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Table of Contents Volume 4, No. 25, March 16, 2005 On the Cover: Joan Lee strikes a pose on the river (photo by Brandon Blatcher)

(away from the crowds)

News St. Pat’s Underground 6

•Breakfast 7:30am Tuesday-Friday

Parade Map

Alternatives to the usual entertainment

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St. Patrick’s Day at a glance

River Street Music 10 Where to be entertained St. Pat’s FAQs 12 Frequently Asked Questions

•Lunch @ 11am

Dangerfield Lecture 14 A look back at the blarney

Cover 6

Jane Fishman 15 Remembering Florence Gibson

•Dinner until 9:30pm

Education 16 Golson, Bowen pledge unity Community 18 Teaching herstory

•Weekend Brunch @ 9am

Earthweek 25 The week on your planet News of the Weird 27 Strange but true Blotter 29 From SPD reports

234-1971 (One block off the parade route!)

Non Sequitur 29 Our favorite cartoon

Education 16

Vibes Music Menu 30 Local gigs a la carte Music Fest Picks 32 Our picks for the week at the Festival Good Show, Will Travel 34 Regional concerts Soundboard 36 Who’s playing and where

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Performing Arts 22 Contact, the musical Art Patrol 24 Exhibits & openings

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Personal Tech 39 The wonder of craigslist Cuisine 40 Mobius Beer Cuisine 41 Finnegan’s Wake Corkscrew 42 Brews clues

Film Now Showing 43 All the flicks that fit

The 411

Festival Picks 32

Week at a Glance

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Happenings 45 All the stuff, all the time Astroscope 60 What’s your sign?

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Freebie St. Patrick’s Day Parade of the

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What: Savannah’s biggest and most popular celebration. This year, the Shriners are back!

When: Thursday, March 17 at 10:15 a.m. Where: Downtown Savannah.

Cost: Free. Call: 233-4804.

Thursday, March 17 St. Patrick’s Day Shuttle What: The City of Savannah will offer a shuttle from Oglethorpe Mall to Oglethorpe and Price. 98.7 will be there with a live remote and Krispy Kreme donuts, while they last. When: March 17 from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost: $3 round trip with children under 41 inches riding free.

Call: 651-2360.

Operation 106

2005 St. Patrick’s Day on the River Festival

What: Live music and food, plus entertainment by Hazel Virtue, Jude Michaels, the Courtenay Brothers, the Girlfriends and the Greg Williams Band. When: Begins March 17 at 2 p.m. and continues March 18 and all day Call: 232-4804.

March 19. Where: City Market, Cost: Free.C

Sunday, March 20 Savannah Music Festival What: Ballet Pro Musica, an original production combining classical ballet with live chamber music, features principals and soloists from the Oregon Ballet Theatre. Programme Two will be presented at 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., with a pre-ballet talk set for 1 p.m. Tickets are $40, $35 and $30 for adults and $15 for children under 12.

What else: The Heath Brothers features brothers Jimmy on sax, Tootie on drums and Percy on bass, with Job Patton on piano.

There will be a pre-concert talk at 6 p.m. followed by the concert at 7 p.m. Tickets are Call: 525-5050 $35, $30 and $25.C for tickets.

What: The opening day of the most ambitious music festival ever will feature a free concert by the U.S. Army Ground Forces Band at 12:30 p.m. at Trustees Theater. What else: From Salzburg to Vienna features 11 musicians presenting classical music at 8 p.m. at the Lucas Theatre.

Tickets are $35. What else: Legendary bluesman Buddy Guy will perform at 9 p.m. at Trustees Theater. Tickets are $35, $30 and $25. Call: 525-5050 for tickets.

Third Friday Foreign Cinema Presents Jesus of Montreal What: This 1989 film is a wondrous celebration of our spirituality regardless of faith. A young actor finds himself unconsciously reenacting his messianic role off stage after church authorities cancel the performance of a passion play. In French, with English subtitles. When: March 18 at 7:30 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: Call: 232-4447. $5 donation.C

Mon., March 21 Savannah Music Festival What: Huxsie Scott, one of the finest singers in the region and a Bronze Medalist in the 2004 American Traditions Competition, will present a free concert at 12:30 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church. What else: A recital with Arianna Zukerman, who possesses a luminous voice that is equally in demand for opera and concert performances. There will be a reception at 5:30 p.m. followed by the recital at 6:30 p.m. at Bryson Hall. Tickets are $50. Call: 525-5050 for tickets.

Jam Theatricals Presents Contact What: This musical earned four Tony Awards, plus the Drama Desk Award, Critics Outer Circle Award and Drama League Award for Best Musical. It tells three stories of the connections people make when searching for love, all told in dance. When: March 21. Where: Savannah Civic Center’s Johnny Mercer Theatre. Cost: $45, $38 Call: 651-6556 or and $29.C visit www.savannahcivic.com.

Saturday, March 19 Arts in Bloom What: The artisans of Dragonfly Studio are hosting this event, which will feature hand-painted porch cats, stained glass, pottery, jewelry, paintings and more. There also will be a Bonsai workshop. Also, live Where: music with Jan Spillane. When: March 19 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.W 1.5 miles past the Lazaretto Creek bridge on Tybee. Call: 786-4431.

Savannah Music Festival What: The Jazz Guardians will present a free concert at noon at Morrell Park, What else: Have Bells, Will Travel with the Handbell Ensemble of the American Guild of Organists will present a free concert at 1 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. What else: Ballet Pro Musica, an original production combining classical ballet with live chamber music, features principals and soloists from the Oregon Ballet Theatre. Programme One will be presented at 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., with a pre-ballet talk set for 1 p.m. Tickets are $40, $35 and $30 for adults and $15 for children under 12. What else: RoundhouseJAM will feature The Codetalkers, Perpetual Groove, Blueground Bluegrass with Rev. Jeff Mosier and Hans-Kristian Sorensen with music you’ll want to dance to at 6 p.m. at the Historic Roundhouse. Tickets are $25. What else: Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder will present an evening of bluegrass at 8 p.m. at Trustees Theater. Tickets are $35, $30 and $25. What else: James Moody’s 60th Birthday will feature the legendary saxophonist, who was born in Savannah in 1925. The pre-concert talk is at 7:30 p.m. and the concert is at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $40, $35 and $30. Call: 525-5050 for tickets.

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What: Entertainment on the Main Stage at Rousakis Plaza Pavilion and the West Stage. Hear live bands and deejays each afternoon and evening. When: March 17, 18 and 19, beginning at 11 a.m. Where: Historic River Street. Cost: Free, or $5 for an armband that will allow you to drink Call: Savannah Waterfront Association, 234-0295. alcohol.C

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What: The Savannah Chapter of Vietnam Veterans of America, No. 671, will participate in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade for the seventh year in Operation 106, named in honor of the 106 soldiers, airmen, marines and sailors from this area who were killed in the Vietnam War. All Savannah area Vietnam veterans or family members of those whose names are on the Savannah Memorial are asked to come and join in. When: March 17. Call: 748-5307.

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Wed., March 23 Tuesday, March 22 Savannah Music Festival What: I Cantori, Savannah’s only professional a capella choir, will present a free concert at 12:30 p.m. at Lutheran Church of the Ascension. What else: The quarterfinal rounds of the American Traditions Competition for singers will be held at 2 and 5 p.m. at Lucas Theatre. Tickets are $15.

What else: Into the Romantics will feature the music of Romantic composers Schumann, Dvorak and Brahms at the Lucas Theatre. There will be a pre-concert talk at 7 p.m. followed by the recital at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35. Call: 525-5050

Savannah Music Festival What: The First Bryan Baptist Church will present a free gospel concert at 12:30 p.m. at the First Bryan Baptist Church, What else: The quarterfinal rounds of the American Traditions Competition for singers will be held at 2 and 5 p.m. at Lucas Theatre. Tickets are $15.

What else: The Roaring 20s will perform music by Gershwin, Copland, Ravel and more at Lucas Theatre. There will be a pre-concert talk at 7 p.m. followed by the recital at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35.

Call: 525-5050 for tickets.

Psychotronic Film Society Presents Harold and Maude What: 1972 cult classic features Bud Cort as Harold, a young, rich man who is obsessed with death. He is forever changed when he meets lively octogenarian Maude, played by Ruth Gordon.

When: March 23 at 7:30 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $5. Call: 232-4447.

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Going off the beaten path for some live music alternatives this weekend BEFORE WE BEGIN, I should make one thing clear. This piece is geared toward those of you who are visiting our fair city for the Saint Patrick’s Day holiday.

Now, that’s not to say that folks who live here year round won’t find some valuable information contained herein, but the truth remains – this is a primer for those unfamiliar with our local nightlife.

The idea itself was deceptively simple.

You see, we’ve been expecting you. In fact, some folks have been waiting on you for just about a year.

This is the single biggest week of the year for many of the businesses in Savannah that deal with the tourism industry. It’s when both kinds of green can be found blanketing the town like so much confetti. And, as a result, many people have come to rely on this five or six day period as though it were a life preserver.

For some of them, it certainly serves as one. Many taverns and eateries would most definitely have a rougher time making a long-term go of things if it weren’t for the almost overwhelming influx of visitors this holiday draws to the

Where Is WIllis city each year.

So, you’re here now. And we’re obliged to show you a good time.

Now you’ve probably heard tell about the wild times to be had on River Street, and many of those tales need no embellishment. It’s understandable you’ll want to check out the scene down there and get a gander for yourself. In fact, I encourage you to do so. It is a Savannah tradition and something to behold. it’s not for everyone, but even those who don’t normally go in for that sort of thing can get a tremendous kick out of it in small doses.

It’s always intrigued me how the mood and overall tone of the crowd by the river

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can shift almost imperceptibly while you’re actually taking part in it.

At one moment it seems like a full-on party – wild, unpredictable, and raucously festive. Then, you’ll turn away for a moment, speak to a friend or buy something to eat or drink, and by the time you focus your attention on your surroundings again, you find the whole place has become rather sheepish and mild.

I suppose that has a great deal to do with herd mentality. Regardless, it’s incumbent upon the folks who plan the free, outdoor entertainment by the river (and in the City Market area) to select acts which they feel will appeal to the widest swath of the public. That’s why you have so many middle-of-the-road acts featured in that milieu.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that. It’s the nature of the beast. And, to their credit, there’s usually a few oddballs thrown into the mix each year to keep the more adventurous among us intrigued, while the less adventurous head for the Port-O-Lets.

But with those understandable restrictions in mind, it would stand to reason

that if you want to really get a feel for what nightlife and entertainment in Savannah is truly all about, you’d have to ditch River Street or City Market at some point in your travels, and head indoors.

You’ll have to find a place with its own feel, it’s own vibe. The kind of place that has a personality all its own, and whose proprietors work hard to maintain that personality day in and day out, all year round. The sort of place that looks forward to the extra income that tens of thousands of visitors bring with them, but isn’t that interested in shifting gears to acommodate strangers. A take it or leave it sort of place.

As I said, the idea for this piece when hatched was deceptively simple. We’d simply shine a bit of a spotlight on some of the more idiosyncratic nightspots that feature live entertainment on some sort of regular basis here in town, and make sure our newfound readership knew how to easily locate the edgier side of Saint Patrick’s Day in Savannah, Georgia.

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fiberglass. But, that implies that each of 8 pm. MIchael’s an excellent bottleneck these options are incredibly valuable – guitarist and vocalist, and mines rural folk which is not necessarily the case. Rather, blues of the ‘30s through the ‘60s. it’s the fact that these options exist which Now, heading back to The Jinx a bit makes them so valuable. later on, things start to get really interThe fact that you could wander the esting, with a double bill North Carolina’s streets buying floppy hats and deely raunchy psychobilly semi-stars Jimmy & boppers, and never know that just around The Teasers and The Pietasters, an eightthe block and a few streets down was a piece ska/punk band from the terrific rockabilly band, or a memorable Washington, D.C. area that’s been around blues singer. for fifteen years, and has been on the So, with all apologies to anyone or Warped Tour and opened for the late Joe anyplace we haven’t included in this halfStrummer of The Clash. This show will cocked list, here are some of the more likely be one of the wilder ones of the interesting diversions adventurous revweekend, as every time the Teasers come elers can locate this holiday weekend. to town, debauchery seems to occur.

Starting on Wednesday, as things Another up-and-coming local act that always seem to around this time of year, mixes up a variety of unusual influences Voodoo Soup plays JJ Cagney’s on River (from jam to rock to punk to reggae) is Street. You’ll have to Argyle. They’re duck inside this dark, playing Cagney’s on stone-walled rock club, Thursday and Friday, but if you do, you’ll and then moving to catch a terrific jam-oriSavannah Blues (an ented band with a killer cozy underground rhythm section, a soulful club beneath City vocalist and a pasMarket) for a gig on sionate lead guitarist.

Saturday. They’re an Their repertoire is engaging band that’s mostly classic rock and well worth a listen for funk covers, but they’re fans of unpredictable, Jah Creation not afraid to take chances and energetic alternative rock. let the chips fall where they may.

Friday at The Jinx, The A few blocks away on Congress Street Dangerfields, a retro punk band from at The Jinx, Savannah’s premiere punk, Belfast – who are favorites of Iron Maiden alternative and metal venue, they’ve got vocalist Bruce Dickinson – open for Lock And Key, a highly touted postSouth Carolina’s The Independents, a hardcore band that just released their horror-core band that has toured with The debut CD on the prestigious Deep Elm Misfits and was managed and produced Records. It’s a blistering thirty-eight by the late Joey Ramone. minute slab of raging, emo-influenced For fans of instrumental jazz, Eat Mo’ indie rock that many critics are saying is Music, a local funk quintet plays both the best such release to emerge in 2005.

Friday and Saturday nights on Bay Street Next door, the Mercury Lounge at the Moon River Brewing Company. No presents the Eric Culberson Blues Band. cover, and the shows start at 8:30 pm.

Eric’s our town’s best-known electric For those who dig on adult enterblues guitarist, and he tours frequently up tainment, across the bridge on the way to and down the East Coast. If you enjoy the Hardeeville, The Gold Club throws a work of Albert King or Buddy Guy, you’ll Friday night bash with popular Beaufort want to check them out. Thursday and metal band Souls Harbor acting as Saturday, they’ll head down to Cagney’s human jukeboxes. and share the wealth.

Also on Friday, Where is Willis, an Back on River Street, one of exceptional, keyboard-driven jam band Savannah’s most promising original from Colorado that cites Herbie Hancock bands plays Fiddler’s Crab House. and Medeski Martin and Wood as influThey’re called Passafire, and they dig ences, make their debut at Cagney’s. deep into the danceable grooves of both Finally, for those looking for something reggae and hip-hop, incorporating them completely different from the overinto a traditional rock band format. They whelming majority of live music options too, are starting to tour regionally, and going on around town this weekend, here seem on the verge of bigger things. are two real curveballs.

They’re playing a number of venues over On Friday at Club Oz, a giant, warethe next few days. Check our house space-turned hip-hop and rap club Soundboard Club Calendar for all the on Indian Street a few blocks West of details.

Montgomery, is hosting a hometown perSkipping to Thursday and getting formance by neo-soul singer Anthony away from the river a bit, local songwriter David, who is best known for his collaboJan Spillane plays a free 1 pm show at the rations with india.arie.

Elysium Wine bar near the corner of Bull And also on Friday, Atlanta poet and and Liberty. She’s released two indie singer Kodac Harrison plays a rare trio albums of soulful, blues-oriented tunes. show at Tybee Island’s Caribbean The Sentient Bean Coffeehouse off restaurant The North Beach Grill. If you’re Forsyth Park continues in this vein with a fan of John Prine or Tom Waits, you’ll acoustic bluesman Michael Amburgey at want to consider checking out Kodac. ◗

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• The “Festival Area” for the St. Patrick’s Day celebration is defined as follows: North of Jones Street to the river, east of Boundary Street & MLK Jr. Blvd., and west of East Broad Street. In this area, all alcoholic drink cups must be paper, plastic or styrofoam, and 16 ounces or less. No open alcoholic containers of any kind will be allowed in the Festival Area.

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• All city parking garages will be open. Fee for all garages is $10 after 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 17, and all day Friday and Saturday, March 18-19.

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• The Visitors Center lot on MLK Jr. Blvd. will be open at 6 a.m. Thursday, March 17 for $10. Vehicles remaining for Friday and Saturday will be assessed $10 per day.

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• The Savannah International Trade and Convention Center will offer parking for the St. Patrick’s Day festivities. The Convention Center parking lot will be open to the public from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. March 17-19 and will cost $10 per car. Included in the parking price is water taxi access to and from River Street for all car occupants.

For more information call 447-4000.

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• Chatham Area Transit will have regular weekday service on St. Patrick’s Day. The downtown CAT Shuttle will not operate on its scheduled route. Buses in the downtown area will be detoured from approximately 7 a.m. until after the parade. CAT offices, 900 E. Gwinnett Street, and CAT Central will be open with ticket/token and swipe card sales available. Call CAT at 233-5767 for schedule information or visit catchacat.org

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• All vehicles illegally parked in areas affected by the parade will be towed at owner’s expense. Affected motorists must obtain a vehicle release form from police headquarters at Habersham and Oglethorpe Streets in order to claim any towed vehicle. Proof of ownership is required to obtain a vehicle release form from SCMPD. • Thursday, March 17, Bay Street will close to all traffic at 9 a.m. 8 p.m.-4 a.m. each evening: Bay Street will be closed. Access will be allowed for Bay Street residents and those persons staying at Bay Street motels.

• Jefferson Street will close Thursday morning, March 17, through Sunday, March 20. Jefferson Street in City Market will be closed beginning Thursday March 17 at 9 a.m. and remain closed through the St. Patrick's Day Festival. It is expected to re-open at approximately 4 a.m.

