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Speaking Frankly Mercurial rock legend Frank Black prepares to sprinkle Pixie dust on Savannah

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Beers 2U Oktoberfest, Pirate’s Fest

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Swing it

Danse Theatre meets Equinox

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Six Degrees They Might We ain’t talkin’ Bacon here Be Kevin Giants

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Americana

Savannah Music Festival highlights

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Downtown

Southside

TUESDAY: Texas Hold’em

MONDAY: Bust Your Belly Mondays

WEDNESDAY: Team Trivia with Ben Bennett & Senae

WEDNESDAY: Texas Hold’em

THURSDAY: Open Mic with Red Eye Jedi

THURSDAY: Team Trivia with Jeff Taylor Live Music TBA

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FRIDAY: The Heavy Sandwich

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SATURDAY: Fiasco

Dawgs vs. Vols Real-time Munson! & & NFL NFL Football…

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Sunday!

Table of Contents

Volume 6, No. 2, Oct. 4, 2006

On the cover: Frank Blank (photo by Michael Halsband)

News

Cover Story 6

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Cover Story Frank Black Attack Feedback Readers have their say City Notebook Goin’ around the town Jane Fishman Plant swappin’ time Blotter From SPD reports News of the Weird Strange but true Earthweek The week on your planet Festival Feature Oktoberfest & Pirate Fest

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Music Feature Connect Americana at Music Fest Music Interview Count Basey Orchestra Music Menu Gigs a la carte Connect Recommends Concerts of note Soundboard Who’s playing and where around town

Culture Theatre Preview 19

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Churchill's

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Art Review Plant Portraits & Darkly Carved Treasures Art Patrol Exhibitions and openings Dance ‘Take Five’ at the Lucas Theatre Preview Six Degrees of Separation Theatre Review Picnic

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Film 30 Music Feature 21

Now Showing All the flicks that fit

The 411 5 Week at a Glance Our best bets for cool stuff to do 14 Weather News from the sky 33 Happenings All the stuff, all the time 42 Free Will Astrology Rob Breszny’s look at your stars

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45 Crossword Puzzle Mental Fun 46 Sudoku Puzzle It’s all the rage 48 Classifieds They call it “junk,” you call it “couch”

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thur , Oct 5 AASU Masquers Continue Picnic

What: The Armstrong Atlantic State University Masquers present William Inge’s 1953 Pulitzer Prize winning play. A retrospective lobby display with photos and archival materials from the first 70 years of fine theater at Armstrong is being presented during the run of this show. When: Oct. 5, 6 and 7 at 7:30 p.m.

Where: AASU Jenkins Theater. Cost: $8 for general audiences and $7 for seniors, military and students.

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fri, Oct 6

What: The Geechee Sailing Club will host this regatta, with races in the Wilmington River, Wassaw Sound and the Atlantic Ocean. When: Oct. 7 and 8. Starting sequences for the first race will be at 11 a.m. Call: James Beck at 897-9527 or jebsav@yahoo.com or visit www. geecheesiailingclub.org.

What: A huge selection of items will be available, including appliances, sporting goods, books, china/crystal/giftware, children’s clothing, housewares, linens, greenhouse and holiday items. When: Oct. 6 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Oct. 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Where: Savannah Civic Center. Cost: $4 on Friday and $2 on Saturday, all items half-priced on Saturday.

2nd Annual SCC Autofest (thru Sun.)

2nd Annual Tybee Island Pirate Festival

First Friday for Folk Music

What: The Savannah Folk Music Society will present High Cotton, Amy Steinberg and Jason Bible. When: Oct. 6 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Where: Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church, 429 Abercorn St. Cost: $2 donation. Call: 786-6953.

Dreadful Pestilence

What: For the past four years, the Isaiah Davenport House Museum has presented a living history program to tell the story of the 1820 Savannah yellow fever epidemic. This year, a new character, the real-life Dr.

What: This is the tenth annual Savannah-style plant swap. Everyone is invited -- those with plants they wish to give away and those who need plants. When: Oct. 7 from 9-11 a.m. Where: 618 Boundary St. about a mile south of West Jones Street, next to Chatham Steel and across from Garrison Elementary School. Cost: Free.

Call: Jane Fishman at 484-3045.

Oktoberfest Regatta

59th Annual Junior League Thrift Sale

Memorial Park Movie Series

Fall Plant Swap

What: The American Association of University Women Savannah Branch will present Savannah author Patricia Mason, who will read from her novel, a finalist for a Georgia Romance Writers Maggie Award. When: Oct. 7 from 10-11 a.m. Where: Memorial Hospital Conference Room. Cost: Free.

What: Based on real incidents, this John Guare play tells the story of a young con man who imposes himself upon the lives of a wealthy New York couple.

When: Oct. 6, 7, 8, 13, 14 and 15 at 8 p.m. Where: The Black Box at S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St. Cost: $10 for the general public and $7 for seniors and students.

Call: 651-6782 or 651-6783.

What: In conjunction with the 2nd Annual Tybee Island Pirate Festival, the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, will be presented. When: Oct. 6 at 7 p.m.

Where: Tybee Island Gym. Cost: Suggested donation of $5 per person, with children under 3 admitted free.

SAT, oct 7

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Cultural Arts Theatre Opens Six Degrees of Separation

What: This year’s festival will include a pirate parade, mock pirate invasion, live entertainment, arts and crafts market, children’s activities and more. When: Oct. 6, 7 and 8. The mock pirate invasion and party will be held Friday at 6 p.m. The Thieves Market will be open Friday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. with live music from 3:3011 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with live music from noon to 5 p.m.

The pirates’ parade will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. Where: Tybee Island. The parade will travel down Butler Avenue to Tybrisa Street, where it will turn toward the pier and end in front of the Thieves Market at the South Beach parking lot. The mock invasion will be held at the Lazaretto Creek Marina.

Cost: Free.

through October, beginning at 10 p.m. Where: Savannah Actor’s Theatre, 703 Louisville Rd., Suite D. Cost: $5. Call: 232-6080.

Oktoberfest

What: More than 50 arts and crafts booths, live entertainment, a boat show, the Avon Let’s Talk tour, interactive games, Oompah bands and German foods, PLUS the annual Wiener Dog Races. When: Oct. 6, 7 and 8. Where: River Street. Cost: Free.

Mary Lavinder, as played by Meridith Lamas, is being added to the cast. This presentation is not appropriate for children under 8 years of age. When: Friday and Saturday evenings Oct. 6 through Oct. 28 at 7:30 and 8:45 p.m. Where: 324 E. State St. Cost: $10 in advance for adults, $5 in advance for ages 8-17 and $15 at the time of the performance. Call: 2368097 or jcredle@savbusiness.net.

Savannah Danse Theatre Presents Take Five

What: The Equinox Jazz Orchestra will be on stage to provide swing, jive and jazz for the dancers. When: Oct. 6 at 8 p.m. Where: Lucas Theatre. Cost: $25. Call: 525-5050 or visit www.savannahdansetheatre.org.

First Friday Fireworks on the River

What: Celebrate the end of the week with fireworks fun.

When: Oct. 6 at 9:30 p.m. Where: River Street. Cost: Free.

Project Improv (Friday & Saturday)

What: Savannah Actor’s Theatre will present new live comedy every Friday and Saturday night through October. Formats will vary from night to night. All performances may contain adult content. When: Every Friday and Saturday

What: Hosted by Southern Car Customs of Savannah, this is a two-day indoor and outdoor event featuring the best in automotive speed, style and sound. When: Oct. 7 from noon to 8 p.m. and Oct. 8 from noon to 6 p.m.

Where: Savannah International Trade and Convention Center.

Cost: $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Info: 961-9222 or www.sccaautofest.com.

Savannah Film Society Presents Wordplay

What: This film tracks the story of the crossword puzzle, checking in with compulsive and casual puzzlers alike, including Bill Clinton, Bob Dole, Jon Stewart and many more. When: Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. Where: Lucas Theatre.

Cost: $8. Call: 525-5050.

Sun, oct 8 Reel Savannah Presents Words of My Perfect Teacher

What: This film follows three students on a quest for wisdom from the World Cup to the mythical mountain kingdom of Bhutan. When: Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. Where: Jepson Arts Center. Cost: $8.

The Count Basie Orchestra in Concert

What: A big band with 18 performers playing jazz the way Count Basie himself did. When: Oct. 8 at 3 p.m.

Where: Lucas Theatre. Cost: $27, $22 and $18. Call: 525-5050. w

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Speaking Frankly

An interview with former Pixie and mercurial rock legend Frank Black, wh o plays Savannah Oct. 15

Anytime any music journalist worth his or her salt gets a chance to talk with Frank Black, it’s cause for a certain type of alarm. Ever since Black first burst onto the underground (and later, the above-ground) music scene in the mid-1980s as the frontman and chief composer for the Boston-based noise-pop quartet the Pixies, he’s had to field some of the most inane questions imaginable.

One would have to look back to the golden age of Bob Dylan’s dada-esque mid-’60s press conferences to find some sort of corollary. Back then, Dylan was forced to either limit his answers to snide, terse, offhanded remarks, or go on the attack, fending off similar inanities and queries from writers less interested in getting to know what really made their subject tick than in regurgitating the same old party line.

For an entirely different generation — those weaned on punk rock and all it begat, Frank Black (who, like Dylan, works under a pseudonym) and the records he made as Black Francis with his first serious band the Pixies, resonate with the same timeless, elusive qualities as Dylan’s mid-’60s triptych of Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, and Blonde on Blonde.

Just like Dylan’s most enduring work, those albums still stand up remarkably well today, almost two decades after they appeared.

While that band imploded only a few years into their most promising career amid tension and disappointment that’s been chronicled in minute detail countless times before, Black (Born Charles Thompson IV) soldiered on, slyly reversing the order of his adopted handle, and burying himself headfirst into an idiosyncratic solo career that has found him releasing a steady stream of inventive, quirky, irrepressible albums full of brainy rock and roll that is at turns noisy, soft, brash, sweet, ugly, ethereal, spiritual, violent, morose and playful.

First solely under his own assumed name, and then as the leader of a (slightly) rotating cast of ace backing musicians he Christened The Catholics, Black’s career arc has in some ways mimicked that of Dylan’s, or of another restless, mercurial seeker of a songwriter who’s not content to rest on his laurels: Neil Young.

Along the way, there have been high points and low points, albums that sold surprisingly well, and those that were little more than love letters to his adoring and fiercely loyal cult fanbase. Yet, through it all, Black has retained the artistic respect of most all who work with him in a creative capacity.

When the Pixies reunited a few years back to almost universal —if not sadly belated— acclaim (and a seemingly neverending tour of their own in major venues across the globe), it seemed as though Black was nearing a turning point in his artistic journey.

Sure enough, right on the cusp of that unexpected development, Black disbanded The Catholics, who had famously insisted on recording all their albums completely live in the studio, without the benefit of overdubs, post-production, or other fixes. He then set about fulfilling a personal fantasy he’d harbored for years: cutting an album in Nashville with some of the veteran session players that helped create the classic rock, soul and country albums of the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s.

It was a notion born from Black’s fascination with Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde album, the 1966 2-LP set that found the Beat poet-inspired rock chameleon paired with the cream of Music City’s backing players. For a time, the cheeky working title of Black’s album was actually Black on Blonde.

Eventually some of the fruits of those recording sessions surfaced on 2005’s Honeycomb, an earthy LP that was the closest Black had come to country rock since he began leaning in that direction at the turn of the millennium. His brand-new 2-CD set Fastman Raiderman continues in that vein, with a whopping 27 songs honed to some sort of loose perfection by an all-star cast of characters that includes The Band’s Levon Helm, Cheap trick’s Tom Petersson, The Faces Ian McLagen, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ Steve Ferrone, Booker T & The MG’s Steve Cropper, Dylan keyboardist Al Kooper, and famed Muscle Shoals bassist David Hood, among others.

Now, for the first time since 2003 —and in fact, the first time since the Pixies reunited— Black is touring with a brandnew electric backing band. This stripped-down lineup of Black on rhythm guitar and vocals, Billy Block on drums, Duane Jarvis on lead guitar and Eric drew Feldman on bass is at first glance an odd grouping. Block’s a respected Nashville ringer and songwriter who’s played and recorded with the likes of Steve Earle and Lucinda Williams. Jarvis has a well-received solo career of his own as a singer/songwriter. Eric Drew Feldman is a multiinstrumentalist who’s worked off and on with Black over the years, as well as with such other oddball rock luminaries as Captain Beefheart, PJ Harvey and Snakefinger.

I caught up with Black by phone a few hours before he would lead his band through their first official debut gig. In atypical fashion, instead of breaking the group in at some out of the way dive bar, they were set to open 2 nights in a row for Tom Petty & The heartbreakers at The Greek Theater in Los Angeles — on Petty’s sold-out 30th Anniversary Tour no less!

This was the fourth time I’ve had the pleasure to pick his brain, and every time before this, I second-guessed myself throughout the proceedings. This time, I did my best to just roll with itt. In retrospect, within 30 minutes after I’d hung up the phone I was kicking myself for not getting around to asking some of the questions I’d most wanted to field.

So, you won’t find out from this piece if Black feels any more or less free now that the Pixies are back together. You also won’t find out whether he actually composes many of his songs on the ukulele, as I suspect he does. Hell, you won’t find out a lot of things that I —and possibly you —wanted to know. Hopefully, though, you will find a few surprises, and in the end, it will have been worth the time for you, as well as him.

Weirdness. You know.

Old ladies drinking mint juleps and thinking about murder in the shadows.

Connect Savannah: Last night was the first gig with the new band, right?

Frank Black: We had a little impromptu show. It was real casual. Not like a formal gig, you know? We crashed a P.F. Sloan gig and played after him.

Connect Savannah: How was it received?

Frank Black: You know, the drunk guy that was dancing all night in front of me — I think he was pleased. (laughs) Connect Savannah: Is the group getting up to speed the way you’d hoped they would?

Frank Black: Oh yeah. They’re good players, you know. We’re a little rough on the edges, but I think that’s sort of OK. We know about twenty songs.

Connect Savannah: Do you imagine you’ll be adding more songs as the tour progresses, or you’ll just stick with those 20?

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playing to the louder, more punk-rock crowd.

Connect Savannah: Do you see this band as a one-off project with a finite lifespan, or could it have the potential to continue on for years, much like The Catholics did?

Connect Savannah: Did you tell the bandmembers what you were after when you first contacted them, or did you wait until rehearsals began to spring it on them?

Frank Black: Well, it’s not that either. It may appear that way on the surface, because I’ve gotten a couple of the guys who played on the Nashville sessions, but then I add Eric Feldman in there. So I have one compadré on board... I think it’s more of taking my new Nashville friends and saying, ok, so we’re going on tour! But, guess what? We’re gonna be more of like a punk band. So, let’s play like that. I mean, in whatever country-style songs we might be playing, we’re approaching them with a kind of punk-rock abandon. At least that’s what it seems like. I don’t know. I feel like it’s sounding more like The Replacements or something, rather than a slick Nashville thing. I’m not sure why that is, either. I guess I don’t feel comfortable with us going out there and being real slick. I don’t mind doing that in a recording session. But going and playing that way in nightclubs is not my idea of... I mean, i think I’m much more comfortable being kinda loud, you know? So, that’s what we’re doing. And I think we’re playing to the “loud crowd” as well. If I had inherited John Hiatt’s audience, then maybe I wouldn’t be doing this.

But I don’t think that I did. I believe I’m

Frank Black: These guys have rock and roll conventions. It’s not like they’re gonna go, “What?” See, a lot of people don’t ever seem to understand that a lot of it’s the same world .

Connect Savannah: It’s just like a different set of clothes.

Frank Black: Kind of, yeah. Like, I was having a drink in a bar in Wales on a tour.

I think it was with the Pixies. And, it was a little quiet village on my way to Ireland, and an American guy came over to the table and he’d heard me chatting with a bunch of English roadies. I don’t know who he was, but it seemed like he was an artist who performed some sort of popular songs, but nothing like rock and roll.

Connect Savannah: Like folk music?

Frank Black: Not even that. It was more square than that. He was probably like Jerry Vale. For an older crowd Connect Savannah: A lounge singer.

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Frank Black: Yeah, but the kind that would play in theatres or something. He must have been a name of some sort. He was well heeled, and he was older than me.

Anyway, he could tell that we were musicians and that we were on the road. As was he! And he was coming from Ireland. Like us, he had the night off for travelling, and here we all were in this little pub in the middle of Wales. He said how’s it goin’, and that he’d heard we were on a tour playin’ in such and such a town. Well, he’d just come from there, and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

Well, it was nice to see you guys, and have a good trip. We talked for about 10 minutes about fishing or golf or something. The point is, that as far as he was concerned, we were all in the same club as him. Right?

And I appreciated that. He knew damn well that we were rock and roll people. He didn’t say, “Hey, I’m a rock and roller, too.”

He didn’t pretend to be something other than what he was. But basically, (adopts a carny barker’s type voice) “We’re all in showbiz here.” That was his take on it. And I totally agree. That’s why I think people get too hung up on musical genres and stuff like that. At the end of the day, people that are in showbiz like to think of themselves in show biz like to think of themselves as...

Well, we’s all people in showbiz! There’s not all this division. We all step into a limelight and take the stage to do our thing. We’re all troubadours or whatever you want to call it. I like to think about it like that. And so, I get disappointed when people — espe-

cially other musicians or music fans— get too caught up with “well, they sound like that, and that’s their bag.” “This is our bag over here and we don’t hang with that over there.” It’s not that different, you know what I mean? People are gathering this evening at the appointed hour. Perhaps it’s a drinking room, or perhaps not. Whatever. But they’re gonna gather for the concert. Big night out! You know? We’re gonna take the stage and we’re gonna try to give ‘em their money’s worth. That’s why I really love reading books about jazz musicians in the ‘30s or Vaudeville comedians.

You know, reading about the Three Stooges or whatever. I mean, I’ve played in rooms and older theatres, where I’ve realized, oh my God! Ted Healy and the Three Stooges probably played here in 1925! (laughs) So, how different was their world from mine?

Well, of course there are a lot of big differences, but what’s so interesting are the similarities. They travelled to this town from that town. They probably took the same road. They stayed in hotel in this part of town. They had to wake up in the morning and go find coffee and breakfast. They saw the same kind of sunlight and smelled a lot of the same smells. For crying out loud, they came in contact with the same gene pool that I’m coming into contact with! You know what I mean? There’s all those kind of connections. Anyway, I find it fascinating. continued on page

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Connect Savannah: Thanks for being so eager to speak with us.

Frank Black: Sure. I appreciate it. I’ve never played in Savannah. I’m looking very forward to it!

I guess most people first heard about Savannah because of that big murder story. Of course, I’m expecting...

Connect Savannah: Weirdness?

Frank Black: Weirdness. You know. Old ladies drinking mint juleps and thinking about murder in the shadows. (laughs) Connect Savannah: A lot of your new material prominently features pedal steel and keyboards on the albums. Was it hard to rearrange those songs to work with this road band lineup of 2 guitars, bass and drums?

Frank Black: We’re still in the process of forging a sound for this new band. We’re trying to make it deep, you know. All of the old songs that we’re playing that are slow, we’re makin’ ‘em slower, but we’re not makin’ ‘em more mellow. We’re tryin’ to make ‘em tougher. We want ‘em to have a kind of tough, raw, Beatles or Doug Sahm

kind of “oomph,” you know? Anyway, it’s still developing, but I’m pretty sure we’ll have our shit together by the time we get to Savannah!

Connect Savannah: So, tonight is the official debut gig with the new band, right?

Frank Black: Yeah, but I’m giving myself till Arizona, ‘cause these are just opening gigs that we’re doing.

I’m very happy that Tom Petty has asked us to be there, obviously. I might add, he’s very generous in paying his opening bands.

Much more generous than most, shall we say. So, we’re gonna be giving them a real show, but my own tour starts on Sunday, so I’m still considering this a work in progress.

Connect Savannah: What’s the mood of the band going into such a high profile first gig tonight? Are they nervous?

Frank Black: I think they’re looking forward to it. I don’t know how nervous they are. These guys have played every kind of gig possible. In the universe. Whether it’s playing behind chicken wire in a roadhouse, or headlining some arts festival in Rotterdam, you know? This will be old hat to them in a manner of speaking. But we

all love it. That’s why we do it.

Connect Savannah: I was surprised to read your setlist would include Pixies material.

Frank Black: Nah, there’s no Pixies stuff.

Connect Savannah: Okay. Well, that makes sense, because I assumed that now that the Pixies were back together that you’d segregate those tunes to those shows alone.

Frank Black: Exactly! That’s exactly what’s happened. They’ve been segregated.

Connect Savannah: Yet you still do some of those songs when you play one-man acoustic shows. Did you choose to drop those songs on your own, or did some of the other Pixies feel it would be weird for you to do that as long as they were a functioning unit?

Frank Black: Well, there was no discussion. It’s a free country. I wrote the damn songs, and I can sing ‘em in whatever context I want. But yeah, it seems a little awkward. And I’d add, at this particular moment in time.

Connect Savannah: You often draw on historical facts and references to religious doctrines and mythologies in your lyrics. Is it safe to say there’s a certain amount of playful obfuscation on your part when writing songs for a core audience that you know can sometimes obsess over stuff like that?

Frank Black: I believe it’s called a riddle.

Yeah. (laughs) Sure. I riddle.

Connect Savannah: Do you find yourself coming up with a riddle and then constructing a song around it?

Frank Black: Well, when you’re a riddler, you just riddle. It doesn’t require extra time to riddle. You know? Trying to figure out what rhymes with elephant is a whimsical challenge. The whole process of songwriting as far as I’m concerned, is riddled with... You know... Games.

Connect Savannah: Have you always felt that way?

Frank Black: Yes, yes, yes, yes. Always felt that way. Always worked that way. w Connect Savannah and Tiny Team Concerts present Frank Black and his new band with special opening act The Reid Paley Trio at Savannah Smiles (314 Williamson St. near the corner of MLK, Jr., Blvd. and Bay St.), Sunday night, October 15. Tickets for this 21+ show are $30 in advance or $33 at the door, and can be charged online at www. tinyteamconcerts.info, or purchased at the following Cash Only outlets: Primary Art Supply, Le Chai Wine Gallerie, Annie’s Guitars & Drums, Marigold Beauty Concepts, Silly Mad Cds and Angel’s BBQ.

The 17th Annual

Savannah Folk Music Festival October 13th, 14th & 15th Friday, October 13th

Folkfest in City Market • 7:00 - 11:00 p.m.

Hank Weisman, Bill Schumann, Dominique & Jean-Paul Carton, Chris Desa, Judy & Bob Williams, Melanie Mirande, Old Dogs-New Tricks - “Noteworthy Art” Auction (part 1) - 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, October 14th

Youth Song Writing Competition • 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

The perfect way to unwind from the work day.

Live Jazz at the Cobblestone Conch House.

Jazz on the River with Annie Allman and friends.

Wednesday through Saturday.

Cobblestone Conch House Restaurant and Bar. 225 W. River St. • Savannah, Ga. 232-5551 • www.cobblestoneconchhouse.com

Finals for teens writing original folk music.

Winners divide $1,000 in prizes from event sponsor, Annie's Guitars and Drums, Jenkins Hall at Armstrong Atlantic State University

Old Time Country Dance • 8:00 - 11:00 p.m.

Contra dancing, circles, reels, squares and waltzes with the Notorious string band.

Notre Dame Academy Gym, 1709 Bull Street

Sunday, October 15th

Concert at the Roundhouse • 1:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Norman and Nancy Blake, Guy Davis, Tracy Grammer and Jim Henry, Notorious, and winner of the Youth Songwriting Competition.

“Noteworthy Art” Auction (part 2) - 3:30 p.m.

For More Information: 912-786-6953 or www.savannahfolk.org

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You don’t have to go to war to know that it’s wrong

Perhaps Benderman has learnt the hard way that there are other ways for the U.S. to conduct itself on the global stage. But we, the great unwashed, could have told him that a long time ago.

He only had to ask.

David Jeffreys

Did Benderman refuse or was he just confused?

Editor, I just finished reading the recent cover interview with Kevin Benderman in your newspaper. I could not help but notice the glaring inconsistency in Mr. Benderman’s belief that he was “released” from his duty to deploy and therefore was not guilty of missing movement to Iraq. This belief seems at odds with other statements he has made concerning the events of 2005.

If one looks at Mr. Benderman’s own website, www.bendermandefense.org, a specific section contains articles written

by Mr. Benderman himself. One article is titled, “Why I Refused a 2nd Deployment to Iraq.”

