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Music Interview 23 Theatre 32

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Haters or lovers?

Debating what makes a hate group

Who’s playing and where

Culture

News & Opinion 10 11 12 13 17 18 19 21

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Agnes of God

Editor’s Note Just the FAQs, m’am Politics Four more years of Otis?

Community Taking back the night Fishman Time for the plant swap Best of Ballot Vote early and often FWD Interesting e-mails we got Blotter From SPD reports Talk of the Town See what you did last week News of the Weird Strange but true Earthweek The week on your planet

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The Big Read

36 Art Patrol

Exhibitions and openings

38 Art Review

Grindhouse

All the flicks that fit

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Focus on Contemporary Artists continues

What: Celebration of contemporary artists. Sculptor Chakaia Booker will lecture on April 12 at 7 p.m. When: April 11 and 12. Where: Jepson Center for the Arts.

Cost: Free. Info: Call 790-8800 or visit Telfair.org.

Savannah Sinfonietta Chamber Players

What: The Players will present Tango! The Magical Music of Astor Piazolla. When: April 12 at 7:30 p.m. Where: St. Peter’s Episcopal Church at The Landings. Cost: Tickets are $20, $17.50 and $15. Info: Call 800-514-3849 or visit www.savannahorchestra.org.

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Savannah Actors Theatre opens Agnes of God

What: The finale of Savannah’s participation in The Big Read, the NEA’s yearlong initiative to restore reading to the center of American culture, will feature discussions of Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, followed by a free outdoor concert.

When: Saturday, April 14 from 2-5 p.m. Where: Daffin Park. Cost: Free.

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What: Faith vs. science in this play written by John Pielmeier and directed by David I.L. Poole. When: April 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. Where: Ark Theatre, Suite D, 703 Louisville Rd. Cost: $10. Info: Call 232-6080.

Savannah Council on World Affairs

What: Peter C. White, founder and president of The Southern Center for International Studies in Atlanta, will present Issues the U.S. Ignores at its Peril. When: April 12 at 8 p.m. Where: Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St. Cost: $5.

SCAD Story Theatre continues

What: The SCAD performing arts department will present its first-year student show, an adaptation by Paul Sills of a collection of Grimm fairy tales and Aesop’s fables, including Henny Penny, The Golden Goose, The Robber Baron and other favorites. When: April 11, 12, 13 and 14 at 8 p.m. Where: Afifi Amphitheater, 324 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Cost: $10.

Friday. April 13

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What: Beads, fine jewelry, minerals, gemstones, lapidary tools and repairs. When: April 13 and 14 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and April 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Where: Savannah Trade & Convention Center. Cost: $5 at the door, under 12 admitted free. Info: Call 504-455-6101, email info@ aksshow.com or visit www.aksshow.com.

AASU Students to Debate Patriot Act

What: Political science students will debate the balance between freedom vs. security and the issue of presidential abuse under the Patriot Act. When: April 13 at noon.

Where: AASU’s Ashmore Hall auditorium. Cost: Free and open to the public.

Robert I. Strozier Faculty Lecture Series

What: The series will conclude with Rolling the Bones: Using Risk and Intent to Determine Body Boundaries. Assistant professor Leigh Rich of the Department of Health Sciences will discuss the ethical dilemmas faced over control of human transplants. When: April 13 at 12:10 p.m.

Where: AASU University Hall, Room 156. Cost: Free and open to the public.

Take Back the Night March and Rally

What: The purpose is to raise awareness and increase empowerment around the issue of sexual violence. Speakers will include Sen. Regina Thomas, the Rev. Melissa Traver of Trinity Methodist Church and Ron Roberts, Prevention Coordinator of the Rape Crisis Center. There will be a self-defense demonstration and an African dance

troupe, and a concert will follow the rally. The first 100 people to arrive will receive a free T-shirt. When: April 13 at 6 p.m.

Where: Forsyth Park. Cost: Free. Info: Call 233-3000 or visit www.rccsav.org.

Savannah Children’s Theatre opens Raggedy Ann & Andy

When: April 13, 20 and 27 at 7 p.m. and April 14, 15, 21, 22, 28 and 30 at 3 p.m. Where: Savannah Children’s Theatre.

Cost: $7. Info: Visit savannahchildrenstheatre.org.

HOLA presents Los Jefes

What: This four-member Mexican folk music ensemble will present an outdoor concert. When: April 13 at 7:30 p.m.

Where: Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Cost: Free. Info: Call 921-7337 or visit hola.armstrong.edu.

Saturday, April 14

Oatland Island’s Sheep to Shawl Festival

What: Observe and participate in the creation of a shawl from sheep shearing to carding, spinning, dying and weaving the wool. Pony rides, hay rides and other children’s activities as well as food concessions will be available. When: April 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Where: Oatland Island Education Center. Cost: $5. Children under 4 are admitted free.

145th Anniversary of the Siege of Fort Pulaski

What: The historic battle was fought April 10 and 11, 1862, and included the use of hard-hitting rifled cannons. Within 30 hours, the Union forces breached the 7-foot-thick walls of Fort Pulaski. Commemorative programs are scheduled. When: April 14 and 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Where: Fort Pulaski.

America in Song

What: The Savannah Choral Society will present the best of American popular music, including folk, pop and

The Fischbach Quartet

What: The quartet will appear in concert with the winner of the Hilton Head Island Piano Competition. When: April 14 at 8 p.m. Where: Lucas Theatre. Cost: $35, $25 and $12.50. Info: Call 525-5050.

Sunday, April 15

Bacon Park Forest Discovery Walk

What: Join arborist Patrick Grant for a guided nature walk. When: April 15 at 1 p.m. Where: Starts at the parking lot just off Skidaway Road south of Bona Bella Drive. Cost: Free. Info: 233-8733 or savannahtreefoundation.com.

Savannah Sinfonietta Chamber Players

What: The Players will present Tango! The Magical Music of Astor Piazolla. When: April 15 at 3 p.m. Where: Temple Mickve Israel. Cost: Tickets are $20, $17.50 and $15.

Info: 800-514-3849 or www.savannahorchestra.org.

Reel Savannah Presents Little Children

What: Two stay-at-home parents, portrayed by Kate Winslet and Patrick Wilson, stave off domestic boredom with an illicit daytime affair. Also stars Jennifer Connelly.

When: April 15 at 7 p.m. Where: Victory Cinema, corner of Victory an Skidaway. Cost: $7.

Monday, April 16 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf

What: Golf ’s pioneers compete at this tournament.

When: April 16-22. Where: Club at Savannah Harbor.

Info: 236-1333 or libertymutuallegends.pgatour.com.

Tickets are available at Kroger stores in Savannah.

Applause for the Arts

What: Savannah Country Day School will present performances by the school’s orchestra, chorus, jazz band and dance troupe. Visual art by students also will be presented. When: April 16 at 7 p.m. Where: Lucas Theatre.

Cost: Tickets range in price from $10 to $15. Special VIP seating is available for $25. Info: Call 525-5050.

Tuesday, April 17 Success is an Attitude

What: Sports psychologist and author Bob Rotella speaks about success. When: April 17 at 6:30 p.m. Where: Savannah Country Day School’s Jelks Auditorium. Cost: $7 in advance or $10 at the door, and $5 for students and seniors. Info: Call 961-8828 or visit www.savcds.org.

Holocaust Memorial Fellow to Speak

What: Kevin Spicer will give a lecture, Father, what did you do during the Third Reich? Catholic Clergy and National Socialism. When: April 17 at 7 p.m. Where: AASU Armstrong Center, 13040 Abercorn St. Cost: Free.

The Savannah Sand Gnats What: The Sand Gnats take on the Greenville Drive.

When: April 17, 18, 19 and 20 at 7:05 p.m. Where: Grayson Stadium on East Victory Drive. Cost: Box seats $9.50, reserved $7.50 and general admission $6. Info: Call 351-9150.

Wednesday, April 18 Live at the Legends

What: One Champions tour player will join a corporate sponsor and three participants of First Tee to play nine holes, and the public is invited to observe. When: April 18 at 4:30 p.m. Where: Crosswinds Golf Club in Pooler. Info: Call Pete Chaison at 313-2759. w

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What: The winning student director from the fall directing class, Jaime Busbin, has selected The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield, which will be presented for three performances. When: April 12, 13 and 14 at 7:30 p.m. Where: AASU Jenkins Black Box Theater. Cost: $8.

Info: Call 927-5381 weekdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Broadway tunes, featuring mezzo-soprano Claire Watts. When: April 14 at 7:30 p.m. Where: AASU Fine Arts Auditorium. Cost: $20 general admission and $10 for students. Info: 596-8973 for tickets or www.

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Pride or

prejudice?

Local activists defend themselves against ‘hate group’ label

I

’m standing at the door of the Respect for Life Bookstore on Bull Street with Yusuf Shabazz.

A cell phone rings. It’s Shabazz, not me.

He retrieves his cell from his suit jacket and then turns to me.

“Have a good day, Steve,” Shabazz said.

“And get yourself a wife.”

Shabazz is the national spokesman for the New Black Panther Party for SelfDefense, but here he sounds like my mother.

I was there to ask him how he felt about his group being listed by the Southern Poverty Law Center as one of Savannah’s active hate groups. The New Black Panthers are one of four Savannah groups on the list -- other African-American groups like the Nuwaubians and the Nation of Islam are included, as well as a white separatist group known as The National Alliance.

When I told Shabazz that Southern Poverty classified his group as a hate group, he shook his head.

“We’re not a hate group, we’re a black love group,” he said. “I don’t know of any black group that says that they’re better than anybody else.”

Representatives of other groups I spoke with were equally shocked to be on the list.

“The Nation of Islam has been around for 76 years and you cannot point to one incident of violence,” said Brother Minister Prince Muhammad of the Nation of Islam.

“How can that be a hate group?”

The List A group does not have to be violent to get on the list, said Mark Potok, director of the center’s Intelligence Projects, which tracks hate groups throughout the country.

“It’s based solely on ideology,” he said.

“If a group through its platform, Web site or statements made by its leaders singles out an entire group of people as inferior or less than (them), then they are considered a hate group.”

The numbers for 2006 are not out yet, but in 2005 the center identified 40 hate groups in Georgia.

These groups may be small and have little influence. Even so, Potok, said, it was important to “shine a light into this ugly corner.”

Left, Yusuf Shabazz of the New Black Panthers; above, the storefront of the Respect for Life Bookstore on Bull Street

Size also doesn’t matter. It is difficult to determine membership numbers in most cases.

“It is typical of these groups that they talk about having thousands of members and then you find out that they have dozens of members,” he said.

Love or Hate?

Shabazz was born Lorenzo Jackson in Savannah, but in high school he “changed his name back to his real name” after being exposed to the Nation of Islam and the philosophy of Pan-Africanism.

He’s the father of four and a graduate of Savannah State University. He operated Shabazz Fish Restaurant on MLK Jr. Boulevard in Savannah for roughly 20 years and now designs subdivisions.

“I have to talk with the boss,” he told me as he paused our interview to call his wife on another matter.

Shabazz shares many of the concerns that other black leaders have raised - decent and affordable housing, poverty, police brutality and unequal treatment in the criminal justice system.

He said he loves all black groups but

wouldn’t fit into many of them because he was more “proactive.”

He supports reparations from the government for slavery and a separate black state.

“Look at Israel,” he said. “They have their own state and nobody thinks that’s crazy.”

Shabazz believes the black experience in America -- “slavery, Jim Crow, segregation and everything else” -- amounts to a black holocaust. This is not a view unique to the New Panthers; there is an American Black Holocaust Museum in Milwaukee, Wis. “The (Jewish) Holocaust happened in Europe. Our holocaust happened in North America,” he said.

Southern Poverty has branded the New Panthers “anti-white” and “anti-Semitic.”

This statement from a speech New Panther’s founder Khalid Muhammad made in Detroit, Mich., in 2000, appears on the center’s Web site: “God has chosen a people. And it’s not some hooked-nose, bagel-eatin’,lox-eatin’, perpetrating-a-fraud, just-crawled-out-ofthe-caves-and-hills-of-Europe, so-called, wannabe, imposter Jew!” Khalid died in 2001, but current New

Panthers leader, Mylik Zulu Shabazz, continues to make anti-Semitic statements, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

Shabazz denied any anti-Semitism.

“The Jews are no longer a Semitic people; they’re European,” he said.

Shabazz asked me if I was Jewish (I’m not). Then he asked me if I was gay (I’m not).

“Just making conversation,” he said.

Rabbi Arnold Mark Belzer, of Congregation Mickve Israel, does not see a lot of tension between the black and Jewish communities in Savannah.

“I think most people in Savannah are quite moderate and the black community has always been willing to have a dialog with other groups,” he said.

He feels the media pays too much attention to fringe groups.

“When was the last time you saw a story about the good things happening in the Methodist Church?” Belzer asked me.

The Nation of Islam I spoke with Prince Muhammad of the Nation of Islam at the Respect for Life Bookstore, too. He can be found there most afternoons, minding the store. He proves an effective salesman.

“Are you going to spend some money with us today?” he said to a young man who entered the store.

Muhammad speaks quickly when he gets passionate. He sometimes asks a lot of question in short succession.

When he becomes more comfortable, he has an engaging smile.

He wasn’t quite sure if he wanted to speak with me, he felt that I would misrepresent him. After some discussion, however, he agrees to talk.

Muhammad does not consider the Nation a hate group or separatist, either.

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“We believe in self-reliance and knowledge and love of black self,” he said.

I ask him about anti-Semitism. He briefly becomes agitated.

“Why is it that when you tell the truth, people call you anti-Semitic?” he said. “I just love black people. What’s wrong with that?”

For Muhammad, the Nation is not about hating white people. It’s about correcting the damage done to the self-esteem of black people.

“If somebody doesn’t treat you right, then he won’t teach you right,” he said. “We have been taught wrong and we need to pull together and have right knowledge and love of black self, and then we can go out and be with whoever we want.”

The Nuwaubians and the National Alliance

What is a hate group?

Southern Poverty, based in Montgomery, Ala. and founded by civil rights attorney Morris Dees in 1971, is best known for its legal fights against white supremacists and neo-Nazis.

Still, by the center’s standard, the Ku Klux Klan and the Nation of Islam are both hate groups.

Some, however, question if it’s accurate to present these groups as counterparts.

Nadra Enzi, a member of the executive committee of Savannah’s NAACP, said he would not call these groups “hate groups.”

He would, however, call them separatist groups.

Enzi said that of these groups, the Nation of Islam has made the most headway in the black community, but he doesn’t think that these groups are heading in the direction in which most people are moving.

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boys and girls from his group and on racketeering, according to the Atlanta JournalConstitution.

The 476-acre Egyptian-themed “city” the Nuwaubians built in Putnam County, Ga. in the early 1990s has mostly been sold off by U.S. Marshals.

The All Eyes on Egipt bookstore, however, is open on Ogeechee Road.

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Enzi describes himself as a Republican, libertarian and civil rights activist.

“I understand the separatist impulse, however,” he said. “I don’t think people have anything to fear from (these groups) as far as threats and violence are concerned.”

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Southern Poverty and other watchdog groups believe the Nuwaubians, also known as United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors or All Eyes on Egipt (Egypt with an “i” instead of a “y”), are not only a hate group, but also a cult.

The Nuwaubians are still active in Savannah, despite a troubled recent history.

Its leader Malachi Z. York, born Dwight D. York in Brooklyn, N.Y, is currently serving a 135-year prison sentence. He was convicted in May 2004 on federal charges of molesting

minister” was as offended as Shabazz and Brother Prince to learn he was on a hate group list.

He politely refused to comment for this story and told me that I was not “authorized to make any statements” attributed to the Nuwaubians.

The small fraction of the National Alliance, a neo-Nazi group, which was active in Savannah in 2005, is no longer here, according to Potok.

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ganizing.

Kamaria Muntu doesn’t like the “hate group� label either. Muntu worked for 17 years as a human rights activist in Atlanta before moving to Savannah, where she organized a forum on the death penalty.

She thinks the “hate group� label implies that these groups are violent or dangerous, when they actually have no history of violence.

Yet, she said there was no excuse for bigoted rhetoric. “For a black group to blame problems in the black community on another group misdirects energy,� she said.

But, like Enzi, she understands the attraction of these types of separatist ideologies. “This doesn’t come from nowhere,� she said. “Oppressed people will embrace a number of ideologies - including radical ideologies - when faced with overwhelming oppression, and that’s understandable and justified.�

Militant groups, black or white, share many similarities, according to Ned Rinalducci, a professor of sociology at Armstrong Atlantic University. “They both tend to attract people who are marginalized,� he said. “People who are at a social, economic or educational disadvantage. People on the edge.�

Rinalducci, however, sees a big difference between white and black groups. “There’s ideology that goes with justifying something like the slave trade or Jim Crow,� he said. “These (black) groups are reacting to this.�

Southern Poverty concedes this point. “We understand that black racism is a reaction to white racism, but the cycle has to stop somewhere,� Potok said.

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Shabazz and Muhammad both expressed their mistrust of politicians and a white establishment that they feel has distorted their views.

When Shabazz was in school in the 1970s, he was bussed to Windsor Forrest High School as part of attempts to integrate the school system. “They didn’t bus you if you were living in subsidized housing, but they would bus you if your family owned a house. They thought that we would do better than those living in subsidized housing,� he said.

When a white student refused to take his foot off Shabazz’s desk, a fight and riot broke out, according to Shabazz. He was expelled.

Shabazz appeared to view integration as it stands now as little more than grandstanding. “Dr. King said that integration was more than just a romantic mixing of colors,� he said. “It is the sharing of power and responsibility, and we do not have that in this country.�

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When he was 22, Shabazz made an unsuccessful run for county commissioner but has since given up on electoral politics.

However, rumors have surfaced recently that Shabazz might take another crack at politics. “I think that black politicians like (Savannah Mayor) Otis (Johnson) have good intentions,� he says. “But to get involved in politics takes money and we don’t have enough, so you’ve got to take white money.�

Shabazz issued me a warning. “If you make me out to be a monster, black people will love me even more,� he said.

