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WEDNESDAY 12.30 Experience European and Southern holiday traditions in the popular entertainment district through January 3, 2021.

Enjoy holiday-themed events, live performances and family-friendly activities. All events are free and open to the public.

Nov. 27-Jan. 3, 12-11 p.m.

Plant Riverside District, 500 W. River St. Free and open to the public. savannahchristmasmarket.com

Kiss 2020 Goodbye New Year’s Eve Party

Join Jazz’d Tapas Bar in kissing 2020 goodbye with an exclusive New Year’s Eve “Tapas For 2” package. The package includes a table for the night, soup or salad, four tapas, two desserts, soft drinks or coffee, party favors, and champagne.

Entertainment provided by Ray Lundy.

Dec. 31, 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar, 52 Barnard St. jazzdtapasbar.com

A Rockin’ New Year’s Eve Show

Close out 2020 with this two-hour highenergy spectacular featuring singers, dancers, and a band performing hit songs from the 1970s and 1980s. A complimentary champagne toast is included for the audience during a countdown to midnight along with the cast and musicians. Limited seating capacity available to provide for social distancing in the audience.

Dec. 31, 9 p.m.

Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. savannahtheatre.com

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Get the New Year off to a fresh start by embarking on a three-mile hike on the Big Ferry Trail at Savannah’s scenic Skidaway Island State Park, spanning some 588 acres alongside Georgia’s Intracoastal Waterway. Hikers are encouraged to wear appropriate shoes for this trail − which is flat but occasionally covered with roots – along with water and bug spray.

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Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Causeway $5 parking fee explore.gastateparks.org

Davenport House Holiday Evening Tours by Candlelight

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Savannah Christmas Market Plant Riverside District

Take part in 2020’s final night of holiday-season time travel at downtown Savannah’s 200-year-old Davenport House Museum. This painstakingly preserved home museum on Columbia Square provides performances by historical interpreters in period outfits, including the “Holiday Evening Tours by Candlelight” experience.

Savor light refreshments and charming live music while meeting merrymakers from a long-gone era.

Dec. 30, 6-8:30 p.m.

Davenport House Museum, 324 E. State St. $12-$15 per adult and $6-$8 for children. davenporthousemuseum.org

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First Day Fitness Hike at Wormsloe Historic Site

First Saturday Hike

Step into one of Savannah’s most storied open spaces for a healthy 2.5 mile hike amid the hauntingly beautiful colonial ruins of an estate built in the 1700s by Noble Jones, one of Savannah’s first English settlers. A Wormsloe park ranger leads intrepid hikers along a shaded trail leading through coastal maritime forest, answering any questions that participants may have. Pets are welcome to join this excursion, provided they are kept on a six-foot leash. Space is limited on each of the day’s four hikes, and pre-registration is required.

Jan. 1, 9:30 a.m, 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3 p.m.

Wormsloe Historic Site, 7601 Skidaway Rd. $5-11 explore.gastateparks.org

Mindful Flow New Yoga

All-levels flow yoga overlooking the Savannah River. This 60-minute class is designed to renew the senses, reset your mind, and help (re)build a more supple body, providing a rejuvenating way to begin the first hours of the New Year.

Expect a fluid sequence built around mobility-based movements to cultivate strength & flexibility. Class is held on the river walk in Montgomery Park.

9-10 a.m.

Plant Riverside District, 500 W. River St. $15 912-777-5615. newyoganow.com

This moderately-paced, three-mile hike will include a talk about the different ecosystems of the park. Wear sturdy shoes and bring water and insect repellant. Parking pass is $5. Visit website for more info.

First Saturday of every month, 10-11 a.m.

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

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, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. Free to attend. Items for sale.

912-484-0279. forsythfarmersmarket.com

Islands Farmers Market

Weekly farmers market on Talahi Island highlighting local growers and makers, healthy foods and a positive environment.

9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Islands Farmers’ Market, 401 Quarterman Dr. facebook.com/islandsfarmersmarket

SUNDAY 1.3 Lunar Love Paint Party

Paint at your own leisure at this “Painting with a Twist” event centered around showing the moon some love. All supplies will be provided and those that will be attending are recommended to arrive

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Painting with a Twist, 513 E. Oglethorpe Ave. paintingwithatwist.com

Sunday Brunch Cruise

Partake in a midday feast and feast your eyes on moving panoramas of the local riverfront while gently plying the waters aboard the Georgia Queen or the Savannah River Queen. Dishes include Southern fried chicken, honey-glazed spiral ham, shrimp and grits, and a variety of breakfast items, salads, and desserts, all enlivened by the captain’s narration highlighting varied landmarks along the way.

Jan. 3, 1-2:30 p.m.

Savannah Riverboat Cruises, 9 E. River St. $58.95 for adults, $38.95 for youths savannahriverboat.com

MONDAY 1.4 Tybee Island Farmers Market

Weekly 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 non-smoking and pet friendly. Located at 30 Meddin Drive. We are right behind the Historic Tybee Lighthouse. Visit the website for more info.

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30 Meddin Drive, 30 Meddin Drive. tybeeislandfarmersmarket.com

TUESDAY 1.5 Whiskey Tasting Class

Discover the subtly intoxicating delights of a classic potent potable by signing up for the Congress Street Up Whiskey Tasting Class held every Tuesday evening within downtown Savannah’s American Prohibition Museum. The class teaches participants to properly taste and enjoy whiskey while sampling six different varieties, including insight about how this terrific tipple is made. Class participants must be 21 or older, and pre-registration is required.

Jan. 5, 6:30 p.m.

Congress Street Up, 220 W. Congress St. $53.50 or $48.15 for tickets bought online americanprohibitionmuseum.com

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DPH limits health services to focus on COVID-19 vaccination Essential services include Women, ADMINISTERING THE COVID-19 vacInfants, and Children (WIC) treatments, cine has become the Chatham County childhood immunizations required for Health Department’s top priority while school attendance, the availability of infectious disease life-saving doses to services (STD/TB/ fight the coronaviHIV), contraception rus increases in the services, and child Coastal Health Disdental services. trict. This is requir“All of the sering the restriction vices we provide are of some regular important to people services provided by in our community, Georgia’s Departand we understand ment of Public this is inconvenient,” Health, according to said Dr. Lawton a press announceDavis, CHD health ment issued by the director. “But with DPH on Dec. 23. limited staffing and The administraresources, our focus tion of the COVID-19 must be on adminisvaccine is currently tration of this potenin phase 1a, meanMidtown Savannah’s Department of Public ing that coronavirus Health office is now only providing essential tially life-saving inoculations are pri- services. PHOTO BY NICK ROBERTSON vaccine.” oritized for frontline This change healthcare workers, does not apply to as well as staff and residents of long-term Environmental Health services or Vital care facilities.

Records. Additionally, existing DPH Healthcare providers who are in need of appointments may be rescheduled. coronavirus vaccinations for their employAppointments can be arranged for ees are asked to visit gachd.org/provideressential services at the CHD Midtown survey to apply for inoculation enrollment. Clinic (1602 Drayton St., Savannah) by While the mass-vaccination process is calling 912-651-3378, or at the Eisenhower underway, Chatham County’s DPH clinClinic (1395 Eisenhower Dr., Savannah) by ics will only be providing essential sercalling 912-356-2441. vices that are scheduled by appointment. − Brandy Simpkins

Savannah road-rage incident leaves 7-year-old shot; suspect arrested A 7-YEAR-OLD GIRL was shot while riding in the backseat of a moving vehicle in a Savannah road-rage incident on Dec. 23, according to a Savannah Police Department spokesperson. The girl was hospitalized in stable condition, while a suspect was arrested on the evening of the shooting.

