannah.

Check out the web sitefor the schedule of 13 stops and support local farmers and nutrition education programming. ongoing. forsythfarmersmarket.com/farmtruck912.

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. 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.

HEALTH

2020 SAVANNAH WOMEN’S RETREAT: MINDFUL SELF COMPASSION $5-$25 Sat., Feb. 29, 10 a.m. whitebluffpc@ bellsouth.net. White Bluff Presbyterian Church, 10710 White Bluff Rd. 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. DR. GWEN’S SELF-CARE SATURDAY $69.99 Sat., Feb. 29, 9 a.m. $45-$59 Sat., Feb. 29, 2 p.m. Hampton Inn & Suites Savannah - I-95 South - Gateway, 591 Al Henderson Boulevard.

FREE CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP Are you gradually feeling more alone as friends and family don’t seem to get

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19)

You may sometimes reach a point where you worry that conditions are not exactly right to pursue your dreams or fulfill your holy quest. Does that describe your current situation? If so, I invite you to draw inspiration from Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), who’s regarded as one of history’s foremost novelists.

Here’s how one observer described Cervantes during the time he was working on his masterpiece, the novel titled *Don Quixote*: “shabby, obscure, disreputable, pursued by debts, with only a noisy tenement room to work in.” Cervantes dealt with imperfect conditions just fine.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

“True success is figuring out your life and career so you never have to be around jerks,” says Taurus filmmaker, actor, and author John Waters. I trust that you have been intensely cultivating that kind of success in the last few weeks, Taurus— and that you will climax this wondrous accomplishment with a flourish during the next few weeks. You’re on the verge of achieving a new level of mastery in the art of immersing yourself in environments that bring out the best in you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

I would love for you to become more powerful, Gemini—not necessarily in the sense of influencing the lives of others, but rather in the sense of managing your own affairs with relaxed confidence and crisp competence. What comes to mind when I urge you to expand your selfcommand and embolden your ambition?

Is there an adventure you could initiate that would bring out more of the swashbuckler in you?

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

For my Cancerian readers in the Southern Hemisphere, this oracle will be in righteous alignment with the natural flow of the seasons. That’s because February is the hottest, laziest, most spacious time of year in that part of the world—a logical moment to take a lavish break from the daily rhythm and escape

on a vacation or pilgrimage designed to provide relaxation and renewal. Which is exactly what I’m advising for all of the earth’s Cancerians, including those in the Northern Hemisphere. So for those of you above the equator, I urge you to consider thinking like those below the equator. If you can’t get away, make a blanket fort in your home and pretend. Or read a book that takes you on an imaginary journey.

Or hang out at an exotic sanctuary in your hometown.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

Leo author Walter Scott (1771–1832) was a pioneer in the genre of the historical novel. His stories were set in various eras of the Scottish past. In those pre-telephone and pre-Internet days, research was a demanding task. Scott traveled widely to gather tales from keepers of the oral tradition. In accordance with current astrological omens, Leo, I recommend that you draw inspiration from Scott’s old-fashioned approach. Seek out direct contact with the past. Put yourself in the physical presence of storytellers and elders. Get first-hand knowledge about historical events that will inspire your thoughts about the future of your life story.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Over a period of 40 years, the artist Rembrandt (1606–1663) gazed into a mirror as he created more than ninety self-portraits—about ten percent of his total work.

Why? Art scholars don’t have a definitive answer. Some think he did self-portraits because they sold well. Others say that because he worked so slowly, he himself was the only person he could get to model for long periods. Still others believe this was his way of cultivating self-knowledge, equivalent to an author writing an autobiography. In the coming weeks, I highly recommend that you engage in your personal equivalent of extended mirrorgazing. It’s a favorable time to understand yourself better.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

From author Don DeLillo’s many literary

what you are going through as the unpaid caregiver of a loved one with dementia, serious illness or disability? Our drop-in and non-disease specific Caregiver Support Group meets twice a month to provide a safe place to connect with others who truly understand. Second Tuesday of each month from 10 – 11 a.m. and/or the fourth Monday of each month from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. at the Edel Caregiver Institute, 6000 Business Center Drive off Chatham Parkway.

