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Volume 6, No. 52, September 19th, 2007

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Thursday, Sept. 20

Daffin Park Centennial Lecture

What: Civic by Design: Learning Lessons from Pioneering Planner John Nolen will be presented by Tom Low, a Nolen scholar. When: Sept. 20 at 6:30 p.m. Where: Live Oak Public Libraries Main Branch, 2002 Bull St. Info: 6516417.

St. Paul Centennial Celebration Stained Glass Lecture What: Stained glass artist Jon Erickson will discuss the history and art of stained glass. When: Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. Where: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 34th and Abercorn streets. Cost: Free and open to the public. Info: www.stpaulsavannah.org.

What: Presented by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah.

A discussion will follow. When: Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Info: 233-6284.

AASU Masquers: How I Learned to Drive

What: This dark comedy is Paula Vogel’s 1998 Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a small-town girl with big dreams. Audience discretion is advised because of content.

When: Sept. 20, 21 and 22 at 7:30 p.m. and Sept. 23 at 3 p.m. Where: AASU Jenkins Theater. Cost: $8. Info: 9275381 weekdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Freebie of the Week

Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary presents Ocean Film Festival 2007

What: Show-stopping hit songs, classic dance routines and comic recreations of some of the most beloved moments in Broadway history. When: Sept. 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29 at 8 p.m. and Sept. 22, 23, 29 and 30 at 3 p.m.

Where: 222 Bull St. Cost: Adults $33 and 17 and under $16. Info: 233-7764.

Friday, Sept. 21

AASU Faculty Lecture Series

What: Brenda E. Logan will present Teachers Share Suggestions for Improving Preparation for Novice Teachers.

When: Sept. 21 at 12:10 p.m. Where: University Hall 156.

Cost: Free and open to the public.

SCAD Gallery Hop

What: A shuttle will run between galleries, and refreshments will be served. Participants may join the gallery hop at any of the stops: Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St.; Pei Ling Chan Gallery, 324 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd; Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St.; May Poetter Gallery, 342 Bull St.; and Alexander Hall Gallery, 668 Indian St. When: Sept.

21 from 5-7 p.m. Cost: Free.

POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony When: Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. Where: Vietnam Memorial on Bay Street. Info: 927-3356 or 398-5095.

Savannah Peace Festival Film Series: Joyeux Noel

What: Presented by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah. A discussion will follow. When: September 21 at 7 p.m. Where: Savannah Actors’ Theatre, 703D Louisville Road. Info: 233-6284.

What: A spoken word/poetry event with Anis Mojgani, Buddy Wakefield, Dan Leaman, Derrick Brown and Mike McGee. When: Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. The doors open at 7:30 p.m. Where: Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St. Cost: $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Info: tripleantproductions@yahoo.com.

Old Time Country Dance

What: Presented by the Savannah Folk Music Society.

Beginners and singles are welcome. When: Sept. 22. The dance is from 8-11 p.m., and will be preceded by a lesson at 7:45 p.m. Where: Oatland Island Education Center. Cost: $7. Info: 925-2456 or www.savannahfolk.org.

Savannah Peace Festival

What: Presented by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah and sponsored by the City of Savannah’s WeaveA-Dream Program. When: Sept. 22 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Where: Telfair Square. Info: 233-6284.

Sunday, Sept. 23

Savannah Jazz Festival Kick-Off

What: The area’s best jazz musicians will join with nationally based jazzbos for the beginning of “Jazz Week.” When: Sept. 23 from 5-9 p.m. Where: Kokopelli’s Jazz Club and Restaurant, 107 W. Broughton St. Cost: Free. Info: www. savannahjazzfestival.org or 675-5419.

What: This family-friendly film stars Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. When: Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. Where: Lucas Theatre. Cost: $8 adults, $6 seniors and students and $4 with SCAD ID. Info: 525-5050.

What: Nathan Gonzalez, a specialist on Iran, will discuss his book Engaging Iran: The Rise of a Middle East Powerhouse and America’s Strategic Choice. When: Sept.

20 at 8 p.m. Where: Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St. Cost: $5. Info: Christopher Scott at 398-1727.

Historic Savannah Theatre: Broadway on Bull Street

Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival

Savannah Film Society: Funny Face

Savannah Council on World Affairs

Stone Mountain Chorus in Concert What: See some of the newest and best underwater photography, animation and documentary films. This years festival includes the U.S. premiere of the award-winning film Sharkwater.

See the full schedule of films at either www.graysreef.noaa.gov or www.Graysreefoceanfilmfestival.com. When: Sept. 21-23.

Where: Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St. Cost: All screenings are free and open to the public, but tickets are required.

Info: Tickets can be purchased at the SCAD Box Office, 216 E. Broughton St., online at www.scadboxoffice.com or by phone at 525-5050. Service charges will apply for telephone and Internet tickets.

Savannah Community Theatre: Blood Brothers

What: The story of a destitute mother who reluctantly surrenders one of her newborn twins to the childless woman she cleans for. Later, the boys’ paths cross and their destinies become intertwined. When: Sept. 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 and 30 at 7:30 p.m. and Sept. 23 and 30 at 3 p.m. Where: Savannah Community Theatre, 2160 E. Victory Dr. Cost: $25 adults and $20 seniors.

On Sundays, students and children are admitted for $15. For this production, any set of twins will be admitted two for one. Info: 898-9021 or www.savannahcommunitytheatre.com.

Saturday, Sept. 22

Savannah Starland Farmers Market

What: Buy fresh produce and other goods. When: Sept. 22 and every Saturday through October from 9 a.m. to noon. Where: The area of the old Starland Dairy at 40th an Bull streets. Cost: Free. Info: 443-5355, maldorors@gmail.com or www.starlandfarmersmarket.com.

The Wailin’ Jennys in Concert

What: This 70-man chorus will open the ninth annual Southeastern Choral Arts Festival. When: Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m. Where: AASU Fine Arts Auditorium. Cost: $12.

Info: 927-5381.

Monday, Sept. 24

AASU Latino Heritage Week begins

What: On Monday at 11:45 a.m., a cooking demonstration will be presented at Shearouse Plaza, and dancing lessons will be presented at noon. On Tuesday, a screening of Volver will be presented at 7 p.m. at Compass Point Clubhouse. Wednesday is Fiesta Day from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at Shearouse Plaza. On Thursday at 7 p.m., the Hispanic Flamenco Ballet will perform at the Fine Arts Auditorium. On Friday at noon, the Latino Quiz Bowl will be at Memorial College Center cafeteria. Cost: All events are free and open to the public. Info: 921-7337 or Melody.

Rodriguez@armstrong.edu.

Choral Arts Festival Choir Savannah Jazz Festival

What: This concert will conclude the ninth annual Southeastern Choral Arts Festival. When: Sept. 24 at 7:30 p.m. Where: AASU Fine Arts Auditorium. Cost: Free and open to the public. Info: 927-5381.

Wednesday, Sept. 26

Psychotronic Film: For Your Height Only

What: This “lost classic” has recently become a pop-culture sensation thanks to Canadian rap duo The Chuds, whose tribute song and video Weng Weng Overture has swept the Internet. When: Sept. 26 at 8 p.m. Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $5. w

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Savannah Peace Festival Film Series: Romero

Week at a

What: This Canadian trio has a devoted following and has made numerous appearances on NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion. When: Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. Where: Lucas Theatre. Cost: Tickets are $35, $25, $17 and $12. Info: 525-5050.