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• River Street will be closed from March 15 through Sunday morning, March 20. No parking will allowed on the ramps or in the River Street public parking lots from March 15–20. ◗

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• The City of Savannah offers a St. Patrick's Day Park & Ride Trolley 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. on March 17 for $3 round trip. Trolleys run from Oglethorpe Mall to the corner of Price and Oglethorpe. The return trolley leaves from Oglethorpe & Price Street. Last shuttle leaves at 5 p.m.

Tokens will be available at the Oglethorpe Mall staging area from 7 a.m.-noon. No tokens will be sold on the trolleys or at the Price Street location. Children 41 inches and under traveling with a parent or guardian ride free two per adult only please. No open food or beverages.

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Waving Girl Stage

Rousakis Stage

Wednesday, March 16th Rousakis Stage D.C. Olde Fife & Drum Guard Traditional Irish music played with aplomb. 1 pm.

Wormsloew

This long-running uptempo blues combo’s stock-intrade is rock-solid Chicago shuffles and slow blues ballads. 3 pm.

Deas’ Guyz

Classic and current Southern rock covers (from Skynyrd to the Drive-By Truckers), plus twangy originals. 7:30 pm.

Panic,

Liquid Ginger

Female-fronted modern rock band with two indie CDs of crunchy-pop, plus well-known covers.. 9:30 pm.

Thursday, March 17th Rousakis Stage Argyle Adventurous and challenging local alternative act drawing on punk, ska, reggae and jam-rock for inspiration. 1 pm.

Too Blue New incarnation of a well-known local band offering electric blues with aTracy dash Byrd, of Cajun spice. 3:30 pm.

John Michael Montgomery, Janie Fricke, Cledus T. Judd.

Hardworking local Southern rockers featuring Ray Thomasino (formerly of Bounty Hunter). 5:30 pm.

High Velocity

Phantom Wingo Soulful, groove-oriented Savannah rock group taking a tip from Widespread Panic and The Allman Brothers. 7:30 pm.

Irish Air Corps Band

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Dance group playing Motown, soul and pop hits.

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Infectious, Celtic-tinged group from Columbia, S.C. that fuses traditional Irish jigs with a rock backbeat.

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Hard-rocking tribute band to "The Big ‘80s." 9 pm.

Friday, March 18th Rousakis Stage Rhythm Riot Eclectic classic rock cover band from Brunswick.

They play everything from AC/DC to Wilson Picket.

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St. Somewhere Touring feel-good act playing "Caribbean Americana," with plenty of steel drums, vocal harmonies, and positive lyrical messages. 9:30 pm.

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Answer: All public parking garages will be open for $10 per car. Many people choose to park at the Oglethorpe Mall and catch a bus. The City of Savannah provides a Park & Ride Trolley 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. on March 17 for $3 round trip. Trolleys run from Oglethorpe Mall to the corner of Price and Oglethorpe.

The celebration on River Street is sometimes concluded early because of The return trolley overcrowding leaves from route or in any unmarked parking areas.

Oglethorpe & Price Street.

The best rule is this, if it’s not a properly This year you can also park on marked parking area, don’t park there.

Hutchinson Island and ride the ferry to River Street and back. There are fees for Question: What time does the parade parking on the island and riding the ferry. start?

The ferry service is scheduled to stop at Answer: 10:15 a.m.

11 p.m.

Street parking will be at a premium.

Question: If my car is towed, how do I The best bet would be to get there early! get it back?

Remember not to park along the parade

Answer: All vehicles illegally parked will be towed at owner’s expense. Affected motorists must obtain a vehicle release form from Savannah Police headquarters at Habersham and Oglethorpe Streets in order to claim any towed vehicle. Proof of ownership is required to obtain a vehicle release form from the Savannah Police Department.

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Answer: You cannot bring alcohol onto River Street or into the “gated” area. Bringing alcohol into that area will definitely get you in trouble. Other areas are okay with the right type & size cups. Probably the best rule would be to wait and purchase your drinks in the festival area so it will be in an approved container. Always have a designated driver.

Bear in mind that dispensing alcohol from a vehicle is a violation of a city ordinance.

Question: What about “to go” cups?

Answer: All beverages must be in a paper, styrofoam or plastic cup that holds no more than 16 ounces. You’ll be able to

purchase your drinks from vendors in approved cups inside the festival area. No glass bottles or metal containers will be allowed. Leave them at home.

Question: Will there be adequate security?

Answer: Yes. You may, at some point, be asked to show the contents of bags, coolers or backpacks by police officers.

They are only doing this for your security.

Question: Is the Savannah/Chatham Metropolitican Police Department the only police agency working in the festival area or providing security?

Answer: The Chatham County Sheriff’s Department, U.S. Army Military Police, the Georgia State Patrol, Savannah/Chatham County School Board Police, and the Coast Guard will be assisting with security along the parade route and providing extra patrols throughout the city. In particular, GSP will be intensely patrolling the major routes in and out of Savannah.

All officers will be strictly enforcing a “zero tolerance” concern for safety and especially DUI’s.

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Question: What is the festival area?

Answer: It is an area in downtown Savannah north of Jones Street to the river, west of East Broad, and east of Boundary Street and the Talmadge Bridge.

Question: When do the gates open to River Street?

Answer: 8 a.m. Thursday & 9 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Admission to the River Street “Controlled Zone� is free but you must purchase a $5 bracelet if you wish to drink alcohol outside of the businesses along River Street. Admission is charged from opening to midnight.

Question: What’s the chance of the crowd getting too big on River Street or the possibility of River Street closing?

Question: Do I have to buy a bracelet to go down to River Street?

Answer: No. The only reason you would have to buy a bracelet would be to drink alcohol outside of businesses in the “Control Zone� of River Street. If you remain inside a business you do not have to purchase a bracelet to drink alcohol.

But remember, you must remain inside the business with your drink if you don’t have a bracelet.

Question: So, bracelets are only for drinking outside, on River Street?

Answer: Correct.

Question: How do I buy a bracelet?

Answer: Bracelets will be on-sale at a number of locations on River Street. They are $5 a piece and must be worn at all times if you are drinking alcoholic beverages. To purchase one you must present a valid ID proving you are 21 or older. The vendor will place the bracelet on your wrist. A bracelet is only good for one day.

Question: Will Bay Street be closed?

Answer: Yes. For pedestrian safety Bay Street will be closed Wednesday through

Answer: Buses and cabs will be allowed to drop off and pick up people at Indian Street on the west end of Bay Street and between East Broad and Price Street on the east end of Bay St.

Question: Can I dock my boat on River Street during the festival?

Answer: No. The public boat docks will be reserved for law enforcement traffic or emergencies.

Question: What do I do if I get a citation?

Answer: Should you receive a citation for violating a city ordinance, it can be handled just like any other ticket, like speeding or running a red light. Only Chatham County residents will be released with a city ordinance summons.

If you receive a summons, you can avoid a court appearance by paying the fine in advance at the Recorders Court window in the Chatham County Courthouse. You always have the right to appear in court and plead your case. You will be given a court date when you receive the citation.

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Answer: A very large number of portable toilets will be delivered to River Street and City Market on Wednesday, March 16. Another forty portable toilets will be allocated along the parade route and then moved to River Street and City Market after the parade.

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Saturday nightsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; beginning at 8 p.m. It will be barricaded on the west end at MLK Blvd and on the east end at Price Street.

Depending on the crowds after the parade we may be forced to close Bay Street early but that will only happen after close inspection by SCMPD and only for pedestrian safety.

Question: How late will alcohol be served on Thursday, March 17th?

Answer: Actually, businesses are allowed to continue to sell alcoholic beverages until 1 a.m., Thursday morning March 18.

On Friday and Saturday nights (actually Saturday and Sunday morning) the bars will close at 3 a.m. That rule remains the same inside the festival area and throughout the rest of the city.

Question: If I or a friend of mine gets sick or hurt, will there be medical assistance available?

Answer: The people at Memorial Health University Medical Center are providing MEDSTAR personnel that will be on bicycle throughout the parade route and will have their mobile van parked on St. Julian Street in City Market. In addition, they will have personnel on foot and positioned on River Street for minor medical emergencies. Should a major medical emergency occur, SCMPD and Memorial Health will work together to get the proper care, or provide transportation to those affected as quickly and expeditiously as possible. â&#x2014;&#x2014;

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Answer: SCMPD works closely with representatives of the Savannah Waterfront Association to closely monitor the crowds and numbers of people on River Street. If the weather is good, it is entirely possible Savannah may have record crowds. If the crowd gets too big the decision may have to be made to no longer allow anyone else access to River Street, or if people leave River Street not allow them to return, or maybe even a combination of both. Either way SCMPD will be looking out for the greater safety of the public in any action it may be forced to take.

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Excerpts from this year’s Sebastian Dangerfield Lecture at AASU EVERY YEAR PROFESSOR FRANK CLANCY of Armstrong Atlantic State University hosts a lecture on Irish literature, named in honor of the entirely fictional character Sebastian Dangerfield from James Patrick Donleavy’s novel The Ginger Man, and fueled in large part by generous servings of Irish coffee.

Below are a few blarney-filled stories from the latest installment of the annual Dangerfield Lecture, held March 9 at AASU. Believe them at your own risk: • “Oscar Wilde was attending college in his hometown of Dublin when a teacher said to him, ‘Oscar, if you want to make a name for yourself as a writer you’ve got to go to Oxford.’

“When he got there, Reverend Spooner, one of the headmasters, wished to question on his Greek, as he did with all his new students, to put them in perspective of how much they had to learn and how far they had to get there.

“Spooner asked him to translate part of the Bible into English. Oscar stood there reading very easily from it, ‘Jesus said unto Peter who said unto John,’ and so on and so forth and the Reverend said, ‘OK, stop, that’s enough,’ but Oscar kept on reading. “‘You can stop now, son,’ said the Reverend, and yet Oscar continued to read innocently. The Reverend had finally had enough and said, ‘Oscar, stop this, I understand that you can read Greek, stop reading.’

“Oscar looked up to the Reverend and said, ‘Why, I only wished to see what happened to the unfortunate fellow.’”

“He started talking with the bum and the man turned out to be beautifully and articulately spoken.

“The student took his leave and as he continued to walk someone came up and said to him, ‘Do you know who that was?

You just had a conversation with Oscar Wilde!’

“Well, the student rushed back to his hotel and telegraphed his mother about the experience. She responded by telling him to come home immediately: ‘My son will not be caught up with the likes of that man, Oscar Wilde, hummph!’”

Professor Clancy at a previous year’s lecture • “In 1900 a student graduated from the University of Wisconsin and his parents sent him on a trip abroad Europe.

He laid down, looked around the room and said, ‘I don’t like the wallpaper... one of us has to go.’ He then died.”

He was traversing a bridge when he came across a bum.

• “Before Oscar Wilde died a few friends pitched in for a cheap hotel for him to die in. He laid down, looked around the room and said, ‘I don’t like the wallpaper... one of us has to go.’ He then died.”

• “When William Butler Yeats was the great European poet, there was a young kid at University College who was showing great promise. People kept asking Yeats to meet with the kid and give him words of encouragement and whatnot, so he agreed.

“The whole time the kid lectured him on poetics and aesthetics and finally Yeats had enough and told the kid that he had to go.

“The kid asked, ‘How old are you?’

‘Forty,’ replied Yeats. Said the kid, ‘I’m sorry, sir, I can’t help you. You’re too old.’

The kid was James Joyce.” ◗

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Thrifty Hardware store, then B&B Paint, where she always bought the same three colors: Chinese red, silver and white.

Rossell, who moved to Savannah from the west coast, teaches vernacular architecture. He discovered Ms. Gibson by driving around, looking for interesting houses. He hit the jackpot when he met her. “I left her a note and she called me,” he said.

They became fast friends. Rossell loved taking his classes to her garden.

“This,” he would tell his students, their mouths hanging open at the arrangement of plastic shower hooks, yellow reflective lights and whirligigs made from discarded fan blades, “is a real artist.”

But an artist with a heart.

Bobby Lockett met her when he was selling cars at Southern Motors, Ms. Gibson leading the way, asking, Lockett said, “for that colored salesman.”

No matter that Ms. Gibson couldn’t drive and her husband was blind. When the couple arrived they had a stash of $20 bills wrapped in a series of handkerchiefs, a system devised by her sightless husband.

“I drove them home,” Lockett recalled at last week’s funeral, “Florence sat in the back as usual. I taught her to drive.”

In time Ms. Gibson started calling Lockett, now chairman of the Housing Authority of Savannah and a salesman at Dan Vaden, her “son.” He didn’t mind.

Active politically, Lockett frequently brought politicians to her house.

“She always asked the same thing,” he said. “‘What you gonna do for my people?’ She was the first to bring a brown bag of something to anyone in need, too.”

She posed the same question to the late Bobby Hill and Robbie Robinson and to Diana Harvey Johnson, popular former state legislator.

“She was something else,” Johnson told 100 or so mourners crowded into the Michael Brown Funeral Home on Bay Street. “That and a bag of potato chips.

She loved to chastise Bobby for not feeding Bunny.”

When the service -- “the homegoing of another soldier” -- was over, the procession started making its way to Evergreen Cemetery in Liberty City.

But not before driving by Ms. Gibson’s corner house on Rankin Street, not far from the paper company. This is the house with the funny trinkets; the unfinished projects; the budding plum tree; the Brooklyn Bridge, the name given to a red walkway she made to cross a dip in the yard and the homemade bunny hutch, made from grates of discarded air-conditioners she’d gather in the woods across the street.

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THE LAST TIME I VISITED FLORENCE GIBSON she was down to one bunny rabbit. Twenty three females and one male had died. “The male committed suicide when he couldn’t get near the girls,” she explained.

It was December and the temperature had plummeted. So Ms. Gibson moved Bunny Gal into the kitchen where a borrowed electric heater, set high on a stool to escape Bunny’s curiosity, warmed the room No matter that the rest of the house, unheated, was hovering around 50. Bunny Gal came first.

After reaching into her fridge, filled with Coca-Colas, and taking out some carrots for her pet, Ms. Gibson led me outside to her woodpile. It sits in the back of her eclectic yard, beyond the terrarium, decorated with two plaster fishermen, one black, one white. Behind the side of her house she regarded as the North Pole, filled as it is with plastic penguins, a child’s Santa’s Express and a stack of hubcaps painted white or silver.

Past two plum trees, two fig trees, a pomegranate tree and several upsidedown metal chairs positioned to protect next summer’s cucumber plants.

And not too far from the Penny Rose Memorial Garden, where her late dog Tammy is memorialized by a headstone with a telephone on top (“She was so smart she answered the telephone,” she told me a few years back). She mourned this dog so badly she put a notice in the newspaper’s obituary section.

We dragged in several good-sized pieces of timber for her wood-burning stove. The place heated up immediately, so we turned off her oven.

Then, when she told me to splash some kerosene and light a match -- and I flinched -- she said, “Oh, go on now. You won’t hurt yourself none.”

Two months later, Ms. Gibson died.

She was 94.

Hudson Hill neighbor Earl Bobby Middletown saw her the Sunday before she passed. “She wanted me to build her some new shelves for her dolls,” he said.

The dolls she loved to bathe and clothe in new garments. The dolls that share the living room with beads, trinkets and curios painted red that decorated the modest concrete block house she and her husband built in 1953.

Middletown, former owner of the Tina-B Tavern on Richard Street -- named after his mother -- was one of several people who would drive Ms. Gibson to Universe Trading Company on Franklin Square. “Lord how she loved that place,” he said. “She’d never ride in the front seat though. Always in the back.”

SCAD professor E. Daves Rossell would drive her there, too. Then to

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School Board President Hugh Golson, left, with Acting Superintendent of Schools George Bowen at a recent press conference at 208 Bull Street DESCRIBING WHAT BOTH AGREE is a “major paradigm shift” in the way public education is managed in Chatham County, School Board President Hugh Golson and Acting Superintendent George Bowen presented a unified front at a press conference last week on accreditation issues.

“I want to stress that we’re still an accredited district,” Golson began. “At no time has our accreditation been lifted.

We’re moving to take steps to lift the probationary status to make that an even firmer bed of reality.”

At issue is last year’s dressing-down of the local school board by the private accrediting body Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

A series of situations where Chatham County School Board members interfered in the day-to-day operations of individual schools was judged to be so severe that SACS placed the entire local public school system on probationary status for a year -- where it remains to this day.

In theory the next step would be to lose accreditation entirely. Among other things, this would negate any graduate’s eligibility for the Georgia HOPE Scholarship.

“I’ve talked to so many 11th graders moving into their senior years who are concerned about whether they’ll get a diploma that will qualify them for a HOPE Scholarship -- or more importantly, will they be able to get into the university of their choice,” Bowen said at the press conference.

“I’ve been personally meeting with them to let them know that they won’t have anything to worry about,” he said.

“All this will be history come September.”

Still, Bowen acknowledged that months of acrimony -- including a contentious recall campaign against Golson and several other board members -- have left a bitter taste in the mouth of local parents and educators.

“SACS has made us aware of some critical issues. And getting all this behind us is a critical portion of addressing those issues,” Bowen said. “The community will feel a lot more supportive of what we’re trying to do if we can tell them we’ve overcome these accreditation issues.”

As proof of their devotion to doing away with business as usual in Chatham County, Golson and Bowen presented a detailed timeline for reforming school board policy that has been sent to Dr. Mark A. Elgart, SACS executive director.

“We’ve been told we need to change the way we govern, and we’re taking steps to change that,” Golson said. “A big part of getting off probation is having clear-cut policies. We have to learn a new way of governing.”

Golson said that board and staff members have traveled to Atlanta to get face-to-face input from SACS about installing new governance standards.

“We met with Dr. Elgart in Atlanta and got his input into the process,” he said.