The incident was first reported at approximately 4:15 p.m. on Dec. 23, when the victim’s mother called 911 to inform authorities that she was en route to Candler Hospital with her 7-year-old daughter suffering from gunshot wounds sustained in a road-rage incident. The girl’s injuries were later determined to be non-life-threatening.

Officers learned that the child was shot while traveling on White Bluff Road near Hampstead Avenue, after the suspected

shooter had attempted to abruptly move her vehicle from the left-turn lane into another lane, which the driver of the victim’s vehicle did not allow. Apparently angered by this, the suspect subsequently chased the victim’s vehicle and shot at it, striking the child.

In addition to the 7-year-old victim and her mother, the struck vehicle was also carrying a 6-year-old and another adult at the time of the shooting.

Police quickly identified 24-year-old Shyterria Shaquan Steward as the suspect in the road-rage shooting, and booked her into the Chatham County Detention Center on the evening of Dec. 23. Steward was charged with four counts of aggravated assault and two counts of 2nd-degree cruelty to children. − Nick Robertson

Tybee Polar Plunge organizers emphasize that New Year’s Day event is virtual-only AMID MIXED messages being spread by online media sources about plans for Tybee Island’s annual Polar Plunge event on Jan. 1, 2021, organizers are reiterating that the popular fundraiser will only be held virtually to help avoid the transmission of COVID-19, emphasizing that no official activities will be occurring for the event at its usual location beside the pier on New Year’s Day. Held annually as a fundraiser to support the Tybee Post Theater, the Polar Plunge ordinarily welcomes hundreds of hardy souls in occasionally wild costumes to start the New Year by wading into the Atlantic along a stretch of beach adjacent to Tybee Island’s pier. However, in early November organizers announced that the next Polar Plunge would be held virtually because Tybee Island’s municipal government is currently not issuing event permits to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at mass gatherings.

For the virtual Polar Plunge, participants on Tybee Island are still welcome to individually take a chilly dip anywhere along the shoreline and submit photos or videos of their feat, while anyone who wants to participate from anywhere else can do the same, according to Tybee Post Theater Executive Director Melissa Turner.

“We wanted to do the Polar Plunge because it’s a Tybee tradition, and it has been for 22 years now,” Turner said, adding that the event has grown so popular that holding it amid the ongoing pandemic

Tybee Post Theater projectionist Steve Johnson demonstrates how to participate in this year’s Polar Plunge. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE TYBEE POST THEATER

would pose too much of a risk of it becoming a super-spreader event. “We didn’t want to encourage thousands of people out

there on the pier. … I hope people don’t go there and expect a big party and a parade and all that.”

The event’s beloved Gang of Goofs Parade will be happening virtually, as well.

While the usual Polar Plunge antics will not be held at the pier on New Year’s Day, the Tybee Post Theater is carrying on its tradition of selling Polar Plunge longsleeved T-shirts.

“The sales have gone so well, I just placed an emergency order for more shirts,” Turner said, noting that the shirts can be shipped to event supporters.

According to Turner, this fundraiser is crucial for the ongoing operations of the Tybee Post Theater, which has already lost considerable revenue after closing for much of 2020 because of the pandemic.

In November and December, the theater screened a series of Christmas movies with limited capacity to allow for social distancing among the audience and other COVID19 precautions, but currently there are no plans for the theater to reopen until the pandemic subsides.

Nonetheless, Turner hopes that the virtual Polar Plunge will still provide the Tybee community with a much-needed lighthearted event to begin 2021.

“It’s just one of those happy things that you don’t want to miss in a year like this,” Turner said.

Visit tybeeposttheater.org/tybee-polarplunge for more information about participating in the virtual Polar Plunge. − Nick Robertson

Salvation Army asks Chatham County residents to continue donating to Red Kettle Campaign THE SALVATION ARMY of Savannah is reporting lower-than-expected revenue from their annual holiday-season Red Kettle Campaign, and its leaders are encouraging Chatham County residents to continue donating to the fundraising effort online.

According to a press release issued by Savannah’s Salvation Army branch on Dec. 23, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has caused requests for the organization’s services to rise precipitously in Chatham County, while donations to the annual Red Kettle Campaign have been lagging this

holiday season.

However, while Dec. 24 was the last day for area residents to assist the Salvation Army at an actual red-kettle donation station around Savannah, an online portal will continue to accept offerings that will specifically help Chatham County beneficiaries until Dec. 31.

“The Red Kettle Campaign is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and it is imperative we meet our goal,” said Major Paul Egan with the Salvation Army of Savannah. “Since March, our organization has provided more than 23,000 meals, safe

shelter to 5,285 individuals, and emotional and spiritual support to over 150 people in need.”

Salvation Army leadership is asking anyone who can donate to the Red Kettle Campaign to visit RedKettleSAV. givesmart.com before Dec. 31, while the organization’s other digital donation platforms include Apple Pay and Google Pay, or any amount can be given by texting “RedKettleSAV” to 76278.

“Every dollar goes straight back to the Savannah community,” Egan said. − Nick Robertson

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End of an era for the Chatham County Commission Chairman Al Scott prepares to step down after eight years in charge

BY NICK ROBERTSON

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THE CHATHAM COUNTY Commission will soon feature several new faces when the current administration – led by Chairman Al Scott, who has served two consecutive terms in his role since early 2013 – will come to an end on Jan. 4, 2021.

Scott, a political trailblazer with a long record of service in Georgia state government, was prevented by term limits from running for the county’s top elected office for a third time. He will be replaced

by Chester Ellis, who will advance to the chairman seat on Jan. 4 after serving a single term as the county’s District 8 Commissioner.

Four other current commissioners will continue serving on the board after winning a new four-year term in the Nov. 3 general election: Helen Stone of District 1, Bobby Lockett of District 3, Pat Farrell of District 4, and Dean Kicklighter of District 7.

The new commissioners set to be inaugurated on Jan. 4 are Larry “Gator” Rivers of District 2, Tanya Milton of District 5, Aaron “Adot” Whitely of District 6, and Kenneth Adams of District 8.

The new commission’s inauguration ceremony will be held at the board’s headquarters within downtown Savannah’s Old County Courthouse at 11 a.m. on Jan. 4. With space extremely limited for viewing the ceremony in person so as to abide

by COVID-19 social-distancing guidelines, the in-person audience is primarily restricted to family and friends of the commissioners.

However, the ceremony will be broadcast live on local Comcast channel 16, as well as by livestream on the county website (chathamcountyga.gov) and on the Chatham County Georgia Facebook page.

During the current County Commission’s final meeting on Dec. 18, the board’s four departing members were honored with a presentation of wooden plaques engraved with some of their accomplishments from their time in office.

