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Contents

Volume 6, No. 24 , March 7, 2007

On the cover: Donnell Leahy

Screenshots 37 Talk of the Town 17 Music Festival 10

Lead Stories

26 Music Menu

Gigs a la carte

28 Feature

Chicagoman!

29 Connect Recommends

Concerts of Note

30 Soundboard

Who’s playing and where

Culture

News & Opinion

33 Art Patrol

Exhibitions and openings 36 Pop! Scott Howard’s take

13 Editor’s Note

Green days ahead

14 Feedback 15 17 18 19 20 22 23

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Savannah Music Festival Leahy 8 Savannah Music Festival Flook 10 Savannah Music Festival Noche Flamenca 12 Savannah Music Festival Uncle Earl 6

Readers have their say Fishman Eclectic ecliptic Talk of the Town We saw what you did last week Community Trinity restoration FWD Interesting e-mails we got Blotter From SPD reports News of the Weird Strange but true Earthweek The week on your planet

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All the flicks that fit

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Week at a Glance Our best bets for cool stuff to do Happenings All the stuff, all the time Free Will Astrology Rob Breszny’s look at your stars Sudoku Puzzle It’s all the rage Crossword Puzzle Mental Fun

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First MEGA Latin Concert

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What: A lecture by renowned art historian Dr. Richard J. Powell will be presented as the first annual Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation Lecture Series. When: March 13 at 6 p.m. Where: Neises Auditorium in the Jepson Center for the Arts.

What: The 20th annual Sebastian Dangerfield St. Patrick’s Week Talk on Irish literature will be presented by Frank Clancy, assistant professor of literature and director of the Irish Studies Club. The topic is Remembering Dangerfield Days Past. An Irish coffee reception will follow. When: March 9 at noon. Where: Armstrong Atlantic State University’s Jenkins Hall. Cost: Free and open to the public.

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The Limeliters in Concert

What: One of the country’s most beloved folk groups will appear in concert. When: March 10 at 8 p.m. Where: Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 W. President St. on Telfair Square. Cost: $12. Info: Call 786-6953.

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Eight is enough

The Leahy family opens the Savannah Music Festival with their Celtic/Canadian sound and dance

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here are musical families, and then there are musical families.

The Leahys -- whose collective stage incarnation goes by the singular “Leahy” -- are definitely in the latter category.

Comprising eight siblings, Leahy’s downhome roots are not only in the semirural Canada of their birth, but in the rich ScotsIrish musical heritage that informs so much of Canada’s musical tradition.

The Leahy clan’s parents -- fiddle champion Frank and stepdancing champion Julie -- raised every one of their 11 children in Lakefield, Ontario, to be able to dance and play an instrument. The resulting chemistry led not only to a rousing, even ferocious stage show, but also to stardom for the troupe when they were chosen to open for Shania Twain during a Canadian tour. Leahy is now the largest-selling act on the Virgin Canada label, with their eponymous debut CD having gone double platinum.

Leahy comes to the Lucas Theatre 8 p.m.

March 15 as the opening concert of this year’s Savannah Music Festival.

Fiddler Doug Leahy -- brother Donnell also plays the fiddle and is a former Canadian champion himself -- spoke to us last week from the family’s recording studio, The Farm, which is located right next to -you guessed it -- the Leahy family farm.

Tell us about The Farm and why it’s so important to Leahy.

Doug Leahy: We grew up on a farm, as farmers, and we still kind of do a small bit of it. I find it’s a great release of stress to get away with the animals and be out in the field. We’re getting ready to go out on tour right now, so that’s even more important.

How do you explain the continuing appeal of the Celtic tradition that Leahy is a part of?

Doug Leahy: A lot of it has to do with how people grow up and listen to different styles.

It’s amazing how many styles are connected to roots music. It’s funny how people come back to it or put a twist on it.

I think for us, we’re of Irish and Scottish backgrounds, and we grew up in an Irish

settlement. So this music was always around.

You may not notice it, but anytime you go to church or to a dance, or dance function really, you’re hearing these tunes.

For us, because of our parents playing music it’s engrained in us. It’s what we love, and it’s a part of us now, it’s in our blood.

When we’re onstage it’s an event for us, it’s a celebration, because we enjoy what we play so much. That produces energy, which in turn produces emotion. Anything you enjoy you’ll do well.

I’m obliged to ask this question even though I know the answer: Did Leahy take up stepdancing because of the whole Riverdance/ Lord of the Dance phenomenon?

Doug Leahy: (laughs) No. Our dancing is what’s called French-Canadian stepdancing.

It originated years ago when different men from different nationalities would come to northern Ontario and northern Quebec to work in the woods. They came in the winter because the ground and the lakes were frozen and they could get to places. They’d come for six months or so and work in logging camps, and of course the days were short and the nights long. So you had all these different nationalities all together in one place, and they had to come up with some way to entertain themselves.

This form of dancing originated or came from that. It’s known as French-Canadian stepdancing, and it’s a huge dance in Ontario and Quebec, mainly in the Ottawa Valley. In the summer there’s a contest every weekend, also for fiddle playing. Our mother taught the oldest girls how to dance, and they’d routinely drive three hours to performances in the late ‘70s.

The dancing is a huge part of our show.

We’ve been doing it long before Riverdance was ever heard of or thought of.

How in the world do you keep a performing family that large together for a whole tour?

Doug Leahy: We used to tour mainly in summertime. Then we got to the age where some of us were in college and some in high school, so it was difficult to get everyone to-

gether just because of school. Our teachers were great -- they allowed us to go and perform. But of course when you go to college you have to be more committed. We ended up taking a break for a bit.

After everyone started graduating from school, we found out people wanted to play music still. So in 1995 a few people started playing in a few clubs in Toronto, because we loved it so much. At these gigs people would ask if we had a CD, and of course at first we had to say no. So in two weekends we recorded our first CD, Leahy. After recording it, it was soon picked up by Virgin Records and everything took off from there.

Concert crowds in America are strange lately, with everyone text messaging and talking on cellphones and generally acting like they’d rather be anyplace but the concert they bought tickets to. Celtic music audiences seem to be an exception to that. How do you rate audiences in the United States as compared to Canada and elsewhere?

Doug Leahy: We really really enjoy playing in the States. We have a big tour this spring and also a big tour beginning in February of 2008. We find crowds in the States are really really expressive. We have never experienced anyone text messaging or anything like that.

What we find is that people get up and start dancing. We have a real intense, highenergy show. People come up to us afterward and say, “I’m exhausted from just watching you.”

What’s the difference between Scots/Irish fiddling and Canadian fiddling?

Doug Leahy: There’s definitely a different style of play. For example, one of the great Canadian players in the old-time style, Don Messer, plays everything straight, with not a lot of frills. There’s a very solid tempo, with very clean playing.

Then you move to a great in the Scottish genre -- take Natalie MacMaster, for example. There you have a very heavy beat, with a lot of tunes connecting one after another, kind of in medleys. There are great key changes, mixing up a lot of minors and ma-

jors. But the Scottish players always maintain a heavy, heavy beat with lots of accents.

With Irish fiddlers it’s a lot like the Scottish style, but basically faster music with a lot of accents. Overall, there are a lot of similarities between the Irish and Scottish styles. But there’s a huge difference between those two and old-time Canadian.

What would you tell a youngster playing the violin who wants to take up the fiddle style?

Doug Leahy: The whole key to a child learning how to play the fiddle or violin is holding it properly. As for the style, each style will complement the other. A lot of the difference between violin and fiddle music is mainly in the bowhand and the wrist.

Also a lot of people who study by note find it difficult to play by ear. We play by ear.

We just had a music camp last year, and one thing we really encouraged was for people to train their ears. At first some said they just can’t do it, but by the end of the camp they were ecstatic that they were able to hear these things and play them. A lot of it just comes down to the fact that for some people to change habits is hard.

So when everyone is learning these traditional tunes, are you reading them? Are they collected somewhere in sheet music form?

Doug Leahy: Oh no, not at all. It’s something that comes to you. It’s like when you read a story. Let’s say you read Goldilocks.

Now, even though everyone knows the story, if you asked everyone to tell the story about three bears and a girl you’ll get a variation.

Each person will put their own touch on it.

It’s the same with music. If you play by ear often people will put their touch on it in little different ways. With Leahy, we all have different tastes and different styles. You have a structure, but people have fun with it.

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or the casual fan, the thought of Irish music conjures aural images of manic fidding and riproaring drinking songs about fighting the English.

More serious enthusiasts of Irish “trad”, or traditional music, however are aware of the rich Irish woodwind tradition, represented not only by the traditional uileann (“elbow”) pipes but by the classic wooden flute often called the “Irish” flute and by the tin whistle, also known as the pennywhistle.

The Anglo-Irish ensemble Flook -- originally called “Fluke” until they found out another band copyrighted the name -- relies on that woodwind tradition, and has carved out such a unique place for itself in the Celtic music universe that they were last year voted Best Group in the BBC Folk Awards.

Fittingly, Flook brings its mystical yet accessible Celtic sound to the Savannah Music Festival for two shows the evening of St. Patrick’s Day, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. in the American Legion post downtown on Bull Street, a fitting venue for an Irish rave-up.

Members of the group include Michael McGoldrick sitting in for Sarah Allen on maternity leave, Ed Boyd on guitar and bouzouki, and John-Joe Kelly on bodhran and mandolin.

Flook cofounder and flutist/tin whistle player Brian Finnegan spoke to us last week from Manchester, England, where the group is rehearsing for its winter/spring tour.

I assume it’s always extra-special for an Irish musician to play a concert St. Patrick’s Day.

Brian Finnegan: It’s hit or miss really. (laughs) It depends on where you are. We’re really lucky that our profile has sort of increased, so now can choose where we want to play on St. Patrick’s Day. For the really big bands, that’s the time of the year they can choose where they’ll play, and everyone else has to make do with what’s left.

But to be in Savannah -- it’s doesn’t get much better than that. We’re all dead-excited to be playing there.

Last year we were in Wassau, Wisconsin, way up in the north of America. There were two or three thousand people there. It was amazing -- such an outpouring of energy and endorphins.

How do you explain the continuing popularity of traditional Irish music? In America it never seems to go out of style.

Brian Finnegan: Well, the music comes from a country that has been quite oppressed for a number of years, so it’s a way to tell your story. In the States it’s so popular because even if you’re not second or third generation Irish, you certainly know someone who’s Irish.

For me also I have to say that with Irish music there’s a real connection with sacredness and the spiritual side of things. It’s quite mystical, really.

Irish music just seems to have a universal appeal. It travels really well. Also, it’s dance music, so you have this joie de vivre that’s really infectious.

I think the States are one of the few countries in the world where the audience

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can really kind of tap into what the band is doing. It all resonates in the right place. It’s not just that you need to have a great band, you need a fantastic audience. You need both to have a good gig. We’ve always found that the audiences in the States are very vocal. You know that they’re there. They get into it, and not even at the end of a set -- you get into it during the set.

We generally get the usual fiddle-and-pipebased Irish sound here. But Flook is centered around flutes and whistles.

world music went directly to Manchester and London, it never really made the jump to Ireland. So Mike grew up listening to a lot of Indian stuff and a lot of jazz. It’s great to have that sort of twist when you’re improvising and you’re comfortable with so many different styles. We just rehearsed together for the first time in 11 years scheduled We put about 90 minutes of stuff together in four hours. There’s a lot of new stuff, and we’ve also revamped some old stuff.

Celtic music is steeped in the traditional, but what percentage of what you’re playing comes into the realm of original composition?

Brian Finnegan: Between myself and Mike, we’re very prolific tunewriters. Even though we’ve done a lot of new compositions, our bread and butter is in traditional reels and jigs -- dance tunes, essentially Irish dance tunes.

A lot of the new stuff is essentially modern trad music. It’s absolutely neck-deep in energy and vitality. There’s nothing better than testing new material at a concert. The great thing about playing in Savannah is it will be the last gig of this tour, so we’ll really be in a groove for it.

I think the States are one of the few countries in the world where the audience can really kind of tap into what the band is doing. It all resonates in the right place.

It’s not just that you need to have a great band, you need a fantastic audience.

Co-founder and flutist Sarah Allen is on sabbatical having a baby. We hear one-time Flook member Michael McGoldrick, better known from Capercaillie, is taking Sarah’s place for this tour. How’s it been working with McGoldrick again?

Brian Finnegan: We’re dead-excited to be working with Mike again. The only way you get better as a musician is to stretch outside your comfort zone night after night. He’s one of those that takes you out of the confines of what you normally do. Sonically we operate on a slightly different level. He’s on a B-flat flute, and I’m on an E-flat whistle.

So we’re not stepping on each other’s toes.

You’ll definitely hear two separate and distinct voices coming from us.

What musical point of view does he bring to the table?

Brian Finnegan: Remember that Mike grew up in Manchester. So back when all the

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You mentioned that Irish music comes from a historically oppressed people.

But Ireland is now the center of an amazing economic resurgence, with the fastest-growing economy in the European Union.

Has Ireland’s dramatically increased prosperity negatively affected trad music, in the sense of maybe watering down its soulfulness or its roots?

Brian Finnegan: I don’t think it has. There’s definitely a new breed of young Irish trad musicians. It’s just made it more healthy.

In the past there really wasn’t the circuit. A lot of young people fell away from it. Now more young people go to gigs and see young bands making a living out of it. Even the tunes that are being written I don’t think are any less emotive or melancnolic or joyous than they were.

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Brian Finnegan: Well, I’ve played in a lot of bands with fiddles before. One thing about that sound, it’s unmistakeably Irish. The woodwinds, though are not quite as jagged or edgy -- they flow. Plus you get that effect against the rhythm section with the bodhran and the guitar played so tight together, one high and one low, the sound of the drum and the chord.

Overall it’s a very hypnotic sound.

I view the flute as sort of an extension of the human voice, if it’s played well.

It’s viewed that way in many cultures around the world, for example the American Indians with the flute and drum.

It works for us in particular because we’re not quite a pure Irish band, and we’re also not an English band.

So we have the luxury of playing music from many different traditions. If I’m playing a tune originally from Sweden, I don’t play it thinking, hey, this is Swedish -I just think, oh it’s a really beautiful tune.

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‘Dance is a human necessity’

Noche Flamenca brings fire, passion and footwork to the Savannah Music Festival - has become diluted by commercialism.

Martin Santangelo spoke to us from his home in Madrid right after the completion of a week-long stand at the Coronet Theatre in Athens, Greece, and right before the beginning of an American tour which includes Savannah.

There are similarities between Greek dancing and Flamenco, such as solo dancers and no stigma attached to men dancing. So I was curious how the Greeks responded last week.

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y turns joyful and mournful, extroverted and introspective, melodic and percussive, the art form that is Flamenco reflects Spain’s vast cultural melting pot, blending elements of Gypsy, Arab and Andalusian cultures into a simmering stew of dance, guitar and impassioned vocals.

One of Flamenco’s most distinctive practioners is the Spanish troupe Noche Flamenca, performing at the Savannah Music Festival March 23 at the Lucas Theatre. Formed in 1993 by artistic director and choreographer Martin Santangelo and his wife, principal dancer Soledad Barrio, Noche Flamenca focuses on keeping alive the purity of the art form when much of Flamenco -- like many other folk art forms -

Martin Santangelo: They went absolutely nuts. I think they were expecting something else, something much more folkloric, with lots of colors and dresses. But you know, we’re rough. We’re not an entertainment show per se. We’re very entertaining, but we’re always trying for another aspect. We try and find the profundity in everything.

After the first two nights we realized something was shocking the audience in the first 15 minutes. We had originally opened with a heavy piece about paranoia, about Arabs, because you know, Flamenco has a lot to do with the Arabs. The piece runs from tight structure to absolute chaos and then comes back to a tight structure. If you’re not open to it -- if you’re expecting some folkloric, pretty-girl thing -- it can be shocking. So we decided to put it at the end of the evening and not the beginning, and it worked.

But yes, there are similarities between Greek dance and Flamenco. The last time I was in Greece, what struck me about Greek dancing was how they go down and hit

the floor, sort of calling the gods out of the earth. But it’s also very secular.

How much improvisation typically goes on in Flamenco?

Martin Santangelo: With most Flamenco these days, 95 percent is not improvised. But for Noche Flamenca, I try to force soloists to improvise whenever possible. With improvisation comes an opportunity for something to really happen.

It can be frightening for many performers to improvise, because you’re in front of an audience, and people are paying for tickets. But what can possibly occur is priceless.

You need a certain mentality of artist. If they don’t have the recourse to improvise, you

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can’t do it. Traditionally Flamenco was not about looking for extra changes of tonality and harmonies, but more to express moments of profound feelings -- celebration, joy, loss death. Any human emotion. Now, the search for musicality has become very commercialized. What’s happened is a lot of singers and guitarists in this generation are simply not prepared to improvise. They don’t have the vocabulary. Their education is just, let’s look for this succession of notes and harmonies. It’s beautiful and it’s great to watch, but often there’s something missing.

Is it the sadness that’s missing? In Mediterranean cultures, you don’t only dance when you’re happy.

Martin Santangelo: That’s not only true of Mediterranean cultures. You see that with American Indians as well, and also with Tibetan and Mayan cultures.

Dance is a calling out of the gods. The reason

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we originally began to move was we thought if we did a certain movement it would change the weather. So dance began agriculturally. Historically dance has been to evoke human necessities. We dance either to move nature or God. Some dance is celebratory, like in America where it’s more for mating.

Of course in our whole pop culture we’re bombarded with sexual dances.

But spiritual dances, whether to clean the spirit or connect with nature, are always trying for a cathartic release. It’s been physically proven the effect dancing has on brain waves. Dancing can release certain chemicals in our body, and make us feel better or at ease. Dance is a human necessity, I think.

How is the American response to Flamenco?

How much training does a Flamenco dancer typically need?

Martin Santangelo: You can never have too much technique. What matters is how you use that technique. As many hours a day as you can be studying, the better. A Flamenco dancer needs a good ten or 12 years of ballet. You have to train 5 or 6 days a week in Flamenco, because of the footwork. If you leave it for a month and half, you lose a tremendous amount. My wife once stopped for a month, and it was so difficult to get back in shape she vowed to never ever do that again.

So the training is every bit as strict as ballet.

A whole other part of training is understanding the singer. The song is the deepest part of Flamenco. The only thing we do as guitarists and dancers is express the song.

The singer sings, and we try to express what singer is singing.

Flamenco actually began with singers.

There was a gap of about 600 years, then the guitar came. Then there was a gap of 250 years, and the dancing came in. Dancing is the least important part of Flamenco.

Certainly in a sense it has become the most important because of its visual aspect. But

the dancer’s only function in Flamenco is to express what the singer is singing.

Are you bringing the entire nine-person troupe to Savannah?

Martin Santangelo: Yes. But the troupe changes all the time. It matters what I want to express in the show. This show is two male dancers and Soledad.

What do you hope audiences will take home with them after seeing Noche Flamenca?

Martin Santangelo: I want it to be a very cathartic experience. If they go home and wake up in morning and start thinking about something in their lives that needs to be alleviated or instigated, if they begin addressing some kind of emotional need they

have, that’s what I hope to do.

If they come home and say, oh, he was really cute and had fast footwork, I will have failed. w Noche Flamenca performs at 8 p.m. March 23 in the Lucas Theatre. For tix and info go to savannahmusicfestival.org

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Martin Santangelo: Extraordinary. What I’ve noticed is that Americans want to be wowed by footwork and the pretty part.

But if you play with that, you can really get somewhere with American audiences. I’ll give you that pretty part, but I’ll also give you something else.

I think Americans in general are looking for substance in life. I think since the ‘60s, the whole idea of community has been demolished, it’s nonexistent. So people are looking for communal experiences.

My wife Sole is a gutsy performer. If she’s in the mood, and the singer’s really laying his guts out onstage, she will sometimes take off 60 percent of her footwork so she can listen to the singer more. Flamenco can become an unbelievably communal experience onstage. Together, the guitarists, the singers and her will touch on the tragedy of what is to be a woman. Or its profundity, or its limits. She expresses it up there onstage, and all of a sudden people go from wow, look at her feet to, oh, look what’s she’s doing. They accept that in America. Americans need it.

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Acoustic string-band sensation Uncle Earl plays the Savannah Music Festival

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ayna Gellert can be forgiven for sounding a bit harried over the phone. When reached for an interview in anticipation of her nouveau-retro string band Uncle Earl’s date at the Savannah Music Festival, the vivacious young fiddler is cooling her heels in Skokie, Ill., and waiting for her damaged instrument to be repaired.

It’s a rush job that has to be completed in short order. Her all-female quartet -- something of a critic’s darling since coming to national prominence with their debut fulllength 2005 CD She Waits For Night -- is in the midst of a national tour, and can’t dally.