912.629.1331. ongoing. Edel Caregiver Institute, 6000 Business Center Drive.

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BY ROB BREZSNY

beautyandtruth@freewillastrology.com

works, I’ve gathered five quotes to serve as your guideposts in the coming weeks.

These observations are all in synchronistic alignment with your current needs. 1.

Sometimes a thing that’s hard is hard because you’re doing it wrong. 2. You have to break through the structure of your own stonework habit just to make yourself listen. 3. Something is always happening, even on the quietest days and deep into the night, if you stand a while and look. 4.

The world is full of abandoned meanings.

In the commonplace, I find unexpected themes and intensities. 5. What we are reluctant to touch often seems the very fabric of our salvation.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

“I remember a time when a cabbage could sell itself just by being a cabbage,” wrote Scorpio author Jean Giraudoux (1882–1944). “Nowadays it’s no good being a cabbage—unless you have an agent and pay him a commission.” He was making the point that for us humans, it’s not enough to simply become good at a skill and express that skill; we need to hire a publicist or marketing wizard or distributor to make sure the world knows about our offerings. Generally, I agree with Giradoux’s assessment. But I think that right now it applies to you only minimally.

The coming weeks will be one of those rare times when your interestingness will shine so brightly, it will naturally attract its deserved attention. Your motto, from industrialist Henry J. Kaiser: “When your work speaks for itself, don’t interrupt.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

When he was 29 years old, Sagittarian composer Ludwig Beethoven published his *String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 4*. Most scholars believe that the piece was an assemblage of older material he had created as a young man. A similar approach might work well for you in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. I invite you to consider the possibility of repurposing tricks and ideas that weren’t quite ripe when you first used them. Recycling yourself makes good sense.

Are there parts of your life that seem to undermine other parts of your life? Do you wish there was greater harmony between your heart and your head, between your giving and your taking, between your past and your future? Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could infuse your cautiousness with the wildness of your secret self? I bring these questions to your attention, Capricorn, because I suspect you’re primed to address them with a surge of innovative energy. Here’s my prediction: Healing will come as you juxtapose apparent opposites and unite elements that have previously been unconnected.

When he was 19, the young poet Robert Graves joined the British army to fight in World War I. Two years later, the *Times of London* newspaper reported that he had been killed at the Battle of the Somme in France. But it wasn’t true. Graves was very much alive, and continued to be for another 69 years. During that time, he wrote 55 books of poetry, 18 novels, and 55 other books. I’m going to be bold and predict that this story can serve as an apt metaphor for your destiny in the coming weeks and months. Some dream or situation or influence that you believed to be gone will in fact have a very long second life filled with interesting developments.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

If you’re like most of us, you harbor desires for experiences that might be gratifying in some ways but draining in others. If you’re like most of us, you may on occasion get attached to situations that are mildly interesting, but divert you from situations that could be amazingly interesting and enriching. The good news, Pisces, is that you are now in a phase when you have maximum power to wean yourself from these wasteful tendencies. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to identify your two or three most important and exciting longings—and take a sacred oath to devote yourself to them above all other wishes and hopes.

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CLINIC Dr. Kevin Brown, Chiropractor and Owner of Brown Chiropractic, hosts a free Headache and Neck Pain Clinic on the first Tuesday of every month at 6pm. Space is limited – call to reserve your spot. 912-447-1885. For more information, visit our websites: www. savannahchiropractic.com www.facebook. com/savannahchiropractic Free first Tuesday of every month, 6-7 p.m. 912-4471885. frontdesk@savannahchiropractic. com. savannahchiropractic.com/. Brown Chiropractic, 513 E. Oglethorpe Ave., Ste. O. FREE RESTORATIVE YOGA FOR CAREGIVERS Are you the unpaid caregiver for a loved one with dementia, serious illness or disability?

Schedule some relaxation time just for you! Our free restorative yoga and deep relaxation classes use bolsters and blankets to support the body and quiet the mind.