Why does Mr. Benderman now shy away from taking full responsibility for his decision not to deploy? Would not a more honorable position have been to plead guilty at trial and state the reasons for refusal?

As Mr. Benderman stated when talking about other deserters, he “didn’t go to Canada.” Elsewhere in your article, Mr. Benderman says Vietnam-era veterans laud him for having had the “guts” to do what he [Mr. Benderman] did instead of running.

I guess the question boils down to whether Mr. Benderman “refused” or “confused” that order to deploy in 2005.

A. J. Balbo Editor’s Note: Due to a misunderstanding on our part, the incident involving Vulcan anti-aircraft guns Sgt. Benderman referenced in the article took place during the first Gulf War. “The Vulcan is no longer in use as far as I know,” Benderman writes to clarify.

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Editor, Regarding last week’s cover story, “Objector:” Whilst I applaud Kevin Benderman’s decision to go with his conscience, not his orders, in Iraq and I feel for him and his family in their plight, I’m angered by his comments about peace activists and what he claims are their undisciplined, slovenly habits.

To any intelligent person, the first response to such a statement should be, so what? What does it matter how somebody chooses to manage their domestic affairs, particularly in the context of an unjust ‘war’?

But I’m also angry about the motivation for the message that Benderman’s comments are intended to send out. To me, what he is saying is “Don’t worry, I’m still a good ole boy, not one of those wishy washy, bleeding heart liberals or pacifists, I just don’t agree with war!”

Let me tell Mr. Benderman that playing cowboys and Indians in the woods with a BB gun is something that many people grow out of quite young. They realize violence begets violence and certainly don’t think about turning childhood games into a career. On the contrary, they choose jobs that are meant to make the world a better place through positive, non-violent actions: healthcare workers, firefighters, teachers, youth and community workers.

Just a cursory look at the motivations behind all of the major military offensives initiated by the U.S. in the latter half of the last century into this century are fundamentally flawed and have ultimately cost huge numbers of unnecessary deaths with little to show in the way of positive outcomes.

Mr. Benderman is afraid to admit that, despite neglecting their domestic duties, those scruffy, “chaotic” (Mrs. Benderman) pacifists were right. They knew all along that war was stupid, this particular ‘war’ doubly so.

And you know why? Because like other people who really care about making the world a better place they don’t merely act first, think later. Instead they talk and listen to people, find out about history, get wise about the political climate in the areas of conflict and if they see injustice they do what it is their constitutional right to do, they protest.

Ultimately, pacifists in the U.S. believe that the violence endemic to the entire history of this country is not inevitably destined to repeat itself alongside the loss of young lives.

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HIGH STEPPIN’: At left, the drum major of the Savannah High Blue Jacket marching band is in fine form at the ‘Battle of the Marching Bands,’ held Sunday at Memorial Stadium.

photo by Jessica Ozment

Welcome to Gerald’s: Longtime

Savannah caterer and raconteur Gerald Schantz, bottom left on the dance floor, celebrated the longanticipated opening of Gerald’s Diner at Bolton and Montgomery, which will be open 24 hours on weekends. The Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love, above, entertained.

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right, some folks celebrate Thursday night’s grand opening of Madame Chrysanthemum Floral Design Studio at 101 West Taylor.

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All that Jazz: As part of the Savannah Jazz Festival, Cobblestone Conch House hosted local jazz legend Teddy Adams, seen above with the rhythm section of Willy Harvy and Eric Vaughn. At right, the Skyelite Jazz Band performs in Forsyth Park

It’s a wrap: The cast and crew of the horror film Sideshow celebrated completion of the film at a wrap party on Tybee Friday evening. From left: producers Frank Fox and his wife Paula, with director Mike D’Anna. The movie utilized much local talent, both in front of the camera and behind it, and is scheduled to premiere in Savannah in the spring.

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A good clean dig in the dirt They know to keep an eye out for the next arriving person. You have to come prepared to pounce on what you like and then to hide it.

Everything is fair game. I’ve seen people try to dig up some of my own plants in this garden. Well, maybe it’s their first time.

I must also make room for garlic. Filaree Farms in Okanogan, Wash., which is in the north central part of the state, is just starting to mail out garlic bulbs, those round papery things, comprised of a group of individual wedges or toes. Though they look much like what you buy in the supermarket I suspect they are superior. They do come from Romania and Poland and Canada. They have to be superior with names like purple stripe, porcelain, silverskin, turban, creole, rocambole.

Got an extra field near your house or somewhere in your neighborhood? Why not try planting some of these little puppies? Like all vegetables, they like sun and they take a long time to put on weight.

But what fun in, say, June or early July, to pull them out, skin ‘em and throw ‘em into the skillet. (I told you they have a long growing season.). Maybe they’ll even keep away a few evil spirits along the way. Nothing wrong with that.

They look a lot like onions when young.

But sometime in the last trimester the leaves start to curl; then you know.

And I definitely have to make room for all varieties of lettuce seeds I plan to broadcast. The hardest part about growing lettuce is bending down, way down, elbows to the ground down, to pick it.

I know the stretch is good - although my neck tells me the opposite the next day - but one of these decades I’m going to have to build something a little higher off the ground.

If I can find the seeds I’m going to plant spinach, too. Suddenly, since we can’t buy it - we all know about the E-coli scare; the last batch of mixed greens I came home with had a sticker that read, “No spinach, Sans epinard� - I’m craving spinach, a green that according to Wikipedia, the people’s online encyclopedia, goes back to 647 when some Chinese person referred to it as “the herb of Persia.�

How timely. Persia (or Iran) and spinach in one sentence. Who said gardeners don’t know what’s going on? Or can’t get a manicure?

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Since I’ve been away from Savannah for a month or so my hands, especially my fingernails, have never been cleaner.

So this is how most people live (or are supposed to live).

I don’t have to do my laundry as often either. And when I do, my brights are brighter and my whites whiter.

Gardening can take its toll. I could even go out and get a manicure.

But what’s the first thing I’m going to do when I roll into Savannah this week for the fall plant swap? Pull weeds off the burgeoning broccoli plants (and out from between the bricks on the meandering path, which at this point probably looks like anything but a path).

Yank vines from the cache of baby collard plants, stuck in as seedlings in early September. Tear beach daisy from its destructive path through the onion sets, over the sugar cane and around the flowering plum.

Pry what’s left of the aggressive passion flower brigade, which if left to its druthers would march all the way to the sea (the hungry and rapacious butterflies do a pretty good job of decimating this hard-toeradicate plant ).

Lift the dead swamp sunflowers up, up and away from the thick clump of those that are still just starting to put out those gorgeous fall yellow flowers.

Snip the oddly named greenbriar vine that would sooner rip your clothes and cut your hands than disengage itself from your garden.

I wouldn’t have to do any of that if I didn’t need the space. If I waited for cold weather or one little nippy night nature would take care of all that for me. Then clearing away last season’s detritus would be a breeze (and I could keep my nails clean and my manicure intact).

But I must make room for what I pick up from Saturday’s plant swap, something you can never plan for. There’s always someone who pulls up with a pickup full of stuff I haven’t counted on coveting, like the cerissa topiaries someone just emailed me she intends to bring. The few cerissas I have planted have been terrific - minimal care, sweet white blooms, steady growth. A plant that knows its place and doesn’t try to take over.

But will I be able to snag the cerissa?

We don’t know. People who come to these plant swaps have developed a quick eye for the unusual, a good nose for the unique.

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news|Blotter A computer lab teacher at Charles Ellis Elementary was one of a dozen people arrested on drug charges in a Counter Narcotics Team (CNT) sting over the weekend.

Alycia Jackson Paledino, a school system employee since August 2004, was arrested Sept.

29 for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.

A school system spokesman tells Connect that “An agent with CNT has told school officials that their investigation indicated that none of the alleged drug activity took place on school property or within the proximity of schoolchildren.” Four targeted suspects in the drug sting remain at large at presstime.

The indictment stems from a yearlong investigation by CNT, in which a father and son were targets. Gary and Kobie Ervin were named as mid-level distributors who “conspired to import cocaine onto the streets of Savannah and Chatham County between June 2005 and July 2006.”

This weekend’s arrests took place at six locations around Chatham County. Agents recovered six firearms; seized five vehicles, $9000, and nearly half of the 5 kilograms of cocaine they say were being brought in, with an estimated street value of more than $500,000.

• An officer was dispatched to a West Congress Street restaurant and bar in reference to a report of a man who was fighting with the manager. When the officer arrived, the manager advised that he caught the man after he walked out of the bar without paying his $4.50 bar tab. The manager said that when he asked the man to pay, the man tried to say that someone else had agreed to pay it.

After the officer arrived, the man kept stating, “It’s all a misunderstanding. Someone else was supposed to pay for the beer.

I’ll go home and get the $4.50.” The man had no ID or money on his person. He was arrested for theft of services and was taken to the Chatham County Detention Center. He also was banned from the bar.

• An East Perry Lane resident was told to expect a package from FedEx that would contain a surprise birthday present. At the time the package was to arrive, the woman went to her mailbox, but the package wasn’t there. However, there was bubble wrap on the ground beneath the mailbox.

While looking for the package, the woman was approached by a man who appeared to be homeless. He asked her if the previous occupant of the house still lived there. He told the victim he was asking because he found a cell phone that he thought was theirs. He then walked off.

from recent Savannah/Chatham Police incident reports

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The woman called FedEx and was told the package had been delivered to her house.

She then called police to report that it had been stolen.

• Officers were conducting special operations at East 33rd and Ott streets when they saw two men standing in the shadows near the curb on Ott Street. Both were on bicycles, and neither was moving. When they saw a marked police vehicle, they moved immediately. One had a brown paper bag in his hand and the other had no light on his bicycle. The officer asked both men to stop and one stopped immediately.

The other continued a few feet, where he “furtively tucked his right arm under his left arm and made a throwing motion with his right hand.” A small object fell to the ground, but the officer couldn’t clearly see it from a seated position in the vehicle.

The officer exited the car and spoke with the first man, who placed his brown bag on the ground with the top clearly open.

The officer checked the bag and found that the can inside was in fact beer. He spoke to the first suspect, who had an odor of alcohol coming from his person, and asked what was going on.

The man said he was talking to the second suspect about the football game and just riding by. He was asked how he knew the man and said he didn’t know him.

Suspecting that there was criminal activity afoot and wanting to investigate what the second man had thrown, the officer arrested the first suspect for the open container violation. He then inspected the area where he had seen the second man make the throwing motion and found three offwhite rocks of crack cocaine. The ground was soiled and there was a large amount of foliage and sand on the ground, but the crack rocks were not soiled and appeared not to have been out in the weather. The second man also was arrested, but refused to give his name, so was booked as “John Doe.” w

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

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by Chuck Shepherd

The Litigious Society

people in August after intermittent, daylong fighting (that sent three of them to the hospital) that begin when one flicked a cigarette butt near another’s property. And Jeffrey Cullen, 58, was arrested in August for firing several gunshots at Kingman, Ariz., firefighters (but missing) when they told him that they weren’t permitted to rescue his cat from a tree.

Recurring Themes

While stories of dogs stepping on rifles’ triggers and accidentally shooting their owners have occurred so often as to be No Longer Weird, the dog that accidentally kicks the gearshift of an idling vehicle is rarer. Nonetheless, in July in Republic, Pa., and Ogden, Utah, dogs sent trucks off on wild spins after bumping gearshifts. The Pennsylvania dog hit a pole, a fence and a house and ruptured a gas line; the Utah “driver” (a police K-9) hit a woman, seriously injuring her.

By the Way, What Else Is No Longer Weird?

80 themes have occurred so frequently that they have been retired since News of the Weird began publishing in 1988. Many involve ineptitude of criminals: Burglars leave footprints in the snow or mud, or they suffer a leakage of loot from their heist, thus leaving trails often leading right up to perps’ doorsteps. With videocams so widely used, more and more criminals are chronicling their crimes as they go, eventually making prosecutors’ work easy. Even so, some robbers haven’t mastered video camera technology, and when they intend to disable a surveillance camera, they smash only the lens, leaving the recording unit intact. Cop wannabes, some with uniforms, badges and flashing lights on their dashboards, get thrills by stopping and scolding drivers, until they mistakenly stop a real (off-duty) cop. All these used to be weird, but nowadays are just too common. w

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In September, following complaints of One Hindu family sued another in diners, the health department in SpringSpringfield, Mass., in July over an arranged field, Mo., notified restaurants that Debby marriage after the bride-to-be presented Rose’s “assistance monkey” could not herself to the groom’s family for the first be permitted to dine with her (in a high time and was judged too ugly. Vijai V. chair), even though Rose said she suffers Pandey and his wife claimed they were from a disabling social phobia that she “extremely shocked” at the woman’s can accommodate only if “Rich“protruded bad teeth” and bad ard” (a bonnet macaque monkey) complexion, among other deis with her. Monkeys are generally Always squat ficiencies. A spokesman for an permitted under the Americans American Hindu organization in public with Disabilities Act if they pertried to downplay skepticism over Toilets! form certain tasks, as capuchin arranged marriages, telling the monkeys have been trained to Springfield Republican newsfetch groceries from shelves for paper that he had seen “very wheelchair-using patrons. Howhandsome men who are happy ever, animals that provide only with somewhat homely women.” emotional support fall into a gray Linda Mason filed a lawsuit in area, according to a U.S. Justice DeChicago in July against a Borders partment spokesperson quoted by bookstore, citing a defective toilet in the Springfield News-Leader. the ladies’ room that allegedly triggered near-catastrophic medical Police Blotter injuries. Because the broken seat Fire crews arriving at a burning “shifted to the side” when she sat down, house on 99th Street in Portland, Ore., on she not only lost her balance and fell to the July 26 must have suspected that somefloor but somehow suffered “multiple spine thing was up because nervous residents of injuries,” requiring “multiple neurosurgithe home were ferrying buckets of water cal” operations, resulting in permanent to the fire themselves, having already imdisfigurement. plored neighbors not to call firefighters.

Police later found marijuana plants growLeast Competent Criminals ing in the basement and took three people Pennsylvania inmate Donta Thomas into custody. was re-arrested in August and charged In an August segment on WWLP-TV with operating a drug ring on the outside, (Springfield, Mass.), police chief Anthony carried out via the Fayette County prison’s Scott of Holyoke, Mass., described the expay phones. According to police, Thomas tent of a recent domestic fight in which Ms. routinely gave explicit instructions to his Yesenia Ortiz retaliated against alleged agaccomplices over the phone despite an augressor Victor Cruz: “She grabbed another tomated message on each call that the conknife and stabbed him in the winky....” versation was being recorded. According to (Cruz was arrested and taken to a hospital a spokesman for the state attorney general, for treatment of his winky.)

Thomas, speaking, would pause so as not to have to talk over the recording, but then Great Art! afterward resume planning his deals.

Artists Gone Too Far: (1) An August Los Angeles exhibition by photographer Proposals Gone Awry Jill Greenberg featured 27 2- and 3-year(1) Adam Sutton’s elaborate plan to old kids crying, scenes that Greenberg propropose to Erika Brussee in July on a small voked by offering each one a lollipop and chartered plane near Rome, Ga., didn’t then snatching it away. She admitted that work out, as the engine stalled and the the photos were “upsetting” but denied plane crashed (causing minor injuries) critics’ accusations of child abuse. (2) In near their friends on the ground who were August, police in Mumbai, India, decided holding up signs with the actual proposal to get a professional opinion from the local question for Brussee. (2) Mark Papkey’s JJ School of Art as to whether a downelaborate plan to propose to Holly Barnes town video and photographic exhibition in June on a hot air balloon near Boston was obscene and should be closed down. didn’t work out, as the balloon drifted into (The school’s opinion of the show, “Tits, wilderness, fuel ran out, and they and the Clits and Elephant Dick,” has not been pilot were forced to spend the night in the reported.) woods before being rescued. (Both BrusPerformance artist Kira O’Reilly’s Ausee and Barnes said yes.) (And in Wichita, gust show in Penzance, England, “InKan., in September, Kandi Blakney went to thewrongplaceness,” consisted of a naked the courthouse for her wedding, but when woman cradling a dead pig for four hours a clerk pulled up her marriage license, two at a time. O’Reilly explained, on her Web outstanding arrest warrants also came up, site: “The work left me with an underand she was jailed, in her wedding dress.) current of pigginess (and) unexpected Poor at Anger Management fantasies of mergence and interspecies Executive chef George Llorens, 60, was metamorphoses began to flicker into my arrested in Bridgeport, Conn., in July, acconsciousness.” People for the Ethical cused of punching a colleague in the face Treatment of Animals called the perforbecause the appetizers she made were cold. mance merely “sick.”

And police in Decatur, Ala., arrested four

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news|Earthweek

Java Mud Mystery

by Steve Newman

Tropical Cyclones

Flash flooding from the remnants of TropiA massive flow cal Storm 17W of noxious, killed at least three steaming mud people and in3.8 3.5 that began undated homes, spewing from the depths 3.7 5.2 farmlands and roads along 3.5 of the earth at an the central Vietnamese 17W Indonesian gas well in Xangsane coast. The tropical cyclone May has so far forced had attained storm force for Mukda 12,000 people from their only a brief period before 0 homes. Some geologists 5.7 +111 striking the country.

4.5 said the flow could have Bilma, • Typhoon Xangsane, the been triggered by a crack Niger worst such storm to strike about 6,000 feet beneath the Philippines in 20 years, East Java province’s 5.7 killed at least 14 people and Banjar Panji exploratory caused a massive blackout well. But a group of across Luzon Island. Nuinternational experts now merous trees and billboards believes the mudflow 0 were toppled by fierce winds might be a natural -96 at the height of Xangsane's Vostok, phenomenon, which Week Ending September 29, 2006 onslaught in Manila, making Antarctica could continue to spew many roads impassable. The until underground amounts of chlorine and bromine remain in Amazon Reforestation storm was predicted to later pressure is finally released 10 to 100 years the atmosphere and will keep causing large strike central Vietnam.

The Brazilian state of Acre has from now. Gushing out at more than 1.7 holes in the ozone level over Antarctica for • Cyclone Mukda made a loop across the launched a project to reforest million cubic feet per day, the mud has decades. Ozone depletion causes increased waters of the Arabian Sea. land in the Amazon previously submerged half a dozen villages and 20 UV exposure and a greater risk of skin cleared for ranching.

It is factories. The disaster is thought to have Nothing to Sneeze At cancer. establishing a nursery for growing various been caused by gas-charged fluids breaching A U.S. biotech firm has begun trees, which will be issued to large landownAlaskan Rumblings coral mounds on top of limestone rock, a selling what it calls the world’s ers. Up to 4 million mahogany, Brazil nut, A volcanic mountain near the “magmatic” reaction generating gas, a first specially bred hypoallergenic palms and other trees are to be cultivated, mouth of Alaska’s Cook Inlet newborn mud volcano or hydrothermal cats. Allerca says it managed to and new laws will require ranchers to use appears to be coming back to life fluids arriving from neighboring areas. selectively breed the sneeze-free the trees to reforest up to 30 percent of their felines by reducing a certain type of protein after lying dormant for thousands Antarctic Ozone Hole property. Acre’s governor Jorge Viana says of years. The Alaska Volcano Observatory that triggers allergic reactions. By finding The hole in Earth’s protective he wants to shift the state’s economy away (AVO) reports that vents in Fourpeaked a small portion of the cat population that layer of stratospheric ozone over from ranching to concentrate on sustainable does not carry the glycoprotein Fel D1 in its Mountain are spewing smelly volcanic Antarctica was larger during the logging, Brazil nuts, berries, rubber and gasses, and the agency believes that an saliva, fur and skin, the company was able just-ended southern winter than medicinal plants. eruption is possible during the next few to breed cats that do not threaten the health last year, and U.N. weather experts say it weeks. Steve McNutt, acting coordinator for Earthquakes and quality of life for millions of cat allergy neared the record size that occurred in the AVO, said infrasound waves from the sufferers. The new cats come in all coat Two minor earthquakes shook 2000. “The ozone depletion started quite rumbling mountain were detected by colors and patterns, according to the San northeastern South Carolina late, but when it started it came quite microphones as far away as Fairbanks. The Diego-based company. The coat is adverwithin three days, breaking some rapidly,” said Geir Braathen, the World observatory has installed a network of tized as medium-length with low maintewindows in Marlboro County.

Meteorological Organization’s top ozone geophysical instruments at the previously nance and minimal shedding. Even with a • Earth movements were also felt in Maine, expert. While use of ozone-depleting unmonitored mountain. price tag of just under $4,000 per cat, the northwest California, northwestern Argenchemicals has waned since a worldwide ban company says it already has a waiting list of tina, southern Iran, western Japan and Inwent into force in 1989, Braathen said large donesia’s Sulawesi Island and Maluku Islands. customers wanting to get one. w

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Tail Your beer mug runneth over of a Oktoberfest and Pirate Fest both happen this weekend

Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest is Savannah’s second largest outdoor festival, topped only by the St. Patrick’s Celebration on the River.

Live entertainment will feature headliners Firefall and the Spin Doctors, plus a German oompah band with performers in lederhosen and feathered hats. Those who love adventure will have several opportunities to do the Chicken Dance. (Bring you own chicken hat, please.)

A highlight of Oktoberfest is sure to be the 12th Annual Wiener Dog Races, which will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. This year’s races will be hosted by the Dachshund Social Club of Savannah.

“We have a new group taking over the wiener dog races,” says Rick Lott, executive director of the Savannah Waterfront Association, which organizes the event. “It’s kind of fitting that it’s a group officially dedicated to wiener dogs.”

As many as 30 “dash hounds” will be racing for the gold. The cost to enter a dachshund in the race is $10, all of which goes to the Dachshund Rescue of North America organization. The races have grown to be so popular, bleachers will be placed at the site for spectators.

There will be a Children’s Activity Area with coloring, bubble blowing and other projects. For the adults, there will be arts and crafts booth along the plaza.

Local restaurants will be serving a variety of food on the plaza, including bratwurst and strudel. The food booths will be judged for best decoration and best food.

For more information about Oktoberfest, call 234-0295 or visit www.riverstreetsavannah.com.

Pirate Fest

Things that make you go Aaaar: The Tybee Island Pirate Fest kicks off Friday at 6 p.m. when a band of pirates will invade Lazaretto Creek Marina & Cafe Loco to steal the key to the city from Tybee Island Mayor Jason Bueleman.

Live entertainment, food, souvenirs and children’s activities at Little Matey Cove will be presented as part of the festivities.

Outdoor music will be presented from 7-10 p.m. Da Gullah Rootz will be playing reggae.

At 7 p.m., the Memorial Park Movie Series will present Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl at the Tybee Island Gym. Bring lawn chairs, blankets and picnic baskets.

Admission is a suggested donation of $5 per person, with children under 3 admitted free.

On Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. the Thieves Market & Feast will be held at the South Beach parking lot. There will be arts and crafts, grog and grub and live entertainment, with the Train Wrecks at 3:30 p.m., The 8 Tracks at 6 p.m. and Mother’s Finest at 8:30 p.m.

Children’s activities will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Tybee Pier & Pavilion. All activities are free.

A highlight of the festival is sure to be the Pirates Parade at 3 p.m. The parade will begin at the curve on U.S. Highway 80 and travel down Butler Avenue to Tybrisa Street, where it will end in front of the Thieves Market. A pirate costume contest will begin at 5 p.m. There are categories for children and adults, and prizes will be awarded.

On Sunday, the Thieves Market will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Live music will be provided from noon to 5 p.m. by Roy and The Circuit Breakers, Randy “Hatman” Smith and The Tybee All Stars.

There also will be a scavenger hunt for adults with a $200 cash prize at 2 p.m. Meet at the Thieves Market Stage to receive a list. Participants must be 18 or older.

The Tybee Island Pirate Festival is put on by TybeeFest, a non-profit group of volunteers who organize off-season events. “We were looking for a festival that was unique and fit Tybee,” says Katrina Murray, marketing director for the Tybee Island Tourism Council. “This one is quirky and fun-loving.”

Once the pirates steal the key to the city, they were literally take over the island, Murray says. “The parade will sop at City Hall and the pirates will kidnap the mayor and make him ride on their float,” she says. “We will also have Shriners, especially the pirate Shrine unit.

“Children will get goodies and trinkets,” Murray says.

“One of the fun things about Tybee parades is that we can hand out stuff.”

