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1820 House Tour
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The Davenport House Museum will stage stories of Savannah as experienced by residents 200 years ago. This special program coincides with the Davenport House Museum’s 200th birthday, which is being observed throughout 2020. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Daily Davenport House, 324 East State St. myhsf.org
THURSDAY 10. 8 OBA OEDIPUS
Savannah State University- Visual and Performing Arts Program presents an outdoor, socially distanced, Yoruba inspired masked performance on the front steps of the Kennedy Fine Arts Center at Savannah State University. Based on the Greek play by Sophocles and interpreted with artistic license to Yorubaland. Thursday-Sat. 6-8 p.m. Kennedy Fine Arts Building, Savannah State University, 3219 College St. Free 912-358-3189
Savannah Cabaret
The Historic Savannah Theatre presents live on stage a two-hour, high-energy variety show with a live band, singers, dancers and aerial artistry. They are only seating 25% of the capacity for safe distancing in the audience. Oct. 8-10 8 p.m. The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. $39 adults, $19.50 children 912-233-7764. savannahtheatre.com
Virtual Lecture: Mary Turner and the Memory of Lynching
Telfair Museums presents a virtual lecture by Julie Armstrong on her book, “Mary Turner and the Memory of Lynching.” The series is part of the museum’s multiyear Legacy of Slavery in Savannah initiative, which also will include a symposium in late 2021, exhibitions of contemporary works by black artists, community partnerships, and a related publication from the University of Georgia Press. 6 p.m. Free and open to the public telfair.org/los
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The weather is cooler, the leaves are changing and we have a harvest themed pop-up to celebrate! We are having so much fun supporting and promoting artists from all over and are excited to keep growing our community. Fri. 2 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m. Cork House Gallery, 230 W Bay Street.
SATURDAY 10.10 Forsyth Farmers Market
Local and regional produce, honey, meat, dairy, pasta, baked goods and other delights. Rain or shine. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Forsyth Park
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ditional seating, a second bar, game room and a line-up of Savannah’s best DJs. A portion of every beer sold will benefit their seasonal charity Minority Veterans of America. No cover, no tickets, just show up and grab a cold pint! noon Service Brewing Company, 574 Indian Street.
Where’s Noble Bones?
Come help us find Noble Jones, he has lost all of his Noble Bones! Every Saturday in October Wormsloe State Historic Site will be holding a spooky scavenger hunt. It gives families a perfect way to get outdoors and enjoy the beautiful natural and cultural resources here at Wormsloe while having some fun. Wormsloe Historic Site, 7601 Skidaway Rd.
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Enhanced social distancing between vendors. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Islands Farmers’ Market, 401 Quarterman Dr. facebook.com/islandsfarmersmarket
Lecture: Matt Davis
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In his role as Director of Historic Museums, Davis oversees Andalusia Farm in Milledgeville, which served as the home of famed American author Mary Flannery O’Connor from 1951-1964. Oktoberfest at Plant Riverside Davis’ presentation will give an update on District the on-going transfer, including current Sip into the spirit of Oktoberfest with preservation work and information about games, live music, and delicious specials the artifacts the college has acquired along the riverfront. Celebrate with us thus far. He will be joined in this virtual October 3, 10, and 17 from 1-4 PM and presentation by Andalusia’s curator, throughout the month with food and drink Meghan Anderson. specials. The best part? Admission is free. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. Free and open to the public, but registration Plant Riverside District, 500 W. River St. required Perched on balconies and terraces overlooking Savannah’s squares, SavPhil Musicians will play a wide variety of musical selections for the Savannah community. Wave hello as you pass by or enjoy the full performance via Facebook live. 10 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Chippewa Square, Bull and McDonough Streets. savannahphilharmonic.org/ phil-the-squares-with-music/
Service Brewing Anniversary Party
Service has an all-day party planned with plenty of open space for you to enjoy some cold beer and good eats. This year, they will expand taproom festivities to our packaging and production area with ad-
Featuring food trucks, fashion trucks, barber trucks, pet trucks, and fun for the whole family. 11 a.m. Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave.
MONDAY 10.12 Tybee Island Farmers Market
Featuring a variety of produce, baked goods, honey, eggs, BBQ, sauces and dressings, popsicles, dog treats and natural body products. Artisans are also featured each week. The market is nonsmoking and pet friendly. We are right behind the Historic Tybee Lighthouse. 4 p.m. 30 Meddin Drive, 30 Meddin Drive. tybeeislandfarmersmarket.com
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SAFE Shelter provides resources, haven for domestic violence victims rachael@connectsavannah.com
NICHOL BUSH HAS known Cheryl Branch for nearly two decades. After enduring abuse from her husband, Bush was fearful for her and her daughter’s safety and was in need of a temporary protective order. Scared and ready to make a change, Bush contacted SAFE Shelter and was put in touch with Branch, the executive director. “She is absolutely amazing,” Bush raves about her friend. “My life changed so much after that point of abuse. She tells me, ‘I know your story, what you went through, and when I look at your life and what you’ve experienced since then…’” Branch is the executive director of SAFE Shelter, a shelter that’s committed to providing support and care for domestic violence victims of all ages. Since their founding in 1979, Branch says proudly, no one in their care has been killed by their abuser. That may seem like an odd statistic to share, but it’s a remarkable fact, as well as a true testament to the services that SAFE Shelter successfully provides. Last year alone, the shelter helped over 1,300 victims, provided 74,00 meals, and provided 17,400 nights in a bed. This year, though, the pandemic has changed SAFE Shelter’s operations in two big ways: domestic violence calls in Chatham County have gone up by 20%, and the nonprofit is unable to hold its yearly fundraising gala. The gala is a crucial part of SAFE Shelter’s fundraising efforts. As finance director Bard Way explains, none of their grants completely fund their programs, and many have matching requirements. “The grants cover about 70-80% of our budget, so we have another 20% that we just count on donations to cover,” says Way. In addition, SAFE Shelter also faces a 15% reduction of funding due to state budget cuts. However, due to the pandemic, hosting a gala is largely off the table. A virtual gala is in the works for the future, which is a needed step for this nonprofit. “It’s hard to ask for money for a light bill,” says Way, “but the reality is, this is for light bills and hot dogs and bread—the stuff that keeps the doors open.” Part of what makes SAFE Shelter such a
haven is their commitment to victim advocacy and support. “When we get full, we never actually get full. We have to find shelter for someone,” explains Rob Gavin, president of SAFE Shelter’s Board of Directors and SPD Major. “We have people in hotels, and we have to pay for that. We try to accommodate every reasonable thing.” SAFE Shelter offers three completely free programs to assist in their mission. The primary operation is the shelter component, which has been around since
program. A victim who signs up for this program receives shelter services for up to two years and is helped to transition back into the community. “Domestic violence is not something that just happens overnight, and you do not just get over the trauma overnight,” says Branch. “Domestic violence is a process. We make sure that the clients know that if they do leave to go back to their abuser, our door is still open for them.” Branch notes that domestic violence is often generational, which is why aftercare is so crucial to helping ease a victim through the process. Gavin notes that there was a decrease in domestic violence incidents at the beginning of quarantine, which he reasons may be because the victim felt trapped with their offender. Now, the cases have climbed back up, accounting for a 20% rise. “A key part of getting those down is breaking people of those cycles, and that’s what SAFE Shelter is there for,” says Gavin. SAFE Shelter was there for Bush, who can credit her experience with there as a life-changing moment. “Once I finally got out of that situation, I wanted to start life over,” she says. “People ask, ‘Why would you stay?’ So many different things crossed my mind. I had three small children, I hadn’t finished school yet, and I was listening to him—I’m fat, I’m stupid, I’m ugly, I’m dumb. Nobody will ever want you. I believed him.” But Bush made it through and even has been able to speak with her abuser, a rare occurrence. Now she’s able to share her story and help other the start. With 48 beds, the shelter is the victims. largest domestic violence shelter outside of Bush is just one of many success stories metro Atlanta. of SAFE Shelter. The outreach program began when “I don’t know how many women have Branch was hired in 1996 and serves to told me that a few weeks after they get help people who don’t need shelter but here, they slept through the whole night instead need assistance with temporary and felt so much peace,” says Branch. protective orders and other court matters. “And that’s a huge thing: to be able to put “The criminal justice system can be an your children to bed and you’re not fearintimidating place,” says Branch of the ful.” CS program where she met Bush. “The outSAFE SHELTER’S VIRTUAL PARTY reach advocates walk the client through Thurs., Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. every step, whether they’re meeting the Tickets start at $50 and proceeds benefit SAFE advocates and victim witnesses or talkShelter ing to an assistant district attorney about For tickets and more information, visit events. prosecuting the case.” ticketprinting.com/event/Safe-Shelter-CenterThe third, and perhaps most crucial, program is the follow-up/aftercare For-Domestic-Violence-44635.