Epilogue After my interview with Prince Muhammad of the Nation of Islam, he followed me to the door to make sure I wasn’t angry with him. “We don’t only look at the color of a person’s skin,� he said. “We look at their heart.�

I had taken a few pictures of him and he asked to look at them. “I’m not smiling. I’m trying to show my militancy,� Muhammad said.

He asked me to take another picture. I did. In this one, he smiled. “I think you should use that one,� he said. “I like that one.� w To comment, e-mail us at letters@connectsavannah.com Reach Stephen Sacco at whatyagonna@gmail.com

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f someone told me they’d just written an article taking a lighter tone on hate groups and would I be interested in publishing it in Connect Savannah, I’d have said: Pal, you’ll have to shop that story to some

Our own Linda Sickler contributes a story this week on one of the more ambitious and noble events going on this year, the “Big Read,” culminating this Saturday with a huge event in Daffin Park. If you’re reading Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, have ever read it, or would just like to learn more about it in preparation for reading it, read Linda’s story on page 34 for all the local goings-on.

There are two theatre previews in this week’s paper, one on SCAD’s production of Story Theatre and one on Savannah Actors Theatre’s Agnes of God. Read both starting on page 32.

In late breaking theatre news, as we go to press I just found out that the Armstrong Atlantic State University Masquers will stage The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Basically it’s a hilarious, fast-paced and surprisingly easy-tofollow show which compresses the Bard’s body of work into two hours of stage time.

The Masquers perform this for three nights only, April 12-14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Jenkins Auditorium Black Box Theater.

(Ideally, of course, all these fine local theatre groups would stop scheduling their shows for the exact same weekends so that more people can take advantage of all the great theatre in this town. Ah, to dream the impossible dream...)

Music editor Jim Reed continues to deliver the goods this week, with his page 23 interview with the great John McEuen of Nitty Gritty Dirt Band fame.

Randy Wood’s “Pickin’ Parlor” in Bloomingdale, where McEuen will perform, continues to be one of the greatest musical stories in the Lowcountry. We do our best to cover all of Randy’s amazing shows out there, but I confess to being confounded (or as the Brits say, “gobsmacked”) at how little attention the venue gets for its truly worldclass lineup of performers.

Q: You guys are owned by the Savannah Morning News, right?

A: Wrong! We’ve never been owned by or even remotely affiliated with the company that owns the local daily paper.

Despite our constant jabs at the Morning News, we still occasionally meet people who assume we’re all one big dysfunctional corporate family. Perhaps the confusion comes from the fact that our parent company, Morris Multimedia Inc., and the Morning News’ parent company, Morris Communications, both have the same surname in the title.

Personally though, I doubt too many people are that well-versed on the inside world of local media ownership. My take is that because of the increasingly consolidated state of all American media -- from TV to radio to newspapers -- consumers have just become trained to assume (in this case incorrectly) that most cities only have one huge media company that owns everything.

Q: So why do you guys rag on the Morning News so much, anyway?

A: Because they deserve it.

Seriously though, taking the local monopoly daily to task -- being a watchdog to the watchdog, as it were -- has always been a primary goal of newspapers such as Connect Savannah, which are collectively known as “alternative newsweeklies.”

This adversarial stance traces its beginnings to the counterculture roots of the altweekly in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, when some news consumers, mostly younger ones, noticed that daily newspapers were not featuring a full range of local voices.

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But wisely, freelancer Stephen Sacco - whose work you may have read in other publications in town -- didn’t mention the approach of his story in advance. In a diligent, businesslike manner, he just pitched the story, reported it and e-mailed it in.

Substantive, balanced, gently humorous and without a hint of either sensationalist hysteria or watered-down political correctness, he made it work -- and it’s good enough to be our Lead Story this week.

A while back I promised to roll out a series of FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) about Connect Savannah to address some of those -- well, those questions people ask frequently! Here’s the first installment:

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Otis, the sequel

Mayor Johnson announces he’ll seek a second term

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ractor-trailer trucks and buses rumbled by, adding to the noise of street work on Bay Street. Even so, Mayor Otis Johnson stood on the front steps of City Hall to announce that he’s seeking re-election.

He said he chose to hold his press conference outside City Hall because he didn’t want anyone to think he was using city property for his own political gain.

“This will be the last opportunity voters have to vote for me,” said the first-term mayor. “I want to make sure the voters understand what they will get for their vote, the same way I did last time.”

Johnson said he wants a second term to continue the work he and the present city council have begun. “I want to make a commitment to continue our efforts in economic empowerment and development,” he said. “I want to go back and lift them up again. We need a lot more citizens’ input.”

Savannah’s citizens deserve better pay, Johnson says, noting that the current median income in Savannah is lower than the state median income and the national median income.

“People come from around the globe because of what we have to offer,” Johnson says. “Some things are not being utilized the

way they could to build jobs. We have to lift it up and make sure other people have the opportunity to succeed, as well.”

Johnson said he will continue to take an aggressive approach to reducing crime.

He also said many city programs already in place will be continued. “We must ensure SPLOST funds are distributed fairly and give an account of how they are used,” he said.

The tourism and convention industry are growing, but Johnson said he wants to continue to keep them strong by supporting funding for cultural and recreational activities. He also wants to develop more cultural tourism in Savannah.

Johnson says he cannot be successful as mayor without the support of the city council. “We have family differences like everybody else, but I think we have served the community well,” he says.

To keep Savannah strong economically, Johnson said he would work with the Chatham County Commision and other municipalities in Chatam County, as well as adjoining counties in South Carolina.

After his announcement, Johnson said he expects city council members will step forward to announce their own re-election bids. “Hopefully, the voters will look

Mayor Johnson with supporters outside City Hall last week

at the record and judge us by what we have achieved,” he said.

“Will Savannah be better off in 2007 than it was in 2003?” Johnson asked. “Any objective analysis will come up with an affirmative answer to that question.”

But more work needs to be done. “We still have segments that need work,” Johnson says.

“My future is in the hands of the voters,” he says. “If I’m not unopposed, I’m going to war and win this campaign.”

As Johnson finished, his supporters began to chant, “Four more years! Four

more years!”

After the news conference, Johnson said his health will not be a matter of concern for voters. He suffered a major heart attack about a year ago, and his recovery was lengthy, but Johnson says he and his doctors all say he’s “ready to go.”

“I’m feeling good,” Johnson said. “I don’t just say I’m doing well, I’m in good shape.

I’m probably in better shape now than I was a year ago.” w

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March and rally seek to raise awareness of domestic violence

The collective includes men and women from the community, the Rape Crisis Center, Planned Parenthood, the Victim/ Witness program and other agencies and organizations. “We’ve all been planning the event and organizing it,” Riemer says. “We’ve been getting donations from the community.”

Planning began back in January. “We’ve been meeting once a week at The Sentient Bean,” Riemer says.

Take Back the Night marches and rallies are held around the world. The first Take Back the Night that was held in the United States was held in 1978 in San Francisco when protesters held a rally following an anti-pornography conference.

Persons who had been adversely affected by pornography shared their stories. Such survivor speakouts are still part of Take Back the Night today.

Candlelight vigils also are a component of Take Back the Night, and a candlelight vigil will be held in Savannah. The theme of Take Back the Night has grown to incorporate rape, sexual violence, domestic violence, violence against children, and violence against women.

In Savannah, members of the Take Back the Night Collective say sexual violence is non-discriminatory and transcends all race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and national lines. Some collective members became active after experiencing Take Back the Night on college campuses.

“I realized there wasn’t a venue for women, there wasn’t a space to organize and address the issue,” Riemer says. “Now we have a great organization, and I appreciate all the Rape Crisis Center does for women.” w Take Back the Night will be held Friday, April 13 at 6 p.m. in Forsyth Park. An empowerment march will be held from 7-8 p.m. followed by a rally with a survivor speakout and a candlelight vigil. For information, call the Rape Crisis Center at 233-3000, visit rccsav.org or email takebackthenight.savannah@gmail.com.

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t’s been a while. The last time Take Back the Night was held in Savannah was at least 20 years ago. “We haven’t done it since the early 80s,” says Mary McAllister, director of the Rape Crisis Center.

Take Back the Night is an event that is held to raise community awareness of the impact sexual assault and violence have on people’s lives. This year’s march and rally will be held Friday, April 13 at 6 p.m, in Forsyth Park.

“It’s a way to raise awareness of violence against women,” McAllister says. “We want the world to be safe for all women.”

The march will begin at Forsyth Park, go to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard via Park Avenue and Gwinnett Street, and then return to Forsyth Park, where a rally will be held. Speakers will include Sen. Regina Thomas, the Rev. Melissa Traver of Trinity Methodist Church, and Ron Roberts, Prevention Coordinator for the Rape Crisis Center. “We will have time set aside for comments or sharing of stories, so that people can speak out,” McAllister says.

“That is what Rape Crisis is all about -empowerment of the victims we serve,” she says. “You can take care of yourself, you can fight back. You can be alert, and know there are things you can do to protect yourself.”

Other activities will include a self defense demonstration and a performance by an African dance troupe. The first 100 people to arrive will receive a free T-shirt.

The last Take Back the Night was “very successful,” McAllister says. “We had at least 200 people there.”

The upcoming event was put together by the Take Back the Night Collective, a community group that wanted to bring the event back to Savannah. “It’s wonderful having people in the community come and say they want to do this,” McAllister says. “It takes a lot of work to put it together.”

Kara Riemer is a member of the collective. “We wanted to focus the entire event on the empowerment of women,” she says.

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| Jane Fishman

Wants & weeds

In which our correspondent extols the virtues of the upcoming annual plant swap

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ith the spring plant swap a week away - Saturday, April 21, a biannual meeting of gardeners and would-be gardeners when bunches of us meet and greet most informally to give away plants that are overtaking our gardens instead of struggling to stuff them, sticks and all, into black plastic bags, dragging them to the curb only to get tossed into our burgeoning hills of landfill -- I’m not sure this is the appropriate time to talk about what I just read in the January journal of the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants: “Garden Weeds in the Age of Jefferson.”

But here goes. What the heck. We’re adults. We believe in full exposure. We’re after the truth. After all the lies, big and small, we’ve been through the past seven years in Washington, D.C., we can take most anything, right?

Well, here’s the skinny. Here’s the warning. Don’t say I never told you.

As blameless as they may look, the piles and piles of free plants, carefully packaged seeds, roots, bushes and trees you choose to gather at the upcoming plant swap, all these jewels and gems that you stand over and analyze, that you carefully pick up, toss into your little red Radio Flyer and haul to the back of your truck or the back of your car, beautiful as they are, promising as they appear, exciting as the price may be, quite possibly could contain a sprinkling of “exotic invasives,” a fancy phrase for weeds.

There it is. That’s the disclaimer. And while you may not see such an advisory posted at any of the big box garden centers, it could happen there, too. Weeds are tenacious, determined and hell-bent on furthering their cause. They’re sneaky and underhanded. They could take over your garden. But for the occasional gardener who doesn’t like to be pinned down to cultivating and nurturing, is that so bad?

Take “butter and eggs” (or toadflax), a wildflower I coveted and got at a recent plant swap and work so hard to keep alive.

Beautifully featured online by many garden websites, including the Connecticut Botanical Society, butter and eggs is in the figwort family or, for the scientists among you, a Linaria vulgaris. I love the delicate yellow and white colors (thus the name), its miniature aspect, its modest appearance.

Now I ask you. Could this sweet little innocent plant be the same species that John Bartram, known as the father of American botany, called “troublesome” and “mischievous”?

Apparently so. The “stinking” Linaria, according to Bartram (according to the folks at Monticello), was impossible to eliminate, pernicious, problematic and unprofitable.

I should have such a problem.

Then again, I’m the wrong person to ask about weeds. I love poke weed. I love Queen Anne’s lace, which is in the carrot family, something I discovered when I let my carrots go to seed one year. I even like dandelions. Who can argue with that color, sometimes the only yellow around?

But all three, along with plantain, horse nettle, briars, broom sedge, the admittedly noxious nutsedge (eergh!) and bermuda grass (which came to us from Africa in the bedding of slave ships), made the same list as the 20 worst weeds in the early 19th century.

And we thought things change.

Jimson weed is also on that same list.

Strangely enough, with white flowers that open and close at night, jimson weed is a member of the datura family, which makes it kin to moonflowers, whose twisty-curvy, tubular white flower is a close relative of the angel trumpet or brugmansia, which is one of the most coveted items at the plant swaps.

One man, a regular, grows the plant in his garage under artificial lights. When he comes to the plant swap, he can barely set his seedlings down before people start to snatch them up. Go figure.

Maybe Jefferson, who never met a plant he didn’t like, who came to recognize that certain plants were “out of place” just didn’t know any better. He did after all consider poison ivy, with its striking autumn color, an ornamental, “suitable for shrubberies,” Maybe he was naive. Maybe, as the Monticello Journal suggests, he was living in a “virgin age of innocence.” But he had another view on weeds.

“The spontaneous energies of the earth are a great gift of nature,” he wrote. “But they require the labor of man to direct their operation.”

That’s your job this week. Direct your energies to the earth. Decide what you’re tired of. Determine what you can give away, what you can live without, what you need to pull to make room for something new, weed or not. Leave the issue of “invasive species” to the experts. Get ready for the plant swap. w For questions about the swap, call 484-3045.

The swap is held from 9 to 11 a.m. April 21 at 415 West Boundary Street, about a mile south of Louisville Road. There is no charge.

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Re: Rep. Kingston/Online politician of the year

The Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet has honored Congressman Jack Kingston with its “People’s Choice Award for Online Politician of the Year” during a ceremony in Washington, DC. The Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet (IPDI) is part of the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University.

“This is a real honor,” Congressman Kingston said. “The Internet is a powerful tool and I have tried to use it to keep people informed.”

The IDPI described Kingston as being at the forefront of the modern media revolution.

“Kingston was one of the first Republican members of the House to start his own blog. He became a regular on Comedy Central and preached the virtues of podcasting and interactive Web sites with ‘pizzazz.’ The aim: reach young, hip, technologically savvy voters who seldom read newspapers or watch traditional television news.”

Last year, Congressman Kingston won a Pollie Award from the American Association of Political Consultants for “excellence in political communication.”

-- received 4.4 from Rob Asbell

Re: Photo of first green school, groundbreaking at SCDS

An anonymous donor has given Savannah Country Day School a $3 million gift towards its new LEED certified Lower School building. The gift is the largest in the history of Savannah Country Day School.

The $3 million is a challenge grant contingent on SCDS raising the remaining funds for the Lower School building by January 2009. To date, Country Day has raised over $6.5 million. An additional $7.6 million remains...

The anonymous grant will be used towards the construction of the new Country Day Lower School – which will be the first school in Savannah to be LEED-certified meeting the standards of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

Construction on the building will begin in early April, and the school hopes to begin classes there in August 2008.

Headmaster Tom Bonnell holds, “We are truly grateful to each and every one of our donors for their stewardship to Country Day. We are especially thankful for this benchmark gift.

Not only is it the largest in the school’s history, but it will contribute greatly to the completion of the LEED certified Lower School which marks another first in the school’s – and Savannah’s – effort to think progressively.” -- received 4.2 from Carriage Trade PR

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I’ve seen no reporting in the Savannah daily or your weekly about SCAD’s intentions towards St Petersburg. www.sptimes.com/2007/04/04/Southpinellas/Pinellas_continues_bi.shtml Seems like what SCAD is proposing down here would be big news up there...

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A registered sex offender was arrested after propositioning a 13-year-old girl. Rodney Harris, 42, was charged with one count of child molestation. Officers arrested Harris after he tried to entice the girl with offers of money to engage in sexual acts. The incident occurred in the parking lot of the Goodwill store on Sallie Mood Drive shortly before noon April 5.

Harris approached the girl, who was waiting for her parents in the family car outside the store, and offered her money to perform indecent acts. The girl told him “NO!” and ran inside the store to find her mother. Harris told the girl he would be back, then drove away in a brown Chevy truck. The girl’s mother notified police. When Harris returned to the store, he parked his truck and went inside.

The girl’s mother and store employees were watching and waiting for him to return.

When police arrived, they met with the girl’s mother, who told them Harris was in the back of the store. The officers found Harris and detained him while they notified detectives in the Special Victim Unit.

The detectives learned that Harris is a registered sex offender. He was arrested and taken to the Chatham County jail.

• An officer on routine patrol was dispatched to a possible person-with-a-gun call on Bay Street at I-516. The call advised that a man driving a black Ferrari with a Georgia tag had waved a pistol at a woman, who called police. The vehicle was seen driving eastbound on Liberty Street.

Another officer spotted the car getting onto Interstate 16 westbound off Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. A traffic stop was made just went of the Gwinnett Street on-ramp. When asked about a pistol, the driver said he had a pistol in the center console of the car. He said the console was locked and a key was needed to get into it.

That key was on the key ring, which was in the ignition. The officer removed the key ring from the ignition and leaned the seat forward to access the center console. The officer could immediately see that the center console was ajar and that the key wasn’t needed to open it. Inside, the officer found a black Taurus pistol that was loaded with 10 rounds and one round in the chamber.

He asked the driver what had occurred near I-516 and Bay Street, and the driver said a woman had begun to tailgate him.

The suspect hit his brakes to get her to back away. He said he was hot, so he removed his sweater, and while removing it, the pistol’s holster had flipped out and landed on the passenger floorboard. The officer found the holster on the floorboard.

The woman told police that the suspect’s car had cut her off while exiting I-

516 onto Bay Street, forcing her to slam on her brakes to avoid a collision. She honked her horn as she braked. She said the suspect then glared at her in his rearview mirror and held up a pistol and waved it back and forth, still glaring at her in the mirror.

At that point, she called police for assistance. The woman said she wanted to press charges against the suspect. He was arrested on a charge of reckless conduct.

• An officer was dispatched to an address on Hampstead Avenue in reference to a sick person who was disorderly. After EMS and the officer arrived, they were approached by a resident who told them that a man in an apartment at the address was being lewd and cursing at people. She also said he was seeing imaginary people.