For more information about the Tybee Island Pirate Festival, call 1-800-868-2322 or visit www.tybeepiratefest.com. w

Champion As part of our ongoing commitment to pushing the journalistic envelope, Connect Savannah recently caught up with a top contender in this year’s Wiener Dog Races, to be held Saturday morning as part of the annual Oktoberfest celebration on the river.

Born in the Ukraine, “Poochinski” was raised in Hamburg, Germany, and came to Savannah in 2002. He claims to be a four-time champion from 1995 to 1999 in Austria’s 28km Dachshund Drag Race. Poochinski retired from the world of professional Wiener Sports shortly before arriving in the Coastal Empire.

Known in Europe as the “Kosher Krusher,” Poochinski has not raced locally. He says prodding by friends and neighbors has convinced him to return to the race course.

Connect Savannah: Why did you first walk away from Wiener Sports?

Poochinski: I’ll tell ya. At a certain point it gets boring being The King. You know what I’m sayin’? I mean, how many times can some hot chick ask you for your pawprint? Once the waiters at the fanciest dining halls across Europe start ushering you to the best table legs in the house, where can one go from there? America, that’s where!

I thought I’d slow down the pace, rest on my laurels, and sign some lucrative spokescanine deals. Unfortunately I found out the hard way that in the “Land of The Free,” everybody’s just a little too busy to keep up with Continental Wiener Sports champions! Over here, I’m seen as less than an athlete and more like a circus freak. And who wants to eat the same cereal as a circus freak?

Connect Savannah: How did you end up in Savannah?

Poochinski: Like everybody else. I read that damn book and thought any place where a young hustler can get shot was a good enough place for me.

Connect Savannah: Who are your owners, and are they involved in Wiener Sports?

Poochinski: Owners?

Connect Savannah: You say you’ve attended the Savannah races in the past, although you haven’t competed. How do they compare to the races in your, um, homeland?

Poochinski: Not to brag on myself, but if you wanna know the truth, I could probably win this race by falling asleep. Uh-huh.

Connect Savannah: You say you’re a four-time champion. How many other races have you competed in, and did you win any of them?

Poochinski: I played amateur for years before turning pro. I ran in five televised races. Look ‘em up on YouTube. I would have won all five, but they disqualified me for a doping thing that I don’t want to get into right now.

Connect Savannah: What do you do to prepare for a race?

Poochinski: Eat a lot of wheat germ and riboflavin. Sometimes I fantasize about the Powerpuff Girls.

Connect Savannah: How many hours a day do you train?

Poochinski: I’d have to say “a negligible amount.”

Connect Savannah: How did you get the nickname Kosher Krusher?

Poochinski: Well, even though I was born in the Ukraine, my mom was Welsh and my dad was Hungarian. Do you get what I’m layin’ down? Oh, yeah. Ounce for ounce. Where it counts.

Connect Savannah: What do you want the other contestants to know about you?

Poochinski: I’m there to win. I’ll destroy you. I’ll send you back home to cry in your little blankets. But it’s nothing personal. It’s what I do.

It’s who I am. Poochinski, THE BEST. Connect Savannah: Why do you want to destroy your opponents?

Poochinski: Americans deserve to get put in their place. They’re arrogant, ignorant, self-absorbed bullies. The dogs, I mean.

Connect Savannah: Why do you think you are “the best?”

Poochinski: Lady, if we weren’t talkin’ on the phone you wouldn’t have to ask me that. w

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What could be better than having two popular festivals at once -- and what could be worse?

We were delighted to hear it’s almost time for the 23rd Annual Oktoberfest on the River, and thrilled to learn that the Tybee Island Pirate Fest was returning after a successful debut last year. Then we realized -- they’re both set for Oct. 6, 7 and 8.

With careful planning it should be possible to get to both festivals. We at Connect Savannah are dedicated to helping our readers do just that with the help of the following quick looks at both festivals for comparison.

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Review

by Bertha Husband

‘Plant Portraits’ & ‘Darkly Carved Treasures’ Through Oct. 6@SCAD Museum of Art

In our era of mass production, the closely-packed in a double row on all four unique, handcrafted object loses its use valwalls of the gallery. ue as a utensil or a piece of furniture and is Botanical drawing, like all scientific ilraised to priceless fine art status, to be exlustration started to become obsolete with changed at auction for vast sums. But ours the invention of the camera. The establishis also the age of reproduction and repetiment of the computer as the essential tool tion, and a unique object becomes merely a in our lives has completed this process. prototype to be infinitely repeated.

Valentien, however, was not a naturalTime itself is the victim of ist, but a craftsman, this hysterical reproduction whose medium and consumption; time bewas paint. Flower comes a commodity to be used painting is neither up and it can never pass fast botanical illustration enough to suit the demands of nor is it the self-excontemporary life. These conpression of fine art, ditions are hardly conducive to but a genre of the creativity, but they are perfect decorative arts, now for imitation. No professional easily dismissed as artist or craftsman can now anachronistic. afford to spend years on one But if viewers work. Production deadlines can spare the time to require not reverie, but speed look closely at these and multi-tasking works (hampered by Crammed into one dimly the low lighting and lit room in one of the SCAD high placement of buildings, there are currently the top row), they A work by Valentien two exhibitions, ostensibly reveal humility in united by the theme of plants front of the subject, and flowers, but whose real connection a search for descriptive accuracy and joy in would seem to be the questions they raise the labor involved. about archaic techniques, craftsmanship, The charming Lewisia cotyledon, var. authenticity and reproduction. howeleii, is named after Meriweather Lewis Albert Robert Valentien (1862-1925) of Lewis and Clark fame. Here, Valentien spent the first 24 years of his adult workhas used light brilliantly to show veins on ing life as a pottery designer and decorathe underside of the leaves. As tenacious as tor. While recuperating from an illness, he its namesake, we are told it clings by a stout took up flower painting and in 1908 he was taproot to rocky outcrops and wedges itself commissioned to paint a complete series of into crevices and cracks on canyon walls.

California wildflowers, which for the next Then there is the cow parsnip, a memten years became his life’s passion. Travelber of the carrot family, whose other meming the length and breadth of California, bers – caraway, dill and coriander - have he created over 1000 watercolor paintings familiar herbal use. A less friendly relative depicting detailed and accurate illustrais the Poison Hemlock Socrates took. The tions of 1500 species of wildflower. A good drawings are in color and all on a grey pasized sampling of this project is displayed per background, the better to clearly show

any white parts of a flower or seed.

Many of these plants are listed as endangered species. Which nicely segues into the next exhibition, artifacts carved from the wood and roots of the endangered Red Sandalwood tree by hundreds of artisans from all over China, using the ancient methods that extend back 1000 years.

On a long table running through the center of the gallery, there are a number of these intricately hand-carved objects, incorporating the traditional symbols – dragon and phoenix, plum blossoms, peonies, clouds, flames, sea and mountain views, as well as emblems of the seasons. Some are in Sandalwood and others in mahogany, ebony, boxwood and rosewood.

But it is the Sandalwood that catches the imagination: “an inch of Sandalwood is worth an inch of gold.” And like all fabulous and precious botanicals, this tree that can take a hundred years to mature, is thought to be endowed with healing powers. Another mysterious characteristic is that it grows hollow as it develops, but its density is such that when submerged the wood will sink.

What strikes the viewer is the perfection of the craftsmanship. Almost too perfect. The works have been provided by the China Red Sandalwood Museum in Beijing, founded by Chan Lai Wa, the wealthiest woman in China and recipient in 1999 of an honorary doctorate from SCAD. But what is unusual about something that calls itself a “museum” is that it houses very few original works from the Ming Dynasty (1550-1643) and early Qing Dynasty (1644-1750), known as the Golden Age of Chinese furniture, but instead, showcases these recently made replicas of the originals that exist in the Beijing Palace Museum. We should ask then what is the difference between an original work made exclusively for imperial use during

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the Ming and Qing dynasties and its 21st Century imitation? According to much of the writing on the subject, the material is equally valuable but the modern craftsmanship in the replicas is superior to that of the originals. One writer on the subject of a replicated screen shown at the World Expo in Japan in 2005 wrote: “The artistry is equal to and may even surpass that of the original. It can be called a masterpiece.”

It is certainly increasingly true that the simulation satisfies the contemporary need for perfection in appearances. We now have the technology to discover the techniques used by the Old Masters and the ability to reproduce them easily. But something is missing and it cannot be explained through mystifications about the loss of ancient spiritual and transcendental values or babble about genius.

It seems to me that the human drive for expression allows for imperfections. Flaws are inherent in art, just as they are ironed out in the merely copied product. But in this world full of replicas, we have become increasingly incapable of distinguishing between the authentic and the imitation.

If we had to choose, we would probably be open to the seduction of the perfect imitation over the flawed but inspired creation.

But let’s not be too bleak. There is another way of looking at all this. As a 20th Century craftsman, Albert Robert Valentien had an identity, a name and a biography. The modern artisans of the Red Sandalwood Workshop would appear to be anonymous. The 21st Century could be described as the Age of Forgery. The forger, of necessity, must remain in total anonymity. Therefore, he is also the purest artist, the one who rejects the cult of personality, who has no identity and no personal style, who believes only in the work itself and the age to which it is attributed. The forger, in the end, may be the model artist. w

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Here we see the process of completing art by mail; a work from ‘Pen Pal’ ‘All Over the Lot’ -- Hospice Savannah showcases new work by local photographer Margaret Brennan, Sept. 1–Oct. 31 at the Hospice Savannah Art Gallery, at Hospice House, 1352 Eisenhower Drive.

‘Pen Pal’ -- A collaborative art project between eight Savannah artists and eight Atlanta artists. The 16 finished artworks on display at desot O row Gallery Oct. 5-11.

Opening reception during the Starland First Friday Gallery Hop, Fri., Oct. 6, 6-10 p.m.

Whitney Gallery -- New artists Carrie Christian, Melody Postma, Chris Revelle, Gerome Temple and Ben Ward are being showcased Sept.–Oct. 415 Whitaker Street. ‘Linda Cohn was here’ -Chicago native Linda Cohn will exhibit her works at Gallery S. P. A. C. E. (Savannah’s Place for Art, Culture and Education) Sept. 5-Oct. 27.

Admission is free. Gallery S.P.A.C.E. is at 9 West Henry St.

‘Lifescapes 2006’ -- Recent resin paintings by Scott Griffin, Sept. 28Oct. 19. Reception Thurs., Oct. 5, 6-9 p.m. Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull Street.

First Friday at Chroma -- Painter Jan Clayton Pagratis demonstrates painting, discusses technique, and shows new work.

Friday, Oct. 6, 3-7 p.m., Free. Chroma Gallery, 31 Barnard St.

JEA Artist of the Month -- The Art Show at the Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St., beginning Oct. 1 features works of Judy Mooney, Sandy Branam & Lilli Fayaz.

Chroma hosts plein air painting Saturday

Chroma Gallery Paint Out -- Benefits Telfair outreach. Sat., Oct. 7, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Chroma Gallery artists painting plein air in Forsyth Park. 4-6 p.m.: wet sale at Chroma Gallery to benefit Telfair ‘I Have Marks to Make’ exhibition.

Art Show Benefits Child Abuse Center -- Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave., sponsors this benefit for Coastal Children’s Advocacy Center. Reception & silent auction Tues., Oct. 10, 6-8 p.m., artworks hang until Nov. 11. A video on sexual abuse, “The Elephant in the Room,� will be shown Oct. 10. ‘Aftermath’ -- Edna Dapo’s SCAD MFA solo thesis exhibition of paintings, drawings and prints. Thru Oct. 12 at the Alexander Annex Gallery, 668 Indian Street. Free and open to the public and will be featured on the Oct. 6 Gallery Hop, 5-7 p.m.

Hebermehl at Hang Fire -- Work by this local artist is on display Sept. 22- Oct. 13 at Hang Fire, 37 Whitaker St.

‘Plant Portraits: The California Legacy of A.R. Valentien’ -- At SCAD Museum of Art, 227 MLK Jr. Blvd., through Oct. 6. ‘Darkly Carved Treasures: Traditional Plants and Flowers of China’ -- At SCAD Museum of Art, 227 MLK Jr. Blvd., through Oct. 6.

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Savannah Danse Theatre, Equinox Jazz Orchestra team up for ‘Take Five’ The cast of ‘Take Five’ rehearses Building on last year’s success of a Nutcracker accompanied by a live symphony orchestra, Savannah Danse Theatre takes things one step further at the Lucas this Friday evening.

“Take Five” will see SDT performing a dozen dance numbers, all to the accompaniment of the popular local ensemble Equinox Jazz Orchestra.

“This is one of the most ambitious things we’ve done,” says SDT artistic director Suzanne Braddy. “We’ve danced with a symphony before, but with the jazz orchestra it will be a different experience. The orchestra will actually be onstage with us the whole time. They’re actually a part of the onstage production.”

Special guests include local jazz vocalists extraordinaire Trae Gurley and Kim Polote.

“Take Five” relies on a familiar narrative, the good old “performance within a performance” motif. “The show is about getting ready for a show,” says Braddy.

Karen Burns, who choreographed most of the pieces, explains, “The whole thing opens with the feeling of a company practicing onstage during the final moments

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“Even the most balletic thing we do has comedy going in the background. There’s lots of comedy. I’m going to do a pas de deux at some point, but even that’s not classical-classical. It’s still romantic and pretty,” she says.

“Each piece has a slightly different flavor -- some are just dancing, some are just acting and some are really just pictures onstage,” Burns says.

“Basically we’re trying to go someplace other than what the audience is automatically thinking they’re going to see.

It’s much more theatrical. We’ve definitely pushed the limits a little bit.”

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“Someone I was talking to who works at the Lucas knew I was interested in trying to find live music to accompany us,” she says.

That’s how Braddy came in contact with Jeremy Davis of the Equinox Jazz Orchestra, who’s also president of the local organization Friends of Johnny Mercer.

“This band is so good you could come to the show and close your eyes and have a great time,” says Karen Burns. “For this company it’s definitely new and different.”

Burns and Braddy agree that while much of the SDT season is devoted to more traditional and serious ballet works, “Take Five” will be an opportunity to stretch out and have fun.

“It’s entertainment, not necessarily fine art,” says Burns. “Hopefully there will be moments of artistry underneath. But anytime you’re asking people to come pay to see you, you get back to fact that originally dancing was all about entertainment.” w “Take Five” takes place this Friday, Oct. 6, at 8 p.m. at the Lucas Theatre. For tickets call 525-5050.

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D.J. Queenan, theatre head of able to get them cameo parts in a new the city’s Cultural Affairs Department, has production of Cats. By simultaneously apmade a huge impact in his comparatively pealing to their egos as well as their lofty short tenure primarily by staging ambisentiments, Paul makes the ruse look like tious and well-received musicals, like the child’s play. recent Sound of Music and Aida.

But Six Degrees doesn’t limit itself to This weekend, however, Queenan and social satire, biting though it is. Guare’s the city open quite a different show, John original script -- which he himself adapted Guare’s critically-acclaimed 1990 drama into the film’s screenplay -- is known for its Six Degrees of Separation. spare, almost poetic beauty, and directly Queenan says appeals to the it’s actually what finer side of huhe likes best. man nature as “It’s my heart’s well as its darker delight,” he says. aspects.

“It’s the type of Queenan adtheatre I most mits that with look forward such fine source to direct. I love material, there’s small, intimate no need for him reach-out andto reinvent the touch-it, smell it, thespian wheel. feel it theatre.”

“We’re not Queenan, who trying to reinsays he’s “loved this terpret it at all,. play for years,” keys on We’re just trying to the implicit irony of the present it as close play’s title. to possible to the “It truly illustrates original, and be as the similarities we all faithful as possible share, that we’re all not to the play as writso different from each ten. The movie itself other,” he says. “That’s was very faithful to the real beauty of the the play,” he says. play -- it’s really less “The only real difTop, a lighter moment during about separation than rehearsal; bottom, Rand, Tootle and ference between the about how unified we play and the movie Kennedy are as people.” is that in the play, Because of the the fourth wall is popularity of the 1993 Will Smith movie broken, and the actors speak directly to and the entrance of the parlor game “Six the audience,” Queenan explains. “In the Degrees of Kevin Bacon” into general parmovie, John Guare instead created an enlance, it’s the rare person who doesn’t know semble of people and characters speak to at least the barebones plot of Six Degrees of each other as they would the audience in Separation. the stage production.”

But if you don’t, here goes: Set in the city’s Black Box theatre at Guare’s plot was inspired by the real-life S.P.A.C.E. on East Henry Street, Queenan’s story of David Hampton, a con man who production will use what he calls a “minisuccessfully convinced a number of Manmalist set,” typical of many productions of hattan socialites in the ‘80s that he was the this play. son of actor Sidney Poitier. In the play, the Leading the cast are Grace Diaz Tootle articulate young charlatan is named Paul, as Ouisa, a role played by Stockard Chanand endears himself to the sentimentally ning in both the original Lincoln Center willful Ouisa Kittredge (played locally by run of Six Degrees as well as the film.

Grace Diaz Tootle).

A relative newcomer, Savannah State Ouisa takes the young man under her University student Barry Kennedy will take wing, rationalizing her dotage as a noble on the central role of Paul. effort to make life easier for a troubled Rounding out the principals are Mark young black man. However, Paul -- disRand as Ouisa’s husband Flanders “Flan” armingly charming to the end -- repeatedly Kittredge and Allen Landers as Geoffrey takes advantage of her and her husband Miller, a client and friend of Flan’s. w Flan, eventually teaching them not only a lesson in real-world cynicism but a lesson Cultural Arts Theatre presents Six Degrees in the importance of self-awareness and of Separation Oct. 6, 7, 8, 13, 14 and 15 at 8 true compassion. p.m. in the Black Box at S.P.A.C.E., located A key subplot in the play is how easat 9 West Henry St. General admission is ily these liberal-minded elites are duped, $10; senior/student admission is $7 with especially when Paul convinces them he’s ID.

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Review

by Jim Morekis

A tasty little Picnic

it’s always special to success must go to director see one or two clearly supePamela Sears, who in adrior onstage talents at the top dition to staying on top of of their form. But it’s an even every detail and making sure more rare and delicious treat to the actors do the same, has see an ensemble cast vastly exdone the best job of blockceed the sum of its parts. ing (theatre jargon for stage Such is the case with the movement) I’ve seen in quite Armstrong Masquers’ mastersome time. ful treatment of Picnic, WilEvery second of Picliam Inge’s 1953 look at middle nic takes place outdoors America in a post-war transiin a single patch of shared tion of values. The run continyard between a few humues through this weekend, and ble homes in a small town whether you’re a casual theatrein Kansas (the rake of the goer looking for weekend distage, approximating a rollversion or an aficionado with a ing knoll of grass, is a great Michelle Drake as critical eye, I encourage you to touch).

Madge Owens check it out.

The usually humdrum Simply put, this is student and predictable local order theatre at its best. While any Armstrong of events spins almost out of control when student can audition for a Masquers proa roguish drifter named Hal Carter inserts duction -- as well as community members himself -- or is he inserted deliberately? who don’t attend the school at all -- this - into the town’s annual Labor Day picnic, production of Picnic happens to be cast excoming between established couples and clusively with AASU theatre majors. pecking orders in this midwestern hamlet.

I don’t know if that old college spirit is This sameness of set could easily -why these actors display an almost frightoh, Lord how easily -- turn into a boring ening work ethic to go along with their quagmire of actors statically occupying obvious delight in the show, but I surmise the same spots. Or worse, moving just for it has something to do with it. movement’s sake.

Primarily, however, the credit for this Not so here. Every movement is mea-

AASU Masquers do masterful job with William Inge’s award-winning ‘50s drama sured but casual, every cross is deliberate but natural -- and most of all, in this age when projection is a lost art and mumbling is the norm, every actor says his or her lines with clarity, warmth and authority.

As great a job as Sears has done, that being said let’s not give the cast short shrift.

While there are no stars per se, there are some delightful surprises here, and everyone deserves a measure of credit.

In no particular order, I was most impressed by Sage Tipton’s slapstick (and strangely attractive) portrayal of Millie Owens, dorky younger sister of town beauty queen Madge Owens (convincingly played by Michelle Drake).

As lovelorn schoolteacher Rosemary Sydney, Meagan Brower’s scene with Zack Blanchard to begin the third act is a gem.

For most of the play Blanchard plays Rosemary’s beau Howard Bevans more like a quirky bit player from Seinfeld than a Kansas storekeeper, but during this scene both he and Brower are clearly reaching for a higher plane of drama, and indeed they attain it.

I will mention Hallie Mobley, not only for her perfect comedic timing as Irma Kronkite, but for the fact that she’s the daughter of Chuck Mobley, who first hired me straight out of the University of Georgia onto the copy desk at the Morn-

ing News. Hallie, I first met you when you were a tiny baby, and boy do I feel old right about now.

I will also mention the beguiling Mona Lisa smile of Emily Sheffield’s Helen Potts, mischievous elderly landlady and host of the aforementioned roguish drifter, Hal. And what of this Hal Carter? As played here by Brandon Morris, for most of the first act I thought he was miscast. Initially, Morris seemed too coltish, too callow, too young to portray a badass ne’er-do-well who gambles at cards, chases skirts, steals motorcycles, holds his liquor and rides the rails from town to town.

But as Picnic progressed, Morris grew on me. I still maintain that he doesn’t bring enough menace to the part, but Morris wisely plays to his strengths, portraying Hal as not so much as a juvenile delinquent tough guy but more as a too-precocious high school quarterback gone astray.

I confess I’ve never seen the film version of Picnic, starring William Holden and Kim Novak as Hal and Madge. But it’s just as well. This Picnic is a satisfying enough meal in and of itself. w The Masquers continue Picnic this Oct. 5, 6 and 7 at 7:30 p.m. at AASU’s Jenkins Theater. $8 general admission, $7 for seniors, military and students. Call 927-5381.

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A closer look at the Connect Americana series at the Savannah Music Festival Those notable artists include The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra featuring the festival’s Associate Artistic Director, superstar violinist Daniel Hope, famed Celtic folk octet Leahy, the acclaimed Irish ensemble Flook (Best Group at the 2006 BBC Folk Awards), and the inimitable jazz icon and educator, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.

While these bookings are all highly noteworthy, here at this magazine, we are particularly excited about one specific aspect of this year’s Savannah Music Fest, and that’s the Connect Americana Series.

Sponsored by Charles and Rosalie Morris, along with Connect Savannah and our sister publication Connect Statesboro, it features five unique and exceptional events, each of which spotlights a different aspect of what has come to be known as North American “roots music.” There’s something for just about everyone in the diverse makeup of this series, and with tickets to all Savannah Music Festival shows going on sale this week, now’s the perfect time to offer a brief preview of the specific performances that we’re proud to help bring to town:

SUSAN TEDESCHI & DIANNE REEVES

March 16, 6 pm & 9 pm, Lucas Theatre ($20-$45) The Savannah Music Festival is becoming known for its unique oneoff pairings of world-class musicians, specially commissioned for the festival. One past example of this approach would be the well-attended “East Meets West” show, which merged Delta blues with traditional Indian folk music.

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Reeves, on the other hand, is the only vocalist in any category to have won the Grammy for Best (Jazz) Vocal Performance for three consecutive recordings. Many will also remember her recent high-profile turn in the feature film Good Night, and Good Luck. The New York Times has described her accomplishments as “frequently astonishing,” and there are high hopes that this event will hit those heights as well. This show is sponsored in part by Hussey, Gay, Bell & DeYoung, Inc., a Bell Company. continued on page 22

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For the past few years, early October has held special significance to music lovers far and wide. That’s traditionally when the Savannah Music Festival -- Georgia’s largest such event and increasingly one which is viewed as one of the most impressive in the land -- officially announces its upcoming season.

These hotly anticipated announcements follow months of curiosity and speculation as to just who might be included in the organization’s roster of exemplary artists in a variety of genres, from blues to classical.

Increasingly, the festival is drawing more and more tourists from outside our immediate area, all seemingly hungry for worldclass aural entertainment. As a result, folks are actually planning extended trips to our city built around the 18-day SMF, which kicks off with a bang on March 15, 2007 in the thick of our community’s massive St. Patrick’s Day celebration.

While the complete schedule for the 18th annual installment of the SMF was not available at press time, a few key headliners have either been confirmed by festival organizers or had their identities divulged in advance by another publication against the wishes of the SMF (who were no doubt looking forward to trumpeting —pun intended— their stellar acquisitions at their own press conference on October 5).