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NEWS & OPINION THE NEWS CYCLE That’s all folk: John Bennett pens his final edition of The News Cycle.
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WHAT’S the likelihood that a paper serving a city of around 150,000 residents would publish a regular column about bicycling? And for almost a decade? Not very likely at all. I’m certain there are cities of Savannah’s size where people regularly blog about bicycling, mostly for readers who are fellow cyclists. But I’m talking about a general audience publication that’s edited, printed, and distributed all over the city. Of course, when Connect Savannah Editor-in-Chief Jim Morekis invited me to write a column about bicycling in May 2011, he knew it wouldn’t just be about bicycles. I’ve written the News Cycle just about every two weeks since then. It’s been a constant in my life, even as my circumstances have changed. For instance, about two years after the column debuted, my cause became my career. When I started, I was an advocate volunteering after work and on weekends in various efforts to make our city friendlier and safer for people who travel by bike.
Now, as I write the final News Cycle installment, I’m a card-carrying member of the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals. (Yes, that’s a real thing. No, they don’t actually issue cards.) I’m fortunate that my passion morphed into my profession, and I’ve enjoyed writing about how walking and biking have changed the lives of people in our city. I’m sometimes asked if it is difficult to find fresh angles on a fairly narrow topic, column after column. The truth is it’s not a narrow topic at all, again, as my editor astutely predicted. Still, I’ve read back through the archives and I will admit I’ve repeated myself more often than I would like. On the flipside I am able to detect persistent themes that remain relevant. At least that’s what I’m telling myself about why I returned to them so often. So, now, please allow me to play the hits: • Not all biking and walking is recreational. While people may regard going out for a stroll or a bike ride as purely recreational activities, for many Savannahians walking and biking are straight up transportation. And often their only means of getting where they need to go. Our failure to make travel safe for them has had deadly consequences. To make matters worse, when walking and biking are inaccurately perceived as
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exclusively elective, we misassign blame when someone is hurt or killed at a time and place where we would never dare to walk or bike. “What was that fool doing out there on a busy street late at night?” someone will predictably comment on a news story about someone killed or injured while biking or walking. They never consider the answer may be: They were trying to make it back home after a long day at work. • We are blinded by our windshields. Those of us who are used to driving pretty much everywhere we go are often completely oblivious to the struggles of people who do not have access to cars, which in some Savannah census tracks can be more than 60% of households. Commuting to work or school, shopping for groceries, or going to an appointment are usually mundane parts of your daily routine when you can drive. They can be exhausting, time consuming, and hazardous challenges when you can’t. And it’s not just everyday life that is harder for people who don’t drive. Our neighbors who don’t have cars are often excluded from full participation in civic life. Before the pandemic, I attended countless public input sessions on transportation projects that were held at
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locations that were virtually impossible to reach if you had to get there by biking, walking, or rolling. A more recent example? Until the League of Women Voters of Coastal Georgia stepped in, only one ballot drop box was provided for all of Chatham County and it was deployed in a place that’s difficult and potentially dangerous to reach without a car. Pretty depressing, huh? The good news is it’s not all bad news. Had it been, I couldn’t have continued writing this column for nine and a half years. Here’s why I kept at it: • Savannah has advantages other cities can only dream about. Those who’ve heard me say this before, perhaps dozens of times, please prepare to groan: There’s one person who has done more than any other to make our city safer and friendlier for people who ride bikes. What’s even more remarkable, Savannah’s most effective bicycling advocate died before bicycles were even invented. His name was Gen. James Oglethorpe. His city plan makes the National Historic Landmark District and other parts of the city, where elements of his plan were emulated, wonderful places to bike and walk. Though concessions to automobile
traffic have made them less so. In his 2015 book, “The Oglethorpe Plan: Enlightenment Design in Savannah and Beyond,” Thomas D. Wilson makes the case that today’s planners would do well to study Oglethorpe’s work. What about the Southside and other parts of the city designed around cars? We have an advantage in those places, too. Other communities convert abandoned rail lines into trails, but as residents of certain neighborhoods often awakened by locomotive horns at 5 a.m. will tell you, Savannah’s rail lines are far from abandoned. Instead, the banks of drainage canals can be modified to serve as multiuse paths providing recreation and connections to everyday destinations. This idea underpins the Tide to Town trail system, which will connect neighborhoods located near tidal marshes and waterways with the city core. Our final advantage is topographic. While Savannah lags behind other cities when it comes to investing in sidewalks, bike lanes, and trails, we have — get ready to groan again — done an excellent job of keeping the ground flat. That means in Savannah people of all ages and abilities can bike, walk, and roll. That’s not true in places like Macon or Athens, where hills can be daunting.
•Everyone benefits from Complete Streets. Everyone. Over the years I’ve received emails and letters accusing me of being a lobbyist for a special interest group and that I care only about people who ride bikes. The truth is when a street is made safer for people who ride bikes, it becomes safer for everyone who uses it, including people who walk, people who take the bus, people who ride scooters and skateboards, and people who use wheelchairs and other assistive devices. And people who drive. When we improve safety and expand mobility options the public safety, public health, economic, social, cultural, and environmental benefits flow to the entire community. Shortly after the Savannah Bicycle Campaign (now Bike Walk Savannah) was founded in 2008, we began using the phrase, “Make Savannah better for bicycles!” as our rallying cry. We soon realized we had it backwards and corrected it: “Bicycles make Savannah better!” More than 200 News Cycle columns later, I continue to believe this. CS John Bennett is safety education programs manager for Georgia Bikes. He is a confounder and former executive director of Bike Walk Savannah.
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Rooms in the Davenport House have been updated to show the distress of 1820, such as informal, rushed meals and administering bleeding to Yellow Fever victims.
You think 2020’s bad? Try 1820
Davenport House Museum programming marks bicentennial of plague, fire, and unrest BY JIM MOREKIS
CONNECT SAVANNAH | OCTOBER 7-13, 2020
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The late dreadful conflagration in Savannah must arouse the feelings of the most insensate. An attempt to portray the suffering, the anguish, the horror, attendant upon such a visitation, would be a mockery’ of feeling. – Augusta Chronicle, Jan. 1820
2020 IS a very bad year, no two ways about it. But Savannah went through one even worse 200 years ago. In 1820, Savannah was beset by another deadly pandemic, of the mosquito-borne 8 Yellow Fever.
Like today, it was a contentious election year and a Census year, with a calamitous economic downturn. And oh yeah — 1820 kicked off with an enormous fire that completely destroyed most of downtown Savannah. The Davenport House Museum this year trades out its normal Yellow Fever programming during the scary month of October for programming commemorating that pivotal, terrible year in Savannah history. “We want visitors to know that people in the past weathered hard times and had years like 2020. It is interesting to see how others have maneuvered through crises,” says Museum Director Jamie Credle.