“It’s important to remember that we’re a

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member of SACS. We pay them some Superintendent John O’Sullivan, the nice dues.” current acting superintendent added that Another reform in the near future, relations between board and staff are Golson said, will be a major overhaul of trending noticeably upward in the wake of “our onerous, ancient policy manual the SACS sanction and O’Sullivan’s that’s about 75 percent larger than it departure. needs to be.”

“The working relationship between the On a personal note, the embattled board and myself is a lot better than it school board president said that the has been in the past. There have been a accreditation controversy has brought a lot of professional conversations about new awareness of proper standards to issues. So far no board member has overthe school board. stepped their bounds,” Bowen said.

“As individuals, we’ve all learned from “We haven’t agreed on everything 100 this. There’s a major paradigm shift going percent, but we’re moving in a positive on now. A lot is a leap of faith, and a lot direction. We’ve had some heated discusis understanding the new sions, but in each and standards,” Golson said.

“We’ve been told we every case we’ve either “Previously we had agreed to agree or need to change the nine politicians, each agreed to disagree.” vying for their home disGolson said that way we govern, and tricts. But a school board more extreme reform member isn’t the same we’re taking steps to measures -- such as as a city alderman, where changing school board Voter A gets mad about change that. A big part seats to appointed a missing sewer cap and rather than elected gets them on the phone.” of getting off probation positions -- won’t be Rather, Golson’s ideal is having clear-cut necessary. is of “nine policy-setters” “It’s a vacuous in “transparent districts.” policies. We have to thought,” Golson He said a prime focus described the idea of learn a new way of right now is on streaman appointed board. lining the current chaotic “That would require an governing.” way of handling parent amendment to the state complaints. constitution. That’s a -- Hugh Golson, “We’re working on the very hard process, and school board president right now I see no complaint process, because we’ve dispolitical will in the legiscovered that is the process where a lature to do such a thing.” school board member is most likely to If such an amendment were to pass, become embroiled in areas they shouldn’t Golson said, “There are many vested be involved in,” Golson said. interest groups that have fought hard for “We want less of those last-resort civil rights over the years that would work phone calls to board members and those very hard to make sure they don’t lose heated conversations about wanting to guaranteed protections under the 14th have some staff member fired,” he said.

Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

“Board members have to educate the There would be a legal challenge.” public and make it perfectly clear to them However, Golson did allow that “we that we have no personnel strings to hold need to clean up problems in the elecover anyone in the district. But like it or toral process,” citing several examples of not, they’re going to have people concomparatively minor reforms that could tacting them, and we want them to be be made locally. able to say, ‘hey, we’ve got a new “Do we really need nine districts that process here.’” mirror the county commission districts?

Bowen pledged to hold up his end of And do we really need an at-large school the new paradigm by empowering staff at board president?” he asked, referring to the individual school level to address his own office. “That’s a pretty rare thing concerns on their own. in Georgia. In most counties the school “We’re going to work toward a kinder, board elevates one of their own to the gentler 208 Bull Street, rather than just leadership position.” pushing things onto the schools from While noting that practically speaking above,” he said. “We’re going to ask printhere’s little an individual parent can do cipals, ‘How can we help you today to now to help the accreditation issue, make your school a better place?’”

Golson closed with some blunt counsel Bowen said he can’t do his job for concerned parents: properly without a large share of the “Exercise your option to vote,” he problem-solving burden. said. “Elevate school board elections into “If I’m going to be the chief executive something more important, so that we officer of this school system responsible can build this into the world-class school for looking at all its problems, if I don’t board that it needs to be in this worldknow about them, how can I fix them?” class city.” ◗ he asked. “By complaints consistently To comment on this article, e-mail us at bypassing my office, I’m unable to solve letters@connectsavannah.com any problems districtwide.”

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ALLIE MEIXNER. Remember that name. You just might be seeing it up in lights.

Meixner currently is performing in the Jam Theatricals production of Contact as the Girl in the Yellow Dress. The production is coming to the Savannah Civic Center’s Johnny Mercer Theatre on March 21.

What’s remarkable about Meixner is that she is just 18 and very determined to succeed. “I moved to the city in September,” she says. “I took my graduation money and moved to New York. I got this job in five days.”

Forget starving in a garret or waiting tables to get discovered. Meixner landed the plum role as the “Girl in the Yellow Dress,” whose performance is considered the highlight of the show. Although she is young, she has been preparing for this opportunity for a long time.

“I started dancing when I was three,” Meixner says.

“My mom is my biggest supporter. She’s always encouraged my career. My dad will be supportive, whatever I do. But he said he wishes I would go to college first.”

It’s important to Meixner that people know she graduated from high school in Pennsylvania with a 4.3 grade point average and received highest honors with distinction. She had been accepted to Fordham University,

Broadway musical Contact is set for the Johnny Mercer Theatre on March 21

but decided to postpone college to pursue a career as a dancer and actress.

“This opportunity only comes around once,” Meixner says. “A dancer’s career is so short. I hope this gives me the opportunity to play bigger roles. If I hadn’t received any job offers, I was planning to attend college.”

In 2000, Contact won every major theater award, including the Drama Desk Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama League Award and four Tony Awards. It features three stories told entirely through dance.

The theme deals with the way people connect with each other as they pursue love, and the musical is recommended for mature audiences. The 24 dancers/actors in the cast perform to a wide range of music.

There’s classical music by Grieg, Tchaikovsky and Bizet, plus modern songs by Robert Palmer, Dean Martin, the Beach Boys and The Squirrel Nut Zippers.

There is even a Broadway tune in Stephane Grappelli’s arrangement of Rodgers and Hart’s My Heart Stood Still.

The first of the three stories, Swinging, takes place in the 18th century as an aristocrat pursues a young lady with the help of his servant. The second, Did You

Move?, takes place in the 1950s as a housewife dreams of a romantic life of dance and music.

The final story is Contact, in which a depressed and suicidal advertising executive becomes renewed after seeing a beautiful girl in a yellow dress.

“He has everything in the world,” Meixner says. “He has a posh apartment and a Clio Award, but he’s unhappy because there is no one to share them with.

Then one night in a club, he sees the girl in the yellow dress. All the guys want to dance with her. The advertising executive dances with her, but she won’t go home with him.”

Later, another woman comes to the man’s door.

Although she is a stranger, he sees her as the Girl in the Yellow Dress.

The musical was directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman and written by John Weidman for the Lincoln Center Theater. “Contact is a very unique show, a one-of-a-kind, a must-see,” Meixner says.

“The first story shows the need for contact,” she says. “The second shows the lack of contact, and the third shows the desire for contact.

“The show was created around the girl in the yellow dress,” Meixner says. “Susan Stroman saw a girl in a yellow dress in a club who everyone wanted to dance with, and got the idea for the story.”

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Many people in her hometown were shocked when Meixner moved to New York. “So many people doubted me,” she says.

“In my community, people are so gung-ho about going to college,” Meixner says. “But some had never seen me dance.”

When Contact was staged in Pennsylvania, some of those doubters got their chance to see Meixner in action. “They were completely blown away,” she says with obvious delight.

But Meixner was convinced she could succeed. Although she had signed on to perform at Disney Tokyo, she turned the job down just three days before she was scheduled to leave the country.

“I realized it was not what I was supposed to do,” Meixner says. “I was supposed to be in New York.”

While most Broadway Allie Meixner onstage in Contact productions are rehearsed for six weeks before opening, the cast of Eventually, Meixner plans to pursue Contact had just three weeks to prepare. acting as her career. “Hopefully, I will be “Then we flew to Vegas and ‘teched’ the in television and films,” she says. show and gave a preview performance,” “I’ve given myself five years,” Meixner Meixner says. “We opened in Kansas says. “I’m a very goal-oriented girl. I City.” think I can do it.”

Since then, Meixner has done a lot of When she was 13, Meixner had a part traveling. “We’re in some places two or in the soap opera All My Children. “I had three nights, and other times we are in a a manager at the time,” she says. “It was city for a week,” she says. definitely very cool to a 13-year-old.”

But her busy schedule leaves little But Meixner’s parents had jobs and room for touring. “People will ask me roots in Pennsylvania. She also has three what I thought of a certain city, and all I younger brothers, and the family could can remember is the theater and the not uproot and move, so she did not get hotel room,” Meixner says. to pursue her career at that time.

“But I’m definitely enjoying the expeOver the years, Meixner competed in rience,” she says. “My body’s tired a lot. I several dance competitions. She won miss my family, because we’re very numerous scholarships and titles, close. including Miss Dance of Pennsylvania “A lot of my friends have been home 2004. for weekends and for Christmas break “My dance teacher made us indeand Easter break,” Meixner says. “I’ve pendent at an early age,” Meixner says. been home just four nights since “At the age of 11, I walked to and sat by September.” ◗ myself at my first Broadway show. I would go away for four weeks every The Jam Theatricals production of summer for dance competitions and had Contact will be presented Monday, to fend for myself.”

March 21 at 7 p.m. at the Savannah Civic Not everyone could be so self-conCenter’s Johnny Mercer Theatre. Tickets fident at such a young age. “It really are $45 for floor seats, $38 for mezdepends on the person,” Meixner says. zanine seating and $29 for balcony “People have said that I have an old soul. seating. Tickets are available at all civic I have really fast-forwarded my life.” center outlets, as well as the civic center So far, Meixner has no regrets. “I box office. To view the seating chart and don’t think I could live in a dorm and go purchase tickets online, visit to parties now that I have a real job,” she www.savannahcivic.com. says.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Arrt in the Woodsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 2005 -- With the goal to â&#x20AC;&#x153;create art that viewers can connect with in an environment that allows the artist and the art audience to connect to each other,â&#x20AC;? Stillmoreroots Group offers this unusual open-air installation exhibit this Saturday, March 19 from dawn to dusk in Stillmore, Ga. Reception and talk at 6 p.m. Go to www.stillmoreroots.com for more info.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;A Different Point of Viewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; -- Iron and wood furniture by Robert Evans at the Alvida Art Gallery 7303 Abercorn St. one block south of Eisenhower in Upchurch Centre. New works by local artist Evans feature one of a kind functional works made from iron and wood, melding form and function into unique pieces. Gallery hours are Mon-Thur, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Fri Sat, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Lost & Foundâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; --New oil paintings by Juliana Peloso, at Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St., March 10- 31. Reception Thursday March 24, 6-8 p.m.

Gallery 209 Artists of the Month -Kiln--fired jeweler Don Rountree and landscape painter Peggy Duncan are Featured Artists at Gallery 209 for March 2005. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Artists of the Monthâ&#x20AC;? at Gallery 209, 209 E. River St., for March, 2005.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boxing: In the Ring, In the Lifeâ&#x20AC;? -- Aaron Bibleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s black and white, documentary style photographs explore the emotional authenticity of the people who are the boxing world of a small local gym.

Through March 31st at the DAC Gallery at One East Broughton Street in Savannah. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Innocenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; -- Sabrina Manganella Simmonsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photography exhibit, a documentary project about her young daughters, is on display at the newly reopened Starlander CafĂŠ, 11 E. 41st St. The show will hang through March. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Simulationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; -- A one-night MFA thesis exhibition by Cara Marisa Deleon, a graduate student in the department of Film and Television at the Savannah College of Art and Design, is at the Pei-

Stillmoreroots Group puts on a unique annual show in rural Georgia Ling Chan Gallery, 324 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. on March 19 from 7-9 p.m.

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Rebecca Kahrs Willis -- Hospice Savannah showcases new paintings by this acclaimed watercolorist March 7 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; April 30 at the Hospice Savannah Art Gallery, located at Hospice House, 1352

Eisenhower Drive. Meet the artist at the opening reception, Tuesday, March 15 from 5:30 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 7:30p.m. at the gallery. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;HDX2: Two Generations of DeLormeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; -- Photographs by Harry H. DeLorme taken in the 1970s, with acrylic paintings

by Harry H. DeLorme, Jr. At the City of Savannah's Gallery S.P.A.C.E., at 9 West Henry Street, March 1-31. Gallery hours: Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

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Strokes of Genius: Masterworks from the New Britain Museum of American Art -This wide-ranging exhibition of American works is at the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences through March 20.

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Marine biologists and volunteers in the Florida Keys worked to save a group of rough-toothed dolphins, which beached themselves near where the U.S. Navy had just used sonar during military exercises. At least 23 of the nearly 70 marine mammals have died since they became stranded around Marathon Key. Ingrid Some scientists theorized that loud bursts of sonar could have caused the deepwater dolphins to surface too quickly and become disoriented due to sudden decompression.

The Naval Submarine Forces unit, which was conducting the exercises with Navy SEALs near Key West just before the beachings, said it was cooperating with marine mammal experts to determine if their use of two kinds of sonar could have been a factor.

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Toxic and radioactive waste, washed 3.5 onto Somalia’s .4 coastline by the Dec. 26 Indian Ocean tsunami, has caused an outbreak of illness in the chaotic African nation. The U.N. Environment Program announced that containers +1130 of the hazardous materials Diffa, had been dumped off the Niger Somali coastline in the past, and were ruptured by the massive ocean wave. It Rae said villagers began reporting a wide range of medical problems — such as acute respiratory infections, dry coughing, mouth Week Ending March 11, 2005 bleeds, hemorrhages, unusual skin disorders and summer’s record heat, which will lead to breathing difficulties — after the waste a surge in pollens. About 67 percent of washed ashore. Observers say the Japan is covered with trees, and the govcountry’s warlords were paid large ernment encouraged the planting of fastamounts of cash to allow the waste to be growing cedars as part of reconstruction dumped. after World War II. The Forestry Agency now plans to start distributing saplings of a newly discovered cedar that does Australia’s Cape York not produce pollen. But allergy suffers Peninsula was battered by could have to wait a generation for the high winds as Cyclone Ingrid new trees to begin replacing the current moved ashore from the Coral sniffle-causing culprits.

Sea. Only light damage was reported after the storm made landfall.

• Tropical Storm Rae formed briefly A sharp magnitude 5.3 tremor around the Cook Islands, and Cyclone in South Africa’s Free State Willy became a threat to shipping off killed one miner and forced northwestern Australia late in the week. the evacuation of thousands of others from the deep gold mines in the area. Seismologists say that mining As Japan braces for what may operations probably contributed to the be its worst allergy season on seismic activity, which also damaged record, the country’s Forestry several buildings around Klerksdorp.

Agency says it has developed • The strongest in a swarm of seven a new type of pollen-free cedar to moderate quakes in northeastern Taiwan replace the main source of springtime injured at least three people and caused misery. This year’s allergy season is prebuildings to shake violently. dicted to be especially acute due to last

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Send us a creative photo, illustration, or painting of what ever you think expresses what the Best of Savannah is. If we choose your entry, your work will be featured on the cover of the 2005 Best of Savannah issue on May 11th and you’ll win a $100 gift certificate to Jazz’d Tapas Bar! Here’s how to enter: email your entry to covercontest@connectsavannah.com, or snail mail it to “Cover Contest” c/o Connect Savannah 1800 East Victory Drive, Savannah, GA 31404 using the following guidelines….

Snail Mail: Final artwork must be 8 inches wide by 9.25 inches high., color Email: 10 inches wide by 11.5 inches high in CMYK color at least 200 dpi. PDF, EPS, PSD, TIF or JPEG only.

Deadline for entry is Friday April 15th, 2005. All entries will become property of Connect Savannah and can not be returned. Connect Savannah is sole and final judge of winning entry.

The winning entry will be announced in our April 25, 2005 issue.

So get busy… and get ready for your fifteen minutes of fame!

News of the Weird

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Theatre of the Absurd Producers announced in February that they were still planning to bring the 3-year-old London stage show “Jerry Springer, The Opera” to America in early 2006, despite increasingly vituperative protests of religious groups. The show features “Jerry” mediating confessions in hell between Satan, God, Jesus, Mary, and various biblical characters, complete with a raucous audience periodically chanting “Jer-ree! Jer-ree!”

Reportedly, 300 to several thousand curse words are in the script (depending on who counts), and the show’s Jesus is a pudgy, diaper-wearing gay man who is apparently coprophilic (among the many alleged points of blasphemy). When the BBC televised a showing, it reported 50,000 complaints, with some physical threats directed to station staff and families.

Feng Shui in Decline In January, police in Hong Kong arrested two men on suspicion of stealing a boatload of spiritually regarded pine trees, which they allegedly intended to sell to feng shui practitioners; the scheme failed when their boat, apparently lacking feng shui’s “harmony” and “positive energy,” broke down. Also in January, the Hong Kong company Life Enhance introduced briefs and boxer shorts that it says will bring harmony by virtue of the dragon on the front (which gives balance in this, the “year of the rooster”). Said a Life Enhance spokeswoman, “If you have a dragon on your underpants, you will be protected.”

Least Competent Law Enforcement Circleville, Ohio, police officer Troy Brungs, 35, was still on the job in January (though a hearing on a DUI charge was pending) despite (in the last five years) three suspensions, seven written reprimands, eight written orders for counseling, and three patrol-car crashes. And in February, at Ohio’s Mansfield Correctional Institution, two death-row inmates nearly succeeded in an elaborate escape attempt that the security supervisor, Maj. John Morrison, had been warned about a month earlier but apparently had ignored (as one of the inmates had been promoted to a trusted position two days before the escape).

Cutting-Edge Law Enforcement A downtown problem in Manila (Philippines) is that pedestrians create a

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traffic hazard when many of them rush into the street almost indiscriminately to seek rides from passing cars. Thus, in January, police began to attach large wet blankets to some official vehicles roaming the streets, with the blankets flapping against the pedestrians, soiling their clothes and herding them back to the sidewalks.

(Pedestrians who remain after being flayed are arrested.)

Finer Points of the Law In a December Rocky Mountain News report, Colorado’s one-size-fits-all juvenile-sexoffender program was widely criticized as one of the nation’s least sensible, with restrictions for a one-time incident of adolescent curiosity nearly as harsh as for teenage predators. In the former category was “Victor,” who is barred from public venues where younger children go, must file an action plan with his treatment team to visit other venues, must phone his parents hourly, must avert his eyes if he inadvertently sees young children, and has formal requirements for which his parents must pay (group therapy weekly, individual therapy twice a week, periodic polygraph tests).