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UNCLE EARL

March 21, 7:30 pm, Orleans Hall ($15) This show (which is sponsored in part

by Hart and Dee Williford) introduces an all-female quintet that specializes in “oldtime for our times.” Dedicated since 1999 to proudly bringing the legacy of bygone string bands into the modern era, their music is enriched by the rich tradition of this acoustic art form, but not defined by it.

The group shifts attitudes as easily as their members trade instruments. Listeners often receive a strong dose of gospel, as well as upbeat fiddle tunes, “brother” duets and even a clogging number or two in their shows. Each member of Uncle Earl is an established solo artist in their own right, and that level of accomplishment shines through, making the band much more than merely the sum of its parts.

MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES

March 23, 8:30 pm, Trustees Theatre ($15-$45) This wünderkind of country music virtually defined the term “prodigy.” A fulltime member of legendary bluegrass innovator Lester Flatt’s band at the tender age of fourteen, he came up in the music business, and has worked extensively with everyone from Johnny Cash to Doc Watson to Vassar Clements to Travis Tritt. A rather flamboyant performer, he cuts a dashing figure in his rhinestone-studded suits, but don’t let that fool you. He is revered among professional musicians as a talent of the highest order on guitar and mandolin. In addition to his own career as a frontman (and sideman to others), he’s served several terms as the President of the Country Music Association, which oversees the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tn. His aptly named backing group prominently features the jaw-dropping ace lead guitarist Kenny Vaughan (who last played Savannah with Lucinda Williams on her 1996 tour for the Grammy-winning Car Wheels On A Gravel Road LP).

STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. WITH LIVE PIANO BY RICK FRIEND

March 25, 3 pm, The Jepson Center for The Arts ($20) The closest thing you’ll get to a time machine at this year’s Music Fest, this rare screening of a restored cut of seminal cinematic comedian Buster Keaton’s classic silent feature from 1928 features live, partially improvised piano accompaniment by a composer who’s been

providing live piano soundtracks for silent films since 1987, at events and festivals across the globe, in addition to his regular role as the house pianist for Hollywood, Ca.’s Silent Movie Theatre. This is an enchanting event that’s perfectly suited for all age groups.

THE JERRY DOUGLAS BAND

March 29, 8 pm, trustees Theatre ($15-$40) This festival has been known in the past for presenting some of the best-loved bluegrassrelated artists on the circuit today, such as David Grisman, Del McCoury and Sam Bush. Now, that tradition continues with Jerry Douglas, whom many in the know consider to be the finest dobro player in contemporary acoustic music. His tastes and his abilities run the gamut from jazz to country to new age, and he’s put those chops to use playing live and/or recording with such luminaries as Ricky Skaggs, Doyle Lawson and Emmylou Harris. He’s been prominently featured alongside country superstars like Alison Krauss, Garth Brooks, Randy Travis, Clint Black, Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton, as well as with pop stars such as Paul Simon and James Taylor, and jazz innovators like Bill Frisell.

Simply put, the twelve-time Grammy winner (in part for the fantastic compilation album Great Dobro Sessions), is the leading dobro player on the progressive bluegrass scene today. His show is sponsored in part

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Keep watching Connect Savannah in the coming months for complete and comprehensive coverage of next year’s Savannah Music Festival!

Tickets for the Connect Americana Series go on sale (as do all 2007 Savannah Music Fest shows) online beginning Thursday at 6 pm, and in person or by phone beginning Friday at 10 am. If you purchase tickets to at least four events at one time, you’ll receive a 10% discount.

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This weekend the Lucas Theatre Now, at nearly 80 years of age, he says he’s for The Arts will be filled with the upglad he stayed. lifting sounds of one of America’s finest “It’s been fun all the way!� he laughs. bands when the world-famous Count Basie “Although, it’s not quite as much fun leadOrchestra takes their stage for a special ing as it is just playing. I have to make sure evening of traditional jazz played in the everything’s going as it should be, and give inimitable style of the late pianist and comthe audience some history on the players poser, whom many regard as nothing short and the material. Sometimes it’s fun for the of an “American Institution.� crowd to learn how these arrangements Long before being nicknamed “The arrived in the Basie book, and the impact Count,� the easygoing, modest, New Jerthey had on people 30 years ago.� sey-bred William “Bill� Basie spent the Hughes says all the charts this band better part of his 80 years on this earth uses come directly from Basie’s original making a name for himself: first, as a budbook, except for newer material that has ding keyboardist on the Vaudeville circuit; been written since his death. However, then later, as a key figure in the evolution Hughes says that great pains are taken to of the Kansas City style of swing. make sure that any newer charts are careBefore long, he’d attracted the attenfully arranged in strict accordance with the tion of the legendary music industry man Count’s wishes and views.

John Hammond, who helped Basie and his “We try to stay with Mr. Basie’s degroup sign with MCA in 1935. The band’s sires on how his music should be properly career took off after signing with Decca, played. He adored simplicity. The simpler and by 1940 they were the premiere big you can keep music, the more people seem band in the USA. Soon, the top vocalists to be attracted to it. If it becomes more of the day —such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah complicated, it can sometimes turn into an Vaughan, Joe Williams, Tony Bennett and exercise in trying to understand what’s goFrank Sinatra— were all cutting albums ing on, instead of just being enjoyable.� backed by the CBO. Hughes admits that he never thought By the 1950s, most of the big bands he’d have this gig for as long as he has — had become marginalized and fallen by nor did he ever think he’d be at the helm of the wayside, but the Basie Orchestra this organization— but, he says that beremained strong, and would persesides getting to travel the world spreadvere — ultimately epitomizing the ing joy and education, there is another standard of quality and artistic wonderful benefit that comes with integrity to which most the territory. other similar groups of “There are guys in the past several decades this band who are 50 have aspired to. They’ve years younger than played Royal Command me,� he chuckles. “It Performances for heads keeps me young to pal of state the world over, around with them.� earned close to 20 Grammy When asked Awards, and recorded with what remains the everyone from Rosemary single most imporClooney to The Manhattan tant facet of Basie’s Transfer. legacy, Hughes answers without The current 18-piece hesitation. incarnation operates under “He declared himself a man of the direction of trombonist the people, and he was going with Bill Hughes, whose presence simplicity come hell or high wamaintains a vital link to the ter. He devoted himself to what he heyday of the group. He first called ‘foot-tappin’ music.’ He said if joined in 1953, and except he looked out in the crowd and saw for a short period in the late a fellow tappin’ his foot, then Basie ‘50s when he left to raise his felt like he was doin’ his job. family, he’s been in the group “That’s my intention, too. I might continuously ever since. not always get it, but I’ll try like hell!

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Liquid Ginger

One of the area’s most popular bar bands, this female-fronted pop-rock act offers well-known covers by such artists as No Doubt and Fleetwood Mac, and plenty of polished, radio-ready originals. Fri., 9 pm, Jukebox Bar & Grill (Richmond Hill).

Gentry Morris

Born in Ga., but now based in Nashville, this solo acoustic guitarist/songwriter likens his earthy, earnest pop to Jason Mraz or John Mayer, but it may also appeal to fans of mellow power-pop like Gin Blossoms or Toad The Wet Sprocket. Fri., 8 pm, Monkey Love Dessert Bar (Pooler).

Harry O’Donoghue

A veteran Celtic troubadour who’s released several indie CDs of originals, plus traditionals and contemporary standards sung and played on acoustic guitar and bodhran. Wed. - Sun., Kevin Barry’s.

The Paul Parr Band

Excellent regional country songwriter with a great voice and a crack backing group. Fri. - Sat., 9 pm, Gilley’s (Hinesville).

Mary Davis & Co.

Acoustic pop, rock and soul cover trio featuring key members of Wilmington Island’s popular party group Band In The Park. Fri., 7:30 pm, Sorry Charlie’s.

The Defilers

Hard-hitting retro greaser-punks from Charleston. Fri., 10 pm, The Jinx.

Eat Mo’ Music

Instrumental soul-jazz quintet which enjoys a growing following. Fri., 9:30 pm, Luna Lounge at Il Pasticcio + Sat., 9 pm, The Mansion on Forsyth Park.

1st Friday For Folk Music

Monthly, coffeehouse-style concert series featuring local, regional and national acoustic acts. This installment includes Atlanta celebrated trio High Cotton, Fl.’s critically-acclaimed, irreverent, empowered singer/songwriter Amy Steinberg, as well as local Americana-influenced roots-rocker Jason Bible (of The Train Wrecks). This family-friendly show is smoke and alcohol free. Fri., 7:30 pm, Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church (429 Abercorn St.) - FREE TO ALL-AGES WITH A SUGGESTED $2 DONATION.

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Tybeebased acoustic songwriter (guitar,keys) rooted in rock, soul and blues, who’s recently released her 3rd indie CD. Fri., 9 pm, Bernie’s on Tybee (Tybee) + Sat., 6:30 pm, Basil’s (Wilmington Isl.).

Toward The Son

Debut gig for this new Rincon-based Christian hard rock band (featuring 2 founding members of the now-defunct local art-metal group The Lost Colony).

This new band boasts a female drummer and a mixture of pop hooks and screaming vocals. Sat., 10:30 pm, Guitar Bar.

Greg Williams

Prolific, locally-based guitarist/songwriter who’s released a handful of criticallypraised indie CDs that draw on hard-rock, delta blues, and lush, contemporary folkpop. Fri., 10 pm, Jen’s & Friends + Sat., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge (full band show).

Wolling, Shiver & Wise

Noteworthy trio of a banjo wiz (Jimmy Wolling), “Gypsy Boy” guitarist and singer (“Georgia Kyle” Shiver) and a longtime fixture on the local acoustic songwriting scene (guitarist and vocalist Darryl Wise), banding together for an evening of traditional tunes and blue and folk-based originals. Thurs., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge. w

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Bearfoot

their release. Fri., 9:30 pm (Firefall), Sat., 9 pm (Spin Doctors), River St. - ALL-AGES.

This buzzworthy young acoustic band from Anchorage, Ak. is known for their emotion-drenched vocal harmonies and rock-solid rhythm section. Their stylistic influence range from trad bluegrass to more progressive jazz, and they’ve been showcased at the International Bluegrass Music Association Festival, as well as the Wintergrass, Rockygrass and Telluride Bluegrass Festival (where they won the 2001 Band Competition, an honor previously bestowed upon such now-famous acts as Nickel Creek and The Dixie Chicks). This would seem like a great opportunity to see a group of rising stars in a cozy, intimate setting. $18 advance tickets are on sale now, and seating is extremely limited. Call Randy Wood Guitars at 748-1930, or go to www.randywoodguitars.com to reserve yours. Sat., 8 pm, Randy Wood’s Concert Hall (1304 E. Hwy 80, Bloomingdale) - ALL-AGES.

SCADRadio’s Free Show

The 1st in a proposed series of gigs showcasing local talent, this triple-bill features the cockeyed art-metal of Sinister Moustache (formerly known as Gravy), the psychedelic blues-rock of Seven Gates To Elsewhere, and the intense electronica duo Hungry Nurses.

Let’s hope all those kids who complain there’s never any interesting shows to go to show up for this one. Tues., 8 pm, Orleans Hall (210 Barnard St.)- FREE TO ALL-AGES.

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Murphy’s law Public House continues to bring in a steady stream of some of the top names and rising stars on the national and regional Celtic rock circuit. This week, they feature a major coup in bringing the infamous Tossers to town. Born in Chicago’s South side, this group on the Victory Records label is one of the premiere of their kind on the whole country, and have opened for Shane McGowan of The Pogues, among others. The Siderunners open that show with an even more fierce brand of unhinged melodic punk. Later in the week, S.C.’s Loch Ness Johnny returns for a slightly more rootsy take on U.K. folk-infused roots rock, and finally, NYC’s Ruffians close out this batch of shows with a set of tunes that have earned them comparisons to Flogging Molly and The Dropkick Murphys. Whether this is too much of a good thing for some folks to dig on, one thing’s for sure — this club’s working hard and investing a lot to develop a strong local demand for this type of music. Consider giving any of these worthy bands a try.

Wed., (The Tossers, The Siderunners), Fri. (Loch Ness Johnny), Sat. (The Ruffians) - all shows start at 10 pm, Murphy’s Law.

Tybee Island Pirate Fest w/Mother’s Finest

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OktoberFest w/Firefall, Spin Doctors

This beloved annual event is geared toward the whole family, with plenty of food, arts and crafts people, and libations galore.

Musically, fans of classic rock and light pop can catch the current incarnation of K-Tel warhorses Firefall —best known for their smash hit “You Are The Woman.” They’ll headline Friday night, sandwiched between two sets by local Southern rock and modern country cover act High Velocity.

Saturday night’s headliner is the reconstituted early ‘90s jam-pop hybrid Spin Doctors, who virtually defined the term Flash In The Pan, but whose impeccablyplayed, jangly, Steve Miller Band-esque hits “Two Princes” and “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong” have not aged nearly as badly as one might have thought at the time of

This awesome Atlanta-based band has lost little if any of their powerful gospel-funk punch over the past 3 decades. Commercially marginalized in the USA, they remain massive stars in Europe, filling large theatres and arenas.

Don’t expect a blast from the past, because this band is all about the present, baby.

On record, their newer material sounds a bit forced, but onstage, they flat tear it up, and it jibes seamlessly with their older hits like “Mickey’s Monkey,” and “Baby Love.”

The show starts early, with opening sets by popular local roots-rockers The Train Wrecks (featuring Jason Bible), and the eclectic rock, soul and country covers of The 8-Tracks (featuring members of Superhorse and Hot Pink Interior). Plus, there’s bound to be pirates around. Sat., 3:30 pm (The Train Wrecks), 6 pm (The 8Tracks), 8:30 pm (Mother’s Finest) - FREE TO ALL-AGES. w

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This outdoor party in a Midtown neighborhood that’s seen by many as a burgeoning hub of Bohemia and commerce features the slinky R & B and soul grooves of the loose-limbed local cover combo A Nickel Bag of Funk, fronted by the dynamic female vocalist Leslie Gadson. Fri., 7 pm, Back in The Day Bakery (near Bull & 40th Sts.) - FREE TO ALL-AGES.

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ALL THE KING’S MEN 

are renowned for their ability to mimic Southern accents (for starters, think Vivien Leigh as either Scarlett or Blanche), the ones employed here -- excellent actors, all -- barely even make an effort to merge into the setting. Jude Law (as Burden) and Anthony Hopkins seem bored; Kate Winslet merely seems lost.

An adaptation of Robert Penn Warren’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, the solid 1949 movie version of All the King’s Men has found its standing diminished over the passage of time; even with a handful of Oscars to its name (including Best Picture), it’s rarely brought up when discussing the notable films of 50-odd years ago. Still, it THE BLACK DAHLIA doubtless will beat the life expectancy of 1/2 the new screen take on All the King’s Men, Until it derails while heading into its final as it’s hard to imagine anyone discussing turn, The Black Dahlia represents Brian this bomb 50 days from now. Warren’s De Palma’s most assured moviemaking book centered on boisterous, larger-thanin at least a decade, a glorious and gritty life governor Willie Stark, but really it was neo-noir which reminds us that only just a thinly disguised look at the career Scorsese and maybe a couple of others of Louisiana politician Huey Long. If high can match this maverick filmmaker when school memory serves me, the novel spent it comes to astonishing feats of technical more time on Willie’s right-hand man, forderring-do. Based on the novel by James mer newspaper reporter Jack Burden, yet Ellroy (L.A. Confidential), it presents a still presented Long as such a dynamic figfictionalized take on the real-life slaying ure that the roles were essentially balanced. of Hollywood starlet In crafting his Elizabeth Short (touch1949 feature, ingly played by Mia Kirwriter-director shner). Dwight “Bucky” Robert Rossen Bleichert (Josh Hartwisely made nett) and Lee Blanchard Willie Stark (Aaron Eckhart) are the the unequivocops on the case, with cal central Lee’s girlfriend Kay Lake character, with (Scarlett Johansson) and Burden relthe mysterious sociegated to the ety woman Madeleine sidekick part Linscott (Hilary Swank) of conflicted set up as the potential narrator. The femme fatales. Working earlier film is from Josh Friedman’s by no means sharp screenplay and perfect, yet backed by tremendous Rossen did a production values, Demasterful job Palma spins a compelwith the exling murder-mystery position. Stethat clicks until the last ven Zaillian’s act, at which point the new film is movie madly dashes an unmitithrough its messy resogated disaster, lutions, pausing only choked by long enough to succumb miscast actors, The Black Dahlia to some ill-placed camp. suffocated by ilYet even if the movie had logical editing kept its head from start to and drowned finish, it still wouldn’t have survived some by a choppy script that offers no real sense critical miscasting. Along with Kirshner, of period (oddly, the time frame has been Eckhart takes top acting honors, infusing shifted from the 1930s to the 1950s) and Lee with a sense of moral indignity that no clear delineation of its central themes. might potentially run counter to some less Let’s start with the grotesque miscasting savory qualities. Johansson and Swank are of Sean Penn as Willie Stark. Broderick adequate as the women in the cops’ lives, Crawford earned the Best Actor Oscar for though neither brings enough force of perhis turn as Willie, and while that might sonality to their respective parts to truly have been an overly generous gesture on make them their own. But it’s the selection the part of the Academy, there’s no deof Hartnett that immediately sabotages this nying that Crawford’s bluster and burly picture’s chances at complete success. His frame were perfect for the role of a selfBucky Bleichert doesn’t seem like a detecproclaimed “hick” whose folksy charms tive as much as a Boy Scout shilling for a endeared him to his state’s rural populasleuthing merit badge. But factor in Harttion. West Coast kid Penn, on the other nett’s complete inability to project anything hand, is about as folksy as a Manhattan more than glazed befuddlement, and The Starbucks, and never mind that he looks Black Dahlia has a cavernous hole right nothing like Stark model Huey Long. This where its noir heart should beat. is one of Penn’s worst performances, second only to his shameless “Look, Ma, I’m retarded!” showboating in I Am Sam; even his pompadour hair is miscast. While Brits

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Isn’t it too soon to be subjected to another showing of Flyboys all over again? At least that’s the sense of deja vu that settled in after viewing the two films in consecutive weeks. Here we have the same running time (an overextended 135 minutes), the same degree of quality in the CGI work (impressive), and the same fortune-cookie-level pontificating about the need for sacrifice, bravery and personal responsibility. Even more than Flyboys, though, this resembles An Officer and a Gentleman, right down to the scene where our handsome hero bursts into his girlfriend’s place of employment to declare his everlasting love (sign of the times: Instead of the Oscar-winning “Up Where We Belong,” the soundtrack swells with a treacly Bryan Adams tune). Kevin Costner plays Louis Gossett Jr., the Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer instructor whose tough-love approach to training works wonders for the young recruits; Ashton Kutcher is Richard Gere, a narcissistic pretty-boy student more in-

THE LAST KISS

A major award winner both at Sundance and in its Italian homeland, 2001’s The Last Kiss (L’Ultimo Bacio) tackles the topic of relationships in such a straightforward and emotionally honest manner that by the end, it’s impossible to ascertain whether the film is, at its core, deeply pessimistic

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terested in making a name for himself and romancing the local cutie (Melissa Sagemiller) than in actually saving lives. For a long while, The Guardian wears its cliches pretty well, but because this is a Kevin Costner film -- and because Costner spends more time playing mythic, larger-than-life Christ figures instead of ordinary mortals -- we sense this can only end one way. Director Andrew Davis and scripter Ron L. Brinkerhoff tease us by hinting that the final act might actually stray from its preordained path, but no: When push comes to shove, the pair pummel us with the shameless ending we dreaded from the minute the opening credits appeared on the screen.

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or quietly hopeful. An American remake would naturally be expected to dumb down the entire experience. But that’s not exactly what happens with the new stateside take on The Last Kiss. To a startling degree, this version retains many of the prickly elements that made the original so memorable; it only falters at the very end, and even then by a far lesser degree than one would reasonably expect. The Last Kiss places its primary focus on the relationship between Michael (Zach Braff) and Jenna (Jacinda Barrett). Michael is about to turn 30 and elects to have his mid-life crisis about a decade earlier than planned.

He’s deeply in love with his longtime girlfriend Jenna, but once she announces that she’s pregnant, he freaks out, deciding that he’s not prepared to cope with either being a husband or being a father. Kim (Rachel Bilson), a college student who’s perpetually perky, spots Michael at a wedding and is instantly attracted to him. Initially, Michael feebly fights off her advances, but soon he’s the one dropping by the campus to see her and making plans to go with her to a party.

The situations presented here are strikingly similar to the ones on display in the Italian original, which means that this film rarely backs away from confronting thorny situations head-on. If there’s a key difference, it’s in the personalities of these various players. The characters in L’Ultimo Bacio felt in every sense like real adults, grown people with a passion for life and, for the most part, a determination to ultimately face up to their own shortcomings. This latest Kiss, on the other hand, fits more comfortably into the niche of recent films that portray the American male as a man-child incapable of achieving and/or sustaining the level of maturity and clear-eyed vision enjoyed by his female counterpart. The final sequence is more open-ended than what’s typically served up in American films of this nature, yet I still found myself wishing it had gone farther. It’s been 3-1/2 years since I’ve seen L’Ultimo Bacio, yet

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what’s stuck with me the most is the nicely ambiguous coda that not only drolly illustrates the dilemma of keeping any given relationship perennially fresh but also beautifully tips the balance in the story’s central skirmish between the sexes. The Last Kiss inexplicably lops off this epilogue, and it’s a regrettable omission. In this instance, imitation wouldn’t just have been the sincerest form of flattery; it would also have been the most honest.

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Set in Austria, The Illusionist stars Edward Norton as Eisenheim, an enigmatic stage magician so skilled at his profession that the locals suspect he might actually possess otherworldly powers. One of the few skeptics is Crown Prince Leopold (Rufus Sewell), a cruel ruler who sets out to prove that Eisenheim is a fake. He enlists the aid of the corrupt Chief Inspector Uhl (Paul Giamatti), yet matters become more tangled when it’s revealed that Leopold’s fiancee (Jessica Biel) was once Eisenheim’s childhood sweetheart. For a good while, The Illusionist is topflight entertainment, with its lush period setting, its assemblage of captivating magic tricks, and a delightful relationship between Eisenheim and Uhl, two men sharing a wary respect for each other (both Norton and Giamatti are excellent). But then the film makes the fatal mistake of morphing into a mystery, the type that’s agonizingly easy to figure out even before its gears can really be placed in motion. Viewers who can’t figure out the big twist should dig out those old Encyclopedia Brown paperbacks and begin rebuilding their sleuthing skills from there.

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The most startling thing about World Trade Center is that it’s by far the least controversial movie Oliver Stone has ever made. Conversely, it’s also hard to get terribly excited over the final product. World Trade Center focuses on the Port Authority Police Department officers who would eventually be recognized as two of the only 20 people to be rescued from the rubble of the Twin Towers. September 11 begins as any other day for John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) and Will Jimeno (Michael Pena), but like everyone else on that fateful morning, they soon are having to digest incomplete messages involving an airplane crashing into one of the towers. Springing into action, they’re among the men who enter the building with the intention of aiding any potential survivors, even as they try to decipher additional news items suggesting that the second tower has also been hit by a plane. Timing’s not on their side, however, as the towers collapse just as they begin making their way up from the ground to the floors above. Their colleagues lose their lives, but John and Will somehow survive, though at a great price.

Meanwhile, their wives (Maria Bello and Maggie Gyllenhaal) wait impatiently at

Local Film Series Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl In conjunction with the 2nd Annual Tybee Island Pirate Festival, the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, will be presented Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. at the Tybee Island Gym. Suggested donation of $5 per person, with children under 3 admitted free.

Wordplay

Savannah Film Society presents this film tracking the story of the crossword puzzle, checking in with compulsive and casual puzzlers alike, including Bill Clinton, Bob Dole, Jon Stewart and many more. Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Lucas Theatre. Cost: $8. Call 525-5050.

Words of My Perfect Teacher

This Reel Savannah film follows three students on a quest for wisdom from the World Cup to the mythical mountain kingdom of Bhutan. Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Jepson Arts Center. $8.

The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane

Psychotronic Films brings this rarelyseen 1976 sleeper starring a 13-year-old Jodie Foster as a tough and brainy teenager who lives seemingly alone in an old house in a secluded New England town.

