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Film: The Best Documentaries You Never Saw

Secret Savannah Speakeasy

With this evening’s selection, the PFS launches a new occasional series.

8 p.m.

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

THU 11.7

Patrons step back to the 1920’s for an evening of swanky speakeasy eats and artisanal drinks with small-plate tastings and live music.

8pm Georgia State Railroad Museum 655 Louisville Rd, Savannah https://savannahfoodandwinefest.com/secretsavannah-speakeasy.html

The Savannah Food and Wine Festival

The Savannah Food and Wine Festival celebrates the best the South has to offer in the quintessential Southern hostess city.

Nov. 4-10 savannahfoodandwinefest.com/

Mountainfilm on Tour Savannah presents, “The River and the Wall” THU 11.7

Mountainfilm on Tour - Savannah, and DIRTT will host a special screening in honor of Veterans Day. $20 Admission Free Admission for All Veterans Doors open: 5:30pm for Social Hour Program starts: 6:30pm Service Brewing 574 Indian Street, Savannah

Graveface Anniversary Block Party and Valley SAT 11.9

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Celebrate Graveface’s eighth anniversary with a block party full of live music, giveaways, vendors, and the release of the Valley Gals LP. 5 p.m.

Graveface Records & Curiosities, 5 W. 40th Street.

The Return Of Dakaiju SAT 11.9

WEDNESDAY 11. 6

The band’s name is a reference to kaiju, a Japanese film genre that features giant monsters attacking cities, the military, and other monsters. With songs referencing famous movie monsters such as Mothra, the Huntsville, Alabama-based quartet plays surf instrumentals with a twist. Not only is there no singing, but also the four members of Daikaiju do not speak during their concerts. Or perhaps they do speak, but audiences never hear what the guys are muttering because their faces are covered with kabuki masks.

4 9pm El Rocko Lounge, 117 Whitaker St

THURSDAY 11. 7 Big Wig Bash

Susan G. Komen Coastal Georgia celebrates the 2019 class of Big Wigs and to crown the “Biggest Big Wig” fundraiser of the campaign.

6 p.m.

Savannah Station, 601 Cohen St. $75

Disney on Ice: Celebrate Memories Favorite Disney stories come to life.

Thurs.-Sun., times vary The Savannah Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $15-$65 savannahcivic.com

Film: Casablanca

One of the most celebrated films of all time, “Casablanca” won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.

7 p.m.

Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne. $10 9124724790. tybeeposttheater.showare. com/

Historic Savannah Foundation’s 64th Annual Meeting and Lecture

The meeting includes the annual election of officers and trustees, organizational updates, and plans for future initiatives.

6 p.m.

Davenport House Kennedy Pharmacy, 324 East State Street.

International Trivia Challenge

Test your world knowledge at SCWA’s International Trivia Challenge.

7 p.m.

Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church, 50 Diamond Causeway.

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Jimmy Herring and The 5 of 7

Dyrholm.

6:30 p.m.

Savannah Cultural Arts Center, Corner of MLK and Oglethorpe Streets. $10, cash preferred

Savannah Jazz: A Panel Discussion on the History of Jazz in Savannah

Odd Lot Improv: Friday Funnies

Widespread Panic guitarist Jimmy Herring and his new band Victory North, 2603 Whitaker Street. $29

The City of Savannah Municipal Archives will host a lecture on the history of Jazz in Savannah.

6 p.m.

Savannah Cultural Arts Center, Corner of MLK and Oglethorpe Streets.

Free and open to the public

Theatre: Macbeth

r Macbeth is William Shakespeare’s timeless story of ambition, madness, and corruption in a kingdom under siege.

Presented by Savannah Shakes.

Thurs.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 3 & 8 p.m.

Savannah Rep’s PLAYShop, 980 Industry Drive.

Free, but reservations required 912-346-5954. savshakes@gmail.com

o Theatre: The Addams Family A comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family features an original story.

Thurs. & Fri. 7:30 p.m.

Jenkins Hall Theatre, Library Dr. $15 (discounts available) (912) 344-2801. georgiasouthern.edu/ armstrongtickets

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

SATURDAY 11. 9 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

Girls on the Run Fall 5k

The 5K is the celebratory event marking the end of the 541 girl-strong Fall Season.

10 a.m.

Savannah State University, 3219 College St. $35 gotrcoastalgeorgialowcountry.org

Graveface Anniversary Block Party and Valley Gals LP Release

FRIDAY 11. 8

Celebrate Graveface’s eighth anniversary with a block party full of live music.

5 p.m.

Graveface Records & Curiosities, 5 W. 40th Street.

Film: Queen of Hearts

Islands Farmers’ Market

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Islands Farmers’ Market, 401 Quarterman Dr. Free islandsfarmersmarket@gmail.com

Make Savannah Fall Festival

A free public event featuring the local work of artisans, craftsmen and entrepreneurs.

4 p.m.

Creative Coast, 2222 Bull St.

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The Armstrong Campus Department Music pays tribute to lifelong Savannah musician, composer and educator J. Harry Persse.

3 p.m.

Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 1707 Bull St. Free

Abbey Road 50th Anniversary Celebration

Experience some Beatles magic as Abbey Road LIVE! performs the entire Abbey Road album, start-to-finish.

8 p.m.

Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne.

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Savannah Art Walk

MONDAY 11.11

Savannah Authors Expo

FallConcert

27th Annual J. Harry Persse Memorial Concert

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 Explore Savannah’s historic downtown by visiting artists and galleries every second Saturday. second Saturday of every month Hyatt Regency Savannah, 2 West Bay St. savannahartwalk.com

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Film: From Here to Eternity

At an Army barracks in Hawaii in the days before Pearl Harbor, lone-wolf soldier and boxing champion “Prew” Prewitt refuses to box, preferring to play the bugle instead.

7 p.m.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. $5-8 912-525-5050. lucastheatre.com

Savannah Authors Expo hosts local authors for book signings, live performances from local poets, author panels, and more.

Neon Indian 10 a.m.

Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 West Liberty Neon Indian (aka Alan Palomo) has anMPH the long awaited follow up to H WIND SYnounced Street.

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Savannah for Morons: The Trolley Victory North, 2603 Whitaker Street.

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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

Tybee Island Farmers Market

Summon the Sea! Free Family Day

Savannah Winds Fall Celebration

Participants in this free event will explore ocean ecology and whale-themed crafts.

1-4 p.m.

Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Free to Chatham County residents 912-790-8800. telfair.org/event/ summon-the-sea-free-family-day/

Victory Moto Show

A custom and vintage moto show showcasing a variety of unique bikes. noon Service Brewing Company, 574 Indian St. $10

Featuring a variety of produce, baked goods, and more.

4 p.m.

30 Meddin Drive tybeeislandfarmersmarket.com

TUESDAY 11.12 The Savannah Winds is the community wind symphony-in-residence at the Armstrong Campus.

7:30 p.m.

Fine Arts Auditorium, Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. $15 (discounts available) (912) 344-2801. georgiasouthern.edu/ armstrongtickets

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OUR PRINT DEADLINE is Monday afternoon. By the time you can read this, the big local elections will have already happened, and unfortunately there’s no way to publish the results in this week’s print edition.

So I’d like to share a more personal reminiscence and account of something else that happened recently which is very important — arguably much more important over the long cultural life of Savannah than just one election.

The Savannah Pride Festival recently marked its 20th edition in Savannah with the first-ever local Pride Parade.

If it seems like a no-brainer and long overdue, you’re probably right. But they

You only get noticed if you screw up.

Turns out though the bass drum was almost as big as I was, I was the only one in the whole drum section who was able to keep a steady enough beat to play it.

So I was stuck with it.

Thus began my long life of taking on various and sundry thankless tasks, culminating in a career as a newspaper editor — which, up there with soccer goalkeeper, must be one of the top five most thankless jobs in the world.

You only get noticed if you screw up.

But I digress. Where was I? Yes, the Savannah Pride Parade. These days I play a smaller, more interesting drum that’s much easier to march with. It’s what the Brazilians call a Caixa — equivalent to a snare drum.

Long story short, I quite simply had more fun in the Savannah Pride Parade

Hopefully in next year’s edition, the start won’t be quite so frenzied, and police will accommodate the parade’s friendly vibe.

That said, by the time we reached Broughton Street, we were fully caught up and part of the parade’s seamless whole.

Huge crowds of people lined Broughton — in some spots as deep as on a St. Patrick’s Day — passionately cheering, dancing, and sometimes joining us in the ranks to groove on the Samba rhythms.

It was a feeling of communal oneness that is experienced less and less in Savannah. Maybe that’s part of why it was so special.

But as great as that was, it was just the opening act for the big finale.

Turning the corner to make the last leg into Ellis Square, we passed under the big rainbow arch.

Crowds spilled out from the River Street bars to urge us on. It was closer to what I imagine an old-time St. Patrick’s Day parade must have been like back in the day, before it became corporate and mass-marketed.

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In any case, the 20th edition of the Festival turned out to be exactly the right time to stage the first-ever parade.

I was greatly honored to be able to march in the parade, as part of the Samba Savannah drumming group I belong to.

Being a participant in this historymaking local event was, without question, a lifetime highlight — not just due to me being an LGBT ally along with everyone in our group, but also in the sheer joyful enthusiasm which which the parade was greeted by the entire city.

Some background: This is far from the first parade in Savannah I’ve been in.

Growing up here, I marched more times than I can remember in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

In that parade I was also a drummer, in my school’s marching band. I was the smallest kid in the drum section, but carried the biggest drum — the bass drum.

The big one you carry vertically, and hit on each side with the mallets.

Now, if you know much about percussion, you know the cruelly unfortunate thing about the bass drum is that it’s the “easiest” drum to play in a marching band, but also the most important, in that it keeps the beat for the whole band.

than I’ve had marching in or watching any St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Savannah.

A lot of others can report a similar experience.

On Friday night, Oct. 25 — on the eve of Savannah’s busiest weekend of the year — we gathered at our impromptu staging area of Service Brewing on Indian Street.

There was a delightful air of anticipation. No one had ever done this in Savannah before! It was exciting.

Most of you know that the St. Patrick’s Day Parade stages in an around Lincoln Street, and avoids River Street altogether.

The Pride Parade, however — and somewhat ambitiously — kicked off on West River Street, marching nearly the entire length of the cobblestoned avenue.

Crowds spilled out from the bars to urge us on. It was closer to what I imagine an old-time St. Patrick’s Day parade must have been like back in the day, before it became corporate and mass-marketed.

The only mild critique I have of the evening was the police officer who quite impatiently urged us to catch up with the fast-moving, motorized floats and fire trucks ahead.

Some of our drums aren’t so easy to lug around, especially if you have to play at the same time!

On the other side was a truly vast and enormous crowd, overflowing and spilling out of the boundaries of the square, all looking right at us and the other marchers as we headed straight towards them.

It was a powerful, almost overwhelming visual, sonic, and emotional experience, and one I’ll never forget.

After the parade, as is always the case with these things, we weren’t ready to stop playing. So we jammed a while outside Club One. In Ellis Square late into the night, the crowd was packed and plentiful, but missing the air of dangerous tension which is so often the case in Ellis late on a weekend night nowadays.

In its place was a calm, cathartic feeling of true accomplishment, that little, conservative old Savannah could host something so ineffably, inarguably cool and inclusive.

Something that was making its own history, rather than capitalizing on history that’s already happened.

Don’t get me wrong: I’ll still have a blast next St. Patrick’s Day, as per usual.

But in my mind, Savannah might just have itself a new signature holiday procession and celebration. CS

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Deep students at the candidate forum Oct. 25. PHOTO BY LAURA MULDER.

Deep Center takes on policy, looks to future by the ACLU as a trend of children being funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems as a rachael@connectsavannah.com result of schools failing to address the root cause of why a student doesn’t perform DEEP Center is in the middle of a major well, like a history of poverty or neglect. moment.

Ave’Lallemant, with Community The nonprofit has been around for 11 Engagement Coordinator Raphael Eissa, years, going into Savannah’s middle and lead the Action and Research Team, which high schools to host creative writing work- used conversations and lived experience to shops and build our community. build this study. Their focus this year was In that time, Deep’s young people have on discipline in schools, a concern raised written fearlessly and exposed Savannah’s by Deep kids. inequity through their clear-eyed discusAve’Lallemant and Eissa dove into sion of the issues they themselves face. research on discipline policies and What better way to see the world through a accountability, partnering with the Digchild’s eyes, right? nity in Schools Campaign, whose model Adults have heard so often, “That’s code of conduct was instrumental in just the way Savannah is,” dismissing the Deep’s recommendations for a code of consystemic inequity as something that just duct in schools. happens.

“We were able to pull a number of difDeep knows how Savannah is because of ferent recommendations that we thought the children it serves, but they’re not con- were applicable to our own context—for tent with letting the broken system conexample, the abolition of vague, catchall tinue to function. Instead, they’re turning terms in the code of conduct such as defiit on its head. ance or disobedience, which represent a “Deep Center is doing policy work large bulk of the disciplinary violations because our young people have led us to that are committed,” says Eissa. this point,” says Megan Ave’Lallemant, “Their model code of conduct has a Director of Adult Programs. “Young people human rights framework, so it centers the would be speaking amazing truth, and humanity of young people in the codes then we didn’t have the next right action they recommend,” adds Executive Direcstep except to continue writing and pertor Dare Dukes. “Overarching values to forming. So we realized that we needed to find ways to find ways to call young people also start to address the systems that are into the community, rather than push impacting our young people.” them out.”

On Oct. 8, Deep released its first set of A clear, concise code of conduct can policy recommendations in a report writeliminate the subjective punishment of ten with Kate Blair of Savannah/Chatham young people—the report notes that black CASA and assisted by Dr. Kevin Burke boys and girls are the most likely to be of the University of Georgia. The report harmed by an ambiguous discipline policy. includes six policy recommendations, To move away from antiquated codes focusing on the school-to-prison pipeline. of conduct, a power shift is necessary. In CONTINUES ON P. 10 The school-to-prison pipeline is defined

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Deep’s discussion spaces, points out Eissa, titles are eliminated in favor of the more colloquial use of someone’s first name.

“In order to reduce power dynamics that might exist between adults and youth, we encourage people to reference each other by first name, to drop titles,” says Eissa.

“We find that when we introduce Deep culture, it can be a shock to people in power.”

That shock just shows how subversive Deep is to the status quo. Society’s need for respecting elders is so ingrained into our society that kids grow up calling older folks “ma’am” and “sir.” Anything less feels like an affront, as Coco Papy, Director of Development and Communication, describes.

Papy talks about a huge win for Deep after Police Chief Minter and Major Gavin came looking for a conversation about how to talk to young people. Ave’Lallemant and Eissa welcomed them into the space, but on the condition that they needed to be in plainclothes and unarmed—a request that the young people themselves made.

“You can see there’s a very obvious push and pull,” says Papy. “I think it can be perceived as a form of disrespect, but for us, it’s very much a way of equalizing the field and ensuring that symbols of power are not necessarily in a space where you’re trying to have people be as honest as possible.”

Those spaces are even more crucial for youth, whose voices often aren’t heard in places often reserved for adults, like candidate forums. There’s a big moment of duplicity happening in our world right now: children are heralded as The Future, but not taken seriously. Deep gave some power back to kids by facilitating a youthled forum on Oct. 25.

Four Deep students led the forum, which invited candidates for mayor and for aldermen at large. Ave’Lallemant and Eissa sat in on the forum but didn’t participate beyond keeping time.

Prior to the forum, Deep staff helped the kids do research that would help them feel comfortable asking good questions and to push back if they didn’t think their question was being answered.

“We’re so good at centering youth that we often decenter the structures we put in place to lift youth up,” says Dukes. “I say this because there are a lot of spaces in Savannah where folks will put young people across the table from people in power and say, ‘Okay, ask them questions!’

Without support or conversations with the people in power about what it means to be in that space, youth can often be tokenized and, while being visibly put in a powerful position, actually made less powerful.”

“What we’re really doing is training young people in civic engagement and all the different ways that could look,” says Papy. “A lot of it is a very deep learning process, all these issues overlap, but there are ways of supporting them through this process without projecting any one personal

opinion or belief on anything. Ultimately, what we’re focused on is our young people learning how this process works so they can be better, involved, and informed citizens because that’s what we need.”

Papy shares that the elected officials and candidates at the forum said that the young people asked some of the best questions they’d heard all election season.

So, what’s next for Deep?

Recently, they were awarded a grant from the Hewlett Foundation to examine school climate in Savannah. The grant was written by Dukes, with considerable input from Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools superintendent Dr. Ann Levett and former mayor Otis Johnson.

Papy emphasizes the work that Levett and Johnson have done, and that Deep’s policy recommendations “I think something we felt was really important to do was adopt a ‘yes, and’ approach, not an ‘either or,’” says Papy.

“Because we released this brief does not mean things aren’t already happening. We want to give credit to people like Judge Lisa Colbert and Dr. Levett for pushing this work forward. How can we continue to build on that work? Institutions are massive things, and it takes a lot to shift them even the slightest direction.”

Currently, Eissa and Ave’Lallemant are working on the new iteration of the Action Youth Team, which could take their work in a totally different direction based on what that group of young people values. Papy addresses the recent CAT study breakdown as something that’s on the minds of their kids, but undoubtedly, issues will shift to the forefront. Deep has plenty of time and lots more work to do.

“The candidate forum itself was very much the pre-beginning. This is going to be a campaign,” asserts Eissa. “This isn’t just a conversation. Our young people will be following up with whoever is elected into office to ensure that these conversations move beyond the point of talking and moving into action, into adopting legislation and policies that can codify all that we and the young people are recommending.”

Deep is also working to continue conversations and hold adults more accountable.

“In terms of narrative change, we’re continuing to work to hold up positive representations of youth of color healing, growing and thriving, both individually and through collective action, to very intentionally disrupt the crime and punishment narrative that Savannah sits inside of around working-class youth of color,” says Dukes. “It’s time for Savannah to start holding adults accountable, not just young people. When you tell stories about young people and their challenges in Savannah, the burden of change is always on young people—‘What are they doing to lift themselves up?’ We’re asking, ‘What are adults doing to clear that path?’” CS

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CNT arrests five in meth bust

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with Trafficking Methamphetamine.

The evening of Oct. 31, CNT arrested 30-yearold Joseph Boring of Savannah in connection with this investigation. Boring was arrested outside the Suburban Hotel located Kristin Sheppard at 10614 Abercorn Street. Boring was found to be in possession of a firearm with the serial number filed off. Boring was charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon. Boring was also charged with two outstanding warrants for Contempt of

Edward Branen Joseph Boring

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Court and Probation Violation. Additional charges are expected, CNT says.

CNT’s investigation began in August “after undercover CNT agents received information that methamphetamine was being sold from the residence. Over

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CNT arrested 29-year-old Kristin “Shine” Sheppard of Savannah, 37-yearold Edward Branen of Rincon, 49-yearold James Driggers of Savannah, and 53-year-old Randall Knabe of Savannah.

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NEWS & OPINION NEWS OF THE WEIRD Inexplicable

Mothers Lounge, a company catering to new mothers, has conceived some awkward conversations for women on the receiving end of a marketing campaign.

The company sent out maternity congratulations cards signed by “Jenny B” that included gift cards and coupons for products attractive to pregnant women.

The problem is, as the BBC reported, many of the recipients aren’t pregnant. A woman in Memphis, Tennessee, tweeted: “Who the hell is Jenny B and why did she send me $245 in gift cards to my childhood home congratulating me on my pregnancy?! This is literally how my mother thought she was finding out that I was pregnant. I’m calling the FBI.” Another woman’s mother was “immediately so excited and freaked out ... I had to quickly tell her I am not in fact pregnant.” Mothers Lounge spokesman Scott Anderson explained a third-party marketing company provided the mailing list. Sounds like a false-positive to us.