Outgoing Commissioner Yvonne Holmes of District 2 – who has only filled this role by special appointment since September to finish out the term of her late husband, James Holmes, after his passing in August following a battle with COVID19 – thanked her fellow board members when accepting her plaque, which 6 was also engraved with her husband’s

ABOVE: Chairman Al Scott, standing at the podium, during the Chatham County Commission’s Dec. 18 meeting. LEFT: Outgoing Commissioner Yvonne Holmes, center.

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accomplishments.

“Thank you so much for allowing me to serve the rest of James’ time here. It’s been quite rewarding,” said Holmes, a retired pediatric nurse who worked for many years at Memorial Health. “On behalf of myself and my family, thank you so much for all of the support that we received from everybody.”

Next, Commissioner Tabitha Odell of District 5 addressed the meeting while accepting her plaque, making a point to express gratitude to Chatham County’s staff.

“I am really going to miss the incredible people that work here at the county. They are amazingly competent, extremely efficient, and it has been my sincere pleasure to work with the staff and with this board,”

the commission to receive his plaque.

After a political career including service in the Georgia House of Representatives and the Georgia State Senate – where he was the first African American elected to the senate from Chatham County – Scott’s public service will not conclude when he hands over the gavel on Jan. 4. Scott was appointed as a member of the Chatham County Hospital Authority on Nov. 6, and he remains an active member of leadership said Odell, who will now focus on her in the Savannah Branch NAACP. expanding cosmetics business. “We have Before Scott was given the floor and his managed to be unified while still addressplaque at the County Commission’s Dec. ing the needs of our individual parties and 18 meeting, Ellis honored his predecessor constituents.” with effusive gratitude.

Odell was followed by Commissioner “This commission wants to thank you James “Jay” Jones of District 6, who on for the leadership that you have shown.

Dec. 15 was re-elected to continue serving And I can honestly say that I’ve never seen as the Chatham County Democratic Com- you rattled, whatever issue came up,” Ellis mittee chair. While expressing gratitude to said to Scott. “No matter how others may his colleagues, Jones noted the limitations have expressed it, you stayed cool, calm, he encountered while serving on the board. and collected.”

“When I came into county government, Scott replied to this emotional tribute as far as four years ago, I said yeah, I’m with his trademark economy of words. going to change everything I can in Savan“Thank you, and I appreciate the staff nah,” Jones said. “I learned quickly that putting this together,” Scott said abruptly when you live in Savannah, you can only to laughter and applause before returnchange things in Savannah two blocks up.” ing to his familiar chairman seat for the Finally, Chairman Scott stood before remainder of the meeting.

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COUNTING VOTES Who’s watching the watchers in Georgia elections?

Identification process and requirements sparse, unenforced for those who observe election counts

MORE EYES WERE watching Georgia’s ballot-counting process in person this year as Democratic President-elect Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump by a razor-thin margin.

Whose eyes were watching? It’s tough to say. Georgia law allows poll watchers credentialed by political parties to observe while votes are tallied. The names of these observers are, in theory, part of the public record, but neither the Democrats nor Republicans have released the lists of observers present for the state’s first-ever limited-risk audit of paper ballots after the Nov. 3 election.

The lack of transparency has added fuel to hyperpartisan rhetoric and rampant misinformation that has left some voters struggling to understand which of the state’s political leaders to trust and whether to trust the voting system at all.

Charges by several GOP poll watchers about alleged fraud led to lawsuits by the Trump campaign. Meanwhile, cries from Republican Party Chairman David Shafer alleging a lack of access for party poll watchers left top election officials scrambling to find out who he was talking about and if any wrongdoing occurred.

However, there is no centralized department collecting data on poll watchers in Georgia, even Raffensperger’s own office, making it difficult to confirm Shafer’s allegations. That sparked calls from inside the secretary of state’s office to firm up how the process works — and who should be held responsible for its shortcomings.

“Voters of GA deserve to know who is managing the monitor programs — and it’s the parties,” Raffensperger tweeted Nov. 13 along with emergency red light emojis beside American flags.

Poll watchers are allowed to monitor vote counts in Georgia as part of a checkand-balance system to ensure elections are free and fair.

The process works like this: Parties send letters before the election to each county where a poll watcher will be present. On the day of the election or tabulation, the poll watcher presents the letter to the local elections office, signs and takes an oath, then is issued a name tag to be worn at all times during the process.

Poll watchers are prohibited from speaking to poll workers, interfering with votes, taking pictures or disrupting the process in any way, among other rules the senior election official in each county is charged with enforcing.

Vague accusations

Lax enforcement of requirements

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The Current

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A Georgia poll watcher, wearing the yellow name tag, observes ballot-counting operations. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CURRENT

For Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, the opaque rules led to 8 major headaches this fall.

No state official monitors how this process plays out across the state. That is left up to election workers in each of Georgia’s

“Voters of GA deserve to know who is managing the monitor programs — and it’s the parties” 159 counties. For members of the public or campaign lawyers interested to know who was monitoring ballot counting, it would take 159 separate open-records requests and an untold amount of time to compile a list of names.

Through Georgia’s vote tally and recounts, some poll watchers have disrupted the counting, rather than facilitating it.

In Chatham County, there is no record of who was present as a poll watcher on election night. However, there is record of accreditation letters sent by the parties for each observer. Those letters were obtained Dec. 10 by The Current under the Georgia Open Records Act. Among hundreds of names listed in the 186-page document file was Jackson Carter. Both Carter and Sean Pumphrey, a South Carolina man who ran unsuccessfully for a senate seat there last year, said in a sworn affidavit that they witnessed questionable behavior by a county election worker.

The pair’s testimony led to the Trump campaign’s first lawsuit in Georgia — and

the campaign’s first court challenge dismissed in Georgia.

Even so, Pumphrey was not listed as a registered poll watcher in the records the Chatham County Elections Office provided to The Current.

That lawsuit was the first of eight to be filed in Georgia after the election by the state GOP and Trump campaign. Three of them have been dismissed, according to Democracy Docket, a platform created

by Democrat lawyer Marc Elias that spotlights laws and practices that restrict the right to vote.

During the state-ordered audit of presidential ballots, the Carter Center was the only nonpartisan group that had observers watching this tally. Its Democracy Program deployed 68 monitors to 28 counties, including Chatham County.

In many locations, Republican Partyaffiliated poll monitors outnumbered those from the Democratic Party, the Carter Center said.

It documented several instances where the behavior of Republican monitors was “perceived as potentially intimidating to audit workers, or where it became more aggressive,” according to a preliminary report to the secretary of state’s office.

In a small number of cases, problematic observers were escorted from the building.

In four counties, which the Carter Center did not name, such disruptions caused ballot counting to pause, according to the report.

In Chatham County, one or two poll watchers through the entire ballot counting process “were mildly problematic,” Elections Supervisor Russell Bridges said.

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Savannah’s historical institutions strive to preserve materials that capture 2020

Locals are encouraged to submit photos and other traces of this memorably tumultuous year

BY NICK ROBERTSON

nick@connectsavannah.com

WHILE MOST PEOPLE who lived through 2020 are likely eager to see it end and forget all about it, future historians will certainly seek to research this year that brought about a pandemic with related economic hardships, widespread calls for racial justice, and a bitterly divisive election.

Here in Savannah, historical institutions are working to preserve varied documentary materials – ranging from snapshots of family members wearing face masks to original copies of emergency government orders – that will allow future researchers to learn in-depth details about what life was like in 2020, firm in the knowledge that traces from this year that are archived today will be regarded as valuable relics a few generations from now.