Victor’s exasperated therapist said he considers the boy “normal.”

Courtroom Follies Jimmy Dean Watkins pleaded guilty in Fort Worth, Texas, in January for shooting his estranged wife to death and wounding her boyfriend, and was sentenced to four months in prison for the killing and 15 years for the wounding.

(The jury found that he had acted against the wife with partially excusable “sudden passion” after discovering her with the boyfriend, but that shooting the boyfriend was more deliberate.)

“I’m Absolutely Positive”: In late 2004, two men who had been convicted of rape based on confident identifications by the victims (Wilton Dedge of Florida and Dennis Brown of Louisiana) were exonerated after having served 22 and 19 years, respectively, before DNA evidence showed that the crimes were almost certainly committed by others. In the trials, Dedge’s accuser had stuck to her recollection even after six alibi witnesses had come forward, and Brown’s accuser said she observed her rapist’s face up close for 20 minutes and was certain Brown was the man.

Train conductor Patrick Phillips, 52, won $8.5 million in an out-of-court settlement in February with Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway, which was involved in a collision with a freight train in 2002. Phillips suffered a mild concussion in the crash, which he said then triggered his sudden desire to become a

serious alcoholic (leading to his eventual dementia), whereas he said his drinking had previously been under control.

People With Issues University of Michigan football player Larry Harrison Jr., 20, was charged with four felony counts of indecent exposure in January, and is a suspect in 12 other incidents, after being identified by several victims and police officers as the man shocking Ann Arbor, Mich., during the last half of 2004 in a public masturbation spree. And Charles J. Henry, 20, was indicted for indecent exposure in Fairbanks, Alaska, in February after four teenagers said he was similarly enjoying himself in his car while parked at Lathrop High School. (Henry defended himself to officers, claiming that he was under stress and that it was actually the girls’ responsibility to avert their eyes.)

Least Competent Criminals People Not Sound on the Fundamentals: Ronald S. Webb, 22, was arrested for fraud in Paris, Tenn., in December after presenting a pharmacy with a legitimate prescription, to which had been conspicuously added the narcotic hydrocodone, in a different color ink. And Vincent Festa, 44, was arrested at a Radio Shack in Oyster Bay, N.Y., in December when he attempted to return for refund a computer and about $1,500 in other “Christmas gifts” but which, according to police, he had loaded in his car a week earlier at the same store and driven off without paying for.

Update News of the Weird last reported on “furries” in 2001, after 400 of them gathered at a convention in Chicago, but the TV show “CSI” recently featured a similar convention as backdrop for a show, and the number of their practitioners has grown, with 1,700 attending “FurCon” in January in San Jose, Calif., for a weekend of dressing as animals, assuming animal personalities, petting and scratching each other, and even, after hours, engaging in what one called “cross-species mating.” An estimated 300 were in full-body makeup (with lions, tigers and foxes popular) while most others wore partial outfits (a tail or perhaps whiskers or ears).

At the annual Muslim “stone the devil” ritual near Mecca in January, clerics had feared a repeat of 2004, when more than 250 people were trampled to death (among the 2 million in attendance), but fatalities dropped to the average level this year (just three, according to one report) after larger targets were installed so that participants did not have to get so close to stone them. On the other hand, in the same week, an annual Hindu goddessworship ritual in Maharashtra state in India resulted in as many as 300 deaths when a fire broke out in a roadside stall near the Mandhar Devi temple, provoking a stampede. ◗

Best of Savannah 2005 Savannah’s Best

It’s the time of year again folks, where you get a chance to vote for Savannah’s Best Arts & Entertainment, City Life, Food & Drink and Goods & Services. The Best of Savannah is an award for local businesses and influential people that have been exemplary in their respective categories. The winners are decided by the people of the community who either send in a paper ballot from the Connect Savannah Paper or vote online at www.TheBestofSavannah.com. Remember, this is to reward local people and businesses that work hard for you everyday, so please vote with care. Winners will be published in the May 11th issue of Connect Savannah.

• NO BALLOT STUFFING. ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE. • You must fill out a minimum of 25 categories to qualify your ballot.

• Ballots may be printed and/or photocopied and then filled out: ballots which are filled out and then photo copied will be disqualified.

• Mail your ballots to 1800 East Victory Dr., Suite 5, Savannah, GA 31404 • All ballots must be received in our offices (not just postmarked) by Wednesday, April 6th.

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Blotter

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from recent Savannah/Chatham Police incident reports arrested and charged with Hindering the Apprehension of a Criminal.

• Police reported to a residence on Victory Drive on a report that a woman’s husband was taking things out of her house. She also told police he ”may have shot someone.” She said her husband had called and told her, ”They’re after me!

They’re after me!”

She said she had no idea who he might have shot. The couple has been separated two years.

Non Sequitur

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The Budweiser Clydesdales will also participate in the Savannah Saint Patrick’s Day Parade on March 17 and are scheduled to make several additional area appearances in conjunction with local Saint Patrick’s Day festivities.

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All cases from recent Savannah/Chatham Police Department incident reports.

Give anonymous crime tips to Crimestoppers at 234-2020

The Budweiser Clydesdales will take up temporary residency at J.F. Gregory Park in Richmond Hill, March 14–20.

The covered pavilion will house the team of eight horses and be open to the public during regular park hours.

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• A TIP TO POLICE LED TO THE ARREST of a Savannah man wanted on 20 counts of check fraud. Officers proceeded to 1712 Reynolds Street. After knocking on the door, an adult female answered stating, “Jerome ain’t here,” but the officer saw the subject get up from behind her and walk to the rear of the house. The female was told that the officer “had just seen the suspect when she answered the door, that there were multiple warrants for his arrest and that hindering the arrest of the suspect was a crime.” Still the woman refused. Officers entered the residence, along with a K-9 Officer and his canine partner, Nick, who alerted to an area under a raised bed in the rear of the residence. When the suspect realized the dog was at his heels he yelled, “I’m coming out.” In addition to the charges against the man, the woman who obstructed officers was

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Music Menu

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Absylom Rising Oxford, Miss., jam-band that throws elements of funk, bluegrass and rock into the mix.

Wed., 9 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House.

‘All Walks of Life’ Poetry reading and performance art showcase, sponsored by a local group committed to presenting the artistic expression of the widest variety of participants. Sun., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean.

Joey Allcorn & The Hillbilly Band See Hidden Gems. Sat., The Jinx.

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Michael Amburgey See Hidden Gems. Thurs., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean.

Argyle See Hidden Gems. Tues., 10 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House + Thurs., 5 pm, + Fri., 3 pm, JJ Cagney’s + Sat., 10 pm, Savannah Blues.

The Bluerunners See Hidden Gems. Fri., 11 pm & 1 am, Jazz’d Tapas Bar.

uptown blues with an undeniable groove and a great rhythm section.

Sat., 9 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar.

Bottles & Cans See Hidden Gems.

Sat., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge.

Harry O'Donoghue, Carroll Brown, Frank Emerson

There’s not much to say about this bizarre turn of events except, “DAMN, I wish I wasn’t showing a movie Wednesday night!” It’s not even every decade that Donovan even plays a string of live dates in the states, let alone on such a high profile tour. I’m told that rather than a standard support slot, he’ll actually play in the middle of the show, and John Mellencamp will join him for a few numbers before resuming his own set – so if all you care about is hearing “Rumble Seat,” don’t try to skip ol’ Mr. Leitch and get their fashionably late.

Anyone with even a passing interest in psychedelic music, the folk revival or spiritual illumination should try and make this gig.

Wed., 8 pm, The Savannah Civic Center .

The Courtenay Brothers

Eric Culberson Blues Band

Brock Butler

Local R & B party band that’s been around in one form or another for what must be a decade now. Expect electric

Solo set from the guitarist of local jam-band sensations Perpetual Groove.

Thurs., (afternoon), Locos Deli & Pub.

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Energetic acoustic guitarist and singer offering rock and pop hits. He’s known for an intense and enthusiastic delivery. Mon., Daiquiri Depot (Pooler) + Wed., 6:30 pm, Pogy’s Bar & Grill (Richmond Hill) + Thurs. - Sun., The Bayou Café.

This triple whammy of singing guitarists Local means there will sibling act probably be accomoffering plished acoustic music acoustic running nonstop covers of hunthroughout this dreds of rock, holiday week at this country and longtime River Street pop hits – watering hole. Each of sometimes The Courtenay Brothers these artists are area with sequenced favorites who mix up traditional Celtic backing. Fri. (w/Chuck Courtenay, Sr.), tunes with more contemporary folk, and 8 pm, Tubby’s (Thunderbolt) + Sat., 12 even their own original material. If you’re pm, City Market Courtyard. in need of a fun – but comparatively laid back place to get out of the craziness and enjoy a pint or two, this would most See Hidden Gems. Tues., (hosts likely be the destination you’re looking Open Mic) - Wed., Mercury Lounge + for. Wed. - Sat., Kevin Barry’s.

Thurs., 5 pm, & Sat., 7 pm, JJ Cagney’s.

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Anthony David See Hidden Gems. Friday, Club Oz.

Eat Mo’ Music See Hidden Gems. Fri. - Sat., 8:30 pm, Moon River Brewing Company.

Gary Mex Glazner This working poet has been published by everyone from Harper Collins to Salon.com. A celebrated author, he’s also the director of the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project, which has been featured on NPR and NBC-TV’s the Today show.

He’s known for holding nothing back in his loud, confrontational readings.

Mon., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean.

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The Kodac Harrison Trio See Hidden Gems. Fri., North Beach Grill (Tybee).

High Velocity See Hidden Gems.. Fri. - Sat., 9 pm, Silver Dollar Bar & Grill (Hwy 204) - see also River St. Entertainment.

The Rounders See Hidden Gems. Sat., The Jinx.

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Souls Harbor See Hidden Gems. Fri., The Gold Club (Hwy 16 near Hardeeville).

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Whiskey Dick See Hidden Ge m s .

Sat., The Jinx.

Hush Money New South Carolina cover act playing modern, classic and ‘80s rock and alternative music.

Thurs., Savannah Blues.

The Greg Williams Band

This show certainly fits the criteria laid out for inclusion in this week’s “Hidden Greg Williams Band Gems” feature, save for one slight detail: It’s not hidden! By See Hidden Gems. Fri., The Jinx. headlining City Market’s outdoor courtyard on the Saturday night of St. Pat’s, this local singer/songwriter is virSee Hidden Gems. Thurs., The Jinx. tually insured one of the largest crowds he’s played to in quite some time. But it’s a no-brainer for people to find this See Hidden Gems. Wed., The Jinx. show. Just look for the big guy with the bigger voice. With all the years of experience under his belt, the well-oiled This cocky, driven, Midwestern career backing band, and a seemingly botartist has had strong ties to this area for tomless well of strong original material years, and it seems like everyone you and crowd-pleasing covers, Greg could meet who’s lived around here long easily hold his own these days against enough has at least one great Little most any well-known cat in his field, Johnny Cougar tale to tell. Like when he signed or not. Here’s a free show that’s spread dirt all over a paved lane off of perfect for fans of well-constructed Price Street downtown to make it look adult-oriented rock music with attitude. like a poor black sharecropping setSat., 9 pm, City Market tlement for his “Paper In Courtyard.

Fire” video. Or when he tried to buy the Mercer House. Or when he turned See Hidden Gems. down one popular local Fri., JJ Cagney’s. band’s offer to open for him gratis last time he played the Civic Center, only to wind up hiring a team of jugglers to do the See Hidden Gems. Thurs., NV honors. What’s this got to Night Club + Sat., Locos Deli & do with anything? Not Pub. much, but he’s kicking off his Greatest Hits tour here, and if you were The last time this lovely and planning on going, you’ve talented guitarist and singer Eat Mo’ Music either already got tickets passed through town, it was her or you’re drug that you first visit, and to say she made a lost out. Hey, remember when he used lasting impression would be an underto wear mascara and eyeliner? Just statement. As both the opening act for – curious. and sideperson to – slideshow poet Wed., 8 pm, The Johnny Mercer Theater.

Andrew Friedman, her hypnotic bottleneck work on resonator guitar added a rough, haunting, blues timbre to See Hidden Gems. Fri., 10 pm, Friedman’s Beat-inspired musings. Now Savannah Blues. she’s back for a solo show, right around the same time her classical vocalist sister is set to appear at the Savannah See Hidden Gems. Tues., 10 pm, Music Festival. Their two approaches Fiddler’s Crab House + Thurs., (evening), couldn’t be more different. One’s rooted Locos Deli & Pub + Fri., B & B Billiards + in an agrarian lifestyle and the other in Sat., 3 pm, JJ Cagney’s. the rarified air of the fine arts. And yet, somehow, their kinship is evident in the care with which they both impart their See Hidden Gems. Thurs., The Jinx. work. Tues., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean. ◗

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FOR SEVENTEEN DAYS starting March 18, Savannah will play host to dozens of acclaimed musical artists.

Most are nationally-known, and many enjoy enviable reputations worldwide.

Originally called Savannah Onstage, and now known as The Savannah Music Festival, the scope, draw and public profile of this annual showcase have grown by leaps and bounds over the past three years.

With 85 events on tap (24 of which are free to the public), it’s simply impossible for us to mention every show (for a comprehensive list, check out www.savannahmusicfestival.org), but we can offer a few suggestions in our next three issues for gigs you might want to take in - assuming both time and money are an object in your household.

I mean, if given the chance, most of us would likely skip work, board the pets, pawn the kids off on Grandma, and settle in for the long haul. But, if shirking responsibilities and blowing your mortgage payment is out of the question, these picks may narrow things down.

If something strikes your fancy, call the Trustees Theater Box Office at 5255050, or use that website to score tickets – but don’t delay, as many will sell out soon...

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This protegé of the late Muddy Waters is considered by many to be the finest living exponent of the Chicago blues.

In the course of his five-decadelong career, he has served apprenticeships, shared stages, and cut records with two fistfuls of icons, including Junior Wells, Howlin’ Wolf, Willie Dixon, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Eric Clapton, Koko Taylor, and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

He’s a multiple Grammy winner who was famously named by Jimi Hendrix as that late superstar’s favorite blues guitarist.

Known as much for his deep and nuanced vocals as his fiery leads, he’s one of the last true links to the golden age of postwar blues. He hasn’t played Savannah in over a decade, so this is a dream come true for local blues fans.

Fri., 9 pm, Trustees Theater.

Roundhouse Jam Executive and Artistic Director Rob Gibson has a soft spot for jam-bands, and it shows in his enthusiastic embrace of this loose-limbed style of improvisatory (and sometimes psychedelic) roots-rock.

This time around, downtown’s rustic, cavernous train depot, The Roundhouse, is the setting for what’s sure to be a popular draw for both young and old alike. This lengthy, freeform quadruple bill features stalwarts like guitarist Col. Bruce

Hampton (of infamous ‘60s freak-rock ensemble The Hampton-Grease Band) and his Codetalkers – with their special guest, Jimmy Herring (lead guitarist with The Dead), and Blueground Undergrass, a pioneering act featuring the Rev. Jeff Mosier’s mesmerizing banjowork. Also on hand: Savannah’s own Perpetual Groove, themselves rising stars on the national jam scene, and Norwegian percussionist Hans-Kristian Sorensen, who’ll play solo.

Sat., 6 pm, The Roundhouse Complex.

James Moody’s 80th Birthday This Savannah native is a highly respected figure in the jazz community – having played extensively with Dizzy Gillespie’s bebop orchestra, and later with Miles Davis, Max Roach, Lionel Hampton and other innovators of the form. For this celebration (on his actual birthday, no less), he’ll perform on both sax and flute, and serve as guest of honor and master of ceremonies, Also on hand will be a knockout octet, including brothers Jimmy, Pearcy and Tootie Heath (on sax, bass and drums, respectively). For this show, trombonist Slide Hampton will premiere a brand-new piece which he has composed specifically for this joyous occasion. Any serious jazzbo would be tickled pink for a seat at this summit meeting. Sat., 8:30 pm, Lucas Theater.

Porter-Batiste-Stoltz Seminal New Orleans session group The Meters were the closest thing the Crescent City had to Booker T. & The MG’s. Their infectious grooves provided the greasy, polyrhythmic backbone behind everyone from Professor Longhair and Dr. John to Paul McCartney and Robert Palmer.

When they split in the late ‘70s, some started a little band you might have heard of called The Neville Brothers.

But, in the ‘90s, bassist George Porter and drummer Russell Batiste regrouped as The Funky Meters, and eventually welcomed former Bob Dylan session guitarist Brian Stoltz into the fold. Together they represent a direct link to the origins of swampy Creole dance music – so what better place for them to play a couple of club sets than this subterranean nightspot owned by the folks behind the sorely-missed eatery Orleans Brick Oven?

This should be the late-night place to be.