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Faith the one-legged mallard duck, of Gardner, Maine, will soon have more than one leg to stand on, thanks to Loni Hamner. Faith lost her leg in a fox attack last year but has been making do, Hamner told the Bangor Daily News: “She has taught herself how to stand and balance on that one leg,

Putting Off the Inevitable

Convicted bank robber and career criminal Michael Jauernik, 71, received a sentence of more than 12 years in prison in Germany on Oct. 7, but managed to stall his incarceration by delivering a five-daylong closing statement that included anecdotes about his career in crime and details about his fitness routine. Twenty hours into the soliloquy, the judge finally cut him off, saying she wished she had done so earlier in light of his “excessive digressions,” The Guardian reported. Jauernik, who wore sunglasses throughout his trial, told the court, “I am more intelligent and clever

than any employee of the criminal police agency, that much is sure.”

It’s Hard to Find Good Help

After six years of litigation, six men were found guilty of attempted murder in late October in Guangxi, China, for participating in a chain of subcontracted murderfor-hire plots that never resulted in a death. Businessman Tan Youhui started the chain by hiring a hit man to “take out” a rival identified only as Mr. Wei, reported the BBC. That hit man then subcontracted a second hit man to do the dirty deed. Hit man No. 2 subcontracted with hit man No. 3, who then reached out to hit man No. 4.

After getting the nod from No. 4, hit man No. 5, Ling Xiansi, decided on a different scheme: He contacted the target, Mr. Wei, and proposed they fake the murder and take the cash, which by this point amounted to 100,000 yen. Wei agreed, then reported the case to the police. Tan and the five hitmen will serve sentences ranging from 31 months to five years.

Least Competent Criminal

Miguel Angel Reyes-Avila, 23, of Half Moon Bay, California, waited patiently until his neighbors took their dog for a walk on Oct. 6, then pounced, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.

The San Jose Mercury News reports Reyes-Avila then allegedly entered their home through an open window and lifted about $4,000 worth of jewelry, plus the keys to their 2009 Mitsubishi. When the neighbors returned home and found their car gone, they called police, who asked neighborhood folks to share their security footage. Most helpful was the video from Reyes-Avila’s own home, provided by another resident who was happy to help law enforcement. The camera caught a suspect driving away in the car, and sheriff’s office spokesperson Rosemerry Blankswade said officers recognized Reyes-Avila from earlier incidents and arrested him on Oct. 10 on charges of felony burglary and grand theft auto.

Precocious Pet

Archie, a French bulldog/Boston terrier mix who lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his human, Dee Borkowski, is in the doghouse after a fiery event on Oct. 16. As Borkowski watched Archie via her home security camera, he contentedly lounged on the couch, chewing on a cigarette lighter. Suddenly, United Press International reported, the lighter ignited, and her couch burst into flames. Borkowski called the fire department, and the 10-monthold puppy escaped unhurt, although her apartment suffered thousands of dollars of damage. Borkowski has changed Archie’s Instagram handle to “Archie the Arsonist.”

Unconventional Sports

Housekeepers from The Venetian hotel in Las Vegas took first place in the Las Vegas Housekeeping Olympics on Oct. 23, beating out second- and third-place teams from The Mirage and Circus Circus. The competition, which took place at the Mandalay Bay resort, included bed-making contests, vacuum races and a toilet paper toss. Mandalay Bay Pres. Chuck Bowling said the Olympics are a way of celebrating overlooked workers in the hospitality industry.

People With Issues

Residents in Topeka, Kansas, called police after midnight on Oct. 27 to report that someone was driving construction equipment around the area. The Topeka Capital Journal reported that when officers arrived, they found 46-year-old Shane Dee Funk behind the wheel of a loader, driving it through yards and streets and damaging property. Police Capt. Colleen Stuart said Funk refused to stop for officers, and “numerous residences in the loader’s path were evacuated for safety purposes.” When Funk turned the loader toward police, they fired nonlethal bean bag pellets at him to disable him. Funk was treated at a hospital, then booked into the Shawnee County Jail on charges of felony theft, criminal damage to property, aggravated assault to a law enforcement officer and fleeing or attempting to elude law enforcement. CS

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THE 2020 Savannah Stopover Music Festival lineup is off to a serious start. The festival announces that Americana powerhouse duo Shovels & Rope will headline the festival on March 6.

The band, on the heels of their latest release By Blood and their concert film Shovels & Rope: The Movie, will land in Savannah on their current world tour in support of the Dualtone Records release— which comes as the husband and wife duo experiences the continued success that started with their 2012 album O’ Be Joyful.

Cary Anne Hearst and Michael Trent, the multi-instrumentalists and songwriters behind Shovels & Rope, have garnered critical acclaim for their energetic mix of folk, alternative country, and Americana.

The show will mark their first Savannah Stopover appearance.

Also announced in the first wave of bands is March 7 headliner CAAMP, who recently appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live and landed on Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart. The Columbus, Ohio folk trio is currently on a nationwide tour that keeps them on the road until the end of December, where they’ll do a three-night stint in their hometown.

Another first-wave headliner is Durand Jones & the Indications, the Indianabased soul band who take their cues from Sam Cooke but infuse funk in a way that’s uniquely theirs. They’ve garnered critical praise over the past couple of years, and most recently played such festivals as Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza.

In addition to the buzz bands headlining the upcoming festival, Stopover also announced the addition of Athens indie darlings Elf Power to the lineup. The band, known for their association with the Elephant 6 collective of artists and musicians that also featured the legendary Neutral Milk Hotel, returns to Savannah after a decade. Their most recent album, Twitching In Time, was released in 2017.

The first wave announcement also revealed over a dozen touring bands participating in the festival, including London’s Leon of Athens, J. Roddy Walston’s newest project Palm Palm, and Sir Woman, the new project from Wild Child’s Kelsey Wilson.

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sean@connectsavannah.com The legendary Jimmy Herring’s newest project plays Victory North on Nov. 7.

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more sophisticated harmony…but, to me, it’s just music,” he added in the press release.

Herring’s career took off in full force when he began his stint as guitarist for Col. Bruce Hampton’s Aquarium Rescue Unit. That gig led to perhaps his most highprofile: replacing Dickey Betts in The Allman Brothers Band. His tenure with the Allmans was relatively brief, but it led him

to a number of projects including the critically acclaimed Jazz Is Dead as well as The Dead—an offshoot of The Grateful Dead founded by some of its members.

Then came his longest-lasting job— Widespread Panic. Since initially stepping in as a live fill-in in 2005, Herring has become a full-on member who regularly tours and records with the band.

With Panic going strong and his musical

legacy cementing itself every day, Jimmy Herring’s newest project further solidifies the fact that he’s one of the most indemand, eclectic, and imaginative guitar players around. CS

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TO CALL Jimmy Herring a legend is a bit of an understatement. The versatile guitarist has played with everyone from Widespread Panic (his current “day job”) and The Allman Brothers to Phil Lesh and Derek Trucks.

Herring has always seemed to have time for his own incredible projects amid such a hectic schedule, and these days he’s got an exciting new band called The 5 of 7. The band features a group of esteemed musicians that include bassist Kevin Scott, drummer Darren Stanley, keyboardist Matt Slocum, and guitarist Rick Lollar.

As Herring explained in a press release via his website, he’d become aware of his future bandmates through a band called King Baby.

“I couldn’t help but think, man, if I could get together, play some of Rick’s songs, some of my songs, some covers, and maybe write a few things together, we may be on to something,” Herring said in the press release, describing Lollar in particular as a “really powerful singer.”

“Some of his favorite singers are Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder, and those are some of my favorites, too.”

The 5 of 7 showcases Herring and company’s love of jazz and R&B, with those styles making their way into the band’s unique sound. With the band being vocalcentric, it allows Herring’s guitar playing to shine in a different context from other projects he’s done that are more instrumental-oriented.

“With instrumental music, people expect to hear your solos, but they’ve just heard you play the melody! You can overexpose your voice,” he said of the added vocal element in the new band.

“With Rick, I can play behind him, then step out with a solo, and give a fresh feeling to the song — take it to another place.”

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GUITARIST John Jorgenson’s jazz quintet is just one of many diverse projects he’s done over the years. Though he’s played with a lot of different artists spanning a wide variety of genres, he’s always been perhaps most associated with roots music thanks to his work with the Desert Rose Band and the Hellecasters.

Jorgenson is a musical chameleon in the truest sense; his ability to weave in and out of genres and transcend labels has made him one of the most intriguing instrumentalists of the past several decades.

Ahead of his gypsy jazz quintet’s show at Randy Wood Guitars on Fri., Nov. 8, we caught up with Jorgenson to talk all things music.

Tell me about the genesis of the Quintet. How did the group come together and what was the impetus for a project like that?

I first got interested in Django Reinhardt in the late 70s. I’d hoped to make that style my career emphasis, but at that time there was not any sort of visibility or scene for this style. I went along with my career in other styles, keeping the gypsy jazz style alive just for my personal satisfaction. By 2000 the Internet had allowed for fans of Django and gypsy jazz to find each other to the extent that a scene developed in the US—complete with festivals and opportunities to perform.

In 2003 I was asked to play Django in movie called Head in the Clouds, which spurred me on to finish an album called Franco American Swing. In order to promote the album I assembled the Quintet, and it’s developed beautifully and organically from there.

You’ve worked in a lot of genres over the years. Where did you begin musically, when you were first starting out?

I began studying on the piano at age 4, and studied classical music at first. Then started on the clarinet age 8, still in classical music.

Who were some of your early influences as a guitar player?

Certainly the Beatles were the main early influence, along with The Who, Rolling Stones, Buffalo Springfield, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Humble Pie, etc.

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You play a lot of instruments aside from guitar. Is there one in particular that you tend to gravitate towards when you’re in a creative headspace or writing mode?

Both piano and guitar are great writing instruments, sometimes mandolin, but I get inspired by electric guitars as well.

What is your writing/composing process like these days?

If it’s a song with lyrics, I’ll usually get a lyrical and melodic fragment in my head that expresses my feelings about something that has happened to me or a friend.

Then [I’ll] expand on that idea until a full song has appeared. For instrumental pieces, I often just sit with a guitar and play for fun until a phrase hits my ear that I’d like to repeat, then I’ll take that idea and flesh it out.

You’ve played alongside countless legendary artists—what do you get out of those gigs on a musical level that you don’t get from your own projects?

In my own musical projects I get to choose everything, but when playing with another artist I may have to move into territories that I normally would not go into. That serves to ultimately expand me as I find my way to an internal comfort level. I also can learn from getting “inside” other people’s songs, both musically and lyrically, taking new ideas and inspiration for myself to use later!

I’m curious, as someone who has ventured in so many directions on the

same instrument for years, what keeps things fresh as a guitar player for you?

It’s kind of like knowledge, and the saying, “The more you know, the more you realize you don’t know.” I feel that way with the guitar, in that the more I’m able to stretch my tonal and stylistic palette and technical ability, along with furthering my emotional content and connection with the music, the further I can see the possibilities going. I’m just curious to see how far I can take it all!

In that same vein, what keeps you going in general, musically speaking?

My tastes are so diverse, it could be listening to a beautiful symphony orchestra, or a classic Beach Boys harmony, or hearing a combination of sounds and tones in my mind that could work together. These things inspire me, and push me to create the unexpected when recording parts and contributing to others’ projects. There are also countless musical ideas I’d still love to express, even in the styles I’m known for, much less the others that I don’t get to play [as often].

Have you discovered or explored anything lately that’s inspiring you at the moment?

I do love the sound of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus. [And I’m] loving revisiting the classic Abbey Road album with its 50th Anniversary happening. So as usual, pretty eclectic! CS John Jorgenson Quintet @Randy Wood Guitars Fri., Nov. 8, 8 P.M., $43 1304 US-80, Bloomingdale

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Sean K. Preston & The Loaded Pistols play a genre-bending blend of American music. PHOTO BY GEORGE L. BLOSSER

We do seem to live in a post-genre world where definitions don’t seem to matter, but it’s when marketing comes into play that things get complicated.

I suppose what’s frustrating is that we shouldn’t have to worry about defining what the music we make sounds like.

Yeah! But if you want to target an advertisement to people, you have to start biting the bullet, I guess.

How did you wind up with this particular band?

Preston and his Loaded Pistols play The Jinx on Nov. 8

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TO CALL Sean K. Preston & the Loaded Pistols’ music Americana would be selling that music short. Though he’d likely be classified as such by a record label, what Preston does is much more eclectic than the term allows, especially given the connotations associated with it in today’s music industry landscape.

Preston and his band are musically fluid, taking cues from punk, country, mountain gospel, rockabilly, and classic rock and roll.

It all comes together to create something uniquely theirs. They even look like a rockabilly trio on the surface, but the sound on stage and in the studio is much more widereaching and all-encompassing.

Much of that comes from Preston’s world travels, which he tells Connect informed his musical direction and planted the seeds for what would come when he returned home.

We spoke about all of that and more when we caught up with the Baltimorebased singer, guitarist, and songwriter ahead of his Nov. 8 show at The Jinx.

The earliest I can remember being involved in music is childhood. I think I wrote songs as early as, maybe, five or six years old. I only remember the names of two of them that my parents told me about [laughs]. I guess I didn’t really get into it again until I was a teenager, and there were kids who had instruments. I didn’t have an instrument, but I wanted to hang out and play music. They were starting a band—I didn’t feel hung up about singing, but nobody else wanted to do it so I became the singer.

After junior high school, my family moved overseas and then we moved back to the States in my last year of high school.

A friend of mine from high school had a guitar in the back seat of his car, and I’d sit in his car on the way home from school, playing on this beat up guitar with three strings on it.

I’ve had lots of [musical] obsessions over the years, and some of those probably stick with me even if I stop listening to them.

When I discovered Hank Williams, that was a really big deal. Bob Dylan as well.

Jeff Buckley was a big obsession for a while, and Neko Case in the last ten years or so.

There’s a lot of stuff I’m influenced by.

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What do you remember most about your earliest days playing music? What

I love Neko! I honestly love everything she’s been involved in. She really transcends genre, even though a lot of people would consider her solo stuff to be “alt-country.” You guys also seem to have this very amorphous approach to music, whereas to categorize it as one thing seems to shortchange it.

Right! The genre thing is really frustrating.

I really love having a band that does blues, punk, gospel, country, honky tonk, rockabilly, surf—there are elements of those things in the music that we do, but it makes marketing this band very difficult.

I suppose you’d be placed under the Americana umbrella, but that also seems to be a pretty vague representation. How do you navigate the marketing side of all of that?

I’m very frustrated by it, because I want to have albums and shows that are full of different types of songs. I think there is a glue that binds them all together, which is that [all of the influences] are American music.

But I couldn’t call it Americana, either. It’s not quite as aggressive as our music. To me, the glue is there that all binds it together.

But it’s not so easy for marketing purposes.

You mentioned moving abroad earlier— you’ve lived in Australia and Ireland, specifically. Do you feel like having a worldly living experience has influenced you musically?

Oh, yeah! Surely. In the case of living in Ireland, that was a huge influence on me.

That’s the first place that I lived that I made money as a musician, because culturally they appreciate music. The job of being a musician is treated with legitimacy, whereas in the United States it’s like, “Oh, you’re in a band? That’s great.” You’re lucky to get a gig. You play for exposure.

When I got to Ireland, I was playing music in the street a lot. After a period of time learning the ropes, I started to make real bread. And that’s actually where I started playing American music.

I was playing stuff like Pixies, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Velvet Underground—shit that nobody in a shopping district in the middle of the afternoon really knows [laughs]. But when I started playing Johnny Cash and Hank Williams and Carl Perkins, people loved it. I don’t really know that I would’ve ended up playing country music had I not left America. CS Sean K. Preston & The Loaded Pistols, Brady & The Bazookas @The Jinx Fri., Nov. 8, 9 P.M.

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Sparky [Spiridigliozzi, drummer] has been playing with me longer than Cory [McGrath, upright bassist], but I’ve known Cory longer, which is really weird. Cory was playing in a rockabilly band in Philadelphia—upright bass players are a little bit of a commodity. They’re not everywhere.

At the time when I drafted him, I had a stable of players. I had a list to go down, and I would get whoever I could get.

They were both filling in when they started, but they just turned out to be really dedicated. I romanced Cory away from his previous band [laughs]. Sparky was recommended to me by a guy that was a drummer, and when we met we immediately clicked because he was in a surf band before I played with him. The first show we played together, it was just a two-piece.

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AURA Fest is a Savannah institution by now. For years, the annual heavy rock and metal festival has brought some of the biggest names in those genres to town, and delivered consistently great lineups year after year.

These days, founder and organizer Tim Walls is branching out with some smaller shows, keeping the AURA Fest brand going with non-festival events at clubs in town.

His most recent outside venture is a series of shows at the Sentient Bean, and he’s got a big one planned on Nov. 9.

Atlanta’s The Funeral Portrait, who has played multiple AURA Fests in the past, is headlining the night alongside Augustabased band Lumen and Savannah’s own Ember City.

Walls tells Connect that rock fans who haven’t heard this impressive lineup can

expect a seriously great night of music. The Funeral Portrait, in particular, is a band known for their engaging show.

“They have a very energetic live show.

They like to rock out,” Walls says.

“Their sound keeps evolving; they started out with a post-hardcore meets My Chemical Romance sound. They’ve shed some of the heavier elements, and I think they’re going more in a rock driven direction but it’s still got an edge to it.”

Lumen, Walls says, is more along the lines of the heavier music that AURA Fest fans are most accustomed to.

“They have a melodic rock side that fits on the show, but expect some metalcore stuff and breakdowns,” he explains.

Ember City is a local band that has been making a serious name around town over the last several years, and they’ve evolved their sound to something that’s linked quite closely to the grunge and postgrunge bands of the 90s.

Overall, it’s shaping up to be a special night of rock music, and it’s only the beginning of an AURA Fest and Sentient Bean partnership. For Walls, the chance to branch out and do some diverse shows separate from his long-running festival was something he felt was important for a multitude of reasons. “it gives me a chance to bring a lot of bands to Savannah I haven’t been able to at AURA Fest. One day festivals are a bit limiting on space and time,” he says.

“Another thing I’m glad to be able to do, is give some of these up and coming young bands a place to perform and see shows.

I’ve been harping on how important that is for years.” CS

THE FUNERAL PORTRAIT, LUMEN, EMBER CITY @SENTIENT BEAN

Sat., Nov. 9, 7 P.M., $7 adv./$10 door, all ages 13 E Park Ave Tickets available at tfpsavannah.brownpapertickets.com

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Goon, Dustin Price @EL ROCKO LOUNGE

Los Angeles-based rockers Goon have garnered a reputation as a buzz band in the club scene both in their hometown and on a national scale. The band, who combines grunge, punk, shoegaze, and psychedelia in a way you’ve certainly never heard before, is set to stop in Savannah at El-Rocko Lounge alongside beloved local songwriter Dustin Price. Don’t sleep on this band or the chance to see them at a small venue.

MON, NOV. 11, 9 P.M.

The Trio @CONGRESS STREET SOCIAL CLUB

Yes, The Trio is, indeed, a trio. What started as a one-time gathering has since become a thriving group armed with two guitars, a keyboard, and some great songs. The Statesboro-based band brings their unique style to Congress Street Social Club, where fans of groups like The Allman Brothers will be sure to hear intriguing spins on their favorite songs.

FRI., NOV. 8, 10 P.M.

Neon Indian @VICTORY NORTH

Chillwave pioneers Neon Indian have been at the forefront of the evolution of electronic music for the past decade, and have amassed a serious fanbase in the process. Leader Alan Palomo’s career has led him down a unique path since forming the group, including acting roles and film scoring, but Neon Indian remains a vital entity and their live show is not to be missed.