“Isaiah Davenport was on the committee to house what they called ‘refugees’ left homeless by the fire. During the Fever there was a lack of proper funerals and the opportunity to mourn. During the Census there was an enormous potential for undercounting the enslaved people of Savannah,” says Credle. “Nobody should think the past was uncomplicated. It seems exceptionally complicated.” The great fire of January 1820 burned over 400 buildings, almost completely wiping out the city between Bay and Broughton streets. The blaze left roughly two of every three Savannahians homeless. The decreased hygienic and medical conditions resulting from the fire no doubt helped to spread Yellow Fever and make it more deadly when it struck over that summer and into the fall. The death toll from that episode of Yellow Fever – one of many epidemics of that disease to sweep through Savannah from its founding in 1733 through 1876 – was a devilish 666, roughly ten percent of the population. By comparison, under 200 have lost their lives from COVID-19 so far in Chatham County. Between the fatalities caused by the fire and plague and the exodus of people fleeing the city for safety, by the end of 1820 Savannah’s population was reduced from well over 5000 to only 1500. October is traditionally when the Davenport House presents an in-person, afterhours living history program, “Dreadful Pestilence: Yellow Fever in Savannah.” “While this is not possible in 2020 because of the pandemic, the Museum is venturing into virtual experiences and will post a series of vignettes about Yellow Fever 1820 throughout the month,” the Davenport says in a statement. While the living history component will be scaled back due to health concerns,
guided tours of the historic house museum will go on. “While emphasizing parallels with today, house museum tours will address the differences in daily living during the time,” the museum says. “National events – including the debate over the Missouri Compromise – will be mixed with household concerns including the loss of the Davenports’ spiritual leader, births and deaths and coping with societal factors beyond their control.” The Davenport House, ironically, was under construction in 1820, but was spared by the flames. “We had fun adapting the Master Bedroom into a Birthing Chamber,” says Credle. “We set up the dining room for informality – not time for formal dining in a calamity.” In addition to house tours, the Davenport House is posting a series of specially commissioned videos for the month, a new one each week about key chapters in 1820. This week is a portrayal of Dr. Richard Waring’s report to the City Council on the unfolding events. Dropping Friday, Oct. 9 is a video featuring Credle herself portraying Mary Lavender, one of the nation’s first woman doctors, who practiced in Savannah during the Fever. Oct. 23 brings a sermon from Rev. Paschall Strong. And October rounds out with a reading from Conrad Aiken’s short story “Strange Moonlight.” Despite the apocalyptic emphasis, Credle says there is a message of hope. “There was an 1821 and people returned to daily life – though they must have been forever changed by the calamity of the year,” she says. cs The Davenport House Museum is at 324 E. State St. and open for tours. Visit them online at davenporthousemuseum.org
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Chatham County Police Department has arrested a man for setting a woman on fire during a domestic dispute on October 1, 2020. “Police were called to the couple’s home in the 200 block of Larchmont Drive around 10:30 p.m. for a report of a woman on fire. When they arrived, the 31-year-old female victim told officers that the suspect poured gasoline on her and set her on fire during an argument. The victim was transported to a local hospital, and has since been transferred to the Augusta Burn Center with second and third degree burns,” a department spokesperson says. Chatham County Police have charged 42-year-old William Gary Wright with aggravated assault and aggravated battery. Wright was transported to the Chatham County Detention Center after his arrest. “The Chatham County Police Department wants to remind the public that there are many resources available for those living in domestic abuse and domestic violence situations,” police says. When in danger, residents should call 9-1-1. If a victim wants to leave the home, Chatham County Police Officers will give them and their children a ride to Safe Shelter,” the says. Safe Shelter is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week by calling 912-629-8888. To learn more about Safe Shelter’s programs, you can visit their website at www. safeshelter.org.
Remains identified as those of missing teen
Remains found in a wooded area of Chatham County last month have been identified as those of a teenager reported missing from Savannah, the Chatham County Police said today. “Autopsy results confirmed the remains are those of 15-year-old Donald Jones. Jones’ remains were found on September 19, 2020, by people walking in a wooded area off of Oriole Drive,” a spokesperson said. Jones was reported missing to the Savannah Police Department on Monday, September 21. Chatham County Police detectives are investigating the case as a suspected homicide, and testing through the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is continuing to determine Jones’ exact cause of death. Detectives are asking anyone who has information about Jones’ death to call Chatham County Police at 912-651-4712 or Crime Stoppers at 912-234-2020. Tipsters are anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.
SPD creates Behavioral Health Unit to assist police response
A new Behavioral Health Unit (BHU) consisting of specially trained officers and medical staff is now responding to police calls involving individuals in crisis or with substance abuse, William Gary Wright the Savannah Police Department announced last week. The Savannah Police Department received the federal opioid grant in June 2019 and began researching similar, successful units. “The SPD unit is modeled after the BHU at Portland (OR) Police Department, which has been in operation since 2013. This intercept model will be one of the first police-led BHUs in Georgia,” a department spokesperson says. “This is a fundamental time to start this unit in Savannah,” Chief Roy Minter said. “This year we have continued to hear calls for police reform across the country, and one of the things they ask for is an alternative response to calls involving those in crisis. We were ahead of the curve on development and research and can now officially announce this new unit, which we are confident will provide a holistic approach to a problem affecting many in this city. We hope to lead the way on this in Georgia.” The unit will consist of two non-uniformed SPD officers and a licensed clinician, who will ride in the car with the officers two days a week. The clinician will also be available by phone or telemedicine if she is not physically present. The unit will respond to calls with factors that include opioid or substance abuse, suicide and mental health disorders, and will assist with calls for homelessness and disorderly conduct. The goal is to decriminalize substance abuse and mental health and reduce the amount of those individuals entering the criminal justice system when other alternatives could address the undying root of the issue. SPD began certifying all officers in Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training, and currently has 70 percent of the force with the certification. Four SPD supervisors
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and 26 officers, including both BHU officers, in addition to officers and supervisors at Savannah-area law enforcement agencies are certified Enhanced Crisis Intervention Team (ECIT) officers, giving them an advanced level of CIT training. The BHU will respond to calls meeting the criteria and address the immediate response and needs of the call and connect the subject with additional resources in Chatham County. Even after the call is over, the unit will continue to work with the subject and his family to address the issues. “Their work isn’t over after they clear the scene,” said Maj. Robert Gavin, BHU commander. “Our goal is to reduce the amount of repeated incidents and arrests of people with substance abuse or mental health issues and connect them to community resources. The unit will continue to connect with the subjects to make sure they show up for appointments and help them get assistance with anything that may stand in their way – things like issues with transportation, childcare or their job. We realize that issues like substance abuse or mental illness also affect the family so the unit will also keep the family’s wellbeing in mind, connecting the family with resources, such as the Front Porch, to get the whole family help to rebuild.” CS ALL CASES FROM RECENT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT INCIDENT REPORTS. GIVE ANONYMOUS CRIME TIPS TO CRIMESTOPPERS AT 912/234-2020 OR TEXT CRIMES (274637) USING KEYWORD CSTOP2020.
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Convicted drug smuggler Mike Gielen, 24, hired a helicopter at Deurne airport near Antwerp, Belgium, on Sept. 25, then hijacked the aircraft in mid-flight and forced the pilot to fly to Berkendaal women’s prison south of Brussels to free his wife, Kristel Appelt, 27, who is being held there on suspicion of murdering an ex-boyfriend, The Guardian reported. As inmates cheered and waved below, the pilot circled the prison yard, trying unsuccessfully to land, while Gielen put his head out of the chopper to vomit five times, before giving up and flying off. Authorities arrested Gielen and several accomplices within 24 hours when they discovered he had used his real name to hire the helicopter. “It seems the whole thing has been staged quite amateurishly,” remarked Tom van Overbeke, Gielen’s attorney.