“We need to recognize that what we’re

A picture of a 2020 graduate wearing a period-distinctive face mask that was submitted to the “COVID-19 in Georgia” project. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

living through is history,” said Patricia Meagher, director of communications for the Savannah-based Georgia Historical Society. “It is so important right now to collect things that people see. … We know it’s going to be such a valuable resource for historians and documentarians to see what life was like in Ardsley Park or Pooler.”

Established in 1839, the Georgia Historical Society already keeps meticulous records of contemporary goings-on around the state for the benefit of future

researchers on a regular basis. However, when the coronavirus pandemic first forced Savannah Mayor Van Johnson to issue a citywide shelter-at-home order in March, causing GHS employees to work remotely from home, Meagher and her colleagues came to realize how important it would be to create easily accessible records of what 2020 was bringing.

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Savannah Maritime After Hours presents a $1,000 donation to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Coastal Empire, providing the charity with a holiday-season donation for the seventh year in a row. PHOTO COURTESY OF SAVANNAH MARITIME AFTER HOURS

Mr. and Mrs. Abbott. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GEORGIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Savannah-area organizations pay it forward with charitable gifts during the holidays

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From cash donations to toy drives, many in the community provided help when it was needed most A $2,500 donation to Senior Citizens, Inc.

BY TAYLOR CLAYTON

taylor@connectsavannah.com

A SENTIMENT THAT has blossomed and persevered throughout all the challenges of 2020 is a desire to help others. Numerous local organizations, businesses, institutions, and individuals have stepped up to do their part and lend a hand to the less fortunate or to support worthy causes during this difficult holiday season. The following is a selection of the many charitable gifts provided by Savannah-area organiza10 tions in recent weeks.

Senior Citizens, Inc. is a nonprofit organization providing local elders with a variety of services such as transportation, in-home care, and delivered meals. With a donation of $2,500 provided by Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Cora Bett Thomas Realty, Senior Citizens, Inc. had its resources boosted to assist those who might not have been able to enjoy a warm meal over the holidays.

Over 100 gifts donated to Savannah’s Union Mission

For over 25 years, the Savannah College of Art and Design has partnered with

Dewitt Tilton Group employees lend a hand. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE DEWITT TILTON GROUP

Savannah’s Union Mission to provide presents for children and their families while they are either experiencing homelessness or struggling to provide for themselves.

This year SCAD donated clothing, toys, books, electronics, bicycles, and more to these families in need, spreading some much-needed holiday cheer.

A donation of $1,000 to Backpacks of Love

For the second year in a row, the Dewitt Tilton Group supported Backpacks of Love’s fight to eliminate hunger among school-aged children living in Bryan County by donating $1,000 toward their cause. Along with providing this funding,

Dewitt Tilton Group employees also lent a hand in assembling food packages that were provided to underprivileged schoolchildren and their families.

SD Gunner Fund pays pediatric debts for struggling families

The SD Gunner Fund is a volunteer organization aiming to help local families in need. After hearing about Chatterbox Pediatric Therapy’s request to help families pay off medical bills, the group came to the rescue by covering over $8,500 in medical expenses for ten families of Chatterbox patients. “Today was truly a holiday blessing,” said SD Gunner Fund Founder Britnee Kinard.

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A $500,000 donation to the Georgia Historical Society Endowment

The family of Laurie Kimball Abbott and Jane Maud Harty Abbott donated $500,000 to the Georgia Historical Society Endowment in recognition of the couple’s considerable philanthropic efforts. The Abbotts were active members of many esteemed organizations, including the Georgia Historical Society, where Mr. Abbott served on the Board of Curators and as President from 2002-2004. Mrs. Abbott, who established the GHS Laurie K. Abbott Endowment Fund, passed away in May of 2020.

A donation of hand sanitizer for local churches

Doing its part to help keep the ongoing coronavirus pandemic at bay, the team behind the region’s ExperCARE urgentcare facilities spread holiday cheer by providing over 3,000 bottles of hand sanitizer to 25 different churches in the Savannah and Richmond Hill area. “We want everyone to do their part to keep safe during the holidays and we’re happy to help in this small way,” said ExperCARE CEO Catherine Grant.

A donation of $1,000 to Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Coastal Empire

A local group of maritime and portlogistics workers called Savannah Maritime After Hours provided a $1,000 donation to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Coastal Empire this holiday season. The group decided to donate the remaining money left over from events they hosted this year as a way to give back to their community. This marks the seventh consecutive year that the maritime workers have supported RMHC during the holidays.

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Savannah’s 7th-annual Holiday Kids Bike Giveaway

Local nonprofit organizations Bike Walk Savannah and Blessings in a Book Bag joined forces to provide area children with bikes, protective helmets, and safety tips on how to bike safely around the neighborhood. Bike Walk Savannah – an organization dedicated to improving conditions for area cyclists and pedestrians – regularly accepts used children’s bicycles and fixes them up to be donated, with Blessings in a Book Bag identifying the kids in need.

A canned-food donation for America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia

For the 13th year in a row, employees of Savannah’s municipal government collected canned food to donate to the America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia food bank, which has been striving to meet increased demand amid the pandemic’s economic hardships. “People who need food now are unlike those who have ever needed it before, and the fact of the matter is, regardless of your pay scale, if you need to eat, you need to eat,” said Savannah Mayor Van Johnson.

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FEATURE NYE ROUNDUP

BY TAYLOR CLAYTON

taylor@connectsavannah.com

WE MAY BE bidding good riddance to 2020 this New Year’s Eve, but unfortunately we won’t be saying farewell to the coronavirus pandemic just yet. Publichealth officials recommend that people stay home on the night of Dec. 31 to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 this winter, and many Savannah venues that ordinarily host New Year’s Eve celebrations will be closed. However, several elegant New Year’s Eve events are happening in the Hostess City with measures in place to make the party as safe as possible, including limiting the number of guests to allow for social distancing and obliging the use of face masks. What’s more, taking advantage of Savannah’s relatively balmy winter climate, all of the following six shindigs offer open-air settings so that celebrants can breathe easy while ushering in 2021.

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A selection of elegant events welcoming 2021 with COVID-19 precautions in place

A couple welcomes 2021 with face masks at the Peregrin rooftop bar. PHOTO BY ADRIANA IRIS BOATWRIGHT

The sprawling gardens of Midtown Savannah’s La Scala Ristorante – housed within a carefully restored turn-of-thecentury mansion – will host a grand New Year’s Eve celebration reminiscent of a Venetian gala. Guests are encouraged to wear a mysterious mask (in addition to their usual pandemic-era face covering) while savoring authentic Italian specialties and sipping on fine wines. La Scala Ristorante, 119 East 37th St.; 7 p.m. − see lascalasavannah.com for details.

The Alida Hotel is hosting one of Savannah’s most exclusive New Year’s Eve parties at The Lost Square, an uncommonly chic rooftop hangout. As guests enjoy fresh beats by DJ Jose Ray, they can find themselves drifting between the open bar, photo booth, and karaoke stage. Meanwhile, several food stations await alongside a street-taco stand and a selection of sinfully delightful sweets like CBDinfused cookies and boozy ice cream. The Lost Square, 412 Williamson St.; 9 p.m.-2 a.m. − see thealidahotel.com for details.