MON, NOV. 11, 7 P.M., $18

The Tuten Brothers @BARRELHOUSE SOUTH

Country duo the Tuten Brothers are literally brothers, and they’ve got the musical chemistry to prove it. The Nashville-based brothers, originally from Athens, take their cues from the likes of Zac Brown Band and Chris Stapleton, but their sibling connection makes them stand out artistically. They’ll be joined at Barrelhouse by Savannah’s own Wood and Steel.

FRI., NOV. 8, 9 P.M.

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WEDNESDAY 11. 6 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.

El-Rocko Lounge McLeod, Timothy Eerie, Heavy Books, 9 p.m.

Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) Turtle and the Heads Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant Eric Jones Trio with Laiken Williams, 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Jon Hill, 7 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m.

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

Rachael’s : Sports • Food • Fun 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.

Vice Mojito Bar and Lounge Neon Beats, 10 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon 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.

Coach’s Corner Trivia 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,

Strobobean @EL-ROCKO LOUNGE

Cincinnati punk trio Strobobean make their Savannah debut at El-Rocko Lounge, with their heady mix of shoegaze and punk rock on display. They’ll be joined by locals Heavy Books for this top notch Tuesday gig.

TUES., NOV. 12, 9 P.M. 9:30 p.m.

Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) 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

THURSDAY 11. 7 LIVE MUSIC

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.

Civvies ChokedUp, Haha Hysteria 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.) Rachael Shaner Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant The Howard Paul Quartet ft. Scott Giddens, 8:30 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Ramona Quimby, 7 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m.

Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Hitman The Perch at Local 11 ten Rachael

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

River House Andrew Gill Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

Shrimp Factory Cory Chambers Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Open Mic, 9 p.m.

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

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon Victory North Jimmy Herring and The 5 of 7, 8:30 p.m.

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

Wild Wing Cafe JD Music Group, 7 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

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

DJ

Little Lucky’s DJ and Karaoke Rusty Rudders Tap House DJ Tap

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

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

FRIDAY 11. 8 LIVE MUSIC

Barrelhouse South The Tuten Brothers, 9 p.m.

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

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

El-Rocko Lounge Bastardane, 9 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant Lady Leah, 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Ben Keiser Band, 9 p.m.

The Jinx Sean K. Preston & The Loaded Pistols, 9 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m.

Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Matt Eckstine Molly McGuire’s Outlaw Gypsy 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 Ricky Standard Rusty Rudders Tap House Live Acoustic Music, 6 p.m.

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

Saddle Bags Cody Webb, 8 p.m.

Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

Service Brewing Company Bluegrass

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

Shrimp Factory Stan Ray Taste of India Don Read, 6:30 p.m.

Tijuana Flats Gary Strickland

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

The Warehouse Jason Bible, Magic Rocks Wild Wing Cafe Thomas Claxton, Individually Twisted outside, Magic Rocks inside

TRIVIA & GAMES

PS Tavern Beer Pong Tournament, 10 p.m.

KARAOKE

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.

COMEDY

The Loft on Liberty Odd Lot Improv: Friday Funnies, 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

SATURDAY 11. 9 LIVE MUSIC

Barrelhouse South April B. and the Cool, 10 p.m.

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

Coach’s Corner Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love, 7 p.m.

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

El-Rocko Lounge DAKAIJU, Enen Karaoke, Minorcan, 9 p.m.

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant Lady Leah, 8 p.m.

Graveface Records & Curiosities Graveface Anniversary Block Party and Valley Gals LP Release, 5 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar The Magic Rocks, 9 p.m.

Jepson Center for the Arts Around the Globe Sea Chantey Singers, 3 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m.

Lizzy’s Tequila Bar and Grill Jason Sloan Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Whiskey and Wine The Olde Pink House David Duckworth & Alisha Duckworth 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 Jason Sloan Rocks on the Roof @Sundown, 8 p.m.

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

Saddle Bags Sam Grow, 8 p.m.

Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m.

The Sentient Bean The Funeral Portrait, LUMEN, Ember City, 7:30 p.m.

Shrimp Factory Justin Morris Stafford’s Public House DJ Rudy Lui, 9:30 p.m.

Sulfur Studios Tribute Show for Nicodemus Hammil, 6 p.m.

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

The Warehouse Matt Eckstine, Electric Church

Wild Wing Cafe Jason Courtenay Duo, Ember City Duo, Bill Hodgson outside, Voodoo Soup inside The Wormhole One Night Only: Ian Aber, 8 p.m.

KARAOKE

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

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

COMEDY

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

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

SUNDAY 11.10 LIVE MUSIC

Bayou Cafe Don Coyer, 9 p.m.

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

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant Student Jam Session, 7 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Stan Ray, 7 p.m.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m.

The Olde Pink House Eddie Wilson Prohibition Bluegrass Brunch w/ Cory Chambers and Evan Rose, 11 a.m.

River House Georgia Kyle Shrimp Factory Jason Bible Tubby’s Tank House (River St.) Jeremy J Riddle, 6 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Thomas Claxton Wild Wing Cafe Jason Courtenay and Uncle Buck, 7 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

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

Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Trivia, 9:30 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.

DJ

Boomy’s DJ Basik Lee, 10 p.m.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

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

Saddle Bags Bar Olympics

MONDAY 11.11 LIVE MUSIC

Abe’s on Lincoln Open Mic, 10 p.m.

Bayou Cafe David Harbuck, 9 p.m.

El-Rocko Lounge Goon, Dustin Price, 9 p.m.

Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) Philip Wise Open Mic Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m.

Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon Victory North Neon Indian, 8 p.m.

The Warehouse Rachael Shaner Wild Wing Cafe Eric Britt The Wormhole Open Mic, 8 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

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

The Flying Fish Trivia Night, 7-9 p.m.

The Jinx Music and Movie Trivia, 10 p.m.

KARAOKE

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.

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 11.12 LIVE MUSIC

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

El-Rocko Lounge Strobobean, Heavy Books, 9 p.m.

Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) Big E and Ben Keiser Foxy Loxy Cafe Acoustic Tuesday: Payne Bridges, 7 p.m.

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

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Georgia Kyle Shiver, 7 p.m.

The Jinx Hip Hop Night Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m.

The Ordinary Pub Jeremy J Riddle, 7 p.m.

The Sentient Bean Tongue: Open Mouth and Music Show, , 8 p.m.

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

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

Wild Wing Cafe Chuck Courtenay

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.

Mellow Mushroom Trivia, 7:30 p.m.

PS Tavern Poker Rachael’s : Sports • Food • Fun Adults Only Trivia, 9 p.m.

Savannah Taphouse Trivia, 7 p.m.

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

KARAOKE

Blueberry Hill Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

The Rail Pub Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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SOUNDBOARD DIRECTORY Abe’s on Lincoln 17 Lincoln St.

Bayou Cafe 14 N. Abercorn St.

The Chromatic Dragon 514 MLK Jr. Blvd.

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

B & D Burgers 13 East Broughton St.

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

Civvies 14 East Broughton St.

Cohen’s Retreat 5715 Skidaway Rd.

Club One 1 Jefferson St.

Congress Street Social Club 411 W. Congress St.

Coach’s Corner 3016 E. Victory Dr.

Dub’s Pub 225 W. River St.

912-349-0525 abesonlincoln.com

912-233-6411 bayousavannah.com

912-231-0986 www.bdburgers.net/

912-231-9049 billysplacesavannah.com

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

Basil’s Pizza and Deli 216 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

912-897-6400 basilsonline.com

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

The Black Rabbit 1215 Barnard St. Blueberry Hill 546 Dean Forest Rd. 964-8401

Boomy’s 409 W. Congress St.

912-289-0350 chromaticdragon.com

912-236-1551 www.civviesclothes.com/

912-232-0200 clubone-online.com

912-786-7810 cocostybee.com

912-355-3336

912-238-1985 congressstreetsocialclub.com

912-352-2933 coachs.net

(912) 200-3652 dubspubriverstreet.com

El-Rocko Lounge 117 Whitaker St.

912-436-6660 boomysbar.com

912-495-5808

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Fia Rua Irish Pub 10132 Ford Ave.

Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub 117 West River St.

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

Little Lucky’s 6 Gateway Blvd. E.

912-695-2116

912-459-4160 fiaruairishpub.com

912-236-2281

912-233-9626 www.kevinbarrys.com

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

The Flying Fish 7906 E. Hwy 80

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

Foxy Loxy Cafe 1919 Bull St.

912-925-1119

Good Times Jazz Bar and Restaurant 107 W. Broughton St. Graveface Records & Curiosities 5 W. 40th Street 912 335 8018 www.graveface.com/

Jepson Center for the Arts 207 West York St.

(912) 238-5130 www.theordinarypub.com/

The Perch at Local 11 ten 1110 Bull St. Pour Larry’s 206 W. St. Julian St. 912-232-5778

McDonough’s 21 E. McDonough St.

912-495-5145

Mellow Mushroom 11 W. Liberty St.

912-920-7772 rachaels1190.com

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

912-238-1311 therailpub.com/

Moon River Brewing Co. 21 West Bay St.

912-292-1656 ranchoalegrecuban.com

The Olde Pink House 23 Abercorn St.

912-721-3901 bohemianhotelsavannah.com

912-238-5158 mansiononforsythpark.com

912-495-0705 mellowmushroom.com

912-239-9600 macphersonspub.com

Jazz’d Tapas Bar 52 Barnard St.

The Ordinary Pub 217 1/2 West Broughton Street

The Loft on Liberty 215 W. Liberty St. Mansion on Forsyth Park 700 Drayton St.

912-233-6136 mcdonoughssavannah.com

912-401-0543 foxyloxycafe.com

912-790-8800 telfair.org/jepson/

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH

JIMMY HERRING AND THE 5 OF 7

The Jinx 127 W. Congress St.

912-236-7777 www.jazzdsavannah.com

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH

BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS

Exclusives Bar & Grille 2003 Greenwood Street

912-447-0943 www.moonriverbrewing.com/

Prohibition 125 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

912-200-9255

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

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

Saddle Bags 317 West River St.

912-349-5275 saddlebagssavannah.com/

Savannah Arts Academy 500 Washington Ave. 201-5000

PS Tavern 11 W. Bay St.

Savannah Smiles 314 Williamson St.

Rachael’s : Sports • Food • Fun 1190 King George Blvd.

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

Rocks on the Roof 102 W. Bay St.

912-232-4286 www.plantersinnsavannah.com

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

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

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

Service Brewing Company 574 Indian Street Southbound Brewing Company 107 East Lathrop Ave. Stafford’s Public House 306 W. Upper Factor’s Walk

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CULTURE THEATRE

MACBETH IN SPACE Savannah Shakes concludes Shakespeare cycle with sci-fi version of ‘the Scottish play’

BY JIM MOREKIS

jim@connectsavannah.com

CONNECT SAVANNAH | NOV 6 - 12, 2019

THIS WEEK’S opening of Shakespeare’s Macbeth — known in theatre superstition as simply “the Scottish play” — is the culmination of one of Savannah’s most ambitious theatrical projects.

In 2015, Christopher Soucy and Sheila Lynne Bolda of the group Savannah Shakes had the crazy idea to do a fouryear cycle of Shakespeare productions, progressing through chronological time.

They began with Taming of the Shrew, Lady Macbeth is Casey Bessette, Macbeth is Chris Soucy, MacDuff is Mike set immediately after WWII. Moore PHOTOS BY MEGAN JONES After seven more productions over the following years, their most recent production was Measure for Measure, set in the present day.

They end the cycle with a Star Wars-style Macbeth, set in the science fiction future.

The match is tailor-made, Macbeth being Shakespeare’s shortest and most tightly-written tragedy.

Soucy, who plays the titular medieval noble, fell in love with the Scottish play at an early age.

“The first time I ever read it as a child, I was like, hey I can follow this!

It’s shorter than Shakespeare’s other plays, it’s easier to digest. It doesn’t waste time on a lot of subplots, or comic relief sections,” Soucy recalls.

The plot revolves around the Scottish warrior/noble Macbeth and And did you know? “The knock-knock soldier in 11th century Scothis wife, Lady Macbeth, and varijoke comes from Macbeth,” says Soucy, of land should also be a soldier ous machinations for him to kill the king the character known as The Porter and his in a year 2500 reimagining.” of Scotland, Duncan, and take over the attempts to entertain himself.

The only slight change, he throne himself.

“The best science fiction is still about says, “was with the witches, Guilt and betrayal are the main themes, relationships grounded in humanity,” says who are sort of spiritual with Lady Macbeth’s famous “Out, out damn spot” sleepwalking monologue being Travis Spangenburg, who directs Macbeth. aliens, humanoid figures but “One of the chief struggles in almost any clearly different. When they one of the most immortal — and accurate science fiction storyline is that all the terappear, I want them to be — summations of the effect of guilt on the rible things people do in the present, will wholly unique.” human psyche. follow us into the future.”

For Spangenburg as well There’s a touch of the occult as well, As director, for Spangenburg “the as Soucy, the sci-fi setting with the play’s trio of prophetic witches isn’t as much of a stretch as and their “Double, double, toil and trouble” key thing was to keep the roles in Mac26 mantra. beth basically the same. For example, a you might think.

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“Chris dreamed up this sci-fi concept for Macbeth. After I thought about it awhile, I began watching some classic science fiction — Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, things like that — and I could imagine a really cool mixing of the best things about classic sci-fi,” Spangenburg says.

“Macbeth has some of the classic sci-fi storylines,” Soucy adds. “Betrayal, abandonment. You almost have the whole Anakin Skywalker to Darth Vader thing happening, as Macbeth transforms from a good-hearted person, a valiant hero, to someone much more dark and complex.”

Scholars have argued for years about the role of Lady Macbeth. The old point of view sees her as a manipulative, hen-pecking wife with murderous intent, pushing her husband to do her dirty work for her.

More modern takes, however, see the complexity in Lady Macbeth.

“We want people to see Lady Macbeth’s humanity, and why she might want all this to happen,” says Spangenburg.

“We need to see that team of the two of them, and how it crumbles. The truth is that of all Shakespeare’s couples, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are probably the most functional — they really seem to love each other.”

“In a sense, she is the protagonist,” says Soucy. “Without her, Macbeth spends much of the time denying the call to kill a king. He’s like, ‘I can just wait — the witches talk about my fate, why not let fate do the work for me?’”

While the Star Wars-like homage is unmistakeable, you won’t find any copyright infringement in this production.

“It’s a wink and a nod, but just a wink and a nod,” says Soucy. “But they do make fully functional light sabers now, that people have full-on combat with all around the world. I thought, wouldn’t these be perfect for stage combat.”

This is Spangenburg’s tenth show with Savannah Shakes in some capacity — he’s an alumnus of all of them.

“The only show I’ve directed was Titus Andronicus,” Spangenburg says, referring to Shakespeare’s most notoriously bloodsoaked play, which Savannah Shakes performed in 2017 as a tribute to the grindhouse movie era.

“I joke that I refuse to direct a show unless it has an awkward dinner scene.”

In another interesting twist, this performance of Macbeth is completely free to attend.

“From the beginning of Savannah Shakes, we talked about accessibility, whether it’s in the frame of reference or the setting, or in the literal accessibility — as in, what’s more accessible than free?” says Spangenburg.

“We decided we’d rather have a full house than a full pocket,” laughs Soucy.

“We did use a Kickstarter to help recoup some costs. But we never make any money doing this anyway,” he jokes. “So why not make it free?”

The play’s nickname among theatre people, the “Scottish play,” comes from an old superstition that it will guarantee a disastrous, cursed production if you utter the word “Macbeth” while inside the theatre.

“There are people who really go bananas if you say it,” laughs Soucy. “But I looked into the superstition, and it supposedly only applies if you’re in the theatre but not working on a production of Macbeth.... think about it: How are you supposed to rehearse Macbeth if you can’t say his name when it’s in a line?” CS

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Nov. 7-10 8 p.m. with 3 p.m. matinee Nov. 10 980 Industry Drive The performance is free to attend, but seating is limited. Make a reservation by calling (912) 346 - 5954 or emailing savshakes@gmail.com

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A whale of an exhibition

‘Summon the Sea’ at the Jepson Center considers ‘Moby Dick’ through a contemporary lens “Sumon the Sea” includes Tristin Lowe’s “Mocha Dick,” left and above, and “Invocation for a Wandering Lake” by Patty Chang, below . PHOTOS COURTESY OF TELFAIR MUSEUMS.

BY RACHAEL FLORA

rachael@connectsavannah.com

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THIS FALL, the Telfair pays homage to a literary classic with an inspired contemporary exhibition.

For nearly two centuries, Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” has been held up as an exemplary story of the struggle between good and evil. The metaphorical whale has come to mean various things to many people, and because of that ingrained experience, it endures.

“Summon the Sea! Contemporary Artists and Moby Dick,” on view now at the Jepson Center for the Arts, examines the work of six artists and their responses to the canonical whale.

Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Rachel Reese was largely influenced by the work of Tristin Lowe, whose 52-foot installation “Mocha Dick” is now on view.

Reese met Lowe over a decade ago in Philadelphia, when she worked at the gallery where he was represented, and was inspired by “Mocha Dick.”

“When I started this job, I think the whale was one of the first things I had pro28 posed to bring here,” remembers Reese.

“Four years later, the whale is here. When the opportunity presented itself to build a larger show around this work and build it into a group show, that’s the landing point for where you see it today.”

“Mocha Dick,” completed in 2009, is inspired by a real-life whale who was an inspiration to Melville while writing his novel. Lowe created the sculpture, which clocks in at 800 pounds and 9,000 square feet of felt, with industrial quarter-inch felt.

“It’s wool, really. You can see all the matter on it when you get up close,” says Lowe.

“This is stuff that would normally be on the wool from the sheep; they use an acid process to get rid of all that. I’d started working on some felt before this and always loved that history and everything.

It’s an interesting material, too; it’s made differently. Some think of it as the oldest fabric.”

The whale’s felt skin works a bit like a wetsuit, with prosthetics and buttressing inside to keep its shape and a 60-foot zipper to keep it shut.

“I’d done some earlier work with inflatables, but I didn’t want to use that method [with ‘Mocha Dick’] because it almost has a cartoon plastic toy feel to it, which is great for the earlier work, but I didn’t want this work to have it,” says Lowe. “It’s actually filled with air.”

The use of white felted wool is a very intentional choice based on historical inspiration.

“Mocha Dick was the name given to a white-as-wool sperm whale spotted in the 19th century off the coast of Chile in the Mocha Islands,” explains Reese. “Jeremiah Reynolds published this account in the Knickerbocker Journal in 1839, where he describes this whale he calls Mocha Dick: it’s white as wool, it’s covered in battle scars, he’s got barnacles on his head and body, and that account was read by Melville and sort of folded into ‘Moby Dick’ as well.”

“Along with this other story of the Essex,” adds Lowe. “That was a real whaling ship sunk by a full-size sperm whale.

Those stories all weave together, and Melville’s own whaling experience for a short period.”

The other artists in the exhibition— Corey Arnold, Guy Ben-Ner, Patty Chang, Allan Sekula, and Frank Stella—have also responded to “Moby Dick” and its allegorical possibilities. “[Patty Chang] talks in her artist statement about ‘Moby Dick’ as a great allegory for capitalism, the history of whaling, talking about human greed, the growth of capitalism, the quest for petroleum leading to our contemporary greed for petroleum and fossil fuels—there’s a lineage there,”

explains Reese.

“That was in early Jeremiah Reynolds stuff—talking about a concern that they were already seeing the commodification of the natural world around us, being exploited for purposes, so he was in that early naturalist kind of way,” says Lowe.

“There was a really great short story, ‘Bartleby the Scrivener,’ that’s all about stocks and bonds. I even think that ‘Moby Dick’ is really about that, too. These [ships] are floating factories that go out for years, and everybody on the ship has a share in what they brought.”

“Think about the time period, the connection between whaling and slavery,” adds Reese. “Really wild stories to be dragged out from both of those, in terms of how our society is built today in America.”