A similar call had been placed from the same address in January. On that occasion, the man said he had seen people walking through and into several stuffed animals. He was taken to the hospital by EMS shortly after. On the recent call, the man told neighbors he was babysitting a little girl for someone on the seventh floor. At that point, he became agitated and began cornering other residents, demanding that they help him find the child. No child resides at the apartments. EMS took the man to the hospital.

• Neighbors called police after seeing a man enter a truck on Bonaventure Road that wasn’t his. Upon arrival, the officer was told by a neighbor that she saw the man enter the victim’s yard and walk by a pickup truck. When the suspect kept moving around the truck, she called her husband to observe. He ran towards the suspect, yelling “Stop!” The suspect ran towards Victory Drive. The woman called police.

The man said the suspect dropped a set of hole diggers as he ran, but kept running with a long black item that appeared to be a box. The truck’s owner said nothing appeared to have been taken from it. w

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Spring: Consider it sprung

Clockwise from top left: • And They’re Off: The Easter egg hunt begins at Montgomery Crossroad Methodist Church.

• Party Out of Bounds: Another of Sue Finkle’s legendary house parties took place March 31, featuring innovative keyboardist Rachel Sage, accompanied by Dean Sharp on drums • Global-a-Go-Go: Mystik NRG performs on Broughton Street Saturday as part of the SCAD International Festival.

• Gnats to You: A freshly-minted Savannah Sand Gnat pauses to sign a baseball for a young fan at Grayson Stadium.

• Mommy, That Lady Scares Me: In the center photo, “Fear Abbey” represents at the Derby Devils/Fatales match Friday night.

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| News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd

Compelling Explanations

Ironies

(1) In January, a news crew for the Milwaukee station WDJT-TV, which was reporting a story on the danger of thin ice covering Big Muskego Lake, watched as their high-tech van’s driver mistakenly drove onto the lake and broke through the ice, ruining the expensive vehicle. (2) At a fancy, catered-food affair for the World Social Forum meeting at the five-star Windsor Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, in January (where participants munched between discussion sessions on, among other topics, world hunger), street kids who normally beg for food money downtown raided the facility and picked the tables clean.

People With Issues Mario Sims, 21, had his bail revoked, for A federal appeals court in March turned a second time, by a judge in Racine, Wis., in down Ruth Parks’ challenge to her re-elecMarch, after he cut off his electronic montion loss in 2001 as the recorder-treaitoring device and hopped into a limsurer of Horseshoe Bend, Ark., ousine to be driven to Chicago in which she blamed on a conorder to be a guest on “The Jerry spiracy by the mayor and poSpringer Show,” where he anlice chief. The court concluded nounced that he will marry his that voters, not a conspiracy, Beer is on my soon-to-arrive baby’s mother, had defeated her, perhaps bewho is Sims’ half-sister. Sims cause of the prominence of action items was also a guest on the show last her belief in UFOs and the list year, defending his affair with conflicting views of her and the woman. her husband as to whether she personally had ever News That been abducted by aliens: Sounds Like a Joke She said she hadn’t, but her (1) Students from rival camhusband said she had, many pus organizations at the Dawood times, and that the aliens had Engineering College in Karachi, left scars.

Pakistan, had fistfights and threw Latest Rights furniture at each other in a January Di Yerbury, the retiring confrontation over which group vice chancellor of Australia’s should get credit for putting up Macquarie University, is emposters urging students not to fight broiled in a dispute with her on campus. (2) A condominium successor over her spending on New York City’s Upper East Side filed habits, leading the successor to a $500,000 lawsuit in February against a seize 1,000 pieces of art that Yerbury tried Subway sandwich shop on the building’s first to take with her as she left. She has asserted floor, complaining about “nauseating” food that many of the works she had on display odors, but according to a New York Sun reare her personal property, including a paintporter, the dominant “smell” involved is a ing of a woman’s derriere that she said she scent highly valued by many clear-nosed, posed for 31 years earlier, and she offered non-New Yorkers: fresh-baked bread. in February to have the then-wife of the Are We Safe? painter testify that the posterior in the paint(1) The Department of Homeland ing is indeed Yerbury’s.

Security’s inspector general revealed in Former pastor and Southern Baptist March that, although 52 teams are at work leader Lonnie Latham, who had for years tracking down foreigners who remain in the prominently preached against homosexualcountry even after being ordered out, the ity, was arrested outside a hotel in Oklahoma

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agency still has a backlog of 620,000 of these fugitive aliens. (However, the inspector general also admitted that there are not enough cells to detain that many fugitives, anyway.) (2) In February, after a three-month court battle, Indian national Mohammed Yousuf Mullawala, 28, was ordered deported for submitting false documents to authorities after his visa expired. He originally attracted attention at a truck-driving school in Smithfield, R.I., where he was allegedly curious about buying dangerous chemicals.

Also, while seemingly intent on learning to drive a big rig, he was reportedly uninterested in learning how to back one up.

In March, a 35-year-old Iraqi national was detained at Los Angeles International Airport after security workers discovered a half-inch magnet, wrapped in gum and inside a napkin, tied by a coiled wire and housed in his rectum. He was released after he convinced investigators that he is merely a practitioner of therapeutic uses of magnets. (Earlier in 2007, the medical journal The Lancet published a doctor’s letter to inform security officials that patients with perianal sepsis are typically treated by inserting suture material, knotted on one end but with the other extending outside the anus, a sight that might suggest to security monitors that drugs, or explosives, were at the other end of the string.)

Least Competent Criminals

(1) Two Bulgarian nationals were arrested in San Marcos, Texas, in January after being caught allegedly robbing coin-change machines at an apartment complex, and police subsequently found apartment guides for several cities in their van, along with a half-ton of quarters ($18,700). (2) Kevin Russell, 21, was arrested in Hobart, Ind., in February when he went to a Chase Bank and tried to cash a Bank One check for $50,000.

The check was signed, “King Savior, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Servant.”

Recurring Themes

Traditional Chinese celebrations have been mentioned several times in News of the Weird, including the annual Tombsweeping Festival in April, which calls on people to visit relatives’ graves and leave offerings that will improve the afterlives of the deceased. Actual objects (such as jewelry and money) are no longer required, as paper representations are considered just as effective. This year, according to an Agence France-Presse dispatch, paper illustrations of dancing girls will adorn many graves, along with paper “Viagra” pills (and even more questionably, paper renditions of condoms). w

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In January, Georgia’s devout governor, Sonny Perdue, ignored religion as the reason he supports the state’s Sunday no-beer-sales law (and religion would be a constitutionally impermissible basis for the law, anyway). Rather, Perdue said, the real beauty of the Sunday law is merely to force Georgians to manage their time better, by getting everyone to finish their shopping for spirits by Saturday. “(Death row) is the calmest place I’ve ever been in,” said convicted murderer Paul John Fitzpatrick in March to a judge in Largo, Fla., hoping to avoid a mere life sentence, which would place him in the general prison population. “I probably found the most peace I’ve ever had in my whole life (in his previous experience) on death row,” he said. “It’s just a hell of a lot easier ... doing time with murderers than it is with fools.” (A decision was still pending at press time.)

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| Earthweek by Steve Newman

The ‘Big Wet’

A rare phenomenon currently under way at Australia’s largest and driest lake is drawing nature lovers from around the world, who hope to see glimpses of species that can gather there as infrequently as only once in a generation. Recent heavy rains, which ended the country’s worst drought in 100 years, are flowing into Lake Eyre, usually just a 3,740-square-mile expanse of crusty white salt that has filled only four times in the last 150 years. Millions of tiny eggs laid there years ago by various marine species before the lake last receded have begun to hatch. The new hatchlings are providing an irresistible lure to pelicans, swans, cormorants and ducks, which fly into the heart of the normally arid outback by the hundreds of thousands to feast.

Argentine Inundation

Severe flooding in three Argentine provinces and neighboring parts of Uruguay forced nearly 40,000 people from their homes. In Argentina’s worst hit Santa Fe province, around 30,000 people were evacuated in and around the provincial capital and the cities of Rosario and Canada de Gomez. Evacuees carrying baskets filled with only a few prized possessions struggled through waist-deep waters.

Tropical Cyclones

Tropical Cyclone Jaya tore through the same areas of northern Madagascar that were already devastated by Cyclone Indlala’s fury just over two weeks earlier.

• Typhoon Kong-Rey drenched the Northern Mariana Islands before losing force in the western Pacific.

• Tropical Storm Cliff brought heavy rainfall to Fiji and Tonga.

Bird Flu Decline

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s top veterinarian announced that avian influenza appears to be on the decline around the world. But, Joseph Domenech wrote in a press release, the potentially fatal virus is still spreading where containment efforts are inadequate. He warned: “Egypt, Indonesia and Nigeria have not yet been able to contain the disease, effectively making them reservoirs of the virus for possible introduction to other countries.”

During the past year, 53 countries reported outbreaks of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza, which has killed at least 171 people worldwide since it emerged in 2003.

Peruvian Blasts

Peru’s most active volcano produced a series of four explosions that prompted officials to prepare plans for an evacuation of nearby residents should Ubinas erupt again. The explosions came almost exactly a

year after the mountain started belching ash, smoke and toxic gases over southeastern Peru, killing livestock and polluting water supplies. It had previously been dormant for nearly 40 years.

African Poaching Surge

A leading African environmental group warned that rhinos and elephants are increasingly being targeted for their prized horns and tusks while smaller animals, like antelope, are being killed for their meat.

A report by Animal Rights Africa said the rhino population in three Zimbabwe parks has dropped sharply from poaching. It added that at least 70 rhinos have been killed in South Africa's famed Kruger National Park alone during the past six years.

Earthquakes

The South Pacific nation of the Solomon Islands was devastated by a massive offshore earthquake

and resulting tsunami that crashed into the country’s western shores at heights of up to 20 feet. Entire villages were washed away by the sudden surge of ocean water. At least 28 people were killed and hundreds of homes and other buildings were demolished by the surge and initial 8.1 magnitude quake.

• More than 50 homes were wrecked in eastern Afghanistan by a quake that rocked a wide area of the Indian subcontinent.

• Earth movements were also felt in southern Chile and the Azores.

Beluga Voyager

A wayward whale appears to have wound up in the heart of landlocked Moscow by navigating more than 1,000 miles of canals and other waterways of northern Russia from the Barents Sea to the walls of the Kremlin. Russia’s Channel One broadcast live images of the Beluga whale frolicking in the Moscow River. Aleksandr Terentyev, a researcher at an unnamed institute, told the channel he didn’t know how the marine mammal managed to make it through the only possible route from the Arctic to Moscow. But he believes the whale entered the Belomor canal from the White Sea, then traveled through the Volga-Baltic canal, Beloe Ozero and Rybinsk reservoir before entering the Volga River. The Emergencies Ministry said it would try to coax the whale to swim southward to the Black Sea, far from its usual Arctic habitat. w

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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s John McEuen brings his solo show to town

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The Dirt Band evolved out of informal jams at McCabe’s guitar shop in Santa Monica.

From bootlegs I’ve heard, and articles I’ve read, that seems like a magical room. How did that vibe influence the Dirt Band?

John McEuen: I would say it’s a place musicians gravitate to. Much in the way that Randy’s Pickin’ Parlor is. It’s just one of those places where it all came together in the right way. It only holds about 140 people, but man, everybody’s played there.

Have you played Randy’s place here before?

John McEuen: No, but I’m looking very forward to it. If Randy’s involved, it’s gotta be good. His rep is well known as a fine luthier. I last saw him about ten years ago. I played plenty at his original concert hall. We’d just be sitting around playing with Vassar (Clements) and Buck (White) and Marty Stuart, or whoever dropped in that day. It was something you always looked forward to when you were in Nashville.

Vassar Clements’ name will forever be linked to the Dirt Band, and he was a very beloved figure in these parts. Do you have any particular memories of Vassar?

John McEuen: It’s interesting you mention him. I actually dedicate a part of the show to Vassar through personal insights, stories and music. The stories usually crack people up, and folks can hear them on Sunday.

Is the internet a big part of your career?

John McEuen: Extremely so. You know, my mother actually came up with my website name (www.johnmceuen.com), but I added the part at the end. (laughs) I get e-mails

all the time and I answer them. Folks in Germany, Italy or England actually make vacation plans around seeing me in Minnesota or someplace! Six people came all the way from Australia to see a solo show in Virginia. What would it cost to advertise in Australia just to get those six people there? (laughs) What about your solo shows would likely surprise Dirt Band fans the most?

John McEuen: They’re more fun. (laughs) For them and for me, as I get to do more of what I can do. I try to give people an idea of what “the journey” has been like and how they’ve been involved in it — with just a guitar and a banjo and a mandolin and a fiddle. If the Circle LP hadn’t been accepted by so many people, no one would know about it or me. We’d still have made it, though! My solo shows are more eclectic. I do traditional tunes, some of my own songs, and some Dirt Band material too.

Are your solo shows child-safe?

John McEuen: I have six kids and seven grandkids, and I never do anything that I’d be afraid of doing in front of them. w John McEuen plays Randy Wood’s Concert Hall (1304 E. Hwy 80, Bloomingdale) at 7 pm, Sunday. Advance tickets to this intimate, ALL-AGES show are $25, and can be reserved by calling 748-1930.

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rom the moment John McEuen helped found Grammy Award-winning Americana icons The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1966, he set in motion a career that would see the versatile singer/songwriter tour the world to international acclaim, and play and record with a vast number of living legends of folk, country and blues music.

That group —best known for their landmark early-’70s platinum-selling album Will The Circle Be Unbroken (called “the most important album in the history of country music”)— has scores more acclaimed LPs under their collective belt, and while they continue to tour, increasingly McEuen has made a name for himself as a solo artist. This masterful storyteller and singer will bring his one-man show to Randy Wood’s cozy Bloomingdale venue this weekend for an evening of words and music that should prove to be a treat to anyone entranced by the Dirt Band’s mélange of traditional acoustic roots music.

The convivial artist (who’s flown two million miles and driven a million more over the course of his life) spoke with me by phone in advance of this concert.

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Hello-caster!

Iconic guitarist Jerry Donahue shows off his latest creation

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couple of weeks back, the Savannah Music Festival welcomed John Jorgenson and his gypsy jazz quintet to Orleans Hall for a series of spellbinding sets that wowed existing fans and made instant converts. This upcoming Wednesday night, Portman’s Music Superstore will provide another such opportunity when they sponsor a clinic and solo performance by Jorgenson’s peer, friend and longtime guitar foil, Jerry Donahue.

Both musicians famously collaborated alongside fellow six-string whiz Will Ray as members of The Hellecasters — a supergroup of almost insanely gifted Telecaster baddasses championed by Monkees member (and indie record company magnate) Michael Nesmith, that went on to become one of the most celebrated acts of their kind in the history of recorded music.

These days, Donahue —who in his capacity as a highly sought-after session guitarist has worked with a dizzying number of major artists including Robert Plant, Elton John, George Harrison, Bonnie Raitt, Nanci Griffith, Roy Orbison, Joan Armatrading, Sandy Denny, The Yardbirds, Warren Zevon, Gerry Rafferty, Linda Gail Lewis, and

more— is doing a small number of intimate clinics to help promote his latest endeavor: the Omniac guitar.

Designed by Donahue in association with the Peavey company’s custom shop, this signature model resembles his last foray into this realm, 1997’s Fender Signature Series Tele. However, according to the guitarist, this new model is the closest he has come to

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a design that meets his own exacting specs.

It would also seem to provide versatile players with a wider variety of tonal possibilities than can usually be found when buying an axe “off the rack.”

“The Telecaster has, without a doubt, a far superior bridge/pickup assembly (than other electric guitar styles),” he said in 2006, adding that the Omniac “takes what I’ve always loved to an even higher level.”

In layman’s terms, the main difference between his new Peavey model and a standard Fender Tele is in the pickup array, and how those pickups contribute to the sound of the instrument. With a proprietary five-way selector switch and a pair of specially-wired Seymour Duncan pickups, this guitar offers five classic tones from the ‘50s through the ‘70s. Whether they be full-bodied jazz, soaring overdriven blues, or variations on the classic raunchy lead sounds which defined both country and rock tunes of those eras.

At this event, this “guitarists’ guitarist” will play a solo set, centered around emphasizing how he’s developed the personal style he’s become known for (a radical method of bending the instrument’s strings to emulate the trademark sounds of pedal steel guitars).

While it may sound as though this clinic is tailored strictly for players, Portman’s CEO Bruce Chapman predicts it will be both educational and highly entertaining for any lover of guitar music — whether they pick or not.

“This’ll be seventy or a hundred people sitting around where they can talk to him.

He’ll play some, probably tell a few road stories, demonstrate some techniques, and then answer questions from the crowd. That’s usually the high point of clinics.”

Chapman says despite a career in music retail for a quarter century, he’s never met Donahue before.

“I’ve been very aware of him for years, and as soon as we had this chance, we jumped all over it. He’s only in this part of the world for about a week, and is only doing five dates. Ours is one of them.”

Donahue will be bringing some of the new Omniac guitars with him, and the store will likely make people a better than average deal on them to commemorate the clinic.

However, Chapman says this show is about much more than moving product.

“This is a good, family event, and it should help to motivate people to go home and work on taking their own music and abilities to the next level,” he says. “A lot of young people out there never get to hear great live music in person. They may have only known this kind of playing on record, TV or the internet. Here they can see up close what their own possibilities are. It’s a whole other thing.” w Jerry Donahue plays Portman’s Superstore 7 pm Wed., April 18. Advance tickets to this ALL-AGES event are only $5, and can be purchased at the store, or charged at 354-1500.

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The Alcohol Stunt Band

Hilarious and sinde Nashville alt. country/rawk band thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one part Bottle Rockets, one part Modern Lovers, and one teeny tiny part Mattoid. With lines like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m the alcohol stuntman / My liverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my airbag / My helmetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an ashtray / and my cape is a bar ragâ&#x20AC;? you know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gonna be a long, blurry night. Sat., 10 pm, The Jinx.