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Deep focus Gray’s Reef Ocean Film Festival returns with national premieres

R

ob Stewart nearly gave his life to make his film, Sharkwater — not because he was attacked by sharks, but because of his encounters with humankind.

Stewart set out to make “a pretty film about sharks” and instead captured an intense, suspenseful, all-too-human drama.

Sharkwater was awarded the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival and also was given the award for best documentary at the Cannes Film Festival.

The film’s U.S. premiere will be held Sept.

21 as part of the NOAA Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary’s Ocean Film Festival.

Stewart will speak about his film — which spanned 15 countries and took more than four years to make — at the screening.

Stewart’s fascination with sharks began at an early age with his first encounter while scuba diving in the Cayman Islands at the age of 8. He began photographing underwater at age 13 and became a certified scuba instructor trainer at 18.

Stewart earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Western Ontario He has studied marine biology and zoology at universities in Kenya and Jamaica.

From the start of his career, Stewart has worked to change the public’s perception of sharks. “One of the main points of the movie is to give the public a realistic view of sharks,” he says. “They’re not designed to eat human beings. When they realize they’ve made a mistake, they let go. Most people end up back on shore.”

As a wildlife photographer, Stewart accepted an assignment in the Galapagos Islands to film hammerhead sharks. “We found 60 sharks that were dead or dying,” he says.

The sharks were dying because of a practice known as shark finning. Shark fin soup is considered a delicacy in Asia, and the demand for it is on the rise.

“The shark adds no flavor to the dish, only texture,” says Stewart. “Once, it was available only to kings or royalty. But now that the middle class in Asia is experiencing trade with the rest of the world, the demand for shark-fin soup has gone up.

“The shark population has been decimated over the past 50 years,” Stewart says.

“One hundred million die every year.”

Poachers cut off the sharks’ fins and dump the bodies overboard, wasting 95 percent of the animal. Many countries have outlawed shark finning, but because of the profit involved, it is carried out clandestinely.

Why save sharks? Because they’re vital to the Earth’s survival, Stewart says. Ocean species that have evolved over the last 40 million years have been shaped by their predators, the sharks.

That has given rise to schooling behavior, camouflage, speed, size and communication. Sharks have survived five major Filmmaker Rob extinctions, but now face extincStewart donate tion themselves as they are being fished money towards out. placing a patrol boat in the “Sharks are being wiped out even in the Galapagos Islands, but virtually most protected areas,” Stewart says. “I spent no money was donated. He realized it was a year getting the word out about it, but because of sharks’ reputations, so he set out found I had very little impact.” to change people’s minds.

Stewart set up a fund where people could In April 2002, he teamed up with Paul

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| Lead Story as they explore human’s relation to the sea, the coastlines and the estuarine environments and national marine sanctuaries.

On Friday and Saturday, guest speakers, including film directors and producers and experts, will answer questions from the audience. When it debuted four years ago, The Ocean Film Festival was the first oceanthemed film festival on the East Coast.

Savannah’s own shark expert

Matthew R. Gilligan was younger than Stewart when he had his first shark encounter.

“When I was 6 to 8 years old, I went fishing with my dad,” Gilligan says. “We went out to Long Island Sound with a man in his boat. It was the first time I’d ever been on the ocean. I had a big rod and reel and I got a monster on my line. It was just a small

shark.”

Today, Gilligan thinks the shark must have been an Atlantic Sharp Nose shark, one of the most abundant species. “They don’t get very big,” he says. “And they’re not very dangerous at all.”

However, the man driving the boat had a big reaction to the small shark. “I was just astounded that I got something so big for

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The City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs the Telfair Museum of Art & Armstrong Atlantic State University present

Sacred Mountains, Frozen Mummies & Inca Archaelogy A lecture by Dr. Constanza Ceruti September 30 | 3 p.m.

Telfair’s Jepson Center for the Arts Neises Auditorium Dr. Constanza Ceruti is a National Geographic Emerging Explorer and the only female high-altitude archeologist in the world.

In this special presentation, she recounts her ground-breaking discovery of 500-year old mummies and other fascinating artifacts during her expeditions to ancient Inca Empire ceremonial centers at the summits of sacred Andean mountains.

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Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, also a co-founder of Greenpeace, for a four-month expedition to deter shark poaching in Costa Rica and Ecuador.

“That was my ticket to the most sharkrich waters in the world,” Stewart says. “We headed south for Costa Rica at the invitation of Costa Rica’s president.”

From the start, the crew of the Ocean Warrior hit nearly insurmountable obstacles.

In Guatemalan waters, they battled shark poachers. At one point, the crew of a sharkfishing boat, the Varadero, in Guatemalan waters began chasing them — with guns.

“Our two boats collided,” Stewart says.

The poachers claimed the crew of the Ocean Warrior had deliberately rammed them, which resulted in the entire crew of 42 being charged with seven counts of attempted murder. Stewart later learned that the Taiwanese mafia owned the other boat and was behind the entire incident.

Rather than face arrest, the crew fled Costa Rica in an epic chase. They even wrapped barbed wire around the Ocean Warrior to prevent the coast guard from jumping onboard.

“We started filming ourselves to help ourselves,” Stewart says. “Our lawyer asked us, ‘What have you done?’”

They headed to the Galapagos Islands, where they had been invited to protect the marine reserve from illegal fishing. But Stewart’s journey was interrupted when he was diagnosed with flesh-eating disease, possibly from cuts on his feet.

After a doctor told him he could lose his leg and possibly his life, Stewart had no choice but to take a week off to recover. He snuck back into Costa Rica by car and continued filming.

By the time he returned home to finish editing his movie, Stewart was diagnosed with Dengue Fever, West Nile virus and tuberculosis — all at the same time.

“My immune system took a bit of a hit,” he says. “Now I’m fine.”

The experience was lengthy and intense, but Stewart says he’d do it all over again. “It forced me to grow as a human,” he says.

Sharkwater has garnered rave reviews, as well as awards. “It’s a really different film,” Stewart says. “It doesn’t run like normal films.”

Stewart hopes his film convinces young people to become involved in the fight to save the sharks.

“For the first time, young people have a way to enter the conservation movement,” he says.

“They get to save people and the planet by saving the sharks,” Stewart says. “They’ve help make conservation cooler.”

The Ocean Film Festival will be held Sept. 21, 22 and 23. This year, more than 30 ocean-themed films will be presented, including the U.S. premiere of Sharkwater and National Geographic’s Invasion of Jellyfish.

All films are free, although tickets are required, and most will be presented at Trustees Theater on Broughton Street. The films are chosen to inspire, entertain, educate and foster a spirit of ocean stewardship

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| Lead Story continued from page A tale of terror from the deep

me,” Gilligan says.

“But the man took a billy club and killed it. He said the only good shark was a dead shark. I was so impressed by his knowing all about operating the boat and all about the ocean, that I decided I wanted to be a shark fisherman.”

Now Gilligan has a totally different view of the experience. “I learned that man was a stupid, ignorant fisherman,” he says. “What he did was entirely inappropriate. There is no need to be killing sharks.”

Today, Gilligan is a professor and the coordinator of marine sciences at Savannah State University. In the 1980s, he made more than 80 dives at what is now called Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary to develop a field guide of fishes of Gray’s Reef.

He also in a way realized his dream of becoming a “shark fisherman.” He will be at the Ocean Film Festival to answer people’s questions about sharks.