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Hillsborough County (Florida) Sheriff’s deputies responding to reports of a domestic violence situation on Sept. 23 arrived at the apartment of Devon Garnett, 26, to find Garnett and two friends, fans of the Tampa Bay Lightning, watching Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals. Neighbors had become alarmed after hearing shouts of “Shoot! Shoot!” and “I dare you to shoot!” just before 8:30 that evening, reported the Associated Press. The deputies “thought there were guns in the house,” said Garnett, who told them, “Nope, we’re just screaming for Steven Stamkos.”
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Voters in Deveselu, Romania, reelected popular Mayor Ion Aliman to a third term in a landslide on Sept. 27 despite the fact that Aliman had died of COVID-19 10 days before the election. AP reports that word of the mayor’s passing spread fast among the village’s 3,000 residents, but his name still appeared on the ballots. Villagers used the vote as an opportunity to honor Aliman, who would have celebrated his 57th birthday election day.
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A judge in Liverpool, England, has rejected Cheryl Pile’s attempt to sue Liverpool Police for violating her rights in April 2017 when four female officers changed her out of the clothes she had vomited on. Calling the officers’ actions “an act of decency,” the judge noted that Pile, who later paid a fine for being drunk and disorderly, was “too insensible with drink to have much idea of either where she was or what she was doing there,” and would otherwise have been left “to marinade overnight in her own bodily fluids.”
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CNN reports a 32-year-old unnamed Irishman was charged with vandalism after being caught Sept. 21 carving his first and last initials into a pillar on the first floor of the Colosseum in Rome. The structure, which has stood for two millennia, is a World Heritage Site, and Italian law calls for a hefty fine or prison sentence for damaging a historical and artistic landmark. Archaeologist Federica Rinaldi, who is responsible for the Colosseum, suggested it would be better to “take a selfie” than to carve into the amphitheater’s walls.
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• Taro Kono, Japan’s new minister for administrative reform, is wasting no time in starting his crusade to cut down on bureaucratic red tape, reports The Japan Times, and among his first targets is the fax machine, which is still in use in more than 95% of businesses in Japan. “I don’t think there are many administrative procedures that actually need printing out paper and faxing,” Kono said on Sept. 25. A day after being appointed to his new job, Kono created a red-tape hotline on his website, inviting public input, that had to be shut down the next day after receiving more than 4,000 responses. • Keith Bebonis knows a secret about the Chicago Police Department, reported the Chicago Sun-Times on Sept. 25: They still use typewriters. Bebonis knows because he repairs them when the officers “abuse” them. “Police officers, in general, are very heavy typists,” said Bebonis, 46, who carries on the business his dad started in the late 1960s, Bebon Office Machines and Supplies. He contracts every year to repair 40 to 50 IBM Wheelwriters -- early word-processing machines that can store a few pages’ worth of data. “I don’t want it to seem like I’m saying they’re taking their frustrations out on the typewriter,” Bebonis said. “But they’re just not very sensitive with these machines.” CS
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Jason Bible returns with second album and book, Anatta Bible breaks from The Train Wrecks for another powerful solo venture
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Is it safe to say that this project is connected thematically to the last solo release? It is, yeah. It picks up right where the other one left off. The last one was about a pill mill, and this one’s about a social worker. He goes through a lot of stuff and gets strung out himself. He’s got a daughter and
Jason Bible readies his new release, ‘Anatta’. PHOTO BY TED COMERFORD
a wife—his last name is Cline and he names his daughter Patsy. The third book is going to be a recovery book about a woman getting out of rehab, and all of the good and bad in that. It’s going to be more like a comedy; I’m already starting with ideas for that one and just trying to keep moving creatively. So, there are different characters in each book/album but they’re all in the same universe, so to speak? Yeah, it’s based on [the issue of] addiction. “Anatta” means “nonexistence of self.” It’s a Buddhist principle. This one is pretty
optimistic, which is hard to do right now. It’s a lot happier of a record than I think I expected. Did you kind of go right into plotting this one out after Anicca? About a month after. I had a couple of demos that I thought would probably work for this record, and about half of them were already started through ideas, riffs, melodies, etc. I just tried to keep moving. We haven’t played since January 28, which is insane. If you would’ve told me that back in February, I wouldn’t have believed you. But it’s impossible.
Oh, sure! I’ve been doing a lot of private house gigs and farms and stuff like that. It’s easier to do that sort of thing myself. And I’m not going to say the Train Wrecks are out of business, but if we were all dependent on that we would be. We’re kind of in a holding pattern. So yeah, I’m pretty much a solo artist now [laughs]. Does that give you the freedom to maybe explore a bit more, rather than feel the need to leave space for others’ input and imprint?
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EVERYONE KNOWS Jason Bible for his work in The Train Wrecks, but it’s possible that not everyone is as familiar with his solo output. His first album, released under the moniker Jason Bible & the Rights, was a stunning collection of songs that accompanied a novel about addiction. That album and book, Anicca, was a creative feat for Bible—putting addiction in the forefront in a way that was visceral and left a lasting mark on the listener and reader. Anatta follows that same path, acting as the second in a series of books accompanied by albums. This one was recorded remotely during isolation over the past several months, in contrast to the livein-the-room feel of the previous release. Anatta is also much more of a straight-up rock album than its predecessor, which explores more folk and acoustic influences. This is apparent on the first single, “Things You Remember,” which was just released and is accompanied by a captivating video created by Jeremiah Stuard. We got into all of that and more when we caught up with Bible ahead of the project’s digital release on October 22.
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It seems like it. It’s one of those things where I had Maggie Evans play bass on a song, and Eric Moore play bass on a song. Kyle Shiver did a lot of the guitar work here at my house. If you think, “Oh, this drummer would be great for this song,” you can call him up. You just give them a chart and a song, do three takes, and you’re done. It’s not personal, and nobody is beholden to the song and performer. And if we can play it live in the next year or five, we will. Anna Chandler did all the backing vocals from where she lives, which worked out great. We just sent the files back and forth. It really can be a great thing!
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You don’t have to wait The cover for Jason Bible’s upcoming release ‘Anatta’. to rehearse and book a studio. You’re waiting and waiting—it just takes forever.