When asked what’s wrong with her violin, Gellert chuckles as if to say, “what isn’t?”

“Oh my God. (laughs) My fiddle has been making some really horrible squealing noises. I thought it was just me at first (laughs), but I narrowed it down and it wound up being an instrument problem. A friend in Chicago recommended this specialty shop here, but it’s a really classy place, and they were completely grossed out by the fiddle I’m using and the condition of my bows. But they’re gonna get me all fixed up.”

Gellert says that although it was obvious

the proprietors were more used to dealing with symphonic musicians than purveyors of old-time mountain music such as Uncle Earl, their shared love of the instrument itself made communication no problem.

“This is a serious high-class violin shop,” she continues. “I think the repairs will cost me everything I’ll make on this tour, but the truth is that it’ll be worth it.”

These days, Uncle Earl may not be raking in the big bucks, but they’re certainly rising stars on the increasingly popular old-time Americana scene, and they seem as poised as any act in years to break out of a strictly bluegrass and mountain music fanbase into something approaching mainstream success.

With a hauntingly beautiful vibe that permeates both their own arrangements of traditional ballads and original compositions, the band —which at times leaves the (stylistic) dirt roads of front porch pickin’ parties to head to the interstate where more contemporary acts such as The Greencards, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, and Nickel Creek drive by in fancy motorcars— straddles the line between paying affectionate tribute to a bygone era and mind-set and

welcoming the modern world with wideeyed wonder.

With that dichotomy in mind, it’s less surprising to learn that their new release on the terrific Rounder imprint was produced by former Led Zeppelin bassist and multiinstrumentalist John Paul Jones. In addition to drafting the blueprint of what’s now known as classic heavy metal, Zeppelin was also intent on re-contextualizing both traditional English folk and Delta blues.

That musical cross-pollination can be heard throughout Waterloo, Tennessee. It’s there in the group’s a capella rendition of the mid-1800s shape-note tune “Buonaparte,” as well as in their sawdust-on-the-floor take on the little-known Bob Dylan waltz “Wallflower,” and Gellert’s own “Drinker Born,” one of the album’s many gems.

Jones had been educating himself and making inroads into the traditional bluegrass community for the past few years, and took a shine to the group a while back after

an impromptu backstage jam session between himself, Nickel Creek’s Chris Thile and Uncle Earl. According to Gellert, his enthusiasm for the band dovetailed with their own open-minded approach.

“I grew up with old-time (music),” she relates. “So I associate it with family and childhood. But this is the first band I’ve been in where everyone brings so many different influences to the table. I don’t think of us so much as an old-time band, because I know what serious old-time musicians call a string band — and we’re not that! (laughs) We all love electric and processed music of all sorts as well, but this is our common ground. This is where we all meet.” w Uncle Earl plays the Savannah Music Festival at Orleans Hall (201 Barnard St.) Wed., March 21 at 7:30 pm as part of the Connect Americana series. The $15 show is sold out, but tickets to SMF events are sometimes available at the door the night of the show.

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Speaking of all things Irish, let’s not forget that this Saturday is the annual Citysponsored Tara Feis celebration, now in its 16th year.

While originally intended as a familyfriendly, less booze-dependent paean to the Irish holiday, the truth is that Tara Feis has become pretty important in its own right, routinely offering a better variety of actual Celtic performers than the St. Patrick’s weekend itself.

This year’s lineup is particularly good, with appearances by headliners The Mackenzie Project, Savannah’s favorite troubadour Harry O’Donoghue and the affable Sean Driscoll. Read Jim Reed’s take on the event on page 24.

It all happens Saturday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. in Emmett Park off Bay Street.

And oh, yeah — it’s free.

And speaking of music, check out Ryan McCurdy’s nifty take on page 28 about his personal vice — being a Chicago fan.

No, not the Broadway show and movie — Chicago, as in the band playing Saturday night at the Johnny Mercer Theatre.

Ryan’s regular gig is as the capable young executive director of the Savannah Actor’s Theatre (if you haven’t checked out a show at their home base at The Ark Theatre on Louisville Road, make sure you do so at their next production). But in his spare time, apparently, Ryan can tell you all 4,718 or so people who have played in Chicago over the legendary band’s four full decades of existence. Rock on, Ryan!

I wanted to put a bug in your ear about our annual Best of Savannah Reader’s Poll and special issue, coming out in May. You can expect to see the full printed ballot in our paper sometime in the next few issues, and we’ll also have fully functional online voting as well.

I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out that while everybody and his brother is doing some form of “Best of Savannah” issue these days, we were the first local publication to hold an annual reader’s poll of that nature. It is in that spirit that Connect Savannah holds its annual Best of Savannah competition, and we hope you’re looking forward to it as much as we are.

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We’ve received a lot of feedback lately, both on and off the record, about our recent environmental features by writers such as Stacey Kronquest, Summer Teal Simpson and Kathleen Graham. I hope you aren’t tired of green coverage — the nonSt. Patrick’s kind of green, that is — in this newspaper, because I’ll tell you right now there’s going to be a whole lot more.

The reason for this is twofold: 1) As a newspaper we’ve always appealed to Savannah residents who care deeply about the local environment and what happens to it; and 2) With the dramatic increase in population and development we’ve seen lately, there seems to be a renewed appetite for this kind of coverage from all segments of the population, not just self-identified environmentalists.

Whether or not this increased demand for environmental news is because of a vacuum in other local media outlets’ coverage is a judgment I’ll leave up to you.

In any case you can always contact me with concerns, suggestions, complaints, etc. at: jim@connectsavannah.com w

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his month we kick off our Savannah Music Festival coverage in earnest, with several artist interviews by yours truly and Jim Reed’s chat on page 12 with Rayna Gellert of Uncle Earl, who will perform in the Festival’s Connect Americana series sponsored by this paper.

One of the great things about working for this kind of publication is that we can focus on interviewing artists who have a lot more to say than your typical brain-dead flavor-of-the-month pop culture figure.

Over the years I’ve received a near-master’s level fine arts education from the artists I’ve interviewed, who rarely fail to offer genuine insight and important but little-known information. I consider myself lucky indeed to be able to talk to such talented, knowledgeable people on a regular basis.

Case in point is our interview this week with the effusive Martin Santangelo of the Flamenco troupe Noche Flamenca, beginning on page 10. Santangelo combines his native Spain’s love of theatrical flamboyance with its national penchant for deep introspection. Whether or not you’re a fan of Flamenco, his words have universal appeal for anyone who loves dance and music and is interested in the people who do those things for a living.

Though our next issue hitting stands March 14 will no doubt be dominated by coverage of a certain Northern European religious holiday, rest assured there will be no shortage of coverage of the Savannah Music Festival in Connect Savannah.

Without giving too much away about next week’s edition, I’ll just tell you to stay tuned for my interview with Savannah Music Festival Associate Director Daniel Hope and Jim Reed’s talk with Ryan Miller of the band Guster, among many others.

And of course we’ll provide ongoing coverage of the Music Festival as it’s going on.

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of water is nothing short of disastrous, this could be life-saving.

Editor, 8) The earth is apparently “greener” If climate change is here, like the good now that at any time during the past 100 scientists tell us, perhaps it is because the years. The climate changes that occurred world is always changing, and since we seem between 1980 and 2000, a time to be incapable of responding to it intelliof dramatic warming, have gently, we are in a panic. Let’s not make resulted in 6 percent more the mistake of thinking that Man plant growth globally. The controls everything.

Amazon jungle, Besides, are there any good r: ito Ed an area that had e th ross sides to global warming? Most Letters to s letters from ac Savannah print t es ec been dwindling, acdo nn ter Co let a of nature exists in a dialectic ideas. Printing e the spectrum of counted for 42 perdorsement of th en r ou ply — the good side, the down im not necessarily rs may be cent of the increased ed therein. Lette side. So far, we seem only opinions express ace and clarity. sp plant growth. for d ite m ed to hear about the down ah.co connectsavann E-mail: letters@ 9) The climate side, which is prob32 ite 7, Fax: 912.231.99 is helping plant E. Victory Dr., Su 00 18 : ably politically useful to ail m Snail 31404 Savannah, GA growth in three in some way — if only in ways: the warmtaking our attention off other ing temperatures are lengthenthings, and adding to our general ing growing seasons; warmer air fears. usually holds more moisture; and So, I thought I would bring to your atthe man-made CO2 in the warmer air tention an article I read in the Old Farmer’s is increasing photosynthesis. The gas indiAlmanac for this year, written by Evelyn rectly acts as a fertilizer and increases plant Browning Garriss, who has been writgrowth. ing and speaking about the social and eco10) According to the U.S. Geological nomic aspects of climate change for more Survey, one-fourth of the world’s undiscovthan 30 years. Here are some of the interestered oil and gas resources are in the Arctic. ing points she makes on the positive side of In addition to being a possible new source global warming, which you likely won’t hear of energy, the Arctic is also a potential new elsewhere. Ask Al about them when you see location for maritime commerce. As the ice him. melts, new waterways are being freed up, 1) A study concluded that a warming whose use will save time, energy and interof 4.5 degrees Fahrenheit would lower the national freight costs. annual death rate in the United States by Lillian Sanford 20,000, while reducing the medical costs by almost $20 billion a year.

2) North America, Europe and most of Summer breeze Asia have become less susceptible to heat Editor, stress. Higher death tolls occur in winter, I have really enjoyed the articles recently with causes such as flu and pneumonia.

by Summer Simpson. She has a grasp of the 3) North America fears rising spread of environmental issues along our coast — and diseases such as malaria, cholera and yellow reports the information in a balanced and fever. In fact, these diseases were widespread enjoyable manner! in the cooler 19th century. Modern sanitaShirley Sessions tion and mosquito control have largely held Tybee Island Council Member them in control. As example, the Gulf Coast is free of dengue fever, even though its average temperatures are warmer than those Jumpin’ Jesse on many of the Caribbean islands where the Editor, disease is commonplace.

I wanted to take a moment on behalf 4) For the past 100 years, the main imof Tiny Team Concerts to thank Connect pact of global warming has been warmer Savannah for the continued co-sponsorship winters. The Intergovernmental Panel on and promotion of our shows. The benefit Climate Change has forecast that, by the end concert for Jesse Jordan on February 16th of the 21st century, the world’s climate will turned out to be an enormous success on be about 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit warmer. many levels. Not only did it raise money for 5) Global warming is not evenly distriba beloved local musician in need, but it fosuted in the oceans. Temperatures have intered a true sense of camaraderie and comcreased more around the poles, but only munity between musicians and music lovers slight increases have occurred near the of all ages and backgrounds. equator. Thus northern cities have enjoyed Through ticket sales, raffle ticket sales, more warming than southern ones. and private donations over $6000.00 was 6) A warmer climate would reduce heatraised and we are so appreciative that ing bills more than it would boost outlays Connect was a part of it. for air conditioning.

Tiny Team is so proud of our local busi7) The impact of global warming on preness and musical community for joining cipitation is clear; warmer air holds more together for this concert. Between the mumoisture. Global warming will therefore sicians, volunteers, sponsors, patrons, and mean more condensation and more evapothose who donated items for the raffle there ration, producing more and/or heavier rains. are pages worth of folks to thank. To all of To those parts of the world where the lack

them: Please accept Tiny Team’s gratitude for stepping up to make this such a wonderful, memorable, and successful night.

Nobody’s efforts went unnoticed and we appreciate your hard work and generosity more than can be expressed.

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Editor, I’m writing to see if I can help enlist Savannah’s expertise and support in what I think is a somewhat significant problem for our fair city. I live in and work from Savannah and work in what you would deem to be a “knowledge-based business,” mostly in the arts but in all sorts of humanities and public advocacy fields.

The problem? I can’t get home delivery of my favorite national newspapers. The only newspaper I can get delivered to my house is the Savannah Morning News, which has its place, to be sure. But when the first section of that newspaper is often no longer than four pages, you know you’re not getting all the news.

Now, I know I could go online and read my newspapers there or pick one up in a downtown cafe, but that’s hardly the point.

I don’t want to spend all of my extra time glued to a computer when I spend most of my waking work life tied to one.

I work from home, like a lot of people in Savannah, and my work is based on the accumulation of knowledge I have gained, both formal and informal. Staying on top of world news and current information in my field is integral, and having a nationwide newspaper available to do so is important.

Would it surprise you to know that most people cannot get any national newspaper delivered to their homes in Savannah? In fact, you can’t even get the Atlanta JournalConstitution delivered, arguably the state newspaper for Georgia.

The New York Times? No. (unless you live in the Landings). The Washington Post?

No. The L.A. Times? No. The AJC? No. I know we are shooting to be an attractive city for creative industry, and with initiatives by organizations such as The Creative Coast Initiative, we are well on our way. This is about access to information, and it’s definitely up there on the long laundry list of what creative cities need in order to attract and retain new business and technology.

I draw our attention to this issue in the hopes that we, as a community, can begin to address some of the smaller things needed in order to thrive. This is one of them, and it’s a delicate issue because it draws attention to our local newspaper outlet, which — while great at local coverage — currently has a monopoly on home delivery in SavannahChatham County.

That needs to end if we are to grow into the city we are looking to be.

Adrienn Mendonca

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Marching through Georgia

In which a city sees reflections of itself in its most magical, unpredictable month

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snap peas (although we saw plenty of white blossoms, which theoretically means there are more peas on the way), weeding around the young red lettuce leaves, trying to avoid the noxious stinging nettle, and wishing I could eat the yellow daffodils, they were that pretty, that appealing.

We even spotted a single gerber daisy.

Then, after finding an errant purple-top turnip inching out of the ground, I stand in awe as a friend whips out his pocketknife and slices up that turnip as if it were an apple. I swear, close your eyes and except for a final hint of heat (the turnip was, after all, way past its prime), you could have sworn it was an apple.

It’s that kind of month. You think it’s one thing and it turns out to be another.

March madness, to some a basketball tournament that never seems to end. To others a St. Patrick’s Day celebration, the best - and worst - holiday of the year. To still others, a music festival that only seems to get better.

Savannah, someone else says, is on the verge of a second awakening.

This epiphany comes as we stand, shivering, in front of Tim Woods’ gallery and home off Habersham Street, a simple and brilliant combination of wood, stucco, design and all the other buzz words - sustainable, green, holistic, affordable, prefabricated, passive solar, a perfect “partnership between nature and architecture.”

“This is the second coming of Savannah,” she blurts out of the blue as we stand looking up at the cotton-ball sky and in at the house , so neat, so compact, a jewel on a street of houses we’ve passed a million times without paying them any mind.

What’s the first? I ask, intrigued, knowing it’s not the traffic on a Friday afternoon or any afternoon of people motoring between Savannah and the west side of the county; knowing it’s not the continued and cutthroat competition for guns and control in city that sometimes feels like the wild, wild West.

“Sherman,” she answers.

I’m not sure what she means, really. But it has an interesting ring.

More than any other month, March, with its skies and temperatures, like Savannah, with its winks and wrinkles, can go either way.

We can only hope for the best. w To comment, e-mail us at letters@connectsavannah.com E-mail Jane at gofish5@earthlink.nett

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id anyone else see the much-heralded lunar eclipse this week?

I didn’t, though it wasn’t without trying.

“Where are all the people?” we asked when we rushed to hit the beach Saturday night, not at all certain we were on the right side of Tybee although there really isn’t a wrong side of Tybee, ever.

There’s only a wrong time to get to Tybee, like the afternoon of the late May Beach Bum Parade.

“Waiting for the moon?” we asked one man, trying to get a clue of the proper location in the sky without appearing too bereft of celestial knowledge, too stupid about where the moon rises and sets.

“Waiting for something,” he said, his bike casually leaning next to him on the wooden beach bench, which is close to being engulfed by Tybee’s growing sand dunes, also a good thing.

The next person we saw on the beach was there to take a walk and clear away the cobwebs of the day. He knew nothing of a lunar eclipse though he was open to the possibility.

Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans. Thank you, John Lennon.

Too late or too cloudy. One or the other.

Always my story when i rush to see a phenomenon in the sky. It just does not happen.

But, oh, those clouds. They have put on a show this first week in March. Must be the moon effect, no?

Friday night they were lazy, crazy cotton balls floating in that deep blue early evening western sky.

Saturday night, in lieu of any visible eclipse, we saw the cotton balls again, this time spread out in all variations of purple and red.

It’s that kind of month, schizophrenic, bipolar, unable to make up its mind.

The next morning, a lazy Saturday morning, I sat at the Westin on Hutchinson Island and while eating breakfast and meeting with out of town travelers, I watched a 900-foot freighter obliterate the sky and the whole Bay Street cityscape. It was that tall, that loaded with product.

Back on the mainland, I walked home, at once too warm, too cold, in and out of a sweatshirt. Wending past tourists, I found myself in the garden where I rooted around eating curly-leafed parsley, popping sweet, blue borage flowers into my mouth, spitting out chicory leaves (too bitter!), racing an 11-year-old boy for any remaining sugar

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The Savannah Derby Devils drew a big crowd to their opening bout Friday night at the Supergoose against an Atlanta squad.

Roots rocker Webb Wilder (below) and band rocked the American Legion hall on Sunday night.

Gnat’s the Ticket

The Savannah Sand Gnats held an Open House Saturday at Grayson Stadium. Above, Damian Burgess and Sia with “Gnate the Gnat”; at right, Scott and Lauren at the souvenir table.

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The Mother Church Local congregation celebrates retiring a debt

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rinity Church on Telfair Square is known as the “Mother Church of Savannah Methodism.” The oldest Methodist church in the city, it gave rise to eight area Methodist congregations.

The cornerstone of the church was laid on February 14, 1848 on land that had been the garden of the Telfair family, and construction was completed in the fall of 1850.

While it was fully restored in 1969, disaster struck in October 1991 when a fire broke destroyed the church’s McIntire education building. Smoke and water damage made the sanctuary unusable for nearly two years.

More recently, attention turned to the church’s exterior. A restoration plan was developed after months of careful research and assessment, which included roof and window repairs and painting. The most extensive phase of the restoration was the removal of the stucco that covered the building. The Savannah Gray bricks underneath were repointed with mortar formulated to match the original, then covered with new stucco formulated to match the original.

The project was led by Lominack Kolman Smith Architects and the restoration work was done by The House Doctor.

The debt for the project totaled $850,000, and the congregation has been working to

raise the money. Last year, the church sponsored a restoration gala in Telfair Square.

The event was so successful, it’s returning.

We spoke with gala co-chair Cynthia White.

What is Restoration Gala II? Cynthia White: The Restoration Gala II, or Embracing the Old and the New, is a fund raiser for Trinity United Methodist Church’s restoration fund. On Friday, March 9, the Jepson will be alive with the 52nd Street Jazz band, food catered by Savor Savannah and live and silent auctions to benefit Trinity UMC restoration fund.

How long did the restoration take?

Cynthia White: Completed in 2005, the restoration process was several years in the works from plans to completion. Trinity was awarded a preservation award from the Historic Savannah Foundation in 2005 Will this be a recurring annual event?

Cynthia White: We hope not – literally, this event will continue until the funds are repaid and we hope that won’t take too many years!

Why will the gala be held at the Jepson Center?

Cynthia White: The Jepson Center is our neighbor and shares in the philosophy of maintaining this city’s architectural treasures, like Trinity Church. We are each an integral part of Savannah, and we think it’s a brilliant way to showcase each treasure.

What are some of the items that will be offered during the live and silent auctions?

Cynthia White: We have paintings by local artists such as Lori Keith Robinson, a Howard Finster giraffe shelf painting, photographs by Ben Beasley, Michael Ellison, Christine Hall and Randy Thompson, a concert with Ben Tucker, LASIK surgery by doctors Elizabeth A. Miller and Markesh K. Manocha. There will be a Trinity UMC wedding package including Bleubelle Bridal, a portrait by Lyn Bonham and services by the Rev. Enoch Hendry, and a weekend at a 1930s Tybee Island cottage. There is a nighton-the-town package with a stay at the historic Ballastone Inn and dinner at Sapphire Grill, trolley tours, Savannah Sinfonietta passes, gift certificates to restaurants, spas and other shops in Savannah with many

Trinity Church at right; the Jepson Center in the background is the site of the gala

more items and services coming in every day. w Restoration Gala II, Embracing the Old and New, will be presented Friday, March 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Jepson Center for the Arts.

Tickets are $40 per person and can be purchased by calling 525-5050 or visiting www.scadboxoffice.com.

Barabbas and The Tribe from from Junkanoo Junkanoo World World on on Nassau Nassau in in the the Bahamas Bahamas are coming to The Crab Shack

Performing daily from March 10th — 17th Bring your cameras to get your photo with Barabbas and his tribe of 30 Junkanoo performers. Call for Junkanoo times or check our website for performances.