When threatened by a lecherous neighbor (played by Martin Sheen) she’s torn between defending herself and revealing her family’s darkest secret. A powerful dramatic thriller that is one of the best “lost films” of the ‘70s. Wed., Oct. 11 at the Sentient Bean, seating at 7:30 p.m., film at 8 p.m. $5 tickets at the door. w

their respective homes with other family members, eager to find out whether their spouses are dead or alive. Working from a script by first-timer Andrea Berloff, Stone keeps his rabble-rousing methods fully in check -- even his typically frenetic shooting style has been replaced by a more somber m.o., with lengthy camera holds on saintly faces and nary a rapid jump-cut in sight. Unfortunately, the end result is a movie that feels oddly impersonal. Despite the strong performances by Bello and Gyllenhaal, the numerous sequences centering on the strong-willed wives are no different than similar moments from countless WWII dramas, when the women are seen staring wistfully out of windows while their men are off trying to make the world a better place.

TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY Like Spam, energy drinks and the music of Yanni, Will Ferrell is one of those acquired tastes that satisfy devotees while perplexing everyone else. While some folks swear by his 2004 starring vehicle Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, I’m not one of them. This one-note movie struck me as annoying rather than amusing, meaning I wasn’t exactly anticipating Ferrell and director Adam McKay reteaming for a comedy about a NASCAR redneck. My mistake.

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is often uproarious, and it’s clever in a way that Anchorman rarely attempted.

Like Ron Burgundy, Ricky Bobby is also an egotistical, none-too-bright boor. “I piss excellence,” he declares, and his standing as NASCAR’s best driver certainly signals that he’s excellent at something. He has a best friend (John C. Reilly) who’s even dumber than he is, a blonde trophy wife (Leslie Bibb) who’s always looking to get ahead, and two obnoxious sons named Walker and Texas Ranger (“But we call him TR for short”). Ricky has spent his life trying to work out issues with his deadbeat dad (Gary Cole, delivering the film’s shrewdest comic performance), but that doesn’t excuse his repellent behavior and the way he takes everyone and everything for granted.

Clearly, Ricky Bobby is primed to receive a comeuppance, and it arrives in the form of Jean Girard (hilarious Sacha Baron Cohen), a French homosexual race car driver whose prowess on the track leads to Ricky’s fall from grace and his subsequent (and humbled) climb back to the top.

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For a while, it seemed like the greatest marketing ploy since The Blair Witch Project, as well as a revolutionary new way to make and promote movies. Come up with a catchy title, cast a way-cool actor, build the buzz over the Internet far in advance of the opening, let the online fanboys think they have a hand in actually shaping the finished product via their suggestions, refuse to hold critics’ screenings not because the product is unspeakably awful (indeed, most post-opening reviews have been positive) but because it guarantees more ink in newspapers, and then settle back as the record-breaking grosses pour in. Well, it all worked out except for that final point.

The film’s lackluster box office take should convince studios that banking on computer-weaned kids to actually leave their keyboards to venture out of the house and pay for a movie was, is and will remain a bad idea. As for the picture itself (yes, there is an actual film buried beneath all the hype), it doesn’t quite deliver on its thrill-a-minute premise -- even star Samuel L. Jackson’s highly publicized quip about the “motherfuckin’ snakes” registers as much ado about nothing. w

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Activism & Politics

Drinking Liberally

meets at The Caledonian at the corner of Abercorn and 41st streets, just north of Victory Drive. Promoting democracy one pint at a time -- share politics while sharing a pitcher. This is an informal gathering of like-minded, left-leaners who may want to trade ideas, get more involved and just enjoy each other’s company. Meets the first and third Thursdays of the month at 7:30 p.m. For information, visit www.

DrinkingLiberally.org or send email to august1494@excite.com.

AMBUCS

is dedicated to creating mobility and independence of people with disabilities Volunteers meet every first and third Monday at 7 p.m. at Fire Mountain Restaurant on Stephenson Ave. Call Kevin Sheehan at 691-2934 or send email to kshe62@aol.com..

Chatham County Democratic Committee

League of Women Voters

meets on the first Monday of the month at 5 p.m. in Room 3 of the Heart and Lung Building at Candler Hospital. Membership is open to anyone 18 and older.

Chatham County Democratic Women For information, call Maxine Harris at 3520470 or 484-3222.

Libertarian Party of Chatham County meets each Monday at 8:30 p.m. at Moon River Brewing Co., 21 W. Bay St. Call 3083934 or visit http://www.no-debts.com/chathamlibertariansga.html.

Chatham County Young Democrats

Call Cory at 508-3335 or send email to c@ depthllc.com.

Chatham County Young Republicans

National Council of Negro Women

For information, visit www.savannahyr.com or call Brad Morrison at 596-4810.

Coastal Wind Energy Roundtable

will be held Oct. 25 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Skidaway Institute on Skidaway Island. It will feature wind energy experts Walt Musial and Larry Flowers from the Natinoal Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Early registration by Oct. 15 is $25 and $40 after that, which icnldues a continental breakfast and lunch. Details and registration materials are available at www.gawwg.org.

For info, call 404-659-5675 or send e-mail to wind@gawwg.org.

meets the first Saturday of every month at 10 a.m. at the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum.

Planned Parenthood

meets the second Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. For info, call Heather Holloway at 352-4052 or heather.holloway@ppfa.org. Volunteers are needed for Planned Parenthood, and will meet the second Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at The Sentient Bean. For information about volunteering, call Megan Burgoyne at 3524052 or megan.burgoyne@ppfa.org.

Savannah Area Republican Women

meet the first Wednesday of every month at the Johnny Harris Restaurant Banquet

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Savannah Area Young Republicans Call 572-8528.

Savannah Branch NAACP

For information, call 233-4161.

Savannah Republican Club

Meets every second Tuesday of the month.

Call 927-7170.

Savannah Area Young Republicans Call Alexandra Tabarrok at 572-8528.

Skidaway Island Democrats

Call Tom Oxnard at 598-4290 or send e-mail to oxhouse@aol.com.

Auditions History Theatre

This new downtown dinner theater venue will hold auditions for its firsit production, Wings to Fly, a Savannah historical drama with dance and music. The play will open in late October and run 4-6 times a week.

Performers will be paid. Cast needs incluce black female and male actors/dancers and singers, and white male actors/dancers.

Auditions are by appointment only. Call 786-6384.

Benefits

1st Annual Buddy Walk

This one-mile walk sponsored by the Lowcountry Down Syndrome Society will be held Oct. 7 in Forsyth Park. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and the walk begins at 10:30 a.m. The walk will be followed by a festival

with rides, music, food and etnertainment, including a country music band, performance by the Special Olympics Weightlifting Team, face and pumpking painting and blow-up slides for the kids. The festival will last until 2 p.m. Call John or Candy Bogardus at 728-8505 or 663-8573 or visit www.LDSSGA.org.

Art Show/Sale

The Sentient Bean coffeehouse at 13 E. Park Ave. will sponsor an art show and sale on Tuesday, Oct. 10 from 6-8 p.m. to benefit the Coastal Children’s Advocacy Center.

The show will open with a reception and silent auction. The artworks will hang until Nov. 11. A video on sexual abuse by SCAD graduate Melanie Trichel, The Elephant in the Room, will be shown during the event.

Donations for the art sale and silent auction are still being accepted. Call 236-1401.

Broughton by Twilight

The Millionaire Women’s Club of Savannah will hold a fundraiser Wednesday, Oct. 18 from 5:30-8 p.m. to benefit the charity Girls On the Run, a prevention program that encourages preteen girls to develop self respect and healthy lifestyles through running.. Broughton by Twilight will be a shopping scavenger hunt where participating merchants will offer special discounts.

Refreshments will be served at some stops and shoppers will be encouraged to buy items. A portion of the proceeds will go to fund scholarships. For information, send email to kelley@millionairewomensclub.com or visit www.millionairewomensclub.org.

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meets the second Monday of each month. at 6 p.m. Call Joe Murray Rivers, chair, 2345969, or Janice Shay, 547-5212 or visit www. chathamdems.com.

Room on Victory Drive. The social starts at 11:30 a.m. and lunch is at noon. The cost is $13. Make reservations by noon on the Monday preceding the meeting by calling 598-1883.

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raise funds and provide community services for evacuees of Hurricane Katrina. Visit www.armstrong.edu/katrina.

The Grace Place Annual Yard Sale

The Grace United Methodist Church at 6412 Waters Ave. will hold its annual yard sale Oct. 7 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the church recreational building. Church members have been stockpiling all year for the event. All proceeds benefit ongoing missions and community outreach programs. Call 354-3411, 352-9632 or graceunitedme891@bellsouth. net.

The Hidden Treasure

A book of photography taken at Tybee Island by Dr. Gustave “Stavie” Kreh is being sold with proceeds going to the Chatham Academy at Royce Center for Children and the Marine Science Center of Tybee Island. The book costs $29.95 and may be purchased online at www.tybeetreasure.com and in area gift shops.

St. Frances Cabrini Fall Festival and Craft Sale

will be held Saturday, Oct. 28 from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at 11500 Middleground Rd. Crafts booths are available. Space and table rental is $30 is available through Sept. 30. A limited number of covered booths also are available for $45. Call 925-4725.

Tybee Turtle Tour

If you answered yes to these questions, you may qualify for a research study of an investigational drug for heavy menstrual bleeding. This investigational drug is not a hormone.

You must • Be a generally healthy woman between the ages of 18 and 49 • Have regular menstrual cycles with heavy bleeding • Not have any other bleeding disorder If you qualify you will receive study drug and study related procedures including physical exams, electrocardiograms, eye exams and laboratory tests at no cost.

You will also receive compensation for your time and travel.

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This program is sposnored by the Tybee Arts Association to raise money to help save turtles through ecological education in a public art forum. Fifty fiberglass statues of sea turtles have been placed around Tybee Island and vicinity, and volunteers are being sought to decorate them. Organizational meetings are being held Wednesdays at 7pm, at the old school behind the new gym on Tybee. Visit www.TybeeTurtleTour.org. The tour will be active through autumn, 2007.

Call for Donations

Coastal Children’s Advocacy Center Art Show/Sale Donations of original artwork are being sought for this benefit. All donations are tax-deductible. Call Karen or Kris at 2361401.

Classes, Camps & Workshops 2006 Contractors College

presented by Turner Construction Co. and the City of Savannah will present courses that include project delivery, bonding, insurance, management, accounting, scheduling, certification and more. To register, call the City of Savannah’s Minority and Women Business Enterprise office at 651-3653.

Adult Education

The Women’s Center of Wesley Community Centers, 1601 Drayton St., offers tutoring Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in basic literacy skills, GED preparation and computer training. Call 447-5711.

Art Classes

Classes in clay hand-building, open studio, intermediate drawing and painting are offered at CarosArt Studio in Windsor Forest. Very small clases with lots of extra attention by professional artist/clay sculptor Carolyne Graham. Classes are held Mondays from 10 a.m. to noon and Mondays from 68 p.m. Inquire about other days. The cost is

$100 per six weeks of instruction. Clay supplies are extra. Call 925-5465 to register.

The Art School

Class offerings include children’s art classes, with afterschool art instruction for ages 6 through teens. Ages 6-8 attend one hour a week for $55 per month. Ages 9 through teens attend one and a half hours per week for $70 per month. Tuition includes supplies. Classes also are available for adults and advanced teens 16 and up Mondays 7-9 p.m. and Tuesdays 9:30 a.m. to noon, with students working in the medium of their choice. Weekly figure drawing sessions are held Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to noon. The cost is $60 for six-week sessions or $15 drop in. Artists bring their own materals. Preregistration and pre-payment are required.

Figure drawing weekends will be held Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 67 and Dec. 1-2. The cost is $35 per day. A pastel portrait workshop with a live model and instruction by Chin-Chen Hung will be held Nov. 10-11 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost is $170 and class size is limited. The Art School is located at 74 W. Montgomery Cross Rd., No. B-2. Call Lind Hollingsworth at 921-1151 or visit www.TheArtSchool-Sav. com.

Art Studio Sessions

Six-week sessions on Tuesday evenngs or Wednesday mornings are offered at the Remshart Row Gallery and Studio on West Jones Street. Small groups. Oils, acrylics and pastels. Help and encouragement in creating successful artwork. Prior experience is helpful but not necessary. Tuition is $125. To register, call 234-5737.

Baby sign classes

Savannah Speech & Hearing Center is offering Baby Sign classes for babies aged 8-14 months and their parents. The cost is $50, which includes materials. To register, call 355-4601

Cappa Approved Labor and Postpartum Doula Training

This workshop will be held Oct. 13, 14 and 15 on Hilton Head Island. The cost is $525 and the deadline to register is Oct. 2. Call Jennifer Giattino at 843-683-8750 or e-mail Birththroughlove@yahoo.com.

Conversational Spanish

Do you want to practice your Spanish?

Come to the mesa de espanol the second Thursday and last Friday of the month at 4:30 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. For information, send e-mail to cafecontigo@gmail.com.

Davenport House Docent Training is conducted every February, July and October. Call 236-8097 or send email to jcredle@savbusiness.net.

Draw to Paint Class

Take the mystery out of drawing as you learn the “natural way to draw.” The elements and principles of design will be emphasized in preparation for successful pauintings in this course taught by certified art instructor Carolyne Graham. The sixweek class begins Oct. 5 from 10 a.m. to noon at The Art School, 74 W. Montgomery Cross Rd. The cost is $120. Class size is limited. A supply list is available. Call Carolyne at 925-5465 to register.

Enhancement Workshop

SSU’s Center for Teaching, Learning and Academic Support will hold a workshop with Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock, Savannah

the 411|Happenings native and senior pastor at historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, on Friday, Oct. 6 at 10 a.m. in the Jordan Building auditorium. The presentation is free and open to the public.

Fall Visual Arts Classes

The City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs is now registering students for its fall visual arts classes. Day and evening classes are offered in ceramics, painting, portfolio preparation, jewelry making and stained glass for children, teens and adults. All classes are held at S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St.Call 651-4248 or visit www. savannahga.gov/arts.

Fany’s Spanish/English Institute

Spanish is fun. Classes for adults and children are held at 15 E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 921-4646 or 220-6570 to register.

First Steps parent education program

This parent education and support program is based at St. Joseph’s/Candler. Call 8196910.

Coaching and editing services by Christopher Scott, published author and long-time writing teacher. One-on-one coaching, manuscript editing for fiction, non-fiction, creative non-fiction and memoirs. Call 398-1727 or send e-mail to cscott613@comcast.net for details and rates.

Guided Imagery

Change your life with guided imagery.

Read about it in Oprah magazine, January 2006. Ditch anxiety, manage deadlines, lose weight, recovery from surgery. Call the Alpha Institute, 927-3432.

Highest Praise School of the Arts

of Overcoming by Faith is offering vocal, piano and dance classes that are open to anyone from Pre-K to adult. Visit overcomingbyfaith.org or call 927-8601.

Housing Authority of Savannah Classes

Free classes will be offered at the Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton St. Some classes are on-going.

Adult Literacy is offered every Monday and Wednesday from 4-6 p.m. Homework Help is offered every Tuesday and Thursday from 3-4:30 p.m. The Community Computer Lab is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. On Sept. 28 from 23:30 p.m., When Enough is Enough! about substance abuse and addiction will be presented.

Life Challenge Consulting

When would now be a great time to engage yourself in life-changing strategies. Career; stress reduction; spirituality. Free initial halfhour consultation. Call Cindy Beach, M.S., at 429-7265.

Mindfulness and Ordinary Recovery

Indepth exploration of the 11th step.

Meditation and contemplation instruction provided as it applies to recovery and maintenance. Classes are held on Monday from noon to 1 p.m. or 7:30-8:30 p.m. Class fee is $12. 313 E. Harris St. For information, call Cindy Beach, M.S., 429-7265.

Painting the Figure in Oil

is an art class that will be offered as part of the Savannah Art Association Workshop Series at AASU on Saturday, Oct. 7 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The class will be taught by portrait and figure artist Ron Schaffer.

Participants will be guided to the completion of a painting during the workshop.

Register 10 days in advance. A supply list will be available upon registration. A bagged lunch is suggested. The cost is $50 for members, $65 for non-members. Call 2327731 or 897-5612 or visit SavannahArt.net.

Personalities: Creating Harmony at Home and Work

Discover how learning more about personality types and communication styles can affect your daily life and relationships both at work and at home. Participants will have the opporutnity to take the Myers-Brigges Type Indicator to help identy personality type and facilitate class discussion. The workshop will be conducted by Dr. Thomas Hollis, a Savannah psychologist, and will meet on Tuesdays Oct. 10 and 17 from 7-9 p.m. at the Amrstrong Conference Center, 11935 Abercorn St. The cost is $49 for single or $69 with spouse, which includes test materials. Call 927-5322 to register.

Puppet Shows

are offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler AfricanAmerican Health Information & Resource Center for schools, day cares, libraries, churches, community events and fairs. Call 447-6605.

Savannah Entrepreneurial Center offers a variety of business classes. The center is at 801 E. Gwinnett St. Call 6523582.

Tybee Island Marine Science Center

offers hands-on classes for students of all ages from pre-kindergarten through adults.

Classes include microscope labs, squid dissection, guided beach walks and tours of the Science Center. Call 786-5917 or visit www. tybeemsc.org.

Clubs & Organizations

AASU Sci-Fi Fantasy Club

This is an official student club of Armstrong Atlantic State University that accepts non-students as associate members. It is devoted to the exploration and enjoyment of the genres of science fiction and fantasy.

Activities include book discussions, movie screenings, role playing game sessions, board and card games, guest speakers, episode marathons and armor demonstrations. Provides guest speakers to educators upon request. Call Michael at 220-8129, send e-mail to lightmagus@yahoo.com or mccauln1981@hotmail.com. or visit http:// aasuscifi.proboards105.com/index.cgi.

Bike Night with Mikie

is held every Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at The Red Zone Bar and Grill in Richmond Hill.

Half of the proceeds of a 50/50 drawing go to the military for phone cards and other items.

Blackbeard’s Scuba Club

Call Ryan Johnson at 604-5977.

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month at 10:30 a.m. For information, visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ ChiSavannah/.

Discussion groups or meetings will be set up. For info, send e-mail to unsung-heros@ hotmail.com.

is the civilian, volunteer auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force and is involved in search and rescue, aerospace education and cadet programs. Meets every Tuesday at 6 p.m. for cadets (12-18 years old) and 7 p.m. for adult members at the former Savannah Airport terminal building off Dean Forest Road.

Visit www.gawg.cap.gov, send e-mail to N303WR@aol.com, or call Capt. Jim Phillips at 412-4410.

Savannah Subbuteo Club. Call 667-7204 or visit http://savannahsubbuteo.tripod.com.

Civil Air Patrol

Clean Coast

meets monthly on the first Monday at the Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Check www.cleancoast.org for event schedule.

Coastal Bicycle Touring Club of Savannah

Visit www.cbtc.org for meeting schedule and more information. Meetings are held on the first Monday of each month at Tubby’s Tank House restaurant in Thunderbolt at 6:30 p.m. 728-5989.

Daughters of Destiny

An ongoing seminar for women who want to make changes in their lives through spirituality and positive reinforcement meets every Monday at 7 p.m. at Daughters of Destiny House, 12 E. 41st St. Facilitated by Miriam Center. Call 663-0894.

Discussion Group for Unsung Heroes You may not require recognition but someone else may want to know your story and it could make a difference in your life.

English Style Table Soccer

Historic Savannah Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association

will meet Thursday, Oct. 12 at 6 p.m. at the Exchange on Waters for an open house and membership drive. Open to the public. The cost is the price of the meal. Call 233-2838 for reservations.

Historic Victorian Neighborhood Association

meets the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. between Park Avenue and Duffy Street. Call 236-8546.

Introducing the Work of Byron Katie

is a group that meets every other Wednesday afternoon in Savannah and every other Friday afternoon in Statesboro at 3 p.m. Free of charge and open to the public. See what happens when you question your stressful beliefs with this powerful and simple tool.

It has been life changing for many people.

Introductory video or audio CDs will be presented in each session. Call 484-0134.

Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary meets the first Saturday of the month at 1 p.m. at American Legion Post 184 in Thunderbolt. Call 786-4508.

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Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS)

Meet new friends and enjoy a welcome break. Hear guest speakers on topics relevant to mothering, along with discussion time, creative activities and more, because mothering matters. Call for the location, date and time of the next meeting. MOPS is for all mothers with children from birth to kindergarten. Child care is provided. Visit www.mops.org or call 898-4344.

No Kidding!

is the area’s first social club for single and married adults who do not have children.

Meet other non-parents at events and activities. For information on No Kidding! visit www.nokidding.net or send e-mail to luluette@prodigy.net.

Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club

Members of Starfleet International and The Klingon Assault Group meet twice a month, on the first Sunday at 4 pm. at Books-AMillion and the third Tuesday at Chen’s Chinese Restaurant at 20 E. Derenne Ave. at 7:30 p.m. Call 692-0382, email kasak@ comcast.net or visit www.roguephoenix.org.

Savannah Browns Backers

This is an official fan club recognized by the Cleveland Browns NFL football team.

Meet with Browns fans to watch the football games and support your favorite team Sundays at game time at McDonough’s on the corner of Drayton and McDonough streets. The group holds raffles and trips and is looking into having tailgate parties in the future. Call Kathy Dust at 373-5571 or send e-mail to KMDUST4@hotmail.com or Dave Armstrong at

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Savannah Area Landlord & Real Estate Investors Association

Learn to be a real estate investor or landlord.

Group meets the second Tuesday of each month at the Spiva Law Group, 12020 Abercorn St. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting begins at 7:30 p.m.

Savannah Area Sacred Harp Singers

The public is invited to come and sing early American music and folk hymns from the shape note tradition. This nondenominational community musical activity emphasizes participation, not performance.

Songs are from The Sacred Harp, an oblong

songbook first published in 1844. Call 655-0994.

Savannah Art Association

meets the second Thursday of the month from 6-8 p.m. Call 232-7731.

Savannah Brewers’ League

Meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at Moon River Brewing Co., 21 W. Bay St. 447-0943.

Call 447-0943 or visit www.hdb.org and click on Clubs, then Savannah Brewers League.

Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States

has a dinner meeting the fourth Tuesday of each month (except December) at 6 p.m. at the Hunter Club, Hunter Army Airfield. Call John Findeis at 748-7020.

Savannah Fencing Club

offers beginning classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings for six weeks. Fees are $40. Some equipment is provided.

After completing the class, you may become a member of the Savannah Fencing Club for $5 per month.

Experienced fencers are welcome to join. Call 429-6918 or send email to savannahfencing@aol.com.

Savannah Jaycees

for young professionals ages 21 to 39 is a Junior Chamber of Commerce that focuses on friendship, career development and community involvement.

Meets the second and fourth Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is included and there is no charge for guests. Call 961-9913 or visit www.savannahjaycees.com.

Savannah Kennel Club

meets the fourth Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. from September through May at the Fire Mountain restaurant on Stephenson Avenue. Those who wish to eat before the meeting are encouraged to arrive earlier. 656-2410.

Savannah’s First Pug Playday

This group meets every first Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Savannah Dog Park at 41st and Drayton streets. All humans and dogs who live in a pug household are welcome. A donation to the Savannah Dog Park would be appreciated. Contact Mike or Melinda at kennedy.mike@comcast.net.

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Savannah Ski Club

Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd. $2 per person.

Call 925-7416.

The purpose of the club is to bring all snow skiers/boarders in the Lowcountry area together, Membership is $30 for a single and $45 for a family. Call 713-7655 or e-mail SavhSkiClub@bellsouth.net.

Basic Ballroom Class

On Saturday, Oct. 7 from 1-3 p.m. at West Broad Street YMCA at 1110 May St., the Moon River Dancers will present the Fox Trot and Bolero. The cost is $3. Beginners and singles are welcome. Call 961-9960.

Another Basic Ballroom Class will be presented Oct. 14.

Savannah Toastmasters

helps you improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly and supportive environment on Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at Memorial Health University Medical Center, Conference Room C. 352-1935.

Breffni Academy of Irish Dance

has opened a location in Richmond Hill and is accepting students. The academy is located at Life Moves Dance Studio, 10747 Ford Ave. For information, call Michael or Nicola O’Hara at 305-756-8243 or send email to Dance@BreffniAcademy.com. Visit www.IrishDanceClasses.com.

Tybee Performing Arts Society

meets the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the old Tybee school All interested, please attend or send e-mail to ried793@ netscape.com.

Urban Professionals

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Flamenco Enthusiasts

meets first Fridays at 7:30 p.m. at Vu at the Hyatt on Bay Street. If you’re not having fun, you’re not doing it right. Call 272-9830 or send e-mail to spannangela@hotmail.com.