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Now I can work from home, and if I get an idea I can cut it to a click and start constructing it from there. Did you have a sonic vision in mind for this overall project, where you wanted to continue a certain musical theme from the last album? Or were you not really thinking about that and just kind of going album to album? That’s a good question—I knew what I didn’t want to do, which was a lot of piano and strings. I tried to stay away from that. Other than that, I knew I wanted to do a little more 12-string thing happening. I wanted it to be more of a guitar record. I had Tennis Elbow when I had everybody here to track the last record, and through this
one the inside of my elbow was killing me. This guy goes, “Man, you’ve got Golfer’s Elbow.” I was like, “I hate golf!” He said it was the opposite of Tennis Elbow. I think all of the editing with the mouse and switching between baritone, 12-string, classical, that works a lot of tendons in your arm. So I think this record gave me Golfer’s Elbow [laughs]. With everything happening right now, what are the plans for the record? Anything virtual in the pipeline? As far as marketing everything, right now I think I’m going to go with just trying word of mouth. October 22 is just the digital release, and it’ll be on vinyl after that. I have some cassettes stacked up that I dubbed, and that took a while. I was going back to ‘93 in my brain trying to figure it out [laughs]. I don’t want to do a virtual performance of the record. I want to wait until people are elbow to elbow somewhere nice, go ahead and rent a room and try to fill it up. CS
Jason Bible & the Rights’ Anatta will be released digitally on October 22. For more information, visit facebook.com/jasonbiblemusic
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playing in another band that dissipated soon after. The soon-to-be drummer of Outlaw Gypsy met up with Hinton at a jam session and invited her to sing for his new JEN HINTON LOVES music. It’s obvious project. from the minute you start talking to her “This was a working band, which is what that her passion for singing and performI’m used to. I went and we formed Outlaw ing is unparalleled. The longtime singer Gypsy,” she says. The band continued on for Outlaw Gypsy is prepping for one of the for a while, before fading out and startband’s few shows this year, an outdoor gig ing up again a few years ago. The current at Coach’s Corner on Fri., October 9. The lineup had just begun playing together band, which started in 2012, will include again when the pandemic began. Having new bassist Darien Converse among others only played a couple of shows since, Hinton who’ve been in the mix for some time. says they have a new sense of appreciation “Gigs have definitely been at a standstill, for the music as well as the people who but we played a sold out show at Coach’s come to see them regularly. on August 9th. The assistant manager said “I always use the tagline, ‘Get on board it was the first time a local band had sold the caravan,’” she says. “We’re so pumped out the venue, so that made me feel good,” every single time we play. I really want to Hinton tells Connect ahead of the show, meet all of the people who come see us. If adding that the success of their previI see a couple who has traveled from bar to ous Coach’s show has energized them for bar to see us, I’ll buy them a drink. They the upcoming one. The presence of a new could be anywhere in the whole wide world member breathes new life into the set list right now. So everything I do is with love. as well. I’m so [grateful] to feel energy from people “Darien came in as a bass player, so the while we’re performing.” collaborative effort has made us able to just The music the band plays is a set of sync in,” she says. cover songs, ranging from Led Zeppelin Hinton says the band has come “full cir- to Madonna, Chris Isaak and everything cle” since starting in 2012, when she was CONTINUES ON P. 14 BY SEAN KELLY
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“I always use the tagline, ‘Get on board the caravan,’” she says. “We’re so pumped every single time we play. I really want to meet all of the people who come see us. If I see a couple who has traveled from bar to bar to see us, I’ll buy them a drink. They could be anywhere in the whole wide world right now. So everything I do is with love. in between. But that doesn’t mean they’re recreating the sounds meticulously; in fact, they make it a point to put their own spin on the songs to make it a unique experience for themselves and their audience. “We kind of gravitate off of the live vibe,” Hinton says of the way the band approaches music. As for her favorite song in the repertoire, Hinton says she has a particular affinity for the songs they do by Zeppelin and similar bands. Being able to pull off such complex material, she says, is a satisfying
experience for the entire group. “One of my favorite things to do is to go see other bands, and there are a lot of bands that don’t cover Led Zeppelin and Heart because of the [vocal] range. We cover ‘The Ocean’ by Zeppelin, and there’s a very cool vibe,” she says. \ “At the end of that song, I stand back and look at the guys in the band and say, ‘Man, anything is possible.’” CS
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The great Eric Britt is an example of someone who’s made a very real name for himself in Savannah over the years, with his old band Hazel Virtue and with his latest effort Full Circle. That album features a reunion, of sorts, with the alt-rockers, and the songs are some of his best. Catch those and more when he brings his vast catalog to Starland Yard. WED., OCT. 14, 6 P.M.
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Laiken Love is undoubtedly one of the best singers in the city, and she’s bringing her Fellowship of Love show to Plant Riverside District’s Amphitheater for what’s sure to be a phenomenal evening of music. She sings it all, so there’s certainly something for everyone in the set list and this will be a great chance to see some wonderful music in a beautiful outdoor setting. FRI., OCT. 16, 7 P.M.
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There’s nothing like a rock and roll family band. Tell Scarlet really exemplifies that very real statement, and it’s simply something you’ll need to wait and see to witness in full. This alternative and countryinfused outfit is poised to do great things locally and beyond, and their show at Coach’s is not one to be missed. FRI., OCT. 16, 7 P.M., $15
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CULTURE THE ART•BEAT OF SAVANNAH
Lighting a fire
Photography exhibition featuring work by Steve Schapiro and Sheila Pree Bright on view at Laney Contemporary
Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, and Other Activists March on Washington by Schapiro.
From #1960Now by Sheila Pree Bright.
VOTE, Selma March by Schapiro.
BEFORE WE GET into the good stuff, I’d like to announce that this is my final Art Beat. I’ve resigned both of my positions at Connect Savannah, and by the time you read these words, my six-year tenure with this paper will have come to an end. I want to thank all of you for reading my writing over the past three years. I’m so proud of our art scene and the talent we have here. It has been such a joy to learn more about the artists, gallerists and art lovers of all kinds in Savannah. I’ve been honored to write this column for you all, and I’m grateful to anyone who has ever read it. Because of you, I feel fulfilled. For my final column, I didn’t have to think hard about what I wanted to feature: the Steve Schapiro and Sheila Pree Bright photography exhibition now on view at Laney Contemporary. Our country is in a dark place right now. We’re experiencing civil unrest that rivals the environment of the 1960s. In many ways, it feels like our country has gotten relatively nowhere in the last fifty years. This exhibition, “The Fire Next Time” by Schapiro and “#1960Now” by Pree Bright, is an artistic representation of that feeling. Schapiro and Pree Bright, both photographic powerhouses in their own right, document similar subject matter occurring fifty years apart. Working in the 1960s, Schapiro documented the civil rights movement, including its leaders John Lewis, Martin Luther King, Jr., James Baldwin, and many more. The body of work on display is from Taschen’s recent publication, “The Fire
John Lewis, Clarksdale, Miss. by Steve Schapiro. All photos are copyright of the artist and courtesy of Laney Contemporary, Savannah, and Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta.
Next Time,” which is an illustrated volume of Baldwin’s classic text. Pree Bright has photographed the Black Lives Matter movement, particularly in Ferguson and Baltimore. Her photographs are included in the exhibition, as well as a short film entitled “#1960Now: Art and Intersections.” These bodies of work exist together in the space, creating a conversation that bridges generations. “These two shows have similar subject matter but were 50 years apart,” explains Susan Laney. “I think the audio for the film really connects the entire show so beautifully.” Laney Contemporary worked with Jackson Fine Art in Atlanta to present this exhibition, which will be on display through Nov. 7. Back in the summer, Laney hosted in the gallery Jackson Fine Art’s owner Anna Walker Skillman, who loved the space and brought up the Schapiro and Pree Bright exhibition. “She said, ‘Oh, we have an amazing exhibition right now that would be really great to have up during the election,’” recalls Laney, “and when I saw the exhibition, we made it work.” This exhibition is beautifully powerful and fits well in the space, which allows for enough room to take in the moving work. It’s the beginning of a relationship with Jackson Fine Art, a gallery with which Laney is excited to work. “Jackson Fine Art has been around
for 30 years,” she says. “I’ve had so much respect for Jackson Fine Art since Jane Jackson owned it. She is brilliant, Anna is brilliant; they have such a great program.” But this relationship is also indicative of one of the goals Laney has for Laney Contemporary, which recently—and quietly—celebrated its third anniversary of operation. “When I started this gallery, I wanted to really connect in a way that was very celebratory of the talent we have in the region, but also in a way that was a little broader of a view,” she says. “It’s been fun having some of the bigger galleries and people that are connected in the art world come and visit, like Raster Gallery from Warsaw, Poland, came to The Grey and met us one night. Paul Kopeikin [from Kopeikin Gallery] is going to come visit in January. These people always come to Savannah and fall in love with it, because there’s so much character here. To be able to be a part of a cultural art scene here and be bringing other people in, making things expand in certain ways, it was really good.” When Laney brings in artists and gallerists from around the world, it makes a big difference on our art scene. Savannah is wonderful, but we tend to be a little insular, and it’s refreshing to open up our home to artists from other places. As Laney points out, Atlanta and Savannah are not that far apart, yet there’s not much connectivity between the two scenes. “I really am super interested in what goes on there and letting people know what’s going on here,” says Laney. Ultimately, one factor that sets Laney Contemporary apart is Laney’s willingness to look outside the city limits for talent and bring in folks from a variety of different places. Before she opened this gallery, she worked in art fairs, which helped broaden
Stop Police Killings, Selma by Schapiro.