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Come feel the beat of their drums and the infectious hypnotic island rhythms, you’ll join the conga line, don feathered masks, and help with the steel drums, cowbells and whistles that make up part of the Junkanoo show.

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On March 18th Only Meet and enjoy a performance by The New York Shields Drum and Bagpipe Band!

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Trinity MOPS Raising Funds for West Chatham Relay for Life

MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) at Trinity United Methodist Church is raising funds to aid cancer research. The group joined the West Chatham Relay for Life in January, and their team plans to walk in the event on March 30th and 31st at West Chatham Middle School.

They are holding a “Bazaar” Sale on Saturday March 10th at 10:00 am at 1204 W. Highway 80 in Pooler (Stanley Home Furnishing Parking Lot) adjacent to the Sangrena Woods Subdivision entrance. We will sell handmade jewelry, handknitted and painted accessories and other quality handcrafted items.

Later that same day, they will man

AASU Adds Gender and Women’s Studies Major

Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU) will begin offering a bachelor’s degree in gender and women’s studies (GWST) beginning in the fall of 2007. The existing program currently offers a minor and a certificate. AASU is one of only three public universities in Georgia to offer a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in the field.

Gender and Women’s Studies draws upon various perspectives of human experience in areas as diverse as literature, history, art, political science, sociology, and psychology. GWST students will be required to take upper-level classes in both the arts and humanities, and in the social and behavioral sciences and/or health professions.

Additionally, a required junior/senior seminar will emphasize a service-learning element.

“Since the approval of the minor and graduate and undergraduate certificates in women’s studies in 2000, student demand for GWST classes has been strong,” said Teresa Winterhalter, program director.

The enthusiasm on campus for the major became evident in the fall of 2000; when 150 students enrolled in GWST-related courses were surveyed. Nearly 60 percent of them expressed an interest in pursuing a major in GWST if a program were to become available.

In the fall of 2005, a GWST track was added to the Master of Arts in Liberal and Professional Studies.

“The addition of the major is the latest development in the growth of the Gender and Women’s Studies program at AASU,” said Winterhalter.

AASU’s female student population of 68.8 percent reflects a cultural need for the major. At the same time, registration in current and past GWST courses also reflects that male students have a keen interest in this intellectual field. Overall there is a growing demand for programs that foster students’ intellectual understanding of their responsibilities as global citizens.

For more information, please contact Teresa Winterhalter at 912.921.5632 or winterte@mail.armstrong.edu. — received 2.27 from Francisco Duque w

Antique Auction Sunday, March 11, 2007 @ 1:00 p.m.

Up for auction will be a great selection of antiques from Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, as well as a large number of pieces from local estates.

Approximately 400 lots, including furniture, collectibles, rugs, porcelain, crystal, lamps, paintings and other unique home décor items will be sold. Hope to see you there!

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Savannah-based singer-songwriter Lisa Nicoll’s original track “Bad for Me” climbed to the #2 position today on the American Idol Underground Country Chart.

Lisa, who divides her time between Savannah, Georgia, and Brooklyn, New York, is thrilled that her song has been so well received.

Lisa Nicoll “I’m excited to see my song “Bad for Me” doing so well on its own like this. It means that all kinds of people simply liked my song, and liked it enough to say so. That’s pretty moving, and very inspiring!”

Fans have called Lisa’s music “infectious, with lyrics that take you deeper than you expected.” She has been compared to such performers as Juliana Hatfield, Dusty Springfield, and Petula Clark, and finds inspiration in the vocalists of the 1960s––from British Invasion to Brill Building, and by such poets as Rumi and Billy Collins.

Lisa has performed on the same bill as such recording artists as Dennis Diken of The Smithereens, Marshall Crenshaw, and Phoebe Snow. She has also worked as an actress, a voice-over artist, and as a choreographer. She is currently working on a fulllength album.

American Idol Underground is an online community affiliated with the television program American Idol where listeners democratically rate the music of emerging artists.

Visit the American Idol Underground Website at www.idolunderground.com. — received 2.28 from Adam Husted

the booth from 3:30 to 8:00 pm for the Johnsonville Big Taste Grill at Bass Pro Shops at Savannah Mall.

Come out and support your local Pooler Team on Saturday March 10th. If you would like to volunteer or make a donation to the Relay for Life Campaign, please contact, Celeste Klaas at 748-4141 Tuesday through Friday from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm or at 224-0237. — received 2.28 from Celeste Klaas

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Paging Dr. Freud

Police were called to East 51st Street in reference to a possible accident.

A woman at the scene said a pickup truck broke down at the location and the driver went to get gas. She said she didn’t know the driver’s name, but said he went by the name “Ego” and was her friend.

She said she was riding with “Ego” to her birthday party when the vehicle broke down. She said she got it moved out of the roadway. The woman was acting suspiciously and kept trying to leave the area.

While the officer was on the scene, “Ego” didn’t return to get the vehicle or anything else. During the course of the investigation, the officer observed what appeared to be recent damage to the front left fender of the truck.

There also was red pain transfer on the area of the damage and the fender was pushed into the wheel, causing it to rub.

When the officer checked, there were no lookouts for a white truck involved in any hit and runs.

The truck was blocking a driveway on East 51st Street. The officer requested a tow truck. He also faxed a copy of his report to traffic investigators as a possible hit and run. The woman left the area on foot.

• Eastbound traffic on I-516 between the Hunter overpass and Montgomery Street was reduced to one lane on Feb. 27 because of a jet-fuel spill.

Police, fire and emergency clean-up crews were called to the Hunter Army Airfield gate on Montgomery Street on a report of a spill shortly after 9 a.m.

Police learned that a jet fuel tanker from Charleston was traveling in the eastbound lanes of I-516 when it began spewing the fuel over the roadway.

Spills were located over several portions of the roadway between the overpass and Montgomery Street, leading into the back gate of the army base. Motorists were advised to use caution when driving through the affected area, but the roadway wasn’t closed.

• A man told police that he gave his employee permission to use his truck, but it was never returned.

The victim told police the suspect helps out at his business from time to time. The victim asked the suspect to take the truck to a car wash, detail it and come straight back.

However, the man failed to return the truck, so the owner notified police. He was advised to give it some time and see if the truck was returned.

The victim and his father observed the truck at Gwinnett Street and Skidaway

Road and called police. When police stopped the truck, the suspect exited the vehicle but attempted to reach for something inside the truck, which was full of potential weapons.

The suspect was ordered to move away from the truck and display his hands. He was verbally abusive to police and threatened the officers several times.

He was taken into custody and put into a squad car. He complained of back pain and told the officers to get him an ambulance or hurry up and take him to jail, or he would kick the window out.

Medstar was called to the scene and checked the suspect out, but no transport was needed. The suspect was questioned about the contents of a black metal lock box, but became very disorderly and refused to divulge its contents.

When officers got near the box, the suspect tried to kick the window out of the patrol car. Officers became concerned that something hazardous was in the box because of the suspect’s behavior and because of recent instances of explosives being found in Savannah.

The bomb squad was dispatched to the scene and an x-ray of the box was conducted. It revealed items that were possible components used in making explosives, but when the box was opened, no explosives were found.

• While on patrol, an officer at 39th and Reynolds streets heard several shots fired to the southwest.

While canvassing the area, the officer found and spoke with a witness who said she had stepped outside her back porch and saw a black car with a silver stripe traveling south. She said the car stopped and two men stepped out.

The driver then turned north and fired several shots. The officer also found seven .380 caliber shell casings in the area and logged them into the property room. w

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

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his home after complaints from neighbors, they seized and destroyed the 114 Robert “Drew” Stephenson, on trial in dead cats and one dead dog that Davis kept Fort Worth, Texas, in January for “torturin freezers and which he said had “emoing” an ex-girlfriend, acknowledged her tional value” for him. In addition, accordsevere burns but said it wasn’t his fault. He ing to the petition filed in Chancery Court said the two were having sex in a house for Rutherford County (and uncovered by that had no heat, and to warm himself, he TheSmokingGun.com), the carcasses were ran the flames of a lantern up and down his potential business property, in that he was arm. According to him, his girlfriend said planning to start his own pet cemetery, and she wanted to be warmed up with flames, also one of the cats, he claimed, was destined too. (He was convicted, and in February, for the Guinness Book of World Records beafter four other women testified that he cause it had been so large at birth. had beaten them, was sentenced to life in We’re Smart, You’re Not: A group of soprison.) called “gifted” eighth-grade students filed a lawsuit in 2003 against the Beaubien School The Laws of Irony in Chicago because officials denied them In February, two anti-whaling activtheir “right” to wear a “Gifties” Tists (one from Australia, one from Los shirt. The school, with similar numAngeles), intending to attack a Japanese bers of “gifteds” and regular whaling ship near Antarctica with students (who, the Chicago a bottle of acid and a smoke Sun-Times reported, are rebomb, got lost in the fog in ferred to as “tards”), works their small dinghy and were to tamp down divisiveness rescued with the help of several stop consumer and controversy between boats, including the whaler. zomibificaton; the two groups. However, However, as soon as the activdon’t buy said one giftie, “There’s a ists were safe, one thanked the certain point when you Japanese crew but said, “I greeting cards have to stick up for your guess we’re back on schedrights,” and not only ule, and we’ll be pursuwas a lawsuit filed, but ing you again.” Shortly when it was tossed out after that, the activists apby the first judge to hear proached the whaler and it, the students appealed, tossed the acid onto the deck, and argument was heard in injuring two crew members.

January at the U.S. Court of It is well-known that Saudi Appeals.

Arabia still prohibits women from driving cars (or riding in Sweet Justice! them unless accompanied by a (1) Josie Medlock, 59, immale relative), but a December prisoned two home imAssociated Press dispatch from provement contract workers Riyadh reported on female autoand two supervisors in her mobile salespeople (who are suchome in East Dene, England, cessful in selling to females, who in December and refused to let them out can own cars as long as someone until they promised to finish her kitchen else drives). Also, in January, a holding comremodeling by Christmas. A local governpany owned by Saudi Prince Alwaleed ibn ment mediator worked out a compromise, Talal hired a female pilot for one of its jets. according to London’s The Sun. (2) Luis The woman, Capt. Hanadi Zakariya Hindi, Carlos de Noronha Cabral da Camara, of flies with no restrictions but still requires a Portugal, died in 2001 with a 13-year-old male relative to get her to and from the airwill leaving his entire estate (including two port. residences) to be divided among 70 people In January in Austin, Texas, a 45he had randomly selected from the Lisbon minute delay occurred between when a phone book, with explicit instructions that nighttime 911 call was made to report a his relatives would get nothing. (According building on fire and the time firefighters arto a January 2007 Agence France-Presse disrived. According to the Austin Americanpatch, the outraged relatives are still chalStatesman, the delay could have been due lenging the will.) to uncertainty about the seriousness of the “fire,” in that the building in question, with Civilization in Decline smoke spewing from it, was Bert’s Bar B-Q (1) The Netherlands broadcaster SBS 6 (which of course has smoke spewing from it was scheduled to launch a reality TV show frequently). This time, though, the building in February, “Love at Second Sight,” which was destroyed. has been described as a dating show for the “visibly disfigured.” An SBS 6 spokesThe Ligitious Society man said the show’s goal is to fight prejuWilliam Davis filed a $1.5 million lawdice (which is why the producers changed suit against the Murfreesboro, Tenn., pothe name from its original, “Monster Love”). lice in December because, when they raided

(2) Southern California filmmaker Dominic Scott Kay filed a creative-control lawsuit in January against the financial backer of his short film, “Saving Angelo,” starring family friend Kevin Bacon, which he wanted to enter in independent festivals but was kept from by the financier. Dominic Scott Kay is 10 years old.

Fetishes on Parade

(1) George Dalmas III, 48, a 20-year, mid-level CIA employee, pleaded guilty in Fairfax, Va., in December to breaking into 10 homes and stealing many items of expensive jewelry, plus 1,074 pairs of women’s underpants, all of which Dalmas carefully maintained, in that, said the prosecutor, he was most of all a pack rat. (2) In December, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals petitioned to have convicted Chicago-area bestialist Dwayne Page, 27, banned from further contact with animals (even though Page might already have moved on to a substitute fetish five months earlier, according to a probation officer, by browsing Web sites “relating to diapers for sexual arousal”).

Least Competent Criminals

Joshlynn Leigh, 30, was arrested in December at a Pennsylvania state police barracks as she arrived for fingerprinting in preparation for being hired by the agency.

Leigh was discovered to have driven to the barracks in a stolen car (the same one that was the subject of a warrant against her in Georgia for auto theft).

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Canadian inventor Troy Hurtubise made News of the Weird in 1997 and 2001 as he struggled to create an impervious grizzly bear-fighting suit, to mixed success. Over the last two years, he has invested $15,000 to create what he calls the “first ballistic, full exoskeleton body suit of armor” to protect Canadian soldiers in combat. He told the Hamilton (Ontario) Spectator in January that he was ready to put the suit on and face high-powered rifle fire. In addition to the armor, the outfit contains a knife, a transponder, a recording device and emergency morphine.

Not All the Weird News Is Bad

Ms. Pan Alying, a schoolteacher in China’s Shandong province, had her purse snatched in January (containing her mobile phone, bank cards and cash) and decided to try pleading with the thief by sending text messages to her stolen phone. According to Xinhua news agency, she patiently sent 21 sympathetic notes to the man, with no answer, but the day after the last one, she found a package at her door containing her purse and all its contents intact, with a note, “I’m sorry. ... I’ll correct my ways and be an upright person.” w

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Volcanoes

Southern Italy’s Stromboli volcano suddenly began spewing large amounts of lava into the Tyrrhenian Sea off Sicily, prompting authorities on the windswept island of the same name to warn residents of possible small tsunamis. Islanders who live in homes less than 33 feet above sea level were urged to move to higher ground until the lava flows subside.

• Far East Russia’s Klyuchevskoi volcano spewed a column of black ash high above the Kamchatka peninsula. The nearby village of Klyuchi was later blanketed by falling ash.

Two earthquakes jolted the southern Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago within a fourday period. No damage or injuries were reported.

• Earth movements were also felt in southern Chile, northwestern California, northwestern Greece, eastern Turkey and southwestern China.

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A leading Australian environment official announced plans to create a wildlife corridor stretching nearly 1,740 miles down the country’s east coast to allow species to find new habitats as global warming makes living in their old homes impossible.

New South Wales state Environment Minister Bob Debus told the Sydney Morning Herald that the idea is to persuade private landowners to release their property so that national parks along the Great Eastern Ranges can be linked together. “We have to create, protect and restore ecological corridors that will allow species to move and to find new areas of sanctuary,” said Debus. w

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Marine biologists announced the discovery of a pristine seabed ecosystem that became visible when massive ice shelves broke off 5.4 of Antarctica. Those collapses of the Larsen ice shelves revealed a 3,800-square-mile expanse of thriving seabed 4.7 that had been roofed over by ice for up to 12,000 years. The Census of Marine Antarctic Life project says it found several previously unidentified 5.6 species in the area, as well as more common ones that are now able to survive in the Antarctic environment due to climate change. The scientists Week Ending March 3, 2007 say they found four new species of cnidarians, creatures March to June, reaching their peak intensity that are related to coral, jellyat the end of the year. fish and sea anemones. Prior to the collapse of the Larsen B ice shelf in 2002, scientists Dolphin Slaughter were able to get only glimpses of the seabed A massive annual hunt of dolthrough boreholes. phins is drawing to a close at a central Japan whaling town. As La Niña Returns many as 20,000 of the marine U.S. climate experts announced mammals may have been that the weakening El Niño oceanherded up since October so they could be warming phenomenon in the tropeither butchered or sold to marine parks ical Pacific is rapidly being around the world. Despite drawing outrage replaced by its opposite phase, known as La from animal-rights groups, the dolphins Niña. The relatively mild El Niño was rewere surrounded on the open sea by fishersponsible for a mainly quiet hurricane seamen in motorboats from the port of Taiji. son in the Atlantic last year, as well as severe The animals were then herded into small droughts in Australia and parts of Southeast coves, where they were stabbed or speared Asia. Forecasters at the U.S. environment with lances. The youngest and most attracagency NOAA say that depending upon tive are usually captured alive to be sold for how strong the La Niña ocean cooling beup to $100,000 to theme parks, according to comes, it could produce a more active environmentalist Richard O’Barry, a former Atlantic hurricane season this summer and trainer with the classic television series create an entirely different set of global cli“Flipper.” The annual hunt and sale of whale mate disruptions than its warm water counmeat in supermarkets has the support of the terpart. NOAA forecaster Vernon Kousky Japanese government, which environmensaid that La Niñas tend to develop from

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ernadette Winters knows a lot about the Savannah’s annual Tara Feis celebration.

She ought to, as she has either chaired or co-chaired the civic board that oversees the day-long salute to traditional Irish heritage, for every one of the sixteen installments since Tara Feis began in 1996.

“I was part of the original group that started it,” she says. “And we’ve been at it a long time!”

“It’s actually sponsored by the city, but they approached us from the start because they wanted the input of people who they hoped would know what our Irish community would like.”

So what does the local Irish community like? Well, according to Winters, they appreciate the publicity and economic boon that comes from the much larger St. Patrick’s Day celebration which centers around Savannah’s almost 200 year old parade, but they’re most appreciative of the public display of Celtic arts, crafts, values and entertainment. That’s where her organization and this family-oriented mini-féte (held at Bay Street’s Emmet Park) comes in.

“Tara Feis is a chance for people to see and hear great live entertainment without having to pay lots of money to do so,” she explains. “Our celebration is non-alcoholic, and it means a lot to large numbers of people to be able to avoid the revelry that many folks associate with the celebration. Families can come enjoy the park, and not have to deal with the craziness that goes on during the other festival. All you buy is your food and drinks. Everything else is totally free.”

It’s this easygoing and all-inclusive spirit which helps to attract a much more diverse range of spectators than the more adultthemed party atmosphere of the following week’s extended street party.

“We have babies and great grandmas out there,” Winters laughs. “We have folks in wheelchairs and on blankets. There’s arts and crafts with an Irish theme. There’s face painting and rides for the little kids. Parents can be outside all day long and their kids will have fun the whole time. It’s a great day for everyone. That’s what it’s all about.”

According to Winters, each year Tara Feis grows in scope and notoriety, and the positive feedback they received from last year’s crowd of approximately 20,000 people (over the course of the day) proves the organizing committee is taking the right approach. She credits locally-based acoustic troubadour Harry O’Donoghue with helping to set the tone of the day through his input on which musical acts to showcase.

“Harry’s a good friend and besides performing himself at the festival, he’s really the main reason we can attract such great, nationally-known talent. He’s in that loop and knows how to approach these artists. Plus, he travels often to Ireland and is always on

Pauleen Scanlon, lead singer of the Mackenzie Project

the lookout for new and different acts to try and bring over here.”

“I’m really excited this year about The MacKenzie Project,” she offers. “I believe that will be phenomenal. About four years ago we booked a group called The Cottars, and Roseanne MacKenzie who leads this new group was only twelve years old then.

She’s sixteen now, and one of the foremost Irish fiddlers in the whole country. Plus, Pauline Scanlon —who’s also in this group— is a very famous Irish vocalist.”

Staffing for the event is also strictly volunteer, but owing to her position as the Musical Director of St. Vincent’s Academy, Winters has something of an inside track on finding plenty of helping hands.

“Tara Feis is staffed entirely by student volunteers from St. Vincent’s and Benedictine Military Academy,” says Winters. “Now that we’ve been at this for so long, I’ve actually had some freshmen and sophomore face painters come back and bring their own kids! (laughs)” Winters says that so far, despite a few light sprinkles that organizers jokingly refer to as “holy water,” Tara Feis has been blessed with beautiful weather each and every year and its never been cancelled due to rain.

“The highest praise I hear for our event is from folks who say they hate now that if they have out-of-town guests visiting, they have to choose whether to come for the parade, or Tara Feis. The parade is wonderful and certainly something to be behold, but this is more a day designed for our own community — to be proud of and deserve.

“For those seeking something a little different, it’s a great day for the Irish and those who like to call themselves Irish for a day!” w The 16th Annual Tara Feis takes place from 11 am to 5 pm Saturday in Emmet Park at the East End of Bay Street. All events are free, open to the public, and sponsored by the City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs.

For more info: call 651-6417 or visit www.savannahga.gov/arts.

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Savannah Irish Dancers

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Harry O’Donoghue

12:40 p.m.

Inishfree School of Irish Dance

1:30 p.m.

The Mackenzie Project

2:40 p.m.

Breffni Academy of Dance

3:20 p.m.