Dance or learn flamenco in Savannah with the Flamenco Cooperative. Meetings are held on Saturdays from 1 to 2:30 or 3 p.m. at the Maxine Patterson School of Dance. Any level welcome. If you would like to dance, accompany or sing, contact Laura Chason at laura_chason@yahoo.com.

The Young Professionals of Savannah For information, contact Jacob Cottingham at Jacob@thesouthmag.com.

Dance

Mahogany Shades of Beauty Inc.

offers dance classes, including hip hop, modern, jazz, West African, ballet, lyrical and step, as well as modeling and acting classes. All ages and all levels are welcome.

Call Mahogany B. at 272-8329.

Adult Ballet Classes

at Islands Dance Academy, 115 Charlotte Dr, Whitemarsh Island near Publix shopping center. Challenging, rewarding and fun.

All levels and body types welcome. $12 per class or $90 for eight classes. Beginner Adult Ballet is held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Intermediate Adult Ballet is held Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:307:30 p.m. Intermediate/Advanced Adult Ballet is held Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thrusdays from 10:30 a.m. to noon. A variety of youth classes (ages 3 to teen) are available. Call Sue Braddy at 897-2100.

Salsa Dance Lessons

Salsa classes for beginners are offered every Friday from 6-7 p.m. at the Maxine Patterson School of Dance Studio, 2212 Lincoln St. You do not need a partner. Call 898-2296 or send e-mail to irdelatoru@ yahoo.com.

The Savannah Shag Club

Savannah’s original shag club meets every Wednesday at the Holiday Inn Midtown at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free. Call 927-9439.

Adult Jazz and Tap Classes

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The Gretchen Greene School of Dance is offering ongoing adult classes. There are two levels, Beginner and Intermediate, which both meet on Wednesdays. The intermediate program is from 6:30-8 p.m. and the beginner program is from 8-9 p.m.

Both classes consist of a jazz portion and a tap dance portion. The instructor is Travis Dodd. For information, call 897-4235 or visit ggsod.com.

hosts Magnificent Mondays from 6:30-11 p.m. at Double’s, Holiday Inn/Midtown, 7100 Abercorn St. Free basic shag, swing, salsa, cha cha, line dance and others are offered the first two Mondays and free shag lessons are offered. The lesson schedule is posted at www.shagbeachbop.com and announced each Monday. The dance lessons are held 6:30-7:30 p.m. Special cocktail prices are from 6:30-10 p.m. and their are hors d’ouerves. There is no cover charge.

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The Studio

Ongoing classes include Hip Hop/Funk on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. and Adult Beginner Ballet on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. There are a variety of advanced classes daily. The Studio is located at 2805 Roger Lacey Ave. just off the intersection of Skidaway and Victory. Call 695-9149 or 356-8383 or visit ww.thestudiosav.com.

Wheelchair Ballroom Dance

The Moon River Dancers now offer ballroom dance classes for people who are disabled. Classes are held the fourth Saturday of the month from 2-4:30 p.m. at the Delaware Center, 1815 Lincoln St. For information, call Charleen Harden at 3087307 or send e-mail to cwh0869@yahoo. com.

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Events

2006 Business Expo

The Savannah Area Chamber of Commer will present the 13th Annual Business Expo and Car Show Oct. 12 from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Savannah Internatinal Trade and Convention Center. The car show will take place from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Food samples from local restaurants and caterers will be served. Admission and parking are free.

Call Susan Smith at 644-6434 or ssmith@ savannahchamber.com or visit www.savannahchamber.com.

Fitness

A balanced life

Student massage and yoga classes are offered at the Savannah School of Massage Therapy, Inc. Cost ranges from $20 to $30 for a one-hour massage and sessions are instructor supervised. Call 355-3011 for an appointment. Multi-level yoga classes are offered Monday and Friday at 5:45 p.m. Cost is $10 for drop-ins, $40 for a package card of five classes. Walk-ins are welcome. The school is located at 6413B Waters Ave. www. ssomt.com.

Center for Wellbeing Hatha Yoga classes

are offered Monday and Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Suite 203 of the Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. Cost is $30 for four sessions or $50 for 8 sessions. 819-6463.

Free Nutritional Counseling/Body Fat Testing

by certified nutritional consultants. Muscle Quest Sports Nutrition Center, 109 Jefferson St. downtown. Call ahead to reserve a space at 232-4784.

Gentle Yoga

Evening classes offered Monday and Wednesday from 5:30-6:45 p.m. and lunch classes Monday from noon to 1 p.m. $12 per evening class, $10 per lunchtime class. $75 for an eight-week session. Classes at The Yoga Loft at Womancare, 800 E. 70th St. Call Lisa at 398-2588.

Jade Lotus Tai Chi Group

Classes are offered Saturdays from 9:3011:30 a.m. and Wednesdays from 7-9 p.m. at the Unity Church, 2320 Sunset Blvd. Dropin rate is $10, $8 for students or 10 classes for $80, $70 for students. All experience levels are welcome. Look on the web at www.jadelotustaichi.com.

The Jewish Education Alliance

Join Amy Levy at 9:45 am on Fridays for yoga. Fee is $35 per month, Water Aerobics, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 10:30 am. Fee is $42 a month for up to 16 sessions, Step Aerobics will be offered at the JEA on Thursday’s at 6:15 am. Cost is $35 per month. Call Drew Edmonds at 3558111.

Ladies Living Smart fitness club

provides nutritional education and exercise to encourage lifestyle changes at the St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. at 5:30 p.m. Call 447-6605.

Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Pilates Classes

are offered at the St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for WellBeing, Suite 203 of the Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. Four sessions are $30, eight sessions are $50.

Pre-register by calling 819-6463.

Pregnancy Yoga

An eight-week session will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-7:15 p.m. in offices located at 7116 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Pre-natal yoga helps mother-to-be prepare for a more mindful approach to the challenges of pregnancy, labor and delivery. The instructor is Ann Carroll. Cost is $90 for once a week or $150 for twice a week for the 8-week session. Call 596-0584 or send e-mail to ann@aikyayoga.com.

Savannah Yoga Center

Classes offered seven days a week.

Community Easy Flow Yoga is offered three times a week at a cost of $5 per session.

For other classes, the drop-in rate is $13, the student drop-in rate is $11 with ID and active duty military/dependents rate is $9.

The schedule is: Monday, Community Flow Yoga from 8:30-9:30 a.m. and All Levels Flow Yoga from 6-7:15 p.m.; Tuesday: Dynamic Flow Yoga from 10-11:15 a.m. and Yoga Basics from 6-7:15 p.m.; Wednesday, Level I/II Flow Yoga from 9-10:15 a.m. and Gentle Yoga from 6-7:15 p.m.; Thursday, Level I/II Flow Yoga from 9-10:15 a.m., Community Flow Yoga from 4:15-5:15 p.m. and Dynamic Flow Yoga from 6-7:15 p.m.; Friday, Dynamic Flow Level I/II Yoga from 10-11:15 a.m.; Saturday, All Levels Flow Yoga from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.; and Sunday, Community Flow Yoga from 5-6 p.m. Located at the International Center for Leadership and Coaching, 25 E. 40th St. at Drayton Street. Call Director Kelley Boyd at 441-6653, email kelley@savannahyoga.com or visit www.savannahyoga.com.

Tai Chi Classes

are offered Mondays and Fridays from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Suite 203, Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. Four sessions are $30 or eight sessions are $50. Call 819-6463.

Water aerobics at the JEA

The Jewish Educational Alliance is offering aquatics classes. Call Shannon at 748-2393.

classes taught by Debra Whalen R.Y.T. are offered Wednesdays from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Muscle Quest Sports Nutrition Center, 109 Jefferson St. downtown. $10 drop-in fee.

Call ahead to reserve a space at 232-4784.

Yoga For Round Bodies

Explore yoga postures for the larger body while experiencing stress relief and the healing power of yoga. Six-week session is $70. Classes at The Yoga Loft at Womancare, 800 E. 70th St. Call Lisa at 398-2588.

The Yoga Room

Monday Level I and II 6:30-8 p.m., Mommy and Me Yoga 4-5 p.m. Tuesday Level II and III from 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday Level I from 10-11:30 a.m. and Level I and II from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday Power Yoga from 6:307:30 p.m. Friday Level I from 6-7:30 p.m.

Saturday Power Yoga from 9-10 a.m. Sunday Vinyasa from 10:30 to noon and Level II and III from 5-6:30 p.m. Private sessions are available. Visit www.thesavannahyogaroom. com or call 898-0361.

Yogalates Classes

are offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for WellBeing on Thursdays from 5:45-6:45 p.m. in Suite 203 of the Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. The cost is $30 for four sessions or $50 for eight sessions. Call 819-6463.

Food and Beverage Gourmet Sunday Brunch

will be offered at the Red Door on Johnny Mercer Boulevard on Wilmington Island.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday and Wednesday through Saturday from 6-11 p.m. Call 897-4489 for reservations.

Gay & Lesbian

First City Network Board Meeting

Meets the first Monday at 6 p.m. at FCN’s office, 307 E. Harris St., 3rd floor. 236-2489.

First City Network Community Center and Library

The FCN Community Center & Library is open Saturdays from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Visitors are welcome to check out gay/lesbian books and obtain information on “Gay Savannah” businesses and happenings. www.firstcitynetwork.com. 236-CITY

First City Network’s Workforce project offers assistance to youth and young adults who need and want a job or a better job.

Call 236-2489 or send e-mail to bwooten@ comcast.net.

Gay AA Meeting

meets Sunday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at 307 E. Harris St., second floor. For information, contact Ken at 398-8969.

Georgia Equality Savannah

is the local chapter of Georgia’s largest gay rights group. 104 W. 38th St. 944-0996.

Standout

is First City’s gay youth support group.

Meets every Thursday at 7 p.m. at the FCN Headquarters, 307 E. Harris St., 3rd floor.

Call 657-1966.

What Makes A Family

is a children’s therapy group for children of GLBT parents. Groups range in age from 10 to 18 and are held twice a month. Call 352-2611.

Health

Be Stress Free

Learn to go within, find balance -- access clarity, inner wisdom and peace. This free meditation group meets every first Saturday from noon to 9-10 a.m. at 6205 Abercorn St., No. 203.

Arrive by 11:55 a.m. and go to the front door.

To reserve a space, email Ellen Farrell, M.A. at ellenjfarrell@comcast.net or call 247-4263.

Can’t Sleep?

Can’t sleep or stay asleep? Hypnosis and guided imagery works. Call 927-3432 for more information.

Case Management Program

St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St., will sponsor a client assessment and referral service that assists individuals in obtaining health care and medical assistance, indigent services, housing and other social services. Call 4476605 or 232-2003.

Circle of Healing

Connect, discuss, meditate and share energy with live-minded individuals in this free, inspirational circle of healing at the Center for Holistic Healing at Memorial Health, 300 Bull St. Call 236-2131.

Community HealthCare Center

is a non-profit organization that provides free medical care for uninsured individuals who work or live in Chatham County and do not qualify for Medicare or Medicaid. All patients receive free examinations, medicine through the patient assistance program and free lab work. Women receive free pap smears and mammograms. Call 692-1451 to see if you qualify for services. Located at 310 Eisenhower Dr., No. 5, Medical Center.

Community Cardiovascular Council, Inc.

offers free blood pressure checks Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 1900 Abercorn St. Call 232-6624.

Dual Recovery Anonymous

This 12-step program addresses all addictions and mental health recovery. Persons who are recovering from an addiction and a mental health problem can send e-mail to katkope@netscape.com for information.

Eating Disorders/Self Harm Support Group

A 12-step group for people with eating disorders and self-harm disorders. For information, call Brandon Lee at 927-1324.

Every Step Counts Survivor Walk

This monthly cancer survivors’ walk is free and open to all survivors and their loved ones. Call DeDe Cargill at 398-6654.

Free blood pressure checks and blood sugar screenings are conducted at three locations within St. Joseph’s/Candler. From 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 5:15-7 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday, checks will be offered at the St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605 to make an appointment. Checks are offered every Monday from 10 a.m. to noon at the Smart Senior office, No. 8 Medical Arts Center.

No appointment is necessary. Checks will be offered Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. Mary’s Community Center at 812 W. 36th St. Call 447-0578.

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Free hearing & speech screening

Every Thursday morning from 9 a.m.-12 noon at the Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E. 66th Street. Call 355-4601.

Gastric Bypass Surgery Session

Memorial Health Bariatrics presents free informational sessions every Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Medical Education Auditorium with Dr. John Angstadt and other staff members, who discuss obesity and the surgical process. Free. Call 350-DIET or visit bariatrics.memorialhealth.com.

Georgia Cares Medicare Part D Assistance

The toll-free hotline is 1-800-669-8387.

Got a drug problem? Need help?

Call the Narcotics Anonymous Helpline at 1-800-334-3322.

HIV/AIDS and STD awareness training

My Brothaz Home, Inc., a local nonprofit HIV/AIDS organization, offers free HIV/ AIDS and STD awareness training, risk reduction counseling and prevention case management to individual males and groups of males. Upon completion of the training, a monetary incentive and educational materials will be given to each participant. Call 231-8727.

How to Create a Healthy Lifestyle

is a seminar that will be presented Oct. 5 from 5:30-7 p.m. at St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605.

La Leche League of Savannah Call Phoebe at 897-9261.

Lose Weight

like Mark Merlis on Dateline. Safe, effective, reasonable cost. Researchers at the University of Connecticut found that people who used hypnosis lost 60 percent more weight than any other method. The Alpha Institute, 927-3432.

Mammograms

St. Joseph’s/Candler will be performing mammograms to screen for breast cancer in its mobile screening unit. SJ/C accepts most insurance plans. Financial assistance is available to women who qualify.

Mammograms will be performed Oct. 5 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Daffin Park. For appointments, call 819-3368. Mammograms will be performed Oct. 10 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Chatham County Health Department on Eisenhower Drive.

Patients must be at least 40 and without health insurance. Call 651-2024 for an appointment. Mammograms will be performed Oct. 11 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Long County Health Department in Ludowici. Call 912-545-2107 for appointments. Mammograms will be performed Oct.17 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s/Candler Medical Group in Rincon.

Call 354-9357. Mammograms will be performed Oct. 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the St. Joseph’s/Candler Medical Group in Pembroke. Call 653-2897.

Memorial Health blood pressure check are offered free every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30-9:30 a.m. at GenerationOne. 3507587.

Memorial Health CPR training

FitnessOne provides American Heart Association courses each month to certify individuals in infant, child and adult CPR. The cost is $30. Call 350-4030 or visit www. memorialhealth.com.

Memorial Health group meditation sessions

are offered free to the public every Tuesday from 5:30-6 p.m. on the third floor of the Center for Advanced Medicine.

Memorial Health heart risk assessment

is held once a month at FitnessOne. The appointment takes about 40 minutes and the cost is $50. Call Midge at 350-4042.

Memorial Health Joint Replacement Lecture

This free orthopedic lecture series is held the third Tuesday of each month from 6:15-7:30 p.m. in the Medical Education Auditorium at Memorial Health to educate the community about the risk factors of arthritis, the prevention of arthritis and medical and surgical joint replacement. To register, call 350-3603.

Memorial Health SET Focus Group

This is a program to encourage Sickle Cell patients ages 11 to 18 and their parents/ caregivers to learn more about Sickle Cell disease. Call Donna at 350-5616 or Saundra at 350-3396.

The Midwife Group of Coastal Georgia

The Midwife Group offers a free program to women at any stage of pregnancy that includes free information on pregnancy, birth and parenting, an opportunity to talk to other pregnant women and information on a certified nurse midwife-assisted birth, whether at a birth center or area hospital.

Call 826-4155 or send e-mail to birthcenter@alltel.net.

Physical Therapy Month

In recognition of Physical Therapy Month, Spine and Sport will offer free back and sciatic pain consultations on Tuesday, Oct. 10 from 6-8 p.m. and Tuesday, Oct. 24 from 6-8 p.m. at Spine and Sport, 461 Johnny Mercer Blvc., Suite C-5 on Wilmington Island, or 125 Goshen Rd. Ext., Suite 206 in Rincon. Visit www.spinesport.org.

Planned Parenthood Hotline

First Line is a statewide hotline for women who want information on health services.

Open every night from 7-11p.m. 1-800-2647154.

The Quit Line

a toll-free resource that provides counseling, screening, support and referral services for all Georgia residents 18 or older and concerned parents of adolescents who are using tobacco. Call 1-877-270-STOP or visit www. unitegeorgia.com.

Stop Smoking

Researchers at the University of Iowa combined 600 studies covering 72,000 people and found that hypnosis is the most effective way to stop smoking. Call the Alpha Institute. 927-3432.

Super 2 Access Clinic

Super 2 Access (After Cancer Cure Evaluation Strategy and Support) is a clinic for children and adolescents who completed cancer treatment at least two years ago. For information, call Pam at 658-2215 or Donna at 667-8943.

Wanted: CPR and First Aid Instructors

The Savannah Chapter of the American Red Cross is looking for instructors. Call 6515371 or send email to daled@savannahredcross.org.

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Two new exhibits have opened at the Savannah History Museum. They are Hats: Crowning Glory of a Bygone Era, with dozens of women’s hats and dressmaking techniques from the past, and Hats Off!, an interactive exhibit for kids ages 3-12. Hours are Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $4.25 adults and $3.75 seniors 55 and up, military and AAA. children under 6 are admitted free with a parent or guardian. Call 651-6825 or visit www.chsgeorgia.org.

Environment

Boat owners, photographers and other volunteers are needed to help conduct scientific research which will take place one weekend during the months of January, April, July and October. Must be at least 18 years old. Call 232-6572 or visit www.

TheDolphinProject.org.

Oyster Shell Recycling

The UGA Marine Extension Service Shellfish Research Lab needs volunteers to assist in shell collection, bagging and reef building, and site monitoring on Oct. 7 from 9-11 a.m. on Skidaway Island. Wear old clothes and dress for the weather. Free.

Reservations are preferred. Call 598-2348 and ask for Erica LeMoine or visit www. marex.uga.edu.

Take a walk on the wild side

at the Oatland Island Education Center.

The “Native Animal Nature Trail” features a variety of live animals and landscapes and winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland and salt marsh habitats. Located 5 miles east of downtown off the Islands Expressway. M-F:9 a.m.-4 p.m. and most Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission is $3 per person for everyone over 4. 898-3980 or visit www.oatlandisland.org.

Tybee Island Marine Science Center

Visit the center to discover the Georgia coast. The exhibits and aquariums are home to more than 100 species of fish, reptiles, amphibians, corals and other interesting sea creatures. Beach Discovery Walks are offered Fridays and Saturdays at 2 p.m. Call 786-5917 for information about current programs. Admission is $4 for adults and $3 for children 3-16. The center is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Tuesdays when it is open 9 a.m. to noon.

Volunteers needed for Tybee Marine Center

Tybee Marine Science Center is looking for volunteers interested in supporting educational programs. Help is needed with touch tank presentations, animal care, special events, sea turtle monitoring, outreach pro-

grams, gift shop and office duties. Call 7865917 or visit www.tbeemsc.org.

Pets & Animals St. Almo

The name stands for Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks are held Sundays (weather permitting). Meet at 6 p.m. at Canine Palace, 618 Abercorn St. Time changes with season. Call for time change. Call 234-3336.

Savannah’s First Pug Playday

This group meets every first Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Savannah Dog Park at 41st and Drayton streets. All humans and dogs who live in a pug household are welcome. A donation to the Savannah Dog Park would be appreciated. Contact Mike or Melinda at kennedy.mike@comcast.net.

Site Launched for Reclaiming Lost Pets

A new website has been launched to help people reclaim lost pets. It is located at www. thepetrescue.com.

Readings & Signings Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club

meets the last Sunday at 4 p.m. at the center, 1910 Abercorn St. 447-6605.

Tea time at Ola’s

is a new book discussion group that meets the fourth Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Ola Wyeth Branch Library, 4 E. Bay St. Call Beatrice Wright at 652-3660. Bring your ideas and lunches. Tea will be provided. 2325488 or 652-3660.

Religious & Spiritual Chanted Office of Compline

The Service of Compline, ”Saying good night to God,” is chanted Sunday evenings at 9 p.m. by the Compline Choir of Christ Church Savannah (Episcopal), located on Johnson Square. The choir, made up of singers from churches around the city, sings in the darkened nave of Christ Church by candlelight. Compline, the last of the monastic prayer services before retiring, is a service in which one is invited to meditate and reflect on the day or week past and then enter into the little death of sleep to rise with hope and thanksgiving for the days ahead.

Christian Businessmen’s Committee

meets for a prayer breakfast every Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. at Peggy Lynn’s Country Cooking, 3718 Ogeechee Rd. Call 964-4297.

Ekklesia, The Church

Do church in a casual and relaxed setting on Saturday nights. Fellowship begins at 6 p.m., praise and worship at 6:30 p.m. in the BSU building on Abercorn between the Publix Shopping Center and the Armstrong campus. Call 596-4077.

Fall Youth Crusade

with guest speaker the Rev. Dr. Raphael G. Warnock, Senior Pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, will be held Oct. 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Bible & Prayer Ministries, 1905 Waters Ave. A Bible Bowl and Talent Show for ages 6-18 will be presented Oct. 7 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

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Amazing Insects Join insect expert Bobby Moulis to learn how insects play an integral part in both the food chain and the ongoing life of many plants on Saturday, Oct. 7 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Savannah-Ogeechee Canal & Nature Center. The cost is $20 per person. Reservations are required.

Call Wilderness Southeast at 897-5108.

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Free Spiritual Classes

Through Oct. 16, The Four Agreements will be presented Monday evenings from 7-9 p.m. Study the book of the same title by Don Miguel Ruiz, which is available in the Unity book store. From Sept. 24-Nov. 19, Revelation: The Road to Overcoming will be presented Sunday mornings from 9:45-10:45 a.m. Both classes will be presented in the Fellowship Hall at Unity of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. Call 355-4704 or visit www.unityofsavannah.org.

Meditation Group

Go within, access intuition and inner peace.

This free meditation group meets every first Saturday day from 9-10 a.m. at 6205 Abercorn St., No. 203. Arrive by 11:55 a.m. and go to the front door. To reserve a space, email Ellen Farrell, M.A. at ellenjfarrell@comcast.net or call 247-4263.

Nicodemus by Night

An open forum is held every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at 223 E. Gwinnett St. Nicodemus was a religious leader who came to Jesus by night looking for a way out of the darkness.

He received revolutionary understanding that compelled him to forsake everything to become a disciple. Jesus was considered a heretic for his radical teachings that people should give up their own possessions and care for one another instead of themselves.

Would Jesus’ teaching require anything less today?

the 411|Free Will Astrology ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Dear Rob: When my wife got

pregnant, she was warned that one side effect might be that her feet would grow a bit. She’s now a few months along, and while her feet remain a dainty size 7, my own feet have expanded from size 12 to 13! I’ve heard husbands sometimes have sensations that parallel their pregnant wives’ symptoms, but this is crazy, don’t you think? -Vicarious Aries.” Dear Vicarious: You Rams are in a phase when your ability to share the feelings and experiences of others is at a peak. I suggest you take advantage of this opening to supercharge your empathy and get closer to your loved ones than you’ve ever dared.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The new CEO of soft drink

giant PepsiCo is Indra Nooyi, striking a modest but significant blow for female equality in the business world.

That’s the good news. The bad news? Pepsi is a terrible product that rots teeth, has no nutritional value, and contributes to the obesity epidemic. Keep this in mind as you carry out your assignment in the coming week, Taurus. Fight and claw and scheme and dream to raise up the power of the feminine (yes, even if you’re a man), but only if it’s a version of the feminine that raises up everyone and everything else, too.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “It was like a masquerade fes-

tival at eternal midnight,” says a character named Flux in Antero Alli’s magical realist movie *The Drivetime,* “with everyone throwing off mask after mask and never getting to the bottom.” That description has a resemblance to what your life has been like lately, Gemini.

Any day now, however, that will change. The last masks will finally come off. All will stand revealed. You’ll get to the bottom of the core identities.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Get a hold of some of that million-year-old salt from the Himalayas and use it to season your food. Maybe you’d like to sample the Chinese delicacy know as thousand-year-old duck eggs. Wash it all down with the beer from Greenland that’s made

Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) meet Sundays, 11 a.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 W. President St., Savannah. Call Janet Pence at 247-4903.