Travel back in time to the Prohibition era by attending the Roaring ’20s Rooftop Garden Speakeasy event at Plant Riverside’s Myrtle & Rose Rooftop Garden.

Guests can celebrate the New Year at this lavish outdoor gathering scored by live jazz by the Jimmy Maddox Quartet, to be enjoyed amid a stylish setting and magnificent views over Savannah. Tickets are selling out fast, but VIP packages were still available at press time. Myrtle & Rose Rooftop Garden, 400 W. River St.; 7 p.m.-1 a.m. − see plantriverside.com for details.

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Plant Riverside’s Myrtle & Rose Rooftop Garden. PHOTO COURTESY OF PLANT RIVERSIDE

Nestled atop Savannah’s Perry Lane Hotel, the panoramic Peregrin rooftop bar is hosting a high-spirited celebration to close out 2020 in style, offering specialty cocktails, food, and live music with no cover charge. However, this is but one of several special Dec. 31 events happening at Perry Lane, along with a epicurean New Year’s Eve dinner at the Emporium Kitchen and Wine Market restaurant and a New Year’s Eve gala being held within the rooftop ballroom. Peregrin, 256 E. Perry St.; 9 p.m.-1 a.m. − see peregrinsavannah. com for details.

Greet 2021 with a smile while admiring sweeping vistas over the Savannah River at the Top Deck Rooftop Bar, found atop the Cotton Sail Hotel. This year, the Top Deck NYE party theme is “Hit the Road Jack” – an appropriate sendoff song for 2020 – and guests will be welcome to indulge in the eatery’s gourmet hors d’oeuvres all night long, while bottles of bubbly will be popping beneath the stars as midnight arrives at long last. Top Deck Rooftop Bar, 125 W. River St.; 9 p.m.-1 a.m. − see topdeckbar.com for details.

A party cruise scene on New Year’s Eve. PHOTO COURTESY OF SAVANNAH RIVERBOAT CRUISES

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No other New Year’s Eve event in the Hostess City can match the moving views provided by the grand Georgia Queen, an iconic riverboat offering a pair of serene celebratory cruises on Dec. 31. A dinner

excursion sets sail at 6 p.m. and returns back to shore by 8 p.m., before the crew welcomes guests aboard for a three-hour New Year’s Eve party cruise that departs at 9:30 p.m. and returns to Savannah’s riverfront at 12:30 a.m. on Jan. 1. Savannah Riverboat Cruises, 9 E. River St. − see savannahriverboat.com for details.

Champagne flows at The Lost Square. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ALIDA HOTEL

The panoramic sunset view at Top Deck. PHOTO COURTESY OF TOP DECK ROOFTOP BAR

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FOOD & DRINK EPICUROPEDIA

The newly established 3 Points Food Court during a charity-boosting event in December. PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE 3 POINTS FOOD COURT FACEBOOK PAGE

Savannah comes together at the new 3 Points Food Court Just south of Starland, a creative food-truck hub debuts on Jan. 16

BY LINDY MOODY

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OFFBEAT STOREFRONTS, dive bars, a 1940s cinema converted into a music venue, and an over-the-top burger joint are but a few of the eclectic destinations that make up one of Atlanta’s most unique neighborhoods: Little Five Points. The name itself comes from the intersection of Moreland Avenue, McLendon Avenue, and Euclid Avenue, creating the five points of the alternative Atlanta hotspot.

While Savannah’s Starland District has the closest vibe to Atlanta’s art-filled Little Five Points, the Hostess City lacks a neighborhood named for its intersecting points. Similar offbeat businesses make up and make known our local artfocused Starland neighborhood. Graveface Records, Two Tide Brewing, and Back in 14 the Day Bakery are just some of the unique

businesses that have put Starland on the map.

The Starland District edges into Bingville, which sits next to Cane Park and Jackson Park. All three are growing neighborhoods. It is easy to imagine a future that includes an even larger Starland neighborhood that has lurched into something more similar to Little Five Points.

Douglas Kaufman, the owner of 3 Points Food Court, had precisely that vision when creating Savannah’s new food-truck park.

3 Points Food Court is located on Orchard Street, where the three districts meet. Kaufman is at the forefront of trying to expand this little-known district with the grand opening of his brand-new food truck destination happening on Jan. 16.

Explaining Kaufman’s vision, 3 Points marketing rep Katie Siplon said, “To try to play off Atlanta’s Five Points, we could do 3 Points, and maybe it would catch for this area and other businesses could come down and start doing the same thing.”

The name is a direct play off of Atlanta’s well-known district, Siplon elaborated,

“He came up with 3 Points because this location is kind of where three of the boroughs come together.” and in fact 3 Points sits next to where the points of each Savannah district meet.

“He came up with 3 Points because this location is kind of where three of the boroughs come together. It is Cane Park, Jackson Park, and Bingville,” Siplon said of Kaufman. “He kind of wanted to add something to build up this side of town, make it more desirable, and bring things to this area that wouldn’t normally be here.”

It was named 3 Points Food Court because the site is much more than just a food-truck parking lot. According to Siplon, “Our vision for this is of course a food truck park, but we want this to be more. We are going to have regular entertainment booked weekly. From live bands, to DJs, to comedians. On the same note, we want the

local schools and performance academy to use it for recitals and their concerts.”

A large open stage sits in the center of the food court and is made up of a unique hand-painted backdrop. With the pandemic still raging and Georgians becoming ever more anxious to return to some state of normal, an outdoor venue is ideal for an escape − another need that Kaufman recognized and decided to help fill.

“We do not have an onsite bar or restaurant because we wanted to keep the focus on the local food trucks that we bring in, and the entertainers,” says Siplon.

There is enough space for five different food trucks to be featured at any given time. As for alcohol, the site will allow patrons to bring their own booze.

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Identification will be checked at the entrance to ensure no consumption laws are broken. Siplon explained that the BYOB approach “will be at certain times and for certain events. It will probably be on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.”

Bathrooms, tables to relax, yard games, and unique lighting were included as part of the construction of the park − all of which can be experienced at the January 16th official grand opening for 3 Points Food Court. The park will be filled with local food trucks, and guests can also expect live music and a ribbon cutting. The event is open to the public.

After Jan. 16, the park will be open Wednesdays through Sundays to get things going. Wednesdays and Thursdays will be open during evening hours only, but the other days will have daytime hours.

Fridays and Saturdays feature late-night hours from 9pm to midnight for those pouring out of the Starland bars.

In December the park test-drove the site with a bustling charity event. 3 Points hosted five food trucks for a morning toy drive and five different trucks for an evening toy drive for Savannah Feed the Hungry. Although it was for charity, the first event served as a perfect way to work out the park’s logistics before the big opening.

To find the most up-to-date information about upcoming events, visit the park’s website at 3pointsfoodcourt.com.

“On our website we will have the truck schedule posted for every week, and also special events. There is a special events page. The trucks have a page they can go to and book online,” Siplon told me.

3 Points will also be active on social media (Instagram at @3pointsfoodcourt and Facebook at 3 Points Food Court) with current information about available events and trucks as well. Future events at the park are to include a Farmers Market Day, comedy acts, movie acts, and so much more than most food-truck parks offer.