Harry O’Donoghue

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The Mackenzie Project

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Children’s Stage 11:30 a.m.

Sean Driscoll Music & Tales

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A Nickel Bag of Funk

Mary Davis & Co.

Absylom Rising

Clara Frazier

Acoustic rock, soul and pop covers from John Prine to Fleetwood Mac. Sat., 4:30 pm, Malone’s (309 W. River Street).

Local, female-fronted R & B and funk cover act that specializes in extended workouts and soulful vocals. Fri., 10 pm, Murphy’s Law.

Veteran jazz vocalist who recently moved here from the West Coast.

Thurs., 8 pm, Mansion on Forsyth Park.

Mississippi-based organic jam group mixing such disparate influences as funk, bluegrass, jazz and world-beat. This venue has become a favorite stop on their regional tours. Tues., 9 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.).

The Goliards

This local ensemble dedicated to preserving ancient music will perform a recital of works for harp, lute and baroque violin by Irish composer Turlough O’Carolan that were written in the late around 3 centuries ago. Admission is $10. Sun., 3:30 pm, Trinity United Methodist Church.

The Bill Allred Group

This veteran trombonist has released a dozen albums of classic jazz as leader of a large group.

Fri. - Sat., 8 pm, The Jazz Corner (Hilton Head).

The Harlem Globetrotters

Argyle

Intense and tight local original band that’s capable of relentless, in-your-face punk-tinged rock, as well as reggae and ska-based grooves. Fri., 9 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House.

The Jeff Beasley Band

Blues is the foundation for the wide variety of this multi-instrumentalist includes in his sets. In addition to standards and N’awlins-influenced originals, he also offers early rock and roll hits by such icons as Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison. Fri., 9 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar + Sat., 9 pm, Mansion on Forsyth Park +Wed., 7 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar (solo show).

Bottles & Cans

Tom Waits, Bob Dylan and Hound Dog Taylor are the obvious touchstones for this mesmerizing blooze-rawk swing combo fronted by guitarist and vocalist Ray Lundy.

Wed., 9 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) + Thurs., 10 pm, Savannah Blues + Sat., 9 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar.

Carroll Brown

This touring acoustic troubadour describes his guitar-based mix of covers and

I know these guys aren’t exactly known for their musical prowess, but when I was a kid, I bought a 45 rpm single of their theme song “Sweet Top: Brandon Clark, Bottom: Permanetn Tourists Georgia Brown,” and never really could wrap my head around the fact that they sold originals as “coastal country.” Wed. - Sun., the record at their shows, but didn’t actually Kevin Barry’s. sing the tune. Still, their glitzy, family-oriented b-ball showcases are the closest thing Chuck & Bucky you’ll find to syncopated dance in the sportDuo of singing acoustic guitarists who ing field outside of figure skating. Thurs., 7 boast an unusually varied setlist of pop, pm, Savannah Civic Center. country and soft rock favorites. Wed., 7 pm, Driftaway Café.

Brandon Clark

Young, locally-based singer/songwriter who moved here a while back and has established himself as an up-and-coming figure on the local coffeehouse scene. Kindred spirit Alli Hall opens. Fri., 9 pm, Metro Coffee House - ALL-AGES.

The Bryan Clees Band

Regionally-known country and western singer/songwriter who’s opened for several big name artists. Fri. - Sat., 9 pm, Red Leg Saloon (formerly Silver Dollar Café).

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David Harbuck

Longtime local singer/songwriter/guitarist who has released several indie CDs of original material. Sat., 9 pm, Bayou Café.

The Hitmen

Brash electric blues trio led by local guitarist Brett “Hitman” Bernard. Mon., 10 pm + Tues., 10 pm (hosts Open Jam Night) + Fri., 10 pm, Savannah Blues + Sat., 10 pm, French Quarter Café (Statesboro).

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8:30 pm, Tubby’s (Thunderbolt) + Sun., 6 pm, Savannah Christian Church.

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Eclectic local power trio spun off from The 8-Tracks. They play obscure rock, soul and country tunes, and feature members of Superhorse and Hot Pink Interior. Fri. Sat., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge.

Unplugged show featuring key members of popular local bar band Liquid Ginger.

This show doubles as a birthday celebration for one of this venue’s owners. Fri., 10 pm, Jen’s & Friends.

Touring, nationally-known openly gay indie singer/songwriter whose story-songs feature two scoops of humor and snark.

Sun., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean.

Skybox

Smart and goofy theatrical alt.pop that’s not afraid to wear its quirk on its sleeve.

In fact that’s practically all they’re wearing. Overthe-top in the best way possible, and highly recommended for fans of TMBG, Ok Go and unrepentant Brian Wilson nuts who salivate over anything with falsetto harmonies.

Thurs., 9 pm, The Sentient Bean - ALLAGES.

Howard Paul Quartet Ace 7-string jazz guitarist, whose combo will be joined for this gig by flugelhorn player Kirk Lee. Mon., 8 pm, The Jazz Corner (Hilton Head).

The Permanent Tourists

Souls Harbor Baddass area cover band that can pull of blues, funk, rock and easy listening hits with equal aplomb, Randy “Hatman” Smith and which features some of the area’s very Solo acoustic guitarist playing a mixture best and most seasoned pro players. Fri. of beach, boogie and blues hits to sequenced - Sat., 9 pm, Tantra Lounge, Fri., 8 pm, The backing. Fri. - Sat., 7 pm, Stingray’s (Tybee).

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Phantom Wingo

Guitar-heavy, jam-oriented local rock band with a definite Southern soul vibe (think Allmans, Black Crowes, Panic). Sat., 9 pm, Augie’s Bar & Grill (Richmond Hill).

Pink Kodiak

Very promising local ultra-indie pop tunesmith who uses drum machines, synths and acoustic guitars to craft his catchy, wry ditties. Touring Americana artist Jon Durham (think Robert Earl Keen) appears as well. Thurs., 9 pm, Guitar Bar.

Souls Harbor

This regionally-based original heavy rock and commercial metal band has been slugging it out for years in the area, and are finally starting to enjoy a following in Savannah. They’ll be joined by fellow South Carolina acts Number One Contender and Dear Enemy. Fri., 11 pm, The Jinx.

Tradewinds

Long-running local cover band playing Motown, Stax and shag favorites. Fri., 9 pm, Mansion on Forsyth Park.

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The Train Wrecks

Paul Reeves

The Greg Williams Band

Soul, funk and R & B covers, featuring a tuff electric guitarist who goes by the name of “Smoke.” Sat., 10 pm, Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub. Atlanta-based pop singer/songwriter (with a Christian message) who was raised in Savannah. He has recorded and released a couple of slick, impressive CDs of commercially viable and well-arranged tunes. Thurs.,

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This modern folkie from Atlanta has a nuanced voice that works well with the inviting, emotion-driven, slightly funky introspective pop he writes and records. Very Matt Wertz (an avowed influence). Miranda Rensch opens. Sat., 9 pm, Metro Coffee House - ALL-AGES.

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hicago is one of the most prolific American bands of all time, with more than thirty albums in tow and twenty Top 10 hits through their career.

They also seem to be constantly misunderstood.

I have no doubt their Savannah performance this Saturday will be filled with attendees – but I cannot guess the number that are expecting the evening to begin with “All That Jazz.” The Civic Center’s marquee display of the word “Chicago” has probably led more than one passerby to be filled with visions of Catherine Zeta-Jones.

I won’t argue that Chicago’s trombonist James Pankow is certainly fit and trim, but a merry murderess he simply is not.

When I discuss my excitement over the forthcoming gig, many friends have been unable to contain their delight. “So they aren’t dead!”, they say – then admit they didn’t know the band was touring.

Baby boomers have recalled the opening riff of 1969’s “Introduction,” the first track of Chicago’s first album, as being able to blast the paint off of walls – and newly minted young parents remember 1984’s “You’re The Inspiration” as a groove that led them through school dances and towards their adult lives. In most of these cases, it is the particular sound of one particular Chicago song that has cemented each person’s impression of the band.

Perhaps all of this excellent confusion is made clearer by my dear friend Stephen.

Listening to Chicago’s 2006 single “Feel,” he remarked that the band has an ability to

adapt to each musical climate they live in.

And adapt they do – Chicago has always created music that sounds right for the time at hand. Their political furor of the early ‘70s and their romantic balladry of the early ‘90s sound nothing alike, but both balance timelessness and context effortlessly.

The urgency they play with (live and otherwise) is palpable and if there is a band able to create such harmonic conflict within each song, only to resolve it before the last notes sound - I have yet to find it.

Or, to say it as my father says: You know everything will end all right when you’re listening to a Chicago song.

It is true - I love this group and their music. And February 15, 2007, marked their 40th anniversary, a date barely a month before they plan to bring an evening of memories to Savannah. Memories that are 40 years and over 330 songs young.

So these words of praise for a boundless band are dedicated not to those who already have their tickets, but for the many who only know Chicago by one sound or shape.

May I encourage you to join them and me on Saturday for a whole new experience. w Chicago plays the Johnny Mercer Theatre this Saturday at 8 p.m.

Ryan McCurdy is the Executive Director of Savannah Actor’s Theatre. He was briefly a professional ventriloquist, but threw his voice against a brick wall and permanently injured it.

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Eric Culberson Blues Band

This phenomenal Chicago and Memphis style guitar player and vocalist has really come into his own over the past 3 years or so. It’s as if he broke through a wall of some kind, and his artistry, stage presence and vocal chops have grown by leaps and bounds in that time. It doesn’t hurt that he’s playing with what may be the most fluid and sympathetic rhythm section he’s ever had at his disposal. If you’ve never seen them, or if it’s been a while and you assumed nothing had changed, do yourself a favor and pick up on EROK circa 2007. He and his band are every bit as good as the more famous artists who command three times their asking price. For a real kick, catch them at the Bonna Bella Yacht Club. I’m told the new owners are working hard to make that place one of the coolest hangs around with the highly sought-after “old Savannah feel.”

Plus, it’s actually accessible by saltwater!

Tues. (hosts Open Jam Night) & Wed., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge + Thurs., 6 pm, Bonna Bella Yacht Club + Sat., 9 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House (Southside) + Mon., 9 pm, Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.).

Evening w/Garrison Keillor

Some folks love this feisty raconteur, performance artist and author because his politics appeal to theirs. Others dismiss him because his views are at odds with their own. That’s a shame. Both groups should appreciate the man for the work he’s done on A Prairie Home Companion, one of the finest U.S. radio programs ever created. For those of us who pine for the glory days of Bob Fass, Studs Terkel and Joe Frank, Garrison’s just what the doctor ordered. This show is

The Limeliters

One of the biggest names in the entire starchedcollar world of the ‘60s folk revival movement, this group (who’s gone through about as many lineups as G ‘n’ R), are still keeping the name alive as well as the spirit of wholesome, good-natured acoustic broadsides and gentle ideological ribbing. The question still remains, d’ya think they ever did any ramblin’? Tickets are $12 for the public and $10 for Savannah Folk Music Society or Trinity UMC members at the door. Sat., 8 pm, Trinity Methodist Church.

This Is Spinal Tap

Speaking of A Mighty Wind, I’m probably one of the few people who saw this momentous and genre-defining “mock-umentary” in theatres during its opening run, and while most every rock, comedy or improv fan has seen this triumph more times than they can count on home video, you haven’t lived till you’ve witnessed Artie Fufkin’s ass-kicking on the big screen. Tickets are $8 at the door, or in advance at 525-5050. Fri., 7 pm, Lucas Theater.

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The Ken Watters Quartet

This band-leading trumpeter has been a sideman on almost 100 CDs by a wide range of artists from around the world, but he’s best known for a style that recalls Art Farmer, Woody Shaw and the great Lester Bowie. Now based in Atlanta, this will be his first appearance at Savannah’s newest cool spot for hot jazz. Fri. - Sat., 9 pm, 10:30 pm, midnight, Kokopelli’s Jazz Club. w

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With stick-on sideburns, creepy ‘fangs” and a cap gun in his belt, this ex-con, hillbilly vampire wife-beater is a ludicrous parody of Deep South culture. He’s also an incredible rock and metal guitarist with a killer back-up band and a mute manservant who stands on stage at all times. He also voices a character on the Cartoon Network’s cult hit Squidbillies. This will sell out, and advance tickets are on sale now at the bar. Sat., 10 pm, The Jinx.

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Local blues/garage/swing band Bottles & Cans are so good that I suppose I don’t mention enough how this offshoot of that band kills in its own right.

Essentially the standard B & C lineup, AL is different in one key respect: instead of harmonica player Marty Ellis, they substitute Savannah’s own Joe Nelson, an incorrigible old-time music enthusiast and lover of all thing fitted with a fretboard.

Joe’s roots-music leanings and idiosyncratic playing style on banjo, mandolin, ukulele and all sorts of other offbeat axes, combined with a setlist that adds relatively obscure country, folk and jug-band numbers to the blues and psychedelic nuggets B & C are known for make seeing this group a distinctly different —yet equally entertaining— experience. Sun., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge.

not technically a Prairie gig, but one can only assume enough of the man’s genius (yep, I said it) will shine through. Tickets range from $35 to $65 and are available at the Civic Center Box Office. (call 651-6556) or can be charged online at www.savannahcivic.com.

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The Jeff Beasly Band

Karaoke (9 pm)

JOHNNY MERCER THEATER

Thomas Claxton (9 pm), Live Music TBA (10:30 pm)

KEVIN BARRY’S

Karaoke w/DJ Levis (9:30 pm)

KOKOPELLI’S JAZZ (107 W. Broughton St.)

Karaoke (9 pm)

LOCOS DELI & PUB (Downtown)

Nancy Witt

LOCOS DELI & PUB (Southside)

#@*! Karaoke

MALONE’S (309 W. River St.)

DJ Southstar: Hip-hop (10 pm - 6 am)

MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK

Local Cast, DJ Jason Hancock (Main Floor)

Bosendorfer Lounge Thurs., Mar. 8

David Duckworth, Pianist Fri., Mar. 9

Joyce Luettich, Pianist Sat., Mar. 10

Annie Allman & Friends (5 pm)

Eric Jones, Pianist 700 Drayton Restaurant Sun., Mar. 11

Annelise Nelson, Cellist

MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE

CRYSTAL BEER PARLOR

MCDONOUGH’S

DAQUIRI ISLAND (Abercorn)

MERCURY LOUNGE

DINGUS MAGEE’S (Statesboro)

MOON RIVER BREWING CO.

DOC’S BAR (Tybee)

MURPHY’S LAW IRISH PUB

DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)

MYRTLE’S BAR & GRILL (Bluffton)

DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Sandfly)

PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)

EL PICASSO (319 Main St., Garden City)

POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill)

FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee)

THE RAIL PUB-

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.)

SAVANNAH BLUES

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (Southside)

SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER

514 WEST (514 MLK, Jr. Blvd.)

SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER INVASION LEVEL 3

FRENCH QUARTER CAFÉ (Statesboro)

SAVANNAH SMILES (314 Williamson St.)

FRIENDLY’S TAVERN 2

FEATURING

SAVANNAH THEATRE

GILLEY’S (Hinesville)

THE SENTIENT BEAN

HUC-A-POOS (Tybee)-

12 OZ. NY STRIP 12 Oz. CHOICE RIBEYE

SLUGGERS-

THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)

SPANKY’S (River St.)

THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)

• Live entertainment, dance floor

STEAMER’S (Georgetown)

JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR-

• Award Winning Karaoke

TANTRA LOUNGE

JEN’S & FRIENDS

TOMMY’S (Pooler)

Karaoke w/Jeff & Rebecca

TROPICANA NIGHTCLUB

DJ Southstar spins Top 40 (10 pm) TUBBY’S (River St.)

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt)

Paul Reeves (8:30 pm)

UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE

Live Music TBA (7 pm) VENUS DE MILO

Hip-Hop Night w/DJ Life & DJ Valis (10 pm)

THE JINX-

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Souls Harbor, Number One Contender, Dear Enemy (11 pm)

• Video Games, 26 TV Sets

The First Mega Latin Concert (8 pm)

• Ladies Night Tuesday 9 ‘til 12

JOHNNY MERCER THEATER

JUKEBOX BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

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• Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner • Best Lunch Special in Savannah • 2 for 1 Happy Hour Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

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KOKOPELLI’S JAZZ (107 W. Broughton St.)

AUGIE’S PUB (Richmond Hill)

MERCURY LOUNGE

LUCAS THEATRE

B & D BURGERS (Southside)

METRO COFFEE HOUSE

The Ken Watters Quartet (9 pm, 10:30 pm, midnight) Savannah Film Society Presents: THIS IS SPINAL TAP (7 pm) LUNA LOUNGE @ IL PASTICCIO

Live Music TBA (9:30 pm)

MALONE’S (309 W. River St.)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK

Pianist Joyce Leuttice (5 pm), Tradewinds (9 pm) MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS

Live Music TBA (8 pm) MCDONOUGH’S-

Karaoke

MERCURY LOUNGE

The Magic Rocks (10 pm)

METRO COFFEE HOUSE

Brandon Clark, Alli Hall (9 pm)

MOLLY MACPHERSON’S SCOTTISH PUB

$9.

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The Thomas Baker Band (10 pm)

MOON RIVER BREWING CO. (upstairs)

Live Music TBA (6 pm) MULBERRY INN-

The Champagne Jazz Trio (8 pm) MURPHY’S LAW IRISH PUB-

A Nickel Bag of Funk (10 pm)

ONE HOT MAMA’S (Bluffton)

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Live Music TBA (9:30 pm)

PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)

Gail Thurmond

POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill)

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

RED LEG SALOON (formerly The Silver Dollar Café, Hwy 204)

The Bryan Clees Band (9 pm) SAVANNAH BLUES

The Hitmen (10 pm)

SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER INVASION LEVEL 3

DJ Analog Kid (10 pm)

SAVANNAH SMILES (314 Williamson St.)

Dueling Pianos (8 pm)

SAVANNAH THEATRE

Broadway on Bull Street (8 pm) SCANDALS (Tybee)

Live Music TBA (9:30 pm) SPANKY’S (River St.)

Karaoke (9 pm)

STEAMERS (Georgetown)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

STINGRAY’S (Tybee)

Pocket Change (10 pm)

MOON RIVER BREWING CO.

David Harbuck (9 pm), Live Music TBA (10:30 pm)

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

The Champagne Jazz Trio (8 pm)

Karaoke w/DJ Levis

The Train Wrecks (10 pm)

Karaoke (9 pm)

Gail Thurmond

The Joseph Michael Duo (6 pm)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

BAY STREET BLUES BENNY’S (Tybee)

BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET BILLY’S PLACE (above MCDONOUGH’S)

MULBERRY INN-

MURPHY’S LAW IRISH PUB

PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE) POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill)

#@*! Karaoke

RED LEG SALOON (formerly The Silver Dollar Café, Hwy 204)

#@*! Karaoke

SAVANNAH BLUES-

CAPTAIN’S LOUNGE CHUCK’S BAR

The Bryan Clees Band (9 pm)

CITY MARKET COURTYARD

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

CLUB ONE

DJ Blue Ice & Tropical Thunder (10 pm)

CLUB ROCKY’S (Ft. Stewart)

Old School Dance Party w/DJ Analog Kid (10 pm)

THE CREEKSIDE CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)

Dueling Pianos (8 pm)

DAQUIRI ISLAND (Abercorn)

Broadway on Bull Street (8 pm)

DC2 DESIGN (104 W. Broughton St.)

Live Music TBA (9:30 pm)

DEB’S PUB & GRUB

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

DOC’S BAR (Tybee)

Political Documentary: INVISIBLE CHILDREN (8 pm)

DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)

Live Music TBA (3 pm)

DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Sandfly)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.)

Randy “Hatman” Smith (7 pm)

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (Southside)

Karaoke (8 pm)

514 WEST (514 MLK, Jr. Blvd.)

The Permanent Tourists (9 pm)

FRENCH QUARTER CAFÉ (Statesboro)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

Live Music TBA (2 pm)

DJ Jason Hancock spins Progressive House (10 pm) Unique (8 pm) *

Live Music TBA (7 pm) Karaoke

DJ Kiah (10 pm)

#@*! Karaoke (9 pm)

Roy & The Circuit Breakers

“World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond Live Music TBA (7 pm) The Christy Alan Band

The Greg Williams Band (9 pm)

The Eric Culberson Blues Band (9 pm)

Kim Polote w/David & Alisha Duckworth (7 pm)

SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER

SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER INVASION LEVEL 3 SAVANNAH SMILES (314 Williamson St.) SAVANNAH THEATRE SCANDALS (Tybee)

THE SEA GRILL (Pt. Wentworth) THE SENTIENT BEANSORRY CHARLIE’S

SPANKY’S (River St.)