Devon Allmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Honeytribe

Up-and-coming Black Crowes-ish classic rock-with-soulful-vocals featuring Gregg Allmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son Devon as frontman. The Tony Tyler Trance open. Thurs., 8 pm, Wiseguys (Statesboro).

Angry Johnny & Killbillies

HuDost

Male/female duo show featuring the core of this underground â&#x20AC;&#x153;world fusion ensembleâ&#x20AC;?. Their set draws on haunting Turkish and Persian ethnic musics, as well as Croatian, Macedonian and Sufi traditions, filtered through a modern alt.rock sensibility. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re touring in support of their beguiling and dreamlike new CD. Fri., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean - ALL-AGES.

Latin Jazz Motion

Energetic jazz combo driven by the percussive talents of frontman/conga player David Lugo. Fri., 9 pm, Jazzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d Tapas Bar.

The Magic Rocks

Power trio (featuring members of The 8-Tracks) playing an oddball mix of obscure rock, alternative, country and soul tunes.

Fri. - Sat., 8 pm, The Warehouse.

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This Ma.-based psycho-billy act veers close to metal on their obscenity-laced, cornpone redneck baaddass shtick. Some will love it (especially the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dimebag Darrellâ&#x20AC;? mandolin), while others will see more bombast than true staying power in their bellowing rants demanding penitence. Phillyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ladyfingers may actually steal the show with their rubber room boogie-woogie opening act that smacks of Tav Falco aping Beefheartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first Magic Band.

That shitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cool. Fri., 11 pm, The Jinx.

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Brenda Morie

Gifted jazz flutist new to the area, accompanied by ace bassist Peter Berquist and pianist Eric Jones. Thurs., 8 pm, Mansion on Forsyth Park.

G.E. Perry & Strange Brew

The Dark Romantics

Bluesonics

Rock-solid Chicago-style shuffle and jump blues. Sat., 9 pm, Jazzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d Tapas Bar.

Bottles & Cans

Fat Possum-esque Delta garage rock with lots of mouth harp and a strong Tom Waits trip. Thurs., 10 pm, Savannah Blues.

The Dark Romantics

Infectious, promising Fla.-based indie rockers that draw on the moody, pre-goth post-punk of the early â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s. Tues., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean - ALL-AGES.

Eat Moâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Music

Funky, guitar/trumpet soul-jazz quartet.

Sat., 3 pm, Sorry Charlieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

Blue/jazz/rock covers and originals featuring guitar, bass, drums and harmonica. Sat., 10 pm, Savannah Down Under.

Rockslide & The Star Spangled Banners SCAD-based acoustic quartet that pens cutesy joke songs (many of which are filled with pop culture references) on guitar, harmonica, kazoo and concertina. Fri., 8 pm, Metro Coffee House - ALL-AGES.

Annie Sellick

Vocalist who works with Joey Defrancesco, and been repeatedly named Nashvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Best Jazz Artist. Fri. - Sat., 9 pm, 10:30 pm, midnight, Kokopelliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jazz Club.

Simple Complexity

Jacksonville-based alternative hip-hop duo appearing with locals Dope Sandwich and DJ D-Frost. Tues., 10 pm, The Jinx.

Regina Spektor

Recently reformed lineup of this regional modern rock outfit fronted by songwriter/ guitarist Eric Britt. Fri., 9 pm, Fiddlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Crab House (River St.).

Quirky, Russian-born pianist/songwriter whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s become a cult sensation here and abroad by opening for The Strokes and other alt.rock stars. This show sold out in a few hours, but extra tickets may be found.

Thurs., 8 pm, Trustees Theater.

High Velocity

The Train Wrecks

Hazel Virtue

Local Southern/classic rock/modern country cover band with a huge setlist. Wed., Fri. - Sat., 9 pm, Gilleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (Hinseville).

Gutsy local roots-rock combo led by songwriter Jason Bible. See also Connect Recommends. Thurs., 10 pm, Murphyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Law + Sat., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge. w

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Though they may not possess the name recognition of some of the local electric blues combos that have played this area for well over a decade, this versatile group is every bit as capable of putting on exhilarating live shows filled with standards as well as more contemporary material. Fri., 10 pm, Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub.

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$2 Miller Lite Drafts All night $2 Captain Morgan's Tattoo Shots Fri. Apr. 13th

The Hitmen $5 Jager Bombs $2 Cuervos Sat. Apr. 14th

Kendal Williams Band $2 Dom. Draft 'til 10

Ultra-rare live performance from this world-famous turntablist, remixer and hiphop academic. He’ll be joined by violinist Yoon, and a number of Asian musicians for a show incorporating spontaneous music and video projection. Tickets are free, but must be picked up in advance. Wed., 8 pm, Trustees Theater - ALL-AGES.

Entropy

The latest indie CD by this Atlanta/ Athens-based retro-nouveau funk band draws heavily on the spaced-out rhetoric of vintage P-Funk concept LPs. Their live shows lean toward deep, multi-layered funk workouts dripping with poly-rhythms, absurdist prose and calls for the crowd to join in on the proceedings. Fri., 10 pm, Tantra Lounge.

Malcolm Holcombe

This N.C.-based songwriter is one of the shining lights on the U.S. Americana and alt. country scenes. He’s criminally unknown to most, but enjoys a fanatical, hardcore following among folks who like their acoustic guitar ballads as raw and soul-baring as they come. His live shows vary in intensity depending on his mercurial nature, but never fail to captivate. This show follows an opening by some of downtown’s more celebrated painters, and bears my highest possible recommendation. Sat., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean - ALL-AGES.

Little Salt Island Boogie 2

This is the 2nd year in a row this homegrown, ultra-DIY show has been held on the beach of Little Tybee (an uninhabited barrier island accessible only by boat). It’s a

gathering of organic rock, folk and psychedelic jam musicians with no stated purpose save fun and fellowship. The 2-day camping event is designed to leave no lasting environmental impact. It is billed as being “unsponsored and unorganized,” which basically means everyone’s on the honor system, and you best be on good behavior so as not to harsh anyone’s mellow. Bands include The Train Wrecks and Mr. Wiley. For more info, call Gary Conleay at (912) 373-5503.

Fri. - Sat., Twin Palms, Little Tybee Island ALL-AGES.

Nickel Creek

Hardly any seats remained at press time for the kickoff to this phenomenally popular and gifted bluegrass/pop crossover combo’s “Farewell (for now)” tour. Amazingly, the young members have been at this for 2 decades, and are itching to spread their wings through solo careers and other projects before their inevitable reunion. Thurs., 8 pm, Lucas Theatre.

Savannah Choral Society

“America in Song” includes Broadway showtunes, as well as gospel, folk and pops favorites by such songwriting legends as Mercer, Bernstein, Kern and Gershwin. The show will be conducted by the Society’s new full-time director, the renowned Peter Shannon. $20 adult and $10 student tickets available online at ww.savannahchoralsociety.org. Sat., 7:30 pm, AASU Fine Arts Center Auditorium.

Tango! Music of Piazzolla

The Savannah Sinfonietta’s Chamber Players showcase the revered work of Argentinian icon Astor Piazzolla (plus dance-related pieces by other noted composers such as Schubert, Beethoven, Milhaud and Ibert). The string trio includes violinist Terry Moore, violist Gretchen Frazier and cellist Sarah Schenkman. Tickets range from $15 - $20 at www.savannahorchestra. org. Students free w/valid ID at the door.

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WEDNESDAY

Celtic Karaoke (9 pm)

ONE HOT MAMA’S BBQ (Bluffton)

AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee)

Live Music TBA (8:30 pm)

B & D BURGERS (Southside)

Gail Thurmond

BAHAMA BOB’S (Pooler)

The Hitmen (10 pm)

BAY STREET BLUES

DJ Blue Ice (Hip-hop, Reggae, Top 40, R & B)

BAYOU CAFÉ

Dueling Pianos (9 pm)

BERNIE’S ON RIVER ST.

Jukebox Journey (8 pm)

BILLY’S PLACE (above MCDONOUGH’S)

Psychotronic Film: BAXTER (8 pm)

CHEERS TO YOU (135 Johnny Mercer Blvd.)

5 Point Productions’ Karaoke (10 pm)

CLUB ONE

Karaoke w/Jeff & Rebecca

COBBLESTONE CONCH HOUSE (225 W. River St.)

Karaoke w/Michael (10 pm)

CREEKSIDE CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)

DJ Spooky & Bora Yoon (8 pm)

DOLPHIN REEF LOUNGE (Tybee)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Sandfly)

Industry Night w/George

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.)

Thomas Claxton (6:30 pm)

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (Southside) Live Music TBA (9 pm) FRENCH QUARTER CAFÉ (Statesboro)

THURSDAY

Joey Manning (7 pm)

Trivia w/Artie & Brad (10 pm)

PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE) SAVANNAH BLUES

Karaoke

SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER

Bottles & Cans

SAVANNAH SMILES (314 Williamson St.)

Chief (9 pm)

SAVANNAH THEATRE

The Blend (9 pm)

THE SENTIENT BEAN COFFEEHOUSE

Lafeyette

SLUGGERS

Karaoke (8 pm)

TOMMY’S (Pooler)

#@*! Karaoke

TROPICANA NIGHTCLUB

Annie Allman & Friends (5 pm)

TRUSTEES THEATER

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt)

Randy “Hatman” Smith

TUBBY’S (River St.)

DJ Sam Diamond (Savannah Shag Club)

VENUS DE MILO

Chuck & Bucky (7 pm)

THE WAREHOUSE

Phantom Wingo (9 pm)

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Outformation (9 pm)

APRIL 12TH

High Velocity (9 pm)

Mama’s Mojo (8 pm)

Open Mic (9 pm)

Live Music TBA

Karaoke (10 pm)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

The Bobby Ryder Quartet (8 pm)

Mary Davis & Co. (7 pm)

Jeff Beasley (7 pm)

Open Mic (8 pm)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

Chief (9 pm)

Rock & Roll Bingo w/DJ Boo-Cock-Eye (11 pm)

Karaoke w/DJ Levis (9:30 pm)

• Live entertainment, dance floor

Frank Emerson*

Karaoke (9 pm)

• Award Winning Karaoke

Karaoke (9 pm)

#@*! Karaoke

Abebi Stafford (6 pm)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

Open Mic Night (9:30 pm)

Karaoke (7 pm)

Team Trivia w/Ben & Senae

#@*! Karaoke (10 pm)

Pianist David Duckworth (7 pm)

Insutrial Resurrection w/DJ Shrapnel (10 pm)

Barry Johnson

Annie Allman & Friends (5 pm)

Karaoke

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

GILLEY’S (Hinesville) GUITAR BAR

HANG FIRE (37 Whitaker St.) THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head) JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR JEN’S & FRIENDS THE JINX

KEVIN BARRY’S KING’S INN

KOKOPELLI’S JAZZ (107 W. Broughton St.) THE ISLANDER (Wilmington Isl.) LOCOS DELI & PUB (Downtown) MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE MCDONOUGH’S MERCURY LOUNGE

The Eric Culberson Blues Band (10 pm)

AUGIE’S PUB (Richmond Hill) B & B ALE HOUSE B & D BURGERS (Southside) BAJA CANTINA (The Landings) BARNES & NOBLE (Oglethorpe Mall)

Where all the locals go for food, fun & spirits

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BENNIE’S (Tybee)

BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET BLAINE’S BACK DOOR BAR THE BREW PUB (Hilton Head)

for the last seven years, 7 days a week, 9 - until

BUFFALO’S CAFÉ (Hinesville)

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CHUCK’S BAR

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DAIQUIRI BEACH

WASABI’S

DINGUS MAGEE’S

WILD WING CAFÉ

Karaoke (10 pm)

Live Music TBA (9 pm) DOC’S BAR (Tybee)

cOLDEST, CHEAPEST bEER IN TOWN

Roy & The Circuit Breakers

DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Sandfly)

Chuck Courtenay (7 pm)

18 E. River Street • 234-6003

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Thomas Claxton 7pm-11pm

The Magic Rocks 8pm-12am

Thomas Claxton 7pm-11pm

Happy Hour: Mon-Fri 2:30-7pm

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

• $6 Domestic Pitchers • 2-for-1 Wells • Shrimp & Oyster Specials

AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee)

HANG FIRE (37 Whitaker St.)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

HERCULES (Pt. Wentworth)

Karaoke

THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)

Listen 2 Three (9 pm)

THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)

Live Music TBA

JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

THE JINX-

Live Music TBA (9:30 pm)

KEVIN BARRY’S

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

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

Karaoke (9 pm)

LOCOS DELI & PUB (Southside)

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

LUCAS THEATRE

Karaoke w/DJ Levis (9:30 pm)

MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK

Karaoke (9 pm)

Dance Party w/DJ D-Frost & Friends (10 pm) Frank Emerson

Abebi Stafford (6 pm)

Team Trivia w/Ben Bennett & Senae (7 pm) Nickel Creek (8 pm)

Pianist David Duckworth (5 pm), Flutist Brenda Morie (8 pm) MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE

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Nancy Witt

CAPTAIN’S LOUNGE

Karaoke

Live Music TBA (5 pm)

The Prodigal Sunz (6 pm)

Gail Thurmond

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

Live Music TBA

Roy & The Circuit Breakers

“Helium Karaoke” w/Wrath Nasty

“World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond

Savannah Sinfonietta Chamber Players’ “Tango! The Music of Astor Piazzolla” (7:30 pm)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

Bottles & Cans (10 pm) *

FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee)

CLUB ICE-

CLUB ONE-

COBBLESTONE CONCH HOUSE (225 W. River St.) CRYSTAL BEER PARLOR

DAQUIRI ISLAND (Abercorn)

DEWEY’S DOCKSIDE (Tybee) DINGUS MAGEE’S (Statesboro) DOC’S BAR (Tybee)

DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown) DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Sandfly)

EL PICASSO (319 Main St., Garden City)

SAVANNAH BLUES

Karaoke (8 pm)

SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER INVASION LEVEL 3

Hazel Virtue (9 pm)

SAVANNAH SMILES (314 Williamson St.)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

SAVANNAH THEATRE

Kim Polote & David Duckworth (noon & 6:30 pm)

THE SENTIENT BEAN COFFEEHOUSE

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

Craig Cardiff (6:30 pm), The Frantic Rabbit Poetry Slam (8 pm) *

Eric Jones, Pianist

Brenda Morie, Jazz Flutist

BILLY’S PLACE (above MCDONOUGH’S)

J. Howard Duff (7:30 pm)

Broadway on Bull Street (8 pm)

Fri., Apr. 13

BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET

The Beer Parlor Ramblers (7:30 pm)

Dueling Pianos (9 pm)

Thurs., Apr. 12

BENNIE’S (Tybee)

The Train Wrecks (10 pm)

DJ Nick J - ‘80s, house, breaks, D & B (10 pm)

David Duckworth, Pianist

BAYOU CAFÉ

Annie Allman & Friends (5 pm)

DJ Blue Ice (Hip-hop, Reggae, Top 40, R & B)

David Duckworth, Pianist

BAY STREET BLUES

Live Music TBA (8:30 pm)

ST. PETER’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH (The Landings)

Thurs., Apr. 12

BAJA CANTINA (The Landings)

Local Cast, DJ Jason Hancock (Main Floor)

MOON RIVER BREWING CO.

THE RAIL PUB

Wed., Apr. 11

BAHAMA BOB’S (Pooler)

High Octane (10 pm)

MYRTLE’S BAR & GRILL (Bluffton)

Bösendorfer Lounge

B & D BURGERS (Southside)

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

MERCURY LOUNGE

POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill)

Casimir’s Lounge

B & B ALE HOUSE

Karaoke

MURPHY’S LAW IRISH PUB

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AUGIE’S PUB (Richmond Hill)

#@*! Karaoke

MCDONOUGH’S

PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)

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AMERICAN LEGION POST #36 (Thunderbolt)

Nancy Witt

ONE HOT MAMA’S (Bluffton)

The

Lurid Miscreants (10 pm)

APRIL 13TH

Trae Gurley (7 pm)

4

WIND ROSE CAFÉ (Tybee)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

Lavon Stevens & Louise Spencer w/Terry Grant (8 pm)

Voted Coldest Beer Years Running!

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

FRIDAY

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

3 flat screen TV’s Behind the Bar & Flat Screen TV’s at each table!!!

WILD WING CAFÉ (Bluffton)

THE GRILL BEACHSIDE (Tybee)

G.E. Perry (7:30 pm)

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You’ll love all of our

The Courtenay Brothers (10 pm) *

Jon Doe (9 pm)

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.)

DJ KZL (10 pm)

12 TV’s!

Fri 4/13 & Sat 4/14

Sun 4/15

FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee)

Thomas Claxton (10 pm)

SLUGGERS

Trivia w/Charles & Mikey (10 pm) SPANKY’S (River St.)

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

STEAMER’S (Georgetown)

Live Music TBA (9 pm) TANTRA LOUNGE

FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.) FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (Southside) 514 WEST (514 MLK, Jr. Blvd.)

FRENCH QUARTER CAFÉ (Statesboro) FRIENDLY’S TAVERN 2

#@*! Karaoke

GILLEY’S (Hinesville)

High Velocity (9 pm) GUITAR BAR

Hungry Nurses, The District, Ron Pope (9 pm) HERCULES (Pt. Wentworth)

Chief (8 pm)

HUC-A-POOS (Tybee)

DJ In A Coma (11 pm)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

Karaoke w/Jeff & Rebecca

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

DJ Southstar spins Top 40 (10 pm)

Chuck Courtenay (9 pm)

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

The Big Band Brass Bash Septet (8 pm)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

David Lugo & Latin Jazz Motion (9 pm)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

Greg Williams (10 pm)

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

Angry Johnny & The Killbillies, Ladyfingers (11 pm)

TOMMY’S (Pooler)

THE HYATT

TROPICANA NIGHTCLUB

THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)

TUBBY’S (River St.)

THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)

TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt)

JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR

UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE

JEN’S & FRIENDS

VENUS DE MILO

THE JINX-

JUKEBOX BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

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KATHLEEN’S (Beaufort)

WISEGUYS (Statesboro)

THE ALE HOUSE (Bluffton)

BAYOU CAFÉ

KEVIN BARRY’S

YONG’S COUNTRY CLUB (formerly The Music Box)

AUGIE’S PUB (Richmond Hill)

BENNY’S (Tybee)

Big Bang (9 pm) Frank Emerson KING’S INN

Devon Allman’s Honeytribe, Tony Tyler Trance (8 pm) Live Music TBA (9 pm)

Annie Sellick (9 pm, 10:30 pm, midnight)

SATURDAY

Live Music TBA (9:30 pm)

AASU FINE ARTS AUDITORIUM

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee)

Karaoke (9 pm)

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

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

John Ignac (9 pm)

Karaoke w/DJ Levis

B & B ALE HOUSE

BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET

Live Music TBA

Karaoke (9 pm)

B & D BURGERS (Southside)

BILLY’S PLACE (above MCDONOUGH’S)

Live Music TBA (10:30 pm)

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APRIL 14TH

MALONE’S (309 W. River St.)

The Savannah Choral Society’s “America In Song” (7 pm)

MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

The Joseph Michael Duo (6 pm)

BAJA CANTINA (The Landings)

CAPTAIN’S LOUNGE

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

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Live Music TBA (2 pm)

MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS

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Live Music TBA (8 pm) MCDONOUGH’S

Karaoke

MERCURY LOUNGE

The Wolling & Wise Band (10 pm)

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PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)

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The Hitmen (10 pm)

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Dueling Pianos (8:30 pm)

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Live Music TBA (8 pm)

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Jason Courtenay (9 pm)

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Live Music TBA (9 pm)

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The Hottest Dance Party

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FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.)

FRI & SAT

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Zach Deputy (10 pm) LUCAS THEATRE

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

The Kendal Williams Band (10 pm) SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER

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DJ Maytag (10 pm)

VFW CLUB (Hinesville)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

VIC’S ON THE RIVER

Live Music TBA (7 pm) THE WAREHOUSE

The Magic Rocks (8 pm) WET WILLIE’S

Live DJ (8 pm)

WILD WING CAFÉ

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WILD WING CAFÉ (Hilton Head)

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

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Dueling Pianos (8:30 pm)

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G.E. Perry w/Strange Brew (10 pm)

SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER INVASION LEVEL 3 SAVANNAH JAZZ & BLUES BISTRO (Bluffton)

APRIL 15TH

SAVANNAH SMILES (314 Williamson St.)

Joey Manning (7 pm)

SAVANNAH THEATRE

Ben Tucker & Bob Alberti (11:30 am)

SCANDALS (Tybee)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

THE SEA GRILL (Pt. Wentworth)

Live Music TBA

THE SENTIENT BEAN COFFEEHOUSE

Karaoke

SILVER CREEK SALOON (Statesboro)

Chief (9 pm)

SORRY CHARLIE’S

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

SPANKY’S (River St.)

Karaoke w/DJ Levis (9 pm)

STEAMERS (Georgetown)

Diana Rogers

STINGRAY’S (Tybee)

#@*! Karaoke

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Live Music TBA (10 pm)

Broadway on Bull Street (8 pm) Live Music TBA (9:30 pm) Live Music TBA (8 pm)

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The Savannah Concert Association presents: The Fischbach Quartet (8 pm)

The Permanent Tourists (9 pm)

Randy “Hatman” Smith (5 pm)

MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK

TUBBY’S (River St.)

Live Music TBA

Pianist TBA (5 pm), Silver Lining (9 pm)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

“World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond

MCDONOUGH’S

Live Music TBA (10 pm)

Live Music TBA (7 pm)

Live Music TBA (9 pm)

Karaoke w/Michael (9 pm)

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WET WILLIE’S

Live Music TBA (1 pm)

Karaoke (9 pm)

THE SENTIENT BEAN COFFEEHOUSE

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TUESDAY

Live Music TBA (8 pm)

BAY STREET BLUES

SLUGGERS

SPANKY’S (Pooler)

APRIL 17TH

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Live Trivia (10 pm)

Savannah Sinfonietta Chamber Players’ “Tango! The Music of Astor Piazzolla” (3 pm)

BAYOU CAFÉ (upstairs)

Chief (9 pm)

TUBBY’S (River St.)

BILLY’S PLACE (above MCDONOUGH’S)

TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt)

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UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE

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THE WAREHOUSE

CHUCK’S BAR

WILD WING CAFÉ

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Live Music TBA

#@*! Karaoke

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Thomas Claxton (1:30 pm), Live DJ (6:30 pm)

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The Courtenay Brothers (1 pm)

BN Trivia w/Artie & Brad (10 pm)

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#@*! Karaoke (10:30 pm)

BAYOU CAFÉ

Jon Doe (9 pm)

DEB’S PUB & GRUB

DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.)

Live Music TBA (6 pm)

APRIL 16TH

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Chief (9 pm)

Harry O’Donoghue (7 pm)

THE BOATHOUSE (Hilton Head)

THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head)

The Eric Culberson Blues Band (6 pm)

The Masteller All-Stars w/Bobby Ryder (8 pm)

BLUEBERRY HILL

JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR

Karaoke

Diana Rogers (7 pm)

DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown)

THE JINX-

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Live Music TBA (7 pm)

Hip-Hop Night w/DJ D-Frost, Dope Sandwich, Simple Complexity, Late Night Breakdancing & Freestyling (11 pm)

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PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE)

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Faith vs. science

Savannah Actor’s Theatre presents offbeat version of Agnes of God

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t’s not a plot line for the weak of heart.

Agnes of God tells the story of a novice nun who gives birth to a baby who is later found murdered. Written by John Pielmeier, the drama was based on an actual case that occurred in a Brighton, N.Y. convent.

In the play, Sister Agnes is both young and ignorant. When she insists her child was the result of a virgin conception, controversy ensues. The Mother Superior wants desperately to believe Sister Agnes, who sings like an angel. The court-appointed psychiatrist who is called in to investigate has left the church and has no room in her life for faith.

In the play, Sister Jennifer Murphy Whitcomb as Dr. Martha Livingston Agnes is accused of murdering her newborn The last production of Agnes of God that baby. The psychiatrist Poole directed was very different, he says. must determine if she is sane or insane.

“This one I’m much happier with,” he says.

To do this, the psychiatrist must deal not “I was able to explore.” only with Sister Agnes, but with her Mother The original production took place in Dr. Superior. Ultimately, the play deals with the Livingston’s office. “Our production takes it issue of Faith vs. Science. more outdoors,” Poole says. “Dr. Livingston The play will be presented by the deals with the nuns on their own turf.”

Savannah Actor’s Theatre. It is being diPoole believes the play actually belongs rected by David I. L. Poole. to Dr. Livingston. “It’s about her dealing “This is the second time I’ve directed it,” and coping and bringing meaning to life,” Poole says. “I did it seven years ago in New he says. “She left the church after her sister’s York. death. Everyone is constantly trying to hide “It’s a very interesting show,” he says. “My secrets, but no matter they do, they conspin on it is different from everyone else.” stantly bubble to the surface.”

Poole, an Asian American, has given A Master of Fine Arts degree candidate the production a decided Asian aspect. He at the Savannah College of Art and Design, has been training the actors in the Suzuki Poole became interested in the Savannah method of acting, first used at the SITI Actor’s Theatre after seeing a production of Company in New York City by Anne Bogart Beau Jest last September. “I was told by my and Tadashi Suzuki. It incorporates a moveprofessors that I should become involved ment technique and deals with spatial relahere because everyone at SAT is of the same tionships. mind-set,” he says.

The costume designs also invoke Asia.

“It’s a very unusual production, someFor example, the nuns wear habits and are thing people have never seen before,” Poole obviously traditional nuns, but their habits says. “It does have something new and difsomewhat resemble kimonos. ferent to it. I would tell people to expect the The play features a cast of three -unexpected.” w Jennipher Murphy Whitcomb as the psychiatrist, Dr. Martha Livingston; Dandy Barrett Agnes of God will be presented April 12, as the Mother Superior; and Emily House as 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. at The Ark Sister Agnes.

Theatre, 703 Louisville Rd. in Suite D. Tickets “I love this play,” Poole says. “It concerns are $10. For information, call the Savannah the relationship between three women who Actor’s Theatre at 232-6080. are very interesting to me. These women are in three different stages of life -- the maid, the mother and the crone.”

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‘Everyone is an

artist’

SCAD production takes risks in a retelling of some well-known childhood tales

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Give us a brief summary of Story Theatre.

Lee Soroko: Story Theatre is a collection of Brothers Grimm and Aesop’s tales by Paul Sills. Sills is the son and creative collaborator of Viola Spolin, whose revolutionary teachings on theatre games and improvisation changed the face of how acting is taught in every performance training program in the nation today.

Which of Grimm’s tales and Aesop’s fables will be in the production?

Lee Soroko: The production runs a little over an hour and ten stories are used: Little Peasant, Bremen Town Musicians, Robber Bridegroom, Henny Penny, Master-thief, Venus and the Cat, Fisherman and His Wife, Two Crows, and The Golden Goose.

Grimm’s fairytales are usually dark. Will this production take a lighter route or will it follow the original context?

Lee Soroko: Story Theatre is not moralistic, and is full of satire, murder, sex and deception Who will be performing?

Lee Soroko: The production is unique because the focus is on showing the talent of our freshman class.

How long have the students been practicing?

Lee Soroko: Rehearsals began February 11 with a hiatus for spring break. This is somewhat problematic given how quickly we go up (two weeks into the quarter).

Tell us about your concept behind the set and costumes.

Lee Soroko: Tyler Tunny is the set designer, Dawn Testa is the costume designer and Robert Mund is the lighting designer, all of whom are professors here at SCAD. The production concept is quite unique and innovative. Given that we often come to stories from looking at pictures, and that this is the Savannah College of Art and Design, we will enter Story Theatre from the stand point that everyone is an artist. Famous paintings from art history will be drawn while the action of the play takes places breaking the tradition and using a simultaneity of focus between the art being drawn and the actors telling the story.

Everyone is an artist and the design choices reflect this. The costumes are thus indicative of the time periods of the art created on stage.

Does this production cater to children? Who is the target audience?

Lee Soroko: The target audience is the SCAD community and it’s not appropriate for small children.

We are taking a large risk with this production and this may challenge the nature of what one expects when discussing or seeing these time-honored tales. Most people do not read them and rely on the PC, watereddown versions from TV or film.

These stories have very little to do with the Disney versions and I hope the audience experiences an innovative hour of live performance made manifest by a group a very talented freshmen here at the Savannah College of Art and Design. w

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CAD’s Department of Performing Arts is staging Story Theatre, a more modern, adult take on some classic tales you might remember from childhood.

We recently had an informative e-mail exchange with Lee Soroko, professor of performing arts, who is directing the show.

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y all accounts, Zora Neale Hurston was a remarkable woman. Born in 1891 in Alabama, she grew up in Eatonville, Fla., the first all-black incorporated town in the United States. In 1925, she was the only black scholar at Barnard College.

An anthropologist, Hurston did much of her work in the American South. She also was a writer, and her book, Their Eyes Were Watching God, has been read and reread -and loved -- ever since its publication in the 1930s.

“I first read it a long time ago, back in the 70s,” says Letty Shearer, Director of Economic and Community Development at Armstrong Atlantic State University. “When I first read it, I was so taken with the main character and her search for independence and love. It speaks to everyone and is still timely.

Zora Neale Hurston was talented in many, many ways.”

Hurston and her novel are the focus of readers in Savannah who are participating in The Big Read, which was begun by the National Endowment for the Arts to restore reading to the center of American culture.

In 2004, the NEA did a survey called Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America that showed that less than half of the adults in the U.S. read literature.

Events began in February, and will conclude on Saturday, April 14 with a celebration in Daffin Park. There have been book discussions, film presentations. staged readings and other events.

Shearer says a number of partners are involved in The Big Read, including AASU, the Live Oak Public Libraries, the Black Heritage Festival, the City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs and more.

In addition to books, bookmarkers and reader’s guides also were distributed. “We put bookplates in the 1,000 books, asking that they be returned so we can send them to the deployed troops,” Shearer says.

Beth Howells, Director of Composition at AASU, organized the first Big Read in Savannah four years ago, which focused on Flannery O’Connor. At first, it was intended

only as a campus-wide event.

“We found out there were so many in the community who were interested in participating,” Howells says. “They were coming to all the events.”

The next year, Ernest Gaines’ A Lesson Before Dying was the book chosen, and the highlight was a presentation by Gaines himself. “It was to be one of his last public appearances,” Howells says.

The 2006 Big Read focused on Dr. Richard Selzer and his book, Moral Lessons.

He also made a presentation in Savannah.

While those events were interesting and attracted a lot of community attention, they pale in comparison to this year’s Big Read. Fueled by a $20,000 grant from the NEA, it has gone community-wide in a big way.

This year, Howells selected Their Eyes Were Watching God. “I chose it because our student population is 70 percent female,” Howells says.

“Also, since it takes place in Florida, the setting and culture is similar to ours.”

Savannah is one of 72 communities nationwide that are participating. “We will close with 100 book clubs in Daffin Park,” Howells says.

“We’ve started an email grapevine to try to reach every-

body.”

The event will open with a welcome by Mayor Otis Johnson. A free concert by the Howard Paul Quintet and guest vocalist Kim Polote will follow the event at 4 p.m.

With fewer people reading literature, events such as The Big Read are important, Howells says. “Literacy is important,” she says. “In Savannah and across the country, one of the most common issues is education.

“This way, people of all ages can come together and talk about a common subject,” Howells says. “There is something really positive and hopeful about coming together and discussing a book.”

All too often, people associate reading with studying and homework, Howells says.

“Now everyone can see reading has a life outside the classroom,” she says. “We must

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Children’s activities will be held during the event so parents can attend the discussion sessions. “Each lecture will last about 45 minutes,” Coleman says. “People will be able to spend a couple of hours going from tent to tent and discussion to discussion.

“This is the first time we’ve tried an adult event like this,” she says. “Hopefully it will be an across-the-board good thing.”

The Big Read also will honor another occasion -- the 100th anniversary of Daffin Park. “That’s why we set the amount of book clubs at 100,” Coleman says.

“So far, we have 75 book clubs we know are coming, and we’re trying to find more,” she says. “It’s interesting that there are so many book groups in the community.”

This will be the first time the City of Savannah has been formally involved in The Big Read. Cultural Affairs Marketing Coordinator Kathleen Sizemore says she hopes the event keeps growing every year.

“We want people to fall back in love with reading,” Sizemore says. “I have two kids under the age of two, so I hardly have the opportunity to read, so this has been a real pleasure for me.

“I love (Hurston’s) writing style,” Sizemore says. “I love the poetic quality of her work. It’s something intangible that you can’t get from watching television. It’s something beautiful that only reading can provide.”

As part of The Big Read, Elizabeth Desnoyers-Colas, an assistant professor in communication at AASU, will present Their

Eyes Were Watching Syntax: Examining the Double Jeopardy Implications of African American Code Switching on April 12 at 7 p.m. in AASU’s Ashmore Hall.

“What I’m looking at in my presentation is explaining how African Americans speak one way in one setting and another in their own setting,” Desnoyers-Colas says. “That is what code switching is.

“Zora had to do code switching when she was with her white benefactors,” DesnoyersColas says. “She was able to capture the art of code-switching in her writing.”

Today, African-American dialect is sometimes referred to as Ebonics. During Desnoyers-Colas’ presentation, the AASU Gospel Choir will perform and student actors will present scenes from Their Eyes Were Watching God. “They will act out key scenes to depict the different things she looked at,” Desnoyers-Colas says. “There will be a panel discussion with students and faculty members that will be led by Dr. Dick Nordquist.”

Code switching is very much present today, Desnoyers-Colas says. “I had to do it in my day,” she says. “My students assure me they have to do the same thing.”

The participation of the gospel choir is particularly significant, Desnoyers-Colas says. “Zora did sing and she loved music,” she says. “As an anthropologist, she looked at African-American music.”

No matter how many people turn out for The Best Read closing event at Daffin Park, it’s already been a success. Says Shearer, “It’s been wonderful because everyone loves this book.” w On Wednesday, April 11 at 7 p.m., Armstrong Atlantic State University faculty from the Department of History will present Zora: Ethnologically Speaking in Solms Hall, Room 110.

On Thursday, April 12, Dr. Elizabeth Desnoyers-Colas, the AASU Masquers and the AASU Gospel Choir will present Their Eyes Were Watching Syntax: Examining the Double Jeopardy Implications of African American Code Switching in AASU’s Ashmore Auditorium.

An AASU student symposium with students and alumni reading papers on Zora Neale Hurston will be held Friday, April 13 at 1 p.m. in the University Dining Room.

The closing celebration of The Big Read will be held April 14 from 2-4 p.m. at Daffin Park. A concert featuring the Howard Paul Quintet and guest vocalist Kim Polote will follow, courtesy of the Daffin Park Centennial Committee. All Big Read events and activities are free and open to the public.

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address the reading crisis in our society.”

Christian Kruse is the director of the Live Oak Public Libraries. Most of the programs sponsored by Live Oak were aimed primarily at children.

“One book we presented was a biography of Zora Neale Hurston for children 9 to 15,” Kruse says. “We also did some programs on the Harlem Renaissance.”

Over 1,000 copies of Their Eyes Were Watching God were distributed throughout the community, primarily in schools. “We gave some to community and school leaders and asked them to share,” Kruse says.

“This event spotlights the importance of reading,” he says. “It gets people excited about literature, and gets them together to talk about literature. “It’s very exciting to be discussing one book. It’s wonderful that the NEA made it possible for us to do so much more with the community.”

Constance Coleman is coordinator of the eastern region of Live Oak Public Libraries.

“There will be 10 big tents in Daffin Park on April 14,” she says.

A different topic will be discussed in each of the tents. “Some will talk about Zora’s life, about anthropology, about the town she lived in, even the music that was popular then,” Coleman says.