Sat., 11 pm + Sun., 1 am, Jazz’d Tapas Bar. ◗

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S t e v e V a i , Eric Sardinas - Roxy Theatre, Atlanta Queens Of The Stone Age, Throw Rag Earthlink Live, Atlanta Lamb Of God, Slipknot, All That Remains, Shadows Fall - HiFi Buys Amphitheatre, Atlanta The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, The Dears, American Minor - Smith’s Olde Bar, Atlanta Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge - Tabernacle,

Bill Mallonee - Smith’s Olde Bar, Atlanta The Rosebuds, Silent Kids, Parade - The EARL, Atlanta Michelle Branch, Jessica Harp, The Wreckers, Bethany Joy Lenz, Tyler Hilton - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta Pat Metheny Group - Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta Elton John - Stephen C. O’Connell Center, Gainesville, FL

Atlanta Collective Soul, Drive-By Truckers, Jason Michael Carroll - Five Points, Columbia Stretch Arm Strong, the Heist & The Accomplice - New Brookland Tavern, Columbia Blue Dogs, Jump, Little Children, Jupiter Coyote - St. Patrick’s Day Celebration, Columbia Slippery When Wet (Bon Jovi Tribute) Amos’ Southend, Charlotte Indecision - Visulite Theatre, Charlotte Mofro - Cafe Eleven, Saint Augustine Coco Montoya - Great Atlantic Music Festival, Jacksonville Beach Hobex - Rafter’s, Saint Simons Island The Marshall Tucker Band - St. John’s Tower Center, Jacksonville

Monday the 21st Interpol - Tabernacle, Atlanta The Peking Acrobats - Arts Center Of Coastal Carolina, Hilton Head Citizen Cope - Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte Shadows Fall, The Bled - Freebird Live, Jacksonville

Tuesday the 22nd

“Honda Civic Tour” w/Maroon5, The Donnas - Cricket Arena, Charlotte Ozric Tentacles, Lotus - Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte The Album Leaf, Textual - Café Eleven, Saint Augustine

Wednesday the 23rd John Doe, Nick Luca Trio, Twinemen Smith’s Olde Bar, Atlanta Clem Snide, David Berkeley, The Bloodthirsty Lovers - The EARL, Atlanta Citizen Cope - The Loft (formerly Vinyl), Atlanta Doc Watson - University Of North Carolina, Charlotte Decibully , T h e S n a k e T h e C r o s s T h e Crown, Supersystem, Radio 4 - Common Grounds, Gainesville, FL The Independents, The Duppies, No More, Suicide Bombs -Market Street Pub, Gainesville, FL

Thursday the 24th

Fatboy Slim - Eleven 50, Atlanta Southern Culture On The Skids, Taylor Hollingsworth Smith’s Olde Bar, Atlanta Citizen Cope - Music Farm, Charleston

Ian Moore, John Pringle, The Pierces Andrews Upstairs, Atlanta Dogs Die In Hot Cars, Phoenix - Roxy Theatre, Atlanta Widespread Panic - Fox Theatre, Atlanta Ladysmith Black Mambazo

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Friday the 25th

The Nein, Lindsay Rae Spurlock - New Brookland Tavern, Columbia Dixie Dregs - Neighborhood Theatre.

Charlotte Decibully, The Snake The Cross The Crown - Jack Rabbits, Jacksonville

Monday the 28th

Wednesday the 30th I Almost Saw God In The Metro, The Mercury Program, The Gaskets - The EARL, Atlanta Rise Against, Alexisonfire, Brazil - The Masquerade, Atlanta David Allan Coe - Georgia Theatre, Athens Less Than Jake, Kane Hodder, Hidden In Plain View, Whole Wheat Bread Freebird Live, Jacksonville

Thursday the 31st

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Code Seven, Decibully, The Snake The Cross The Crown - Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta The Queers, The Bones, The Black Halos, River City Rebels - New Brookland Tavern, Columbia

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Saturday the 26th

The Eyes of The Elders, Twindividuals New Brookland Tavern, Columbia James Gregory - Imperial Theatre, Augusta Moonshine Still - The Mission, Augusta Ladysmith Black Mambazo - The Handlebar, Greenville Tab Benoit - Double Door, Charlotte Sound Tribe Sector 9 (STS9) - Freebird Live, Jacksonville

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MARCH 17TH AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee)- Live Music TBA B & B BILLIARDS- Beautiful Mess, Souls Harbor, The Jeff Beasley Band B & D BURGERS (Downtown)- Live Music TBA (6 pm) B & D BURGERS (Southside)- Thomas Claxton (9 pm) BAY STREET BLUES- Karaoke BAYOU CAFÉ- Thomas Claxton BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET- Live Music TBA (7 pm) BOGEY’S- Karaoke w/Ron CHUCK’S BAR- Karaoke (10 pm) CLUB ONE- Industrial Night w/DJ Shrapnel DJ’s PIANO BAR (Tybee)- Live Music TBA DOC’S BAR (Tybee)- Live Music TBA DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)- DJ Sam Diamond’s Karaoke DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)- Live Music TBA ELYSIUM WINE BAR- Jan Spillane (1 pm) FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee)- The Back River Ramblers (7 pm) FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE- St. Patrick’s Day FUSION/THE MONKEY BAR- G.E. Perry w/Strange Brew (1 pm & 8 pm) HEADHUNTERS TIKI BAR (IBIZA NIGHTLIFE)DJ Bash (Top 40, Reggae, Hip-hop, Dance) THE HIDE-A-WAY (Middleground Rd.)- Live Music TBA THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)- Karaoke (7 pm) THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)- Joe Beck (7 pm) JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR- Trae Gurley’s Sinatra Tribute (7 pm) THE JINX- The Pietasters, Jimmy & The Teasers, JJ CAGNEY’S- Zack Deputy (12 pm), Eric

FRIDAY MARCH 18TH AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee)- Live

Music TBA (7 pm) AMERICAN LEGION POST #36 (Thunderbolt)Karaoke B & B BILLIARDS- Muziac, Passafire B & D BURGERS (Southside)- Live Music TBA (10 pm) BAY STREET BLUES- Karaoke BAYOU CAFÉ- Thomas Claxton BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET- Live Music TBA (9 pm) BOGEY’S- Live Music TBA THE CAPTAIN’S LOUNGE- Karaoke (9 pm) CAVALIER COUNTRY CLUB- Live Country & Dance Music CLUB IBIZA (at IBIZA NIGHTLIFE)- DJ Cesar (Top 40 & Hip Hop) CLUB ONE- Local Cast CLUB OZ (Indian St.)- Anthony David CRYSTAL BEER PARLOR- The Beer Parlor Ramblers (7:30 pm) DAQUIRI DEPOT (Pooler)- Live Music TBA DAQUIRI ISLAND (Abercorn)- Karaoke DAQUIRI ISLAND (Pt. Wentworth)- Live Music TBA DJ’s PIANO BAR (Tybee)- Live Music TBA DOC’S BAR (Tybee)- Live Music TBA DOLPHIN REEF (Tybee)- Live DJ DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)- “World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)- Live Music TBA FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee)- The New Christy Alan Band (9 pm) FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE- St. Patrick’s Day Festival FOSTER’S PUB (Tybee)- Karaoke FUSION/THE MONKEY BAR- Sterling Colvin & Improv w/G.E. Perry THE GOLD CLUB- Souls Harbor, Uncrowned, Wormbelly HEADHUNTERS TIKI BAR (IBIZA NIGHTLIFE)DJ Bash (Top 40, Reggae, Hip-Hop, Dance) HUC-A-POOS (Tybee)- Live Music TBA (9 pm) THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)- Live DJ (9 pm) THE ISLANDER (Wilmington Isl.)- Live Music TBA

THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)- Brazilian Jazz w/Nikolai (7 pm) JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR- The Bluerunners (11 pm & 1 am) THE JINX- The Independents, The Dangerfields JJ CAGNEY’S- Zack Deputy (12 pm), Argyle (3 pm), The Hayride, Willis (7 pm) KEVIN BARRY’S- Carroll Brown, Frank Emerson, Harry O’Donoghue LOCOS DELI & PUB- The Hitmen LOGGERHEADS (Tybee)- Live Music TBA MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS- Live Music TBA (7:30 pm) MCDONOUGH’S- Karaoke MERCURY LOUNGE- The Jeff Beasley Band (10 pm) MOON RIVER BREWING CO.- Eat Mo’ Music (8:30 pm) MULBERRY INN- The Champagne Jazz Trio (8 pm) NORTH BEACH GRILL (Tybee)- The Kodac Harrison Trio NV NIGHT CLUB (Sedah/Main Floor)- ShuFly NV NIGHT CLUB (Nevaeh/Top Floor)- Calienté Salsa Merengue w/DJ Salsa Hits THE OYSTER BAR (Wilmington Isl.)- Live Music TBA (9 pm) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)Gail Thurmond RIVER ST. MAIN STAGE- Rhythm Riot (7 pm), St. Somewhere (9:30 pm) RIVER ST. WEST STAGE- Sun Domingo (7 pm), Jupiter Coyote (9 pm) SAVANNAH BLUES- The Hitmen (6 pm), Park Bench Trio (10 pm) SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER- DJ Blue Ice & Tropical Thunder SAVANNAH SMILES- Dueling Pianos (8:30 pm) SCANDALS (Tybee)- Live Music TBA (9:30 pm) THE SEA GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)- Live Music TBA THE SENTIENT BEAN- 3rd Friday Foreign Film: Jesus of Montreal (8 pm) SILVER DOLLAR BAR & GRILL (Hwy 204)High Velocity (9 pm) SLUGGERS (Abercorn)- DJ Mike Ambrose SPANKY’S (River St.)- Live Music TBA

SATURDAY MARCH 19TH AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee)- Live Music TBA B & B BILLIARDS- Phantom Wingo B & D BURGERS (Southside)-Live Music TBA (10 pm) BAJA CANTINA (Skidaway Village Walk)- Live Music TBA (7 pm) BAY STREET BLUES- Karaoke BAYOU CAFÉ- Thomas Claxton BENNY’S (Tybee)- Live Music TBA BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET- Thomas Claxton (9 pm) BOGEY’S- Live Music TBA THE CAPTAIN’S LOUNGE- Karaoke (9 pm) CAVALIER COUNTRY CLUB- Live Country & Dance Music CHUCK’S BAR- Karaoke (10 pm) CITY MARKET COURTYARD- The Courtenay Brothers (12 pm), The Greg Williams Band (9 pm) CLUB IBIZA (IBIZA NIGHTLIFE)- DJ Cesar (Top 40 & Hip Hop) CLUB ONE- Local Cast CREOLE RED- Jah Creation CRYSTAL BEER PARLOR- The Beer Parlor Ramblers (7:30 pm) DAQUIRI DEPOT (Pooler)- Live Music TBA DAQUIRI ISLAND (Abercorn)- Karaoke DJ’s PIANO BAR (Tybee)- Live Music TBA DOC’S BAR (Tybee)- Live Music TBA

DOLPHIN REEF (Tybee)- Live DJ DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)- “World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)- Live Music TBA FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee)- The New Christy Alan Band (9 pm) FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE- St. Patrick’s Day Festival FUSION/THE MONKEY BAR- Sterling Colvin & Improv w/G.E. Perry THE GRILL BEACHSIDE (Tybee)- Live Music TBA (1 pm) HEADHUNTERS TIKI BAR (IBIZA NIGHTLIFE)DJ Bash (Top 40, Reggae, Hip-Hop, Dance) THE HIDE-A-WAY (Middleground Rd.)- Karaoke HUC-A-POOS (Tybee)- Live Music TBA THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)- Karaoke (9 pm) THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)- Brazilian Jazz w/Nikolai (7 pm) JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR- Porter-Batiste-Stoltz (11 pm & 1 am) THE JINX- The Rounders, Joey Allcorn & The Hillbilly Band, Whiskey Dick JJ CAGNEY’S- Passafire (3 pm), Ballyhoo Orchestra, The Eric Culberson Blues Band (7 pm) KEVIN BARRY’S- Carroll Brown, Frank Emerson, Harry O’Donoghue LOCOS DELI & PUB- Yancy & The Breakneck Quartet LOGGERHEADS (Tybee)- Live Music TBA MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS- Live Music TBA MCDONOUGH’S- Karaoke MERCURY LOUNGE- Bottles & Cans (10 pm) MOON RIVER BREWING CO.- Eat Mo’ Music (8:30 pm) MULBERRY INN- The Champagne Jazz Trio (8 pm) NV NIGHT CLUB (Sedah/Main Floor)- DJ Will2K, ShuFly NV NIGHT CLUB (Nevaeh/Top Floor)- TBA THE OYSTER BAR (Wilmington Isl.)- Live Music TBA (9 pm) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)-

Gail Thurmond POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill)- Live Music TBA (8 pm) RIVER ST. MAIN STAGE- Jukebox Journeys (1 pm), The M & M Band (1:30 pm), Wormsloew (3:30 pm), Bryan Clees (5:30 pm), Dodd Ferrelle & The Tinfoil Stars (7:30 pm), Backroads (9:30 pm) RIVER ST. WEST STAGE- Rev-7 (1:30 pm), Left Front Tire (3:30 pm), The M & M Band (5:30 pm), Wormsloew (8 pm), Bonepony (10 pm) SAVANNAH BLUES- The Hitmen (6 pm), Argyle (10 pm) SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER- DJ Blue Ice & Tropical Thunder SAVANNAH SMILES- Dueling Pianos (8:30 pm) SCANDALS (Tybee)- Live Music TBA (9:30 pm) SILVER DOLLAR BAR & GRILL (Hwy 204)High Velocity (9 pm) SPANKY’S (River St.)- Live Music TBA STEAMERS (Georgetown)- Live Music TBA (8 pm) STINGRAY’S (Tybee)- Live Music TBA TOMMY’S (Pooler)- Live Music TBA TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt)- Live Music TBA VENUS DI MILO- Live DJ TBA WET WILLIE’S- Live DJ Brad Tatom

“Hatman” Smith (3 pm) FUSION/THE MONKEY BAR- Live Music TBA THE HIDE-A-WAY (Middleground Rd.)- Karaoke THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)- Dixieland Jam (3 pm), Deas’ Guys JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR- G.E Perry & James Gay (7 pm) KEVIN BARRY’S- Frank Emerson MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS- Live Music TBA MCDONOUGH’S- Karaoke NV NIGHT CLUB (Sedah/Main Floor)- Secret Sunday (in association w/The Gold Club) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)Gail Thurmond SAVANNAH SMILES- Dueling Pianos w/Audience Member Vocal Showcase THE SENTIENT BEAN- “All Walks of Life” poetry reading (8 pm) SLUGGERS (Abercorn)- Karaoke STEAMERS (Georgetown)- Live Music TBA (8 pm) SUZABELLE’S- Live Piano Music TBA

MONDAY MARCH 21ST

BAYOU CAFÉ- Chief BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET- Live Music TBA BLUEBERRY HILL- Karaoke DAQUIRI DEPOT (Pooler)- Thomas Claxton (10 pm) DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)- DJ spins AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee)- Live Beach Music Music TBA FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE- BN Trivia w/Artie & B & D BURGERS (Southside)- Live Music TBA Brett (6 pm) THE GRILL BEACHSIDE (Tybee)- The BAYOU CAFÉ- Thomas Claxton Courtenay Brothers (7 pm) BENNY’S (Tybee Island)- Live Music TBA THE IRISH TIMES- Live Irish Music BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET- Live Music TBA THE ISLANDER (Wilmington Isl.)- Open Mic CAFÉ LOCO (Tybee)- “Georgia Kyle” Shiver (10 w/The Bandtastics pm) THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)- Jam w/The THE CAPTAIN’S LOUNGE- Karaoke (9 pm) John Brackett Quartet CREOLE RED- The Doug Carn Quintet (7 pm) THE JINX- Open Mic Night DAQUIRI ISLAND (Abercorn)- Karaoke JJ CAGNEY’S- Live Music TBA DJ’s PIANO BAR (Tybee)- Live Music TBA KEVIN BARRY’S- Harry O’Donoghue DOC’S BAR (Tybee Island)- Live Music TBA MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS- Live Music DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)- Live Music TBA TBA PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee)- Randy Live Piano Music TBA

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SAVANNAH BLUES- Hush Money (9 pm) SAVANNAH NIGHTS- Karaoke THE SENTIENT BEAN- Gary Mex Glazner (8 pm) WET WILLIE’S- Karaoke (9 pm) SUZABELLE’S- Live Piano Music TBA

TUESDAY MARCH 22ND AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee)- Live Music TBA BAY STREET BLUES- Open Mic Night BAYOU CAFÉ- Chief BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET- Live Music TBA BLUEBERRY HILL- Karaoke CAVALIER COUNTRY CLUB- Karaoke CREOLE RED- “That Darn Karaoke” (10 pm) DEB’S PUB & GRUB- Karaoke (11 pm) FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE- Passafire (10 pm) FUSION/THE MONKEY BAR- Live Music TBA THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)- Masteller & The All-Stars THE JINX- Hip-Hop night w/DJ’s D-Frost & Selvis JJ CAGNEY’S- Open Mic Night KEVIN BARRY’S- Harry O’Donoghue MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS- Live Music TBA MERCURY LOUNGE- Open Mic Jam w/EROK PHAT KAT LOUNGE (at IBIZA NIGHTLIFE)Live Music TBA PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)Gail Thurmond SAVANNAH BLUES- Open Mic w/Hitman THE SENTIENT BEAN- Natalia Zukerman (8 pm) SPANKY’S (River St.)- Ansel Daniel STEAMER’S (Georgetown)- Karaoke TUBBY’S (River St.)- John Tumbri WET WILLIE’S- Karaoke (9 pm) SUZABELLE’S- Live Piano Music TBA NOTE: All Bands Scheduled Subject To Change

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STEAMERS (Georgetown)- Live Music TBA (8 pm) STEED’S- Karaoke STINGRAY’S (Tybee)- Live Music TBA SUZABELLE’S- Live Piano Music TBA TANGO (Tybee)- Live Music TBA (8 pm) TOMMY’S (Pooler)- LIve Music TBA TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt)- The Courtenay Brothers w/Chuck Courtenay, Sr. (8 pm) UNCLE BUBBA’S (Wilmington Isl.)- Live Music YBA (7 pm) VENUS DI MILO- Live DJ TBA WAYS STATION TAVERN (Richmond Hill)Karaoke (9 pm) WET WILLIE’S- Live DJ Brad Tatom

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Culberson Blues Band, Argyle (5 pm) KEVIN BARRY’S- Carroll Brown, Frank Emerson, Harry O’Donoghue LOCOS DELI & PUB- Brock Butler (afternoon), Passafire, Rude Buddha (night) MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS- Live Music TBA MCDONOUGH’S- Karaoke MERCURY LOUNGE- Live Music TBA (10 pm) MULBERRY INN- The Champagne Jazz Trio (8 pm) NV NIGHT CLUB (Sedah/Main Floor)- DJ Will 2 K (Hip-hop & Top 40) NV NIGHT CLUB (Nevaeh/Top Floor)- Yancy & The Breakneck Quartet PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)Gail Thurmond POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill)- Chuck Courtenay (7 pm) RIVER ST. MAIN STAGE- Argyle (1 pm), Too Blue (3:30 pm), High Velocity (5:30 pm), Phantom Wingo (7:30 pm), Derek St. Holmes (9:30 pm) RIVER ST. WEST STAGE- Perception (1 pm), Bluesonics (3 pm), Deas’ Guyz (5 pm), Loch Ness Johnny (7 pm), McFly (9 pm) SAVANNAH BLUES- Hush Money (6 pm), The Hitmen w/members of Park Bench Trio (10 pm) SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER- DJ Blue Ice (Hiphop, Reggae, Top 40, R & B) SAVANNAH SMILES- Dueling Pianos (6 pm) SCANDALS (Tybee)- Karaoke w/DJ Marty Corley (9:30 pm) THE SENTIENT BEAN- Michael Amburgey (8 pm) SPANKY’S (River St.)- Live Music TBA STEAMERS (Georgetown)- Karaoke w/Eddie Foster SUZABELLE’S- Karaoke TOMMY’S (Pooler)- Karaoke w/Jeff & Rebecca TUBBY’S (River St.)- Live Music TBA TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt)- Sunset Party w/The Courtenay Brothers (7 pm) TWILIGHT MUSIC LOUNGE (Daiquiris on Bay)Open Mic Night

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The government wants more hospitals to look like the Cleveland Clinic, or like Atlanta’s Piedmont Community Hospital.