STEAMERS (Georgetown) STINGRAY’S (Tybee)

STUDIO B (Glennville) TANTRA LOUNGE

TOMMY’S (Pooler)

GILLEY’S (Hinesville)

TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (225 W. President St.)

GUITAR BAR

TUBBY’S (River St.)

The Hitmen (9 pm)

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

TUBBY’S (River St.)

G.E. Perry (8 pm)

TURTLE’S (Statesboro)

Live Music TBA (9 pm) Live Music TBA (7 pm)

TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE (Wilmington Island)

Live Music TBA (7 pm) VENUS DI MILO

Live DJ

VFW CLUB (Hinesville)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

VIC’S ON THE RIVER

Live Music TBA (7 pm) THE WAREHOUSE

Botttles & Cans (8 pm)

WAYS STATION TAVERN

(Richmond Hill)- Karaoke (9 pm) WET WILLIE’S

Live DJ (8 pm)

WILD WING CAFÉ

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

YONG’S COUNTRY CLUB (formerly The Music Box)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

SATURDAY 912-897-1986

BAYOU CAFÉ

MOLLY MACPHERSON’S SCOTTISH PUB

TOMMY’S (Pooler)

TURTLE’S (Statesboro)

346B Johnny Mercer Blvd Wilmington Island

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

Andrew Miller, Mirandsa Rensch (9 pm)

Joshua Fletcher & The Six-Shot Romance, Taking Lottie Home (10:30 pm)

The Permanent Tourists (9 pm)

Serving Lunch & Dinner Open Tuesday-Sunday 11am to 10pm Dine in and carry out

BAJA CANTINA (The Landings)

SFMS presents: The Limelighters (8 pm)

TANTRA LOUNGE

Last great restaurant before Tybee First great restaurant leaving the islands

Live Music TBA (10:30 pm)

The Magic Rocks (10 pm)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

Randy “Hatman” Smith (7 pm)

Mediterranean Cuisine Classic food from fresh Ingredients

Phantom Wingo (9 pm)

MARCH 10TH

AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee)

Joey Manning (7 pm)

TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt)

THE HYATT

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

Live Music TBA (9 pm) ISLAND BREEZE

UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE (Wilmington Island)

Undaground Kingz of da C-Port w/Hellaflow, Quartabird (10 pm)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

VFW CLUB (Hinesville)

VENUS DI MILO-

THE ISLANDER (Wilmington Isl.)

DJ Maytag (10 pm)

THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

JEN’S & FRIENDS

Quarter Tank (8 pm)

THE JINX

Live DJ (8 pm)

JOHNNY MERCER THEATER

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

The Bill Allred Group (8 pm) Bottles & Cans (9 pm) Live Music TBA (10 pm)

Unknown Hinson, The Cryptkeeper Five (10 pm) Chicago (8 pm)

KEVIN BARRY’S

VIC’S ON THE RIVER THE WAREHOUSE WET WILLIE’S

WILD WING CAFÉ

YONG’S COUNTRY CLUB (formerly The Music Box)

Carroll Brown

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

The Ken Watters Quartet (9 pm, 10:30 pm, midnight)

SUNDAY

KOKOPELLI’S JAZZ (107 W. Broughton St.) LOCOS DELI & PUB (Downtown)

Zach Deputy (10 pm)

MALONE’S (309 W. River St.)

MARCH 11TH

MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK

Joey Manning (7 pm)

MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS

Ben Tucker & Bob Alberti (11:30 am)

MCDONOUGH’S-

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

Mary Davis & Co. (4:30 pm)

Pianist Eric Jones (5 pm), The Jeff Beasley Band (9 pm) Live Music TBA (8 pm) Karaoke

AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee) AQUA STAR RESTAURANT (THE WESTIN) AUGIE’S PUB (Richmond Hill) BAHAMA BOB’S (Pooler)

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DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)

BELFORD’S

DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)

Live Music TBA

DJ spins Beach Music

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

BERNIE’S (Tybee)

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.)

Karaoke w/DJ Levis (9 pm)

BILLY’S PLACE (above MCDONOUGH’S)

Diana Rogers

CAPTAIN’S LOUNGE

The Eric Culberson Blues Band (9 pm)

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (Southside)

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

THE GRILL BEACHSIDE (Tybee)

#@*! Karaoke

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

CHA BELLA-

THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

DJ KZL’s Kaleidoscope (10 pm)

DOC’S BAR (Tybee Island)

KEVIN BARRY’S

Live Music TBA

Frank Emerson

DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)

KING’S INN

“World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond

DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

EL POTRO (13051 Abercorn St.)

Karaoke (9 pm)

MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

Live Piano Music TBA

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.)

RIDERS LOUNGE (Hilton Head)

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (Southside)

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)

Jon Doe (10 pm)

SAVANNAH BLUES

The Hitmen (10 pm)

SAVANNAH NIGHTS

Deas’ Guyz (8 pm)

Karaoke

JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR

Dave Keller & Abebi Stafford (7 pm)

SCANDALS (Tybee)

DJ Marty Corley (9:30 pm)

MALONE’S (309 W. River St.)

THE SENTIENT BEAN Miwa Gemini (8 pm) TANTRA LOUNGE (formerly The Monkey Bar)

MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK

WET WILLIE’S

KEVIN BARRY’S

Carroll Brown * DJ Cesar

Live DJ (10:30 pm)

Cellist Annalise Nelson (11 am)

Karaoke (9 pm)

Karaoke

TUESDAY

MCDONOUGH’S-

MERCURY LOUNGE-

Acoustic Ladyland (10 pm)

MOON RIVER BREWING CO.

MARCH 13TH

MURPHY’S LAW IRISH PUB

Live Trivia (10 pm)

PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)

Chief (9 pm)

RED LEG SALOON (formerly The Silver Dollar Café, Hwy 204)

The Joseph Michael Duo (6 pm)

SAVANNAH CHRISTIAN CHURCH

BUFFALO’S CAFÉ (Hinesville)

SAVANNAH SMILES (314 Williamson St.)

DAIQUIRI BEACH

SAVANNAH THEATRE

DEB’S PUB & GRUB

SEA DAWGS (Tybee)

DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)

THE SENTIENT BEAN

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.)

SLUGGERS-

GUITAR BAR-

SPANKY’S (Pooler)

THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)

TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (225 W. President St.)

JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR

BAY STREET BLUES

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

BAYOU CAFÉ (upstairs)

Irish Pub Acoustic Session (7 pm) Gail Thurmond

BILLY’S PLACE (above MCDONOUGH’S) BLAINE’S BACK DOOR BAR

Karaoke w/Frank Nelson (9 pm)

#@*! Karaoke

Paul Reeves (6 pm)

Karaoke (7 pm)

Krazy Karaoke (8 pm)

BN Trivia w/Artie & Brad (10 pm)

Broadway on Bull Street (3 pm)

#@*! Karaoke (10:30 pm)

Live Music TBA (1 pm)

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

Joe Roniger, Mara Levi (8 pm)

Absylom Rising (9 pm)

5 Point Productions’ Karaoke (10 pm)

Karaoke w/Scott Young, Damon Matland (9 pm)

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

Masteller’s All-Star Quartet (8 pm)

Live Music TBA (7 pm) THE WAREHOUSE

Thomas Claxton (7 pm) WILD WING CAFÉ

The Courtenay Brothers (1 pm)

MONDAY MARCH 12TH

Turlough

Diana Rogers (7 pm) THE JINX-

Hip-Hop Night w/DJ D-Frost, Late Night Breakdancing & Freestyling (11 pm) KEVIN BARRY’S

Frank Emerson

MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE

Nancy Witt

MERCURY LOUNGE

Open Mic Jam w/The Eric Culberson Blues Band

PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)-

Gail Thurmond

SAVANNAH BLUES

Open Mic w/The Hitmen (10 pm) THE SENTIENT BEAN

SCAD Grad Students’ Computer Animation Showcase (6:30 pm) TOMMY’S (Pooler)

BAYOU CAFÉ (upstairs)

Karaoke w/Jeff & Rebecca

BLUEBERRY HILL

Karaoke (9 pm)

Chief (9 pm)

WET WILLIE’S-

Karaoke

WILD WING CAFÉ

Chuck Courtenay (6 pm), Team Trivia w/The Mayor w

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Hazel Virtue (9 pm)

UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE

Stay Tuned For St. Pat’s Details!

PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)

The Christy Alan Band (8 pm)

Live Music TBA

Keith Foskey (10pm)

Open Mic Night (7:30 pm)

FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee)

TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt)

Sat. 3/10

MURPHY’S LAW IRISH PUB

Karaoke w/Michael (9 pm)

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

Serving delicious Scottish & American fare for lunch and dinner daily

THE JINX

Karaoke

TUBBY’S (River St.)

We now offer flights.

The Howard Paul Quartet w/Kirk Lee (8 pm)

DAQUIRI ISLAND (Abercorn)

The Goliards play Irish composer O’Carolan (3:30 pm)

70+ Single Malts.

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Paintings by Kathy Miller, above, and ceramic art by Linda Whitt Smtih, right, are featured at Gallery 209 on River Street through March ‘Pete Christman: Modern Pictorialism’ --

The Jack Leigh Gallery features new work by artist and SCAD professor Pete Christman. Exhibition runs March 6-16.

Jack Leigh Gallery is at 132 East Oglethorpe Ave. Ray Ellis -- European watercolors of

France, Italy and the Adriatic Coast by this renowned Lowcountry artist. March 30-April 28 at Compass Prints, 205 W. Congress St. Meet Ray Ellis Friday, March 30, 3-6 p.m.

‘The Shape of Content’ -- Oil paintings

Used Book Sale

by Christopher Stevens, through March 15 at Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. Reception Thurs. March 1, 6-8 p.m.

Bull Street Library (652-3600)

‘Storylines’ -- Solo illustration exhibit by

Thursday, March 8, 2 to 7 p.m.

Friday, March 9, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, March 10, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday, March 11, 3 to 5 p.m. (bag sale) Hosted by the Friends of the Library. Hardcover books and videos $1. Paperbacks only 50 cents. Audio books starting at $1.

Join Savannah’s largest book club...for a day Area book groups are gathering at Daffin Park on Saturday, April 14, from 2 to 4 p.m. to discuss “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston. If you’re not a member of a book group but would just like to share your thoughts on the book with others, feel free to stop by the park and join in! For more information on the book group gathering, contact Coni Coleman at 897-6233 or email colemanc@liveoakpl.org.

www.liveoakpl.org This announcement paid for by the Live Oak Public Libraries Foundation and its many generous donors.

Sarah Goodreau, plus the Savannah release of the book “A Sad Day for Kites,” by David Andrews, illustrated by Sarah Goodreau.

Show runs through March 14. 2427 DeSoto Ave. Between Bull and Whitaker off 41st.

‘Uncovering Images’ -- The Grand

Bohemian Gallery in The Manson on Forsyth features Mary Hartman’s “Rush” horse series, Julio Garcia’s New Orleans series and work by Gerome Temple. Show runs March 2-30.

Ivan Hinds -- The work of this Guyana-

born artist will be on display at the Alvida Art Gallery, 7303-D Abercorn St. Opening reception, Saturday, March 3, 7–10 p.m. On display through May 31.

Robert Dinnebeil - Union Mission’s

Growing Hope Artisans’ Cooperative presents paintings by local artist Robert Dinnebeil. The exhibit will show during the

month of March at the Starfish Cafe, 719 East Broad Street.

Call for Entries -- Last year, art made all

the difference in the world to 27 graduates of the Starfish Café, the nationally recognized culinary arts training program for the homeless. Whose world will your art change this year? To donate now to the Starfish Café Gala’s Silent Art Auction, contact Laura Webb at 238-2777 ext 101 or lwebb@ unionmission.org.

‘Continental Shifts’ -- Installation work

by premiere Haitian artist Edouard DuvalCarrie April 6-30, at Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. The artist’s work is largely concerned with Haiti, where the artist was born, and the migrations of Caribbean people. Duval-Carrie’s paintings combine African fables, classical mythology, Haitian and world history with contemporary events. Free and open to the public.

‘Faceted: Senior Works from SCAD Metals and Jewelry’ -- Opening reception:

Thursday, March 15, 5-8 p.m. Five seniors exhibit their sculptural and wearable art.

Through March 18. At Chroma Gallery, 31 Barnard St. Open Tuesday-Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., closed Mondays.

Visiting Artist Series — Chroma Gallery

hosts mixed-media artist Cedric Smith, who blends photography and painting in his

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forward-retro take on the African-American South.

Show runs through March 23. Chroma Gallery is at 31 Barnard St. www.chromaartgallery.com Michael Ellison -- The

Art Show at the JEA beginning March 1 will feature the works of photographer Michael Ellison. 5111 Abercorn.

Linda Whitt Smith and Kathy Miller — The

‘The Great Reconciler’ — Hilary White’s

painting and sculpture, March 2-12 at Hall Street Gallery at 212 W. Hall Street.

Reception is March 2 from 6-8 p.m.

‘Handstrung’ -- Jewelry by Arleen Geller, is currently on display at Gallery 440, 440 Bull St. Open Wed-Sat, 11-5 or by appointment with Gallery owner and artist Fran Thomas at 507-8440.

Fran Thomas@Gallery 440 — Fran

Thomas is one of Savannah’s most significant artists. Stop by Gallery 440 for Fran’s latest show, the body of which was painted in the picturesque town of Old Lyme, Connecticut, Italy and the Savannah area.

Her representation is a blend of small vivid works, interspersed with fun colorful painte

Gallery 440 is at 440 Bull St. Open Wed-Sat 11-5.

Michael Carnahan — Friedman’s Fine

Art at 28 W. State St. features the floral stilllifes, inspired by his faux-finishing experience, of this local artist.

‘Paintings by Maurice’ - In February,

Union Mission’s Growing Hope Artisans’ Cooperative presents paintings by Cooperative member Maurice Henderson.

Starfish Cafe, 719 East Broad St. Jepson Center for the Arts – 207 W. York St. Call 790-8800.

Telfair Academy of Arts & Sciences — 121 Barnard St. Call 790-8800. w

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Photos by Michael Ellison are featured at the JEA through March

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“Artists of the Month” at Jewelry by Arleen Geller is now at Gallery 440 Gallery 209 for March is ceramic artist Linda Whitt Smith and painter Kathy ings of local interest and cuisine. Upstairs Miller. Gallery 209, Rivers Street’s original at Gallery 440 is the studio of Frances cooperative gallery, has been at 209 E. River Walter, Charlotte Dunlap and Cissie Victor.

Street since 1975. The Gallery is open seven Other artists whose work is on display indays a weeks, from 10:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. clude Olivia McKinley, Tim Coy, Dicky most nights.

Stone, Morgan Kuhn, and Jorges Alvarez.

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didn’t want to talk about movies this week, honest I didn’t, but the Oscars inspired me to make one last statement before I bid 2006 cinema adieu. An even later than usual rush of Oscar contenders has rendered my previous top ten list incomplete, so I felt compelled to rewrite it: 1. Children of Men 2. Pan’s Labyrinth 3. The Departed 4. Babel 5. The Good Shepherd 6. The Fountain 7. The Prestige 8. The Queen 9. Volver 10. Letters From Iwo Jima

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Since my hero Martin Scorsese finally took home the two most coveted prizes, this year’s Oscars was the most satisfying I can remember. But a couple of decisions left me flabbergasted.

Why do they always try to cut the awards presentations – the reason people actually watch the show – to 30 seconds or less and then fill the time they’ve saved with retarded montages, James Taylor/Randy Newman

collabos and inane banter by Ellen DeGeneres?

Come to think of it, why do they even have a host? The Golden Globes get by fine without one.

Why did they represent Ennio Morricone, arguably the most influential film composer since Bernard Herrmann, as a jazzy lounge lizard who writes weepy Celine Dion songs (they should have invited Metallica to play “The Ecstasy of Gold”)?

But I was most disappointed that Children of Men didn’t win a single award. It’s quickly shaping up as one of the best movies of the decade, let alone the year, and it doesn’t even win Best Editing?!

Oh well, time is the best judge of these things, and I think Children of Men will hold up far better than past Best Picture winners like Shakespeare In Love or, God help us, Crash.

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Moving on, the first quarter may be the worst time to see new movies, but in recent years it has become one of the best to hear new music. Arriving on the heels of the ridiculously overcrowded, blockbuster-driven

holiday buying season, the first quarter has turned into the music industry’s time of rebirth, where its freshest and most exciting new records are unveiled.

Menomena’s Friend And Foe is one of those State Of The Indie Rock events, an endlessly buzzed-about album that will inspire college kids nationwide to copy its sound in hopes of stealing a little of its glory.

It’s so wonderfully executed – from the production to the sequencing to the artwork – that it’s easy to forget just how unique, memorable and downright peculiar the music itself is.

They create their songs with a self-authored computer program called Deeler, which is designed to make the writing process completely democratic.

And while most bands rarely venture beyond guitar, bass and drums, Menomena use just about anything they can get their hands on, including glockenspiel, baritone sax and good old-fashioned whistling. Friend And Foe runs the gamut from majestic piano ballads to skeletal Suicide homages, but there’s not a weak link in the bunch.

We’re still dealing with the fallout from the last State of The Indie Rock record, Arcade Fire’s modern classic Funeral. How many trans-cultural art rock collectives with about a dozen members have come and gone in the two and half years since Funeral dropped (I’m From Barcelona, Annuals, etc)?

A wave of soundalikes can rob even the best bands of their shine, but have no fear.

The triumphant leaders of Montreal’s thriving music scene completely dodge the sophomore slump with their transcendent new record, Neon Bible. Arcade Fire wastes no time with false modesty; they’re one of the best bands in the world and they know it.

Neon Bible is a big album full of densely textured anthems that I’m sure will be the soundtrack to a large portion of my 2007 (and beyond). I didn’t think they’d ever match the grandeur or immediacy of “Rebellion (Lies)” but then I heard “No Cars Go” and my head almost blew up.

But the record that I’ve listened to the most is LCD Soundsystem’s Sound of Silver, which hearkens back to the groundbreaking brilliance of their early singles “Losing My Edge” and “Beat Connection”. Silver continues in the darker direction set forth by last year’s epic “45:33” (the song’s title and running time): stripping their signature sound down to the bare essentials, slowing down the tempo and adding a strong dose of 70’s soul. “Us v. Them” is the most infectious dance track they’ve recorded since the landmark “Yeah” and “All My Friends” suggests a more nostalgic Joy Division.

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Wild Hogs 1/2

This simple-minded comedy has the audacity to reference Deliverance in one scene, yet the only folks who’ll be squealing like a pig are the ones who fork over 10 bucks, only to find themselves royally screwed after enduring its inanities. Four Cincinnati bunglers (John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy), each suffering though some pathetic form of mid-life crisis, decide to embark on a road trip to the West Coast.

They mount their motorcycles with the intent of rediscovering life’s little pleasures, but it’s not long before these queasy riders are having to cope with menacing bikers, “bomb”-dropping birds and a homosexual highway patrolman (John C. McGinley).

The “gay panic” humor is so rampant that it’s reasonable to wonder if cast and crew members wrapped each shooting day by beating up a homosexual off-screen.

Scatological humor also gets a workout, and there’s a late-inning cameo by a Ghost Rider cast member who at this point in his career seems resigned to parodying himself.

Speaking of Ghost Rider, there’s nothing in this alleged comedy (and companion biker flick) nearly as amusing as the revelation that there’s a song on the GR soundtrack called “Satan’s Penis.” Then again, given all the middle-aged paunch on display in this film, it’s perhaps a missed opportunity that no one had the foresight to pen a ditty called “Tim Allen’s Beer Gut.”