CS

“Summon the Sea! Contemporary Artists and Moby Dick” comprises two separate galleries at the Jepson Center. The Steward South and Kane Galleries are on view through Feb. 16, 2020.

The Levitt and Varnedoe Galleries are on view through Jan. 26.

CULTURE VISUAL ARTS

Kamryn Shawron’s work for “Painted Ppl” reimagines the portrait in a fun, funky way. PHOTOS COURTESY OF KAMRYN SHAWRON. I printed them out and then beaded and painted and did all these additive processes on top. It’s all these portraiture things. It was kind of a theme when I was in school, just photography in general. I like to document and remember things. But this body of work is a more outlandish, crazy, drag queen kind of vibe.

I feel like once I’m done with it, I’m going to move on to something else. But this was a big theme and I wanted to showcase it.

2. CS: What’s your inspiration for

this body of work? I feel like Cindy Sherman has to be in there somewhere.

QUESTIONS

WITH

Kamryn Shawron KAMRYN Shawron’s portrait series, “Painted Ppl,” is a unique body of work.

Shawron dresses up and photographs her subjects, then prints the photograph and embellishes on top, resulting in a piece that’s glitzy and a little weird—but that’s just the way she likes it.

“Painted Ppl” will be on display at the

4. CS: What’s it like working at shopSCAD?

It’s a lot of mentoring. People don’t know how to present or price. You don’t know if you’ve never done it before. How are you supposed to know how much this shit costs?

It’s hard sometimes. There are people who genuinely appreciate the arts and everything, but then there’s other people who don’t prioritize it. I feel like to find people who appreciate it is a luxury, not just someone who’s like, “So who’s going to be famous in here?” We get that a lot.

“Who’s the next Picasso?”

5.

CS: What was it like linking up with the Rat on Bull to show your work?

It was honestly pretty frustrating. Not with the Rat on Bull specifically, but just in genCS: How do you find the models who eral. There are so many places I reached model for you? out to that never wrote me back or called me, and a bunch of places that used to be It’s usually friends of mine or people I just here aren’t anymore, like Non-Fiction have an idea for. I want to do something [Gallery]. It was the perfect space and now with cake now, but I have to find someone it’s going to be a day spa or something.

CS: Tell me about this body of work. who’s willing to cooperate, people who The Rat was really cool; they got back to don’t mind being kind of gross. [Editor’s me. I think the problem was that I started This show is going to be called “Painted Note: That person was me.] I like getting planning this in the summer. I just wanted Ppl.” It’s all photographs of friends of messy. So far everyone’s been like, “Yeah, some place to be like, “Yeah, we can do mine, people I’m close to. I’ve had crazy let me know!” and I’m like, “Nah, you don’t that.” A bunch of places only do group photo shoots with wigs and makeup, and sound sure.” shows, don’t branch out. CS 29 Rat on Bull by appointment through the month of November.

Shawron came to SCAD in 2013 to major in fibers and now works full-time for shopSCAD, working on her art at night.

We caught up with her last week.

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Her self-portraits, yeah! When we were little, my mom and I used to color together in coloring books, like Barbie stuff, and she was so good. Like, she’d give Barbie blush and contour her face. She went to art school, too. I remember being six and being like, “How is she so good? How do I get this good? Now I want to concentrate, I want to be better.” So I kind of put it back to that moment and her decorating people, and I feel like that’s where it sort of began.

It’s harder now that we all have jobs and need money and stuff. But for the most part, it’s like, “What day works for you?

When can we do this?”

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Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

BENCHMARK — Luke Batchelder’s BFA solo exhibition, benchmark: a standardized exhibition, examines his own personal relationship to home construction and building.

Influenced by his time working on the job site with his father and a recent job working on a film set as a prop maker. Fri., Nov. 8, 6-9 p.m. starlandstudiossavannah.com. The Drawing Room at Starland Studios, 115 W. 42nd Street.

OUR NEST — As a botanical designer in Savannah, Leslie Geer finds herself immersed in the flora of the low country. Through Nov. 10. Drive Thru Art Box, behind Green Truck Pub, 2430 Habersham St.

ON::VIEW: ENTERTAINING THE PORTRAIT — During the ON::VIEW Residency a variety of live models will be present as Marisa Lilje draws or paints their portraits.

People will get a glimpse into an observational artist’s studio. With models present you can see how the interaction between artist and subject affects the work. Charcoal drawings and oil painting of portraiture and still life will be made during the length of the residency. Nov. 12-Dec. 7. sulfurstudios.org.

Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. A VIEW IN FRAME— The work in A View in Frame by Shuoyuan Bai is inspired by the ideology of traditional gardens. Each creation is a struggle between what could be controlled and what is random and each attempt is a unique experience in finding beauty through processes. Nov. 7-9. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St.

CONTINUING EXHIBITS\ ANNE ALBIZ ARGO — Anne Albiz Argo presents seven original oil paintings with prints for sale. Through Dec. 8. luluschocolatebar. com. Lulu’s Chocolate Bar, 42 MLK, Jr. Blvd.

CAL WOOD ART 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY & RETROSPECTIVE SHOW — Cal Woodum of Cal Wood Art is celebrating his 10 Year Anniversary as an exhibiting artist. Through Dec. 31. Regus, 100 Bull Street, Suite 200.

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CHRISTINA FORRER: FEET OF THE DEVIL —The art of Christina Forrer sees the medieval tradition of tapestry thrust into a fanciful vision of the present. Through Jan. 12, 2020. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

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ON THE WATERFRONT ART GALLERY

PEEP SHOW — “Peep Show” by Angela Burson displays the artists’ fondness for anachronistic images of fashion and objects. Through Nov. 14. Location Gallery at Austin Hill Realty, 417 Whitaker St. PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST — This exhibition presents photographic portraits of artists, entertainers, and celebrities from Telfair Museums’ permanent collection. Through Nov. 24. telfair.org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Work by Marisa Lilje is at the new Sulfur Studios ON::VIEW show, ‘Entertaining the Portrait’

DUSK TIL DAWN — Dusk til Dawn is Honor Bowman Hall’s take on Savannah’s haunted atmosphere and natural beauty. Through Nov. 19. Starland Cafe, 11 East 41st St.

exhibition that presents a selection of works by the artist ranging from 1998 to 2012.

Through Dec. 22. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

FALL SENIOR EXHIBITION — Graduating seniors showcase their college portfolios for this capstone. Through Dec. 6. Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St.

THE LAUGHTER AFTER — Jorge Montero’s exhibition is sure to make you smile.

Through Dec. 5. Cork House Gallery, 230 W Bay Street.

FREDERICK DOUGLASS: EMBERS OF FREEDOM — Frederick Douglass: Embers of Freedom explores the life and legacy of the preeminent social reformer, abolitionist and statesman. Through Jan. 5, 2020. scadmoa. org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

ISAAC JULIEN: FREDERICK DOUGLASS: LESSONS OF THE HOUR — Lessons of the Hour is a poetic meditation on the life and times of Frederick Douglass. Through Dec. 15. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

PAINTED PPL — Work by Kamryn Shawron.

Through Nov. 30. The Rat on Bull, 1612 Bull St. LARA FAVARETTO: WORKS FROM THE RENNIE COLLECTION — An eponymous

We invite you to explore

SAVANNAH ART WALK on November 9th

Visit and talk with artists, and check out the many galleries in the Historic District.

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LEATHER, LACE AND LUSTER — Throughout history, black clothing has come to symbolize everything from wealth to bereavement to teenage angst. Through Jan. 25, 2020. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

LIU JIAKUN: WEST VILLAGE — Lia Jiakun contextualizes local building traditions, social needs and ever-changing ecological environments. Through Jan. 12, 2020. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

MARK WALLINGER — Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger is one of the most influential artists working today. Through Jan. 19, 2020. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

MATT TOOLE EXHIBITION — By marrying natural forms with manufactured objects, Matt Toole highlights the distinctive aesthetic qualities of both. Through Nov. 19.

Gallery F.A.R., 1321 Eisenhower Drive.

MICHAEL BANKS — Through Nov. 30. galleryespresso.com/. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. MICHAEL CINCO — Cinco’s opulent creations have been worn by celebrities at prestigious international red carpet events.

Through Jan. 5, 2020. scadmoa.org/. SCAD

RAPHAEL BARONTINI: THE GOLDEN MARCH — Raphael Barontini’s project consists of two parts: a site-specific installation for the museum’s iconic Jewel Boxes and a performance in collaboration with a local high school marching band. Through Jan. 5, 2020. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

SAVANNAH CLAY COMMUNITY 2019 EXHIBITION — Savannah Clay: 2019 includes over twenty functional and sculptural works representing a broad range of working and firing techniques. Through Nov. 15. Savannah Cultural Arts Center, Corner of MLK and Oglethorpe Streets.

SINGLE ORIGIN BY KAY WOLFERSPERGER — A collection of tea and coffee centric artwork celebrating the bigness in a cup of coffee’s smallness. Through Dec. 29. foxyloxycafe.com. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. SOUTHERN ARCANA — Stephanie Howard synthesizes modern and imagined folklore, heavily influenced by literary artists such as William Faulkner and Flannery O’Connor.

Through Jan. 11, 2020. Laney Contemporary, 1810 Mills B. Lane Blvd.

SUMMON THE SEA! CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS AND MOBY DICK — Six contemporary artists act as epic storytellers as they respond to, challenge, and celebrate the allegories presented in Melville’s literary classic.

Through Feb. 16, 2020. telfair.org/jepson/.

TWISTED: THE FIBER GUILD OF THE SAVANNAHS — The Fiber Guild of the Savannahs is a group of fiber artists who meet regularly to share inspiration and techniques using a wide variety of fiber-related arts.

Through Nov. 29. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St.

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Atlantic at three: A ‘soft, gentle heart’ in a great location

BY JOSEPHINE BEISEL

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AMIDST ALL the recent fall activity here in Savannah, Atlantic is celebrating its third year serving the public with a weeklong celebration of excellent wine, food, and special guests. Each day, different types of wines will be offered, accompanied by wine personalities and sommeliers from across the nation.

“The week of our celebration is a very important week for the city, because it’s the week of the Savannah Food and Wine Festival,” owner Jason Restivo comments.

“It just so happens that our restaurant opened on the week of this event. Instead of just celebrating for one day, if the whole city is already celebrating, we wanted to bring something to the table. And I chose to celebrate every day.

“Each night is appealing to different guests who have been coming to us for years. For example, I know guests that will be coming on Monday because they like Oregon wines; I know guests who love Italian wines, so they’ll be here on Wednesday; and so forth. It gives everyone an opportunity to have what they want.”

The festivities started on Monday, Atlantic’s official third anniversary. Restivo clued me into the events of each night, and which wine personalities will be in house to host them.

“On Wednesday, we have an Italian brand in house. We have a friend of mine coming in—his name is Clint Sloan. He’s out of Charleston and is going to represent a very well established Italian winery 32 called Scarpetta. It’ll be all Italian wines

that night.”

They even have some wines offered in a can, so you can get a bucket of wine.

“You don’t really always see that, but for me, wine doesn’t always have to be this serious thing.

“Thursday, we’re pouring everything out of really big bottles. These are wines that you don’t normally pour by the glass, and these are wines that you don’t really see offered. We’ve been collecting them over the course of the year. We see bottles, and we’re like, ‘This bottle would be great on this night, months down the road,’ and that night is here.”

On Friday, Clint Sloan returns to showcase the West Coast wines he is responsible for as an ambassador.

“It’s kind of a chardonnay and pinot noir takeover on Friday,” adds Restivo.

To complete the festivities, master sommelier Robert Jones will be at the restaurant on Saturday.

“There’s about 290 master sommeliers in the world, so that’s a pretty big deal. He’s coming here, he’s been here 7 or so times, he’s a big fan of Atlantic, and all of the staff love him. That will probably be that feel good moment, especially since it’s our last day of celebration and we’re ending it with a really good friend.”

This value of good friendship seems to be a common theme with the restaurant, especially with Restivo’s overall idea and how it came to fruition.

“It wasn’t until I started hanging out with some friends about 5 years prior to the restaurant becoming a reality that we would get together once a month on a Sunday as a handful of couples with our children running around, and drinking amazing wine, where each person would

Atlantic, at Victory and Drayton, marks its third anniversary with a week of special events and appearances.

provide a different flavor of food in a fashion that was very sharing-centered,” he recounts.

“I really loved that concept, where you can create one dish or one platter, but pass it around so everyone’s enjoying it, and enjoying that same flavor. It’s this community-based idea.”

Atlantic has embraced this concept of community for three years now, providing the basis for much growth.

“We’re always growing, we’re always learning, we’re always trying new things,” Restivo comments.

Also key to the restaurant’s success, Restivo adds, is the location.

“I think, at the end of the day, we’re all really lucky we get to rock and roll in such a great environment and serve great people.

There’s so many other environments that we could’ve chosen, but being on Victory Drive, being in Starland, north of Ardsley Park, and south of Victorian, it’s just so exciting down here.“ Personal growth as an owner with the staff was also conducive to Atlantic’s success.

“Ultimately, I’ve learned so much about myself—things I’m really great at, things that I’m not-so-great at. Not only has Atlantic gone through, like anything in life, this ebb and flow, so have I. I care and love what I’m doing so much, and it’s always kind of this work in progress. I never have taken it for granted.

“The city is growing, and we are too. For us, it’s also about human growth and development, sharpening skills, and preparing people for life.

“In the next 30-60 days as we finish this year, there’s some really good, exciting announcements coming. We can’t wait to share that with the community, because

it really has been the community that has supported us so much, and allowed us to be relevant in this city all these years,” he says.

Restivo hints that there will be some exciting news in the near future, but Atlantic still has strong roots where it is now, serving the surrounding neighborhoods.

“But that’s just who we are. We’re a soft, gentle heart. And we’re turning 3 years old next week, it’s a really good feeling.” CS

ATLANTIC THREE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY EVENTS: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6

Scarpetta Wine takeover with Advance Sommelier Clint Sloan.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7

Celebrate a theatrical-style dining event with “Magnum Madness.”

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8

Domestic wine takeover with Advance Sommelier Clint Sloan.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9

Grand finale wine takeover with Master Sommelier Robert Jones of Kysela Pere et Fils.

MOVIES THE FILM SCENE

Queen of Hearts

post-show reception) offsets the cost of allowing all veterans with proper ID into the event for free. Advance tickets can be charged online at mountainfilmsav.org/ community-outreach/veterans-day/.

For more info, see my feature on this event in last week’s issue, at connectsavannah.com. A 5:30 p.m. social hour precedes the films, which start at 6:30 p.m.

That same night, the restored, historic Tybee Post Theater offers a one-show-only revival of 1942’s timeless B&W romantic drama “Casablanca,” starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. This incredibly successful wartime tale of political intrigue and lost love long ago became such a mainstay of Hollywood lore that it almost seems silly to encapsulate it here.

Which is to say, if you love movies – and I mean really love movies, then you need to see “Casablanca.” And, if you’ve never seen it on the big screen, you deserve to take this opportunity and do so. 7 p.m. showtime, with a drink of your choice (beer, wine, water or soda) included in the ticket price.

Dead Curse The next day, Nov. 8, the Tybee Post sidebar. begins a short run of the recently-released We start off downtown at the Sentient sci-fi action flick “Gemini Man,” starBean Coffeehouse, where, on Nov. 6, the ring Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead award-winning Psychotronic Film Society’s long-running weekly series of under- Godfrey Ho, it’s a baffling and unintention- (TV’s “Fargo”), Clive Owen “Croupier”), ally funny attempt at supernatural horror. Benedict Wong (TV’s “The IT Crowd”) and appreciated world cinema continues with How baffling? Well, here is the only (in a supporting role) Will Smith. the launch of their latest sub-series, entiShot partially in and around Savannah tled “The Greatest Documentaries You attempt at describing the plot of the film that can be found online, and which I can and Coastal Georgia, this $140 million proNever Saw.” only hope is the unfortunate result of being duction was heralded as a state-of-the-art Every six weeks or so, the PFS will showpiece of modern CGI technology – screen a little-known doc that for whatever poorly translated from Chinese: “Fall head circulating in southeast Asia specifically the ability to digitally “de-age” reason either never enjoyed mainstream an actor (in this case, Smith) and make him success or fell into obscurity, despite being and the curse has a lot of people believe that it does, and had seen, but the film does convincingly appear decades younger. a stellar example of “strange-but-true” not explore its authenticity, just to give In actuality the film proved to be a filmmaking. The exact title and the subyou the stimulation of faculties, to achieve massive flop at the box-office, with many ject matter of these “mystery selections” the effect of entertainment. Ma Wenbiao reviewers citing a nonsensical storyline will not be announced in advance, and is Hong Kong sent to nanyang exchange and what one critic termed an “alarmingly viewers are encouraged to make a leap of faith, take a chance and buy a ticket, know- service of detectives, lead to solve kill chil- unconvincing” de-aging effect.

However, it’s said to be a non-stop baring only that they will be treated to a legiti- dren’s offerings in god, and killed on the mately unique and memorable non-fiction spot the witch, the witch, dying to kill tiger rage of over-the-top action sequences that family curse, blood after tiger back to Hong should appeal to many viewers – and there cinematic experience.

Kong legs suddenly paralysis, medical are several area locations (and extras) visWhat can be told about the first installrepeatedly is invalid, ghosts since a series ible in the final cut of the movie. ment is that it was made in the late 1990s, of things happen…”

Although, be warned: director Ang Lee’s and remained commercially unavailable Can you dig it? 8 p.m. showtime, with insistence on shooting the film in extreme for well over a decade. It’s both humorous, plenty of craft beer and organic wine on high-definition at 120 frames-per-second poignant, disturbing and somehow lifespecial during the film. (as opposed to the standard 24 FPS) means affirming. 8 p.m. showtime.

A short drive from the Bean at Service that the entire movie takes on an otherThe following Wednesday, Nov. 13, the Brewing Company, Mountainfilm on worldly visual “slickness” that some find PFS screens the astoundingly rare 1985 Tour – Savannah presents its annual Vet- appealing but most find garish, “aesthetiHong Kong-made erotic thriller “Dead erans Day screening on Nov. 7. This eagerly cally repellant” and fatiguing on the eyes Curse.” Just how rare? Well, IMDB.com, awaited event pairs two award-winning and mind. 7 p.m. showtimes on Nov. 8 and the bible of cinema stats and informanature-oriented documentaries (a feature 9, with a 3 p.m. matinee on Nov. 8. tion, does not even offer a plot synopsis or preceded by a short subject) with libations Nov. 8 also sees the return of CinemaSaeven any user reviews of the movie. It’s as though no one at all has seen it – or, if they from the veteran-owned craft brewery and vannah to downtown’s new Cultural Arts Center. That night at 6:30 pm., they’ll preshave, they could not be bothered to let any- food from Vinnie Van Go-Go’s Pizzeria, Kayak Café and Savannah Bee Company. ent the brand-new Danish drama “Queen one else know!

Held inside the way-cool, cavernous of Hearts,” in what the organization is Never shown publicly outside of Hong industrial environment of the actual brew- calling a “Non-Theatrical U.S. Premiere” Kong, it was released briefly on VHS and (meaning only a week after this Sundance Laserdisc, but has never appeared on DVD ing facility, this educational, inspirational and entertaining happening is suitable for Film Fest’s Audience Prize winner makes anywhere in the world. Similar in quality mature viewers of all-ages, and the $20 its public U.S. debut in NYC, they have and tone to the “cut-and-paste” Z-grade movies of infamous Hong Kong auteur general admission (which includes the CONTINUES ON P. 34 33

BY JIM REED THIS PAST week saw the 2019 SCAD Savannah Film Festival bring scores of buzzworthy, as-yet-unreleased features and short subjects to town for one-showonly screenings.

Some of the higher profile features will soon hit theaters nationwide, and a few of the most mainstream examples will likely appear at our corporate-owned multiplexes (if only for a short run of perhaps one week only).