Four years ago, Piedmont embarked on a massive technology upgrade.

Today, Piedmont physicians can access electronic patient records from anyplace they can log on to the Internet.

Medications are ordered electronically from the hospital’s pharmacy, where they’re dispensed by a robot and wrapped in bar-coded packages.

Nurses use handheld computers to match up the bar codes on the medications with bar codes on patient ID bracelets and their own ID cards.

The result: The time to dispense drugs or treatments at Piedmont has been cut by more than an hour, according to hospital officials. Medicine-related mistakes have almost been eliminated. And doctors can spend more time with patients instead of searching for paperwork, said Dr. William McClatchey, Piedmont’s chief medical information officer. ◗

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Under the Bush plan, if a resident of Atlanta got sick while visiting Austin, an emergency room doctor there could use the Internet to access the patient’s medical records back in Georgia.

Even more immediately, electronic medical records could substantially reduce the estimated 45,000 to 95,000 deaths each year due to medical errors, according to the White House. Many of those fatal errors stem from simple mistakes like the dispensing of wrong medicines because of sloppy handwriting.

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“And the upside ... is all in front of us,” North said.

Just how potentially big the health care industry is to tech companies was obvious at a recent gathering of hospital administrators in Dallas.

Some 700 tech companies showed off goods at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society conference.

Speakers at the meeting and at related events included high-tech heavyweights such as Intel Chief Executive Craig Barrett, Sun Microsystems Chairman Scott McNealy and Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers.

“This is an industry that represents 15 to 16 percent of the economy,” said Dr. Jeffrey Rideout, who was hired by Cisco last year to revamp its health care division. “We’re very committed.”

Less than 15 percent of doctors currently use high-tech tools like electronic medical records or electronic ordering systems, according to surveys.

In the health care industry, “we’re kind of just moving into the late 1980s,” said

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HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS ARE being dragged into the digital age, whether they like it or not. While hospitals and health clinics have long relied on the latest technology in laboratories and operating rooms, new gadgets and networks are also emerging to improve administrative practices and the day-to-day business of healing the sick.

Helping drive the change are a White House push to computerize patient records and the need to improve efficiency. Technology companies, seeing a new pool of untapped profits, are more than happy to help.

“We think the market is very vigorous right now,” said Hardy North, director of health care programs at Dell Inc. He’s one of about 140 people at the computer maker who focus exclusively on the health-care market.

In the past few years, Dell has gone from a virtual non-player in the insider business of health care to the biggest computer-industry player in the market.

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SCAD grad designs bottle for new ‘energy beer’ making its local debut this week WHAT COULD BE BETTER on St. Patrick’s Day than a cold beer in a green bottle?

That would be a cold beer in a green bottle with caffeine, vitamins and herbal supplements added for good measure.

Just such a brand of “energy beer,” Mobius, has hit Savannah in the past week, now being offered at The Jinx, Ibiza, Elyseum and Churchill’s, with more to come.

While a taste test of the new “infused lager” puts it on par with Beck’s and Heineken, Mobius offers the beer connoisseur a new twist to go along with its five percent alcohol level.

“It gives you everything Red Bull gives you, plus alcohol plus ginseng,” says Rob Spencer, self-described “energy beer herald” for the Charlestonheadquartered company that makes the beer, Beverage Mobius Limited.

But it’s not as simple as just pouring those ingredients into some home brew, he says.

“It’s really a complicated infusion. It has to be a two-part process,” Spencer says.

There’s hangoverthe business who sperelieving thiamine, othcialize in taking unwanted erwise known as Vitamin flavors out of things. We B1, added to every bottle think we hit it right on the of Mobius, because head,” Spencer says. “alcohol depletes B1 in “Mobius is an all-natural the body,” Spencer says. beer, not covering up anyBut the catch is that thing with berry flavors or B1 is destroyed at high sugar,” he says. “What heat. we’ve got is a European“Vitamin B1 is killed in style Pilsner with a little the cooking process,” bitter to it.”

Spencer says. “So we put Mobius’ distinctive seethat in dead last, once through kelly green bottle we've lagered the beer, design is the brainchild of because it would get Savannah College of Art & killed off otherwise.”

Design graphic design But by far the biggest graduate Kathleen Grebe, challenge in brewing who attended SCAD from Mobius, Spencer says, is 1998-2002 and now works making it taste like good at Ampersand in old-fashioned beer.

Greensboro, N.C. Mobius is now available in some “Designing for an 'energy “There was an initial local bars problem at first. It tasted beer' presented a challenge like Sam Adams with some because it wasn't a ‘me-too’ Flintstone vitamins stuck in the bottom,” product,” Grebe says. “It created its own he laughs. new category of beer. This meant that “But I said, no, we've got to be able to while we didn't have to struggle to prove figure this out. I found some people in ourselves as the beer with the oldest

heritage, our design still had to be appealing to a crowd of beer-drinkers who were interested in the extra benefits of energy -- like staying up all night.”

Of her local education, Grebe says, “I look back on my years at SCAD the way people often do when they think of high school -- ‘the best four years of my life,’” she says.

“I had such a good time in college, I wasn't sure how prepared I would be for the ‘real world.’ After my introduction to the professional world, however, I realized how much I really had learned in school.”

“She ended up adopting this project,” says Spencer of Grebe’s contribution.

“We couldn't be more wowed by the final result.” ◗

As we go to press, Mobius is available locally at The Jinx, Ibiza, Elyseum and Churchill’s. Expect it in local package stores soon. For more info go to www.mobiusbeer.com

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A novel idea Finnegan’s Wake, formerly O’Connell’s, pays tribute to Irish heritage

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“CEAD MILE FAILTE” -- Gaelic for “a There’s still that Gaelic header above hundred-thousand welcomes” -- is exactly the bar pronouncing, Ta caint saor agus airgead ar visce beatha, meaning “The what you feel when you walk into conversation is Finnegan’s Wake, free, you pay for formerly known as your whiskey.”

O’Connell’s.

“I enjoy running The small, cozy this pub because pub tucked away we appeal to a wide on West Congress variety of people.

Street boasts fun We get tourists, and familiarity business folks, sturather than glitz dents -- you just and glamour. With never know who’ll a dart board in come in,” Lowther one corner and a says. jukebox in the “We have a lot other, Finnegan’s of regulars, people Wake is the defiwho have come in nition of the even before we classic neighowned it, and they borhood pub. like that we haven’t Bought by changer the atmosShelley and Josh phere. We changed Lowther in 2002, Shelley Lowther at the tap the name to fit the O’Connell’s -- foratmosphere, not the other way around.” merly owned by its original namesake, Whether you go by yourself or with 20 Malcolm O’Connell -- received a few friends you’ll still have fun and feel at upgrades from its new owners. home. The unassuming Finnegan’s Wake “We added a few taps, extended the is for those who are just looking for a bar, improved the seating, added live comfortable atmosphere; for anyone music, and just made it more efficient,” looking for the bar without gimmicks and says Shelley Lowther. “We just put some fuss; for the person just in the mood for a fresh base on things. pint at the neighborhood pub.

“It was O’Connell’s when Malcolm “We’re everything that an Irish pub is owned it and we left the name when we supposed to be,” notes Lowther. “You bought it,” explains Lowther. “I just come in and we’ll treat you well and you’ll decided it was time to put my own stamp on it. I want people to know that ownership hasn’t changed, just the name.”

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“Secondly, ‘Tim Finnegan’s Wake’ is probably one of the most recognized Irish-American wake ballads. It combines old Irish heritage with new American life. We wanted to combine Irish The exterior of Finnegan’s Wake heritage with the music, and we think the new name reinforces that.” have fun in a friendly, warm, comfortable, The pub’s clientele seem to have and affordable atmosphere. We love warmed to the change, mostly because being part of downtown Savannah, and nothing else has been altered. There’s we’re going to show that to you.” ◗ still 14 beers on tap, another 40 in Finnegan’s Wake is at 108 W. Congress bottles, a wide variety of Irish whiskey, Street. Call 231-8499, or visit and, as Lowther claims, “one of the best www.finneganswakepub.com for more pints of Guinness in Savannah, served in information. a proper twenty-ounce glass.”

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CLUES I’M SO FAR FROM A BEER CONNOISSEUR it’s pathetic. But that doesn’t stop me from drinking beer on brewsaturated St. Patrick’s Day. My formal beer knowledge is limited to the few tidbits gleaned from hanging out with two beer snob friends whose man-purse doubles as a cooler for craft beer. After months of drunken observation, and many slurred debates over which alcohol rules, I realized our two camps — wine and beer — aren’t as far apart as we think.

Beer people talk about hops, malt and yeast— we talk about grapes and yeast. Beer people ponder bitterness, while we ponder tannins and acidity. We both savor chocolate flavors, coffee and aftertastes, and both liberally use the word “full-bodied” without getting horny.

So maybe we can build a bridge so that those beer holidays pass without a wine craving? With the proliferation of small, craft-brewed American breweries, it’s easier than ever — just stop by a local brew pub to try the array of diverse beers available these days.

If you’re a fan of light, crisp sauvignon blancs, taste a Pilsner; a golden, malty, and well-hopped lager (a generic name for pale, cold-fermented, cold-aged beer). The world-famous lightbodied Pilsner originated in the town of Plzen in the Czech Republic in the mid19th century, and first arrived in the U.S. in the 1850s.

Budweiser and Coors are examples of American Pilsners (although these aren’t considered craft-brewed beers).

Chardonnay drinkers, along with anyone who enjoys full-bodied chenin blanc or dry Riesling should appreciate a crisp India Pale Ale (IPA) or smooth wheat beer. Pale ale, medium-bodied and aromatic with hops, is surprisingly not that pale — it’s amber to slightly reddish in color.

Wheat beer, which you might have seen garnished with a lemon or orange slice, is a light-bodied ale made from malted wheat. While it is light and highly

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effervescent, wheat beer has a unique characteristic of tartness.

Blue Moon Belgian White Ale and Hoegaarden White Beer are examples of wheat beer.

People who like wine with a little oomph like cabernet or zinfandel might enjoy the heavier, higher alcohol brews available — porter and stout. This is where the chocolate and coffee thing comes in, often on the finish or when you first taste the foam. Guinness, the infamous, robust Irish brew with a creamy head on it, is an example of a stout. Porter tastes a little lighter but is still a dark, malty ale.

For those uninitiated beer drinkers, I’ve squeezed a few tips from my beer people so you can drink without embarrassing yourself: • Don’t drink good beer from the bottle. Beer, like wine, needs to have contact with the air to allow its flavors and aromas to evolve.

• Forget the frosted mugs, which cool the beer down to a temperature that doesn’t allow you to enjoy the full flavor of beer and can form ice crystals, resulting in watered-down beer.

• Take the time to enjoy a fine beer: Pour it gently, savoring the aromas that are released as it flows into the glass.

Hold the beer up to the light to admire the colors, then sip it slowly, moving it around your tongue to experience the beer’s body and flavor. Swallow the beer slowly to assess the finish: Does the bitterness at the back of your tongue balance the malt sweetness?

Sound familiar?

If your beer appetite is stirred, go online to beeradvocate.com or realbeer.com to learn more. ◗

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Robots power play of the ruthless company executive Ratchet (Greg Kinnear), who plots to destroy all the destitute robots by catering only to the rich ones. Pixar and (in most cases) Disney understand the importance of matching the right vocal talent to the right role, but the makers of Robots were simply happy to land an all-star cast and left it at that.

Two of the few exceptions — one for better, one for worse — are Mel Brooks and Robin Williams, respectively cast as kindly inventor Bigweld and manic misfit

Yet one more lazy sequel to a great film, Be Cool is a major disappointment that fails to capture the essence of what made Get Shorty such a memorable experience. In adapting the Elmore Leonard novel, director Barry Sonenfeld and scripter Scott Frank knew that the key to success rested in the capable hands of John Travolta, whose work as shylock-turned-movie-producer Chili Palmer remains a career best.

Travolta owned that picture, yet he received more than adequate support from Sonenfeld’s playful direction, Frank’s character-driven screenplay and a stellar supporting cast that included Danny DeVito. Alas, F. Gary Gray (the tepid remake of The Italian Job) is no Sonenfeld, Peter Steinfeld (Analyze That) continued on page 44

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If ever a movie warranted the Second Coming of silent cinema, it’s this animated effort from the same studio (20th Century Fox) and director (Chris Wedge) that brought us the middling Ice Age. Visually, the film is yet another triumph for computer programmers, as their blood, sweat and bytes have enabled them to create a wondrous landscape that’s a joy to behold. But whenever any of the metallic characters that populate this world open their mouths, it’s like listening to rusty bolts across a chalkboard. That’s because these ‘bots are apparently programmed to deliver only two types of dialogue: wisecracks that reveal an obsession with bodily functions (who knew that robots could break wind?) and flat speeches that have already been endlessly recycled from far superior kid flicks.

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Fender. Brooks, so cheerful a personality that even a documentary on the Depression would seem like a laugh riot were he tapped to narrate it, provides a spirited reading for his role, and his genuine warmth and obvious enthusiasm are a real boon. Williams, on the other hand, comes across as little more than a trained seal, balancing the ball on his nose when commanded but investing little beyond the physical action. Sad to say, he’s become as mechanical as the robot he portrays.

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Maybe it’s because it was produced by his own company, Cheyenne Enterprises.

Or maybe it’s because the part of his character’s imperiled daughter is played by his real-life daughter, Rumer Willis. Or maybe it’s simply because he’s been slumbering too long. Whatever the reason, Bruce Willis has woken up in time to deliver a committed performance in this adaptation of Robert Crais’ novel.

Opening with a stylized, eye-popping title sequence that might lead viewers into thinking they’re catching an early sneak of the new Batman flick, Hostage then settles into familiar crime territory with the introduction of Willis as Jeff Talley, an LAPD hostage negotiator whose botching of a tense standoff leaves him with innocent blood on his hands and prods him into moving to a sleepy community where the crime rate hovers around zero. But once three ruffians attempting to steal a car end up killing a police officer and subsequently taking a family hostage, Talley finds himself back in the sort of situation he would like to avoid. For a good while, director Florent Siri and scripter Doug Richardson do their pulpy material proud, with a real attention to both exposition and execution. But as the storyline gets more crowded (another gang of villains ends up holding Talley’s own family hostage), the attention shifts from individual char-

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is no Frank, and a promising cast is largely left to flounder in the middle of a movie that never provides a compelling argument for its own existence. DeVito is pushed out after one brief scene, while Travolta often seems like an extra in his own story. The cast includes Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel and Cedric the Entertainer, yet the most creative acting comes from Vince Vaughn as a thug who fancies himself black and The Rock as his gay bodyguard.

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The gorgeous Kimberly Elise (The Manchurian Candidate) gets to display her acting chops as Helen McCarter, who’s stunned when her husband of 18 years, a prominent Atlanta lawyer (Steve Harris), demands a divorce and forcibly throws her out of their mansion to make room for his gold-digging girlfriend (Lisa Marcos). A huge hit with AfricanAmerican audiences, Tyler Perry’s play has been adapted (by the author himself) into a movie that’s overflowing with positive Christian ideals as well as an honest assessment of the intrinsic desire for seeking retribution versus the spiritual need for giving absolution.

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From the connotations of its hero’s name (Constantine was the Roman emperor who endorsed Christianity more for personal gain than for any spiritual fulfillment) to depictions of Hell that borrow heavily from the works of Hieronymus Bosch, Constantine tries hard to include heady material that will allow for postscreening discussions around the water cooler or in cinephile trades (something The Matrix accomplished masterfully with its rampant theology). But as was the case with the muddled Jacob’s Ladder, Constantine never brings its debates into focus, choosing instead to

pile on its issues like so many toppings onto a baked potato.