Dress comfortably and join us at the Edel Caregiver Institute, 6000 Business Center Drive off Chatham Parkway. 912.629.1331. ongoing. Edel Caregiver Institute, 6000 Business Center Drive.

MINDFUL FLOW $15 Sat., Feb. 29, 9:30 a.m. Hygge, 600 East Broughton Street.

NATIVE AMERICAN ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Georgia’s only Native American Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. Meets every Thursday at 2 pm at 517 East Broad Street, Savannah.

Court papers will be signed. Open to all.

You do not have to be Native American to attend Free ongoing, 2-3 p.m. 912-712-3314.

Islandmedicinewoman@gmail.com. East Broad Native American Group, 517 East Broad Street.

THE HAPPY HONEY POT: ‘SELF CARE PRODUCTS’ WORKSHOP $45 Fri., Feb. 28, 6 p.m. 2418 De Soto Ave, 2418 De Soto Avenue.

KID’S HAPPENINGS

ART CLUB Free Thu., Feb. 27, 4 p.m. Jacob Grant Community Center, 185 Ballpark Rd. BOOK READING WITH SONJA R. SCOTT Savannah Children’s Museum hosts an upcoming private book reading and live video shoot for a local author, Sonja R. Scott, featuring Ikio Learns to Fish. This video collaboration will feature Sonja reading her book to various groups of children, facilitating an interactive origami activity

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while offering helpful metacognition and mindfulness tips to educators, parents, and caregivers as it relates to children. Tue., March 3, 9:15 p.m. Savannah Children’s Museum, 655 Louisville Road.

CHILDREN & TWEEN/TEEN PAINTED HEIRLOOM PORTRAITS These heirloom painted portraits are Renaissance in style with rich tones and neutral expressions, yet at the same time they invoke a modern touch. They showcase the beauty of your child and will give you an absolutely timeless heirloom that your child can one day display in their home and hand down to their children as well. ongoing. 912-266-6100. candy@ candacehiresphotography.com. Candace Hires Photography, 1508 Newcastle St. JUNIOR CAKER - HOW TO ELMO CAKE $25-$40 Sat., Feb. 29, 2 p.m. The Cake Mix Bakery & Academy, 5954 Hwy 21 south.

SESAME STREET LIVE When magician extraordinaire Justin visits Sesame Street to put on a magic show for the whole neighborhood, Elmo wants to be part of the big event. But there’s one problem...Elmo doesn’t know how to do magic! That’s when Elmo teams up with Abby and Justin, embarking on an amazing journey where Elmo will discover the “power of yet” -the lesson that with perseverance and practice, nothing can stand between you and your dream. Sat., Feb. 29, 2 & 5:30 p.m. and Sun., March 1, 2 p.m. savannahcivic. com. The Savannah Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. SEUSS FEST Local families are invited to celebrate the fun and whimsical world of Dr. Seuss during “Seuss Fest.” Event attendees are encouraged to dress as their favorite Dr. Seuss character in honor of the children’s book author, who would be celebrating his 116th birthday on March 2. $8 for all guests 18 months and older Sat., Feb. 29, 10 a.m.

Savannah Children’s Museum, 655 Louisville Road.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Join us for dinner and VBS! Our theme this year is “Athens: Holy Land Adventure Paul’s Dangerous Journey to Share the Truth”.

Imagine leaving a life of privilege and power to face angry mobs, painful imprisonment, and chain-breaking earthquakes - all to spread the life-changing truth of God’s love. Learn the jaw-dropping story of the Apostle Paul straight from Paul himself.

We will visit the Marketplace shops, share in Paul’s adventures, play arena games and so much more! This VBS is for the WHOLE family. Registration is going on now! free Mondays-Fridays, 5-7:30 p.m.

912-925-4839. trinityoffice@bellsouth.net. trinitylutheransavannah.org. Trinity Lutheran Church, 12391 Mercy Blvd.

LGBT

FIRST CITY NETWORK Georgia’s oldest LGBT organization (founded in 1985) is a local non-profit community service organization whose mission is to share resources of health care, counseling, education, advocacy and mutual support in the Coastal Empire. Members and guests enjoy many special events throughout the year, including First Saturday Socials held

the first Saturday of each month at 7pm.