However, for the majority of the indie and foreign titles included in this year’s SSFF lineup, those one-off showings will surely stand as the only opportunities adventurous film lovers will have to catch them on the big-screen in this area.

(One notable exception: “Parasite,” the latest thriller from masterful Korean writer-director Bong Joon Ho [“The Host,” “Mother,” “Snowpiercer”], which closed the festival to tremendous audience approval, will screen at the Savannah Cultural Arts Center at 6:30 p.m., Dec. 27, courtesy of the local CinemaSavannah organization.)

I was lucky enough to see some truly memorable examples of exceptional filmmaking at this year’s festival, and if you’re interested on my thoughts on those pictures (and on this year’s festival in general), check out my SSFF round-up article at connectsavannah.com.

The next seven days or so hold plenty of interesting specialty cinema events as well, as is illustrated by the totality of this week’s Film Scene. As always, admission info can be found in the accompanying

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snagged its first domestic screening in a non-traditional venue).

Believed a shoo-in for an Oscar nod in the Best Foreign Film category, it’s a tense, erotic thriller about a highly successful (and somewhat villainous) female lawyer who risks losing her family and career when she engages in an illicit affair with her teenage stepson. Both sexually graphic and believably dramatic, it’s earning high praise from critics and viewers alike who find it compelling and provocative.

In spoken Danish and Swedish with English subtitles. As there is no parking onsite (there’s limited street parking and a City parking garage a couple blocks away), organizers encourage folks to factor in additional time to find a space.

Nov. 9 finds the AMC 11 multiplex behind the Savannah Mall offering a special presentation of the Metropolitan Opera House’s 2006 production of Puccini’s 1904 tale of betrayal and adultery, “Madama Butterfly,” starring the acclaimed soprano Kristine Opolais as the doomed Madame herself.

This stunning version was produced

by Oscar-winning British stage and film director Anthony Minghella (“The English Patient”), and shot in high-def digital video and audio for stunning clarity. It runs just over three hours in length and is in spoken

Italian, with English subtitles. Showtimes are 12:55 p.m. Nov.9 and 6:30 p.m. Nov. 13.

Heading out to the Effingham Co. city of Springfield, Ga., their restored, historic Mars Theatre (similar in capacity and scope to the Tybee Post) celebrates the 80th Anniversary of the release of director Victor Fleming’s legendary romantic drama “Gone with the Wind.” The story of Scarlett O’Hara (a determined and forceful female plantation owner in Civil War-era Georgia) and her fitful relationship with the brash and dynamic Rhett Butler against the tumultuous backdrop of wartime, it set a record at the time for Oscar nominations and wins, taking home eight awards including Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Interior Decoration and Best Editing.

Despite the accolades heaped upon the film, to this day there remains controversy surrounding the depiction of “Old South” mores, particularly in regards to the harsh realities of Plantation-style slavery and a distasteful perspective on forced intercourse between married couples.

Including an intermission, this film runs darn near four hours in length, so think twice before bringing small kids to this one. 3 p.m showtime.

And on Nov. 11, the Lucas Theatre marks Veterans Day with a showing of another bona fide classic (what is it with this week?), 1953’s eight-time Oscar-winner “From Here to Eternity,” with three of the country’s best male actors of their generation –Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, and Frank Sinatra– portraying Army soldiers stationed at Hawaii prior to and during Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.

The script of the film, whose multifaceted plot balances elements of adultery and male rivalry was actually toned down significantly from the source novel, in that a number of references to homosexuality had to be removed in order for the U.S. military (which at the time officially denied such behavior existed whatsoever within

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its ranks) to grant the access to locations and equipment the filmmakers needed in order to make their movie.

Still, the final product carries an emotional wallop, and, when adjusted for inflation, its box-office receipts would have totaled nearly $300 million in today’s currency. The ancillary cast is packed with talent, including Donna Reed, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Warden, Deborah Kerr, George Reeves and Claude Akins. The picture has held up remarkably well. 7 p.m. showtime.

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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TERMINATOR: DARK FATE

OO (2 out of four) There are several things to like about Terminator: Dark Fate, just not enough of them to render this anything other than a disappointing remake of Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Yes, remake. Those who (erroneously) grumbled that Star Wars: The Force Awakens was basically a rehash of Star Wars: A New Hope will have to take a backseat to those who complain about the exact same beats being employed for this sixth film in this deathless series.

Of course, if you listen to franchise creator James Cameron (who produced this new one and shares writing duties with five other gents), this is actually the third “official” movie in the series, following 1984’s The Terminator and 1991’s T2. As for the rest? They supposedly took place in some alternate universe or on some alternate timeline or some such nonsense.

Me, I’m still waiting for the Casablanca sequel, in which it’s revealed that there’s an alternate universe in which Rick and Ilsa remain together, or The Sound of Music follow-up, in which it turns out there’s an alternate timeline in which Maria joined the Nazis and forewent warbling the likes of “My Favorite Things” in favor of “HorstWiesel-Lied” and other Hitler faves. These would be no more ludicrous than many of the retcons and reboots presently flooding theaters.

The biggest mistake in Terminator: Dark Fate – at least for those who, you know, actually apply emotional investment into their moviegoing experiences — occurs right at the beginning, when it’s revealed that one of the many Terminators sent from the future manages to catch up with Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) and teenage John Connor (a CGI version of Edward Furlong).

This Terminator (Arnold

Schwarzenegger) kills John but inexplicably leaves Sarah alive. Cameron’s desire to integrate itself back into this franchise is understandable (he had nothing to do with any of the related projects after T1 and T2), but killing off this major character is a slap in the face to everyone who invested in the original two films and even the other chapters (2003’s OK Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, 2009’s underrated Terminator Salvation, 2015’s awful Terminator Genisys, and the TV series The Sarah Connor Chronicles).

One of the defining themes of the series has always been keeping John Connor alive, and it’s inarguably a bummer seeing his character callously tossed aside here (see also Aliens’ Newt and Hicks, The Fly’s Veronica Quaife, and Kingsman: The Secret Service’s Roxy for comparable slights).

At any rate, this assassination occurs after the downfall of Skynet, so aside from Sarah’s personal loss, all is well, right? Wrong. Because mankind loves its machines and its warfare, another AI system (Legion) manages to take over the world and kill off most of the humans.

It also sends a mercurial killer bot (Gabriel Luna) back in time to murder a young woman (Natalia Reyes as Dani) whose existence spells possible doom for the Legion of the future. Meanwhile, the humans send back one of their own (Mackenzie Davis as Grace) to protect her.

There’s also a good Terminator (Arnie) and a hardened Sarah tossed into the mix.

There are narrow escapes, supporting characters lending a helping hand, and a sacrifice or two. In short, the only thing missing is Guns N’ Roses’ “You Could Be Mine” on the soundtrack.

It’s great to see Hamilton back in action as Sarah Connor, and even the appearance of the big fella elicits a grin. It’s just a shame more isn’t done with their

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characters. Reyes and Mackenzie are fine in the larger roles, but their characters simply aren’t as interesting as their predecessors, with the pair coming off as bargain copies of Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese, respectively. Worst of all is Luna’s shape-shifting cyborg, a dull villain when compared to the vicious but oddly playful Terminator portrayed by Robert Patrick in T2.

There are a couple of rousing action set-pieces, and the glimpses of the future world remain suitably bleak. But unlike The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Terminator: Dark Fate offers little that’s fresh, let alone revolutionary. In this instance, familiarity doesn’t breed contempt as much as it fosters complacency.

MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN

OOO Initially, it seems like a stunt, a gimmick, a bald bid for an Oscar nomination.

In electing to bring Jonathan Lethem’s novel Motherless Brooklyn to the screen, writer-director-producer-star Edward Norton handed himself a character who suffers from Tourette’s Syndrome.

But dash all memories of Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman or Sean Penn in I Am Sam. There’s depth in Lethem’s character and intuitiveness in Norton’s interpretation, and, consequently, there’s value in Motherless Brooklyn as both an interesting character study and a satisfying mystery.

Set in 1950s New York, the film centers on Lionel Essrog (Norton), who works for a detective agency run by his mentor Frank Minna (Bruce Willis). When Minna’s latest case leaves him dead, almost everyone is willing to move on, no questions asked — that includes Minna’s other gumshoe employees (Bobby Cannavale, Ethan Suplee and Dallas Roberts) and even his own wife (Leslie Mann, beautifully nailing her cameo).

But not Lionel. He knows it won’t be easy to figure out who killed Minna and why, but he’s determined to avenge the only true friend he ever had. Lionel’s neurological disorder causes him to twitch violently and blurt out strings of words (seemingly non sequiturs to others but ones which make perfect sense to him), and this in turn causes many people to underestimate him and dismiss him. Yet this gives him an edge, since his social awkwardness belies a mental agility that allows him to remember everything.

Motherless Brooklyn is one of those films that engages in some heavy lifting with its labyrinthine plotline (think Chinatown or L.A. Confidential), yet the real pleasure isn’t so much its convoluted story (which occasionally buckles under its own weight) as it is in watching Lionel interact with all manner of characters.

There’s the powerful developer (Alec Baldwin) who seems to hold the entire city in his grasp. There’s the mysterious figure (Willem Dafoe) who always turns up when least expected. There’s the sensitive activist (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) who’s not fazed

by Lionel’s mannerisms. There’s the jazz musician (Michael Kenneth Williams) who sympathizes with Lionel since he also has an overactive mind that can only be tamed by his music. And there’s that hulking henchman (Radu Spinghel), perhaps the most menacing oversized brute since Jaws tried to take a bite out of James Bond.

It would be easy to view Motherless Brooklyn as a vanity piece, and perhaps it is. Norton occupies multiple seats on the project (for all I know, the credits might have listed him as key grip and caterer as well), and his character appears in almost every scene. But most vanity pieces are easy to recognize because the star is generally captured in loving close-ups performing wonderful feats.

True, Lionel is lionized for much of the film, but this treatment suits a character who values friendship above all else and who takes care to look out for the other little people like himself.

THE LIGHTHOUSE

OOO Film fans fondly recall how Michael Caine and Gene Hackman were seemingly everywhere in the 1980s, making movie after movie and never coming up for air (although definitely coming up for paychecks). Is Willem Dafoe the current answer to these cinematic workaholics?

The actor has appeared in a staggering 18 films in just the past four years, with another seven in various stages of pre- and post-production. He can currently be seen in a supporting role in Motherless Brooklyn, but he shares the main stage in the two-man show The Lighthouse, an artful and unsettling drama from the director of The Witch.

If The Witch showed that writerdirector Robert Eggers was a filmmaker worth watching, then this second effort demonstrates that all eyes should remain transfixed on his career, at least for the immediate future. The Lighthouse defies easy description, as it’s a black-and-white mood piece in which two men frequently talk while sitting at the dinner table. That might make this sound like My Dinner with Andre, except that art-house hit inexplicably didn’t make room for a mermaid in its tale.

There’s possibly a touch of dementia in Dafoe’s character of Thomas Wake, who has spent years taking care of a lighthouse off the coast of 19th century New England.

Certainly, there’s a bit of Robert Shaw in his portrayal, as his constant barking and carousing stirs memories of Jaws’ garrulous Quint.

Here, his tirades are directed at the new kid on the rock, Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson in a superb performance that should finally shut up all Twilight detractors). Wake isn’t a generally nice person when sober but a mean drunk — quite the opposite. He’s ofttimes tyrannical toward Winslow when on the job but opens up when inebriated.

Theirs is a testy relationship, but that’s only a fraction of the story. Winslow sees mermaids and tentacles when hallucinating (or is he?), while Wake is definitely up to something when he strips off his clothes and barricades himself at the top of the lighthouse. There’s also a homage of sorts to Robert Aldrich’s classic noir nastiness Kiss Me Deadly, as well as a one-eyed seagull that could easily have joined the ranks of Hitchcock’s birds.

COUNTDOWN

O Ingmar Bergman’s 1957 masterpiece The Seventh Seal contains the justifiably famous scene in which a stoic knight (Max von Sydow) sits down with Death himself to play a game of chess. I suppose if any enterprising American filmmaker elects to remake the film anytime soon, that sequence will be replaced with one in which a stoned frat boy whips out his smartphone and challenges Death to a round of Angry Birds or Words with Friends.

For now, filmgoers salivating over such a scene will have to make do with Countdown, an utterly ludicrous horror flick that’s being promoted with the tagline, “Death? There’s an App for That.” It’s understandable if anyone mistakenly believes the movie is about some of those dubious and possibly fatal appetizers served at chain restaurants, but this is actually about the OTHER type of app.

The movie begins with a group of friends downloading Countdown, an app that tells the user the exact moment he or she will die. Everyone obviously believes it’s just a gag, but soon people whose time is supposedly up in a matter of hours or days find themselves killed in grisly ways.

A nurse named Quinn Harris (Elizabeth Lail) is among those who downloads the app, and she discovers that she only has a few days left to live; worse, her teenage sister Jordan (Talitha Bateman) is supposed to perish three minutes before her.

Rather than go gently into that fearful night, Quinn elects to fight back, teaming up with another person (Jordan Calloway) marked for death and seeking advice from a nerdy priest (P.J. Byrne) who believes the app was created by a demon with too much time on his hands.

I’m trying to wrap my mind around how a demon went about creating this app — did he sit down in a library’s computer center and patiently enter hours of coding?

— but never mind. As a horror film, Countdown is feeble in almost every regard, with writer-director Justin Dec not even attempting to establish genuine suspense but instead relying on a ceaseless stream of jump-scare moments that all fall flat.

There’s a story strand involving a rapey doctor (Peter Facinelli, the Cullen patriarch in the Twilight flicks) that’s clumsily integrated into the action, and the overall plotting is so diffuse that there’s not really a sense of how much this app might be throwing the country into chaos (the extent of Quinn’s research is watching a doomed woman on YouTube tearfully warn others about the app before conveniently being snatched from camera’s view in a very Blair Witch-like manner).

The cardboard characters are even less interesting than the usual slaughter fodder seen in empty-headed slasher flicks, although stand-up comedian Tom Segura contributes a few amusing moments as a sarcastic techie who reluctantly assists Quinn. His character unexpectedly turns up again late in the game.

BLACK AND BLUE

OOO Those who believe in second chances will be heartened by the presence of Black and Blue in theaters. This past May saw the release of director Deon Taylor’s awful home-invasion yarn The Intruder, a movie likely to break the sound barrier as it zooms toward a spot on my year-end 10 Worst list.

Taylor now returns with Black and Blue, and while the film is almost as formulaic as The Intruder, it pulls off its conventional material in far more interesting ways.

Aside from her Oscar-nominated supporting turn in Moonlight, Naomie Harris is too often unsung, but she again proves her dramatic worth with a forceful performance in Black and Blue. She stars as Alicia West, a rookie police officer who witnesses a trio of corrupt cops slaying a pair of unarmed drug dealers.

Catching the execution on her body cam, she seeks to get the incriminating evidence back to police HQ, a task which proves to be all but impossible. The head crooked cop (Frank Grillo) states that she’s the one who killed the kids, which not only leads to the police searching for her but also draws the attention of the area’s top drug dealer (Luke Cage’s Mike Colter).

With nowhere else to turn, she enlists the reluctant aid of Milo (Tyrese Gibson, surprisingly effective), a former childhood acquaintance now working at a local convenience store.

The real-life issue of white cops gunning down unarmed blacks only comes into tangential play here, as the script by Peter A. Dowling is more interested in providing genre thrills than digging deep down into a national scandal. CS 37

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org. ogeecheeriverkeeper.salsalabs.org/ OystersfortheOgeechee2019. iohmarina. com/. Isle of Hope Marina, 50 West Bluff Dr. PAPER DRIVE FOR RISING TYDE COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY River’s End Campground will be collecting paper products for Rising Tyde Community Food Pantry on Tybee Island. All donations can be dropped off at the campground office located at 5 Fort Ave. Tybee Island.

Mondays-Sundays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. 912-7865518. riversend@cityoftybee.org. River’s End Campground & RV Park, Tybee Island.

SCI FANS FOR SENIORS DRIVE Members of the community who would like to donate a new box fan or make a cash donation to purchase a fan may come by SCI’s headquarters at 3025 Bull Street, Savannah between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Monday through Friday or donate on-line at www.seniorcitizensinc.org/give. ongoing.

Senior Citizens Inc., 3025 Bull St. TOYS FOR TOTS COLLECTION LOCATION Donations of new, unwrapped toys will be collected for Toys for Tots at the River’s End Campground & RV Park office. The office is open daily from 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. at 5 Fort Ave. Tybee Island. Mondays-Sundays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. 912-786-5518. riversend@ cityoftybee.org. River’s End Campground & RV Park, Tybee Island.

CLASSES, CAMPS & WORKSHOPS

2018 SUMMER BONANZA The program will expose young people to local government, cultural diversity, and positive role models. Strengthening academic development while providing safe, structured, and fun activities for youth is essential. Summer Bonanza meets once per week on Saturday mornings from 10 am – 1 pm at the Moses Jackson Center.

Saturdays, 9 a.m. (912) 663-4528. Moses Jackson Advancement Center, 1410B Richards Street.

ADULT TAP CLASSES Adult Tap Classes- beginner’s welcome! $15 Mondays, 10-11 a.m. 9546825694. elyse. thestudio@yahoo.com. thestudiosav.net.

The STUDIO, 2805-b Roger Lacey Dr. ADVANCED CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH Advanced Conversational Spanish will help Spanish learners create more complex sentences to build their conversational skills with native and other non-native Spanish speakers. The course will dive deeper into forming paragraphs, listening for meaning, and even learning about Latin and Spanish cultures! Through a multimodal approach, including speaking with partners and creating group skits, students will leave the class with a variety of new skills! Required Texts: Advanced Spanish Step-by-Step: Master Accelerated Grammar to Take Your Spanish to the Next Level by Barbara Bregstein. 115 Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m.

9124782560. adaniels@georgiasouthern. edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ce/ programs/advancedspanish/. Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. AFRICAN ADIRE: THE ART OF TURNING CLOTH BLUE Free Sat., Nov. 9, 11 a.m. savannahafricanartmusuem.org/volunteer.

Savannah African Art Museum, 201 E. 37th Street.

APPLY NOW FOR INTENSIVE ENGLISH CLASSES (SPRING 2020) Apply now for intensive English classes taught by professional instructors with Georgia Southern University’s English Language Program. The 16-week program offers 20 hours of class each week. Spring semester classes will start on January 13, 2020, and end May 1, 2020. High Beginner to Advanced levels are available. This program will help you gain academic and professional skills for school and work.

Tuition and fees vary Through Jan. 10, 2020, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 912-478-5796. elp@ georgiasouthern.edu. cah.georgiasouthern. edu/elp/. Georgia Southern University, Statesboro.

BACHATA AND SALSA DANCE CLASSES New 4 week dance series, designed for absolute beginners to learn the fundamentals of Bachata or Salsa for social dancing! Bachata and salsa are fun dances from the Dominican Republic that can be found in cities all over the world, and is a great way to meet other people and enjoy amazing music. No partner or dance experience needed, just come and have fun! Special discount if you decide to do the salsa and bachata series together! RSVP via facebook or email. $40 for 4 classes, $70 for both bachata and salsa series ongoing. stephaniehmetzger@gmail.com. facebook. com/events/239285403377870/.

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new people, talk about yourself, plan activities and so much more! Instruction will also include how to develop sentences, answer questions and make comparisons using the present tense. This class will consist of lecture, audio, visuals and speaking in partners and whole group skits.

No book is necessary as the instructor will provide handouts. 115 Mondays, Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. 9124782560. adaniels@georgiasouthern.edu. academics. georgiasouthern.edu/ce/programs/french/.

Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. BASIC SELF DEFENSE Essential self-defense for adults. $30/ month Tuesdays, Thursdays, 6 p.m. fit912savannah.com. fit912savannah.com.

Fit912 Savannah, 428 Bull Street.