“Sharks have received a bum rap in terms

schools of hammerhead sharks when they’re migrating.”

Three, sharks have poor vision. “They’re more like mammals than other fish when it comes to vision,” Gilligan says. “They have a moveable lens in their eyes, and they see colors.”

Four, sharks are unimportant in the ecosystem. “Throughout their history, sharks have been among the top predators in the ocean,” Gilligan says. “They’re keystone predators. They keep the prey population in check.”

of the dangers they pose to people in the water,” Gilligan says. “It’s profiling in the worst possible way.”

There are 350 species of shark known to inhabit the Georgia shelf water. Even white sharks, incorrectly but popularly known as great whites, have been seen and photographed off the coast.

“Humans and large prey are not their prey,” Gilligan says, though he admits sharks do bite people on occasion. “We had one incident on Tybee where someone was bitten.

Chances are it was a case of mistaken identity. Georgia’s waters are so murky.”

Killing sharks indiscriminately causes more problems than it solves, Gilligan says.

“As you take the largest and oldest individuals out of the population, the smaller species tend to become even more abundant,” he says.

Gilligan often gives a popular presentation titled The Venerable Shark. In it, he outlines the seven most common misconceptions about sharks.

Number one, that they like to eat people.

“When offered blood from different species, they preferred fish blood to human blood,” Gilligan says. “Humans are not normal prey for any species we know of.”

Two, sharks are just feeding machines.

“Sharks have much more complex behavior,” Gilligan says. “They turn off their feeding behavior entirely when they’re migrating.

That’s why filmmakers are able to film entire

Left and center: Greenpeace boat Ocean Warrior attempts to repel shark fishing boats; at right, fishermen deal with shark carcasses

Five, sharks are hard to kill. “People get that from Jaws,” Gilligan says. “Sharks actually are very hard to keep alive. We don’t try to keep them alive in captivity because they don’t get along in an captive environment.”

Six, sharks must swim constantly to stay alive. “There are a number of species that sit on the bottom,” Gilligan says. “They do have to keep swimming to keep from sinking because they have no glass bladder or air bladder as other fish do.”

Seven, sharks are found only in the ocean. “Sharks enter fresh-water estuaries and some species of sharks spend their lives in fresh water,” Gilligan says.

Gilligan hopes to change the public’s perception of sharks. “They’re pretty neat animals,” he says. “Almost all of western culture associates sharks with mindless and unprovoked feeding frenzies and attacks.

“Look up ‘shark’ in the dictionary. It says ‘swindler, cheat, fraud, parasite and lawyer.’

People fear and loathe them.

“But sharks need to be venerated because of their age and survivorship,” Gilligan says.

“They’re helpful to the marine ecosystem.

We venerate eagles, but they’re nothing but bloodthirsty killers.”

While mankind has been held responsible for the decimation of desirable ocean species, it also can be blamed for causing the increase of one of the most undesirable ocean species — the jellyfish.

Andy Mitchell has worked at the National Geographic’s Television & Film’s Natural History Unit as a producer, editor, cameraman and soundman. With Ernie Kovacs, he created a film called Jellyfish Invasion, which will be presented Saturday at the Ocean Film Festival.

However, don’t expect Mitchell to show at the festival — he just became a new father to his son, Jake. “He arrived two weeks late,” Mitchell says. “That’s going to keep me away from the festival.”

In Mitchell’s place, his boss, Keenan Smart, will answer questions. What Mitchell captured on film reads something like a horror film. Jellyfish aren’t nice creatures.

“The bulk of the filming was done in Hawaii, Japan and Australia,” Mitchell says.

“Australia is home to the really nasty ones.

Ninety percent of the kinds of jellyfish that can kill humans are box jellyfish.”

There are 26 to 40 species of box jellyfish, some which grow to the size of basketballs.

There’ve been only 70 people killed by them since records have been kept, but some don’t find that statistic very reassuring.

“They come every summer, which in Australia, is November through May,” Mitchell says. “Hundreds and hundreds of miles of the most beautiful beaches you’ve ever seen are empty because of the box jellyfish.”

Unlike other jellyfish, box jellyfish have eyes. “They can see and hunt fish,” Mitchell says. “They can distinguish between colors.

They can maneuver between poles.”

The box jellyfish was once believed to exist only in Australia, but in recent years has been tracked as far away as Hawaii and, shudder, Florida. “It’s less likely they’re spreading, we just realize they’re there now,” Mitchell says reassuringly.

Even scarier is the Irunkanji jellyfish. “It is tiny, tiny, nearly invisible,” Mitchell says.

“Their sting is said to be almost unbearably painful, and it is accompanied by an impending sense of doom. Yet because it’s microscopic, you don’t see it.”

As creepy as that is, the Nomura’s jellyfish in Japan can grow to 6 feet wide and 450 pounds. “It’s as big as a sumo wrestler,” Mitchell says.

Still not scared? Consider this. “The more humans pollute, the more jellyfish thrive,” Mitchell says.

Jellyfish reproduce through polyps, which can lie dormant as long as 20, 30 or 40 years. “Nothing can kill polyps,” Mitchell says. “Cues cause the polyps to bloom. The rise of the temperature of the oceans because of global warming is causing mass

quantities of jellyfish to bloom.”

On one expedition, Mitchell watched as fishermen pulled up nets that once would have held fish. Instead, they’re now filled with jellyfish. “Where the fish are gone, jellyfish fill the void,” he says. “Once they take over an area, it’s virtually impossible for the indigenous fish to come back.”

But scientists are finding killing jellyfish is just about the worst thing they can do.

“When they’re traumatized, they inject their eggs and sperm into the water,” Mitchell says. “The more they kill, the more they reproduce. And the fishermen are killing them by the tens of thousands.” w

The NOAA Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary’s Ocean Film Festival will be held Sept. 21 and 22 at 7 p.m. and Sept. 23 at 4 p.m. Most of the films will be shown at the Savannah College of Art and Design’s Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St. Admission is free, but tickets are required. For tickets, call 525-5050. For the full list of films and screening times, visit www.graysreef.noaa.gov or www.graysreefoceanfilmfestival.com

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| Editor’s Note by Jim Morekis

Building on a decade of fine film T

• Attendees over 30 probably won’t know who producer Brett Ratner is, but trust me — every SCAD student does.

• Nov. 2 sees an appearance by Oscarwinning director William Friedkin.

• And for us journalism geeks, Charlie Rose will accept an award Nov. 3.

This lineup ­— there are many more, those are just highlights — is not only formidable in and of itself, but also a significant step up from past guest lists, which tended to emphasize stars whose best days were well behind them.

At past editions of the Savannah Film Festival I’ve occasionally been jarred by the dissonance of an honoree accepting an award from SCAD only to tell the crowd that they felt sorry for any young people trying to get into the film business today.

While everyone’s entitled to an opinion, I’ve always felt this was a poor message to be disseminated at any film festival — especially one organized and funded by an institution of higher learning.

Thankfully, I don’t think that will be the case this year. All the big-name Film Festival guests are fully engaged in the industry and have made important, ongoing contributions with impacts that are being felt to this day.

But as usual, I’m most excited about the indie film lineup at this year’s Film Festival.

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This is where the real action is — the best and brightest young filmmakers doing independent-minded work for an audience of appreciative peers.