Mondays. 912-236-CITY. firstcitynetwork. org.

GAY AA MEETING True Colors Group of Alcoholics Anonymous, a gay and lesbian AA meeting that welcomes all alcoholics, meets Thursdays and Sundays, 7:30pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 311 E. Harris, 2nd floor.

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 non-profit. info@savannahpride.com. savannahpride. com.

T2Q T2Q seeks to help Trans people become comfortable in their true identities, as well as assist them in getting used to being out among society. Meetings are the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 7 p.m.

T2Q’s official mission statement: To defend human and civil rights secured by law.

Lessening neighborhood tensions views on the LGBTQ+ Community with emphasis on Trans and non-binary individuals. Conduct public discussion groups, forums, panels, lectures or similar programs. To promote the quantum effect on one’s identity and diversity in all mankind. To give hope to those who feel lost. To lift up our fellow Trans and Non-binary individuals. All because we care. T2QTrans@gmail.com.

Savannah LGBT Center, 1515 Bull St.

LITERARY EVENTS

ANNUAL UUCS USED BOOK SALE! Are you a book lover? Are you seeking fresh reading material at bargain prices? Whatever your situation, we are here to help! The Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah will hold its annual book sale on Sunday, March 1st from 9:00-4:00. The book sale will be held in the church’s fellowship hall, Rahn Hall, and is planned and executed by UUCS’s youth group. You will find used books of all genres as well as CDs, DVDs, and video games. Please come out and browse through all the book sale has to offer! Sun., March 1, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. re@uusavannah. org. uusavannah.org. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 307A E. Harris St. BOOK READING AND SIGNING WITH ANDY DAVIDSON Join E Shaver for a reading and signing of Andy Davidson’s novel, The Boatman’s Daughter. Andy Davidson will be in conversation with Emily Jones of GPB. Fri., Feb. 28, 5:30 p.m. eshaverbooks.com/. E Shaver Booksellers, 326 Bull St. BOOK SIGNING: TEA WITH DEATH BY ABIGAIL WILDES Meet the delightfully dark mind behind the best selling gothic poetry collection: Tea With Death! Free Sun., March 1, 2-6 p.m.

9124210426. cosmiccornersav@gmail.com. facebook.com/events/187658175837998/.

CosmicCornerSavannah.com. Cosmic Corner, 305 e 38th st.

CONVERSATION WITH WANDA LLOYD Author Wanda Smalls Lloyd will be in conversation with Shirley Barber James on

the topic of Lloyd’s new memoir, “Coming Full Circle: From Jim Crow to Journalism.”

Reception and book signing to follow. Sat., Feb. 29, 3 p.m. Second African Baptist Church, 123 Houston Street (Greene Square).

DEEP IN THE YARD Celebrate the powerful writing of some of Savannah’s most talented poets and support the work of Deep Center with every drink purchased from 3PM-5PM. Sun., March 1, 3 p.m. starlandyard.com/. Starland Yard, 2411 DeSoto Ave. FAULKNER AND MORRISON BOOK CLUB Join our book club discussing the works of Toni Morrison and William Faulkner!

We’re starting in September with Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” and continuing monthly on Thursday evenings; future titles include Morrison’s “Sula,” Faulkner’s “Sanctuary” and “As I Lay Dying,” and others. Each month’s info will be placed on the E. Shaver website, and the bookstore is offering a 20% discount on book club books. All are welcome! free fourth Thursday of every month, 6-7 p.m.

920-629-1219. samuel.lwe@gmail.com. eshaver.com/event. eshaverbooks.com/. E Shaver Booksellers, 326 Bull St. HORACE MUNGIN SPEAKS Free Fri., Feb. 28, 5 p.m. 19 Dunnagans Alley, 19 Dunnagans Alley.