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Theater, 216 E. Broughton St., followed by a reception and book signing at Red AASU@Leopold’s -- Leopold’s Ice Cream, Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. Free and 212 E. Broughton St., has on display 19 open to the public. posters designed by AASU students for a competition sponsored by the Friends of ‘The Beauty of Living’ -- Paintings Johny Mercer. The art will be on display

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Epworth Center for the Arts on Sunday, April 29 12:30-3 p.m. Free and open to ‘Who We Were and How We Will be the public. The paintings will be on disForgotten’ -- Photos by Alexi Gibson play for patrons only during the evenings through April at Black Orchid Gallery, 131 performance of the Epworth Player’s The Drayton St. Reception Sunday April 22 7 Exact Center of the Universe. The Epworth p.m.-until.

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‘Welcome to the motherhood’ Atsuko Inagawa Smith@Gallery S.P.A.C.E. through April 27

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n the heyday of the last wave of feminism in the U.S. and Western Europe, women began to despise what they saw as their limited role in the home. They looked to the world of the workforce and professional career as a release from the “drudgery” of homemaking and even childcare. For the woman who chose to be an artist, it was necessary to maintain a complete separation between the production of art works and the cyclical reproduction of daily life.

Finally, however, differing attitudes of women from other cultures had a profound effect and there was a move to widen the very meaning of art and try to overcome that separation. It has not been completely successful.

Atsuko Inagawa Smith has chosen for her subject matter the seemingly “artless” category of simple human activities, which are, however, laden with significance if we think about their importance as they are practiced in various cultures. She has created installations around the different areas of daily home life – the laundry room, toilet, utility or cleaning room, and family sitting and dining area of a traditional Japanese home. Her materials consist of the detritus of consumption – plastic shopping bags and paper and plastic packaging of items used in childcare and food preparation.

In “Mina’s Toilet” (Mina is her little girl), a small child-sized toilet, possibly constructed from papier mâché and covered in cut and pasted packaging, stands on a platform covered in a quilt-like rug made of stitched plastic shopping bags. There is a child-sized toilet paper roll and in place of a roll of toilet paper, there is a newspaper comic strip.

Little Mina has her own towel rack and Mina herself seems to have done the decorating on the mat surrounding the com-

mode. Charmingly, at the entrance, two small slippers wait for their small owner to put them on before entering at the next visit.

In the installation entitled “The Sweeping Broom”, household cleaning chores are ennobled. Inagawa Smith tells us that in Japan cleaning is considered by Buddhism to be an enlightening activity. It is a vehicle for selfpurification and realization.

One can clean without any delusions.

The objects here include a dustpan and bucket, a hand duster (covered in a Sudoku puzzle), a “feather” duster, a broom and a full apron. These are all either entirely constructed from newspaper or are items covered with Japanese newspapers – except the apron, to which the Savannah Morning News has been put to good use.

Another set-up is a series of three washing lines and upon each line Inagawa Smith has pinned with tiny wooden clothes pegs fourteen pairs of little training pants made from the bright colored packaging of store bought training pants and diapers. These are intricately stitched and look wearable.

There is a staggering amount of labor intensive work in these objects.

In the West, we still avoid housework at all costs. We usually consider it a waste of time and if we can pay others to do it, we will. Exactly what we are “freeing” our time for is often unclear. And as well as not bothering to clean, we can’t be bothered to recycle or dispose properly.

I note that Savannah is just now engaging in a debate on the merits and how-to’s of recycling. Japan has some of the strictest rules in the world for recycling and disposal.

This fact Inagawa Smith mentions in regards to her installation entitled, “Obento.”

She tells us that Obento is a boxed meal, similar to a school lunchbox, which can be made at home or gotten at a restaurant.

Children take to school a plastic obento box with a carefully prepared lunch, a pair of chopsticks, a thermos and a cotton napkin.

This totally eliminates waste.

The obento box Inagawa Smith has created is made from papier mâché and is filled with attractive colored “foods”, the napkin being of stitched plastic bags.

But what is being said by the fact of the enormous size of these particular objects?

For instance, the chopsticks that go with the obento box are at least 4 feet long and the box itself is perhaps 6 feet square. This is out of scale where most of the other installations are well within actual size.

I am reminded of the Pop artist, Claes Oldenburg, who uses the surrealist effect of scale change or inappropriate use of materials to de-familiarize and therefore to shock the sensibility of the viewer as she looks at what otherwise would be ordinary objects.

And there are two other installation areas of larger than life-sized objects: a reproduction of an envelope traditionally used for gifts of money on special occasions and a carefully wrapped gift box for newborns carrying good luck charms for the infant and there is an outsized set of playing cards covering more than one wall.

In the modern world, and particularly in the West, to fulfill the daily tasks of life creatively is to be invisible in the art market; indeed, no one would call you an artist at all.

Perhaps Inagawa Smith has chosen to com-

ment on this contradiction by creating these few very large installations that seem to be expressly made to hang in a contemporary art museum.

Her price list corroborates this idea because the prices of those large artworks are in the hundreds of dollars, whereas you can buy a pair of “training pants” for $15. 00, although the time it took to make it is surely not being compensated for by that sum.

One last thought. The title intrigues me.

“Welcome to THE Motherhood.” Not just “Welcome to Motherhood.”

Is Inagawa Smith here slyly referencing a mystical association of mothers, rather like The Brotherhood? I hope so. w Bertha Husband is a native of Scotland and a painter who graduated from the Ruskin School of Fine Art at Oxford University and has an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has been writring art criticism for over 20 years in publications that include Chicago Reader, Art Papers, Third Text and Left Curve.

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One part of Grindhouse is the bomb, while the other’s simply a bomb Grindhouse 1/2

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Machete (trailer), directed by Robert Rodriguez  Grindhouse gets off to a roaring start with this faux-preview in which (shades of the current Shooter) a skilled marksman (Danny Trejo) becomes a pawn in a political assassination and turns the tables on the villainous masterminds. Trejo, about as mobile as a block of granite, may seem like an unlikely hero, but let’s not forget that the equally leather-faced Charles Bronson -also a far cry from a matinee idol -- enjoyed his greatest success during the 1970s.

Planet Terror (feature film), directed

by Robert Rodriguez 1/2 The first of the two main attractions is tons of fun, not only in its gleeful syphoning from George Romero’s zombie classics but also in the manner in which Rodriguez insures that every frame looks like it came from a beat-up film reel buried in somebody’s garage since the 70s. There are scratches and blotches evident throughout, as well as instances of erratically cut frames (the “missing reel” moment is priceless) and bad sound looping -- it sounds like it would be annoying, but it actually works for the benefit of the overall piece.

As for the story, it’s the usual slime-andgrime saga of a plucky band of survivors fighting off hordes of shambling, oozing creatures who have all been infected by a deadly virus. As Cherry Darling, a go-go dancer who becomes an unexpected leader

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when the body bits hit the fan, Rose McGowan delivers a robust performance, while Marley Shelton, as Dr. Dakota Block, shows off some deft comedic moves after a needle injection by her sadistic husband (Josh Brolin) forces her to ward off the marauding monsters without the use of her temporarily paralyzed hands.

Some anachronistic touches (e.g. text messaging, a mention of Osama bin Laden) and the use of an A-list actor in an unbilled supporting role momentarily break the total grindhouse immersion, but that’s a minor quibble. Gross but gleeful, Planet Terror knocks it into orbit.

Werewolf Women of the S.S. (trailer), directed by Rob Zombie1/2

Now here’s a preview I would love to see expanded to feature-length form! Meshing such ‘70s sleazefests as Ilsa, She-Wolf of the S.S., The Werewolf of Washington, and Werewolves On Wheels, this preview milks most of its ingenuity from its cast, relying on familiar genre faces (Sybil Danning, Tom Towles) and capping it with a “special appearance” (by an actor who will do anything) that had me on the floor.

Don’t (trailer), directed by Edgar Wright 1/2

Wright, the British auteur behind Shaun of the Dead, creates a humorous preview that spoofs all those coming attraction spots that heavily rely on “Don’t open that door”/ ”Don’t look in the closet”/etc. It’s amusing, but it doesn’t really belong here.

Thanksgiving (trailer), directed by Eli Roth 1/2

There’s not much wit or style -- just relentless gore -- in this preview by the director of Hostel. Besides, with the exception of the original Black Christmas and Halloween, holiday-themed slasher flicks were more commonplace in the 1980s, not the 1970s.

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Death Proof (feature film), directed

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Did Tarantino not understand the assignment? He knows as much as anybody about the grindhouse flicks of yesteryear, so why does his half of the movie resemble those cheapies only sporadically?

The premise is certainly ripe for potential: A sadistic creep known as Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) uses his own soupedup vehicle as a weapon with which to murder young women. It’s a little bit Death Race 2000, a little bit The Switchblade Sisters, and a lot of Vanishing Point, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, and other fast-car flicks from the ‘70s.

But in the end, Death Proof ends up resembling not so much a grindhouse flick as a Quentin Tarantino movie -- and a bad one at that. With the exception of one gag already employed -- and to much greater effect -- by Rodriguez, there’s little that’s wrong with the pristine look of Death Proof: It’s as shiny and blemish-free as any other movie making the multiplex rounds.

But the real problem is that, until the final reel, Death Proof is practically all talk and no action. A master of dialogue, Tarantino has two sets of female protagonists -- a quartet of victims followed by a trio of avenging angels -- yak endlessly about relationships, sex and movies, resulting in boring gabfests that bring Grindhouse’s early energy to a grinding halt.

And Tarantino’s habit of having characters repeatedly say “niggah this” and “niggah that,” which seemed more appropriate in Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown, reveals an embarrassing fetish here.

All of this only serves to strip screen time away from Russell, who’s actually quite good as the psycho on wheels. It’s a career reinvention similar to Mickey Rourke’s turn in Sin City, and it’s a shame that Tarantino frequently leaves his MVP stranded on the side of the road. w

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ack in the 1930s, the talent-heavy MGM studio created the slogan “More Stars Than There Are In Heaven” to promote its big-budget extravaganzas. With apologies to studio head Louis B. Mayer, I find myself having to co-opt that catchphrase, since one overall star rating doesn’t do justice to the many components found in Grindhouse.

Designed as an homage to the low-budget exploitation flicks that ran rampant in past decades (most notably the 1970s), Grindhouse finds cinematic bad boys Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez attempting to create their own down-anddirty double-bill, two grisly features (complete with bogus trailers) that would have been right at home playing in a disreputable Times Square movie theater circa 1974. It’s a terrific idea, but unfortunately, the quality of the individual works veers all over the map.

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Chalk it up to wishful thinking or poor taste (or both) for Warner Bros. to have released an R-rated, FX-driven horror yarn about the Biblical plagues on the day before Good Friday, but at any rate, studio suits are probably more fearful of the apathy of disinterested moviegoers than the wrath of God. Hilary Swank, whose second Oscar still wasn’t enough insurance to save her from shoddy efforts like this, stars as Katherine Winter, a university professor who, after losing her faith in God about the same time she lost her husband and daughter to tragedy, has gone 48-for-48 in exposing so-called “miracles” through scientific means (with so much globe-trotting, when does she have time to grade test papers?). Her latest investigation takes her to the small town of Haven, La., where a blonde child (Bridge to Terabithia’s AnnaSophia Robb) is believed to be a satanic emissary sent to unleash the 10 plagues on this quiet hamlet. Stephen Hopkins, who directs every film as if it were a NASCAR vehicle gunning for the finish line, doesn’t have much faith in the screenplay by Carey W. Hayes and Chad Hayes, since he orchestrates much of the picture (most notably the flashbacks, dream sequences and CGI orgies) with all the delicacy of a lumberjack in ballerina slippers. (Then again, maybe he merely saw that dreadful House of Wax remake -- written by the Hayes -- and panicked.) A last-minute twist adds some drama, but a last-second twist merely leaves a bad taste.

Meet The Robinsons 1/2

Select theaters across the nation are showing this latest Disney animated feature in 3-D, and I’m sorry I didn’t catch the film at one of those venues -- at least it would have added an extra dimension to what is otherwise a shallow cartoon that somehow manages to be slow-moving and hyperactive at the same time. Imagine The Incredibles made by profiteers and that’s pretty much Meet the Robinsons in a nutshell -- it’s not surprising that, like Chicken Little (to name but one dud), this is Disney operating without the safety net of John Lasseter and his Pixar team. This obnoxious film focuses on obnoxious Lewis, an orphan whose scientific contraptions are coveted by an obnoxious villain known as the Bowler Hat Guy. In a bit of time-hopping not worthy of Back to the Future (I, II <I>or<P> III), a member of the obnoxious Robinson family of the future comes to help out Lewis, thereby leading to

a scattershot adventure involving obnoxious singing frogs, obnoxious food fights and an only-slightly-less obnoxious dinosaur. The final 20 minutes include a pair of decent plot pirouettes, but by then, I was so bored out of my skull than even a wayward reel of Raiders of the Lost Ark somehow slipping onto the projection booth platter probably wouldn’t have stirred me out of my comatose state.

Perfect Stranger  As far as Halle Berry thrillers go, this one beats Gothika and The Rich Man’s Wife hands down -- though it still isn’t up to the challenge set forth by Catwoman, which had us on the edge of our collective seats wondering if it would ever get better. Unlike the aforementioned trio, Perfect Stranger is at least fairly competent -- at least for a while -- although “fairly competent” doesn’t exactly translate as “very good.” Berry plays Rowena Price, an investigative reporter

who seems to specialize in scandalous “gotcha” exposes (making her less New York Times and more National Enquirer).

Her childhood friend Grace (Nicki Aycox) claims she’s been having an affair with advertising king Harrison Hill (Bruce Willis), so when Grace turns up dead, Rowena and her colleague Miles (Giovanni Ribisi) suspect that Hill, a notorious womanizer, was responsible. Grace creates two fake identities in an attempt to nail Hill -- she poses as a temp at his office and as an online party girl looking for action -- but as she continues to juggle separate personas, she begins to realize that other parties might also be involved. This might be the first film in history in which product placement (in this case, Victoria’s Secret) might indirectly infer the guilt or innocence of a major character, though it’s certainly not the first movie in which the tiresome Ribisi plays a patented nutjob. At any rate, the picture only skims the surface of potentially intriguing issues (the use of the Internet as the

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ultimate predatory tool, the politics behind workplace relationships), and its unveiling of the killer (and the ludicrous scenes that follow) is sure to elicit more shrugs than shrieks.

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It’s inconceivable that the names Eric Rohmer and Pootie Tang would ever appear in the same sentence, yet that’s the result of cowriter-director-star Chris Rock making I Think I Love My Wife. The film is an American bastardization of 1972’s Chloe In the Afternoon, the sixth and final movie in philosophical French director Rohmer’s “Moral Tales” series (Criterion released a glorious box set last year that includes all six titles). Now, Rock and his Pootie Tang cohort Louis C.K. have teamed up to rework Rohmer’s story into a moderately amus-

ing but ultimately scattershot comedy about Richard Cooper, a New York businessman whose marriage to a schoolteacher (Gina Torres) has become so stagnant that he constantly daydreams about being with other women. Into his office walks Nikki Tru (Kerry Washington), a high-maintenance friend from his long-ago clubbing days.

Bringing to mind the “Darling Nikki” from Prince’s Purple Rain soundtrack, she immediately tempts Richard by injecting some much-needed fun back into his life, thereby requiring him to decide whether or not he should cheat on his sexually frigid spouse.

The level of humor is all over the map, ranging from funny (Richard works at the investment firm of Pupkin & Langford, a nod to the characters played by Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis in Martin Scorsese’s The King of Comedy) to rancid (“I have an appointment,” states a beautiful woman in a fantasy sequence, to which a sex-crazed Richard replies, “Yeah, a pussy appointment!”) to somewhere in between (I don’t think I’ve ever heard a large pair of breasts referred to as “village feeders”). Yet while the script

by Rock and C.K. offers a few salient points about the challenges posed in keeping any marriage fresh, any benefit of the doubt as to the picture’s worth goes out the window upon the arrival of a dreadful conclusion that’s not only poorly conceived and executed but also reverses one of the major conflicts in the story with no explanation.

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Shooter kicks off with a scene in which a young man flashes a picture of his fiancee to his partner, and we all know that when an unfamiliar, expendable cast member shows off a shot of his sweetie, he won’t be around for many more scenes. Shooter also includes a sequence in which our protagonist, already pissed at the sour turn his life has taken, reaches his boiling point upon learning the worst news a movie hero can hear: The villains went and shot his faithful dog. It’s a testament to all concerned that Shooter can include such hoary clichés and not only survive them but also make them fun to watch one more time. Crisply directed by Antoine Fuqua and adapted from Washington Post film critic Stephen Hunter’s bestseller Point of Impact, this casts Mark Wahlberg as Bob Lee Swagger, a former Marine sniper who’s duped into taking part in a political assassination and then served up as the lone gunman. Refusing to go down easy, Swagger instead uses all his training to get back at the slimy suits who framed him, along the way enlisting the aid of an earnest FBI rookie (Michael Pena) and, yes, his late partner’s fiancee (Kate Mara). Comparisons to Sylvester Stallone’s equally ill-treated combat vet from two decades ago are paper-thin, since this film is anything but a Rambore; instead, it benefits from some taut action sequences, a well-chosen supporting cast (66year-old Levon Helm, not looking a day over 99, steals the film as a gun enthusiast), and a smoldering Wahlberg in a commanding central performance. It’s nice to see that the

Local Film Series Psychotronic Films Presents Baxter

This dark comedy about a highly intelligent Bull Terrier who plots against his unsuspecting owners because he feels they just don’t understand him (and the mental and emotional needs of dogs in general) is an infamous cult classic that has never been released in the U.S. Wed., April 11 at the Sentient Bean Coffeehouse, 13 E. Park Ave., seating begins at 7:30 p.m., film at 8 p.m.

Reel Savannah Presents Little Children

Two stay-at-home parents, portrayed by Kate Winslet and Patrick Wilson, stave off domestic boredom with an illicit daytime affair. Also stars Jennifer Connelly.