This year, filmmakers both renowned and obscure are bringing you work filmed around the world, from Julia Stiles’s 20-minute short Raving to the North Korea-themed Defaced to Numero Dos by country star Brad Paisley’s wife Kimberly to Will Frears’s All Saints Day to the Barbaro-themed doc The First Saturday in May to the rock doc My First Guitar starring Les Paul and Peter Frampton.

And that’s just a partial list.

It’s small films like these that really make the Film Festival not just a diversion, but an enlightening and educational event of lasting impact. These smaller-scale works have the passionate vision so often missing from big-budget productions, and also tend to have the most visceral effect on SCAD’s audience of students.

I’ll see you all there!

(Oh, and if you haven’t checked out The Mansion, you should. There’s a cool little art gallery there, the Grand Bohemian — indeed, the entire lobby is awash in great art.

You’ll also find one of the coolest hotel bars outside of Manhattan or L.A. In all, a far cry from the mortuary that once occupied the building.)

Jim Morekis is editor-in-chief of Connect Savannah. E-mail him at letters@connectsavannah.com

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However, as one reader informs me, we missed the boat by not featuring an important nearby institution, the University of South Carolina-Beaufort. While technically it’s well outside our circulation area, USCB really should be on our radar screen, primarily because they offer in-state tuition for students living in Chatham and Effingham Counties. While Beaufort is an hour away, it’s certainly a scenic commute. And the addition of a Bluffton campus has brought the USC presence that much closer.

Coincidentally, I happened to be in Beaufort this past weekend. The main campus of USCB, on Carteret Street as you veer into the historic district, is large, scenic and inviting, with an impressive array of welldesigned new buildings nestled amid the Spanish moss and Live Oaks.

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he Gray’s Reef Ocean Film Festival may be on our cover this week, but last Friday I had another film festival on my mind, when I attended a reception at The Mansion on Forsyth Park to kick off the Savannah Film Festival’s upcoming 10th anniversary.

While the main point of the get-together was for SCAD, the festival’s prime mover, to thank the community for its decade of support for the event, it was also a great chance to peruse the entire schedule of this year’s edition, taking place Oct. 27-Nov. 3.

Everyone agreed that the lineup this year is nothing short of awesome, and an important leap forward for the festival as a whole.

Of course you always have to start by mentioning the celebrities, which seems to be all anyone cares about these days. And to be fair, the guest list at next month’s Film Festival is an impressive one: • To open the Festival Oct. 27, Michael Douglas will appear the same night as Vanessa, Lynn and Corin Redgrave.

• The legendary Milos Forman, who is still putting out great films, appears Oct. 28.

• The great John Sayles will appear Oct. 29 to screen his new film Honeydripper, starring Savannah native Stacy Keach, who will also appear.

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September 21: Films start at 7 p.m.

Sharks as Prey and Predator - An evening of films and discussion about these predators and how they may keep us all alive.

American Ocean Treasures Sand Dancer

Sharkwater - an award-winning film by Rob Stewart, winner of the Toronto International Film Festival and the Antibes, France Environmental Film Festival, makes its U.S. debut.

Rob Stewart and Tyler McLeod of “Sharkwater” and local shark expert Matt Gilligan of Savannah State University will be on hand to discuss the fate of sharks worldwide and take your questions about these awe-inspiring creatures.

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September 22: Films start at 7 p.m.

Invaders From The Deep - An evening of National Geographic films of ocean exploration.

Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary Palette of the Ocean Jellyfish Invasion - Andy Mitchell’s newest underwater spectacular explores the rise of sea

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jellies as a dominant species in our troubled oceans.

Mystery Killers of Monterey Bay

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Andy Mitchell, Kevin McCarey and Keenan Smart of the National Geographic Film and Television Unit tell tales of their adventures as environmental filmmakers.

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American Ocean Treasures (3 min) - a look at Gray’s Reef and other National

Marine Sanctuaries Sand Dancer (10 min) - Peter Donnelly makes art on the beaches of Australia that thousands of people see, only to have it wash away with each tide.

Sacred Truth: Blue Hole of Dahab (90 min, 1 hr, 30 min) - Egypt’s Blue Hole is one of the world’s most beautiful, but dangerous dive sites. Thousands dive its magnificent underwater archway to experience its cathedral-like mysticism. Many divers don’t return. The film investigates circumstances behind these unexplained fatalities, drawing upon scientific rationalizations and mystical accounts inspired by ancient Egyptian wisdom.

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Women and the Sea - From the tropical Pacific to Arctic waters, women relate to the seas in unique ways - as both teachers and students. Diane and Ann Mason of “Last Refuge’’ will be on hand to answer questions and share their vision of the ocean planet.

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Last Refuge: One Woman’s Glimpse of the Artic - Lessons learned by a

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collective impact of everything he’s doing to reduce his impact on the environment.

“The biggest thing isn’t ‘counting kilowatts’ or thinking I’ve failed if I forget the grocery bags…and ask for plastic at the register,” writes Montoya. “It’s merely to think about these things as part of life. Change will only happen if we become it.”

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Dig it: Fun for all at the annual plant swap

In the next ten days, Savannah green thumbs will be doing whatever green thumbs do to prepare for Jane Fishman’s twice yearly garden party known as the Plant Swap. Held in the spring and the fall at Fishman’s Boundary Street garden, the Plant Swap brings together a patchwork quilt of people with the common interest of finding something interesting for their gardens—a plant or two with a history and a successful growing record in our sandy soil and tropical climate.

The premise is simple: bring plants or clippings from your own garden to share, and take home plants or clippings from others that interest you. The person who brought the plant will be right there to tell you whether it needs full sun or extra watering, and how she first dug it up from her best friend’s mother’s garden out on Isle of Hope.

The Plant Swap typically draws about 100 gardeners over three hours, starting at 8 a.m. and wrapping up at 11, presumably so swappers can go home and plant what they’ve just acquired. There’s great coffee, as well as random potluck offerings like scones and fresh fruit.

Gardening is not a passion of mine.

Digging in the dirt, trimming shrubs, cutting grass, these are tasks more honestly defined in my lexicon as “yard work,” a necessity of home ownership that I perform as infrequently as possible.

I would never call washing dishes and doing laundry a hobby, nor will I ever refer to gardening as such. But many otherwise sane, smart and fun folks feel differently, and their enthusiasm at the Plant Swap is a joy to be around.

For me, the only challenge at the Plant Swap is convincing well-meaning gardener evangelists that, no, I really don’t want any plants, thanks. I’m just there for the fellowship. w Jane Fishman’s fall Plant Swap is Saturday, September 29, 8 – 11 a.m. at Fishman’s Boundary Street garden located between Chatham Steel and SCAD’s Boundary Hall.

The street address? “I said it’s 409 Boundary Street but I made that up,” says Fishman.

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The tsunami of momentum surrounding curbside recycling in Savannah offers an opportunity to mention the other two environmental “R’s” that are often overlooked except around Earth Day. Reduce and Re-Use are the red-headed step-children of consumer environmentalism, yet they can be as easy, or easier, to implement than their more famous sibling, Recycling.

Things are looking hopeful for curbside recycling, but for right now, local options still fall into two time- or money-consuming categories: take the stuff to a drop off center, or pay someone to pick it up for you.

Meanwhile, Reduce and Re-Use offer ways to change life habits in small increments that can add up to a big difference.