her horizons beyond Savannah. Laney, however, is humble about her success with the gallery. “I’m just happy we’re doing well,” she says. “I’m glad we’re doing regular programming and providing a wonderful place that is not a crowded place for people to have the opportunity to reflect and see artwork. I think artwork and the impact it can have on your being is super powerful. To be able to have all kinds of different people come in here on a regular basis, but it’s never crowded, we’re finding that it’s really working out so far.” In its three years of existence, Laney Contemporary has done wonderful things for our art scene, and this exhibition may be the most important one yet. Schapiro and Pree Bright’s photographs feel relevant and important, reflective and almost prescient. CS Reception for “The Fire Next Time” and “#1960Now” will be Thurs., Oct. 15 from 4-9 p.m. The exhibition will be on display through Nov. 7 at Laney Contemporary, 1810 Mills B Lane Blvd. For more information, visit laneycontemporary.com.
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Reflecting on death, and life
Sally Mayer Seidl’s thesis exhibition goes on display Oct. 9 BY RACHAEL FLORA
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SALLY MAYER SEIDL’S senior thesis exhibition is a major undertaking for the thoughtful painter. “I did too much research,” she confesses. “Everyone told me I needed to stop!” Seidl’s thesis, “Tell Me Who You Are Haunting, and I’ll Tell You Who You Are,” explores the idea of haunting in all its forms. Among other ties, she incorporates Martin Heidegger’s idea of the Dasein, a being that confronts mortality, and refers to André Breton’s surrealist novel “Nadja” in the title of her work. The thesis will be at Alexander Hall Gallery Oct. 9-26. In lieu of any live events at the gallery, there will be a virtual walkthrough on Oct. 9, as well as an exhibition video slated to be released near the end of the exhibition. Through her extensive research, Seidl
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creates a moving body of work that perfectly captures that haunting feeling. Since she was a child, Seidl has been keenly aware of death. “There was this deep awareness in me since my earliest recollections about death and the dread of it,” she says. “I don’t know if part of it is related to my Catholic upbringing, but I think about eternity and the opposite of eternity, and I don’t know which one was more upsetting.” To cope, she sought ways to cling to the things she loved to offset their temporality. “We are these transient beings and we don’t last. Part of the things that make our lives beautiful is just that: it’s fleeting and it’s beautiful,” she says. “The idea of haunting, for me, is about finding ways to bring those memories back to you.” In her thesis, Seidl writes about the element of identity and how haunting influences that. She doesn’t exclusively define haunting as something paranormal; rather, she sees haunting as things that we have lost. “For me the notion of haunting is so alluring because it is so ripe with connotations,” says Seidl. “Our ghosts can take the shape of our fear, desire, anxiety, memories. But the desire to be haunted is born out of love. Most of us eventually accept the pain of loss so that we can hold onto cherished memories. It’s a more pleasant alternative to the permanence of death.” This can be found best in the painting “Nocturne of Remembered Spring,” whose title references the work of Conrad Aiken. The painting depicts a man and woman standing together, but the man is faded and almost looks like an apparition. Seidl admits that the ghostly effect first began as an accident: she didn’t like the way the couple looked and found it to be too twee. But after going through the piece with a power sander and removing him from the painting, she loved the effect and the statement that the piece now made. “Youth is all fleeting—it doesn’t last,” she says. “You don’t know if he’s a ghost or a memory; he could be anything. It’s open to interpretation.” Further, the painting ties in the notion of romantic love as being fleeting. “For someone who thinks about death, finding the love of your life and getting married and realizing that one day, one of you is going to exist without the other one,” she says. “With great love comes this risk, and this fear.” Seidl was also inspired by Heidegger’s thoughts on death and life.
Above: Ghost Story. Below: Give My Love To The World.
“What is this mind-boggling reality we’ve been thrown into? For Heidegger, it is our death that defines our life and gives it meaning,” she writes in the thesis. The idea of Dasein is used in one of her earlier works, 2017’s “City Street,” which captures a woman in a busy sidewalk screaming out in fear while people around her don’t notice or react. The painting captures Seidl’s anxiety and was created before she ever knew about Heidegger, but the idea fits so perfectly. “The written component of my thesis talks a lot about existentialist philosophy,” says Seidl. “Where we all tend to wander through life blindly and we’re okay with that, the Dasein is aware of the darkness and aware that he’s been thrown into this world of no purpose and no compass.” Seidl’s meticulously-researched thesis is shadowed only by the beauty of her
paintings, which tend to capture a Victorian-era feeling through a slightly Impressionistic style but with her own twist. Seidl often uses reductive techniques in her work, wiping things away or going back through it with a power sander. The resulting feeling is slightly aged, slightly haunting, but beautiful all the same. “I can carry sensation in my brush work or the mood in color,” she says. “A lot of the techniques I use bring them a little more in time.” While her body of work is on display now, Seidl notes that her written thesis may never end. She’s fascinated by the things she studies and loves bringing them into her artwork, so expect more of the same type of art from Seidl in the future.CS For more, visit sallymayerseidl.com or follow her on Instagram at @sallymayerseidl.
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SCAD announces schedule, honorees for 2020 virtual film festival The festival won’t be in person, but the films will be as good as ever
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THOUGH THE 2020 SCAD Savannah Film Festival won’t be an in person, multivenue extravaganza like it has been for many years, there will still be a film festival. The festival will take place virtually, as it has been for other festivals worldwide since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, and will still feature a who’s who of celebrity honorees. The list of honorees for this year’s festival are Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Rachel Brosnahan, Millie Bobby Brown, Ethan Hawke, Jennifer Hudson, Glen Keane and Delroy Lindo. Brosnahan, beloved for her role in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, will receive the Spotlight Award, while Mateen—best known for his Emmy-winning performance in Watchmen—will get the Distinguished Performance Award. Brown, the young star of Stranger Things, gets the Maverick Award, while the legendary Hawe will receive the Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment Award. Jennifer Hudson, certainly a household name through both her music and acting careers, will get the Virtuoso Award. Lindo, who brilliantly stars in Netflix’s Da 5 Bloods, will get a Spotlight Award as well, and animation veteran Glen Keane will receive the Lifetime Achievement in Animation Award. Entertainment Weekly will once again be involved in this year’s festival, curating virtual events and moderating Q&A discussions. Some of the highlights among the films playing throughout the festival are I Carry You With Me, Uncle Frank, MLK/ FBI, Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man, Alina, and many more. This year’s festival, including virtual screenings and panels, will take place from October 24-31.