April 15 at 7 p.m. Victory Cinema, corner of Victory an Skidaway. Tickets are $7. former Marky Mark is already building on that Oscar nod for The Departed.

300 1/2

Positioned as the Ultimate Fanboy Movie, this adaptation of the Frank Miller graphic novel is indeed ferocious enough to satisfy basement-dwellers with its gore, violence and chest-pounding machismo while savvy enough to downplay the homoeroticism that will ever-so-subtly cause heretofore unexplained stirrings in the loins of these same armchair warriors. Yet for all its brutality, 300 has as great a chance of satisfying a sizable female contingent, since it’s ultimately a beefcake calendar posing as a motion picture (ironic, then, that the lockstep online trolls attack anyone who doesn’t rave about the film as being like “a girl”). Beyond its demographic-targeting, however, its greatest claim to fame is that it’s positioning itself as the next step on the evolutionary CGI ladder, offering (in the words of director and co-writer Zack Snyder) “a true experience unlike anything you’ve ever seen before.” Snyder was responsible for the surprisingly accomplished Dawn of the Dead remake three years ago, but here he seems to have been swallowed up by the enormity of the project, which depersonalizes the major players in the battle between the Spartans and the Persians to such a degree that one ends up feeling more sympathy for the shields that end up receiving the brunt of the sword blows and arrow piercings. 300 contains a handful of staggering images — and, for once, the color-deprived shooting style fits the tale being spun — but Sin City, a previous adaptation of a Miller work, offered more variety in its characterizations and, more tellingly, in its cutting-edge visual landscape.

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511 Stephenson Ave. • 353-8683 Grindhouse, The Reaping, Meet the Robinsons 3D, The Lookout, Blades of Glory, Pride, The Last Mimzy, Hills Have Eyes 2, Reign Over Me, Dead Silence, 300

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1100 Eisenhower Dr. • 352-3533 Are We Done Yet?, Firehouse Dog, Shooter, TMNT, Premonition, Wild Hogs

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1132 Shawnee St. • 927-7700 Blades of Glory, The Lookout, Hills Have Eyes 2, Last Mimzy, Reign Over Me, Dead Silence, 300, Wild Hogs

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1901 E. Victory • 355-5000 Grindhouse, The Reaping, Firehouse Dog, Are We Done Yet?, Meet the Robinsons, Blades of Glory, Premonition, 300, Shooter, TNMT, The Last Mimzy

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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 midlife 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). w

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Unless he keeps his eye out for innovative fare like Stranger Than Fiction, Will Ferrell might be entering the fill-in-theblank part of his career. As in “Will Ferrell as a NASCAR driver! Now that’s funny!”

Or “Will Ferrell as a basketball player! Now that’s funny!” (See next year’s Semi-Pro.) Or, in the case of Blades of Glory, “Will Ferrell as a figure skater! Now that’s funny!” If the sports angle keeps up, we’ll soon be catching Ferrell in comedies about volleyball, archery and even badminton. And by then, it’s safe to say that it will no longer be a laughing matter. Even Blades of Glory shows the strains of the comedian trying to keep himself contained in a box. His Chazz Michael Michaels, a coarse sex addict who’s also an unlikely skating champion, mines the same comic territory as most Ferrell performances ranging from Talladega Nights to Anchorman and beyond. Since Ferrell is only playing variations on a theme, it’s costar Jon Heder (of Napoleon Dynamite fame) who provides most of the modest chuckles. As Jimmy MacElroy, a rival figure skater who’s forced by circumstances to team with Chazz to become the first male-male figure skating team in history, Heder plays up his character’s delicate traits to the point that they offer a pointed contrast to Ferrell’s predictable boorishness. “You’re like a 15-year-old girl,” taunts Chazz, “only not hot.” After a sluggish beginning, the laughs pick up during the midsection, and I appreciate that Queen’s Flash Gordon theme plays a prominent role in the finale. But otherwise, this is one more assembly line comedy by the Ferrell-StillerVaughn-Wilsons conglomerate (Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn are AWOL here, but Ben Stiller serves as a producer and Luke Wilson pops up in a tiny role). For a similar film that offers more laughs by taking it to the limit, rent the Farrelly brothers’ 1996 bowling flick Kingpin. Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid and especially Bill Murray offer moments of lunacy so inspired, they make Ferrell in Blades of Glory look like a visitor to the comedy genre.

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Activism & Politics

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 Rakhsheim Wright at 604-7319 or chathamcountyyds@ yahoo.com 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.

Indy Media Film Night View films produced by independent journalists, media activists and organizations

Nonprofits: We will list your event or service at no charge if you are a bona fide nonprofit.

Private business or individual: We will charge $5 per week per entry, payable up front by check or credit card. This goes for art classes, yoga classes, workshops, seminars, etc. that do not meet the above criteria. We retain the right to option to place your happening in the appropriate category.

the first Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Presented free of charge by Fear No Arts Media. Visit www.fearnoarts.com for film listings and dates or e-mail fearnoarts@ gmail.com.

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

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

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

Planned Parenthood meets the second Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. For info, call Heather Holloway at 352-4052 or heather.holloway@ppfa.org. Volunteers are needed for Planned Parenthood, and will meet the second Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at The Sentient Bean. For information about volunteering, call Heather Holloway 3524032 or heather.holloway@ppfa.org.

Savannah Area Republican Women meet the first Wednesday of every month at the Johnny Harris Restaurant Banquet Room on Victory Drive. The social starts at 11:30 a.m. and lunch is at noon. The cost is $13 at the door. Make reservations by noon on the Monday preceding the meeting by calling 598-1883.

Savannah Branch NAACP For information, call 233-4161.

Savannah for Obama The first of a series of monthly meetings to build local support for presidential candidate Barack Obama will be held Thursday, April 12 at 7 p.m. at the Chatham County Democratic Headquarters, 143 Houston St.

Free events or services: If your event or service is free of charge, we will in turn list it at no charge.

Savannah Republican Club Meets every second Tuesday of the month.

Call 927-7170.

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

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

Walk for Women’s Lives Georgians for Choice will hold its fifth annual march on March 25 at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta.

Fundraisers

3rd Annual Choir Song Fest The Savannah Chapter of the Savannah State University National Alumni Association will hold its third annual Choir Song Fest on April 22 at 4 p.m. at St. Philip AME Church, 613 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. All choirs are encouraged to participate. To register, call 271-2101 or e-mail ws_moore65@ yahoo.com. The event is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be collected and proceeds will benefit the chapter’s scholarship fund.

20th Annual Art Extravaganza St. Mary’s Home will hold this benefit on Sunday, April 22 at 6 p.m. at the Savannah Marriott Riverfront Hotel. All proceeds will benefit the children residing at St. Mary’s Home. Tickets are $150 and include the reception and a piece of art. Two people may attend on one ticket. Contact Sister Alvin Seubott at 236-7164.

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. Annual Book Sale The Georgia Historical Society will hold its annual book sale on Friday, April 27 from 9

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a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, April 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rare titles, history, biographies, general non-fiction, local interest titles, popular fiction and more will be offered for sale. The sale will benefit the GHS library and archives. Donated books will be accepted through April 20.

Bigge Memorial Poker Run will be held Saturday, April 14, sponsored by the Titans Motorcycle Club of Pooler. All proceeds will go to Horsin’ Around, a nonprofit therapeutic riding program for special needs children. The event is held to honor the memory of Lonnie “Bigge” Norton, who lost his life in a motorcycle accident in 2005. Registration will be held at 9 a.m. at Tommy’s in Pooler. There will be door prizes, food, two band and T-shirts. Call Ken Bryant at 661-0210.

First Annual HairBall Club One and B Street Salon will hold the HairBall to benefit the American Diabetes Association’s Kiss-a-Pig campaign of Cale Hall on Friday, April 13 at Club One with doors opening at 8 p.m. and the show beginning at 9 p.m. More than 33 models with unique and elaborate clothing provided

by Bleu Belle Bridal, Lucky Doll and SCAD’s Fashion House will be presented. Each model will have highly constructed fantasy hair, including hair extensions and large wigs all designed by B Street Salon stylists.

Tickets are $25 and available at B Street Salon. Entertainment will be provided by the Gretchen Greene School of Dance between every segment. There will be door prizes and a competition among those attending to determine who has the craziest hair style.

For information, call 443-0043 or 233-2838.

Friends of the Tybee Theater will hold a wine and cheese reception Sunday, April 15 from 4-6 p.m. on the theater grounds on Van Horne Drive to celebrate the completion of Phase One of the restoration of the Tybee Post Theater.

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Classes, Camps & Workshops

AARP Senior Drivers Safety Program Classes will be held April 9 and 10 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Smart Senior at Candler Hospital. Call 352-4405. Classes also will be held April 12 and 13 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Generation One. Call 350-7578.

Instructors are needed to teach this program in Chatham, Bryan and Effingham counties.

For information, call Chuck at 598-1011.

AASU Open House will be held Saturday, April 14 at 10:30 a.m. in the Armstrong Center, 13040 Abercorn St. The event is free and the public is invited. Faculty, staff and current students will provide information about scholarships, financial aid, admission requirements, degree programs, student life and other services and programs. To register, call 9215951.

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 continued on page 44

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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.

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Pub Crawl With a Purpose will benefit the Alzheimer’s Association of Coastal Georgia. Sip and stroll to eight local bars between Bay Street, River Street and City Market on April 14 from noon to 5 p.m. Tickets are $25, which includes a T-shirt and goodie bag. For tickets, call 920-2231 or email Savannahphc.pubcrawl@ yahoo.com.

Ronald McDonald House Charities The teen board of Ronald McDonald House will bake shortbread cookies shaped like a house, frosted in primary colors with a heart on top to benefit families of hospitalized children. The cookies will be baked April 11, 12, and 13 and delivered April 14 and 15.

They will sell for $15 a dozen. The goal is to raise $12,000. Call 356-5520 or 657-3199.

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.

Springtime in Savannah The Savannah Friends of Music will hold their annual luncheon and fashion show on April 17 at 11 a.m. at the Plantation Club.

Tickets are $45. Call Terry Dotson at 3553938 or visist www.savannahfriendsofmusic. com.

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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.

March of Dines WalkAmerica will be held Saturday, April 28 in Daffin Park. For information, visit walkamerica.org or call 354-5900.

Martini Tasting will be held April 12 from 6-8 p.m. at The Dirty Martini, 2415 Bull St. Five tastings of martinis, music and appetizers for $25 in advance or $30 at the door. All proceeds will benefit the Kiss a Pig campaign of Cale Hall.

Call 233-2838.

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

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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.

Construction Apprentice Program A free 16-week training program for men and women who have an interest in learning construction skills that will lead to career level jobs. Call Tara H. Sinclair at 604-9574.

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.

Cyber Survivor 2007 The Savannah Chapter of InfraGard Coastal Empire Members Alliance will present a workshop on cyber security May 8 at the Armstrong Center. The program is free and open to individuals with a background in computer science, information technology or criminal justice. Law enforcement credit will be available. To register, call Letty Shearer at 921-5967 or email shearele@mail. armstrong.edu.

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

Discovering Native Americans -- Again This free, four-part discussion will be presented April 11 at 6:30 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah’s Fellowship Hall. Use the Macon Street entrance. Call Shari Ulman at 695-6961.

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.

Feng Shui Classes Classes on feng shui, qigong and astrology are now forming. A free lecture, Buying or Selling your Home with Feng Shui, will be presented April 12 from 7-8 p.m. A more indepth lecture on the same topic will be held April 14 from 10 a.m. to noon at The Wisdom Center, 25 E. 40th St. The cost is $45 and pre-registration is required. Call Barbara Harrison, Coastal Chi, at 961-0105 or coastalchi@comcast.net.

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.

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. Upcoming classes are Emotional Resilience on Thursday, April 12 from 2-3 p.m., Construction Apprentice Program Orientation on Friday, April 20 from 10 a.m. to noon and History of Happiness on Thursday, April 26 from 2-3 p.m..

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.

Intro to Sea Kayaking Savannah Canoe and Kayak offers an introductory class on sea kayaking every Saturday. The $95 cost includes kayak, gear and lunch. An intermediate class is available on Sundays. Reservations are required. Call 341-9502 or visit www.savannahcanoeandkayak.com.

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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.

Seventh Annual AASU Visual & Performing Arts Camp for Children will run weekdays June 11-22. The camp is open to ages seven thru 13. Tuition and fees total $225, or $205 if paid by May 1.

Appications are available at the AASU Fine Arts building. For info, call 927-5325.

Spring Visual Art Classes The City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs is registering students for its spring visual arts classes. Day and evening classes are offered in ceramics, painting, jewelry making and stained glass for children, teens and adults. All classes are held at S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St. Class fees include instruction, use of studio space, use of equipment and all materals and tools required. Visit www.savannahga.gov/arts or call 651-4248.

Success is an Attitude Savannah Country Day School will present sports psychologist and best-selling author Bob Rotella on Tuesday, April 17 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $7 in advance or $10 at the door and $5 for seniors and students. Call 961-6828 or visit www.savcds.org.

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.

U.S. Power Squadron University is offering four courses that can be appplied to Inshore, Coastal, Advanced Coastal and Offshore certifications. They are How to Use a Chart, which will be offered April 21; Using GPS, which will be offered April 28; On Board Weather Forecasting, which will be offered May 5; and Using VHF & DSC Marine Radio, which will be offered May 12. For information, visit usps.org/ localusps/tybee or call JB at 898-9460, email jbanddale@comcast.net or call Squadron Education Officer Wilford H. Ross Jr. at 756-3277. There is a nominal charge for materials..

Volunteer 101 This 30-minute course will cover several topics, including finding a volunteer position that suits your interests and goals, helping you find a reasonable position that fits into your schedule, and reviewing the benefits of volunteering. It will be held Thursdays, April 19 and May 17 at 6 p.m. at

the United Way, 428 Bull St., and May 3 at 5 p.m. at Savannah State University. To register for one of these classes, call Summer at 651-7725 or visit www.HandsOnSavannah. org for information.

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, Masterminding: Thoughts are Things will be presented Tuesdays and previews of the DVD The Secret with a workshop facilitated

by Veronica Nance will be presented on Wednesdays. On Thursdays, Feng Shui in Your Life with Barbara Harrison of Coastal Chi will be presented. 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. All religions, all ages, are welcome. Meets the first Monday of the month and every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at The Little Red House, 12 E. 41st St. 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.

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. Call 234-1903.

Historic Savannah Chapter of ABWA will meet Thursday, April 12 at 6 p.m. at The Exchange on Waters. Helena Appleton of Visual Images will speak on the topic Putting Your Best Foot Forward. 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.

Millionaire Women’s Club will meet Thursday, April 19 at 6:45 a.m. at The Mulberry Inn, 601 E. Bay St. The topic will be Masterminding, presented by the Rev. Arlene Meyers. The cost is $25. Call 441-6653 or email valerie@edgewoodtravel. com. RSVP is required by Monday, April 16 at 5 p.m.

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.

PURE: Photographers Using Real Elements will have a potluck Sunday, April 15 at 4 p.m. at 123-B W. 41st St. (upstairs on the corner of 41st and Barnard streets) to

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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.

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.

Newest Internet Trend Imagine 24 months to financial freedom, 645 percent growth and huge profits. Call 228-5649 to reserve a spot at a free information session.

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.

Psych-K Workshop Apply “The Secret” to your live. Put an end to self-sabotage or depression. Start achieving life’s goals and release negative beliefs and replace them with positive ones.

Sessions will be held Saturday, April 28 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. at Unity of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. The cost is $300 or $250 with early-bird discount. Pay a $50 deposit by Arpil 20 and pay the balance of $200 at the door. Online registration is available at http://home.hiwaay.net/~north/ or visit www.psych-k.com. Call Marguerite Berrigan at 247-6484.

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.

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.

SCAD Performing Arts Preview Day will be held Friday, April 13 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Crites Hall, 217 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. with auditions for incoming undergraduate students scheduled for 911:30 a.m. There will be performing arts and production design workshops and tours of SCAD performing arts facilities. Pre-registration is required. Call 800-869-7223 or visit www.scad.edu. To reserve an audition

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network with those in Savannah who are able to help introduce PURE: Photographers Using Real Elements. Call 234-2130 or email puredarkroom@gmail.com.

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 Chenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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). Meets at 6 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 McDonoughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Brewersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 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 Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council will meet Tuesday, April 24 from 5:45-7 p.m. at Wild Wing Cafe in City Market. Jeff Cole, president of myEnergyLoan, will speak about financing residential and commercial green buildings. The meeting is free and open to the public.

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

Savannah Fencing Club offers beginning classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings for six weeks. Fees are $40. Some equipment is provided. After completing the class, you may become a member of the Savannah Fencing Club for $5 per month. Experienced fencers are welcome to join. Call 429-6918 or send email to savannahfencing@aol.com.

Savannah Jaycees for young professionals ages 21 to 39 is a Junior Chamber of Commerce that focuses on friendship, career development and community involvement. Meets the second and fourth Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Dinner is included and there is no charge for guests.

Call 961-9913 or visit www.savannahjaycees. com.

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

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$45 for a family. Call 713-7655 or e-mail SavhSkiClub@bellsouth.net.

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.

Sea Scout Venture Crew The Coastal Empire Council Boy Scouts of America has teamed up with the Tybee Light Power Squadron to organize a co-ed program for high school students that will give them an introduction to sailing, boating and water safety. Students must be currently enrolled in high school. Call 927-7272.

Take Back the Night Collective meets every Monday 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.

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| Free Will Astrology

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “’Don’t look before you leap!’ is a Zen saying that contrasts with what many in the West consider wise counsel,” writes Christopher Moors in his article “Magical Buddha Nature” at tinyurl. com/34swxd. “If everything is premeditated, we never have the naked brilliance of a truly new experience.