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DRAUCKER @ PLANT RIVERSIDE

Low on dough this New Year’s Eve? Check out this free concert by DRAUCKER, a Savannah-based “bluesy rock” band comprised of siblings Sarah, Chris, and Nick Draucker, along with bassist Joseph Pilz and drummer Tyler Weibel. See them at the Plant Riverside District Pavilion Tent.

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Get grooving with with gusto when local husband-and-wife duo Aiman Beibitbayeva and Butch Braddy take the stage on Saturday night, performing a little bit of everything from Gypsy jazz to Argentine tango to Irish jigs.

Beibitbayeva enchants audiences with her electric violin while Braddy is a powerful percussionist.

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GROOVETOWN ASSAULT @ BARRELHOUSE SOUTH

High-energy party rockers Groovetown Assault bring their multi-genre set list to Barrelhouse South for New Year’s Eve. Well-known for their covers of hits ranging from Marvin Gaye to Rage Against the Machine, the six-piece band promises to keep the party raging well into 2021.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31 | 9:00 PM

KYLE YARDLEY @ CHURCHILL’S

Let the stylish local bluesman Kyle Yardley get your foot tapping on the first Friday night of 2021 with his soulful vocals and wailing harmonica.

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Local musicians playing Savannah clubs live on New Year’s Eve

BY BRITTANY HERREN TO SEE OUT the final hours of 2020, the best plan for celebrating New Year’s Eve will be to attend a house party… consisting of the party that lives at your house.

In order to avoid further transmission of COVID-19, public-health experts are recommending that everyone stay home this Dec. 31, causing many Savannah-area clubs to abandon all attempts of hosting a New Year’s Eve gathering.

This is one of countless situations that have made 2020 an idiosyncratic year at best − you would be hard-pressed to recall a year that more people were eager to end, yet its final evening will pass silently at live-music venues that would ordinarily be crowded by the countdown to midnight.

In terms of music, some notable moments did arise during 2020, like the Flaming Lips performing a concert with both band and fans encased in plastic bubbles, and Taylor Swift releasing two albums despite not being able to date in public. But overall, it’s safe to say that for the music scene as a whole, the only big rise was in blood pressure as COVID-19 sent

us into isolation and largely stripped us of social interaction and concerts.

Still, a few Savannah concert venues have gone above and beyond to remain open, taking steps to make live-music performances as safe as possible by implementing varied COVID-19 precautions among staff and guests alike. Here we present a few of these hangouts hosting live bands and other entertainment on New Year’s Eve, while abiding by Georgia’s ongoing state-of-emergency rules.

If you do go out this New Year’s Eve, remember that face masks are required in Savannah’s public places, and social distancing of six feet should be maintained.

Furthermore, abide by the COVID-19 protocols in place at the following venues hosting events on Thursday, Dec. 31 to usher in an eagerly anticipated 2021.

Bar Food

Local soul, funk, and rock outfit VooDoo Soup is the headliner for this New Year’s Eve party with a Bourbon Street theme, including free drinks to close out 2020. $15 entry. 4523 Habersham St.; 7 p.m. – see savannahbarfood.com for details.

Club One

Savannah’s premier drag-show venue hosts a countdown to 2021 with three Club

One Cabaret performances, while another party is happening at the bar. $15-$20 entry (advanced ticket price). 1 Jefferson St.; first show at 8:30 p.m. – see clubone-online.com for details.

Congress Street Social Club

The open-air garden at this downtown merriment mainstay provides ample areas for New Year’s Eve party people to maintain proper distance while enjoying music blasted by DJ Kut Daily and a midnight champagne toast. No cover to enter. 411 W. Congress St. – see congressstreetsocialclub. com for details.

Starland Yard

Donna Savage, Reverend Bro Diddley and the Hips, and Bero Bero all play New Year’s Eve at this outdoor venue with heaters, comfort foods, and plenty of space to social distance. No cover to enter. 2411 DeSoto Ave.; 7 p.m. – see starlandyard.com for details.

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Driftaway Cafe Chuck Courtenay, 6 p.m.

Nickie’s 1971 Ray Tomasino, 7 p.m.

Plant Riverside District Josh Johansson, 7-9 p.m.

Starland Yard Hunter Price, 6-9 p.m.

The Wormhole Open Jam, 9 p.m.

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El-Rocko Lounge Trivia with Jules and Chris Grimmett, 9-11:30 p.m.

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

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Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

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Totally Awesome Bar Savannah Comedy Underground, 9 p.m.

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Barrelhouse South Groove Town Assault, 9 p.m.

Blueberry Hill Bar And Grill High Velocity, 9 p.m.

Churchill’s Pub Josephine Johnson, 6-9 p.m., Hitman, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.

Cohen’s Retreat Munchies & Music, 5-9 p.m.

Dew Drop Inn Willie Jackson & The Tybee Island Blues Band, 8 p.m.

Jazz’d Tapas Bar Bottles & Cans, 7:30 p.m.

Nickie’s 1971 Uncle Earl & Friends, 8 p.m.

The Perch at Local 11 ten Levi Moore, 5:30 p.m.

Savannah Riverboat Cruises Bucky & Barry, 9 p.m.

The Shrimp Factory Erik Clark, 6-9 p.m.

Top Deck DJ Doc Ock, 9 p.m.

Wild Wing Cafe Matt Hill, 9 p.m.

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Totally Awesome Bar Open Mic Comedy, 8:30 p.m.

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Club 51 Degrees DJ B-Rad, 9 p.m.

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

River House Stan Ray, 6-9 p.m.

Top Deck Sunset Deck Party, 6 p.m.

The Warehouse DJ Race, 8 p.m.midnight

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The 5 Spot Eric Britt, 7-9 p.m.

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

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Blueberry Hill Bar And Grill High Velocity, 9 p.m.

Churchill’s Pub Mandrakes, 6-9 p.m., Kyle Yardley, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.

Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant JodyJazz Trio, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

River House Chip Staley, 6-9 p.m.

Service Brewing Company Bluegrass By The Pint w/ Swamptooth, 6 p.m.

Sting Ray’s Robert Willis, 6 p.m.

The Warehouse John Lee, 8 p.m.midnight Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) VooDoo Soup, 9 p.m.

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World of Beer Music Bingo, first Friday of every month, 8 p.m.

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Bay Street Blues Karaoke Blueberry Hill Karaoke, 9 p.m.-3 a.m.

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Nickie’s 1971 Karaoke Night, 9 p.m.

The Shrimp Factory Josephine Johnson, 6-9 p.m.

Totally Awesome Bar Karaoke, 10 p.m.

DJ

Club 51 Degrees DJ Fer, DJ Emalo, DJ Lil G, DJ BRad, 9 p.m.

VICE Lounge + Mojito Bar DJ Primal, 9 p.m.

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

SUNDAY 1. 3 LIVE MUSIC

Collins Quarter at Forsyth Live Music, 3 p.m.

Congress Street Social Club Voodoo Soup, 10 p.m., VooDoo Soup, 10 p.m.

Nickie’s 1971 Roy Swindell, 7 p.m.

Sting Ray’s Robert Willis, 6 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

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

KARAOKE

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

MONDAY 1. 4 LIVE MUSIC

Nickie’s 1971 Ray Tomasino, 7 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

Club One Super Gay Bingo, 5:30 p.m.