Savannah Buddhist Sitting Group

meets Sundays from 9-10:30 a.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, on Habersham Street at East Harris and East Macon Streets, on Troup Square. Please arrive and be seated no later than 8:55 a.m.

Sitting and walking meditation and Dharma talk or reading. All practices are welcome.

Newcomers should contact Cindy Beach, lay ordained Soto Zen Buddhist, at 429-7265 for sitting instruction.

Soka Gakkai of America (SGI-USA)

SGI-USA is an American Buddhist movement for world peace that practices Nichiren Buddhism by chanting NAM MYOHO RENGE KYO. For information, call Gil at 659-1917 after 7 p.m. or e-mail gilhigh@hotmail.com.

Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church will hold an open house on Sunday, Oct. 8 from 1-3 p.m. Services begin Sunday at 10 a.m. at 707 Harmon St. Coffee and discussion follow each service. For information, call 233-6284 or e-mail UUBC2@aol.com.

Affirming the worth and dignity of each person.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah A liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. The service will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. in the Troup Square Sanctuary. For information, call 234-0980, or send e-mail to uusav@comcast.net or visit www.jinglebellchurch org. The Uncommon Denomination.

Unity of Savannah

A church of unconditional love and acceptance. Sunday service is at 11 a.m. Youth church and childcare also are at 11 a.m.

2320 Sunset Blvd. Call 355-4704 or visit www.unityofsavannah.org.

Wildwood United Methodist Church

invites you to its morning worship at 9:30 a.m. each Sunday followed by Sunday morning worship fellowship at 10:30 a.m. and Sunday School at 10:45 a.m. Wildwood UMC is located at 4912 Garrard Ave. east of the south end of the Chatham Parkway.

Woodlawn United Methodist Church Sunday school is at 9:45, worship at 10:50 a.m. and 6 p.m. 2502 Highway 80, Garden City.

Women’s Bible Study

at the Women’s Center of Wesley Community Centers. Call 447-5711 or stop by 1601 Drayton Street.

Sports & Games Savannah Area Tennis

will hold an after-school and weekend Junior Group Tennis Program for ages kindergarten through 12th grade at various sites throughout Savannah. A cardio tennis program, Adults’ Workout With a Racquet, is a group activity that features drills aimed at giving players of all abilities a high-energy workout. Sessions are $10. For information about either program, call Phyllis Greene at 961-9862 or 507-9862 or send e-mail to ctcsavannahga@prodigy.net.

Savannah Disc Golf Club

holds an Open Doubles Tournament at 10 a.m. each Saturday at Tom Triplett Park on U.S. 80 between Dean Forest Road and Interstate 95. New players are welcome.

Free coaching in driving and putting skills is available. Teams are chosen by luck of the draw. Entry is $5. For information, visit savannahdiscgolf.com.

Savannah Shamrock Rugby Club

is always looking for new players, no experience necessary. Open practice every Tuesday and Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in Forsyth Park. Call 663-7415 or visit www. savannahrugby.com.

by Rob Brezsny of 2,000-year-old water obtained from melted glaciers.

By doing these thingsB, you’d symbolically imbibe ancient purity, pristine rawness, and the wildest spirits of nature. That would be right in alignment with what the astrological omens say you need.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Sunny Sky’s is an ice cream store

in North Carolina that sells a flavor called Cold Sweat, which is made with three varieties of hot peppers and two kinds of hot sauce. It’s sweet and creamy and cool and spicy and prickly and fiery all at the same time-kind of like what I foresee for you in the coming week, Leo. To get the most out of this extravagantly paradoxical time, I suggest you take small bites. And please wait a while following each new mouthful to see what the after-effect is before you load up on more.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Writing in *The New York

Times,* Joyce Wadler captured the essence of a genre that has lost its once-heady repute. “Poetry, if we may take a moment to explain to the young people,” she said, “is an art form somewhat like rap, only it does not sell, and since the death of Lord Byron [in 1824] there has been a paucity of bling-bling.” At the risk of nudging you toward a cultural dead end, then, Virgo, I’ll ask you to expose yourself to concentrated doses of poetry this week. In my astrological opinion, you need to have your brain scrambled and heart flushed in a lyrically healing way, which good poetry can do. Here are some excellent sources: (1) James Broughton, http://tinyurl.com/zabt9.

(2) Mary Oliver, http://tinyurl.com/z325h. (3) Pablo Neruda, http:// tinyurl.com/l6684. (4) Rainer Maria Rilke, http://tinyurl.com/gsy3t. (5) Daniel Ladinsky, http://tinyurl.com/f9w2j. (6) Lots of poets, http://tinyurl.com/kyqzc.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): U.S. Patent number 5,996,568 is an apparatus for safely shooting hot dogs into a crowd.

Patent 4,834,212 is a device into which someone can scream and howl without bothering anyone nearby, al-

lowing her to vent pent-up emotions. Patent 2,272,154 is a ladder that spiders can use to climb out of a bath.

Patent 4,247,283 is a gadget that allows a trumpet to be used as a flamethrower while being played. These are exactly the kinds of imaginative innovations I urge you to work on, Libra. Your inventiveness is at an all-time high, as is everyone’s need for your inventiveness.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It’ll be a good time to feed

your demons apple pie and ice cream. Don’t scrimp!

Other actions that will put you in fortuitous alignment with the cosmic rhythms: looking for interesting, uplifting, inspiring trouble; unleashing explosive bellylaughs as you contemplate everything that makes you angry; forcing yourself to think a kind thought about someone who misunderstands you; bellowing curses in the direction of the brightest star you can see, blaming it for all your problems; and hopping and skipping down the sidewalk or hallway as you sing-song the names of everyone you dislike.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The Burning Man festi-

val is one of the planet’s most spectacularly idealistic parties. Now in its second decade, the week-long event annually draws upwards of 40,000 celebrants to a barren patch of Nevada desert to participate in a “gift economy,” where no money changes hands and art is as abundant as advertisements are back in the “real” world. The founder and director of this cultural triumph is Larry Harvey. His success didn’t come quickly. “I was a failed janitor, failed gardener, failed bike messenger, failed taxi driver,” he testifies. “By any normal standard, I was an abject failure. Now I see that this was actually a sustained course of study for everything I’m doing now.”

With this as your cue, Sagittarius, make a supreme effort to reinterpret all your so-called flops and missteps as crucial lessons that helped you develop your unique mission.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I was nine years old when I

first risked my ass to fight for the rights of others. It was a winter morning in Ohio. Ten of us kids were waiting on a corner for the school bus to pick us up. A fifthgrader named Jerry Demasko was doing his usual shtick: insulting and belittling the girls. When he sneeringly informed little Debbie Runello that she would always be ugly, I snapped. I tackled him, sat on him, and drove his face into the freshly fallen snow. “Promise you’ll stop being a mean bastard every minute of your life!” I demanded. He resisted at first, but when my inflamed strength kept him pinned, he broke. Your assignment, Capricorn, is to recall the first time you felt an eruption of pure compassionate rage in the face of injustice. Once you’ve done that, spend the next ten days cultivating and expressing that beautiful emotion.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): At any single moment, ap-

proximately 0.7 percent of the people on our planet are drunk--at least in a normal week. In the coming days, however, I believe that a sudden profusion of intoxicated Aquarians will ensure that the global average rises to at least 1.5 percent. To be totally accurate, not all of those Aquarians will be sloshed on alcohol or zonked on drugs. Some will be flying high solely on the strength of their exhilarating adventures in the unknown, while others will have transcended the everyday trance through the power of their boundary-shattering meditations or their breakthrough love-making. Don’t you dare miss out on this dizzying opportunity to lose your mind in the most constructive way possible.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “When you follow your bliss,”

wrote mythologist Joseph Campbell, “doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors, and where there wouldn’t be a door for anyone else.”

That’s always true, Pisces, but it’s especially apropos for you now. If you swear a blood oath to follow your bliss, vowing to do what your secret self loves more than anything else, a portal will open that’s as big as a garage door and as sweet as a gateway to a secret garden. w

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Support Groups

African-American Women Overcoming Depression and Bi-Polar Disease

meets the third Thursday of the month at the Bull Street Library. For information, call JoAnne Wright at 236-0027.

Al Anon Family Groups

A fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics meets Monday at 12:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., Thursday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 8 p.m. at 1501 Eisenhower Dr. and Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Goodwill on Sallie Mood Drive. Call 5989860 or visit http://al_anon_savannah. freeservers.com.

for past and potential obesity surgery patients and their families. For information, call Cheryl Brown at 350-3644.

Better Breathers support group

meets quarterly, March 24, June 16, September 15 and December 15, at noon, Conference Room 2, Candler Heart & Lung Bldg. 5356 Reynolds St. Contact Tina Nelson at 819-7340 or Cindy Balkstra at 819-8032.

Bipolar Support Group

John J. Dunn, Ph.D., is interested in hearing from people who want to participate in a bipolar support group. Call 692-1230 after 6 p.m.

Bulloch County Rape Crisis Hotline

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CASA Support Group

Cancer support group

meets every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to noon in the board room located on the first floor of St. Joseph’s Hospital. 819-2475.

Caring for Us

is a support group for caregivers of ill or injured family members or loved ones. Call Kimberlee Mitchell at 350-3399.

Celiac Support Group

for anyone with celiac disease who is allergic to products containing gluten, their family or friends. For information, call 507-2592.

Citizens With Retarded Citizens

Open to families of children or adults with autism, mental retardation, and other developmental disabilities. Meets monthly at 1211 Eisenhower Drive. 355-7633.

Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Association

meets the fourth Saturday of the month at 10 a.m. at the Candler Heart and Lung Building, second floor, Room 2. Call 3551221.

Compassionate Friends Support Group

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The group is for caregivers, family members and friends of persons affected

by Alzheimer’s Disease or other dementiacausing illnesses and meets the first Monday of each month from 10:30 a.m. to noon in Room 111 of the Skidaway Island Methodist Church, 54 Diamond Causeway. Visit www. alzga.org or call 920-2231.

Open to all patients who have had a limb amputated and their families or caregivers.

Call 355-7778 or 353-9635.

Backus Children’s Hospital Support Group for Parents of Children with Bleeding Disorders

This support group is for parents and extended caregivers whose child or children have been involved with DFCS and/or returned to your custody after being in foster care, or who have been given custody of a family member’s child who has been involved with DFCS and/or has been in foster care. The group meets the first Thursday of the month from 6-7 p.m. at Youth Futures Family Resource Center at 705 Anderson St. For information, call Madison at CASA at 447-8908 or send email to madison@savannahcasa.org.

who have a seriously ill child receiving treatment on an inpatient or outpatient basis. A case manager facilitates the meetings, and a child life specialist provides an arts and crafts activity Meets once a week. Call Donna at 350-5616.

Bariatric/Gastric Bypass Support Group

If you or someone you know has a problem with alcohol, call 354-0993.

Amputee Support Group

aid victims of rape, incest and sexual molestation. The number is 912-531-1771.

meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at Memorial Health. Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285.

Alcoholics Anonymous

Alzheimer’s Caregiver’s Support Group

Backus Children’s Hospital Support Group for Parents

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Couples Struggling with Fertility Challenges

First Line

meets every Saturday at 6:45 p.m. at Savannah Christian Church, Room 250.

This is a group for couples struggling with primary or secondary infertility, whether they have been on this journey for one year or many years. Call Kelly at 596-0852 or email emptycradle_savannah@hotmail.com.

Debtors Anonymous

meets Mondays at 5:30 p.m. at Trinity Church, 225 W. President St. in the third floor New Beginnings Room. Enter on President Street through the left-hand set of glass doors between Whitaker and Barnard streets. Arrive early, as the entry doors are locked promptly at 5:30 p.m. For information, e-mail DAsavannah@yahoo.com.

is an after-hours referral and information line to talk confidentially about birth control, sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy options. A free service from Planned Parenthood, available nightly from 7 to 11 p.m. at 1-800-264-7154.

Food Addicts Anonymous

will meet every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. and every Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Candler Hospital Medical Library Conference Room.

Call 659-2669.

Full Circle Grief and Loss Center

Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Support Group

Memorial Health SET Focus

Living without Violence

Mommy and Me: Life With Your Little One

Each month, the group focuses on a specific topic related to blood-related cancers and also discusses ways to improve quality of life. Call Jennifer Currin at 350-7845.

SET Focus is a program to encourage Sickle Cell patients ages 11 to 18 and their parents and caregivers to learn more about Sickle Cell disease. For information, call Saundra at 350-3396.

The SAFE Shelter offers free drop-in counseling to anyone who is in an abusive relationship. Meets every Thursday from 7-8:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Education Building at Whitaker & McDonough St. 234-9999.

is a support group that meets the first Thursday of the month from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Candler Professional Building, Room 508A, 5354 Reynolds St. Call 819-6171 for information.

Lowcountry Huntington’s Disease Group

Open to persons diagnosed with depression.

Meetings are held in classroom B in the Surgery Center Building of Memorial Hospital every Tuesday at 7 p.m. 920-0153 or 927-2064

a program of Hospice Savannah, offers the free counseling services for anyone dealing with loss. Call 355-2289. Grief 101 is a seven week support group for individuals who have suffered a loss by death. Pre-registration required. Tuesda­ys 6-7 p.m. Grief Support Network is an on-going peer-run support group. Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. Children’s Groups, call for times. Specialty Groups such as Spouse Loss Group and Loss by Suicide Group are offered when needed.

meets the third Thursday at 6 p.m. at Memorial Health in Conference Room A. Call Robin at 350-3843.

meets every Thursday of the month. Come on out and meet other brothaz. 231-8727.

Memorial Health Cancer Challenges Support Group

Depressive/Manic support group

Diabetes support group

Domestic violence community support group

HIV/AIDS:living with HIV/AIDS? My Brothaz Homeis a support group for men Hope House

SAFE Shelter provides a domestic violence support group every Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Building at 325 Bull St. Call Brenda Edwards, 629-8888.

provides housing and support services such as life skills, resources and referrals, followup care and parent-child activities funded

by DHR Promoting Safe and Stable Families.

Please call 236-5310 for information.

The Georgia Human Resources Department and Georgia Coalition on Family Violence, have a new number, 24 hours a day. 1-80033-HAVEN

meets the last Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Heart and Lung Building at Candler Hospital, second floor, Room 2. Call Sandra at 9640455.

A 12-step group for people with eating disorders and self-harm disorders. For information, call Brandon Lee at 927-1324.

meets the fourth Monday from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Women’s Services Conference Room at the Center for Advanced Medicine at Memorial Health. Call 350-7845.

Domestic Violence Hotline

Eating Disorders/Self Harm Support Group

Fibromyalgia support group

meets the second Thursday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Conference Room 2, Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St.. 8196743.

Huntington Disease Support Group

Keeping hope alive while living with cancer

Koolostomy Accessories

is a support group open to anyone who has an ostomy and their loved ones. Call Jennifer Currin at 350-7845.

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Multiple Sclerosis support group

discusses topics that are relevant to anyone with a debilitating disease every fourth Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at St. James Catholic Church, 8412 Whitfield Ave. at Montgomery Cross Roads. 355-1523

Lung Cancer Support Group

is for families who are going through lung cancer treatment and survivors of lung cancer. It meets monthly at Summit Cancer Care. Call Patty Thornton at 350-9385.

Muscular Dystrophy support group

Lupus Encouragement Group

meets Jan. 28, April 19, July 19 and Oct. 18 from noon to 1 p.m. in Conference Room 2, Candler Heart & Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. 354-9576.

A support group that is open to patients with lupus, their family members and friends. 447-6605.

Narcotics Anonymous

When at the end of the road you find that you no longer can function with or without drugs, there’s a simple, spiritual, non-religious program known as Narcotics Anonymous. Tired of drugs? Want to stop?

Call 238-5925 for the Savannah Lowcountry Area Narcotics Anonymous meeting schedule.

Call Jennifer Currin at 350-7845.

Memorial Health Diabetes Support Group

meets the third Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Error Prevention Conference Room. A variety of guests discuss ways to improve health. Call Glenda at 350-3690.

Memorial Health Hemophilia Support Group for parents of children with bleeding disorders. Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285.

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Memorial Health Pancreatic Cancer Support Group’

For information, call Jennifer Currin at 3503988.

Memorial Health POPPS! Group

for children with cancer and their parents and caregivers. Call Donna at 350-5616.

Memorial Health PRIDE Bleeding Disorders Support Group Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285.

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Multiple Sclerosis Support Group

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

meets the third Sunday from 3:30-6 p.m. at the Armstrong Atlantic State University Sports Education Building, Room 226. 3517035 or 353-7143.

Overcoming the Stigma of Seizure Disorders

meets the fourth Thursday at the Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church at Abercorn and Gordon streets. A free story/coloring book, I’m Feeling Just Ducky!, is available for children to better explain seizure activity.. Call Pam Steadman at 2331006.

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Is food a problem for you? Do you eat when you’re not hungry? Do you go on eating binges for no apparent reason? Does your weight affect the way you live your life? No dues, no fees, no weigh-ins. Meets Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. at 1030 Shawnee St., Unit F2.

Call 728-4028.

Pancreatic Cancer Support Group Call Jennifer Currin at 350-7845.

PRIDE Support Group

This is a support group for parents of children with bleeding disorders. Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285.

The Parents of Difficult Teens group

for parents having problems with their teens and pre-teens. 353-7699.

Rape Crisis Center

assists survivors of rape and sexual assault.

The Rape Crisis Line is active 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 233-7273. The center offers free, confidential counseling for victims and their families. Call 233-RAPE. As part of its ongoing work with incest survivors, the Rape Crisis Center has built a cinder-block wall where incest survivors can throw plates as an anger management technique. In order to continue, donations of china are needed. Call 233-3000 to make a donation.

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Support Group

The group welcomes anyone suffering with this disorder, and family members or caregivers interested in learning more about it.

For information, call Martyn Hills at 6514094.

Safe Shelter Outreach Program

Providing services for survivors of domestic violence. All services are confidential and free. 3025 Bull St. 651-0004.

St. Joseph’s/Candler Emory transplant support group

The group meets every other month, Jan. 12, March 9, May 11, July 13, Sept. 14 and Nov. 9, in Conference Room 2, Candler Heart & Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. For information, call Terria Manning at 8192171 or Karen Traver at 819-8350.

Sarcoidosis support group

meets quarterly, March 24, June 16, September 15 and December 15, Noon, Conference Room 2, Candler

Heart & Lung Bldg. 5356 Reynolds St. 6922032.

Savannah Chatham Truancy Intervention Project

meets the fourth Thursday of each month from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 428 Bull St. in the United Way Building. The project can educate you regarding the new truancy law and how it impacts your child.

The Savannah Parkinson’s Support Group

meets the first Thursday of the month from 5-6:30 p.m. in the Marsh Auditorium at Candler Hospital. Call 355-6347 or 2384666.

Senior Citizen’s Inc. Alzheimer’s Support Group

This monthly support group is for families of persons suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia and is held the second Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Ruth Byck Adult Day Care facility, 64 Jasper St. Call ahead to reserve a seat. Call Stacey Floyd at 236-0363.

Sexaholics Anonymous

is a fellowship of men and women whose purpose is to help those with sexual addictions. 351-7440.

S-Anon Family Group

is a fellowship for families and friends of sexaholics. For information, call 663-2565.

Smoking Cessation Support Group

is open to anyone who has stopped smoking and needs additional support or to those who are considering trying to stop smoking.

Call 819-8032 or 819-3361.

Stroke Support Group

Speak with someone who has survived a stroke, who will listen and understand stroke patients’ experiences. Groups meet in three locations -- every Tuesday from 12:303:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave.; every Friday from 10-11 a.m. at Savannah Speech and Hearing, 1206 E. 66th St., (call Jane Medoff at 355-4601); and every third Thursday of the month from 4-5:30 p.m. at Messiah Lutheran Church at 1 W. Ridge Rd. on Skidaway Island. Call Ann Farr at 598-1766 or Shirley Nack at 598-7047.

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Volunteers

My Brothaz Home, Inc. is sponsoring this support group. For information, call Lady Maverick or George at 231-8727.

United Way’s First Call for Help

The Chatham Branch of the Savannah Red Cross needs volunteers. Call Mark Stall at 651-5352 or send e-mail to stallm@savannahredcross.org.

Victim-Witness assistance program

to sort, clean, & shelve salvaged foods from reclamation centers where bent cans or crumpled boxes of nutritious food is sent.

Apply as soon as possible. 912-236-6750 ext 109.

Transgender Support Group

Telephone information & referral service that provides expertise and relief to individuals and families in need, with a database of more than 500 agencies and organizations. 651-7730. is for families of murder victims. The meetings are at 6 p.m. in the Chatham County Courthouse on Montgomery St. third Thursday of each month. 652-7329

Weight loss support group

American Red Cross needs volunteers

America’s Second Harvest Food Bank needs volunteers

Become a mentor

Make a difference in a child’s life. Call Michelle Jones, 652-6710.

CASA needs volunteers

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), a non-profit weight loss group provides informative programs & info. Meets every Tuesday. from 6-6:45/6:45-7:45 at the Windsor Forest Community Center. 7488700.

to speak up for abused children in court for their best interests and to help ensure they are placed in safe and permanent homes.

Call 447-8908 or send e-mail to infor@ savannahcasa.org.

is an asthma support group for children that meets in the Rainbow Room at The Children’s Place at Candler Hospital. Call 921-3368.

matches volunteer attorneys and other professionals with children who have been brought before the court for excessive school absenteeism. They also provide legal representation and other resources to children and their families to prevent school failure.

TIP is recruiting professionals in the fields of education, law enforcement and social service. Become a mentor today and help make a difference in a child’s life. For information, call 201-2133.

Wheeze busters

Women who love too much

meets Fridays from noon to 1 p.m. Call Maureen Wozniak at 355-4987.

The Work

meets the fourth Friday at 7 p.m. at 2320 Sunset Blvd., (just off Skidaway at Carey Hilliards). The Work is for mentally healthy people who are stuck in some area of their lives. 355-4704.

Chatham County Truancy Intervention Project

Coastal Pet Rescue

Foster parents are needed. A volunteer coordinator is needed, as are vet techs with microchipping experience, Pet Expo volunteers, fundraiser volunteers, a PR/marketing coordinator, a trainer/behaviorist and Adoption Day volunteers. Fill out an online application at www.coastalpetrescue.org.

Community Cardiovascular Council

The Foster Grandparent Program needs volunteers

who are 60 or older to volunteer their time in educational facilities, day care centers and other social service agencies for 20 hours per week, working four or five days per week.

FGP offers a modest stipend and assistance with transportation fee. Call Linda Fields at 234-7842 or 238-2960, Ext. 123.

Georgia Cares

is looking for medical volunteers to check blood pressures for our walk-ins. Anyone interested in a few hours a week please call Sydney Oetgen at 236-7666.

Community HealthCare Center

This non-profit organization is looking for volunteer nurses, doctors, nurses practitioners and development/fundraising volunteers to work at the center, which provides free medical care for working uninsured individuals. Call Margarita Ruppe at 3989720 or visit www.chcsavannah.org. The center is located at 310 Eisenhower Dr., No. 5.

Crafts and Ceramics Teachers Needed The Women’s Center of Wesley Community Centers is seeking volunteers to teach crafts or ceramic classes on Mondays. Call Valeria Flowers at 447-5711.

The Dolphin Project of Georgia

needs boat owners, photographers and other volunteers to help conduct scientific research on the Atlantic Bottlenose dolphin along the coast of Georgia. You must be at least 18 years old. Call 232-6572 or visit the Web site at www.TheDolphinProject.org.

Faith in Action Multi-cultural Program of EOA

is a program of the Savannah Regional Office of Georgia Legal Services that provides free, unbiased information and assistance to Medicare enrollees on health insurance coverage, benefits, consumer rights and healthcare fraud. Volunteer training is required. Call Rose Beck, 1-800559-8387.

Hospice Savannah volunteer training needs volunteers to play music to patients, visit patients in their homes or nursing homes in Chatham, Bryan, Effingham, Liberty and Long counties, assist staff and families in Hospice House in Savannah, or help out in the administrative office on Chatham Parkway. Volunteer training is offered the second Monday and Tuesday of every month. Contact Beth Logan, Volunteer Services Manager at 355-2289.

Library gift shop needs volunteers

The Friends of the Library Gift Shop at the Bull Street Library needs volunteers for all days of the week and Saturdays. Retail experience is not necessary. All proceeds from the gift shop benefit the library branches.

Call Kathy Newman at 652-3661.

Lifelink of Georgia seeks volunteers

needs volunteers. Your neighbors who are elderly or who have disabilities need your help with everyday activities, simple chores, friendly visits, telephone calls and respite care. Call Linda Fields at 238-2960, Ext. 123.