BEGINNING BELLY DANCE CLASSES Taught by Happenstance Bellydance.

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

BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU CLASSES Monday/Wednesday- Competition 5:30pm and Fundamentals at 7:00pm Tuesday/ Thursday- Fundamentals at Noon and Fundamentals at 5:30pm Friday- Private Lessons by appointment Saturday- Open Mat at 10:30am ongoing. Serg Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, 401 Mall Blvd.

BRIDGE LESSONS Learn to play bridge. BB2 Competitive Bidding: Monday, September 24@7:00PM. BB4: Play of the Hand/ Declarer/Play: Saturday, September 15@10:00AM. Intermediate/Advanced Workshops: Friday, September 14@10:00AM ongoing. 912-2284838. bridgewebs.com/savannahclubs.

Savannah Duplicate Bridge Center, 8511 Ferguson Ave. COCKTAIL CLASSES Congress Street Up hosts Cocktail Classes every Monday and Tuesday night at 6pm.

Learn how to shake and stir like a pro. Learn all about the fancy tools we use and their fascinating history. Impress your friends and make your co-workers envious. $40 Mondays, Tuesdays, 6 p.m. 912.220.1249. kblack@historictours.com. facebook.com/ pg/CongressStreetUp/about/?ref=page_ internal. Congress Street Up, 220 W. Congress St. CONTEMPORARY DANCE FUSION CLASS AT THE STUDIO IN THUNDERBOLT Join a classically trained dance teacher for a fun and challenging dance class. Focus on technique, choreography, and whatever else you would like to do! Opportunity to learn aerial hammock moves as well.

Every Sunday from 6-7pm $20. To reserve a space call/text 912-483-2109 or email ktoyogasurf@gmail.com ongoing.

CORK HOUSE OPEN HOUSE CHARITY BASH Charity bash promoting sustainability, wellness, and community service in Savannah. Drop in work shops, pop-up shops and local artists, with Savannah Arts Association, Revolution Yoga, Greenbriar Children’s Services, and more. Free Sat., Nov. 9, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 912-677-3212. ch.sav@ jelinek.com. corkhousegallery.com. Cork House Gallery, 230 W Bay St.

COUNTRY TWO STEP GROUP CLASS Join us every week to learn how to dance to the classics and modern day songs of country music. All levels welcomebeginners to advanced. Each week will progress from the previous. First week is the top of the month and runs for 4 weeks. Sign up today! $40 for 4 weeks Thursdays, 7-8 p.m. 612-470-6683. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com.

Salon de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 301 US Hwy 80 SE. CREATING SPIRITUAL BATHS TO HELP WITH PAST TRAUMA CLASS Super excited about this amazing opportunity to speak, share and teach others how to create their very own spiritual manifestation and protection baths at Michael’s here in Savannah on Abercorn.

Here is your chance to develop your very own spiritual bath with various natural ingredients provided by me to activate manifestation and protection and anything else that is needed to help you create the life that you desire and deserve. $35 Sat., Nov. 9, 4-6 p.m. 3478638813. info@ getspirituallyactivated.com. michaels.com/ classes-and-events/classroom#id=creatingspiritual-baths-to-help-with-past-traumaclass-st-l-des-peres. Michael’s, Abercorn Plaza Shopping Center, 8108 Abercorn St #400, Savannah, GA 31406.

CREATIVITY COACHING Do you have a creative idea but don’t know where to start? Is it time to move forward with your project? Work with your very own creativity coach and learn how to blast through blocks, plan your time, and enjoy the richness of a creative life. You’re Invited To A Free Masterclass: 5 Steps to Turning Your Talents and Expertise Into A Successful Online Coaching Business (even if you have no idea how to get started!) See website for more info at www.laurenl.com/creativity_ coaching/ or contact Creativity@LaurenL. com ongoing. Online, ---.

DRUM FOLK: A RIDDIMIC RESCUE Join a new folk and funk cultural movement built within the classic traditions of GullahGeechee cultural legacy. Learn about juba, hand jive, ring play, ring shout, tambourine, riddimic movement, and vocalization along with the various regional drum legacies connecting national and international culture. $12 per 1.5 hour session Wednesdays, 7 p.m. nowgriot1@aol.com. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. DUI PREVENTION GROUP Offers victim impact panels for intoxicated drivers, DUI, offenders, and anyone seeking knowledge about the dangers of driving while impaired. A must see for teen drivers.

Sign in time begins 6:00-6:20 p.m. Panel starts promptly at 6:30 p.m. and ends at approximately 8:00 P.M. Fee is $40.00 money orders or certified bank checks only payable to DUI Prevention Group. Meets monthly, check the website. $40/session (912) 691-4905. info@duipreventiongroup. org.

FLOWERGALS AND FLOWERGUYS MAKESHOP $45 Thu., Nov. 7, 5:30 p.m. Henny Penny Art Space & Cafe, 1514 Bull St. FREE BRIDGE LESSONS

Free Bridge Lessons beginning August 19, 2019 from 7-9 pm. For more information call 912-238-4838. ongoing. Savannah Duplicate Bridge Center, 8511 Ferguson Ave. HIGH VIBE / LOW COST YOGA Join Melissa DeLynn for all-levels, beginner friendly Yoga classes. These classes are well-balanced, nourishing, and challenging with an emphasis on philosophy and spirituality. Expect to learn, heal, meditate and connect. $15 Wednesdays, 6-7:15 p.m. 706-614-4715. mdelynn@gmail.com.

WELMONT, 1930 Montgomery Street.

HYPNOSIS AND GUIDED IMAGERY Hypnosis, Guided Imagery, Mindfulness, Eft, will create neural pathways in the brain Because our brains are neuroplastic it has a positive effect and helps you to recover from anxiety, stress, trauma, and PTSD, It’s great for weight loss and to stop smoking.

Kind and compassionate care. 25 years experience. Call 912-927-3432. Website: www. Savannahypnosis.com. Facebook: Alpha Institute. ongoing.

INTERNATIONAL TRIVIA CHALLENGE Test your world knowledge at SCWA’s International Trivia Challenge. Amongst a fun competitive atmosphere, teams answer questions concerning current events, world culture, architecture, cuisine, monuments, and governmental affairs. Thu., Nov. 7, 7 p.m. Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church, 50 Diamond Causeway.

JAMMPOP MASTER CLASS $0-$25 Fri., Nov. 8, 5 p.m. Star Dance Company StarShip Studios, East Henry Street.

JEWELER’S GUIDED OPEN STUDIO Join us for time to practice your skills and knock out some projects you’ve been dreaming up. Tuition includes access to the studio with support from Christina or one of her assistants. Students are responsible for their own materials. Prerequisite of Jewelry I or similar instruction from another studio. $30 Thursdays, 1-4 p.m.

912-289-8337. christina@dreamcatstudio. com. dreamcatstudio.com. Use our space to practice your skills and knock out your personal pieces. Tuition includes access to the studio with support from Christina or one of her assistants. Students are responsible for their own materials.

Prerequisite of Jewelry I or similar instruction from another studio. $30 Fridays, 6 p.m. 912-289-8337. christina@ dreamcatstudio.com. dreamcatstudio.com. dreamcat studio, Hover Creek RD. MUSIC LESSONS AND CLASSES: ALL INSTRUMENTS, ALL AGES Portman’s Music Academy offers private lessons on piano, guitar (electric, acoustic, classical), mandolin, ukulele, banjo, bass guitar, drums, percussion, voice, clarinet, saxophone (alto and tenor), oboe, flute, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, tuba, DJ, Pro Logic, Composition, Ear Training, violin, viola, and cello. Group classes for beginner piano and guitar. Music Adventures for ages 5 to 7. ongoing. 912354-1500. portmansmusic.com. Portman’s Music Superstore, 7650 Abercorn St. NAMI (NAT’L ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS) FAMILY-TO-FAMILY EDUCATION CLASS Class designed for loved ones of individuals

with mental illness. Provides up-to-date info about range of mental illnesses and substance abuse disorders, care giving strategies, self-care, management of stress and emotional overload, and guidance on locating local support and services. FREE Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m. Pam at 912-401-2689. milfield@bellsouth.net. Wilmington Island United Methodist Church, 195 Wilmington Island Rd. OCEAN TO TABLE: GEORGIA OYSTERS AND CLAMS Learn about oysters and clams during an Ocean to Table workshop at the Shellfish Research Lab on Skidaway Island. Tour the state’s first oyster hatchery and talk to experts in seafood safety and food sciences while sampling roasted oysters and clams. This class is part of the Ocean to Table series of seafood workshops for adults in coastal Georgia. Ocean to Table is a collaboration between UGA Cooperative Extension and UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant. Register online by October 30. $32 Wed., Nov. 6, 9 a.m.-noon.

912-598-3345. kayla270@uga.edu. gacoast. uga.edu/event/ocean-to-table-georgiaoysters-and-clams/. UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium, 30 Ocean Science Circle.

POWER SELF DEFENSE Join us for fun and fitness in the heart of downtown Savannah. Fit912Savannah offers fun, safe, friendly classes in yoga, self defense, dance, and fitness, with more classes coming soon! Have a question, want to register? Contact us at nfo@ fit912savannah.com! Located in the lower level of the United Way Building, 428 Bull Street, Savannah, GA (Enter via the red doors on East Wayne Street) Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7 p.m. fit912savannah.com. fit912savannah. com. Fit912 Savannah, 428 Bull Street.

SASS & SWAG ADULT HIP HOP Sass & Swag is a high energy, adult hip hop dance class. Learn hip hop grooves you can take to any party or club, and learn a choreographed routine to today’s hottest hits. Mondays at 7:30 pm. $15 Mondays, 7:30 p.m. 323-539-1760.

DANCEHOWIWANTTO@GMAIL.COM. DANCEHOWIWANTTO.COM. SURFING AND UKULELE LESSONS Surfing & Ukulele Lessons and surf camps. Tybee Surf Lessons, Tybee Island/ Savannah. Email or call Turner for more info 808-385-5364. TybeeSurfLessons.com. ongoing. Tybee Island, Tybee Island.

TAI CHI The tai chi classes are open to the first 25 participants 60 years of age or older.

Wednesdays, 10 a.m. 912-877-0056. Senior Citizens, Inc. Liberty County Neighborhood Center, 800 Tupelo Trail.

ZONA ROSA WRITING WORKSHOP Become the writer you were meant to be: Join Zona Rosa, the internationally acclaimed, monthly Savannah-based writing workshops founded and led by awardwinning author Rosemary Daniell. Over 180 Zona Rosans have become published authors. For information, contact Rosemary at info@myzonarosa.com. Also ask about the week-long, intensive Sixteenth Annual Zona Rosa Writing and Living Retreat,Tybee

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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.

ART & WINE TASTING EVENT The Lions Club of Savannah is hosting an Art & Wine Tasting event. Come sip, taste and sample some fine wines and benefit the blind and visually impaired.

Also you will enjoy a fine collection of art produced by local and foreign artists and if you really like the art, you may have an opportunity to purchase it. Much of the proceeds will be used to benefit the greater Savannah area residents. $20 at the door or online Thu., Nov. 7, 6:30-9 p.m.

713-505-8303. kennedydd3@comcast.net. lionsclubofsavannah.com. The Gingerbread House, 1921 Bull Street.

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 RETIRED EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION MEETING The Chatham Retired Educators Association (CREA) is an organization of retired educators and friends of education designed to support educational and community service. $17.00 (optional) second Monday of every month, 11 a.m.12:30 p.m. 912-925-4980. aohoward@ hotmail.com. careyhilliards.com. Carey Hilliard’s, 11111 Abercorn St. CHATHAM SAILING CLUB Friday evening social event at the clubhouse. Meet Members and their families who all enjoy water based activities but whose prime interest is sailing. This 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.

DUCKS UNLIMITED BANQUET Thu., Nov. 7, 6 p.m. charleshmorriscenter. com. Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St. FIBER GUILD OF THE SAVANNAHS A club focusing on weaving, spinning, basket making, knitting, crocheting, quilting, beading, rug hooking, and other fiber arts.

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Basic Self Defense

Essential self-defense for adults. $30/MONTH TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS, 6 P.M. FIT912SAVANNAH.COM. FIT912 SAVANNAH, 428 BULL STREET.

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

SAVANNAH 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.

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.

CONCERTS

27TH ANNUAL J. HARRY PERSSE MEMORIAL CONCERT The Armstrong Campus Department Music pays tribute to lifelong Savannah musician, composer and educator J. Harry Persse.

Free Sun., Nov. 10, 3 p.m. Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 1707 Bull St. JUNIOR ATC: FINAL ROUND

After 27 years of celebrating music, the American Traditions Vocal Competition (ATC) is widening its outreach to the youth of Savannah with its all new fall program, the inaugural Junior ATC. This initiative will teach students confidence in solo singing giving them a chance to craft their own program based on their unique vocal abilities and interests, and allowing them to further develop through coaching, performances, and competing against their peers. The three finalists will receive different prize packages including cash prizes and performance opportunities in Savannah and beyond.

Finalists will perform before a live audience and panel of judges. $5 Sat., Nov. 9, 7-9 p.m. 803-702-0305. msodergren@ americantraditionscompetition.com. americantraditionscompetition.com/jratc.

Savannah Arts Academy, 500 Washington Ave. KRIS ALLEN: 10 YEARS 1 NIGHT TOUR American Idol Winner Kris Allen will be at The Roasting Room Lounge & Listening Room on November 8th! In addition to the new record celebrating the past and looking towards the future, Allen heads off on a twomonth stint across the country. The shows will be an intimate “Evening with Kris Allen”, where fans will get to hear stories from his time playing music, and background on how he wrote some of his most loved songs. varies Fri., Nov. 8, 8-10 p.m. internnash@ gmail.com. krisallenofficial.com. The Roasting Room Lounge and Listening Room, 1297 May River Rd. SAVANNAH WINDS FALL CELEBRATION The Savannah Winds, community wind symphony-in-residence at the Armstrong Campus, begins its 2019-2020 Season with Fall Celebration. $15 (discounts available) Tue., Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m. (912) 344-2801. armstrongboxoffice@georgiasouthern.edu. georgiasouthern.edu/armstrongtickets.

Fine Arts Auditorium, Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St.

EVENTS

100 BLACK MEN OF SAVANNAH GENERAL MEMBERSHIP Membership in 100 Black Men of Savannah, Inc. consists of men from all walks of life who share a commitment to preparing Savannah youth for the challenges of adulthood. They lead by example, commit their time, abilities, and resources to our mission, and are actively engaged in our program committees. We welcome inquiries and applications for membership from men of good character who have a commitment, time, and resources to strengthening our communities and mentoring our youth. For more info visit http://www.100blackmensav. org/join free to attend second Tuesday of every month, 6 p.m. 100blackmensav.org/ join. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. 13 GHOSTS HAUNTED TOUR SAVANNAH $25 Fri., Nov. 8, 7 p.m. Monterey Square, Bull and West Wayne Streets.

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of the triumph over slavery through faith, culminating in a historic meeting in which the aspirations of 4 million African-Americans became distilled in a single phrase: “40 acres and a mule.” You will visit six of Savannah’s most historic squares as you learn the truth about crucial events that took place in the city between 1733 and 1865 that shaped the life and times of Savannah for years to come.

Private tours only. $40 ongoing. 912-6594383. rumpel@40acresandamule.org.

40acresandamule.org.

BIG WIG BASH Susan G. Komen Coastal Georgia is hosting a party to celebrate the 2019 class of Big Wigs and to crown the ‘Biggest Big Wig’ fundraiser of the campaign. Big Wigs are local VIPs in Savannah and Brunswick who have donned bright pink wigs, all in an effort to raise awareness and funds for Susan G. Komen Coastal Georgia and its vision of a world without breast cancer. $75 Thu., Nov. 7, 6 p.m. Savannah Station, 601 Cohen St. DECONSTRUCTED FALL GRAND DESIGN RALLY $20 Thu., Nov. 7, 1 p.m. gastateparks.org/ info/skidaway/. Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

DINING OUT - RHETT $58 Mon., Nov. 11, 5:30 p.m. siumc.org/.

Skidaway United Methodist Church, 54 Diamond Causeway.

DRINKS AFTER WORK This group is for people that enjoy getting out mid-week, being social after work,

and want to discover new places in the downtown Savannah area. Come have a cocktail, make new friends, and get over the hump. The group will meet on Wednesdays at various establishments throughout Downtown Savannah and nearby area. http://www.meetup.com/Drinksafter-work/ https://www.facebook.com/ groups/960991837322187/ Wednesdays, 7 p.m. drinksafterworksavannah@gmail. com. meetup.com/Drinks-after-work/ events/227656080/. distillerysavannah. com. The Distillery, 416 W. Liberty St. EVENING @ SKIDAWAY - THE OCEAN IN SAVANNAH’S FRONT YARD UGA Skidaway Institute researcher William Savidge will explore Georgia’s ocean in an Evening @ Skidaway program titled “The View from the Porch – The Ocean in Savannah’s Front Yard.” The event will begin with a reception at 6:30 p.m., followed by the program at 7 p.m. Free Tue., Nov. 12, 6:30 p.m. 912-484-2622. mike.sullivan@ skio.uga.edu. skio.uga.edu. skio.usg.edu/.

Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, 10 Ocean Science Circle.

THE EXCHANGE CLUB OF SAVANNAH In a rut? The Exchange Club of Savannah welcomes men and women like you to support, serve and encourage the best teachers, students, firefighters, crime fighters, leaders and organizations in our community. Check us out at savannahexchange.org or find us on Facebook. Mondays, noon. 912-441-6559.

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15 Line from a permissive judge 16 Moving feature of a Jurassic Park pinball machine 17 Skype predecessor 18 Onetime “Fashion Emergency” host 19 Pandora releases 20 Like notation in some high school classes 22 Make equal 23 “Grand Ole Opry Live” channel, once 25 Filing material?

26 Manuscript enclosure, for short 28 Trickster god of African folklore 30 “George of the Jungle” creature 33 Yielded under pressure 35 Lucky Charms bit 37 World’s oldest active endurance car race 41 Saffron-and-rice dish 42 Concert add-on?

43 Patient observers, for short 44 Daughter of Cyrus and mother of Xerxes (hidden in LOS GATOS-SARATOGA) 46 Meal prep boxes 50 Kristen of the upcoming “Wonder Woman 1984” 51 X-___ large

53 Dance-drama of Japan 54 Bars and clubs, say 58 Czech Republic capital, to locals 60 “Largo al factotum,” e.g.

61 Too steep 63 Phrase 64 Like a field for horses, perhaps?

65 City that hosted the Winter Olympics 8 days after Elizabeth II took the throne 66 Sextant forerunners

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1 Musk-making mammals 2 Rachel’s “The Favourite” costar 3 Radio staples 4 “When the Lights Go Down” critic Pauline 5 “___ on Jeopardy” (“Weird Al” Yankovic parody) 6 ‘70s prog rock supergroup, for short 7 Astronomer Kepler 8 Deserter status 9 Greet (the new year) 10 Stays away 11 Rigid 12 “Harry Potter” librarian ___ Pince 13 “Échame la Culpa” singer Lovato 14 Boardroom fixture?

21 Basement fixture 24 Athlete who once said “Labels are for filing.

Labels are for clothing.

Labels are not for people.”

27 Green New Deal concern, for short 29 “___ Life” (Peter Mayle book) 30 “13th” documentarian DuVernay 31 Cross product 32 Unsure syllables 34 Cafe designation 36 Stop on the Trans-Siberian Railway 37 1400, for legionnaires?

38 Record label for acts like Cocteau Twins and Bon Iver (and a year in the reign of Emperor Augustus) 39 “___ a real nowhere man” 40 Nurturing sort 45 Gothic arches 47 Riding with the meter running 48 “I’ve had it up ___!”