Full Schedule: Gala Screenings
The SCAD Savannah Film Festival is renowned for spotlighting major award contenders, screening a multitude of studio films prior to their wider release. Ten films have been selected for the
distinguished Gala Screenings, which are followed by Q&As with the directors and select cast: The Father (directed by Florian Zeller and featuring Olivia Colman, Anthony Hopkins, Mark Gatiss, Olivia Williams, Imogen Poots and Rufus Sewell) The North American premiere of Francesco (directed by Evgeny Afineevsky) I Carry You With Me (directed by Heidi Ewing and featuring Armando Espitia, Christian Vázquez, Michelle Rodríguez and Ángeles Cruz) I’m Your Woman (directed by Julia Hart and featuring Rachel Brosnahan, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Arinzé Kene, Frankie Faison and Bill Heck) Minari (directed by Lee Isaac Chung and featuring Steven Yeun, Yeri Han, Alan Kim, Noel Kate Cho and Scott Haze with Yuh-Jung Yuon and Will Patton) Nine Days (directed by Edson Oda and featuring Winston Duke, Zazie Beetz, Benedict Wong, Tony Hale and Bill Skarsgård) One Night in Miami (directed by Regina King and featuring Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr., Joaquina Kalukango and Nicolette Robinson with Beau Bridges and Lance Reddick) Sound of Metal (directed by Darius Marder and featuring Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff, Chelsea Lee, Shaheem Sanchez and Mathieu Amalric) Sylvie’s Love (directed by Eugene Ashe and featuring Tessa Thompson, Nnamdi Asomugha, Aja Naomi King, Jemima Kirke, Tone Bell, Alano Miller, Eva Longoria and Wendy McLendon-Covey) Uncle Frank (directed by Alan Ball and featuring Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Steve Zahn, Judy Greer, Margo Martindale, Stephen Root and Lois Smith)
Signature Screenings
The Signature series features premiere and special screenings, followed by Q&As with select directors, writers, actors, and producers. This year’s selection of films includes: Be Water (directed by Bao Nguyen) Black Bear (directed by Lawrence Michael Levine and featuring Aubrey Plaza, Sarah Gadon, Alex Koch and
Ethan Hawke
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Christopher Abbott) Farewell Amor (directed by Ekwa Msangi and featuring Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Zainab Jah, Jayme Lawson, Joie Lee and Nana Mensah) Herself (directed by Phyllida Lloyd and featuring Harriet Walter, Conleth Hill, Cathay Belton, Clare Dunne and Rebecca O’Mara) Stardust (directed by Gabriel Range and featuring Jena Malone, Johnny Flynn, Marc Maron, Anthony Flanagan and Aaron Poole)
TV Sidebar
Docs to Watch
Animation Corner
The seventh annual Docs to Watch series will be accompanied by a roundtable with the directors, hosted by Scott Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter. Selected films include: Boys State (directed by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss) Crip Camp (directed by Nicole Newnham and James LeBrecht) Dick Johnson Is Dead (directed by Kirsten Johnson) The Dissident (directed by Bryan Fogel) The Human Factor (directed by Dror Moreh) MLK/FBI (directed by Sam Pollard) Time (directed by Garrett Bradley) The Truffle Hunters (directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw) The Way I See It (directed by Dawn Porter) Welcome to Chechnya (directed by David France)
As Hollywood A-listers migrate to episodic storytelling on the small screen, the SCAD Savannah Film Festival presents TV Sidebar, a special screening that highlights the best in television. The Good Lord Bird (created by Ethan Hawke and featuring Ethan Hawke, Joshua Caleb Johnson, Beau Knapp, Hubert Point-Du Jour, Nick Eversman, Ellar Coltrane, Daveed Diggs and Steve Zahn. Produced by Blumhouse Television and Showtime.) Wolfwalkers (directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart)
After Dark
The SCAD Savannah Film Festival’s nod to the Halloween season includes this latenight feature film — selected to thrill, scare and shock — followed by a Q&A with Omari Hardwick. Spell (directed by Mark Tonderai and featuring Omari Hardwick, Loretta Devine, John Beasley and Andre Jacobs)
Panels
The Old Guard Creative Spotlight Conversation, a special presentation and discussion with acclaimed director Gina Prince-Bythewood, actor KiKi Layne, editor Terilyn A. Shropshire, and VFX supervisor Sara Bennett. The Wonder Women series, focusing on
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the cinematic achievements and contributions of women directors, producers, writers and below-the-line talent in film and television. The Below the Line series, highlighting the contributions of below-the-line talent to the art of cinema with a focus on costume design, cinematography and production design. The State of the Industry presentation, sponsored by SAGindie. The panel New Realities of Representation for Actors, Writers, and Directors with talent managers, agents and producers. The SCAD Alumni Panel, highlighting graduates of the university’s top-ranked film and television degree program. The exclusive Entertainment Weekly’s Women Who Kick Ass Panel and Entertainment Weekly’s Breaking Big Panel and Awards. Roundtables with the directors of films in the Professional Shorts and Documentary Features categories.
Competition Films
The SCAD Savannah Film Festival celebrates the work of established and emerging filmmakers, from feature-length films to two-minute shorts. The juried competition showcases the best of professional, animated and student films selected from
more than 1,500 entries annually.
Narrative Features
The narrative feature films selected represent diversity in storytelling, excellence in acting and directing, and exemplary cinematography and editing. Dramarama (directed by Jonathan Wysocki and featuring Anna Grace Barlow, Nico Greetham, Nick Pugliese and Zak Henri) Electric Jesus (directed by Chris White and featuring Brian Baumgartner, Judd Nelson, Andrew Eakle and Shannon Hutchinson) The world premiere of Killing Eleanor (directed by Rich Newey and featuring Annika Marks, Jenny O’Hara, Jane Kaczmarek and Betsy Brandt) The Outside Story (directed by Casimir Nozkowski and featuring Brian Tyree Henry, Sonequa Martin-Green and Sunita Mani) Small Town Wisconsin (directed by Niels Mueller and featuring David Sullivan, Kristen Johnston and Bill Heck)
Documentary Features
Compelling stories that illuminate and educate audiences in a thought-provoking and timely manner. Chuck Connelly Into the Light (directed
by Benjamin Schwartz) Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man (directed by Allen Farst) Free Color (directed by Alberto Arvelo) Kusasa (directed by Shane Vermooten) That’s Wild (directed by Michiel Thomas)
Professional Shorts
These short films are selected based on their individual merits in storytelling and execution: Alina (directed by Rami Kodeih and featuring Alia Shawkat, Rebeca Robles, Edin Gali and Mark McCullough) Dawn in the Dark (directed by Runyararo Mapfumo and featuring Livia Nelson and Percelle Ascott) A Glimpse (directed by Tom Turner and featuring Rachel Shenton and Chris Overton) The Heart Still Hums (directed by Savanah Leaf and Taylor Russell) Master Maggie (directed by Matthew Bonifacio and featuring Lorraine Bracco, Neil Jain, Brian Dennehy, Kenan Thompson and Chris Henry Coffey) My Brother’s Keeper (directed by Laurence Topham) The Seeker (directed by Lance Edmands) Skywatch (directed by SCAD graduate Colin Levy and featuring Uriah Shelton and Zach Callison) Sky West and Crooked (directed by Heather Edwards and featuring Matt Jones, Vivienne Rutherford, Martha MacIsaac and Ethan Jones) Sitting (directed by Jones and featuring Allyson Morgan and Louis Changchien)
Animated Shorts
These animated films represent the diversity of the craft, showcasing storytelling at its finest.
Student Shorts
With solid storytelling and emerging vision, these films represent a broad range of categories: Death of Childhood (directed by
McKinley Benson) Eyes of Eidolon (directed by Davi Pena) Growing Indoors (directed by Maria Primera Darwich) The Light Breaks (directed Hailey French) The Mandrake (directed by Quincy Baltes) Windchimes (directed by Alice Aguiar)
Global Shorts Forum
The Global Shorts Forum is a curated collection of international shorts across multiple genres that focus on world issues. This year’s themes include: Black Voices, offering a critical dialogue on the Black experience in the U.S. and around the world. Far from Home, spotlighting filmmakers who reckon with ideas of home and the struggles of immigration. HER Story, bringing the feminine perspective into focus. One Planet, taking on planetary issues including climate changee.