First Steps at St. Joseph’s/Candler

Become a volunteer with First Steps and provide support, education and community resources to help parents of newborns establish healthy and positive relationships with their babies. Call 819-6910.

Fort Pulaski National Monument

is seeking volunteers. Greet visitors, maintain trails, catalogue historic photographs and assist in the gift shop and more.

Call David Underwood at 786-5787.

Foster families and adoptive families are needed

to speak to community groups, pass out information at health fairs and organize awareness-raising events. Potential volunteers include transplant recipients and their families, patients waiting for organ or tissue transplantation, donor families or anyone interested in organ and tissue donation. Call 341-0000.

Literacy volunteers needed

Project READ, an adult literacy program, is in need of volunteer tutors who can commit to 2 or 4 hours each week. Call Jodi at Royce Learning Center at 354-4047.

Live Oak Regional Public Libraries

needs volunteers to assist in a variety of ways at its branches in Chatham, Effingham and Liberty counties. Call Kathy Newman at 652-3661.

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The King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation is seeking volunteers to help promote the importance of reading and literacy to children. The program is affiliated with the King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation 2006 Lecture Series, Literary Voices of the African Diaspora. Volunteers are needed to read to students at both East Broad and Garrison Elementary schools. Call 234-8000.

Meals on Wheels

Senior Citizens Inc.’s Meals on Wheels volunteers are responsible for delivering hot, nutritious meals to seniors on routes that typically do not exceed one hour in length.

Volunteers may deliver as frequently as they choose and all meals are brought to the area

by Senior Citizens Inc. staff. Training and support is provided. Call Darla Cady, volunteer coordinator, at 236-0363.

Medbank foundation, Inc.

Mentor and Volunteer Probation Program

Community volunteers are needed to be mentors for low-risk youth currently involved in the juvenile justice system. Call 652-6710.

New Parent Education Program

The St. Joseph’s/Candler program helps provide new parents with support, education and resource referrals to establish positive relationships with their newborns. To find out how to become a volunteer, call 6926910.

Oatland Island Education Center

at 711 Sandtown Road needs volunteers for special events and Saturdays. Trail volunteers and admissions attendees are needed.

Call Dan Genrich at 898-3980.

Odyssey HealthCare

provides hospice services in Chatham, Effingham, Bryan and Liberty counties and is seeking volunteers to assist in providing compassionate end-of-life care. Volunteers may visit patients, help with office tasks or work on special projects. Training, ongoing support and education are provided. Call Edward Minor, 352-8200.

Quest International

is seeking volunteers to host Englishspeaking foreign exchange students, ages 15-18. For information, call 866-540-4029 or send e-mail to ForeignExchangeOrg@yahoo. com.

The Rape Crisis Center

trains volunteer advocates to provide support and information to sexual assault victims on the crisis line and/or at area hospitals. Train to be an advocate who provides support for rape victims taken to area hospitals or serve as a crisis line counselor. Call 233-3000.

Reading and math tutorial volunteers needed

for elementary and middle school students, Call Tosha Powell, Special Program Coordinator, St. Joseph’s/Candler AfricanAmerican Health Information and Resource Center, 1901 Abercorn St. 447-6605.

The Retired and Senior volunteer program

Through RSVP seniors 55 and older serve in various community organizations, including hospitals, churches, youth recreational center and education facilities. Call 2347842 or call Volunteer Coordinator Linda Fields at 238-2960, Ext. 123.

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program

Share your time and talents with others.

Through RSVP seniors 55 and older serve at various community organizations from 1 to 40 hours per week. Call 234-7842 or Linda Fields at 238-2960, Ext. 123.

Riverview Health and Rehabilitation Center

is looking for volunteers to assist residents in activities or just come and visit. For information, call Rhonda Sheffield, volunteer coordinator, at 354-8225, Ext. 243.

Ronald McDonald House volunteers needed

Caring adults are needed to help in the ”home away from home” for the families of hospitalized children. Volunteer internships also available for college students. Call Jean Asta at 356-5520.

Save-a-Life volunteers

Volunteer animal welfare organization is seeking volunteers and foster homes. Visit www.savannahsl.org, email us at savealifeinc@yahoo.com, or call 598-SPAY.

Senior Citizens, inc. seeking volunteers

Looking for volunteers to teach classes at Club 55. Areas of interest include music, art, computers, and exercise. 236-0363, Ext. 114.

Spanish Oaks Hospice

needs volunteers. Spanish Oaks Hospice and Retreat is located at 8510 Whitfield Ave. Orientation and training are available to all

interested volunteers. Call Cyndi HaggertyKrupa at 356-0233.

Speech and hearing center needs volunteers

to conduct hearing screenings for adults and children. Nurses and retired nurses are encouraged to apply for eye, ear, and dental exams on pre-school children. Flexible scheduling is available. Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E. 66th Street.

Call Jane Medoff at 355-4601

Telfair Docent Program

The Telfair Museum of Art is accepting applications for its volunteer docent program. After completing training, docents will be responsible for leading tours in the Telfair Academy and Jepson Center. Call Sarah Ward, 790-8827.

Tutoring Volunteers Needed

If you are an education major, retired reading teacher or a community resident who is interested in volunteering your time to a reading and math tutorial program for elementary and middle school students, call the African-American Health Information and Resource Center at 447-6605.

USO Volunteers Needed

at the Savannah-Hilton Head Airport and Hunter Army Airfield. Call Mary Nelson Adams at mna935@aol.com.

The Volunteer Center

is a service of the United Way of the Coastal Empire. Call 2-1-1 or 651-7726 between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, or send e-mail to volunteer@uwce.org.

Volunteer managers needed

Non-profit and profit organizations are invited to attend the Council of Volunteer

Administrators (COVA), which meets every first Wednesday at the GA Radio Reading Service in the Senior Citizen Building, 3025 Bull St. 234-9999.

Volunteers needed for tutoring youngsters

If you are an education major, retired reading teacher or a community resident interested in volunteering your time to a reading and math tutorial program for elementary and middle school students, your skills are needed. Contact the AfricanAmerican Health Information and Resource Center at 447-6605.

Skidaway Island State Park

Skidaway Island State Park is looking for anyone with a love of nature and a willing spirit. Opportunities for a variety of interests. Call 598-2301.

The Women’s Center

Volunteers are needed to teach Basic Literacy Skills and Basic Computer Skills.

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BABY GRAND PIANO: Beautiful Zimmermann in fine gloss black.

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When you’re ready to sell your home, your agent will inform you how to successfully price, present and market your property; but some “family members” may be left out of the loop, completely unaware of the process and feeling the attendant anxiety. No, it’s not your kids, but your pets.

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40 Thackery Place Thackery Place is between Bull and Montgomery off of 61st Street. Close to Montgomery Hall and Habersham village, this spacious 2 BR, 1 ½ BA apartment has formal dining room, wallto-wall carpet, central H/A, kitchen with stove and refrigerator, W/D connections and off street parking. NO PETS. $650/mo.

536 East 49TH Street Large 2BR, 1BA apartment in the heart of Ardsley. Located next to the Savannah Arts Academy, this apartment features a large front porch, hardwood floors, central H/A, and newly renovated kitchen and bath.

W/D connections, off-street parking and Pet-friendly.

AVAILABLE OCT 15TH $775/mo.

1112 East Victory Drive Spacious 3BR, 2BA house with a formal living room, formal dining room, and large family room. Refinished hardwood floors, central H/A, separate laundry room with washer/dryer, wrap around front porch with views of Daffin Park, small fenced in backyard, one car garage and offstreet parking.Pet-friendly.

AVAILABLE NOV 1ST $1,200/mo.

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234-4406 1 2 4 E a S T l i b E RT Y STREET • apT a 2 BR, 1 BA, L/R, kitchen, fireplace, balcony, CHA, stack W/D, new carpet. $1,500/mo.

6 2 2 W E S T v i c TO RY dRivE 3 BR, 2 BA home, L/R, D/R, heart pine floors, eat-in kitchen, gas stove, electric water heater, stack washer/dryer, fenced backyard, 2 off-street parking spaces. $1,500/mo.

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EaST bROad STREET 2 BR, 1 BA house, combo L/R & D/R, fireplace, small courtyard. $800/mo.

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EaST hEnRY STREET 5 BR 3-1/2 BA home, large kitchen, L/R, D/R, fenced yard, W/D, fresh paint. $2,000/mo.

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jEffERSOn STREET 2 BR, 2 BA, fireplace, L/R, kitchen with dining room. W/ D, 1 off-street parking space. $950/mo.

4 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, 2-car garage, living room, dining room, family room, fenced yard. Close to school, all new. Motivated seller $222,000. Sonja Bannon, Seabolt Brokers 912-441-4470

Land/Lots for Sale $ I BUY HOUSES $ We buy houses & lots/land.

Don’t Stress! We buy “as is”!

(No bank inspections needed) Quick, Fair Offers. Fast Closings. Avoid Foreclosure.

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LOTS ON EAST GWINNETT from www.connectsavannah.com $125,000 - $150,000! Build a duplex or several cottages and TALAHI ISLAND-7 West Coquena share the pool! Call Rhondda for Circle. Lovely 2600 sqft. custom details, 912-507-9800. home on large culdesac lot. 3 bedrooms/2.5 bath plus bonus www.connectsavannah.com and 2-car garage. Mature landscaping. $379,000. By appoint855 ment 912-429-9600.

WHETHER It is a Condo or a Historic cottage, let Ron Melander at Cora Bett Thomas Realty help you get settled!

Call me at 912-441-7124.

EXCELLENT LOCATION! Historic top floor penthouse unit with views!

MLS #20702 $299,900.

CHARMING COTTAGE!!!

Only one block from Troup Square! MLS #20341 $339,900.

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cul-de-sac, etc. $1100.00 per month. Deposit of $600.00 required.

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Homes for Rent

319 EAST HUNTINGDON LANEfurnished and all utilities included! Month to month lease for $1500/month. Parking space included, cable T V, and all you need are your clothes. Walk to stores, restaurants, Forsyth Park!

Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 912-507-9800.

WILMINGTON ISLAND RENTAL: 6 Cromwell Place. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. No smoking, no pets. $850/month. 10 mins to beach, 15 to downtown.

912-656-3590.

507 POINT SOUTH - Wilmington Island - and on a lake! $1200/monthly. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, loads of decks, and relaxing view. Art studio included.

Rhondda @ Sun Coast Realty 912-507-9800.

2BR/2BA, washer/dryer, dishwasher, screened porch. Pets neg o t i a b l e. $ 9 0 0 / m o n t h . C a l l 912-667-2928.

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2002 LINCOLN LS V-8, pearl white w/black leather, woodgrain trim, Alpine stereo, w/6 disc changer, sunroof, excellent ac/heat. FULLY LOADED! Like 117 LINCOLN STREET: Fully fur- new. $19,000. 912-977-1763 or nished, 2BR/1BA, washer/dryer, 912-977-1407. full kitchen, $2000/month. Con- 2003 FORD Explorer XLT tact Alex, 912-220-1700.

Fully loaded, AM/FM CD cassette 305 EAST BOLTON #202: 871 sqft, player, leather interior, sunroof, 2BR/1BA, brand new construc- running boards, excellent condition. Community pool, off-street tion. $13,900. Call 912-530-8775 parking, upscale finishes & appli- or 912-294-1090. ances, laundry room, private storage. $1700/month. Contact Alex, 912-220-1700.

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2004 MAZDA MIATA, 4-cylinder, auto, cruise control, tilt wheel, abs, alarm, “LOADED”. Special Edition, Silver exterior with blue leather package, extras, pin/stripe, CD player, LOW LOW MILES, only 4600. IMMACULATE, garage kept, one owner. $18,900.

Call Allen Woods at 912-231-9554. Email: lawbec@bellsouth.net.

‘97 VOLVO 850 WAGON: 94K, silver w/tan leather, auto, AC, 2 BEDROOMS + Trunk room, 1 AM/FM/CD/MP3. $5590/OBO. bath, large renovated kitchen, 912-352-1848. off-street parking, washer/dryer connections. New AC and fans. 99’ MUSTANG GT: V8, standard West Henry Street close to For- transmission, 45K Vorteck supersyth Park $850/month. No dogs. charger, over 20K in parts & labor, 500HP. Call 912-604-8666 Call 619-913-0185 or email for more info. julie.russel@sbcglobal.net.

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ARDSLEY PARK Duplex: 704 East 49th. Great neighborhood. Large renovated 2+ bedrooms, living room, dining room, sunroom, washer & dr yer and garage. $900/monthly. Call 596-1355.

105 pORT ROYal 3 BR, 2 BA home located in Island Wood subdivision.

L/R, den with wood burning fireplace, eat-in kitchen, L/R with W/D connections, large fenced yard with storage shed. No Pets. $900/mo.

MIDTOWN 2 bedrooms, 1 Bath plus Sunroom. Renovated, central heat/air. $695 monthly.

Call 912-429-9600.

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1995 FORD F-150: Low miles, PATIO HOMES in a Private set- c o o l A / C $ 5 4 0 0 . C a l l ting. 1 and 2 bedrooms with 912-238-4701, ask for Vic. central air $495-$715. Townsw o o d s A p t . 9 2 0 M o h a w k 930 Street. (954) 927-3278.

25 halYaRd dRivE New 3 BR, 2 BA home in Newport Subdivision located in Pooler. Eat-in kitchen, combo L/R, D/R, fireplace, laundry room with W/D, corner lot. Lawn care included. $1200/mo.

TYBEE ISLAND - Like New! 1-bedroom efficienc y, totally furnished, no pets, great location.

Also 2-bedroom, 1-bath duplex.

No steps, quiet area. Call 912-507-7304 or 770-435-4708.

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9 17TH PLACE- Tybee Island, 1/2 block to ocean, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, all utilities included, furnished and cute as a button.

Homes for Rent Walk to stores, back river, etc.

Rents off season for $600/week, $1350/month. In season rents for 1601 EAST 59th STREET: 3-bed- $925/week . Rhondda @ Sun SOUTHSIDE CONDO: 1 bedrooms, 2-baths, fully renovated Coast Realty 912-507-9800. room, 1.5 baths, all appliances, brick house w/garage. Near Midw/d, pool. $675/month + detown & hospital. $950/month. Buy. Sell. Find. Free! posit. Available October 1st. www.connectsavannah.com Call 912-429-9600.

Call 912-927-1380.

25 EAST 34th STREET: Totally HOUSE AVAILABLE 10-1-06, 1507 restored large Victorian home East Ott Street: 3BR/2BA, living 865 with porches, decks and loads of room, dining room, breakfast Apartments for Rent fireplaces. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 room, kitchen w/appliances, sepb a t h s , a n d h u g e r o o m s ! arate utility room, fenced yard, $1850/month. Rhondda @ Sun utility shed, green porch. No 2212 WHITAKER STREET pets. $950/month, $950/deposit, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, washCoast Realty 912-507-9800.

Call 912-596-4954, leave mes- er/dryer, dishwasher, central 2 STORY HOME, in Hinesville. sage. heat/air, porches. Very nice Freshly painted, 4 or 5 BR, 2 BA, upstairs kitchen, fenced yard, in TYBEE ISLAND, 504 14th Street: $950/month. Call 912-667-2928.

401 nORTh cROmWEll #R8 2 BR, 2 BA condo, located in the Commons, L/R, Furnished Kitchen, Screened porch, community pool. $875/mo.

1012 lincOln STREET 2-3 BR, 1-1/2 BA home, hardwood floors, L/R with fireplace, D/R, furnished kitchen with gas stove, side porches, stack W/D. $1,400/ mo.

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CHEVY TAHOE LT ‘03, Brown, DVD & 6 disc CD changer, tan leather, 3rd row, loaded. Sacrifice $18.9k. Call 912-704-3124.

FOR SALE: ‘06 Jeep Wrangler SE, 5K miles, 4WD, 2.4ltr, 6-spd manual trans. $16,000/OBO. Call 912-354-8266.

LARGE VICTORIAN near library. 940 Walk-in closet, fireplace, mini Motorcycles/ATVs kitchen, phone, cable, internet, w/d utilities, nicely furnished. $140/wk, $504/mo. Seven days.

HONDA 1978 CM400A HondaCall 912-231-9464. matic - The perfect city bike! Experience the joy of clutchless Connect Savannah manual shifting. 2-speed transClassifieds mission, classic older bike style and more power than your budd y ’s s c o o t e r. $ 1 2 0 0 . C a l l Call 721-4350 or go to 912-596-5814. connectsavannah.com to place your ad today.

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Lincoln ParkofCondos 2 Parkersburg Court – Isle Hope 224-228 Park 8 newlot. condos locatGreat brickEast home onAvenue. huge corner Less than ed mile on the NW corner Lincoln and Park. one to beautiful Bluff of Drive and Marina. appliance packages, wood floors, 3 Full bed/2 bath with Mexicanrefinished tile and hardwoods. video surveillance systems, off-street Handpainted kitchen security floor, brick patio and many parking,New andupdates! much $283,000 more. Prices starting at updates. with $1,000 $129,900.

Alexander Grikitis design allowance.

Call Linda Bray912-220-1700 912.507.8500. / Nick Bentz 843-368-0265 / Chris Smyth 912704-3800.

The Tondee Condominiums 17 East 37th Street #5. Beautiful condo in the 30 West York Lane Historic Tondee Condominium. 1 bedroom/1 High Voltage Loft!pkg, Create your own utopia bath, full appliance granite countertops, when you purchase this fabulous rawaccess, space. tile bathroom, high ceilings, intercom Each unit will room, include 2 off-street off-street parking. parking separate storage and spacesatand the restRoy of the are up to Priced $175,000.

Hillfinishes 912-844-4000. you. Call for details. Alexander Grikitis 912-220-1700 / John Giles 912-220-1667

Habersham Manor 516 East Park Avenue 201 W. Broughton St., #204 1701-1707 Habersham Street. Four new condos Victorian Ultra-luxurious loft inDrive The J.D.Weed Building.

314inEast 58th Street duplex with great income 418 East 62 nd Street 311 Columbus a gorgeous, renovated Victorian building . Large potential.

Locatedhasonjust a recently large lot, thereno-With over 1500 2square feet,1this bed / 2 This Ardsley Park bungalow been Priced to sell! Investment property with Charming Bedroom Bath2 Bungalow front porches, courtyards, upscale kitchhas and 2 off-street parking bath loft offers state-of-the-art bathrooms, vated with property new bamboo limestone floorsspaces, throughout. two houses, cornerprivate lot, detached garage, in Midtown.

Oak hardwood floors, brand ens, refinished woodJohn floors, security off- has 3 wood floors/ and 2 beds/ 1 bathroom kitchen with granite kitchen counters, a bedrooms 2 baths with limestone shower a gourmet and more. $210,000.

Giles 912-systems,Home new bathroom, beechwood cabistreet parking and much more.

Pricing starting at per unit.

Priced at $245,000.

Alexander sound system, refinished heart-of-pine floors, in master, all new appliances, updated kitchen, pool with 220-1667 / Alexander Grikitis 912-220netry. Just one block from Habersham $290,000. Alexander Grikitis 912-220-1700 / all Nick Grikitis 912-220-1700 / John Giles 912brick walls, and shops top of and the line fixtures new pumps and filters, and much more.

Must see toexposed 1700 Shopping Village Restaurants.

Bentz 843-368-0265 / Chris Smyth 912-704-3800.

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Thisfeet. incredible loft Call is a must see! believe! Priced to sell below appraised value. Owner throughout.

1132 sq. $220,000.

Catherine Roy for Hillmore 912-844-4000/John Giles is licensed real estate agent in GA. $248,000 Alexander$639,000.

Harrison details. 912-856-5582.

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Henry Place Condominums 654-656 East Henry Street, a new condo 317 West Street conversion.Waldburg Four 2 bed / 1 bathroom condos Gorgeous Victorian homeStreet. with many on beautiful East Henry Largebeautifront ful upgrades.

Just 3 blocks from Forsyth Park porches, off-street parking, updated kitchens .

1,926 sq.ft.

Home features 4 bedrooms /2 and baths, hardwood/tile/carpet floors, launbaths, Italianand marble tilesquare flooring,feet neweach. extedry rooms, overand 1200 rior paint, 10’ ceilings, throughPricing starting at Victorian $199,900.details Alexander out, and much more. $350,000 Catherine Grikitis 912-220-1700 / Nick Call Bentz 843Harrison for details at 912-856-5582.

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217 West 32nd Street. Historic Duplex Early 1900's 2 story duplex - 2 units each have 3 bedrooms, , kitchen and 1 bath. 4 meticulous original fire216 West Park Avenue places per unit. Newly restored wrap around porches, State-of-the-art historic condominium community. roof work complete well3 as all new structural work.

Three units with 2asand bedroom spacious floor Lots of other original architectural details.

Electric has plans.

Conveniently located near all downtown been redone being restored and painted.

Savannah hasand to exteriors offer. Units include stainless appliLots renovation going T.V., on in granite the area...the interiors ance ofpackage, plasma countertops, await your personal design!Priced Sure tofrom be a $280,000 real beauty and surveillance systems. when complete!

Bray $300,000.

Call $265,000.

Alexander Linda Grikitis at 912-507-8500 912-220-1700 / Letcher 912-657-2727 or John GilesPaula at 912-220-1667 for more details.

The Coastal Real Estate 315 E. Group, LibertyLLC Street 315 E. Liberty Savannah, GA Street 31401 Savannah, GA 31401

216 West Park Condos ~ www.216west.com new condos 817Five Abercorn Street in a gorgeously renovated historic Bloomquist building on Park Avenue. Completely Fabulous construction feaupdated kitchens stainless fixtures, turing Christina Sharfwith Interior Design. stainless appliances, Shaker-style cabinets, Magnificent features include Honduran baths with marble granite countertops & pine, white cultured marble, large terrace, marble floors.

Hardwood floorsHave throughout. courtyard, and much, much more. to – 2035 $695,000 square feet. starting at see1500 to believe!

CallPricing for details. $325,000.Grikitis Alexander Grikitis 912-220-1700 / Alexander 912-220-1700 / John John Giles 912-220-1667.

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Riverview Townhomes 3301-3307 East Victory Drive in historic Thunderbolt.

Four riverfront town Park Place on Park Avenue homes incredible Two condoswith out of four left. views.

One All four town homes listedunits for $1,350,000, can also bedroom/ one bath located in an be sold individually $350,000 historic building close tofor Forsyth Park , each.

Eachand unit has 2 beds / 2.5 baths, off-street SCAD shopping.

Recently renovated parking, rear decks, laundry rooms and in 2005. $174,000 each. Call for more much Roy more.

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Jefferson Row 3311 302 Bull Lorch Street Street, Unit 203. Two-year old condo just blks from Forsyth Remarkable Ardsley duplex located on Park.

Second floor spacious condo with corner lot. 1678 sq.ft. with 3 bedrooms/2 livinginclude area, hardwoods, baths.open Features new HVACtile, and full pkg, tiled bath, Corian® waterappliance heaters, hardwood floors, fenced yard, counters, separate storage and secure off-street parking, and more.

Includes lot gated parking.

1-yr paid2% HOA fees next to property.

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Park Place on Park Avenue 302 East Park Avenue, Unit B. One condo remains in this fabulously historic 1870sCommunity building. One Bolton Row – Arestored, New Condominium bed / fabulous one bath condo with refinished1hardwoods, Seven new construction bedroom gor/ 1 geous kitchen and bath, and rear decks. pay bath condominiums.

827-1,045 sq.ft. Seller Manytofine 1.5 years HOAand feesamenities, and $3000 including towards closing costs. appointments off-street Reducedand to $172,900.

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Hill 912-844-4000 / John parking community Please go by to Giles 912-220-1667. see construction progress. Call for marketing package and details. Priced to sell from $240,000 - $310,000. Roy Hill 912-844-4000 / John Giles 912-220-1667

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Bolton Row – READY FOR MOVE-IN! 305 East Commons Bolton Street. Only 3 condos Jefferson remain!

New bedroom/one conBe the first to two own one of these sixbath - 2 beddos with off-street pool, room, 2 bath condosparking, in the heart of & themany upscale paid HOA fees & $3000 Historicfinishes.

District.1-yr Conveniently located close to paid towards buyer’s closing spiral costs.stair Located SCAD. Features 4 fireplaces, case, close tocounter Forsythtops Park, & steel shopping. granite andSCAD stainless appli$240,000-$310,000.

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