49 “___ back, tell a friend” (Eminem lyric) 50 Company that makes the Slip ‘N Slide and Frisbee 52 Earth Day setting 54 Its HQ is in Brussels 55 Mad moods 56 Word in a series of Larsson titles 57 Boba not found in tea 59 First Atlantic hurricane “R” name to be used twice 62 Con con

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ddewitt30@yahoo.com. Savannahexchange. org. Exchange Club of Savannah, Carey Hilliard’s Abercorn across from Lowe’s.

HISTORIC SAVANNAH FOUNDATION’S 64TH ANNUAL MEETING AND LECTURE The meeting will be held from 6-7 p.m. in the Kennedy Pharmacy and include the annual election of officers and trustees, organizational updates, and plans for future initiatives. The keynote speaker for this year’s lecture is Kathy Kottaridis, Executive Director of Historic Boston Inc. (HBI), who will speak on preservation’s impact on our community. Thu., Nov. 7, 6 p.m. Davenport House Kennedy Pharmacy, 324 East State Street.

HISTORICAL WALKING TOURS WITH SAVANNAH TOURS AND TALES True tales of the Irish Americans, African Americans, and Native Americans of Savannah’s past. Join KT O’Brien, a native Savannahian, for a leisurely stroll through the serene squares of Savannah.

Frequent stops for seats and refreshments available. Reservations required for tours daily at 10:30am and 8:00pm 2hours $30. Private tours upon request. ongoing. savannahtoursandtales@gmail.com.

HYGGE CELEBRATES ONE YEAR Free Sat., Nov. 9, 11 a.m. Hygge, 600 East Broughton Street.

IIDA SIP & SEE $20 Thu., Nov. 7, 5:30 p.m. lechai.com/. Le Chai, 15 East Park Avenue.

ISLANDS FARMERS’ MARKET Islands Farmers Market offers local food vendors with fresh & local produce, meats, baked goods, seasonings, and so much more. There are also always artisan vendors onsite with jewelry, yard decor, handcrocheted and sewn items, and many more handmade and unique wares. Come out and meet our vendors and your neighbors at Islands Farmers Market at the corner of Hwy 80 E and Quarterman Dr (on the way to Tybee) on the grounds of Lighthouse Baptist Church Saturdays 9-1. Free Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. islandsfarmersmarket@gmail. com. islandsfarmersmarket.org. Islands Farmers’ Market, 401 Quarterman Dr. LET’S ROAM’S SAVANNAH GHOST HUNT Things haven’t always been peachy in Georgia. On this ghoulish Savannah ghost tour, explore the horrific past of the city’s best landmarks and meet the ghosts who haunt the streets to this day. What treasure can be found in the Pirates’ House? What’s that chill in Madison Square? Find out on this ghost tour of Savannah. 11 Through Dec. 31, 2021. support@letsroam.com. letsroam. com/ghost_tours/Ghost_Savannah_ Scavenger_Hunt?utm_source=partner&utm_ medium=connectsavghost. Savannah, Savannah.

LIVE MUSIC Live music featuring local Savannah Legends in an ever changing rotation. All musicians are inspired by the Prohibition Era with a Modern Twist! Enjoy it with a craft cocktail from the Best Bar Staff in Savannah. Thursdays, 9-11 p.m. Congress Street Up, 220 W. Congress St. NIGHTLY SPIRITS GHOST TOUR Explore haunted bars, haunted buildings, 42 and Savannah’s oldest area, all while having

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.

time to enjoy some tasty beverages along the way. Step back in time to the 1700’s to explore the parts of Savannah that most only dare to talk about. You’ll hear tales about the dead that haven’t quite moved on, visit some of the most haunted places in the city and get to know the spirits that haunt the locals…and the places that the locals haunt. $20 Fridays, Saturdays, 8:30 p.m. nightlyspirits.com/savannah-ghosttours/. savannahtaphouse.com. Savannah Taphouse, 125 E. Broughton St. NOVEMBER BIRTHPLACE GENERAL TOURS $15 Wed., Nov. 6, noon. juliettegordonlowbirthplace.org/. $15 Thu., Nov. 7, noon. juliettegordonlowbirthplace. org/. $15 Sat., Nov. 9, noon. juliettegordonlowbirthplace.org/. $15 Mon., Nov. 11, noon. juliettegordonlowbirthplace. org/. Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, 10 East Oglethorpe Ave. NOVEMBER GIRL SCOUT TROOP EXPERIENCE $13 Wed., Nov. 6, 8:45 a.m. juliettegordonlowbirthplace. org/. $13 Thu., Nov. 7, 8:45 a.m. juliettegordonlowbirthplace. org/. $13 Fri., Nov. 8, 8:45 a.m. juliettegordonlowbirthplace. org/. $13 Sat., Nov. 9, 8:45 a.m. juliettegordonlowbirthplace. org/. $13 Mon., Nov. 11, 8:45 a.m. juliettegordonlowbirthplace.org/. Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, 10 East Oglethorpe Ave. NOVEMBER: OVER TEA CUPS: A GIRL SCOUT SENIOR/AMBASSADOR AFTERNOON TEA EXPERIENCE $20 Thu., Nov. 7, 3:30 p.m.

juliettegordonlowbirthplace.org/. Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, 10 East Oglethorpe Ave. NOVEMBERFEST Join us for our 40th annual Novemberfest.

Handmade craft items for the holidays such as nativity scenes, wreaths, snowmen, centerpieces, quilts, santa’s, snowmen and so much more. We will have a baby boutique, garden shop, bakery filled with homemade goodies including candy, cookies, cakes, pies, relish, jams and jellies.

Browse through the used book sale too.

Lunch will be available for only $5.00 and includes a BBQ sandwich, coleslaw, baked beans and tea. Be sure to purchase your tickets for a custom made steel fire pit with grill rack! For more information contact (912) 925-4839. free entry Sat., Nov. 9, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 9129254839. khanovich@ hotmail.com. Trinity Lutheran Church, 12391 Mercy Blvd.

THE ORIGINAL MIDNIGHT TOUR One of the spookiest tours in town. Learn about the untold stories of some of the most haunted locations here in Savannah Georgia. Guaranteed to give you a few goose bumps and an unexplained need for a night light. 33.00 ongoing. 1-866-666-3323.

6thsenseworld.com. 6th Sense Savannah Tours, 404 Abercorn Street.

SAVANNAH AUTHORS EXPO 2019 Free Sat., Nov. 9, 10 a.m. Savannah Coffee Roasters Café, 215 W Liberty St. SAVANNAH SCAVENGER HUNT: HISTORIC SAVANNAH ADVENTURE Georgia’s great east coast city has centuries of history at every turn. On this fun-filled Savannah scavenger hunt, we make a loop around downtown in search

of storied buildings, great green spaces and Savannah River views. Where do pirates hang their hat? How does Chippewa Square link the city’s founder to Forrest Gump? Find out on this scavenger hunt of Savannah. 11 Through Dec. 31, 2021, 8 a.m. support@letsroam.com. letsroam. com/scavenger_hunt/historic_savannah_ scavenger_hunt?utm_source=partner&utm_ medium=connectsav. Savannah, Savannah.

SCAD DAILY TOURS SCAD offers tours in Savannah, Atlanta and Hong Kong for prospective students and their families. Tours are available daily, excluding Sundays, and allow prospective students an opportunity to view classrooms and administrative buildings, galleries, residence halls and dining facilities and see where our students live, learn and prepare for professional careers. For more information please visit, https://www. scad.edu/admission/visit-scad/dailytours. ongoing. SCAD Student Center, 120 Montgomery St. SHIRE OF FORTH CASTLE FIGHTER PRACTICE Local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism meets Saturdays at Forsyth Park (south end) for fighter practice and general hanging out. For those interested in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. ongoing. savannahsca.org.

SPEAK UP, SING OUT Speak Up, Sing Out is a fun, educational event available for students with karaoke and free food. Come out and learn about non-consensual porn (previously called revenge porn) and cyber harassment and what can be done to reduce it. The event is part of the Wings Incentive Program and attendance will be taken. Thu., Nov. 7, 7 p.m. Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. TELFAIR ACADEMY GUILD MEETING “Spilling the Tea: The Rituals and Tableware of Teatime in Britain and America” TAG welcomes Damon Lee Fowler, guest speaker. Few things in this life are as soothingly civilizing as tea, properly brewed in an actual teapot and sipped from a china cup, a pleasure that has been all but lost to our busy modern world. Food writer and culinary historian Damon Lee Fowler “spills the tea” on the customs, manners, and tableware that made afternoon tea in Britain and America one of the great civilizing moments in our history, and debunks some of our fondest myths regarding tea service. Free to members and their guests Mon., Nov. 11, 10 a.m.-noon. 912-790-8866. grantl@ telfair.org. telfair.org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. TEXAS HOLD’EM POKER Free point based poker! Beginners welcome! Games at 6:30 pm and 9:00 pm. 0.00 Thursdays, 6:30-11 p.m. 912988-1281. savannasocialmedia@gmail. com. facebook.com/201TapasLounge/.

201 Tapas Lounge, 201 James Blackburn Drive.

TWO HOUR WALKING GHOST TOUR Chilling stories & eerie properties that paved the road to this fascinating title.

Pre-colonial ghost history, all the way up to the 21st century. The most complete

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picture of all of the human psychical and paranormal events that put Savannah on the map as the ghostly city of greatness.

Presented by America’s Most Haunted City Tour. ongoing, 9 p.m. 6thsenseworld.com/.

UNDERSTANDING CHILDHOOD TRAUMA $100 Sat., Nov. 9, 9 a.m. Introspection & Reflection, 114 Canal Street Suite 203 Building 200.

FESTIVALS

GIRLS ON THE RUN FALL 5K The 5K is the celebratory event marking the end of the 541 girl-strong Fall Season.

The girls are from 32 different sites in Chatham, Bryan, Effingham, Liberty, Bulloch and Beaufort Counties. The event enables the girls to experience the joy of athletic accomplishment and serves to give them a sense of community with Girl on the Run Teams from around the region. $35 Sat., Nov. 9, 10 a.m. gotrcoastalgeorgialowcountry.org. savstate. edu/. Savannah State University, 3219 College St. LEARN TO FLOAT This workshop will tackle a wide array of poses such as handstand, forearm stand, headstand variations, pikes and presses.

We will build foundation for our flight class through core exercise and integrative poses that ask you to strengthen your center.

This class is fun, informative and light.

The workshop is open to all levels and it is suggested you know basic arm balances like crow and side crow. This afternoon

will be filled with laughter and community joy. Bring a mat, towel and personal water container. $35 by August 7th | $40 after August 7th Sat., Nov. 9, 4-6 p.m. 912-3492756. programs@savannahpoweryoga. com. savannahpoweryoga.com/workshops. savannahpoweryoga.com. Savannah Power Yoga, 7360 Skidaway Road Unit J-3.

MAKE SAVANNAH FALL FESTIVAL Make Savannah and Maven Makers are teaming up for Make Savannah Fall Festival, a free public event featuring the local work of artisans, craftsmen and entrepreneurs.

During the event, more than 30 local artisans will exhibit made-in-Savannah goods, featuring leather, jewelry, original art, woodworking, small-batch skin care and more. Sat., Nov. 9, 4 p.m. thecreativecoast. org. Creative Coast, 2222 Bull St. SAVANNAH ART WALK Explore Savannah’s historic downtown by visiting artists and galleries every second Saturday. second Saturday of every month. savannahartwalk.com. savannah.hyatt.com/ hyatt/hotels-savannah/index.jsp?null. Hyatt Regency Savannah, 2 West Bay St. THE SAVANNAH FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL The Savannah Food and Wine Festival celebrates the best the South has to offer in the quintessential Southern hostess city. The festival brings together culinary excellence, leading culinary professionals, winemakers, beverage experts and more. Through Nov. 10. savannahfoodandwinefest.com/.

FITNESS

6:00 A.M. CLASSES STARTING IN OCTOBER 6:00 a.m. Yoga & Barre classes beginning in October at Savannah Yoga Barre. Karma Classes are only $8 drop-in! Tues/Thurs: All Levels Yoga Flow with Rob begins 10/8. Wednesdays: Barre with Terry begins 10/16. Get up early to workout before going to work! Savannah Yoga Barre, 2132 E. Victory Dr. $8 Tuesdays-Thursdays, 6-7 a.m. 912-200-4809. bebalanced@syb.life. savannahyogabarre.com. Savannah Yoga Barre, 2132 E Victory Drive.

AERIAL YOGA CLASSES Increase flexibility and strength using aerial yoga, a relatively new approach to a traditional yoga practice. We use a silk fabric called a ‘hammock’ to support the weight of our bodies, helping us achieve various postures with more depth, ease and excitement. Every Saturday. Class size limited. Required to register online ahead of time. $25 Saturdays, 12:30-1:45 p.m.

954.682.5694. elyse.thestudio@yahoo.com. thestudiosav.net/schedule.html.

AFRO-CARIBBEAN DANCE Let the excitement begin as Mahogany takes you to the best staycation each and every Tuesday night to the Islands through movement and rhythm. This class will focus on the cultural movement of Afro-Caribbean dance. Get ready for hip winding and arms in the air as we explore our bodies’ rhythm through Caribbean and reggae music. $10 Tuesdays, 6:45-7:45 p.m. 912-233-1951.

wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. AIKIDO CLASSES Aikido is a traditional Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba, ‘O Sensei’ or (‘Great Teacher’). On a purely physical level it is an art involving throws and joint locks that are derived from Jujitsu and Kenjutsu (open hand and weapon based techniques).

Beyond the self defense aspects of the art its true goal is to challenge its practitioners to discover their best selves. $50/month for JEA Members, $70/month for NonMembers, or $80/8-class punch card Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7-8:30 p.m. 912-6040958, 912-346-2650. AikiNorm@aol.com, AikidoBilly@hotmail.com. CoastalAikido. com. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. BALLET BODY TONING Ballet Body Toning is a ballet inspired workout designed to improve balance, flexibility, and use body resistance to strengthen core, legs & booty. This workout is low impact and scorches major calories and teaches you basic ballet! Call to make a reservation before class. This is a semiprivate class so space is limited! $10.00 Wednesdays, Sundays, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

732.232.3349. FitnessFoodWine@gmail. com.

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shape and have fun in the process? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this program is for you! Learn how to ballroom dance and get a great workout in the process. We use all styles of music that are modern or traditional. Cha Cha, Rumba, Swing, Jive, Samba, Paso Doble, Foxtrot, Waltz, Hustle, and more! Check out our schedule for more details. 4 classes for $40, 10 classes for $80, UNLIMITED for $120 Sundays, 5-6 p.m., Mondays, 6-7 p.m., Tuesdays, 12:30-1 p.m., Wednesdays, 12:30-1 & 6-7 p.m. and Thursdays, 12:30-1 p.m. 612.470.6683. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com.

Salon de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 301 US Hwy 80 SE. BARIATRIC SURGERY SUPPORT GROUP Located in Mercer Auditorium of Hoskins Center at Memorial. For those who have had or are considering bariatric surgery.

Call or see website for info. first Wednesday of every month, 7 p.m. 912-350-3438. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/.

Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. BEGINNING POLE FITNESS Pole fitness is a fun and flirty way to get in shape! Taught by Pole Dance America National Professional Champion Sabrina Madsen, you’ll learn the basics of pole dance in a safe and welcoming environment. Gain strength, balance and confidence. Beginner Classes are open to all shapes and sizes and are for ladies only (men welcome at our Intermediate Class). $25 for drop-in or $100 for a package of 5 classes Tuesdays, 8-9 p.m. 801.673.6737. info@firstcityfitness.com. firstcityfitness. com/pole-fitnessparties.html. First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. CORE AND MORE WITH MADISON Mondays, 6 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. EXERCISE CLASS Stretches, strengthening and general feel good moves. ongoing. 912-667-0487.

Functional Bodies, 821 E. 66th St. FIT4MOM SAVANNAH STROLLER STRIDES A group of moms that meet with strollers and workout at Savannah Mall, Daffin Park and on occasion Hull Park. Also offer HIIT Classes to other Moms who have any age children. The HIIT program is a kid free program. 1 hour long stroller based workout with kiddos. Moms- Pre and Post Natal,

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and kids of stroller age. Savannah Mall (M,W,F). Daffin Park (T,Th), Hull Park (Sat) ongoing. ashleyyoungblood@fit4mom.com. savannah.fit4mom.com. Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave. GET EXCITED AND MOVE This program is designed to combat the effects of Parkinson disease for Savannah/ Chatham-area people and their caregiver.

The activities are designed to enhance and improve muscular strength, and endurance, coordination, agility, flexibility, speed work, and voice command. Visit the website for more info. Mondays-Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. & 6-7 p.m. and TuesdaysThursdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. 912-663-5833. getexcitedandmove.com. Anderson-Cohen Weightlifting Center, 7230 Varnedoe Drive.

GLUTE CAMP WITH KAYLA All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Fridays, 12:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. HIPS AND HEARTS AROMA FLOW During this vinyasa flow class we will work through several lengthening and opening leg poses that will give you access to your hips. Your hips are a huge storage unit for emotions, we will dive gently and deeply to help dissolve any old energy. We will activate your heart chakra through an intentional back bending sequence that will leave you feeling open, receptive and connected. During these two hours of bliss we will incorporate essential oils and experience the value they can add to your daily life. $35 by August 7th | $40 after August 7th Fri., Nov. 8, 7-9 p.m. 912-3492756. programs@savannahpoweryoga. com. savannahpoweryoga.com/workshops. savannahpoweryoga.com. Savannah Power Yoga, 7360 Skidaway Road Unit J-3.

INSANITY LIVE WITH SHAWN All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. ISRAELI KRAV MAGA SELF-DEFENSE CLASSES A system of self-defense techniques based on several martial arts. The official fighting system of Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

Class sessions and intensive workshops scheduled throughout the year and held at CustomFit Center. Visit savannahkravmaga on facebook for more info. 912-224-2085. ongoing. 912-224-2085. facebook.com/ savannahkravmaga. customfitcenter.com.

CustomFit Center, 101-A West Park Ave. JIU JITSU/MMA CLASSES Classes everyday. Free woman’s class every Wednesday at 5:30. Other classes 6:30 to 8:30 for everyone else Monday thru Thursday. Kid classes 4:30 to 5:30 Monday thru Thursday. Visit constantexpansion.net for more information. ongoing. Constant Expansion, 302 W. Victory Dr., unit B. LINE DANCE Line dance class teaches basic instructions, coordination, and dance combinations, to the rhythm of different styles of music. Line Dancing is exercise for the body & mind, and is a fun way to dance socially without a partner. Dancing styles covered in this class include Country Western, Swing, Salsa, Tango, Cha Cha, Waltz & more. $10

Wednesdays, 6-7:45 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. LUNCH CRUNCH WITH CHRISTIAN Mondays, 11:30 a.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. LUNCH CRUNCH WITH MADISON Wednesdays, 11:15 a.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. PILATES CLASS Skidaway Island United Methodist Church (SIUMC) offers, to church and non-church members alike, basic Mat Pilates classes on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:1510:15 a.m., for only $5.00-$6.25 per class, depending on the number of classes taken per month. Classes focus on improving core strength, posture, flexibility and muscle tone. Participants must be able to lie down and stand up from a floor mat.

Class instructor is Elena Bennett, a certified exercise instructor with 25 years of teaching experience. For more information, visit: www.siumc.org/nurture or call 912-5988460. ongoing. siumc.org/. Skidaway United Methodist Church, 54 Diamond Causeway.

POWER YOGA This is an hour of stretching your mind and body to become one, and a reset in the middle of the work week. Come experience the endless possibilities as you take yourself to the next level with Mahogany. $10 Wednesdays, 8-9 a.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. POWER YOGA PRINCIPLES This class is intended for students who are new to Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga, as well as those hoping to learn more about finding their best alignment in each of the poses.