LET’S ROAM SAVANNAH SCAVENGER HUNT Searching for an exciting outdoor activity in Savannah? The hunt is over! Download the Let’s Roam scavenger hunt app and start exploring today! Tourist, local, or new to town, this is a lively small group activity that anyone can enjoy. Lace up your walking shoes and get ready to experience Savannah like you never have before. Snap pics, race against the clock, and put your navigation skills to the test as you roam through Savannah discovering different destinations along the way, Historic Savannah Adventure has it all! Through Dec. 31, 1 a.m.-11:45 p.m. 833-202-7626. support@letsroam. com. letsroam.com/scavenger_hunt/ historic_savannah_scavenger_hunt?utm_ source=partner&utm_medium=mwrtvxmr.

LetsRoam!, 10 East Oglethorpe Avenue.

LOWCOUNTRY LITERACY AND CULTURE FORUM The purpose of the Forum is to celebrate, educate, and preserve Gullah Geechee culture. There will be a performance by the Gullah Geechee Ring Shouters, panel discussion about literacy and Gullah Geechee culture, art exhibit, educational activities and refreshments. Sat., Feb. 29, 10 a.m. Liberty County Performing Arts Center, 2140 East Oglethorpe Highway.

WORDPLAY AT THE PARC Deep Center and the Pennsylvania Avenue Resource Center are teaming up to bring you WordPlay at the PARC, a youth only open mic that will feature young poets and performers from around the city. Adults are invited to come out to watch, support, and be inspired by these young artists as they share the spotlight. The show will be hosted by the Deep Center Slam team as they work to perfect their slam pieces in preparation for local and regional competitions. Fri., Feb. 28, 4 p.m. Pennsylvania Avenue Resources Center, 425 Pennsylvania Ave.

Announcements

Southern Elegance Staffing, Inc.

is seeking servers, bartenders, and prep cooks for upcoming private events and banquets.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT $10-$12/hr. based on experience.

Action pact formerly CONCERTED Work on your time and choose SERVICES, INC. your own schedule. Interviews is now the service provider for take place Tue-Fri 10am-3pm. Call The Weatherization Program that 912-352-2288 previously was administered by EOA Savannah. Applications are being accepted to weatherize the Real Estate homes of Low-Income Families living in Chatham County.

Land/Lots For Sale For more information, please contact Teresa Lewis @ 912-285-6085 Garfield 124 Acres

For Your Information

ADS RECEIVED BY 5PM FRIDAY WILL APPEAR IN THE WEDNESDAY ISSUE OF THE NEXT WEEK.

2241 E Gwinnett St. Total Electric 3BR/1.5BA. LR, furnished kitchen, Off street parking, Fenced yard. $1100/month, $1100 Deposit NO Pets. Call:912308-6509

RURAL RICHMOND HILL BEAUTIFULLY REMODELED 3BR/2BA Mobile Home Includes Water, Pest Control, Lawn Care. $950mo/$950deposit with contract/REFERENCES. NO SMOKING/NO PETS 912-690-3386.

3BR/1BA. Freshly painted.

New A/C. Quiet Residential Bloomingdale. NO PETS. Verifiable Income. Big Yard.

Shown by Appointment.

912-210-0144.

Southside Condo 2-Bedroom, 2-Bath $875/ month No Pets Call 912-944-7722

SPECIAL! Other farm and Caroline Drive Apartment.

SPECIAL! timber tracts available www.

2 Bedroom/1 Bath. wasdenrealty.com SPECIAL! QUIET BUILDING NBCC, INC. THRIFT STORE Call Alan @ 11515 WHITE BLUFF New paint. Separate dining 25% OFF SALE Wasden Realty, Inc. 706room and kitchen. All electric. RD. 1BR/1BA, all electric, HURRY! EVERY SATURDAY 831-0441 $850/month, $850/deposit. 912- equipped kitchen, W/D

Rooming house on 38th and Roommate Wanted Drayton Street Room 1 is $160.00 per week Room 2 is $150.00 per ROOMMATE WANTED: Very Clean week Friday evening 6 to 7 pm.