KARAOKE

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

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

TUESDAY 1. 5 LIVE MUSIC

SATURDAY 1. 2

Nickie’s 1971 Roy Swindell, 7 p.m.

LIVE MUSIC

Basil’s Pizza and Deli Trivia, 7 p.m.

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

McDonough’s Trivia Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Oak 36 Bar + Kitchen Trivia Tuesday, 9 p.m.

Savannah Taphouse Trivia, 7 p.m.

Bootleggers High Velocity, 9 p.m.

Churchill’s Pub Hitman, 10 p.m.1 a.m., Rachael Shaner, 6-9 p.m.

Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant JodyJazz Trio, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

River House Ricky Standard, 6-9 p.m.

The Shrimp Factory Joe Wilson, 6-9 p.m.

Sting Ray’s Robert Willis, 6 p.m.

The Warehouse Savannah Road,

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TRIVIA & GAMES

KARAOKE

Blueberry Hill Karaoke, 9 p.m.3 a.m.

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m.

Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Getthe thelowdown lowdown onon Get the great events allallthe great events occurring in this week occurring in this week and next and next In Print & Online.

In Print & Online.

CULTURE VISUAL ARTS

Kyra Schmidt’s “Jekyll Island, Georgia”.

WOMEN UNINTERRUPTED

Julia Wilson’s “You Exist”.

time.”

Majoring in classics, and focusing on Latin and ancient Greek, taught Julia Wilson to look at images with the same complexity, nuance, and beauty as studying language. largely non-commercial photography “I study the complex relationship methods. between text and image, and how they are “Nicki Klepper’s works are lush, etheinterpreted when presented together; I real lumen prints where she took organic believe this subject now holds a renewed matter and placed it on photographic sense of urgency in our present state of paper in the sun. There is an element of informational overload and mass photochance; she didn’t know what the print textual interconnectivity,” Wilson would be until the end. But when she explained. “This overabundance of inforremoves the plant or fruit there is this mation can be considered a lingual crisis, beautiful residue that is the trace of some- signaling the loss of meaning through thing that was once a ripe, living thing,” overexposure.” explains Landing. “That matter eventually Schmidt’s works in this exhibit are decays, whereas the print remains. And I drawn from a pair of her recent projects. thought that was a really beautiful thing “The two bodies of work I have in this to think about, and it’s a nice metaphor for show are somewhat diverse in content, this year.” yet they are very much united, not only Klepper’s body of works, Imprints of the by the lumen process but through themes Southern Sun, is a meditation on her intiof ephemerality and community. It is a mate moments in isolation and her expres- very magical and unpredictable process, sion of gratitude for the beauty that is left affected by variables such as temperature, after chaos. matter, time, and more,” Schmidt said.

“What I’m interested in mostly is docu- “Transcriptions attempts to embody the menting time and change, and how our sensation of being in nature by bringing perception of place and space is based on the paper into physical contact with natuthe contemporary knowledge of that space. ral matter. For A Yellow Rose Project, I Having started my work in Savannah came back to the lumen process due to about quarantines and quarantine locaits ephemeral nature and universality. At tions from the past, I was able to continue their core, both bodies of work emphasize my research into the modern-day with our mindfulness and personal connection.” current pandemic,” Klepper said. “A lot of The three women in this group exhibit this project was a result of wanting to add have worked closely together, helping each a new element of artwork to my research, other formulate ideas and work through and I was able to do this by focusing on the their artistic processes, and to artistically keepsakes that I’ve created during this interpret these difficult times.

‘Traces of Being’ online photo exhibit features trio of SCAD grads

AN ONLINE EXHIBIT is providing insight to the creative processes of three women photographers who each have Savannah connections, and who are persevering through the pandemic with varying artistic approaches to the process of creating imagery.

The exhibition, Traces of Being, is a group photography show curated by Kristie Landing, founder of the Landing Contemporary Art online gallery. The current show, stretching through January, features work by Nicki Klepper, Kyra Schmidt, and Julia Wilson, three artists who graduated from the Masters of Fine Art in Photography program at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

“The works in this show contain literal traces of elements from where the artist has been and what happened in their process of creation. There is also a strong sense of appreciation for nature in this show,” said Landing.

The initial concept for this exhibition was to pull together a female-led show of alternative photography works made with historical analog processes such as lumen prints, cyanotype, carbon prints, and other

Nicki Klepper’s “Lazaretto Flowers”. PHOTOS COURTESY OF LANDING CONTEMPORARY ART

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BY NICOLE YOUNGBLUT

“When putting together this show, I thought about the year we’ve had and how these works are able to connect with what we’ve been going through on multiple levels. Ultimately, I ended up focusing on the concept of ‘traces’ and calling the show Traces of Being because I felt it was timely and tied together the works in a meaningful way,” concludes Landing.

Traces of Being is currently on view online at Landing Contemporary Art − a nomadic gallery that strives to pave the way for emerging artists − until January 31, 2021. Visit landingcontemporaryart.com to view the exhibition.

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despite a prohibition of that behavior.

“They got a little abrasive and a person from the Republican group that was there was sort of acting as a buffer,” Bridges said.

Bridges did not name the disruptive observers, who he said left after the kerfuffle and were not seen again. Anyone could walk in and watch the tallying process from the public observation area, but a sheriff’s deputy stood by the entrance to the area where votes were being counted.

Poll watchers were instructed to sign a log to document entry and exit to that area.

COMMUNITY problems that they can report and maybe file a lawsuit … or maybe they’re looking to disrupt.”

Death threats

Poll workers, elections board members and even the Secretary of State have had their lives threatened since the Nov. 3 election.

As votes were still being counted two days after the election, a Chatham County elections board member received several threatening phone calls. The caller reportedly said, “you’d better stop counting those

“It’s a missed opportunity if there’s observers who are doing all this work and they’re not really systematically gathering their information and pulling it together in some kind of summary report with recommendations” to improve the process.

Even so, some signatures were scrawled and illegible, making it impossible to verify who they were. Others didn’t bother to sign out.

What watchers watch

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In Georgia, political parties are responsible for preparing poll watchers on how the process works and training them on how to perform as an effective observer.

After all, party monitors are really supposed to look out after their party and their candidates.

The Carter Center report states partisan poll watchers appeared inconsistently or poorly trained on how the state’s limited-risk audit works. It’s the first time Georgia has had a hand recount of paper ballots produced by the new voting machines.

What’s more, few poll watchers appeared to be collecting or recording any information about what they witnessed to make suggestions on how it could be improved, said David Carroll, director of the Democracy Program.

“It’s a missed opportunity if there’s observers who are doing all this work and they’re not really systematically gathering their information and pulling it together in some kind of summary report with recommendations” to improve the process, 20 Carroll said. “Some groups just look for

illegal votes.”

In Fulton County, a poll worker had to go into hiding after an unnamed person in the absentee-ballot processing area Tweeted a video of him throwing away some paper. The unnamed narrator said the poll worker was discarding a ballot.

“He was merely discarding a list of instructions that had been put into one of the envelopes,” Fulton County Elections Supervisor Richard Barron said during a news conference. “The only thing you do at that station is separating the envelope and opening them.”