Since last summer, my freezer’s contents have expanded from its usual collection of chicken breasts and Ben and Jerry’s ice cream tubs. Next to the Phish Food and Chunky Monkey is a plastic bin holding a frozen mélange of strawberry stems, fermented grapes, and browning remnants of salad mix culled from the drawers of the fridge. Instead of going into the garbage and then to the trash burner, these delights are packed up every few months and presented, gift like, to a friend as an addition to the compost pile in her garden.

This tiny act has proved to be an easy lifestyle change that may not make a big impact on the environment, but it seems to be a step in the right direction, and less of a time-eater than my monthly trips to the recycling center. And what a sight in the freezer!

Orlando Montoya’s blog entry for June 19, titled “Be the Change,” suggests a few easy things he’s doing that fall into the Reduce and Re-Use categories.

Best known as the soothing, objective voice bringing us local news via Georgia Public Broadcasting’s WSVH FM 91, Montoya lists on his blog eleven examples of small lifestyle choices he’s made that slightly reduce his consumption. They’re also changes that he finds easy to do.

“About once a month, we carpool to church with a neighbor,” says Montoya’s blog. “We use cloth towels instead of paper.

We bring our own bags to the grocery store.

“About once a week, I take the bus, mainly to go downtown on the weekends if I’m traveling alone.

“I took the bus three days last weekend, Friday, Saturday, Sunday,” said Montoya earlier this week, noting that he prefers not to drive if he doesn’t have to, and that CAT transit system travel is best for “when I’m not in a hurry and when I’m not going to be out late.”

On his blog, and in person, Montoya says the most important thing for him is to not feel guilty when he can’t make every possible environmental change, but to focus on the

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A lean green quality-of-life machine Renowned urban planner to lecture on John Nolen, designer of Daffin Park

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hough it often plays second fiddle to Forsyth Park, its older sister to the north, Daffin Park boasts its own venerable pedigree.

The first notable achievement in the career of famed urban planner John Nolen, known as one of the pioneers of landscape architecture, Daffin Park was built in 1907 and signalled the coming southward boom of Savannah expansion.

Named for P.D. Daffin, Park and Tree Commission chairman at the time, the park is not only the city’s most-used athletic venue, but an intrinsic part of everyday life for midtown residents. Once the site of the grandstand for the world-famous Great Savannah Races, Daffin Park also hosted a president, Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.

Nolen himself, a Philadelphia native who practiced mostly in Boston, is comparatively little known by the Savannahians who enjoy Daffin Park. But his works — in cities such as Charlotte, San Diego, Venice, Fla. and Madison, Wisc. — are known and revered by urban designers the world over.

One admirer of Nolen is coming to Savannah this Thursday to give a free lecture at 6:30 p.m. at the Bull Street branch of the Live Oak Public Library. Tom Low, director of town planning for Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, will speak on “Civic by Design: Learning Lessons from Pioneer Planner John Nolen.”

The Miami-based architectural firm Duany Plater-Zyberk has designed over 300 communities around the world. Low, who works in the Charlotte office, has extensive experience working and designing in the southeast U.S. We spoke to him last week.

Clockwise from top: Daffin Park; Tom Low of DPZ; John Nolen at work Everyone knows and loves Oglethorpe’s original town plan centered on the squares. But what else do planners find to admire about Savannah?

Tom Low: I’m filled with admiration whenever I visit any of those incredibly historic cities, like Charleston, Savannah, or New Orleans. We’ve been working on Gulf Coast post-Katrina redevelopment work, managing design and redevelopment of the French Quarter. Coming from a New South boom city, like I do, I come to a place like New Orleans and walk around in awe, because there’s so much to it, so much fabric. It really makes you come alive in terms of appreciation.

Most design debates here tend to center on small things, such as whether to grant variances for neon signs in the historic district, things like that.

Tom Low: I know when you get down to a day-to-day basis there are all these things to worry about at the local level. You’ve always got some constituency chipping away at the wonderfulness. That’s why you always need stewards standing guard. It’s a wonderful civic duty to take on this role, and it’s so important.

I remember a few years ago something was going on in Charleston and someone started a “Committee to Save Charleston.”

They were wonderful people, but I had to sort of laugh and say, “Well, it looks pretty fabulous to me!” But those minor things, those special details, really make a difference.

With the communities your firm helps design, how involved do you get with these nittygritty items?

Tom Low: Sometimes we take on the role of “town architect” and actually act as a board of review. But I would say one of the keys to our success is in really sharpening our pencils. Some people think planners put big asterisks on their plans, saying “And this is where the town center goes.”

Right now I’m spending the day working on a beautiful new retreat village, a lakefront village outside of Nashville, with a plan inspired by some of the quirky details of Isle of Hope. What we’ve taken notice of here are some wonderful church assemblies that are held, usually up in mountains. There’s one really great one between Nashville and Chattanooga called Monteagle. We really look at details like that when we’re designing for a community.

In the real world it’s all about give and take, and you have to make decisions.

Another thing I’ve noticed is you have SCAD there, so there’s a lot of creative talent that may come up with something so cool you grant an exception.

In fact, when we write guidelines and design ordinances, we sometimes specifically write that a variance may be granted based on design merit. In other words, if there’s something so great that everyone wants it, by all means.

Savannah is currently rebuilding one of its original squares, Ellis Square, which was paved over for a parking garage in the ‘50s.

Some local landscape architects think the new design, with an oval pond and meandering walkways, is straying too far from the traditional layout of squares here.

Tom Low: Well, you can’t go wrong with emulating that formula clearly – that’s the default. There may be a rationale for doing something different. For example, in some cases people bring in a really hotshot designer, who becomes basically an artiste, and their project becomes a signature piece. For example you might bring in Martha Schwartz, a landscape design guru like that.

She did some work in Miami Beach, really hip stuff. So sometimes they pull it off. But I would caution against something if it’s different just to be different.

We have such a signature project here with the Jepson Center, designed by Moshe Safdie.

Tom Low: Oh, yeah, Safdie’s a “starchitect.” And that’s great, if you get the right “starchitect.” That way you know there’s a high probability that what they do is going to be exciting and energizing.

When we regulate urbanism, we’re simple but rigorous about coding the private realm so that it behaves when it comes to the public realm. How a building behaves to the street and square is exceptionally important, compared to say, the back door. When it comes to public spaces we don’t regulate, though. Civic spaces should be more expressive of the society they represent. What are the values of the society? That’s the big question.

Many traditionally urban residents in Savannah are being priced out of downtown and moving to the suburbs, which traditionally was occupied by a different demographic.

It seems to be causing some unrest.

Tom Low: One of the principles of “New Urbanism” has to do with creating mixed use and mixed income authentic communities. The largest segment, frankly, that we’re hoping to affect is the middle class, because that’s traditionally America’s backbone.

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areas, and more and less affluent people. The more you can do to have that full range of housing choices and mixed use, the better and more functional neighborhoods will be.

And the more fine-grained the better.

For example, in your historic district, in addition to the trust lots you have row houses. Those are interesting buildings, because they’re very flexible. Apartments can be available within that space.

The important thing is you can’t have a monoculture. If you have an entire subdivision with single pricepoint houses, it’s not a real neighborhood. Those places are in their own ways slums. Isolating people by income is a type of segregation that we really don’t need.

There’s still the issue of specifically low-income housing and how to guarantee it.

Tom Low: In some ways, that’s actually easy.

On the Gulf Coast we’ve come up with an innovative idea we call the Katrina Cottage, which offers an alternative to FEMA trailers.