Home. All Utilities, Cable, Wifi, 912-234-9779 Fitness Gym. On busline. NEWLY FURNISHED w/shared or private Rooms Available. Large bath. $145-$200/week or $550$650 month. 912-414-4380

BR Furnished WIFI/Cable/ Washer/Dryer. NO Drugs/ Violence - $170/WK, $100/ deposit. Single occupancy.

Christian Home. Must have ID/Check stubs.

Available:912-483-2266, Mr. Williams

For Rent

655-4303

Fabulous Thunderbolt Harbor Condo.

2/3-Bedroom. All Electric. Washer/ Dryer Connections. Bookcases/ Fireplaces/Kitchen Furnished.

Boat Slip. Intracoastal Wateray.

2-Car Garage/Pool. NO PETS. $2100month.

Call 912- 661-4814

WINDSOR HALL WEDDING PACKAGE ALL INCLUSIVE Up to 150 guests. Includes: Event Space, Catering, Decorations, DJ, Photography. $4085. windsorrentalhall.com 912-658-0240.

House For Rent. 339 Riverview Dr. Spacious 3br/1.5BA LR, DR, Eatin-kitchen, Appliances included.

Central Heat/Air. Total electric. NO Pets. $1000/mo, $1000/Deposit.

Tel:912-441-5468

Yard Sales Flea Market Annual Giant Flea Market on Skidaway Island March 7 (Saturday) 9am to 1pm Free Parking & Cash Only All items have been donated and all proceeds go to worthy causes both on Island and off. Over 800 residents have volunteered their time for this annual event.

Mark you calendars

Room for Rent BLOOMINGDALE Room for Rent Clean, quiet near I-95 & I-16. Completely furnished includes cable, washer dryer, Central heat/air. NO Pets Call 912-963-7956 EFFICIENCY APARTMENTS. Clean and safe.

Quinta 912-650-9358 Linda 912-690-9097

1216 E. 54th Street. 2 bedroom, 1 bath. $690.00 month plus deposit of $690.00 two blocks off Waters Ave., close to Daffin Park. Call 335-3211 or email adamrealstate@gmail.com Days/ Nights/Weekends.

2019 Chevrolet Camaro SS - LT1 6.2L V8, 1400 Miles. 10 Speed.

White with Beige Interior. Rear Folding Seat.

912-682-0872 Serious Inquiries Only. No Calls after 9 p.m. please.

SAVANNAH’S HOUSE OF GRACE- SENIOR LIVING AT ITS BEST. Ages 50 and BETTER. Shared community living for full functioning seniors. Nice comfortable living, affordable rates. Shared kitchen and bathroom.

Bedrooms with central heating/air/cable. Private bedrooms, fully furnished. ALSO: Community housing w/private bath. Different rates apply.

Income must be verifiable. Accept government vouchers. Starting at $600. 912-844-5995.

THUNDERBOLT LOCATION 2 Rooms available, across from SSU. Shower, toilet, and sink in room. Washer available. (1st)-$150 week.

(2nd)-$185/week. $100/ deposit each room. $25/ month cable each room.

912-844-3990/ 912-6559121

NICE FURNISHED

LOVELY 2BR APT. $700/ Month + Deposit 1409 Barnard Street NO PETS! Call 912-657-0458.

Help Wanted

2008 Hudson Street. 3BR/1 BA, House for Rent. LR, DR, KitchenAppliances included. Washer/ Dryer Connection. Total Electric.

NO PETS. $850/mo., $850/ deposit. Call 912-659-4056

CLIFTON’S DRY CLEANERS Accepting Applications for Counter Clerks. Apply within: 8401 Ferguson Ave. No phone calls.

Rooming house 38th and Drayton Street furnished apartments $185.00 and $200.00 per week utilities included living room, 1 bedroom bathroom kitchen $75.00 deposit Friday evening from 6-7 pm. 912-234-9779

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Available Now! Call 912-844-8716 ROOM in Rooming house for rent: 108 W.32nd Street. Quiet, unfurnished, all utilities & WiFi included. Proof of employment required. No pets. $150/wk., $150/deposit 912-713-1906 or 912-844-9817

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