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Is it possible that before making the bigscreen version of Ghost Rider, writer-director Mark Steven Johnson had never even read a Ghost Rider comic book? Yes, I know as well as anyone that faithfulness to the source material is a low priority when it comes to Hollywood, whether adapting Stan Lee or Lee Child. But Johnson, whose version of Daredevil wasn’t quite as bad as the press made out, here botches what would have seemed to be a fairly manageable assignment. The original Johnny Blaze wasn’t a joke-a-second character like Peter Parker or The Fantastic Four’s Ben Grimm. He was more somber and serious, as one would expect from a biker who sold his soul to the devil (to save the life of a loved one) and then found himself living under a curse that transformed him into a flaming-skull creature whenever in the presence of evil. Of course, when you hire Nicolas Cage to star in your movie, it’s safe to assume that camp was what was intended all along. Cage, whose best film in recent years has been the hilarious Wicker Man reedit currently gracing YouTube, falls back on the eye-popping, head-rolling overacting that has turned him into this decade’s Rod Steiger. Amazingly, though, he doesn’t deliver the movie’s worst performance; instead, he lands in the show position, right under Eva Mendes as the somnambular love interest and the mesmerizingly awful Wes Bentley as one of the least convincing -- and therefore least threatening -- villains of recent vintage. On the

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Zodiac 

Refusing to wear out its welcome even at 160 minutes, Zodiac is a satisfying hybrid of a police procedural (think L.A. Confidential), a journalism yarn (think All the President’s Men) and a serial killer flick (think The Silence of the Lambs). That it doesn’t come close to breathing the rarefied air of the three aforementioned classics isn’t necessarily meant as a putdown, but it’s clear that David Fincher’s new movie doesn’t provide the same level of either visceral thrills or sublime plotting as its predecessors. Instead, Fincher (Seven, Fight Club) and scripter James Vanderbilt prefer to keep most emotions in check, putting their heads down and dutifully relating the real-life story of how a notorious murderer managed to elude the authorities for decades. Working from a book

by Robert Graysmith, the film casts Jake Gyllenhaal as Graysmith, a San Francisco Chronicle cartoonist who becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind the series of grisly slayings plaguing the Bay Area. Yet Graysmith isn’t alone in his fanatical devotion to the case: The mystery also haunts the dreams of Chronicle reporter Paul Avery (Robert Downey Jr.) and detective Dave Toschi (Mark Ruffalo), and as the years march on, the trio’s pursuit of justice (or is it merely ego gratification?) begins to take its toll on health, marriage and career. Methodical in its storytelling yet purposely ambiguous in its intentions, Zodiac is a welcome change from the moronic murder-mysteries that usually clog our multiplexes. plus side, the special effects are pretty cool, and it was inspired to cast Peter Fonda as Mephistopheles (Easy Rider, meet Ghost Rider). Otherwise, this is yet another comic book adaptation that goes up in flames before our very eyes.

The Number 23 

It’s entirely possible -- not likely, but possible -- that I might have been blindsided by the big twist at the end of The Number 23 had I not just watched The Haunted Strangler a few weeks ago on DVD. That 1958 chestnut stars Boris Karloff as a man whose investigation into a decades-old murder leads him to the same place as Jim Carrey’s odyssey does in this new picture. I’m not suggesting that director Joel Schumacher or scripter Fernley Phillips, the team behind The Number 23, have even seen The Haunted Strangler and thus cheerfully borrowed its template -- after all, it’s a fairly obscure movie -- but instead I’m merely pointing out that a Hollywood filmmaker serving up a murder-mystery has to work overtime to slip one past dedicated movie fans.

Sadly, the folks behind The Number 23 apparently didn’t even work past their lunch break, given the obviousness of the end result. Carrey, once again trying to break out of funnyman mode, delivers his darkest (if hardly most successful) performance to date -- he plays Walter Sparrow, a dog catcher whose brooding personality often seems at odds with his role as a devoted husband (to Virginia Madsen’s Agatha) and father (to Logan Lerman’s Robin). After several laborious exposition scenes meant to dovetail with Walter’s droning voiceover narration about the role of “fate” in our lives, he comes into possession of a self-published book called The Number 23. As Walter begins reading the story of a saxophone-playing detective named Fingerling (played in dramatizations

by Carrey) and his carnal entanglements with an Italian femme fatale called Fabrizia (also Madsen), he becomes freaked out by the fact that the book veers closely to his own life story -- once you take out the detective and the saxophone and the femme fatale and other pesky details. Becoming increasingly obsessed with this book (yes, even more than teenagers with a new Harry Potter installment), Walter also notices that the number 23 plays a significant role not only in the novel but also in his own life. He soon realizes that his full name contains 23 letters, his street address contains the number 23, his Social Security number adds up to 23, and so on. And in those instances when something adds up to 32, he breathlessly exclaims (presumably for the benefit of the math-challenged in the audience), “That’s 23 reversed!” Once Fingerling commits murder in the book, Walter fears that he may likewise kill someone close to him, most likely his wife. This in turn propels him to further unearth the paperback’s mysteries, a mission that involves him in an unsolved murder that occurred 15 years earlier.

The stylish opening credits, which reveal the number’s connection to various tragedies in history (e.g. 9/11/2001 is 9 + 11 + 2 + 1 = 23), is the best part of the movie, not least because of the disingenuous way it reveals that the names William Jefferson Clinton and George Herbert Walker Bush both contain 23 letters apiece and therefore both men

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might be agents for evil (a savvy way not to alienate one half of the audience right off the bat). After that, the film’s hit-and-miss, with Carrey gamely navigating his way through a supposedly tangled tale that’s ultimately as easy to unravel as two nylon cords.

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After earning positive notices for his breakthrough feature, 2005’s Hustle & Flow, writer-director Craig Brewer returns with another look at Southern discomfort deep-fried in a greasy pool of sex and song. Befitting the double meaning of its title, Black Snake Moan provides a pleasurable bait-and-switch, beginning as a funky, freaky “woman in chains” offshoot and end-

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a sizzling soundtrack, and spot-on performances by Jackson and Ricci keep the whole brew bubbling.

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There’s a gentle strain seeping back into today’s family films, a development that should be encouraged at every turn.

When movies aimed at the smallest fry feature characters belching and breaking wind at regular intervals, it’s clear that the tide has turned since the decades of such marvelous and -- I hasten to add - enduring masterpieces like Lady and the Tramp and 101 Dalmatians; even the recent live-action take on Charlotte’s Web couldn’t resist occasionally pandering to the crusty-snot-nosed kids in the audience.

Like the film versions of A Little Princess and The Neverending Story, Bridge to Terabithia wasn’t made for them; instead, it’s for bright, inquisitive children (and attendant adults) who subscribe to the theory that imagination is one of the most wonderful tools available. Based on Katherine Paterson’s award-winning book, this explores the relationship between two outcast middle-schoolers (Josh Hutcherson and AnnaSophia Robb, both highly appealing) and the adventures they share as they create a magical kingdom in the woods that rest behind their respective houses. If the effects involved in the creation of their imaginary world seem on the thrifty side, that’s OK, since the heart of the story rests in the manner in which children are able to cope with loneliness, ostracism and even death. Incidentally, co-writer David Paterson is Katherine’s son, which helps explain the film’s fidelity to its source material.

Music and Lyrics 1/2

Assembly line romantic comedies often rise or fall based on the stars at their center, and Music and Lyrics is lucky to have both Drew Barrymore and Hugh Grant (as opposed to, say, Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey) offering their services to the soggy premise. Grant stars as Alex Fletcher, continued on page 40

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Basically Amistad with only half the serving of self-importance, Amazing Grace examines the efforts of William Wilberforce, a member of British Parliament who fought to end his country’s involvement in the slave trade during the late-18th and early19th centuries. Ioan Gruffudd, no stranger to heroic roles (Horatio Hornblower, Mr. Fantastic, even the officer who rescues Rose in Titanic), plays Wilberforce, who spent over two decades of his life battling colleagues who saw nothing wrong in keeping the practice of slavery alive. But armed with his deeply held religious convictions and a basic sense of decency, he persevered against all obstacles, including a reputation as a traitor to his country during the war with France (“You’re either with us or with the French terrorists!” has a familiar ring...) and his own failing health. Perhaps more Masterpiece Theatre than motion picture -- director Michael Apted (Nell) frequently opts for static shots more suitable for the small screen -- Amazing Grace nevertheless tells a story that’s compelling enough to compensate for the occasional stuffiness.

A well-chosen cast also helps immeasurably -- among the luminaries are Michael Gambon as a fellow politico, Rufus Sewell in a change-of-pace role as the most anarchic of the abolitionists, and Albert Finney as a former slave-ship captain who repents for his sins by writing the title tune.

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a former 80s pop star (literally, since PoP! was the name of his band) who’s commissioned by current music diva Cora Corman (Haley Bennett) to write a new hit song for her. Alex’s forte is in the melody, not the lyrics, so he ends up asking quirky Sophie Fisher (Barrymore), the woman who waters his plants, to help him on that end.

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There’s a reason makeup artist Rick Baker has six Academy Awards on the mantle in his workshop, and it can be seen in his latest collaboration with Eddie Murphy.

Baker, who earned one of his Oscars for his work on Murphy’s The Nutty Professor (as well as additional nominations for Coming to America and Life), had a hand in the designs Murphy dons in this comedy, and as usual, his efforts elicit gasps of admiration.

Also worthy of (guarded) praise is Murphy himself, who once again is able to create a deft comic persona. That would be the title character, a mild-mannered nerd who, after being raised by Asian restaurant owner Mr. Wong, ends up marrying a frightening, 300pound behemoth named Rasputia. For all the stereotypes perpetrated by this film - the racist Mr. Wong (played by Murphy), a jive-talking huckster (who else but Cuba Gooding, Jr.?), a garish pimp (who else but Eddie Griffin?) -- the one most likely to offend is its centerpiece: Rasputia (Murphy yet again), an African-American caricature

who’s oversexed, overfed and in all other regards over-the-top.

Because I Said So 

A nasty piece of cinema posing as a romantic comedy, Because I Said So is this year’s Monster-In-Law, a vicious stab at the maternal instinct that also manages to humiliate the iconic actress at its center. Diane Keaton headlines the film as Daphne, a 59year-old woman who still dotes on Milly (Mandy Moore), the youngest of her three grown daughters (the others are played by Lauren Graham and Piper Perabo). Daphne wants to insure that Milly ends up with the perfect man, so she places an advertisement in the newspaper and interviews prospective suitors. She find a suitable sucker: Jason (Tom Everett Scott), an architect with a smooth demeanor and a sizable bank account. But Milly also finds herself being wooed by Johnny (Gabriel Macht), a tattooed musician who’s raising an ADD-afflicted kid on a minimum income and who lives with his own father (Stephen Collins).

Clearly, this guy is Daphne’s worst nightmare, but Milly finds herself attracted to his scruffy charms. So does Milly do the sensible thing and choose between Jason and Johnny? Not exactly; instead, she holds onto both unsuspecting boyfriends, spending alternate nights being wined and dined by them and, oh yeah, having sex with them.

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days following the death of Diana back in 1997, it focuses on the royal family’s reaction to the tragedy as well as the efforts of a newly elected prime minister to take control of the situation. Helen Mirren’s Oscar-winning performance is a thing of beauty. She initially makes Elizabeth as impenetrable as Fort Knox, yet as the movie moves forward, there are cracks in her demeanor that allow us to see that this woman is finally coming to terms with just how of touch with her subjects she might be.

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14th Annual March of Dimes Shamrock Run will be held Friday, March 9 in City Market at Jefferson at W. St. Julian St. Registration is at 4:30 p.m., the Kiddie Run is at 5:40 p.m., the 5K run is at 6 p.m. and the Fitness Walk is at 6:05 p.m. Registration is $25.

Visit active.com or pick up a form at a local YMCA. Call 354-5900.

2007 Cooking for Charity Learn the secres of award-winning culinary expert Chef Matt Cohen of the New South Cafe and eat a gourmet meal while raising funds for organizations or charities.

Organizations interested should call 2337558 or stop by at 2601 Skidaway Rd.

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BMW Ultimate Drive to raise money for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer foundation will be held March 13 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Critz BMW, 7000 Abercorn St. Nineteen specially decorated BMWs will be available for test drives at the event. Call 354-7000 or 596-2386.

Give for the Gulf is a year-long, comprehensive Armstrong Atlantic State University initiative that will raise funds and provide community services for evacuees of Hurricane Katrina. Visit www.armstrong.edu/katrina.

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.

Island Feral Cat Project is hosting a bake sale Saturday, March 24 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in front of the Whitemarsh Wal-Mart Shopping Center. All proceeds will go to the spaying/neutering of feral cats. For info, visit www.islandferalcatproject.org.

Little Miss St. Patrick’s Day Pageant will be held Saturday, March 10 at Savannah Country Day School Auditorium. At 9 a.m., the Baby Miss (0-18 months), Toddler Miss (19-35 months), Wee Miss (3-4 years) and Tiny Miss (5-6 years) competitions will be held. At 1 p.m., the Little Miss (7-9 years), Junior Miss (10-13 years) and Teen Miss (14-17 years) competitions will be held.

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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 Ann Johnson at 897-4818. Chatham County Democratic Party meets the second Monday of each month. at 6 p.m. at 143 Houston St. at the corner of Oglethorpe and Houston. Call Karen Arms at 897-1300 or David Bonorato at 921-7039 or visit www.chathamdems.com.

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

Chatham County Young Democrats is dedicated to getting young people ages 14 to 39 active in governmental affairs and to encourage their involvement at all levels of the Democratic party. Contact Rahsheim Wright at 604-7319 or chathamcountyyds@ yahoo.com or visit www.georgiayds.org.

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

Coastal Democrats Contact Maxine Harris at 352-0470 or R1999MHAR@aol.com..

Drinking Liberally 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. at WG’s Tavern, 17 Lincoln St. For information, visit www.DrinkingLiberally.org or send email to august1494@excite.com for location of the meeting.

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fundraiser for the Miss Coastal Georgia Scholarship Fund, a Miss America preliminary.

Miss St. Patrick’s Day Pageant will be held Saturday, March 10 at 7 p.m. at Savannah country Day School Auduitorium.

Single females ages 18-26 on the day of the pageant may apply. No entry fee is required.

The dealine for applications is Friday, March 2. Applications are available online at www.973kissfm.com or can be picked up at the business office at 245 Alfred St. Project Linus Volunteer “blanketeers” are asked to participate by donating new, handmade, washable blankets that have been knitted, crocheted or quilted. The mission of Project Linus is to provide a sense of warmth and comfort to children who are in need by propviding them with blankets that have been lovingly handmade. Yarn, fabric and monetary donations also are accepted. Call Amanda Welch at 856-8041 or akwdoc@yahoo.com.

Restoration Gala II will be held Friday, March 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Jepson Center of the Arts to benefit the restration of Trinity United Methodist Church. There will be music, food, live and silent auctions of art, jewelry, fine crafts and many other items, including a wedding package. Tickets are $40. Call 525-5050 for tickets or 233-4766 for information.

Savannah Friends of Music will host an array of Parties a la Carte, ranging from a Mexican Fiesta to a Scavenger Hunt, to raise money to bring music to Savannah. Call Melissa Emery at 598-1883 for information or reservations.

Tybee Turtle Tour 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.

Classes, Camps & Workshops

AARP Senior Drivers Safety Program A class will be held March 8 and 9 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day at Generation One. Call 350-7587. A class will be held March 13 and 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Emanuel Baptist Church, 7315 Hodgson Memorial Rd. Call 233-9762. Instructors are needed to teach this program in Chatham, Bryan and Effingham counties. For information, call Chuck at 598-1011.

AASU Fall Semester Abroad Armstrong Atlantic State University will offer a study abroad program in Siena, Italy, during the fall semester, which runs from Sept. 23 through Nov. 16 and includes academic excursions to Florence, Milan, Rome and Venice. The program is open to all AASU undergrads in any discipline.

The cost is $7,872 and includes round trip airfare, housing and excursions. Application deadline is March 23 at 5 p.m. Visit www. healthscience.armstrong.edu/StudyAbroad/ ss/index.html.

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.

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. Pre-registration and pre-payment are required. 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.

Brush with Clay Classes in relief work in clay with a painterly technicque of glazing and surface decoration are offered at CarosArt Studio in Windsor Forest by professional artist/clay sculptor Carolyne Graham. Classes are held Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to noon. a.m. to noon. Inquire about other days. The cost is $100 per six weeks of instruction. Clay supplies are extra.

Call 925-7393 or 925-5465 to register.

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.

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.

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Guided Imagery Change your life with guided imagery. 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 March 8 from 2-3 p.m., Personal Relationship Values will be presented. On March 14 from 10 a.m. to

noon, Orientation for Basic Computer Skills Training will be presented.

I-To-We Free Tele-Class Series for Couples Relationship coach Glenn Cohen will present a free one-hour tele-class every Tuesday at 9 p.m. Learn how to create a peaceful, joyous, passionate and loving relationships. Register at www.I-to-we-relationship-coaching.com.

Introducing the Work of Byron Katie A technique developed by Byron Katie can provide a framework to solve problems.

Workshops that introduce the process of “inquiry,” also known as “The Work,” are offered to the public free of charge and include a 35-minute vidoe presentation The Work of Byron Katie and an individualized sample “Inquiry.” For an appointment, call Ursula Sterling at 598-8233 or send e-mail to sterling@bellsouth.net.

Kicklighter Academy has immediate openings in its preschool for typically developing children from 6 weeks through 5 years of age. Call 355-7633 to schedule a tour.

The Liberation of Consciousness in the 21st Century Learn, experience and participate in the Evolution of Consciousness which provides intellectual grounding and real world application of principles for individual and collective transformation. The course will be taught over five consecutive Tuesdays from 7-9 p.m. beginning March 13. Contact Trudy Enloe at 856-9400 or menloe1038@ aol.com.

Life Challenge Consulting Engage yourself in life-changing strategies. Career; stress reduction; spirituality. Free initial half-hour 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.

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

Free Tax School Earn extra income after taking this course.

Flexible schedules, convenient location.

The class is free, but there is a small fee for books. Call 352-3862 or visit www.libertytax.com.

Get Published 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.

Got Goals? Workshop A series of workshops for entrepreneurs will be held every Friday in February from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the International Center for Leadership and Coaching on Drayton at 40th Street. The cost is $125 for one session, $200 for two, $325 for three and $400 for all four. Lunch, stretching and chair massage

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Program A series of 10 to 12 courses over a 1 1/2 year period at Armstrong Atlantic State University. Classes meet once a week, for eight weeks. The fee is $135. Call 927-5213.

Photo Safari with photographer Frank Barevich is an ongoing class offered in conjunction with the Savannah Art Association. Take photos in downtown and learn how to compose a photograph and shoot for the best effect.

Call 660-6994 or fbrab@comcast.net.

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.

Puppet Shows for Seniors These shows feature the Puppet People.

Shows will be presetned March 8 at 10:30 a.m. at the Eastide Community Center, March 9 at 11 a.m. at Senior Citizens Inc. and March 15 at 1:30 p.m. at the Jewish Educational Alliance.

Riding Lessons Norwood Stables in Sandfly near the Isle of Hope is offering riding lessons for ages 6 through 76, including Hunt Seat (English) or Dressage. The stables also offers summer camps, rentals, leasing, boarding and horses for sale. For a tour, call 356-1387.

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

Savannah Learning Center Spanish Classes Be bilingual. The center is located at 7160 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Call 272-4579 or 308-3561. e-mail savannahlatina@yahoo. com or visit www.savannahlatina.com. Free folklore classes also are offered on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Savannah Shakespeare Festival Classes A scene study class with an emphasis on this year’s Shakespeare Festival production will be presented Sundays from 4-6 p.m.

The class is free and open to all local talent.

It will be held on Sundays at the STUDIO, 2805B Roger Lacey Ave. Call Mark Niebuhr at 695-9146.

Sketching Animals at the Zoo -Workshop with Sandy Branam Sandy Branam, award winning painter and sculptor, has earned a reputation for her sketches in and around Savannah. Now she is sketching animals and wants to share her techniques. In this four day workshop you will learn the techniques you need to turn quick sketches of animals into wonderful colorful drawings. Participants will use ink , watercolor and watercolor pencils. The workshop will be held at The Art School, 74 W. Montgomery Crossroads, #B-2, April 10 – 14. April 11 will be spent at the Jacksonville Zoo. The cost is $185. Visit www.TheArtSchool-Sav.com or call 4439313 for more information.

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.

The Wisdom Center A series of free workshops for the “evolved” will be presented every week through May. Spiritual Awakenings and Meditations for the Evolved will be presented on Mondays, a writing workshop called Ethical Wills will be presented Tuesdays and previews of the DVD The Secret with a workshop facilitated

by Veronica Nance will be presented on Wednesdays. A $5 donation is requested.

Call 236-3660 for reservations.

Clubs & Orgs

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.

Chihuahua Club of Savannah A special little club for special little dogs and their owners meets one Saturday each month at 10:30 a.m. For information, visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ ChiSavannah/.

Civil Air Patrol 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.

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.

Code Pink is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end the war in Iraq, stop new wars and redirect our resources into healthcare, education and other life-affirming activities. Meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Queenies To Go Go, 1611 Habersham St. Contact mimi.thegoddessfactory@gmail. com or visit http://fearnoarts.com.

Daughters of Destiny An ongoing seminar for women who want to make changes in their lives through spiri-

tuality and positive reinforcement meets every Monday and Wednesday 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.