In our planning charrette work we found out that FEMA trailers cost $70-110,000 apiece. So we came up with a small seed house design that’s the same square footage as a FEMA trailer, but with tall ceilings, lots of windows, front porches, overhangs. A dignified structure, one that can be built for $35-40,000.

It became such a hit that Lowe’s came up with a “Katrina kit.” That’s a really innovative way of providing affordable housing. You can add on over time. As you make more money you can add a master bedroom.

Sometimes the flip side of this is how do you get the very wealthy to move back into mixed income neighborhoods? Those are the patrons that make things happen.

They’re usually the ones that become advocates for neighbors, because the truth is that without them middle class and low income folks are sunk. They won’t have the same clout or representation.

One thing that Savannah’s maybe not so familiar with is what often happens in cit-

ies like Charlotte, Atlanta or Jacksonville, and that’s the whole idea of starter housing. You’ll get these realtors who say, “This is a great neighborhood for you to start your lives, but when you make it you can move into a gated enclave” (laughs).

Gallup surveys tell us that up to a third of the population is interested in living in a walkable, mixed-use small town. But 99.95 percent of the development industry is only developing conventional suburban sprawl.

They’re missing a third of the market!

Our point is there’s plenty of suburbia already out there for folks. What’s missing is building new versions of what people love about places like Savannah. As places like Savannah grow, why not embrace the concept of traditional neighborhoods as opposed to suburban sprawl?

How will you approach your lecture here?

Tom Low: I’ll be framing it in terms of one of my heroes, the early 20th century planner John Nolen. He was probably the most famous planner of his era. He went around sort of promoting civil ideals, and designing in ways that best provided those.

We’re always trying to use the tried and tested principles that folks like Nolen were proponents of. When he came and worked on Daffin Park, he left his imprint on the ideals of the people living and working there. That’s a version of the green movement today.

We’re sort of taking the best of that era.

These are valuable lessons that can be and actually are being applied today. It’s been difficult to do, because these were things that the industry considered avant-garde. But we sort of hit a tipping point about 5 or 6 years ago when more people began thinking this was a viable way to look at the world. It’s nice to see that. w Tom Low speaks this Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Bull Street branch of Live Oak Public Library.

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Officers in an unmarked vehicle observed a car that drove past them at a very high rate of speed at East 36th and Drayton streets.

The car was weaving in and out of traffic. The officers followed the vehicle until it came to an abrupt halt at a red light, traveling at 60 miles per hour just to keep up with the car. As the light changed to green, the car took off at a high rate of speed and performed a “laying drag” while traveling north on Drayton Street.

The officer continued following, and called for a marked unit to initiate a traffic stop. The car then made a turn on 36th Street in front of a residence, and came to an abrupt halt before a marked unit could conduct a traffic stop. The driver then exited the car.

One of the officers grabbed his police badge and made contact with the driver, immediately identifying himself as a police officer. A strong odor of alcohol was coming from the man. A marked unit arrived, and the driver was submitted to a breath test. He blew a reading of 0.20. The man was read the Georgia Implied Consent Law and then consented to another breath test.

Because of the result of this test, he was placed in handcuffs and taken to Precinct 3. He was charged with driving under the influence, driving too fast for conditions, driving while unlicensed, and laying drag.

• A fast-food restaurant on East Montgomery Cross Road was robbed by two armed men, and the incident was caught on tape.

An officer was contacted at home and asked to look at the video to see if he could identify one of the suspects. Upon arrival at the restaurant, the officer met with the manager, who showed him the video. Two men could be seen robbing the restaurant.

The officer couldn’t get a clear look at one of the suspects, but recognized the other as living in his neighborhood. The suspect was living with his grandparents. The grandparents advised they had sent the suspect back to live with his mother.

• An officer on routine patrol responded to a package store on Bull Street after an apparent attempted robbery.

A man at the scene said he was lying on the floor in the front of a nearby supermarket when he heard a loud noise and looked up and saw three men, all dressed in black with white gloves. He said they had gone inside a fence at the back of the package store, so he called 911. While he was on the phone, the suspects came running out from the fence area, but had nothing in their hands.

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A second man said he was walking down 39th Street and DeSoto when four large men dressed in dark clothing came running. They had what appeared to be a sawed-off shotgun.

A second police unit located a possible suspect and took him to the package store.

The first witness identified him as one of the men who ran away, but the second said he wasn’t one of the people he saw.

Because of the conflicting reports, the officer was unable to tie the suspect to the burglary attempt. However, after another officer ran the man’s name through dispatch, he came back with a warrant for failure to pay child support and was arrested.

• A Fernwood Drive boarding house was broken into, but the suspect or suspects could go no further in the building than one room.

The owner called police after discovering one of the bedroom windows had been entered. She said the previous occupant of the room had moved out the day before. A screwdriver that had been left in the window to secure it was found on the ground outside. The woman said she found the windows closed, but unlocked. The pillows had been thrown on the floor and a soda can was left on top of a small refrigerator inside the room.

She said the suspect could go no farther into the building because of a deadbolt lock on the door. She said nothing was stolen from the room and the other tenants weren’t home at the time of the break-in.

• A woman advised police through a sign-language interpreter that her mother stole a check from her checkbook and used it to take $450 out of her account.

The victim said her mother signed her name and deposited the check in her account so she could pay for rent. She said that on two different occasions, her mother had taken money from her checking account. She was advised on warrant procedures. w

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fines for “indecency” against CBS for the brief, inadvertent glimpse it offered of Janet Jackson’s right breast during the 2004 Super Bowl. The same “indecency”-concerned agency, however, issued a routine official notice in July listing call letters of TV stations it had recently approved, including, for a proposed station in Honolulu, KUNT. (The applicant, headquartered in Skokie, Ill., withdrew the requested letters when the Star Bulletin of Honolulu publicized the FCC’s notice.)

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Just before Patricia Nilsen committed suicide last year, she cashed out her estate and left the money (about $300,000 in CDs) to famous 1960s singer Connie Francis, a move that was, said Nilsen’s relatives, an abrupt departure from her previous plans.

The relatives accuse Francis of manipulating Nilsen, but Francis said she hardly ever

spoke to or wrote her. Francis described Nilsen as a huge fan who wrote to her frequently, perhaps giving Nilsen, said a relative, “the insane delusion” that Francis was her best friend (though there was no formal evidence of mental illness). Francis offered to split the proceeds with the family and to donate to Nilsen’s favorite charity, but the family said no, and Francis recently filed a lawsuit in Palm Beach, Fla., to prevent the family from holding up her money.

Brand-New Fetishes

Verle Dills, 60, was arrested in Sioux Falls, S.D., in July after police found numerous homemade videos of Dills having sex in public with “traffic signs.” And Jeff Doland of Uniontown, Ohio, was arrested in July, caught in an Internet sting after he flew to Miami thinking he had arranged to pay a “mother” to let him photograph her two adolescent daughters while she periodically pushed them underwater (because he “liked watching the bubbles”).

The Classic Middle Name (All New!)

Arrested recently for murder and awaiting trial: Earl Wayne Reynolds (Spotsylvania County, Va., August); Donald Wayne Booth (Austin, Texas, August); Dustin Wayne Nall (Arlington, Texas, August); Christopher Wayne Hudson (Melbourne, Australia, June); Earl Wayne Flowers (Taylorsville, N.C., April); Randall Wayne Mays (Payne Springs, Texas, May). Suspected by police of murder but still on the loose at press time: David Wayne French (Portland, Ore., May).