Shorts Spotlight
This year’s themes include: Animated Gems, featuring animated shorts by both student and professional filmmakers. Overcoming Obstacles, presenting stories of people with disabilities who overcome hardship to pursue their dreams and a better quality of life. Pride Parade, exploring ideas of identity and the LGBTQIA experience Trigger Warnings, examining the things that trigger us, the fears that stir in us and the inner struggle for emotional and mental resiliency. The film November is directed by SCAD student Mae Mann.
Southern Voices
Six short films have been selected for this year’s edition. CS For more info and tickets, visit filmfest.scad. edu
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1 ___ Bator (Mongolia’s capital) 5 Part of a war plane 11 Italian or Swiss summit 14 Fantasy sports option 15 Qatar’s leaned 16 ___ Paulo (Brazil’s most populous city) 17 Bathrooms brimming with lawn clippings? 19 Fashion world star Anna 20 Words prior to “touche” or “tureen” 21 Obvious disdain 23 Wheat bread Pitt took in 2020 26 Appomattox initials 29 Country musician Axetone 30 Just ___, skip and jump away 31 Scandinavian fans of Wiggum’s kid (in Simpsons-iana)? 34 Quantity of bricks? 35 Two from Tijuana 36 Stir (up) 37 British artist William with a 1745 portrait of him and his pug dog 39 Hands out 43 Bangkok bankroll 44 Utmost ordinal 45 Wood that flavors bourbon 46 Thousand-dollar bills that fly and roost? 50 1052, to Tacitus 51 Last half of a tiny food
contaminant (first half is, um, you know ...) 52 “Two Virgins” musician Yoko 53 Folks who Owen Meany films, say 54 Pang or misgiving 56 Military turndown 59 Big poet for java 60 Location of what you’ll ditch from all long solutions (and from Across and Down listings) for this all to work 66 Yahoo’s was in 1996, for short 67 Start to unite? 68 Pinocchio, notoriously 69 Brand Ides 70 “Grande” Arizona attraction 71 Vigorous
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19)
“A person’s best ally is someone who takes care of herself,” says actress Susan Clark. I heartily agree. The people with whom you can cultivate the most resilient bonds and most interesting synergy are those who have a high degree of self-sufficiency— those who take rigorous responsibility for themselves and treat themselves with tender compassion. In the coming weeks, Aries, I think it’s especially important for you to emphasize relationships with allies who fit that description. Bonus! Their exemplary self-care will influence you to vigorously attend to your own self-care.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
According to my reading of the astrological potentials, the coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to take a *vacation in reverse*. What’s that? It’s when you devote yourself to renewing and reinvigorating your relationship with the work you love. You intensify your excitement for the vocation or job or long-term quest that teaches you important life lessons. You apply yourself with sublime enthusiasm to honing the discipline you need to fulfill the assignments you came to earth to accomplish.
“If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality,” wrote author Norman Cousins. Whether or not you believe the “immortality” part of his formulation, I’m sure you understand how fabulous it is when you help activate beauty and vitality in someone. You may even feel that inspiring people to unleash their dormant potential is one of the most noble pleasures possible. I bring these thoughts to your attention, Leo, because I suspect that you now have exceptional power to perform services like these for your allies, friends, and loved ones. I dare you to make it one of your top priorities.
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from.” I think this is good advice for you in the coming weeks. What exactly does it mean? How and why should you do what she advises? My first suggestion is to reframe your conception of the unknown and the dark. Imagine them as the source of everything new; as the place from which the future comes; as the origin of creative changes. Then instruct your imagination to be adventurous as it explores brewing possibilities in the dark and the unknown.
“If you are not having fun you are doing something wrong,” said comedian Groucho Marx. He was exaggerating so as to drive home his humorous point, but his idea contains some truth—and will be especially applicable to you in the immediate future. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you have a temporary exemption from feeling frantically dour and unpleasantly dutiful. As crazy as the world is right now, you have a cosmic mandate to enjoy more playtime and amusement than usual. The rest of us are depending on you to provide us with doses of casual cheer.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
“Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark,” writes Cancerian author Rebecca Solnit, adding, “That’s where the most important things come
“The messiah will come when we don’t need him any more,” said author Franz Kafka. In that spirit, and in alignment with current astrological omens, I will tell you that the precise help you wish you could attract into your life will show up as soon as you make initial efforts to provide that help to yourself. Here are some additional nuances: The gift or blessing you think you need most will be offered to you by fate once you begin giving that gift or blessing to yourself. A rescuer will arrive not too long after you take steps to rescue yourself. You’ll finally figure out how to make practical use of a key lesson as you’re teaching that lesson to someone you care for.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
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create our destinies. It takes research and hard work. “All of us have to learn how to invent our lives, make them up, imagine them,” she wrote. “We need to be taught these skills; we need guides to show us how. If we don’t, our lives get made up for us by other people.” I bring this to your attention, Libra, because the coming weeks will be an excellent time to upgrade and refine your mastery of these essential powers. What can you do to enhance your capacity to invent your life? Which teachers and information sources might be helpful?
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
In 1984, hip hop group Run-DMC was the first to achieve a gold record in their genre, meaning they sold more than 500,000 albums. Their next album sold over a million. They were pioneers. In 1986, legendary producer Rick Rubin encouraged them to do a remake of “Walk This Way,” a song by the hard rock band Aerosomith. The members of Run-DMC didn’t want to do it; they felt the tune was in a genre too unlike their own. But Rubin eventually convinced them, and the cross-pollination was phenomenally successful. The Run-DMC-meets-Aerosmith collaboration launched a new genre that sold very well. The song was later voted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In this spirit, and in accordance with current cosmic rhythms, I urge you to try a bold hybrid or two yourself, Scorpio: blends of elements or influences that may seem a bit improbable. They could ultimately yield big dividends.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
You Sagittarians periodically go through phases when you specialize in stirring up fresh intuitions. I mean, you’re always one of the zodiac’s Intuition Champions, but during these special times, your flow becomes an overflow. You have a knack for seeking and finding visions of the interesting future; you get excited by possibilities that are on the frontiers of your confidence. From what I can tell, your life in recent weeks has been bringing you these delights—and will continue to do so
for the foreseeable future. Take maximum advantage. Aggressively gather in the gifts being offered by your inner teacher.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Calling on my expert knowledge of healing language and imaginative psychology, I have formulated a mantra for you to use in the next six weeks. I suggest you say it five times after you wake up, and again at mid-day, and before dinner, and before sleep. It should help keep you intimately aligned with the dynamic groove that the cosmos will be conspiring to provide for you. For best results, picture yourself as glowing inside with the qualities named in the mantra. Here it is: *StrongBrightFree ClearBoldBrisk DeepNimbleKind AdroitSteadyWarm*.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles features displays that extol the musicians who’ve won Grammy Awards over the years. A few years ago, a distinctly unfamous musician named Paz Dylan made professional-looking fake posters touting his own magnificent accomplishments, and managed to sneakily hang them on the museum walls. They remained there for a month before anyone noticed. I’m going to encourage you to engage in similar gamesmanship in the coming weeks, Aquarius. It’ll be a favorable time to use ingenuity and unconventional approaches to boost your confidence and enhance your reputation.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
“Relationships never stop being a work in progress,” writes author Nora Roberts. That’s bad news and good news. It’s bad news because even for the most loving bond, you must tirelessly persist in the challenging task of reinventing the ways the two of you fit together. It’s good news because few activities can make you more emotionally intelligent and soulfully wise than continually reinventing the ways the two of you fit together. I bring these thoughts to your attention because the coming weeks will be a fertile time for such daunting and rewarding work.
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