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

ESP Enhancement A bi-weekly group will explore exercises and readings designed to enhance ESP. Offered free of charge. Call 224-2120 English Style Table Soccer Savannah Subbuteo Club. Call 667-7204 or visit http://savannahsubbuteo.tripod.com.

Geechee Sailing Club meets the second Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at Tubby’s Tank House, 2909 River Dr. in Thunderbolt. Open to all interested in boating and related activities. The next meeting is March 12. Call 234-1903.

Historic Savannah Chapter of the American Business Woen’s Association will meet Thursday, March 8 at 6 p.m. at The Exchange on Waters. Frances Hipp will speak on the topic of development of business plans. The cost is the price of the meal. For reservations, call 660-8257.

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.

Low Country Turners This is a club for wood-turning enthusiasts.

Call Hank Weisman at 786-6953.

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.

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.

St. Almo The name stands for Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks are held Sundays (weather permitting). Meet at 5 p.m. at Canine Palace,

618 Abercorn St. (Time changes with the season.) Call 234-3336.

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 Savannah Community Darkroom Join photographers and artists who are passionate about the art of black and white photography and the craft of film processing and paper printing using chemistry in a darkroom. Help create a place to fuel the fire of artistic vision as well as introduce the medium to those in the community who have yet to discover its magic. Group meetings are held on a regular basis. Contact Kathleen Thomas at ghostgirl1204excite. com.

Savannah Kennel Club meets monthly on the fourth Monday at 7 p.m. from September through May at Fire Mountain restaurant on Stephenson Avenue.

Those who wish to eat before the meeting are encouraged to come earlier.

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 6550994.

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

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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.

Take Back the Night Collective meets every Tuesday at 6 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. The group will meet until the event, which is scheduled for Friday, April 13 at Forsyth Park. Call Kara at 867-0487.

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 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.

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671 meets monthly at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. Call James Crauswell at 927-3356.

The Young Professionals of Savannah For information, contact Leigh Johnson at 659-9846..

Dance

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.

Adult Jazz and Tap Classes 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.

Argentine Tango Practice and Lesson Learn the dance while having fun Sundays from 1:30-3:30 at the Doris Martine Dance Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd. $2 per person.

Call 925-7416.

Ballroom Dance Party will be held Saturday, March 17 at the Islands Community Center. The basic lesson starts at 7 p.m. and the social dance is from 8-10:30 p.m. Cost is $6 for members of the Moon River Dancers and $10 for non-members. Beginners and singles are welcome. Covered dish. Call 961-9960..

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.

Flamenco Enthusiasts 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.

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.

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raglio* in 1782, he remarked, “Too many notes, my dear Mozart, too many notes!” Sound familiar? I suspect you are exuding so much complex beauty and mysterious intelligence that, like Mozart, you may elicit responses akin to the emperor’s. Don’t take it personally. Though it is possible you’ll get a bit excessive, what’s more likely is that you’ll be as deep and rich and concentrated and emotive and vivid as you need to be in order to express what’s true for you right now. Will that make some people feel nervous or overwhelmed? Probably.

county of Duchess in New York. There is something comparable going on in your personal sphere, Libra: You’re getting more appreciation from outside your circle than you are from inside. Is there anything you can do about it? I think so. You now have the power to raise your standing among those in your immediate environment. Give them a vivid demonstration of what you’re really worth.

but also in your marriage and in your roles as friend, parent, community member, and all-around ethical person. Be stubborn in your insistence that we humans are capable of more and better, and prod others into being their best and most beautiful selves. If they refuse, end your relationship with them, but keep wishing them well.

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People seem more eager to play nice and offer me their good energy. But I don’t know if I’m willing to give up my take-charge instincts for much longer. Do I have to resign myself to either being strong or being loved?

-Assertive Aries.” Dear Assertive: Could you add a little more love to your take-charge ferocity? And be more softly aggressive? And be open-hearted in your assertiveness?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I’m betting on the imminent arrival of at least two of the following climaxes: (1) You’ll culminate a task or goal you’ve been working on for months. (2) You’ll remember an important intention you’d forgotten for a long time. (3) You’ll graduate from a crash course you’ve been taking since October 2006. (4) You’ll be reunited with a lost sheep or forsaken dream that’s ready for another chance.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If given three wishes by a fairy godmother, as in the heroes of old fairy tales, you probably wouldn’t ask for the ability to fly or the power to turn invisible or the gift of a golden carriage pulled by eight white horses crowned with white ostrich feathers. But what *would* you choose? Something like “I wish I could solve my relationship problems”? Or maybe “I wish I could find my direction in life,” or “I wish I had enough money to do the things I love to do”?

This is an excellent time to get clear about your three wishes, Gemini. If you do, I can almost guarantee that at least one of them will come closer to fulfillment in the coming weeks.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): When Emperor Joseph II heard Mozart’s opera *Abduction from the Se-

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The time is ripe to sign a new contract with yourself. Put it all in writing--I mean the promises you want to make to your future self. Describe the ideals you intend to live up to, the freedoms you want to fight for, and the changes you want to make in the world around you. There’s no need to sign it in ink made from your blood, but I do suggest that you dab some of your sweat and tears on the document.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): While riding my bike along a route I’ve often traveled, I spied an unexpected sight: Standing amidst a twist of vines was a red signpost that said “Cherry Blossom Lane.” How could I not have seen that before? I pedaled over and found the beginning of a narrow road that had previously escaped me as well. I felt like I was in one of those dreams where you discover a hidden magic room in the attic of a familiar house. My heart filled with an irrational, childlike anticipation of imminent delight. I pedaled up a steep incline, disappointed to see there were no cherry trees in bloom. But as I reached the end of a cul-de-sac, I spotted a glint of gold in the mud. It was a statue of Jesus and Buddha holding hands, and there was a $20 bill taped to the bottom. Everything I just described is a metaphor for what I predict you’ll soon experience.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President of the United States four times, but he never won a majority of the votes in his home

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I foresee a time when women’s earnings will match men’s and when women will compose half of every governmental body instead of a measly ten percent. I predict an awakening that will help men understand that the global conspiracy to cripple and demean female power damages them as much as it does women. Until the coming of that happy day, I recommend that you celebrate International Women’s Day every day--and especially during the next three weeks. Your health, wealth, sex appeal, and wisdom will flourish in direct proportion to your efforts to give female intelligence more room to be expressed.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In his poem “Treasure Island,” Keith Althaus describes this scenario: “the tireless lighthouse flashes its ambiguous message: equal parts safety and danger.” What’s the equivalent of that in your life, Sagittarius? Is there a person, situation, or symbolic thing that is both warning you of a potential problem and telling you how to find sanctuary in a specific solution? Whatever it is, deepen your relationship with it so you’ll be finely attuned to the guidance it’s offering.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): [Editor’s note: This week’s horoscope was written by one of my readers, Artstar. It’s entitled “How to Be a Capricorn.”] Be a workaholic as you build a beautiful life for yourself and those you care about most. Love as hard as you work; be a loveaholic. In fact, be doggedly devoted to becoming the best you can be in every way--not just in your career

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Sports franchises sell the naming rights to their stadiums. Baseball’s San Francisco Giants play at AT&T Park, for instance. Then there are the parents who’ve sold the naming rights to their unborn children on eBay. Inspired by these precedents, I’m thinking about selling the naming rights to the astrological signs. Instead of just “Aquarius,” I could maybe convince Nike to invest in calling it “Nike’s Aquarius.” Better yet, maybe I could hawk the rights (at a lower rate, of course) to organizations whose cultural influence I actually respect: Burning Man’s Aquarius or Greenpeace’s Aquarius. Given your current astrological omens, you should entertain an idea like this. Maybe you could add a corporate sponsor as your new middle name or as the name of your blog or your pet or your genitals. Consider it, Aquarius. It’s the perfect time to think outside the box in regard to bringing more money into your life.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Molecular scientist Robert Bohannon knows a way to cram even more obscene gratification into a doughnut. He has discovered the secret to infusing pastries with a non-bitter version of caffeine. If his innovation is adopted by bakers, a doughnut would not only be able to have its usual sugary kick, but could also deliver the punch of two cups of coffee. Judging from the current astrological omens, Pisces, I’d say you’ll soon be able to find a healthy metaphorical equivalent to this pathological marvel for your own use. In other words, you’ll intensify your enjoyment of an already fine pleasure. w

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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.

Savannah Newcomers Club is open to all women who have been in the Savannah area for less than two years.

Membership includes a monthly luncheon and program and, in addition, the club hosts a variety of activities, tours and events that will assist you in learning about Savannah and making new friends. Call 351-3171.

Savannah Shag Club offers shag music every Wednesday and Friday at 7 p.m. at American Legion Post 36 on Victory Drive.

Savannah Ski Club The purpose of the club is to bring all snow skiers/boarders in the Lowcountry area together, Membership is $30 for a single and

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11:15 a.m. at the Gretchen Greene School of Dance, located on Wilmington Island. Call 897-4235 or visit www.ggsod.com.

The Savannah Shag Club Savannah’s original shag club meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Doubles Lounge in the Holiday Inn Midtown and Fridays at 7 p.m. at American Legion Post 36 on Victory Drive.

Shag-Beach Bop-Etc. Savannah 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.

Everyone is invited and welcomed into club membership. Call 927-4784 or 398-8784 or visit www.shagbeachbop.com.

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 and Disabled 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 Memorial Health’s The Rehabilitation Institute, 4700 Waters Ave. . For information, call Charleen Harden at 308-7307 or send e-mail to cwh0869@yahoo.com.

Youth Dance Program The West Broad Street YMCA, Inc. presents its Instructional Dance Program in jazz and ballet for kids 4 to 18. $30 per month for one class and $35 per month for both classes. Call 233-1951.

Film & Video

2007 Savannah Film Festival Passes on Sale The 2007 Savannah Film Festival will run Oct. 27 through Nov. 3. Passes range in price from $150 to $750 and are available now.

Call the Trustees Theater Box at 525-5050 or visit www.scadboxoffice.com.

UU Film Group meets the last Friday of each month. Movies range from foreign, documentary to the eclectic. There is no fee. Call for details at 655-0482 or e-mail savdeca@aol.com.

Fitness

A balanced life Student massage is offered at the Savannah School of Massage Therapy, Inc. Cost ranges from $30 to $40 for a one-hour massage and sessions are instructor supervised. Call 355-3011 for an appointment. The school is located at 6413B Waters Ave. www.ssomt. com.

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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.

Meditation Class Savannah Yoga Center is offering a meditation and Pranayama (breathing) class on Saturday mornings from 8:45 a.m.-9:15 a.m. from January through March. Led by Amanda Westerfield, the class is free with a suggested donation of $5 per class. All donations will go to Park Place Outreach, formerly Savannah Runaways. Each quarter, SYC will choose a different local charity to donate to.

Call Kelley J. Boyd at 441-6653 or visit www. savannahyoga.com.

Nia Movement Classes are offered at the Center for Holistic Healing at Memorial Health, 300 Bull St. on Mondays and Thursdays from 7:15-8:15 p.m. The cost is $12 for walk-ins or $105 for a 10-class punch card. Call 236-2131 or 3502467 or visit www.holistic.memorialhealth. com.

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 sessaion will be held starting March 20 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 $100 for once a week or $175 for twice a week for the 8-week session.

Call 596-0584 or send e-mail to ann@aikyayoga.com.

Savannah Yoga Center Three new classes will be offered in 2007.

Drop-ins are welcome. The new schedule is: Monday, 9-10:30 am Dynamic Flow All Levels w/ Sally; and 6-7:15 pm Yoga Basics w/ Heather. On Tuesday, 9-10:30a.m. hot yoga flow levels 1 and 2 with Brent, 6-7:30 pm Dynamic Flow All Levels w/ Brent.

On Wednesday, 12-1:30 p.m., Iyengar All Levles with Laura, 6-7:30 pm Hot Yoga All Levels w/ Katie. On Thursday, 6-7:15 pm All Levels Flow w/ Kelley. On Friday, 10–11:15 am Dynamic Flow All Levels w/ Sally; and 5:45-7 pm, Mellow Flow Yoga w/ Kate. On Saturday, 8:45-9:15 a.m., Free Meditation with Amanda (suggested donation is $5.

100% of proceeds go to local charity), 9:30-10:45 a.m. All Levels Flow Yoga with Amanda and 11a.m. to 12:15 p.m. All Levels Flow Yoga with Kelley. On Sunday, 5-6 pm Community Flow Yoga w/ Amanda (cost is $5). The Savannah Yoga Center is located at 45 E. 40th St. Call Director Kelley Boyd at 441-6653, email kelley@savannahyoga.com or visit www.savannahyoga.com.

Senior Power Hour is a program for people over 55. Health and wellness professionals help reach fitness goals. The program may include, but isn’t limited to, strength training, cardio for the heart, flexibility, balance, basic healthy nutrition and posture concerns. Call 8987714.

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.

Teen Yoga Class Savannah Yoga Center is offering a class for teens 13 and up on Thursdays from 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. The cost is $13 per class, $11 with a student ID, or an 8, 12 and 20-class card can be purchased for a discounted price.

Call Kelley J. Boyd at 441-6653 or visit www. savannahyoga.com.

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.

Women on Weights is a series of one-hour training sessions led by a certified personal trainer who develops different routines throughout the month.

The routines may include but aren’t limited to strength training, cardio training for the heart, flexibility, balance and weight management. Meets twice a week for a one-hour session. Call 898-7714.

Yoga at Memorial Health The Center for Holistic Healing at Memorial Health, 300 Bull St., offers Gentle Kripalu Yoga on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10-11:15 a.m.; Hatha Yoga on Mondays from 5:45-7 p.m.; Integral Yoga on Wednesdays from 5:45-7 p.m.; Hot Yoga on Fridays from 5:45-7 p.m., Amrit Yoga on Saturdays from 10-11:15 a.m. All classes are $12

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First City Network Board Meeting Meets the first Monday at 6:30 p.m. at FCN’s office, 307 E. Harris St., 2nd floor. 236-CITY or www.firstcitynetwork.org.

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.

Savannah Pride, Inc. meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the FCN office located at 307 E. Harris St. Everyone is encouraged to attend, for without the GLBT community, there wouldn’t be a need for Pride. Call Patrick Mobley at 224-3238.

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.

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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.

Choose to Be Healthy Learn to go within, find balance/healing and access inner wisdom and peace. Offering free sample of Reiki Energy Medicine.

Contact Ellen Farrell, MA, NCC, LPC at ellenjfarrell@comcast.net or 247-4263.

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 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.

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 tests and mammograms. Call 692-1451 to see if you qualify for services. Located at 310 Eisenhower Dr., No. 5, Medical Center.

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.

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24 Gambler’s claim to winning 25 Celebration of saints that involves a lot of food 27 Makers of the Quattro 29 Marines subordinate, for short 30 Quick spin 35 Villainous look 39 Delayed 40 What some collars prevent 42 Type of guy 43 “Keep on Truckin’” cartoonist 45 Prom moment before heading home 47 Current Chinese New Year animal 49 Bluish printer color 50 Clothing ad tagline introduced in 1988 54 Tattered 59 Incense stick remnant 60 Shade tree 61 On the run 62 Like some floodwaters 65 Side (with) 66 TV chef Graham 67 Poetic foot 68 Surround 69 Chunky milkshake flavor 70 Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane’s underling 71 What six of the across answers are harboring

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19 Frisbees 21 Hefty, say 25 Like some plays 26 Island group east of Fiji 28 Herb on salmon 30 “American Chopper” network 31 Hoop locale 32 Famed late poker player Ungar 33 Lure 34 Effortless 36 Long time 37 Mail Boxes ___ 38 Fish eggs 41 First square of some board games 44 Fixture not to be confused with a toilet 46 Site for crime analysis 48 Kate Hudson’s mom’s first name 50 “The Gloved One” 51 “Confessions” singer 52 Sexologist Hite 53 “___, come on!”

55 Strong winds 56 ___ for the mill 57 Got someone’s house 58 Auto body shop tasks 61 Police alerts, for short 63 Sign at packed theaters 64 The Get Up Kids’ genre

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for walk-ins, $70 for unlimited monthly classes or $105 for a 10-class punch card.

Call 236-2131 or 350-2467 or visit www. holistic.memorialhealth.com. Free Guided Meditation is offered Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. and free Open Meditation is offered Thursday at 5:30 p.m.

Yoga For Round Bodies Explore yoga postures for the fuller figure 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: Vinyasa from 5-6:15 p.m., Open Flow Level I and II 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday: Yoga Flow Level II and III from 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday: Yoga Flow Level I from 10-11:30 a.m. and Open Flow Level I and II from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday: Power Yoga from 6:30-7:45 p.m. Friday: Vinyasa from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Yoga Flow Level I from 6-7:30 p.m. Saturday: Yoga Flow Level I from 10-11:15 a.m., Power Yoga from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., Seated Meditation from 1-1:30 p.m. Sunday: Vinyasa from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Yoga Flow Level II and III from 5-6:30 p.m. Drop-ins welcome.

Single class $12, 8-class package for $75 and 15-class package for $120. Eight-week sessions in Kripalu Yoga, Mommy and Me Yoga and Prenatal Yoga also are available for $75 for the session. Call 898-0361 or email svnnhyogaroom@aol.com..

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.

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Free hearing & speech screening Every Thursday morning from 9-11 a.m. at the Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E. 66th Street. Call 355-4601.

Free Skin Cancer Screening will be held Feb. 17 at the Habersham YMCA. To register, call 819-3368 or visit www.sjchs.org.

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.

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.

Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Clinic is offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler and Emory.

Patients can receive pre and post-operative care at the clinic rather than travel to Atlanta. Call Karen Traver, R.N. Transplant Coordinator, at 819-8350.

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. 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.

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

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.

Pregnant? Meet the Doulas Pregnant women and their partners are invited to a free program on Monday, March 5 from 6-7 p.m. at The Semple Center for Women at Candler Hospital, Suite 201, 5353 Reynolds St. to learn how a doula can help during labor and after the birth. Contact Ann Carroll at 596-0584 or ann@aikyayoga. com.

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.

SouthCoast Medical Group Flu Shots SouthCoast is offering flu shots at a discounted price of $14. No appointment is necessary. Locations are at 1326 Eisnehower Dr. and 9 Chatham Center South, Suite C, in Savannah, 1000 Towne Center Blvd. in Pooler and 10055 Ford Ave., Suite 5A in Richmond Hill.

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.

United Way’s 2-1-1 Program The mission of this 2-1-1 service center is to provide a streamlined process of receiving health and human service information, as well as providing the opportunity to donate goods and volunteer services. Services include help with debt management, childcare, food pantries, health care and many other problems facing residents of Chatham, Effingham, Liberty, Bryan and Glynn counties. Call 2-1-1 (Cell phones must dial 651-7730.) or visit www.uwce.org.

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.

Environment

Dolphin Project of Georgia 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.

Explore the Salt Marsh by Land and Sea Walk and paddle with a naturalist guide Sunday, March 11 from 2-5 p.m. Learn about the salt marsh ecosystem which has supported humans on this coast throughout history. The $30 fee includes canoe rental and basic canoeing instruction. Meet in the Fort McAlister parking lot. There is a $3 parking fee. Reservations are required. Call 897-5108.

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

Pets & Animals

Coastal Pet Rescue will present pets for adoption March 10 7-11 a.m. at the Savannah Morning News Ultimate Yard Sale at the Savannah Morning News complex off Chatham Parkway. On March 24 from 1-4 p.m., another adoption day will be held at Pet Supermarket in Chatham Plaza. Donations of pet supplies and money will be accepted at both events.

Call Lisa Scarbrough at 351-4151 or lisa@ coastalpetrescue.org.

Dog Parties St. Almo (Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others) invites dogs and their owners to brunch on March 11 starting at noon at Cha Bella, 102 E. Broad St. For information, call 234-3336.

St. Almo The name stands for Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks are held Sundays (weather permitting). Meet at 5 p.m. at Canine Palace, 618 Abercorn

St. Time changes with season. Call for time change. Call 234-3336.

Savannah Kennel Club meets monthly on the fourth Monday at 7 p.m. from September through May at Fire Mountain restaurant on Stephenson Avenue.

Those who wish to eat before the meeting are encouraged to come earlier.

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.

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Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club meets the last Sunday at 4 p.m. at the center, 1910 Abercorn St. 447-6605.

The Garden Guide of the Lower South The release of the third edition of this guide, put together by the Trustees Garden Club of Savannah, is available in stores or it can be ordered by mail for $24.50. Checks should be made payable to Trustees Garden Club and mailed to Box 24215, Savannah, 314054215. Include your complete name and address with your order. All procedds go to the club’s beautification and restoration projects.

Seth Material Book Discussion Group If you’ve read these concepts and would like to discuss them with others, call 224-2120.