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A warm and witty comedy that unfortunately runs itself into the ground during its final act, the picture benefits immeasurably from the presence of Will Smith, who may or may not be a great actor but who is most assuredly a great movie star. He's at turns sly, suave and sexy as Alex "Hitch" Hitchens, who bills himself as the Date Doctor because of his ability to make a living by advising other men how to land the woman of their dreams.

He finds his biggest challenge in the form of Albert (Kevin James), a clumsy, overweight accountant who's hopelessly under the spell of beautiful super-model Allegra Cole (Amber Valletta). But Hitch unexpectedly finds his own romantic inclinations rising to the surface once he meets Sara Melas (Eva Mendes).

Mendes, who's always come across as a Jennifer Lopez who can't act -- no, wait, that would still make her Jennifer Lopez - initially has trouble keeping pace with a leading man prettier than she is, but ends up holding her own.

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Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) runs The Hit Pit, a boxing gym located in downtown Los Angeles, with the help of his only friend, Scrap (Unforgiven co-star Morgan Freeman). Scrap serves as the facility's caretaker, yet in his day he was a plucky fighter with a lot of promise, a quality he instantly spots in the young girl who wanders into the gym intent on becoming a champion boxer. Her name is Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank), and, as Scrap notes at one point during the film's effective voice-over narration, "Maggie grew up knowing one thing: She was trash." Up until this point, Million Dollar Baby contains all the familiar trappings of

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The key scene in Sideways arrives when Miles (Paul Giamatti), a lovable loser who collects unhappy memories the way some people collect stamps, cuts through his own haze of despair long enough to open up to Maya (Virginia Madsen), who like Miles is a divorced individual with a great passion for wine. Moved by Miles' sincerity, she launches into a lovely monologue in which she links all wine to all people by pointing out its complexities, its ability to evolve… and its tendency to go downhill after it reaches its peak. And then she adds the exclamation point -"And it tastes so fucking good!" That term of profane enthusiasm might also be an apt way to describe Sideways, an offbeat road movie that averages more memorable moments per mile than just about any other picture released this year.

Uncork it, give it time to breathe, and then luxuriate in its rich, heady flavor.

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Rather than trying to cram an overstuffed life into one motion picture, Director Martin Scorsese and writer John Logan instead have chosen to focus on Howard Hughes’ anecdote-rich period from the late ‘20s through the late ‘40s. This time frame allows Scorsese ample opportunity to bask in the glow of his movie memories, as this was the period when the billionaire industrialist (played by Leonardo DiCaprio, whose emotional intensity makes up for his less-than-commanding physical presence) decided to try his hand at making movies. ◗

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Robots power play of the ruthless company executive Ratchet (Greg Kinnear), who plots to destroy all the destitute robots by catering only to the rich ones. Pixar and (in most cases) Disney understand the importance of matching the right vocal talent to the right role, but the makers of Robots were simply happy to land an all-star cast and left it at that.

Two of the few exceptions — one for better, one for worse — are Mel Brooks and Robin Williams, respectively cast as kindly inventor Bigweld and manic misfit

Yet one more lazy sequel to a great film, Be Cool is a major disappointment that fails to capture the essence of what made Get Shorty such a memorable experience. In adapting the Elmore Leonard novel, director Barry Sonenfeld and scripter Scott Frank knew that the key to success rested in the capable hands of John Travolta, whose work as shylock-turned-movie-producer Chili Palmer remains a career best.

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Robots’ rote storyline centers on young Rodney Copperbottom (Ewan McGregor), who journeys from his tiny

Fender. Brooks, so cheerful a personality that even a documentary on the Depression would seem like a laugh riot were he tapped to narrate it, provides a spirited reading for his role, and his genuine warmth and obvious enthusiasm are a real boon. Williams, on the other hand, comes across as little more than a trained seal, balancing the ball on his nose when commanded but investing little beyond the physical action. Sad to say, he’s become as mechanical as the robot he portrays.

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Maybe it’s because it was produced by his own company, Cheyenne Enterprises.

Or maybe it’s because the part of his character’s imperiled daughter is played by his real-life daughter, Rumer Willis. Or maybe it’s simply because he’s been slumbering too long. Whatever the reason, Bruce Willis has woken up in time to deliver a committed performance in this adaptation of Robert Crais’ novel.

Opening with a stylized, eye-popping title sequence that might lead viewers into thinking they’re catching an early sneak of the new Batman flick, Hostage then settles into familiar crime territory with the introduction of Willis as Jeff Talley, an LAPD hostage negotiator whose botching of a tense standoff leaves him with innocent blood on his hands and prods him into moving to a sleepy community where the crime rate hovers around zero. But once three ruffians attempting to steal a car end up killing a police officer and subsequently taking a family hostage, Talley finds himself back in the sort of situation he would like to avoid. For a good while, director Florent Siri and scripter Doug Richardson do their pulpy material proud, with a real attention to both exposition and execution. But as the storyline gets more crowded (another gang of villains ends up holding Talley’s own family hostage), the attention shifts from individual char-

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is no Frank, and a promising cast is largely left to flounder in the middle of a movie that never provides a compelling argument for its own existence. DeVito is pushed out after one brief scene, while Travolta often seems like an extra in his own story. The cast includes Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel and Cedric the Entertainer, yet the most creative acting comes from Vince Vaughn as a thug who fancies himself black and The Rock as his gay bodyguard.

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The gorgeous Kimberly Elise (The Manchurian Candidate) gets to display her acting chops as Helen McCarter, who’s stunned when her husband of 18 years, a prominent Atlanta lawyer (Steve Harris), demands a divorce and forcibly throws her out of their mansion to make room for his gold-digging girlfriend (Lisa Marcos). A huge hit with AfricanAmerican audiences, Tyler Perry’s play has been adapted (by the author himself) into a movie that’s overflowing with positive Christian ideals as well as an honest assessment of the intrinsic desire for seeking retribution versus the spiritual need for giving absolution.

CONSTANTINE ✰✰

From the connotations of its hero’s name (Constantine was the Roman emperor who endorsed Christianity more for personal gain than for any spiritual fulfillment) to depictions of Hell that borrow heavily from the works of Hieronymus Bosch, Constantine tries hard to include heady material that will allow for postscreening discussions around the water cooler or in cinephile trades (something The Matrix accomplished masterfully with its rampant theology). But as was the case with the muddled Jacob’s Ladder, Constantine never brings its debates into focus, choosing instead to

pile on its issues like so many toppings onto a baked potato.

HITCH ✰✰1/2

A warm and witty comedy that unfortunately runs itself into the ground during its final act, the picture benefits immeasurably from the presence of Will Smith, who may or may not be a great actor but who is most assuredly a great movie star. He's at turns sly, suave and sexy as Alex "Hitch" Hitchens, who bills himself as the Date Doctor because of his ability to make a living by advising other men how to land the woman of their dreams.

He finds his biggest challenge in the form of Albert (Kevin James), a clumsy, overweight accountant who's hopelessly under the spell of beautiful super-model Allegra Cole (Amber Valletta). But Hitch unexpectedly finds his own romantic inclinations rising to the surface once he meets Sara Melas (Eva Mendes).

Mendes, who's always come across as a Jennifer Lopez who can't act -- no, wait, that would still make her Jennifer Lopez - initially has trouble keeping pace with a leading man prettier than she is, but ends up holding her own.

MILLION DOLLAR BABY

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Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) runs The Hit Pit, a boxing gym located in downtown Los Angeles, with the help of his only friend, Scrap (Unforgiven co-star Morgan Freeman). Scrap serves as the facility's caretaker, yet in his day he was a plucky fighter with a lot of promise, a quality he instantly spots in the young girl who wanders into the gym intent on becoming a champion boxer. Her name is Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank), and, as Scrap notes at one point during the film's effective voice-over narration, "Maggie grew up knowing one thing: She was trash." Up until this point, Million Dollar Baby contains all the familiar trappings of

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crowd-pleasers like Rocky and The Karate Kid. Yet what makes this portion of the film soar is the attention to character that's provided by Eastwood (as director) and scripter Paul Haggis (adapting short stories from F.X. Toole's critically acclaimed book Rope Burns).

SIDEWAYS ✰✰✰1/2

The key scene in Sideways arrives when Miles (Paul Giamatti), a lovable loser who collects unhappy memories the way some people collect stamps, cuts through his own haze of despair long enough to open up to Maya (Virginia Madsen), who like Miles is a divorced individual with a great passion for wine. Moved by Miles' sincerity, she launches into a lovely monologue in which she links all wine to all people by pointing out its complexities, its ability to evolve… and its tendency to go downhill after it reaches its peak. And then she adds the exclamation point -"And it tastes so fucking good!" That term of profane enthusiasm might also be an apt way to describe Sideways, an offbeat road movie that averages more memorable moments per mile than just about any other picture released this year.

Uncork it, give it time to breathe, and then luxuriate in its rich, heady flavor.

THE AVIATOR ✰✰✰1/2

Rather than trying to cram an overstuffed life into one motion picture, Director Martin Scorsese and writer John Logan instead have chosen to focus on Howard Hughes’ anecdote-rich period from the late ‘20s through the late ‘40s. This time frame allows Scorsese ample opportunity to bask in the glow of his movie memories, as this was the period when the billionaire industrialist (played by Leonardo DiCaprio, whose emotional intensity makes up for his less-than-commanding physical presence) decided to try his hand at making movies. ◗

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PILLOW TOP MATTRESS A Brand NEW deluxe queen mattress and box spring set with warranty. Sill NEW in original factory bag. Sell $150.

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SLEIGH BED Cherry-Solid-headboard and footboard with side rails. All Brand NEW. Still in its original box, never opened. Sell $275.

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Air Conditioning, Power Steering, Power Windows, Power Door Locks, Tilt Wheel, Cruise, Excellent Condition, 58,000 Miles. $6900 OBO. Call 695-7733

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742 East 39th Street Live in this 2 BR flat with multiple FP, sep.

LR/DR, spacious rooms, and front porch, and open your dream business in the 1000 square feet of unfinished commercial space w/ CH/A below.

Large side garden and off street parking. Listed at just 129,000.00 Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty

118 Bee Road $125,000 A desirable 3 bedrooms, 2 baths home with a large family room, updated kitchen, and beautiful hardwood floors. Knott pine in family room, 2 storage houses, covered patio.

Well manicured lawn.

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68 Circle Dr. $96,000 Large 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on quiet lot & large great room.

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SOUTHBRIDGE 4 Crestwood Drive A Dream Home featuring 3 Bedrooms, 4.5 BathsBonus Room, StudyGreat View of the Lagoon$679,900 For More Information Call Tonya Jobe @ 657-7533

3480 Hwy 80 E. $175,000 Very large home, needs TLC, value is worth it!

Resale in future-could be great. Being sold ‘As-is’. Carpet allowance may be negotiable. Hardwood floors in good condition. Bedrooms are big, baths are tile. Call Belinda Davis @ 429-9599 for your showing today!

1298 Lee Road Pembroke $122,500 New looking spacious 3 bedroom/2 bath mobile home on 6.47 acres. Great location with easy access to Statesboro, Pooler or Savannah. Call Bubba Adler @ 656-0581 for your showing today!

211 Edinburgh Ct. $215,000 3 bedroom, 2 bath home in Oxford Subdivision Richmond Hill.

High ceilings, large bonus room, separate office. Kitchen with ceramic tile floor and island. Whirlpool tub/ separate shower in master bath. Large lot.

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1805 Tubman St. $135,000 A Brand New Home!

Beauty, warmth and value can be found in this recipe for success.

Spacious, open floor plan provides comfort and room to grow in this 3 bedrooms, 2 baths gem, located in desirable Liberty City area. See for yourself today. Call Sharon Miller @ 308-5572.

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305 W Duffy St. New condo conversion. Gracious entrance foyer to three residential units with 1 BR each. Separate street entrance to commercial unit with attached living space.

High ceilings, multiple fireplaces, w/d, dishwasher, hardwood floors, ch /a, private porch and off-street parking. Priced from $135,900.00.

Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty

1030 W. 38th St Quiet little Westside community, sandwiched between Ogeechee Rd & Laurel Grove Cemetary. Cute house, quite small, needs complete rehab.

Owner would consider financing. Call for details! $25,950.00 Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty

522 E Charlton Lane This adorable historic cottage has over 1000 sqare feet of space.

Original details include wood floors, plaster walls, and a fireplace.

There are two bedrooms and 1-1/2 baths and a rear garden. This home needs cosmetic attention to bring out its full potential. Priced at just $149,000.

Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty

524 Nicoll $290,000 Newly built in 2002 duplex 3br, 1bath in Historic District.

Of f street parking, brick paved courtyard, refrigerator, stove, dish washer. Fully carpeted. W/D connection.

Excellent SCAD rental.

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Cozy 3 Bedrooms, 1 1/2 Bath Bungalow with Hardwood Floors throughout. Separate Living Room and Dining Room with Large Kitchen. Detached Garage, cute garden with Pond and Picket fence in back. $210,000. For more information Call Dianne Kessler@663-2417

1316 Seiler Ave. This adorable two bedroom, one bath Eastside bungalow has been completely renovated with new central heat and air, refinished wood floors, fresh paint, and historic details throughout. Includes of f street parking and a fully equipped kitchen. Experience the charm of historic Savannah while enjoying carefree living.

Only $120,000.00 Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty

1601 E 59 St Fully restored brick ranch home with beautiful finishes throughout.

With three bedrooms, two very attractive bathrooms, new systems throughout, and ceramic tile in the living room and kitchen, this home allows for low maintenance living at $145,000.00 Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty

124 Preakness Point Guyton Secluded 5.63 Acres Can be your private sanctuary With 4 Bedrooms, 2 Baths Separate Dining and Living Room. $95,000 For More Information Call Sherrene Sears @ 844-3941

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1319 E 42nd St. This cute 3 bedroom/1 bath bungalow sits on a quiet block in a fantastic eastside location.

This concrete block home has a small front porch, living room with fireplace and wood floors.The central heat and air, stove, refrigerator, washer, dryer are all only two years old. A new roof and fresh paint is being added now. Just $85,000.00 Call Don Callahan 441-4416 Mopper-Stapen Realty

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912-352-2747 Midtown/Eastside: 2136 Texas Ave. B- 1 bed, 1 bath, living room, eat-in kitchen,gas/water/sewer includedNO PETS- $465.00-KEY 623 Seiler Ave.- 2 bed, 1 bath, very nice brick homeNO PETS-$650.00 418 East Hall Street- Very nice 1 bed, 1 bath apartment in Historic District, off street parking, courtyard, some pets OK$700.00-KEY 1332 N.E. 36th Street.- 1 bed, 1 bath, very nice fenced yard, carport, some pets OK--$750.00 1616 Anderson Street- 2 bed, 1 bath, large backyard- pets OK$750.00-KEY 14 Little Country Place- 2 bed, 2 bath, central H/A, large yard, on quiet cul de sac-$650.00-APPT.

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220 East 53rd Street- 3 bed, 2 bath, large fenced yard, very large attic for storage- Available 2/01/05$1,025.00-KEY 410 E. Hall Street- Luxury apartment in the Historic District,large single master suite, fireplace, hardwood floors, two-car garage and off-street parking, courtyard, some pets OK-$1,100.00 available 2/15/05-KEY 416 E. Hall Street- Very nice 1 bed, 1 bath apartment in Historic District, off-street parking, courtyard, some pets OK-$700-KEY

Thunderbolt: 2610 Whatley Ave.-Unit 10-Mariner’s Square Apartments- 3 bed, 2 1/2 bath, hwd floors, bonus room- pets OK $1,000.00-KEY

Islands: Commons on Cromwell Apt D-6- 2 bed, 2 bath- back unit w/ wooded view- new carpet, paint, tile, appliances$900.00- KEY 218 Hampshire Road-3 bed, 2 bath in Wilmington Park Subdivision- 2 car garage, pets OK-$1,400.00-KEY 5 Sea Palm Circle-4 bed, 2 bath, fireplace, garage, nice yard in quiet neighborhood, pets OK-$1,200.00-KEY 5 Sea Palm Cove-3 bed, 2 bath, 2-car garage, fireplace, nice yard in quiet neighborhood, pets OK- $1,250.00-KEY 13 Ropemaker Court- over 2,000 sq ft, two-story home in Battery Point- 4 bed, 2 bath, huge living room, fenced backyard, pets OK- Available 3/1/05 $1,150.00-APPT. (S.M.) 105 Regal Court-3 bed, 2 bath in St. Andrews Place on Wilmington Island, garage, fireplace, privacy fence, some pets OK-$1,200.00 2 Oyster Catcher Lane-3 bed, 2 bath in Battery Point, large family room, storage building-$950.00-KEY 127 Palmetto Bay Rd.-3 bed, 2 bath in Battery Point, large family room w/ fireplace, 2-car garage-$1,200.00-KEY

Westside: 21 Stonelake Circle- OFF 17- 2 bed, 2 bath (master has whirlpool) 1250 + sq ft home built in 2003 overlooking lagoon$950.00-KEY

Southside: 12502 Apache Ave. Unit #23- The River House at Bell’s Landing- Incredible 3 bed, 2.5 bath upstairs-downstairs townhouse, huge master suite, fireplace-NO PETS-$1,250.00- APP

9 Delmar Circle- 2 bed, 1 bath off Wilshire Blvd, quiet neighborhood, very nice fenced backyard, some pets OK- $850.00-KEY 129 Red Fox- 3 bed, 2 bath home in Georgetown, fireplace, twocar garage, some pets OK- $1,250.00-KEY PETS: There is a $500 non-refundable deposit for up to two pets on all properties allowing pets.

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The Art of Model Home Shopping

By Patty Rietkovich, E.O. Home builders Association of Greater Savannah

Buying a new home is an exciting, and sometimes daunting task. Carefully shopping model homes before you buy can relieve the pressure of the selection process and alleviate concerns, before you begin building. The model home is one of your greatest assets in choosing floor plans and upgrades and visualizing your furnishings in the home.