Each class will provide additional emphasis on the “poses of the week.” Although the class is intended to provide a progressive learning experience over eight weeks, new students may join at any time. This class is NOT HEATED. $19 Drop-In ($16 for military/ students/55+) Saturdays, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

9123492756. info@savannahpoweryoga. com. savannahpoweryoga.com/schedule. savannahpoweryoga.com. Savannah Power Yoga, 7360 Skidaway Road Unit J-3.

PRANA YOGA Prana Yoga is a practice that integrates breathing techniques and chakra sounds into the yoga. Come experience a deep sense of grounding, learn to be present, and develop your center, passion, strength, compassion, creativity, intuition, and light. $10 Mondays, 6:45-8 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. SHIMMY CHIC Shimmy Chic Fitness is an energetic, fun dance workout based on the ancient art of belly dance- with a modern twist.

The class provides calorie-burning and muscle-toning moves, along with increased flexibility, grace, and sense of self. No dance experience necessary. Shimmy Chic provides fun & repetitive routines suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear comfortable workout clothes and sneakers (you do not have to show your stomach).

Open to all ages and fitness levels. $10 Thursdays, 5:45-6:45 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. TRX CIRCUIT TRAINING WITH SHAWN All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. TRX FUNCTIONAL TRAINING WITH SHAWN All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. VINYASA YOGA In this vinyasa yoga class you will experience dynamic movements while linking breath, building heat, and endurance.

This class is open to all levels. We will explore each pose with special attention to alignment. This class will be the perfect way to start your week and stay energized. $10 Mondays, 8-9 a.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. WEIGHTED WORKOUT A 45 minute, total body workout that includes a 5 minute warm-up and a 5 minute cool-down/stretch. We will use dumbbells and steps to perform compound functional movements to maximize workout time. $10 Tuesdays, 8-9 a.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. YOGA - $10 FLOW A dynamic flow class designed to strengthen your body and energize your day. All levels welcome -- from beginner to experienced yogi -- move through challenges to find your personal change. Practiced to light music. Mondays @ 6AM, Tuesdays @ 6PM, Thursdays @ 4:30PM, Fridays @ 9:30AM, Saturdays @ 9:45AM. $10.

TheHubSavannah.com, 4505 Habersham Street, 912.356.8280 $10 Tuesdays, 6-7 p.m., Thursdays, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Fridays, 9:30-10:30 a.m., Saturdays, 9:45-11 a.m. and Mondays, 6-7 a.m. 9123568280. info@ thehubsav.com. thehubsavannah.com. The HUB Savannah, 4505 Habersham St. YOGA FOR CANCER PATIENTS AND SURVIVORS Free for cancer patients and survivors. The classes help with flexibility and balance while also providing relaxation. Located at FitnessOne, on the third floor of the Memorial Outpatient and Wellness Center.

Tuesdays, 5:45 p.m. and Thursdays, 12:20 p.m. 912-350-4030. memorialhealth.com/.

Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. YOGA, BARRE, PILATES MAT CLASSES Join our experienced and knowledgeable teachers for a variety of classes at Savannah Yoga Barre. No matter what your fitness/wellness goals or level, we have something for you. Open 7 days a week.

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your own skin. Visit our website for full class schedule or call for more info. $$ ongoing.

9122004809. info@SavannahYogaBarre. com. SavannahYogaBarre.com. Savannah Yoga Barre, 2132 E Victory Drive.

YOGA, PILATES, AND SPIN Flow, Yin Yasa, Sculpt, Pilates, Spin, and the only studio in Savannah with the original Hot Yoga. Introductory Special: $49 for 30 days of unlimited classes. Visit thehubsav.com to see our awesome lineup of teachers and classes. $49 ongoing. 912.356.8280. info@ thehubsav.com. thehubsavannah.com. The HUB Savannah, 4505 Habersham St. YOGA@THELIBRARY The All Levels class meets from 10:30-11:30 and the Chair Yoga class meets from 12:00-

1:00. Tuesdays. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. ZUMBA Zumba Fitness is a dance fitness class for everybody and every body! With easy to follow moves, Zumba focuses on a wide variety of Latin and International rhythms.

This hour long class is guaranteed to make you sweat. It’s not a workout, it’s a party. $10 Tuesdays, 5:45-6:45 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. ZUMBA FITNESS Isn’t lifting weights and running on the treadmill boring? Come join Sheena’s Zumba Fitness class and have fun while

burning calories! The class regularly has 75+ participants that know that Sheena is the best Zumba instructor in Savannah!

So show up early and see you soon!

Free with YMCA membership Tuesdays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. 912-354-6223. facebook. com/ZumbaFitnesswithSheena/. YMCA (Habersham Branch), 6400 Habersham St. ZUMBA FITNESS (R) WITH APRIL Mondays at 5:30pm, Thursdays at 6:30pm.

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

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ARIES (March 21-April 19)

Aries psychologist James Hillman said we keep “our images and fantasies at arm’s length because they are so full of love.”

They’re also quite flammable, he added.

They are always on the verge of catching fire, metaphorically speaking. That’s why many people wrap their love-filled images and fantasies in metaphorical asbestos: to prevent them from igniting a blaze in their psyches. In my astrological opinion, you Aries folks always have a mandate to use less asbestos than all the other signs— even none at all. That’s even truer than usual right now. Keep your images and fantasies extra close and raw and wild.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

Poet James Merrill was ecstatic when he learned the Greek language. According to his biographer, he felt he could articulate his needs “with more force and clarity, with greater simplicity and less selfconsciousness, than he ever could in his own language.” He concluded, “Freedom to be oneself is all very well; the greater freedom is not to be oneself.” Personally, I think that’s an exaggeration. I believe the freedom to be yourself is very, very important. But for you in the coming weeks, Taurus, the freedom to not be yourself could indeed be quite liberating. What might you do to stretch your capacities beyond what you’ve assumed is true about you? Are you willing to rebel against and transcend your previous selfconceptions?

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

Musician Brian Eno made a deck of oracular cards called Oblique Strategies.

Each card has a suggestion designed to trigger creative thinking about a project or process you’re working on. You Geminis might find it useful to call on Oblique Strategies right now, since you’re navigating your way through a phase of adjustment and rearrangement. The card I drew for you is “Honor thy error as hidden intention.” Here’s how I interpet it: An apparent lapse or misstep will actually be the result of your deeper mind guiding you to take a fruitful detour.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

We devote a lot of energy to wishing and hoping about the meaningful joys we’d love to bring into our lives. And yet few of us have been trained in the best strategies for manifesting our wishes and hopes.

That’s the bad news. The good news is that now is a favorable time for you to upgrade your skills at getting what you want.

With that in mind, I present you with the simple but potent wisdom of author Maya Angelou: “Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it.” To flesh that out, I’ll add: Formulate a precise statement describing your heart’s yearning, and then work hard to make yourself ready for its fulfillment.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

What are the key parts of your life—the sources and influences that enable you to be your most soulful self? I urge you to nourish them intensely during the next three weeks. Next question: What are the marginally important parts of your life—the activities and proclivities that aren’t essential for your long-term success and happiness? I urge you to corral all the energy you give to those marginally important things, and instead pour it into what’s most important. Now is a crucial time in the evolution of your relationship with your primal fuels, your indispensable resources, your sustaining foundations.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

“When she spoke of beauty, he spoke of the fatty tissue supporting the epidermis,” wrote short story author Robert Musil. He was describing a conversation between a man and woman who were on different wavelengths. “When she mentioned love,” Musil continued, “he responded with the statistical curve that indicates the rise and fall in the annual birthrate.”

Many of you Virgos have the flexibility to express yourself well on both of those wavelengths. But in the coming months, I hope you’ll emphasize the beauty and love wavelength rather than the fatty tissue and statistical curve wavelength. It’ll be an excellent strategy for getting the healing you need.

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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,

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Libran blogger Ana-Sofia Cardelle was asked, “What is your signature perfume?”

She said she hadn’t found one. But then she described how she would like to smell: “somewhere between fresh and earthy: cinnamon and honey, a rose garden, saltwater baked in the sun.” The coming days will be an excellent time to indulge in your own fantasies about the special fragrance you’d like to emanate. Moreover, I bet you’ll be energized by pinpointing a host of qualities you would like to serve as cornerstones of your identity: traits that embody and express your uniqueness.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Studies suggest that on average each of us has a social network of about 250 people, of whom 120 we regard as a closer group of friendly acquaintances. But most of us have no more than twenty folks we trust, and only two or three whom we regard as confidants. I suspect that these numbers will be in flux for you during the next twelve months, Scorpio. I bet you’ll make more new friends than usual, and will also expand your inner circle. On the other hand, I expect that some people who are now in your sphere will depart. Net result: stronger alliances and more collaboration.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

I blame and thank the Sagittarian part of me when I get brave and brazen enough to follow my strongest emotions where they want to lead me. I also blame and thank the Sagittarian part of me when I strip off my defense mechanisms and invite the world to regard my vulnerabilities as interesting and beautiful. I furthermore blame and thank the Sagittarian side of me on those occasions when I run three miles down the beach at dawn, hoping to thereby jolt loose the secrets I’ve been concealing from myself. I suspect the coming weeks will be a favorable time to blame and thank the Sagittarian part of you for similar experiences.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Persian polymath Avicenna (980–1037) wrote 450 books on many topics, includ-

ing medicine, philosophy, astronomy, geography, mathematics, theology, and poetry. While young, he tried to study the *Metaphysics* of Aristotle, but had difficulty grasping it. Forty times he read the text, even committing it to memory. But he made little progress toward fathoming it. Years later, he was browsing at an outdoor market and found a brief, cheap book about the *Metaphysics* by an author named al-Farabi. He read it quickly, and for the first time understood Aristotle’s great work. He was so delighted he went out to the streets and gave away gifts to poor people. I foresee a comparable milestone for you, Capricorn: something that has eluded your comprehension will become clear, at least in part due to a lucky accident.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

In addition to being a key figure in Renaissance art, fifteenth-century Italian painter Filippo Lippi had a colorful life.

According to legend, he was once held prisoner by Barbary pirates, but gained his freedom by drawing a riveting portrait of their leader. Inspired by the astrological factors affecting you right now, I’m fantasizing about the possibilty of a liberating event arriving in your life. Maybe you’ll call on one of your skills in a dramatic way, thereby enhancing your leeway or generating a breakthrough or unleashing an opportunity. (Please also re-read your horoscope from last week.)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

“Stand high long enough and your lightning will come,” writes Piscean novelist William Gibson. He isn’t suggesting that we literally stand on top of a treeless hill in a thunderstorm and invite the lightning to shoot down through us. More realistically, I think he means that we should devotedly cultivate and discipline our highest forms of expression so that when inspiration finds us, we’ll be primed to receive and use its full power. That’s an excellent oracle for you.

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BOOK SIGNING WITH FRYE GAILLARD Gaillard is the author of “In A Hard Rain: America in the 1960s, Our Decade of Hope, Possibility, and Innocence Lost.” Sat., Nov. 9, 3 p.m. eshaverbooks.com/. E Shaver Booksellers, 326 Bull St. BRIAN RALPH: DAYBREAK SIGNING & PRESENTATION Local creator Brian Ralph’s graphic novel ‘Daybreak’ has just been adapted into a Netflix television series. To celebrate, we are thrilled to present a Brian Ralph triple feature! From 6-7PM, Brian will be signing his books Daybreak, Cave In and Reggie 12.

From 8-9PM, Brian will present a lecture about the book and its journey to the screen. Following the lecture, we’ll have a reception and sketching session next door at White Whale. FREE Wed., Nov. 6, 6-9 p.m. facebook.com/events/540972616679320/.

Neighborhood Comics, 1205 Bull St. CARA MCGEE SIGNING BLACK CANARY: IGNITE Neighborhood Comics is thrilled to host Cara McGee, artist of the new DC Comics book Black Canary: Ignite, for an in-store signing! Reserve your copy today and meet Cara on 11/8 from 3-4PM. Fri., Nov. 8, 3-4 p.m. facebook.com/ events/1641867932615408/. Neighborhood Comics, 1205 Bull St. HISTORICAL WRITERS GUILD The HWG will endeavor to offer a variety of programs for both published and unpublished writers to promote historical fiction and creative non-fiction. All compatible and cross-genre works to historical writing are welcome. HWG is also open to hobbyist writers to enjoy a relaxed and fun environment. Visit website for more info. Annual dues $20 second Monday of every month, 7-9 p.m. 713-907-8627. hwg. rh@comcast.net. google.com/search?client =safari&rls=en&q=Historical+Writers+Guild+ sav+ga&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8. Richmond Hill Museum, 11460 Ford Ave. 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, 2020, 1 a.m.-11:45 p.m. 833-20246 7626. support@letsroam.com. letsroam.

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SAVANNAH AUTHORS EXPO Savannah Authors Expo hosts local authors for book signings, live performances from local poets, author panels, and more. Sat., Nov. 9, 10 a.m. savannahauthors.com.

Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 West Liberty Street.

SAVANNAH JAZZ: A PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE HISTORY OF JAZZ IN SAVANNAH The City of Savannah Municipal Archives will host a lecture on the history of Jazz in Savannah. The program will be moderated by lifelong educator and former Savannah Mayor, Dr. Otis S. Johnson and features four notable local musicians and educators. Free and open to the public Thu., Nov. 7, 6 p.m.

Savannah Cultural Arts Center, Corner of MLK and Oglethorpe Streets.

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GRATITUDE CIRCLE IN THE SQUARES Gather with others to share gratitude.

Everyone welcome. Park next to Bull Street Library. Wednesdays, 12-12:30 p.m. 917-676-4280. facebook.com/ savannahgratitude. liveoakpl.org. Bull Street Library, 2002 Bull St. GUIDED SILENT PRAYER Acoustical songs, 30 minutes of guided silent prayer, and minutes to receive prayer or remain in silence. Wednesdays, 6:45-8:00pm at Vineyard Church, 615 Montgomery St. See website for info. ongoing. vineyardsavannah.org.

PRAYER & HEALING SCHOOL Prayer & Healing School weekly - Beginning Oct 3, 2019 Thursday Friday & Saturday. For those in need of healing in their spirit, soul, emotions, & body or a miracle from God. We teach what God says about your problems & what’s causing it!. Then act on the Word from Mark 15: 17: These signs shall follow them that believe in my name, they shall cast out devils, speak with new tongues.... they will lay hands on the sick & they will get well! Come out & get God’s power for your life!! There is no charge - if you like you may donate. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2-4 p.m.

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Heavenly Books and Gifts, 77D W. Fairmont Ave. SAVANNAH FRIENDS MEETING (QUAKERS) Un-programmed worship. 11am Sundays, Joy Cottage behind Wesley Oak United Methodist Church. Call or email for info.

All are welcome. ongoing. 636-233-1772. savannahquakers@gmail.com. Wesley Oak United Methodist Church, 3124 East Victory Drive.

SAVANNAH REIKI SHARE During shares, participants take turns giving and receiving universal life force energy via Reiki and other healing modalities. Present at the shares are usually no less than 2 Reiki Masters. Come share with us on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month at the Sweet Water Spa in downtown Savannah.

Sign up at Savannah Reiki Share or Reiki by Appointment on Facebook. Free ongoing, 7 p.m. 440-371-5209. Sweet Water Spa, 148

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

Christ Church Anglican, 37th and Bull.

TAPESTRY CHURCH A church for all people! We don’t care what you are wearing, just that you are here.

From the moment you walk in until the moment you leave, Tapestry is committed to delivering a creative, challenging, straight forward, and honest message about the role of biblical principles in your life. Every Sunday morning 10AM at the Habersham YMCA. Sundays, 10 a.m. tapestrysavannah. com. YMCA (Habersham Branch), 6400 Habersham St. THEOLOGY ON TAP Meets on the third Monday, 8:30pm-10:30pm. Like the Facebook page: Theology on Tap Downtown Savannah. ongoing. distillerysavannah.com. The Distillery, 416 W. Liberty St.

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ADULT AND JUNIOR TENNIS CLINICS On Thursdays. Intended for a class size of 4-8 students. Buy four classes, get the fifth class free. $15 per class ongoing.

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The Club at Savannah Harbor, #2 Resort Dr. ADULT COED FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE 8x8 Coed Flag League. Play adult sports, meet new people. Sponsored by Savannah Adult Recreation Club. Wed. nights/Sun. mornings, at locations around Savannah. $450. Minimum 8 games. Ages 18+. Coed teams. See website or call for info. ongoing.

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BEARS ELITE FOOTBALL Learn the fundamentals of football. Ages 4-12. Sign up now. Mondays-Thursdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 912-272-6684. Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave. DERBY DEVILS ROLLER DERBY CLASSES Roller derby league offers 12-week courses for beginners, recreational scrimmaging for experienced players and two annual bootcamp programs. See website for info. ongoing. savannahderby.com.

GRIEF 101 SUPPORT GROUP Seven-week morning or evening adult support group offers tools to learn to live with loss. Tuesdays, 10am-11am; or Thursdays, 6:00pm-7:00pm. Free of charge.

Offered by Hospice Savannah, Inc. Call for info. ongoing. 912-303-9442. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive.

HUNT, FISH AND SHOOT PARTY Hunt, Fish & Shoot will begin at 4:30 p.m. with a Jeep Rally. A raffle will follow, featuring donations from local businesses, corporations and individuals. Raffle items include hunts, fishing charters, guns, kayaks, dinners and date nights for men and women among other gifts. Thu., Nov. 7, 4:30 p.m.

Peacock Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram Fiat, 265 Drivers Way. SATURDAY GROUP RUN OR WALK Join us in our quest for fitness. Beginners are welcome. We can help you exceed

your fitness goals. Free Saturdays, 7-8:15 a.m. 912-398-4130. runthecity@live.com. savystrider.com. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

SAV. STRIDER WEEKLY GROUP RUN OR WALK DOWNTOWN Join us for a run or walk downtown or over the bridge if you’re feeling froggy. The best part is afterwards when we get coffee or whatever else your heart desires from Savannah Coffee Roasters. Free Sundays, 7-8 a.m. 912-398-4130. runthecity@live. com. savystrider.com. Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 West Liberty Street.

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

SAVANNAH FENCING CLUB Savannah Fencing Club is a USFA member cub meeting Monday & Wednesday 6-9pm in the Susie King Taylor Charter School gymnasium 1709 Bull St. Beginner and experienced fencers welcome. Information is on our Facebook page, or contact P. Wilkens for more info. ongoing. Susie King Taylor Community School, 1709 Bull St. SPIKEBALL CO-ED NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP The official national co-ed Spikeball(R) roundnet championship. Roundnet is a 2 on 2 sport sometimes called the offspring of volleyball and four square. The event offers beginner, intermediate and advanced divisions. Play will occur throughout the day on the Drayton side of the park, with an after party at a TBD location nearby. All are welcome to play or just hang out and watch! Contact tournament director Harding Brumby with questions. $50 Sat., Nov. 9, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 202-288-1406. hbrumby@gmail. com. tournaments.spikeball.com/pages/ coed-nationals-2019. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. UGA SAVANNAH CHAPTER ALUMNI GAME WATCHING PARTY The Dawgs are back in action and we can’t think of a better way to watch than surrounded by fellow UGA alumni, friends and fans. Put on your spirited red and black and head to one of the Savannah chapter’s game watching parties to watch the Bulldogs play. These events are free, fun and attended by passionate graduates and fans of the University of Georgia. Whether you’re a graduate, parent or friend – all are welcome. Join the Savannah Dawgs at 2 locations for game watching parties this season. Parties will begin one hour before kick-off. Saturdays. bdburgers.net/. B & D Burgers, 13 East Broughton St. ULTIMATE FRISBEE Come play Ultimate! Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30pm until dark. Sundays, 4:30pm until we get tired. The west side of Forsyth Park. Bring a smile, two shirts (one light or white, one dark), water, and cleats (highly recommended). . savannahultimateproject@gmail.com. savannahultimateproject.wordpress.com/ pick-up/. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave.

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