The group will meet Mondays at 6 p.m. for 8 weeks. There is no cost.

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.

Warriors of Christian Poetics Seeking Christian poets, rappers and singers for a Christian poetry troupe. Call 912-4504827.

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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.

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.

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Stella Maris Lecture Series presents The Passover Fulfilled a free Lenten lecture by autor, speaker and media host Rosalind Moss on Thursday, March 8 at 7 p.m. at St. James Catholic Church, 8412 Whitfield Ave. Call 355-1523.

Thank You God, for Onions is a children’s book written by Savannah Christian Church NextGEN Spiritual Growth Pastor Mark Tenniswood. It is for children ages 4-8 and costs $15. The books are available at The Source bookstore at the church.

Theology on Tap is an international program for adults in their 20s and 30s who are looking to grow in their Catholic faith. It will meet March 3 at Kevin Barry’s, 117 W. River St. For information, contact Laura Lukasik at 844-2619 or yasavannah@yahoo.com.

Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church Services begin Sunday at 10 a.m. at 707 Harmon St. Coffee and discussion follow each service. Religious education for grades 1-8 is offered. For information, call 2336284 or 786-6075, e-mail UUBC2@aol.com.

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Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah A liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. On March 11, the Rev. Joan Kahn-Schneider will speak from the topic Empowered to Love. 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.

Warriors of Christian Poetics Calling all Christian poets, rappers and singers are needed for a Christian poetry troupe. Call 912-450-4827.

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.

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Lacrosse Team Forming If you are between the ages of 15 and 50 and have the desire to play one of the fastest games on two feet, call 920-4568 and ask for John Baer, a former All American Goalie in 1976, an Australian World team selectee in 1982 and a winning coach for nearly 28 years. Some fees will be needed for uniforms and other expenses.

Savannah Adult Baseball League is looking for new players/teams to join for the 2007 season, which begins April 1. The league welcomes men 25 years of age or older. Contact SABL at 341-6168 or info@ savannahMSBL.com.

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.

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African-American Women Overcoming Depression and Bi-Polar 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.

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

Alzheimer’s Support Group 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.

Amputee Support Group 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 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.

Support Group for Parents of Children with Bleeding Disorders meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at Memorial Health. Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285.

Bariatric/Gastric Bypass Support Group for past and potential obesity surgery patients and their families. For information, call Cheryl Brown at 350-3644.

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Energy Share Circle at Dovestar Experience the power of healing energy through reiki, alchemical body work, shamaballa and yoga bodywork every Friday at 7 p.m. Free. 11911 Middleground Rd. Call 920-0801.

Manifestation Gathering at Dovestar is held every Wednesday at 7 p.m. Learn ancient techniques to connect with your personal power to insure success for all your wishes for prosperity on a mental, emotional, physical and spiritual level. Free. Call 920-0801.

Meditation Group 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. Overcoming by Faith Services with the Rev. Ricky Temple are held Saturday from 6-7:30 p.m. at 9700 Middleground Rd. Sunday worship services are 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Services are now held Sundays in Rincon. Call 927-8601.

Path of the Pagan The group will teach and learn from each other, creating a sacred space.

Free. Meets Sundays from 7-9 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church Fellowship Hall, East Macon Street.

Call 356-9343.

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

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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 The Bulloch County Sexual Assault Task Force has announced a new 24 hour/7 day a week hotline staffed by trained volunteers to aid victims of rape, incest and sexual molestation. The number is 912-531-1771.

CASA Support Group 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.

Cancer support group meets every third Tuesday of the month from 6-7 p.m. at the Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion on Reynolds Street across from Candler Hospital. The group is open to anyone who is living with, through or beyond a diagnosis of cancer. Call 819-3360.

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.

Compassionate Friends Support Group offers friendship and understanding to bereaved parents. It meets the first Thursday of the month from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Candler Heart & Lung Building, Conference Room 2, 5356 Reynolds St. 925-5195.

Couples Struggling with Fertility Challenges 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.

Depressive/Manic support 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 Diabetes support group meets the third Thursday at 6 p.m. at Memorial Health in Conference Room A. Call Robin at 350-3843.

Domestic violence community support group 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.

Domestic Violence Hotline The Georgia Human Resources Department and Georgia Coalition on Family Violence, have a new number, 24 hours a day. 1-80033-HAVEN. 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 This support group for cancer patients and survivors advocates walking and exercise as a way to fight back and feel better. Call DeDe Cargill at 398-6554 for info or e-mail everystepcounts@comcast.net.

Fecal Urinary Diversion Support Group The group is for patients who have had a colosomy, deostomy, urostomy (ileoconduit) and continent fecal or urinary diversion surgery. Call 819-3466.

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.

First Line 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.

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Full Circle Grief and Loss Center a program of Hospice Savannah, offers the free counseling services for anyone dealing with loss. Call 355-2289.

HIV/AIDS:living with HIV/AIDS? My Brothaz Home is a support group for men meets every Thursday of the month. Come on out and meet other brothaz. 231-8727.

Hope House 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.

Huntington Disease Support Group 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.

Keeping hope alive while living with cancer 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.

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

Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Support Group 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.

Living without Violence 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.

Lowcountry Huntington’s Disease Group Call 748-8808 or visit www.LowcountryHD. com.

Lung Cancer Support Group is for families who are going through lung cancer treatment and survivors of lung cancer. It meets the fourth Thursday of the month at the Lewis Research Center Pavilion from 5-6 p.m. Call Kay Denham at 651-5712..

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

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Memorial Health Cancer Challenges Support Group 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.

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.

Memorial Health SET Focus 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.

Mommy and Me: Life With Your Little One 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.

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group Call 653-5878.

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 Muscular Dystrophy support 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.

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

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 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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Great Room has fireplace. Sitting area in master. Eat in Kitchen with separate formal dining room. Fresh interior paint. Traditional brick with side entry garage. Call LaTrelle for your viewing of this lovely home at 658-7777. H-4559 $259,000

LOOKING FOR A GREAT PART-TIME JOB The Express Cafe, 39 Barnard Street Has immediate openings for front counter servers. Applicants must have reliable transportation and be available to work 6-10am and/or 10am-4pm,

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DISHWASHER/BUS PERSON NEEDED Must be able to work in a fast paced environment. Must be dependable & punctual. Starting salary $6.50/hour plus tips. Average weekly hours needed 20. Apply Monday-Thursday between

GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, a unit of the University System of Georgia, with an enrollment of approximately 16,425 students, invites applicants for the following vacancies: Custodian I - 2nd shift (Req. #1525); Custodian I - 3rd shift (Req. #1527) (two posit i o n s ava i l a b l e ) ; G rounds Keeper I (Req. #1528); Administrative Secretar y (Req. # 1529). For more information, call the 24-hour Job-Line at (912) 681-0629. Georgia is an open records state. Individuals who need reasonable accommodations, under the ADA, in order to participate in the application process should notify Human Resources, 912-681-5468 or ( TDD) 912-681-0791. Georgia Southern is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution.

Help Needed Immediately Cooks, Bartenders & Servers Apply in Person at McDonough’s 21 East McDonough Street 233-6136 INDUSTRIAL CLEANING contractor is now hiring a floor tech and cleaners in the Port Wentworth area. Positions are on 2nd shift. If interested, please call 912-966-4393 for more info.

Post Office Now Hiring

Average Pay $20/hour or 57k annually including Federal Benefits and OT. Paid Training, Vacations. PT/FT. 1-800-584-1775 ext #2600 USWA.

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7150 Hodgson Memorial Drive, Savannah, GA 31406

Master Gardener’s dream. Over 3 acres with a pond. This 4 bedroom 2 bath homes has a separate Dining Room, eat in kitchen, Great Room and a separate Den that could be a 5th bedroom. South Effingham Schools.

Call LaTrelle for your viewing of this special home at 658-7777 H-4694 $269,900.

Several homes and townhomes for rent. Effingham County. Prices from $825 to $1550. Short and long term leases. Deposit and credit check required. Section 8 not accepted.

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Please visit our web site at www.garegionalsavannah.com for more information and instructions on how to apply.

234-0606 16 Thackery Place 2 BR, 1BA apartment – Thackery Place is between Bull and Montgomery off of 61st Street. Close to Montgomery Hall and Habersham Village. Spacious apartment with a separate dining room, hardwood floors, central H/A, W/D connections, total electric and off street parking. Pet-friendly. $650/mo.

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44 Thackery Place Spacious 3 BR, 2 BA apartment (over 1,400 sq ft) with a formal dining room, new wall-to-wall carpet, central H/A, kitchen with stove and refrigerator, W/D connections, off street parking.

No Pets. $750/mo.

542 East 49th Street In the heart of Ardsley, this spacious upper half of a duplex (over 1,500 sq.ft.) features 3BR, 1 ½ BA, formal LR, DR, sun room, hardwood floors, C H/A, W/D conn.., kitchen with stove, refrigerator and dishwasher, small backyard and off-street parking. Pet-friendly. $1,000/ 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 off-street parking.

Pet-friendly. $1,100/mo.

17 East 33rd St.

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Restaurant & Hotel AAA PARKING

Asst. Manager, Valet, Runners & Cashiers Needed Hyatt Savannah at Bay Street.

Call Marlon Drake, 205-368-4809.

MACELWEE’S RESTAURANT On Tybee Island now hiring experienced saute/line cooks.

Position available for lead line cook. Excellent pay! Call 912-786-8888 for an appointment.

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349 Tattnall Street Beautifully restored 3-story historic home, c. 1846.

3 bedroom, 2.5 bath. Corner lot. Garden level apartment.

Original hardwood floors, 6 FP, modern kitchen/baths, deck w/hot tub. Private courtyard, FSBO. Agent co-op 2%. Must see! $635,000.

912-604-2485

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BEAUTIFUL HOME FOR SALE! 2412 Florida Ave, 3-bedrooms 1bath, well kept home w/ fabulous upgrades. Hardwood floors throughout. $134,900. Call Tom Booth 912-604-3636 Cora Bett Thomas Realty 912-233-6000.

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3bd,1-1/2bath, new ceramic kitchen/bath tile, great room hardwood flooring, appliances, new paint throughout, new vanities, carpet, counter tops, fixtures. Total electric, fencedin corner lot. Great rental property. Close to Sts’boro Mall, GSU, Bypass on Harwood. $134,900. After 5pm 912-313-5831.

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KENSINGTON PARK HOME For sale by owner, 3 bedroom, 1 bath. Renovated kitchen and bath. Large laundry room, fenced yard and hardwood throughout. Freshly landscaped, large screened porch, new plumbing and plenty of floored attic space. $229,000. Call Robin at 912-247-7637

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Credit Problem Okay, New 3bd, 2bath home in Claxton. Under $130K. Call 912-739-8595 or 912-213-1651.

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1999 HOMES OF MERIT BAY MANOR

3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, fireplace, greatroom, appliances included! Zone 2. Must be moved. $40,000 Call 912-823-2090

Large numbers of BIG BASS recorded and released each year.

Look ing for a 12lb+Bass to mount? this is the place! Abundance of Crappie, Bream and Catfish. Rest rooms and covered pick-nick areas available. Limited number of yearly memberships available. Simmons Mill Pond.

912-839-3357.

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10 acres off Ash Branch/I-16, paved road, fence for cattle, small pond, beautiful pines, No restrictions. 912-739-7440.

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Homes for Rent 642 MAUPAS AVE. Savannah. 1 bedroom, 1 bath, living room, kitchen & dinette. $550/month.

Water included. Call 912-897-9802. Leave message to schedule viewing.

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Ask About Opportunity for Deep Water Dock Use 5 Rio Road: NEW 3BR, 2BA, home w/wrap-around porch.

Near malls, hospitals & downtown. Island Living, Marsh view & Island Breeze, Public boat ramp 1 block away. www.savannahsbest properties.com 112 Inca: Spacious, brick/siding home w/lots of updating, efficiency apt. or mother-in-law suite also on property. www.savannahsbest properties.com 621 Derrick Inn Rd.: Good starter home w/2 bedrooms, 1 bath, large yard. www.savannahsbest properties.com 4 Inwood: 2BR Cottage on Southside Island, hardwood floors, huge master BR, screened summer porch, workshop/storage area, fenced backyard, washer & dryer included. www.savannahsbest properties.com 421 Hinesville Rd: 2BR, 1BA, deck, large yard with mature trees and country setting. www.savannahsbest properties.com

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Creative Financing up to 1.5 Million. Bankruptcy OK. I have buyers getting into homes with a 520 credit score.

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SACRIFICING DESTIN timeshare due to disability, $6000. Call 912-247-7696 after 6pm or leave message. Second week ($14,000 value) just $1 if you call now!!.

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Land/Lots for Rent 1+ ACRE LOTS

from $79,000 outstanding Savannah area locating. First Class amenities including lakes, pool, gated entrance. Convenient to I-95 Lakefront & Marsh front also available. Excellent financing available to qualified buyers. Call for more information now! 1-888-Lake -Sale x2161 offer void where prohibited. Terns and conditions may change without notice.

895 201 WEST 42nd Street; 2 bedroom, 1 bath, completely remodeled. Washer/dr yer hookups. $550/month.

Downtown Savannah Properties, Inc. 912-447-0401 2-BEDROOM, 2-BATH CONDO, Gated community on Wilmington Island.

Call 912-897-4872.

APARTMENT FOR RENT: 116 East Anderson Unit B. 3BR/1.5BA, washer/dryer, dishwasher, offstreet parking, central h/a, 1.5 blocks from Forsyth Park. $1200 includes water & trash.

912-257-6662.

LARGE 1-BEDROOM apartment i n a Q u e e n A n n e Vi c t o r i a n house. Hardwood floors, fireplaces, central heat/air, washer/dryer, dishwasher, water included.

Available April 1st. $700/month.

Call 912-233-5246, leave message.

TYBEE: RENOVATED, unfurnished 2BR/1BA, great quiet location.

Available 03/01/07. No pets.

Also furnished 1BR/efficiency.

912-484-3639 or 770-435-4708.

Room for Rent ROOM FOR RENT House on Wilmington Island $125/week, includes all utilities.

Washer, dryer, kitchen. All house priviledges included.

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Technical Difficulties!

There’s a whole generation now that has grown up using computers and surfing the Internet. For them, communicating, browsing and shopping online are really second nature, so it seems natural that more and more are searching for homes on the web, and even listing their homes for sale on the Internet.

Of course the World Wide Web is a powerful tool for both buyers and sellers, and that’s why so many real estate agents market their services and listings online. Take special care not to eliminate the “middle man” from your next real estate transaction.

Buying a home is not as simple as browsing eBay and clicking “Buy It Now!” Selling a home can be even more complicated. Even the most technically savvy computer user can list their home online at a number of “For Sale By Owner” websites, but will run into real “technical difficulty” when it comes time to set a fair asking price, target and screen qualified buyers, and handle the legalities of negotiations and contracts.

A good percentage of listings that start “By Owner” are eventually sold by licensed real estate professionals. That’s because a professional can sell the home for more money in less time, with profit outdistancing commission. Yes, the Internet is a powerful tool for buyers and sellers, especially when placed in the knowledgeable hands of an experienced Realtor.

Montgomery Quarters 455 Montgomery Street

NEW contemporary construction bdrm2 2bath bath&33bdrm 2 2bdrm bdrm22bath bath one level, elevator, secure gated parking, lge walkin closets, All on level, elevator, secure off street parking all appliances, granite, wood flooring, walk to scad Prices starting buildings startingat@$349,000 $349,900

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Fabulous Tybee Restaurant

1513 Butler Avenue • Saltillo tile floors • Micros 3700 POS system included • Dining area seats 70-75 and Sunken bar • $675,000 Andrea Bloomer 912-323-0078 Lance Merrick 912-695-0111

Riverfront Retreat

Screven county lodge on Savannah River • Boat landing & dock • Wrap around screened porch • Over 4500 square feet • Fireplace & bar in great room • $575,000 Andrea Bloomer 912-323-0078 Lance Merrick 912-695-0111

Historic Tybee Cottage

9 11th Terrace • Completely renovated • Three bedrooms, two bathrooms on main floor • One bedroom / One bathroom apartment on ground floor • $925,000 Ellie Titus 912-313-4955 Real estate career opportunities available.

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Campers/RVs 40’ MONACO DIPLOMAT 2000

Diesel, Dual Slides, Under 18K Miles, Rarely Used, Excellent Condition with lots of upgrades, washer/dryer combo, leather J lounge, Corian countertops and wood grain side-by-side refrigerator/freezer. $92,900.

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www.JudgeRealtyCompany.com Too Many Options To List

Broughton St. Loft- JUST REDUCED!!!

Pristine, top floor condominium unit with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, living room with fireplace, dining area, impressive kitchen, includes washer and dryer. Approximately 1216 square feet plus balcony. Amenities include pool, fitness center, activity center zone.For more info contact Alex Grikitis @ Judge Reality @ 1912 -236-1000 or Alex Grikitis @ atGrikitis Group.com.

Location. Location. Location. 104 Tybrisa St. In the heart of Tybee’s commercial district minutes from the pier. Zoned C-1. Currently 6-room inn. A number of possibilities including mixed-used commercial on bottom, residential on top. Owner/ agent. $720,000. Please contact Alex Grikitis, 912-220-1700.

101. W. Broughton St, unit 302; top floor corner loft at the intersection of Broughton & Whitaker. 2BR/1BA with windows in every room.

Sunlight drenched. 11’ ceilings, hardwood floors. 908 sft. Walk to it all! Asking $335,000. Contact Lori Judge, 912-484-1514. MLS# 22469.

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654-656 East Henry St-A new condo conversion. Four 2 bed / 1 bath condos on beautiful East Henry Street. Video surveillance and home security, Large front porches, off-street parking, updated kitchens and baths, hardwood/ tile/carpet floors, laundry rooms, and over 1200 square feet each. Pricing starting at $235,000. 2% closing costs and $1000 decorating allowance paid by seller. Contact Alex Grikitis, 912-220-1700 or Chris Smyth, 912-704-3800, and please visit henryplace.com for more information.

A gorgeously renovated historic building at 216 West Park Avenue.

Completely updated kitchens with stainless fixtures and appliances, shaker-style cabinets, baths with marble granite countertops & marble floors. Original hardwood floors throughout. Gas fireplaces, video surveillance & security, built-in surround sound & flat panel TV. All the bells and whistles!! 1750 to 3300 square foot units. Prices starting at $325,000. Great buyer incentive packages available along with preferred lenders. Please contact Alex Grikitis, 912-220-1700 or alex@ grikitisgroup.com, and be sure to visit 216west.com for further information.

224-228 E Park Ave at the corner of Lincoln St. Eight new condos located three blocks from Forsyth Park. Full appliance package, refinished wood floors, video surveillance and security system, off-street parking, flatpanel TVs, and much more. Prices starting at $99,900. Contact Alex Grikitis, 912-220-1700, Nick Bentz 843-368-0265, or Chris Smyth 912704-3800, and please visit lincolnparkSAV.com for more information.

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1711 Price St.

Beautifully restored 5000 sqft post civil war plantation home on 3.98 acres in downtown Ridgeland. 6 bdrms, 3 full baths, 1.5 bath, wrap around porches, custom tile pool, carport, garage, boat storage, lrg oak trees, Four boat landings within 15 min drive. 35 min to Savannah, Beaufort, Hilton Head. Minutes to I - 95 much more!

4 Beautiful Condos on the water! 2Bed 2.5 Bath, 2 balconies per unit. Scenic view and landscape, security gated entrance, Plenty of parking. For more info check out www.CoastalRiverview.com.

Great commercial property right in the Thomas Square Historic Neighborhood. Entire tract includes 1711 Price, 1716 Habersham, & 410 34th St. 4,200sq.ft. comm. space & 2,200sq.ft. of warehouse space.

The remainder is vacant. For more info check out www.1711price.com.

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308 E. President St. Townhouse

Great SCAD rental. Fully rehabed with original hardwoods, marble in kitchen and bath, stainless steel appliances. $1000/mo rental income. Carriage house not yet rented. Area of active restoration.

Cozy 3 bed / 2 bath sav’h riverfront cottage located on bluff w/ a panoramic view of river. Home features large knotty pine grtrm & pine flrs throughout. Dock and deck too. 1 Blk from public landing.

Elegant townhouse in the hear of the historic district just steps away from Columbia Square. This home features 2BR / 2.5BA, original hardwood floors, gourmet kitchen, and private courtyard. Great Location!! $659,000. Contact Lori Judge, 912-484-1514. MLS# 27157.

347 Abercorn St. • Savannah, GA 31401 • 912-236-10000 Alex Grikitis • 912-220-1700 • www.GrikitisGroup.com

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