After walking through a model home, you will learn much more than you could have gleaned from a floor plan.

107 WEST LIBERTY STREET #3 1 bedroom, 1 bath apartment, kitchen, living, hardwood floors, no pets, short term lease available. $575/mo.

119 EAST 40TH STREET 3 bedroom, 2 bath apartment, kitchen, washer/dryer connections, hardwood floors, porch, shared fenced backyard. $800/mo.

602 LINCOLN STREET PARLOR UNIT 2 bedroom, 2-1/2 bath townhome. Living room, dining room, eat-in kitchen with JennAir stove, dishwasher and trash compactor. Laundry room with washer and dryer. $1600/mo. 1/2 OFF first months rent.

12 WEST TAYLOR STREET APT#2A 1 bedroom, 1 bath apartment near Monterey Square, Kitchen, Living room. $800/mo.

550 MCDONOUGH STREET Parlor Apartment. 2 bedroom, 2-1/2 bath townhouse. 1 off-street parking space. Living room, dining room, stack washer/dryer, central heat and air. Available April 1st. $1100/mo.

2006 WHITAKER STREET 3 bedroom, 2-1/2 bath apartment, gas fireplace, hardwood floors, ample closet space, deck and porches, off-street parking. $1800/mo.

21 DOE TAIL COURT 2 bedroom, 2 bath home, living room, dining room, kitchen with gas stove, dishwasher, approx.1,800 sq. ft., security system, pets OK. $1000/mo.

17 EAST 37TH STREET UNIT#1 Renovated Immaculate 1 bedroom, 1 bath condo, new carpet, kitchen with gas stove, stack washer and dryer, built-in microwave, loft, street reserved gated, parking space. $825/mo.

214 A WEST PARK AVENUE 1 bedroom, 1 bath with clawfoot tub, furnished kitchen, hardwood floors, washer and dryer shared.

No pets. $600/mo.

232 BULL STREET #2 Spacious 1 bedroom, 1 bath apartment, hardwood floors, furnished kitchen, high ceilings, great location. $850/mo.

3602 MONTGOMERY STREET Renovated 2 bedroom, 1 bath duplex, central heat and air, washer and dryer connections, all new appliances, carpet with off street parking. $750/mo.

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Use the Sales Center As a Resource

Before you walk through any model homes, stop by the builder’s sales center and find detailed information about the builder, homes, community and neighborhood.

The sales center will have the overall site plan, and many times the builder will display a topographical map to give you a perspective of the entire community.

From these resources you can determine the finished size of the community, which lots are available, and what amenities and community features are offered.

Ask Questions of the Sales Staff

The sales professional is your link to the builder and your best source of information during your visit to the sales center and model home walk-through. Don’t hesitate to ask questions about the homes, the community and even the construction.

Sales professionals have information about the community, including schools and public services, and even nearby grocery stores and shopping areas.

Study the Space and Consider Your Needs

Even though you may visit many model homes while home shopping, take your time. This is your opportunity to make smart decisions about your new home, so do not rush the process.

During the walk-through, study all the spaces in the house. Visualize your belongings and style in each room to see if it’s a fit. Examine closet and cabinet sizes. Open doors and turn on faucets.

Take the time to prioritize your wishes and needs and determine which upgrades you need right away, and what improvements you can make to your home down the road.

Don’t Forget to Have Fun

Builders use some of the hottest products and appliances in their models.

Delight in the care and detail used to decorate model homes, and happy shopping!

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421 EAST ANDERSON STREET UNIT A 1 bedroom, 1 bath apartment, living room, kitchen, central heat and air, washer and dryer. $525/mo.

614 EAST DUFFY STREET Renovated 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo, kitchen with nice amenities, living room, washer and dryer, fenced yard, 1 off street parking space. $925/mo.

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Tybee Island 2 bedroom/2 bath condo with loads of charm and only one block from the ocean! Walking distance to stores, restaurants and the pier. Totally furnished with everything you need, including phone, cable and washer/dryer/dishwasher. High ceilings, porch, and soooo much more.

Available beginning in March for $85 per night with a minimum of 3 nights. Cleaning is $75.

Call 912 236-3095 or 507-9800.

9 17th Place For rent on Tybee at 17th Place near the pier and stores, resturants, 1 block for the ocean and 2 bedrooms/2 baths. Furnished beautifully. Hi celings, carpeting, sleeps 6 and $1200 per month, month to month lease. Has a porch and view from the porch. No pets, no smokers. Call 912 5079800 or 236-3095.

Owner says sell! Instant equity for buyer!

317 East Huntingdon Lane .

Great 2 BR 1.5 BA town house in downtown Savannah at a great price!

Wood and tile floors down, with carpet up, a large living area with brick fireplace, enormous eat-in kitchen, and location, location, location. Needs some cosmetic updating, but a good solid home in the hottest area of town! $165,000.00. Shelley Carroll Lowther Re/Max Savannah 912-604-8177

Dianne Kessler Broker/Owner GRI, ABR 912-351-9737

4527.5 B Ogeechee Road

729 E. 51ST STREET

Secluded 2.25 Acre Waterfront Paradise On Stocked lake, Built in 1870 With Heart of Pine floors, corner F/P in Dining Room, 3 B/R plus Bonus, Large Great Room with vaulted ceilings, large detached workshop and carport.

Conveniently located in Savannah. $225,000 For More Information Call Dianne Kessler @ 663-2417

$199,900 Cozy 3 Bedrooms, 1 _ Bath Bungalow With Hardwood Floors throughout Separate Living Room and Dining Room with large Kitchen, Detached Garage, cute garden with Pond and Picket fence in back

For More Information Call Dianne Kessler @ 663-2417

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533 Oxford Drive, Richmond Hill $250,000

105 West Congress Street Suite A. Basement unit in new commercial condo conversion offers exposed brick walls, decorative ceilings, secure entry, and location, location, location!

Priced to sell and cheaper than rent!

Only $119,000.00.

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Well cared for one owner home with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths plus bonus room on _ acre lot. Very open spacious kitchen with Corian countertops, and glass front upper cabinets. Screen enclosed inground pool is very low maintenance. Hardwood floors in dining room, living room and hall. Great family home in a great neighborhood for only $250,000! Call Rich Brown at 667-2867 for your viewing today!

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The same model sells for $320K but owner is anxious!$299,900.00.

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544 E. Harris Street Great street and great neighbors, brand new 3 story hardyboard ext. with 4 bedrooms/ 4.5 baths. Each bedroom has it's own bath! The kitchen is State-of-theArt with granite tops and center island.

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Cute yellow bungelow on a family street near stores and downtown.

2 bedrooms/1 bath, seperate diningroom, spiral stairs to basement where the washer/dryer is located.

Outside entrance to basement too. Large fenced yard, and driveway. New HVAC, electric and plumbing.

Must see this one! $115,000 Mopper Stapen Realtors, Rhondda Netherton 507-9800

Historic District and over 3400 sq.ft. of new construction, looks historic. Exterior is hardyboard with 3 stories, 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths plus 3 fireplaces.

Hi Ceilings, hardwoods down and carpet up. 2 porches, deck of the master and fenced courtyard with room to build a carriage house and garage. $485,000 Mopper Stapen Realtors, Rhondda Netherton 507-9800 0 Maupas Ave. New lot on the market in the 600 block. Measures 45 X 90 and includes a garden, garage and driveway.

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Mopper Stapen Realtors, Rhondda Netherton 507-9800 516 E. 56th Street Ardsley Park bungalow of fered at $205,900. 3 bedrooms/2baths plus den. State of the art kitchen with all appliances top of the line and included. Unfinished cottage and shed in back yard.

Call for your private showing Mopper Stapen Realtors, Rhondda Netherton 507-9800 425 East Bay Street in the heart of Savannah's Historic District.

Offered at $925,000.

Federal era home restored as the residence of Mills B. Lane.

Over 4329 square feet.

Elevator services all three floors and has a full basement.

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105 West Congress Street Suite B. Second floor unit in unique commercial condominium.

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7 Mallor y’s Cour t Fabulous 3 BR 2.5 BA Georgetown home awaits you.

Open and spacious, this home of fers Pergo flooring, LR/DR combo, finished bonus with separate HVAC, 2 car garage and a large fenced lot. Priced to sell at $175,000.00 Shelley Carroll Lowther Re/Max Savannah 912-604-8177 savannahrealtor@comcast.net

savannahgarealtor.com 15 Pebble Road, Pooler, Ga. 4 bedrooms 2.5 baths , bonus room Mike Farmer Realty 912-429-3431 119 W. Whatley Street, Pooler 3 bedrooms, 2 Baths 1200 sq ft Convenient to schools and shopping large deck on back Priced to sell -$79,500 Mike Farmer Realty 912-429-3431 104 Olde Manor Lane, Guyton 3/2 2100 sq ft -- large lot. Well maintained.

Close to south Effingham schools. $169,500 Mike Farmer Realty 912-429-3431 6127 N. Hwy 119, Pembroke Horse farm -- 17 acres, stalls, corral. House has had major improvements.

2 miles from I-16 $154,900 Mike Farmer Realty 912-429-3431

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Beautifully renovated 2BR/1BA Formal dining room, refinished heart pine floors, ceiling fans, new bathroom & kitchen w/ceramic tile floors.

Seperate laundry room and private courtyard.

C/H/A, total electric, security system.

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E 1932 Greenwood Street, Savannah Remodeled, Updated bungalow -- 2/1 Close to schools, easy access to downtown and islands $69,500 Mike Farmer Realty 912-429-3431 New construction in Bridgewater to be completed end of February, 2005. Four bedrooms, 2 baths, a family room, a formal living room, a formal dining room, a bonus room, $209,050.00 Buy now and pick colors.

Amber Skaggs Remax Crossroads 748-8141 656-3029 New Construction in Bridgewater 4 Bedrooms, 2Baths, a formal dining room, and great room. Will be completed in January, 2005. Buy now and pick inside colors. $196,075 Builder will contibute $3,000.00 towards buyers closing costs.

Amber Skaggs Remax Crossroads 748-8141 656-3029 Move in Now!!!

This 3 bedroom 2 bath home is located in Beautiful Bridgewater.

It sits on an oversized lot and backs up to woods. Call Amber to view this awesome home. $159,300.00 Amber Skaggs Remax Crossroads 748-8141 656-3029

4 bedroom 2 bath manufactured home situated on 5 acres in Bryan County . This home site features workshop with lean to, Master bedroom & bath secluded from the other bedrooms, has separate shower, garden tub, & double vanities.

LaTrelle 658-7777, ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550 H-4119 $95,900

On the 17 th Fair way…in Black Creek Golf Community, This home is a true beauty. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, home with marble entrance foyer, fireplace, formal dining area, landscaped yard, double vanities, laundry room with mud sink, sunroom, and over 2000 square ft. of living area. Call LaTrelle 658-7777. ERA AdamsPevey Realty 826-2550 H- 4146 $219,500

L Charming home on the Southside, sits on a cul-de-sac. Features screened in porch, patio, jetted hot tub, breakfast bar, pantry, skylight, privacy fence, & amenities. What more can you ask for.?

Walking distance to schools and shopping.

Call LaTrelle 658-7777, or ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 8262550$144,900.

Explore the Possibilities Secluded 65.55 acres outside of Rincon, off Ebenezer Rd. Great for Privacy, Hunting, and much more! Call LaTrelle, ERA AdamsPevey Realty. 912-8262550 or 658-7777.

A-3971 $224,900.

Family expanding? Try this “for size” Spacious 1864 square ft of living area in this 3 bedroom 2 full bath home…shows off this beautiful great room with resplendent hardwood floors, attached double garage, study, whirlpool bath, laundry room, great location, all on .61 acre deep lot.

LaTrelle 658-7777, ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550, H-3935

118 Marshview Rd. Gorgeous brick-ranch home w/great private yard.

Features 3BR/2BA, LR/DR combo w/hdwd floors, den, breakfast area, laundry room, lots of closet space & storage. Ceramic tile in kit., laundry, & BAs. 2-car covered carpor t & amazing covered inground swimming pool w/marsh view: $259,900.

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Historic Quadplex Winner Renovated investment proper ty on quiet street with strong rental history. All four units feature 2BR/1BA, 1100+ sf, wood floors & high ceilings with fans.

Central HVAC, plus a new roof and buildable side lot make this unbeatable! 514-516 East Bolton Street.

Katherine W. Oxnard, Mopper-Stapen, Realtors, (912) 704-3545/ 238-0874, katherine @mopper-stapen.com

Forsyth Park Stunner Restored 1857 Italianate mansion on the park filled with period details, incl. 2 rentable units: English basement and carriage house. Gorgeous home, premier location! $2,150,000. 20 W. Gaston St. Katherine W. Oxnard, Mopper-Stapen, Realtors, (912) 704-3545/ 238-0874, katherine @mopper-stapen.com

DEEPWATER LOT with floating dock for sale by owner in desirable Isle of Hope subdivision. Level lot (approximately 120’ x 110’ buildable) on the Herb River with underground utilities, including city water & sewer.

Incredible views and walking distance to Bluff Drive/ICW. The perfect spot for your dream home! 132 Cardinal Rd. $325K Owner/Agent.

Call 912-604-3722. www.calypsorentals.com

Pretend You're in Key West Just 3 blocks from SCAD's Wallin Hall!

Adorable 2BR/1BA 1920 bungalow has it all: 9' ceilings, mantels, beadboard, fenced rear yard, central HVAC + loads of neighborhood charm. $134,500.

514 E. 38th Street.

Katherine W. Oxnard, Mopper-Stapen, Realtors, (912) 704-3545/ 238-0874, katherine @mopper-stapen.com

Farmhouse in the City!

Under Contract .Restored 3BR/2BA Victorian farmhouse feels like the country. Beadboard, heart pine walls & floors all orig., w/ new HVAC, windows, baths & kitchen, + shady fenced yard w/ sep. studio. Positively bucolic! $143,500. 616 E. Park Lane.

Katherine W. Oxnard, Mopper-Stapen, Realtors, (912) 704-3545/ 238-0874, katherine @mopper-stapen.com

Downtown Duplex Spacious Victorian duplex in appreciating area, totally renovated to include new central heat & air, new kitchens & baths, refinished hardwood floors, 4 decorative fireplaces, wiring for high-speed Internet and networking, and all appliances, including washers & dryers.

Also features a fenced back yard and off-street, covered parking. Great moneymaker or perfect owner-occupant situation! 506 E. Anderson St. $259,900 . 912231-0240 or go to www.calypsorentals.c om .

House for Rent House For Rent Desirable Coffee Bluff Area, 3 bdrm/2 bath, w/private fenced-in backyard, fireplace, and 2 car garage- no pets-$1,100 monthly, call for deposit info: Mike @ 657-9549

Historic District 2BR/1BA, CH/A, washer/dryer, hardwood floors, high ceilings,corner of Drayton and Anderson, available now, Pets OK. $700.00 (484-3986) 4BR/2BA, CH/A, washer/dryer on site, hardwood floors, high ceilings next to downtown Kroger, Available Now. Pets OK. $800.00 (484-3986) 1507 OTT ST Three bedroom, two bath, living room, dining room, breakfast room, laundry room, lots of storage, security system, ktichen & all appliances, heat & air.

Credit check. $850/month. $850 deposit. Section 8 & Union Mission certificate.

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House or Rooms for Rent! Historic District 4-5 Large Bedrooms, Hardwood Floors, W/D. All New Appliances. Large Front and Back Yard, Second Floor Rear Deck.

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103 John Wesley Way Emerald Pointe Subdivision This enchanting low country home in gated community features 4br/2.5 ba, living room w/ fireplace, open kitchen w/island, formal dining, & study.

Great wrap around porch and gorgeous heart pine wood floors throughout. Wonderful lot on lagoon with great view! $449,900 Kevyn Withers Mopper Stapen 912-547-4342

825 East Henry St. Investment property.

Huge duplex that also includes additional lot (827 East Henr y).

4BR/1BA up 3BR/1BA down. Completely renovated & ready to move in for only $219,900.

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2309 Whitaker St. Grand Victorian in the heart of the Thomas Square District! Walk through the back door into a huge gourmet kitchen w/granite countered island! The DR features a fpl. &pocket doors leading into the LR w/yet another fpl. The MBR boasts a romantic balcony & MBA w/double showers, double vanities & a porcelain clawfoot tub. 2nd BA also has a claw-foot tub!

There are 2 more BRs w/flps. & yet a 4th BR downstairs. Home is completely internet/cable ready.

Gorgeous hdwd floors w/tons of trim & details. Delightful front porch & covered back patio!- $299,900 Kevyn Withers:Mopper Stapen -912-547-4342

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ARDSLEY PARK Absolutely Beautiful!

Spacious Duplex apartment w/2-bedrooms, Fireplace, living room, dining room, sunroom, hardwood floors throughout, central heat/air. Washer/dryer c o n n e c t i o n s .

Water/trash, lawn service paid. Available immediately. No dogs. $850/month, $850/Security. 1-800-579-1923 New and Beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bath. 2nd floor unit; all appliances, W/D, 1400 sq.ft. grand wrap-around porches. 2 private decks; classic National Historic Registry Bldg. $985/mo. 301 E. 40th.

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1-6 bedroom apartments Affordable apartments with price reductions.

Don’t miss an opportunity to get in on the savings. Great locations, nice and newly restored. All appliances including dishwasher, washer/dryer, central heat/air, hardwood floors, fireplaces, ceiling fans, bonus rooms and cable ready for

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VICTORIAN DISTRICT 2 and 3 Bedroom Apartments Off-street parking, washer/dryer, central heat/air. Short walk to Kroger and Forsyth Park.

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HISTORIC DISTRICT. 1 & 2 Bedroom apt in Mansion on Huntington St. $695/month includes some utilities.

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LOFTS ON DRAYTON Historic District, upscale 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment available. April 3. $1100.

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