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Least Competent Criminals

Jazmine Roberts, 19, was apprehended by a Neiman Marcus security guard in White Plains, N.Y., in August and held for police after she allegedly walked out of the store with a $250 pair of jeans and raged against the guard. According to a police report, Roberts was under the impression that once she walked out the door, she was immune from arrest, telling the guard, “It’s too late. I already left the store.”

Recurring Themes

Occasionally, motorists who are involved in collisions (especially inebriated ones) continue to drive on, claiming not to have realized for a while that their victim is dead and stuck in the car’s windshield. In July in Green Bay, Wis., Steve Warrichaiet, 50, was arrested on several charges in the injuring of one pedestrian (found on the street) and the death of another (lodged in the windshield as Warrichaiet drove home). In August, Tony Martinez, 54, was arrested in Perris, Calif., on several charges in connection with the death of a motorcyclist, whose body was lodged in Martinez’s rear window as he drove home.

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midnight while using an upstairs exercise machine, when employees locked up for the (1) In July, the Houston School District, night. A spokesman at the company’s headciting student privacy laws, declined to requarters said that “24 Hour” does not refer lease last season’s Bellaire High School baseto the hours of operation. ball statistics (such as batting averages), even The government of China, which claims though requested by a player’s parent. (2) control of Tibet despite the region’s vigorThe Perth, Australia, construction materious culture of independence, announced als company GMA Garnet recently closed a in August that it would henceforth require deal to sell sand to Saudi Arabia, and shipTibet’s “living Buddhas” (special clergy bements began in June. (Actually, it’s a hardlieved to be continuously reincarnated) to grade sand better suited for sandblasting get permission from China’s religious afthan that found in the Saudi desert.) fairs officials before submitting their souls to - Army officer Bryan Hilferty, a volunbe embodied in the future. The government teer Little League umpire in Alexandria, Va., acted, it said, because the reincarnation procomplained to The Washington Post in July cess needed to be managed better. that when he requested a copy of the League As urban sprawl gobbles up land rulebook (to help him be a better umpire), that previously surrounded farms he was turned down. Hilferty, who has and ranches, some new hoaccess to classified information in meowners are getting feisthis job at the Pentagon, was told ier about rural noises and that the Little League restricts its smells that disturb their rulebooks, on a “need to know” a rendered enjoyment of country life. basis, so as not to invite litigation, version of Kimber Johnson paid an and that Hilferty did not qualify. extra $80,000 to get the - Norwegian Correctional my soul premium view for her Services revealed in August that land near Phoenix, 20 percent of convicted crimibut complained in July nals who are given reporting about a farm’s routine dates to begin their sentences (a summer buildup of matotal of 1,799 last year) simply do nure 300 feet away, lasting not show up. The problem is comuntil the corn crop is picked. pounded by the fact that Norway The problem also exists in the has no separate law requiring them French village of Cesny-auxto report. Said a regional prison diVignes, where in August the rector, “It’s difficult to make plans mayor simply banned all comfor the prison terms when we have plaints from urban newcomno idea who will show up and who ers about braying donkeys won’t.” and loud farm equipment.

(Occasionally, the newcomers win, as in Unclear on the Washington County, Minn., in June when Concept the sheriff cited farmer Karyl Hylle for havThe Federal Communications ing a cow guilty of “excessive mooing.”)

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Ebola Reappears

A hemorrhagic fever that has killed more than 166 people and left 206 others critically ill in the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo was identified by U.S. health experts as being due to the Ebola virus. The World Health Organization and medical relief agencies such as Medecins Sans Frontieres joined local health officials to contain the viral outbreak, which has mainly been confined to Kasai Occidental province.

Several other African countries have suffered previous outbreaks of the highly contagious disease in the past. Ebola causes death in 50 to 90 percent of those infected, and is transmitted by contact with bodily fluids of infected people or animals. The virus can also infect and kill other primates, such as gorillas. It is believed to be carried by non-symptomatic fruit bats between outbreaks in the primate population. Between 3,500 and 5,000 gorillas died of Ebola in the Congo between 2002 and 2004.

Tiger Recovery

Royal Bengal tigers have reappeared in an Indian forest nearly 30 years after it was believed that poaching had wiped them out.

As many as 20 of the big cats were sighted in the Sahyadri mountains of western Maharashtra state during a nationwide tiger census. Vishwas Sawarkar, former head of the state-run Wildlife Institute of India, told reporters that the tigers might have rebounded due to poachers moving on to other areas. Wildlife experts believe that India is home to half the world’s surviving tigers. A previous census of the endangered animals taken in 2001 and 2002 showed their numbers had dwindled to 3,642 from about 40,000 a century ago.

Monsoon Flood Misery

Another round of severe monsoon floods across South Asia has forced more than 3 million people from their homes in northeastern India and Bangladesh. In India’s Assam state, the army helped move nearly 800,000 people from the rising Brahmaputra river and its tributaries. The state’s relief minister, Bhumidhar Barman, told reporters that evacuees from thousands of villages were now living in makeshift shelters, schools and offices, as well as on raised embankments. The humanitarian crisis comes just over a month after previous downpours forced more than 19 million people from their homes across the same region. Many of those earlier evacuees are still displaced.

Tropical Cyclones

Tropical Storm Humberto formed over the western Gulf of Mexico and attained hurricane force just moments before striking the Texas coast. It later brought torrential rainfall across much of Louisiana.

• Subtropical Storm Gabrielle drenched the U.S. eastern seaboard.

• Tropical Storm Danas churned the Pacific well to the east of Japan.

Earthquakes

An 8.4 magnitude earthquake struck just off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing at least 10 people and injuring hundreds of others as buildings collapsed near the epicenter. The massive seismic event and several powerful aftershocks triggered a series of tsunami alerts, but none of the quakes created any significant rise in sea level.

• A 4.9 magnitude earthquake that hit

Indonesia’s densely populated East Java caused panic and damage to scores of houses.

• Earth movements were also felt in Taiwan, the Colombia-Ecuador border region and along the Southern California coast near San Diego.

Chinese Rat Control

Chinese officials say their efforts to battle a rampant rodent plague in the country’s Xinjiang region by introducing natural predators have proven to be successful. More than a thousand eagle nests and stands were erected, and 200 foxes bred in captivity were released to feed on the rats as the main focus of the project. The country’s official Xinhua news agency reports that more than 5.4 million acres of pasture have been ravaged by the rodents, causing a food shortage for livestock. The number of rodent holes has dropped by 70 percent since the foxes were released, Xinhua says.

The new method of rat control was introduced after poison failed to effectively reduce the pest population, and killed the rodent’s natural enemies.

Autumnal Spring

Lilac bushes and locust trees have begun blooming in the late summer and early fall in southern Romania due to some of the hottest and driest summer weather on record. The country’s Rompres news agency reports that climate change and the scorching summer have altered the flowering plants’ seasonal behavior. The blooms have been most noticeable around the Baile Herculane resort and other parts of the southern Banat region, according to the agency. Locals believe the out-of-season blossoms are signs that a mild and lengthy fall season will follow. w

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he last time Washington, D.C.’s Pietasters played The Jinx was a couple of St. Patrick’s days ago. That’s a gig they won’t likely forget, as their bassist, Jorge Pezzimenti wound up being nabbed by Savannah’s finest for getting “back to nature” in the alley behind the Congress Street nightclub thirty seconds before the ska-soul act’s headlining show began to a packed, standing-room-only bar.