The poll worker’s personal information, including his home address and car license plate number, was published online. He had to shut down his social media accounts amid death threats and harassment.

Only poll workers and credentialed poll watchers are allowed in the area where the video was taken.

“Personally, I think it’s shameful,” Barron said.

Even so, President Donald Trump continues to Tweet false allegations of skullduggery and widespread fraud, all while insisting he won.

This story used by permission as part of a news partnership with The Current, a nonprofit, nonpartisan in-depth news site serving Coastal Georgia. Visit thecurrentga.org to learn more.

filling out a form describing the material about how Georgia authorities dealt with submitted. the 1918 Flu Pandemic, also known as the “It may be used in future research. It Spanish flu. Without access to the GHS may be used right now to promote this,” library and hard-copy documents, many Meagher said. “Everything is being of these requests could not be immediately uploaded to us digitally.” answered by the home-bound staffers.

Similarly, Savannah’s Municipal “We had very little that was digitized Archives department in City Hall is also about Spanish flu in Georgia,” Meagher launching an initiative for city staff memsaid, noting that this bers to provide doculack of access highmentation chronicling lighted contemporary the unique challenges of society’s rapid shifts in 2020. technology, and gave the “In 20, 50, 100 years, if GHS staff inspiration somebody says, ‘What did about how to preserve the city do in response details about 2020’s to the pandemic,’ we pandemic in a way that will have the materials,” future historians could said Municipal Archives rapidly attain them.

Director Luciana “That kind of helped Spracher. inform what we were Since April, Spracher doing, and how we and her team – ordinarily would go about it.” charged with preserving One issue that GHS Savannah’s official docustaff had to contend with ments and City Council is the relatively small records – have been colpercentage of records lecting extra materials A distinctively 2020 snapshot. that are created as hard- PHOTO COURTESY OF THE GHS related to the city’s reaccopy documents nowations to the pandemic, days, with so much of modern information as well as to demonstrations in support of only being presented and preserved digiracial equality and to other momentous tally. While this technology allows massive occasions of this year. Soon Municipal amounts of documentation to be stored Archives will also be requesting that city in tiny memory devices, it also decreases staff members volunteer their own recolthe chances that future historians will lections from 2020, either about how their have easy access to relevant photos, official duties were affected or about their own records, and other media. lives.

“Those are the things that documentar“It can be about work, it can be about ians are going to come looking for,” Meatheir personal family life. … We can capgher said. “Do we really think that when ture some of these firsthand experiences we’re gone, somebody’s going to go through and thoughts,” Spracher said. “What a cloud drive?” we’ve done is basically send out remindTo address this conundrum, the GHS ers to departments to start sending us launched its “COVID-19 in Georgia” information.” project, aiming to create a wide-ranging While official-record management database of photographs, written records, remains the primary task of the Municipal audio or video recordings, and other docu- Archives department, Spracher sees permentary materials that the staff can comsonal recollections of city staff in 2020 as pile into one platform that will be readily potentially being an invaluable resource available for future historians to research. for future researchers.

“We’re so fortunate to receive things “This is a bigger event that’s touchthat 100 years from now are going to tell ing everybody’s life. … It’s also changed the stories” of 2020, Meagher said, adding the way we work every day,” Spracher that the records chosen for this project are said. “We’ve had employees that have had not restricted to official papers or profesCOVID. What was that experience like?” sional-quality photographs. “We received And although Spracher will never meet a huge collection of digital pictures that the historians of upcoming generations were drawn by children in the Atlanta who will draw on the work of her departarea.” ment to learn what happened during 2020, Everyone from anywhere across Georshe and her team feel honored to be playgia is welcome to submit documentaing the crucial role of preserving future tion from 2020 – including stories about artifacts to make this research possible. local heroes, poems, journal entries, and “We know this is going to be used,” snapshots from everyday life – to the Spracher said of the records of 2020 cur“COVID-19 in Georgia” project by visiting rently being collected. “To be part of georgiahistory.com/covid-19-in-georgiadocumenting and preserving this hiscollecting-the-stories-of-georgianstoric moment in time, it’s exciting, and during-the-pandemic-of-2020 and sobering.”

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BY MATT JONES ©2020

“I’M GONNA HAVE SOME WORDS” --MAYBE THAT’S WHY IT’S GREEN

LIMITED SEATING INSIDE CROSSWORD ANSWERS

ACROSS

1 Underscores?

6 Belt holders near belts?

15 Establish by law 16 Subject of a constitutional clause 17 Culminated in 18 Porcelain, when around electricity 19 “Must have been ___ news day” 20 Fall apart 21 Expand 22 Semiconductor classification whose first letter stands for “negative” 23 “Remove plastic,” e.g.

25 Wagering venue, for short 26 ___ Webster (Twain’s “celebrated jumping frog”) 27 BBC’s Italian counterpart 29 Like some hours 30 Salty snack from an air fryer, maybe 36 Popeye, as the theme song goes 37 Passive-aggressive message header implying you should’ve read 42 Projectile at some bars 43 Formula One racer Vettel, to fans 44 Aberdeen resident 46 Spinning stat

47 Spoil, with “on” 50 Search engine input 51 Slacker’s sin 54 Edge 55 Store-hours word 56 Restoration site of 2019 58 Stops on ___ 59 Kind of phenomenon that explains why Ouija board planchettes move 60 1996 presidential candidate Alexander 61 Edge 62 Powers portrayer

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1 College founder Stanford 2 It’s the least you can rate 3 Phrase said with a downcast look 4 “Ghostbusters” stuff 5 Author Harriet Beecher ___ 6 Beneficiaries of some trust funds 7 “___ telling anyone” 8 Medium that was often psychedelic in the 1960s 9 Reason for a winter shot 10 Former Brazilian president ___ da Silva 11 “Diary of ___ Black Woman” (2005 film)

12 Put in writing 13 Tangled 14 Rave flashers 24 ___ d’Or (prize at Cannes) 28 Mosque leader 31 “The cow ___ [mooooo]” (pull-string toy output) 32 Like some bathrooms 33 Full of detail 34 “¿Por qué no los ___?”

35 When Easter falls 37 It’s “like a carrot doused in perfume,” according to cookscountry. com 38 Go boom 39 More out-of-the-way 40 Hockey player’s concern 41 Producers of “Dallas,” “Falcon Crest,” and “Knots Landing” 45 1840s First Family 48 East ___ (nation since 2002) 49 Nail file material 50 Feeling of uneasiness 52 Enterprise counselor Deanna 53 Natural rope fiber 57 Exclamation often prompted by Bart Simpson

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Fight the War Within’s annual Christmas dinner for veterans, first responders, and military

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ight the War Within’s founder Miranda Briggs hoped this annual Christmas dinner would be a safe haven for first responders during the holiday season. Hosted at the Elks Lodge on Wilshire Blvd, dozens of friends, families and supporters celebrated together. See more photos at connectsavannah.com/connected.

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Southern Charm team’s inaugural Charity Cornhole Tournament

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eichert Realtor Stanford & Company’s Southern Charm Cornhole team held their first charity competition at Knights of Columbus off Waters Avenue. Pie Society, bouncy houses and an afternoon of cornhole competition along with 30 items were raffled off for the Ronald McDonald House. See more photos at connectsavannah.com/connected.

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