Though we might be able to temper fear in this way, we live at the minimum and have no room for the divine to enter our hearts. Love is above all things the freedom of expansion.” I’m passing on this advice, Aries, just in time for the most unboxed, unexpected, unprecedented phase of your astrological cycle. Rely on spontaneity to teach you all you need to know.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It appears you’re cooperating (sort of) with an authority figure who’s using the carrot-and-stick routine on you. I suppose that could lead you at least part of the way to the promised land--especially if you really believe you can’t motivate yourself without the authority’s prodding. But if you plan to continue in this vein, Taurus, can I please convince you to ask for the biggest, freshest carrot and a beautifully decorated stick?

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Here’s Caroline Myss’ explanation of faith: “Faith is the power to stand up to the madness and chaos of the physical world while holding the position that nothing external has any authority over what heaven has in mind for you.” If you don’t like the word “heaven” in Myss’ statement, Gemini, substitute a term that works for you, like “your higher self ” or “your destiny” or “your soul’s code.” Modify anything else in there that’s not quite right for your needs, as well. When you’re finished tinkering, I hope you’ll have created a definition of faith that motivates you with as much primal power as you feel when you’re in love.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The Guinness Book of Records commissioned miniaturization experts to

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 Thursdays 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, April 21 from 8-10:30 p.m. at the Islands Community Center, 160 Whitemarsh Island Rd. A basic lesson in the Rumba will begin at 7 p.m. The cost is $6 for members and $10 for non-members.

Beginners and singles are welcome. Bring a covered dish. Call 961-9960 or 655-4985.

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, continued on page 48

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make the tiniest advertisement in history and affix it to a bee’s knee. The writing was so miniscule it was invisible to the naked eye. But now I’ve created an even smaller ad, which is hidden in the period at the end of this sentence. I don’t have enough space to repeat the voluminous information contained therein, but here’s the gist: It’s a favorable time to dream up new ways to promote yourself, especially if they involve the principle of unleashing whispers that speak louder than shouts.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Swedish philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg predicted the world would end in 1757. American minister William Miller proclaimed the planet’s “purification by fire” would occur in 1844.

They’re just two of history’s many megalomaniacs disguised as moral guardians who’ve been shills for apocalyptic delusions. Our age has more of these wackos per capita, but the song is the same as it ever was. Your assignment, Leo, is to wash the taint of chronic doomand-gloom propaganda out of your lovely brain. I’m not urging you to be a raving Pollyanna, merely suggesting that you exorcise the fear foisted on you by hysterical prophets of every stripe. That includes peak-oil fanatics, Luddites who preach the gospel of techno- catastrophe, religious fundamentalists hyping Armageddon, and all the other nihilistic storytellers. You urgently need to declare your independence from our culture’s professional scaremongers.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) was an intellectual theologian whose doctrines became part of the canon of the Catholic Church, second in importance only to the Bible. But the Church has ignored and disavowed *Aurora Consurgens,* the work Aquinas reputedly wrote near the end of his life after having mystical visions of the Goddess.

“All that I have written seems to me like so much straw,” he reported, “compared to what I have seen and what has been revealed to me.” Your assignment, Virgo, is to carry out your personal equivalent of what the Catholic Church hasn’t been able to do. In other words, integrate

the raw wisdom from your past that you’ve been unable or hesitant to acknowledge.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I asked my readers if they had discovered any of the 888 Perfect Secrets from the Beginning of Time. Hundreds of responses poured in. Of those, I’ve selected the three that are most useful for you right now. Here they are. (1) Don’t sweat the small stuff, but also avoid the mistake of believing that everything is small stuff. Some stuff is big. (2) The past isn’t nearly as potent in shaping your present as you imagine. Get over it--both the bad memories and the good ones. (3) Always side with those who tell the most truth. But remember that no one is ever able to tell the whole truth.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I’ve found a nice balance,” writes Ash- land, one of my MySpace friends, “between living like someone who has overdosed on positive affirmations and someone who thinks everything and everyone sucks.” Are you interested in achieving a similar poise, Scorpio? Conditions are favorable for you to do so. The omens say you’re primed to cultivate true objectivity, not the fake cynical kind. And that means you could free yourself from negative emotional biases that cloud your ability to see the partially hidden beauty all around you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s always a good idea to have a soundtrack for your life--a compilation of tunes that help tone your feelings, keeping you wild-eyed and inspired. But it’s also important to continually mutate that soundtrack. Even a set of songs that worked magic for you once upon a time will eventually become outmoded, no longer resonating with the new person you’ve become and maybe even influencing you to stay stuck in the past. I think this is one of those times when you need to shift the mood, Sagittarius.

Go hunt down a fresh batch of heart-massaging, mindwobbling music.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In addition to analyzing the heavenly portents, I sometimes use divination to arrive at your horoscope, including Tarot cards, the I Ching, and walkomancy. In the latter method, I take a stroll and regard any interesting quirks that catch my eye as clues to your destiny. That’s what I did this week. After spending an hour in my office meditating on your astrological omens, I headed out to a neighborhood where I’d never been. The first meaningful thing I saw was a sign hanging on a cactus. It read “Caution: Armadillo Crossing.” Here’s my interpretation of this clue: You should urge your “inner armadillo” to go out exploring, while at the same time making sure it’s well protected and cared for. And what is your “inner armadillo”? Maybe it’s the burrowing mammal with the heavy armor. What do you think?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Scuttlebutt circulating on the Internet claims that the Mississippi state legislature passed a bill regarding the mathematical constant pi, which is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Instead of the traditional 3.14159, lawmakers decided it should be changed to the “Biblical value” of 3.0. Did this rumored event actually occur? If so, I urge you Aquarians to refuse to recognize it, as well as other abominations like it. You need to be extremely precise in the coming days. You can’t afford to try shaving down reality to fit your theories and beliefs. Nor can you ignore details, cut corners, or make wild guesses.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “The harder you work, the luckier you get,” said golfer Gary Player. If that’s true, Pisces, you’ll be fabulously fortunate in the coming week. The omens suggest that you will not only have the stamina and persistence to engage in hard labor for a good cause, but that you’ll also have a robust desire to do so. You’re going to love doing what you *have* to do. As a result, I bet hard-earned blessings will flow toward you in abundance. w

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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 Scooter Gang Connecting local riders to swap tips, stories, parts, mods and secrets. No obligation other than networking, and possibly arranging a monthly weekend ride to take over the streets downtown. Show off your scoot and ride with pride -- put ‘em in a line and watch the stares. Contact Travis at pittsillustration@gmail.com or myspace.com/travispitts.

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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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.

Mommy and Me Dance Class Little dancers ages 18 months to 3 years get an introduction to dance and creative movement. Classes are Tuesdays from 10:3011:15 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 Savannahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Doubleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Healthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Instructionalâ&#x20AC;&#x2C6;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.

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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.

Cardiorespiratory Endurence Training will be offered by Chatham County Park Services for persons 18 and up at Tom Triplett Park on Tuesdays from 5:306:30 p.m. and Thursdays from 8-9 a.m.

Participants should wear comfortable clothing and will be required to sign a waiver form before participating. All classes are free. Call 652-6780 or 965-9629.

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

Couples/Partners Yoga Workshop Discovering the Joy of Partnership in Motion will be taught by Betsy and Will Strong on Sunday, April 22 from 1-3 p.m. The cost is $30 per couple in advance or $35 per couple on the day of the workshop. To pre-register and pay, call Kelley at 441-6653.

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

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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 Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

The Obstacles of Yoga Workshop A Jivamukti yoga workshop will be presented by teachers Andr3ea Boyd and Jeffrey Cohen on April 14 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. The cost is $30 in advance or $35 on the day of the workshop. To pre-register and pay, call Kelley at 441-6653.

Pilates Classes are offered at the St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

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, 10â&#x20AC;&#x201C;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 isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t limited to, strength training, cardio for the heart, flexibility, balance, basic healthy nutrition and posture concerns. Call 8987714.

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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.

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 arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 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 Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2C6;from 10-11:30 a.m. and Open Flow Level Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2C6;and IIâ&#x20AC;&#x2C6;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 Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2C6;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. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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.

Gay & Lesbian

First City Network Board Meeting Meets the first Monday at 6:30 p.m. at FCNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 Georgiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest gay rights group. 104 W. 38th St. 944-0996.

Savannah Gay Prom Savannah Pride, Inc. has teamed up with First City Network to present Starry Nights on April 29 from 7-11 p.m. at Savannah

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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.

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.

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.

Pain in the Neck Month Spine & Sport is recognizing April as Pain in the Neck Month by providing stretches for the neck and information about how posture can cause or prevent neck pain. Visit www.spinesport.org or visit the Wilmington Island office in the Kroger Shopping Center or the Rincon office in Goshen Commercial Park. Call 826-3797 or 898-7714.

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.

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.

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Eating Disorders/Self Harm Support Group A 12-step group for people with eating disorders and self-harm disorders. For information, call Brandon Lee at 927-1324.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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That includes admission, a buffet-style dinner, an open bar, a prom picture and more. Tickets are available at www.firstcitynetwork.org, Creative/Approach, Urban Cargo, Venus de Milo, Club One Jefferson, Chuck’s Bar and Blaine’s Bar, or by calling Daniel John at 518-796-0333 or daniel@ savannahpride.org. Ticket sales will end April 20 at 5 p.m.

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.

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Groomer wanted for a Kennel and Grooming facility in Savannah. Established business. Good opportunity for an energetic, reliable individual. Email Heather at rwbdvm@aol.com. Fax 912-234-4669. Fill out application in person: 2356 Ogeechee Rd.

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: Financial Aid Counselor II (two positions available) (Req. # 1552); Maintenance Worker I (Night and Weekend) (Req. #1471) - SEARCH EXTENDED).

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.

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Make Cash every shift as you enjoy Savannah & meet new people. Shifts available 7 days/week.

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KITCHEN SUPERVISOR/COOKS NEEDED. Small kitchen - good pay - flexible hours - P/T or FT positions. Call 912-657-3091 for application instructions.

LOW VOLTAGE HELPER, Apprentices Needed: Background check, drug test and MVR required.

Transportation needed. MondayThursday work week. Starting pay of $9/per hour & up depending on experience. Please call 912-271-0550.

NOW HIRING FOR RESTAURANT & JAZZ CLUB. Must be 21, dependable & able to work weekends and evenings.

Call 231-8369 to schedule interview appointment.

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RECRUITING CERTIFIED & NONCERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS: Statewide Healthcare, Inc. of Savannah is recruiting to highly skilled certified and non-certified nursing assistants to provide personal support and/or home making services to consumers in their homes - positions open in the Savannah, Stateboro, Swainsboro, and Claxton areas.

Qualifications includes: at least 6 months experience, current CPR, First Aid and TB skin test, with reliable transportation.

Apply in person at 714 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd Suite 100, Savannah. Contact: DeLisa Espada, 231-8958.

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SUNGLASS WAREHOUSE

Full and part-time retail sales positions available at our new Savannah Airport location. If you have a fun personality, enjoy dealing with people, and you like sunglasses, call Rick at 770-662-8215 ext. 25 or 404-277-3864.

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BELLA’S HIRING

For busy kitchen & front of the house. One year experience a must. Respond to: JShanks12@comcast.net or call 912-354-4005 between 2:30pm-4:30pm.

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS for All Positions at Dewey’s Dockside Restaurant, Tybee Island. Apply in person after 2pm TuesdaySunday or call for an appointment at 912-786-5727.

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JANITORIAL BUSINESS For Sale Grossing $60K per year. $19,500, Financing Available. Veteran Discount. Call 912-224-5045.

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44 Thackery Place

Thackery Place is between Bull and Montgomery off of 61st Street. Close to Montgomery Hall and Habersham Village.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.

48 Thackery Place

Spacious 3 BR, 2 BA apartment (over 1,400 sq ft) with a formal dining room, wall-to-wall carpet, central H/A, kitchen with stove and refrigerator, W/D connections, off street parking. No Pets. $750/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.

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Reconstructed 2 story 1890’s townhomes.

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Spacious layouts! $325,000 each.

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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.

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349 Tattnall Street Beautifully restored 3-story historic home, c. 1844.

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

Original hardwood floors, 6 FP, modern kitchen/baths, deck w/hot tub. Private courtyard. $635,000. OPEN HOUSE Sunday, April 15th, 11am-3pm.

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1999 HOMES OF MERIT BAY MANOR

3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 32x64, fireplace, great room, appliances included! Zone 2. Must be moved. $40,000 Call 912-823-2090

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Homes for Rent 2409 LOUISIANA AVE. 3/1, new central heat/air. Laundry room, garaged, fenced-in yard. Pets OK with fee. $800/month. Call 912-656-1071.

3bd/2ba HOME $230/month!

4bd/1.5ba $270/month! More Homes from $199/month! Listings 800-536-8517 xT275.

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

Water included. No pets. Call 912-897-9802. Leave message to schedule viewing.

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Mobile Homes for Rent

RINCON - NEW TOWNHOME 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. Master bedroom downstairs. 1333 sq.ft.

1 car garage, patio, hardwood floors, carpet, & tile bath, gated community w/amenities. $1150/month. Call 912-690-5070.690-5070

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Apartments for Rent 1BR/1BA APARTMENT on Southside overlooking pool. Refrigerator, stove, dishwasher. CH/AC, patio w/ceiling fan. Close to malls. $520/mo + deposit.

(803)747-9527, Available May 1st.

3bd/2ba HOME $230/month!

4bd/1.5ba $270/month! More Homes from $199/month! Listings 800-536-8517 xT275.

AFFORDABLE! 3bd/2ba Foreclosure $250/month! More 1-4bd Homes available $199/month!

5%down, 20yrs @ 8%APR! Listings 800-536-8517 xT311.

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.

AFFORDABLE! 3bd/2ba Foreclo- 912-257-6662. sure $250/month! More 1-4bd Homes available $199/month! BUY A 3bd/2ba $240/month!

5%down, 20yrs @ 8%APR! List- 4bd/2.5ba home $300/month!

Bank Repos/Foreclosures! Listings 800-536-8517 xT311. ings/Info 800-720-7042 xT316.

BANK REPO! 4bd/2ba Home $215/month! 3bd Home $200/month. 5% down, 20yrs @ 8% APR! Listings 800-536-8517 xT310.

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EFFINGHAM COUNTY/GUYTON 3/3 Brick home; 2600 sq ft; inground pool, garage/carport. 5 acres. Available 4/1. $1400/month & security deposit; must pass credit inquiry; 3976 Hwy 119 South; Judy Gunnels, Southern Homes & Land Real Estate; 912-772-6683 or 912-308-7800.

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Room for Rent LARGE VICTORIAN near library.

Fireplace, refrigerator/microwave, phone, cable, internet, w/d utilities, nicely furnished. $145/wk, $522/mo. Seven days.

Call 912-231-9464.

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All brick duplex with 1 bedroom efficiency in back. Each duplex unit has covered back porch and storage.

Spacious and more large closets than a regular house. Storage units on porch have heat/air and elec. Each side is 2br/2ba Call LaTrelle for your viewing of this unique property at 658-7777 H-4704 $348,900

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Boats & Accessories 1999 SEA RAY 180 BR

Staged for Country Pleasure; A welcome escape from the city bustle. One +/- 5 acre lot available in Effingham and one in Bulloch County.

Call LaTrelle 658-7777, ERA Adams-Pevey Realty 826-2550. Prices starting as low as $28,000. A-4295.

I/O 135hp. $7000 OBO. Great shape, 345 hours only. Includes: anchor, life vests, depth finder, trailer, cover, extra prop, and stereo. Call 912-441-8183. See at http://home.coastalnow.net/~caryjohn/boat.jpg Better than new! This home is immaculate! Wonderful back porch overlooking large private backyard in Swim/ Tennis/Golf Community. This 3 bedroom 2 1/2 bath all brick home has a formal Living Room, Dining Room and a Family Room with a Fireplace.

The laundry room is large enough to be an office and has a sink, counter top and many, many cabinets. Please call LaTrelle for your personal viewing of this lovely and unique property at 912-658-7777 H-4705 $289,900

SAVANNAH’S BEST RENTAL PROPERTIES

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 621 Derrick Inn Rd.: Good starter home w/2 bedrooms, 1 bath, large yard. www.savannahsbest properties.com 421 Hinesville Rd: 2BR, 1BA, deck, large yard with mature trees and country setting. www.savannahsbest properties.com 406 Briarcliff: 3BR, 2BA, fireplace, sunroom, carpor t, fenced backyard, near Windsor Forest Elementary.

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SAVANNAH STATE AREA: 3BR/1BA & den. Hardwood floors, charming with yard!

Available now! $875/month + $875/deposit. Call 912-604-6625.

Beautiful new all brick 5 bedrooms 4 full bath home. 6.7 acres. Over 3500 sq. ft. Split bedroom plan, prewired media room, separate dining room, and eat in kitchen with bay window and island. 3 car garage with storage room. Hardwood floors in foyer, D.R. and Great Room. Ceramic tile in all baths, laundry room and kitchen/breakfast area. Walk in attic with floored storage space. Call LaTrelle for your personal viewing of this lovely home @ 658-7777 $450,000 H-4530

Approx. 3700 sq. feet with 4 bedrooms and 3 ½ baths. A True Horse lovers special! Horse arena and club across road with large acreage for trail riding. Workshop is heated/cooled and spot zoned for existing home business. In-ground Pool and decking for entertaining. Over 10 acres. View our video at www.VideoHomeGuide. com/3519hwy67n.htm Call LaTrelle for your personal showing of this lovely estate at 658-7777 H-4626 $398,000

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455 Montgomery Street

Perfect for first time homeowner or downsizing couple.

Approx. 1600 sq. ft. on .82 acre. Home has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths; dining room/living room combo and eat in kitchen. Master bath has double vanities and whirlpool bath with separate shower. Two car carport is attached to home. Call LaTrelle for your showing of this adorable home place at 658-7777. H-4625 $98,000

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WE MAKE BUYING YOUR HOME SIMPLE AND EASY! Visit our gated, tranquil community featuring swimming pool, tennis courts, clubhouse with 24-hour fitness center and picturesque Tidal Creek Marsh views. Located on an exclusive inland island, 10 minutes from historic downtown Savannah and Tybee Beach.

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