With some of his bandmates already on stage), they were forced to draft bass-playing fans from the crowd to take turns filling in for Jorge while he was hauled off.

Amazingly, the show went off without any major glitches, and a splendid, sweaty, smoky time was had by all.

Although I had planned to omit that awkward anecdote, Pezzimenti brought it up himself during a recent phone conversation.

“How can you leave that out?” he asks with an incredulous chuckle. “That’s the headline!”

Jorge then good-naturedly explained the previously unknown details of his infamous incarceration.

“Basically, I had to piss like a motherf@#$%er. There was only one bathroom and a line going around the door.

Now, I don’t need to explain to a guy how sometimes you just have to urinate in an alley. Maybe to a girl, but not to a guy. (laughs) I wasn’t drunk, I was stone cold sober. But out of the corner of my eye I could see the police coming up, so I stopped,” he recalls.

“Little did I know that the city makes something like fifty percent of its money for the year on that one night! So, basically, every douchebag in the whole world is sitting in that jail. The cop told me not to worry, that it won’t be on my record, and luckily it’s not. I’m still spotless,” he says.

“Although I must tell you I do lie awake sometimes when we’re about to cross a border while we’re on tour, worrying that some computer check will show that I was arrested in Savannah for peeing in public.

“I had to spend a night in jail with some guy who was bleeding like crazy from his hands and mouth who kept trying to talk to me,” says Jorge.

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“But that’s not the worst part! When I was being dragged away in handcuffs in my old Rolling Stones shirt with that big tongue on it, no one thinks to take a picture. (laughs). It had to be the most rock and roll image ever!”

His band has had their fair share of rock and roll moments. They’ve had records produced by a member of punk legends Bad Religion, been signed to ska-punk icons Rancid’s own record label, been featured on a few Warped Tours, done a string of U.S. dates with The Clash’s dear departed frontman Joe Strummer, and even served as the late, great James Brown’s backing band at a massive WHFS festival show at D.C.’s MCI Center.

“Whether I have had better musical memories or not, that James Brown gig is always the one I go to in my mind,” says Pezzimenti wistfully.

“I have seen unbelievable pictures from that show of me playing bass and him looking at me and doing one of his screams. Talk about instant cred for a ska band! (laughs) I mean, not that we’ve ever called ourselves

strictly a ska band. We’ve always identified what we do as ska-soul, but some people still don’t understand just what that means.”

What it means is that this horn-driven band’s sound is an amalgam of rock, reggae, punk, Motown, ska, the southern soul of the Stax/Volt labels and even power-pop.

For proof of that last genre’s influence on The Pietasters, dig this: they’re releasing a cover of Teenage Fanclub’s early single “The Concept” as a bonus track on the Japanese version of their brand-new CD All Day. “Those guys should not have to work a day in their lives,” says Pezzimenti of Scotland’s Big Star acolytes. “They should be able to just kick back, because they are undeniably pop geniuses.”

“I’m sure the hardcore Teenage Fanclub dudes wish we’d done something more obscure, but that’s a great, four-on-the-floor song. It kicks like The Four Tops.” w The Pietasters play The Jinx Friday at 11 pm.

Atlanta’s All Night Drug Prowling Wolves (featuring former members of The Rent Boys) open.

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wrong, I’m sure some kind soul will write in to correct me), The Coastal Jazz Society organizers are taking it on the road, so to speak, in hopes of attracting an audience reluctant to make the trek to its normal stomping grounds of the downtown area.

Wednesday night’s concert will be held at Armstrong Atlantic State University’s Fine Arts One Leg Up performs Wednesday night, Sept. 26 Auditorium.

This triple bill of outstanding local and national his year’s 26th Annual installment of our artists is divided thusly: an opening 7 p.m. city’s beloved free music festival (sponset by The Skyelite Jazz Band, followed sored in large part by the City of Savannah’s

by One Leg Up at 8:15 p.m., and ending Department of Cultural Affairs) starts out with The Ben Tucker Trio featuring Lynn with a bang, featuring three nights of conRoberts at 9:30 p.m. certs by regional artists.

Formed in 1992 at the Savannah Arts These intimate club shows take place at Academy by Dr. John Bradley and Michael Kokopelli’s (107 W. Broughton St.), the arHutchinson (and originally known as the ea’s newest venue to strictly book jazz.

BlueLight Jazz Band), The SJB has become Sunday night, from 5-9 p.m., that cozy one of the most well-known and celebrated bar/restaurant/listening room will feature high school jazz ensembles in the United a full evening of live music by a conglomStates. They tour extensively, and have aperation of “the area’s finest musicians,” a full peared everywhere from Orlando, Fl. to list of which had yet to be announced as of San Francisco, Ca. and from China to Great our press time. As this venue has recently Britain. Additionally, former SJB members been hosting popular, weekly jam sessions are regularly awarded music scholarships to at which seasoned pros welcomed enthuleading universities and conservatories in siastic newcomers to the stage, it’s not unthe nation. reasonable to imagine that some of that Asheville, N.C.’s One Leg Up is one of impromptu spirit may find its way into this the leading exponents of so-called “Gypsy lengthy set.

Jazz” on the scene today. Inspired by the Monday night, from 8-11 p.m., vetground-breaking work of famed guitarist eran area trap drummer Eric Vaughn takes Django Reinhardt, who —along with viothe stage at Kokopelli’s, to lead an eponylinist Stéphane Grappelli— developed this mous combo that may include such towerupbeat and sensual form of percussionless ing talents as bassist George Scheck (whom acoustic string, woodwind and brass jazz Vaughn has gigged with before). at the Hot Club of Paris in the mid-1930s.

Now, if you’ve read for years in Connect Their lineup includes standup bass, violin, about Savannah’s own 7-string guitar ace guitar, mandolin, clarinet and tenor sax.

Howard Paul, but have yet to catch him in And finally — bassist and composer live performance, you’ll have your chance Ben Tucker is recognized as one of the most this Tuesday from 8 pm till 11 pm when prominent jazz figures in Savannah. A celhis Howard Paul Trio plays the aforemenebrated composer of more than 300 origitioned Kokopelli’s. In addition to being a nal tunes (including his signature “Comin’ top-notch musician in his own right, Paul is Home Baby,” which was a hit for Mel Tormé a sought after sideman and duo partner who and —more recently— Michale Buble, and often accompanies such internationally“Devilette,” cut by Dexter Gordon) this famed jazz headliners as Jimmy Bruno and bassist has been named Best Jazz Musician Bucky Pizzarelli. No word on who’ll round so often in Connect’s annual Readers Poll out the lineup of his trio this time around, that we have jokingly thought of retiring but in the past it has not been uncommon to the category. Musically, Ben has always surcatch him abetted by the likes of bassist Ben rounded himself with the cream of the crop, Tucker, saxman and flutist Randall Reese so his set should be top-notch no matter and drummer Billy Hoffman. who’s in the spotlight with him.

While these three nights of live music Again, all these events are completely are all certainly worth attending, it should free and open to the public. For more inbe noted that on Wednesday the 26th, the formation, or to view the festival’s comSavannah Jazz Festival is branching out of its plete schedule (including upcoming usual environment in a big way, and heading outdoor shows in Forsyth Park), check out South. That is to say, it’s heading Southside. www.savannahjazzfestival.org. w For what may I believe may be the first time in the history of this festival (and if I’m

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Excellent, traditional rockabilly trio from Winter Park, Fl. whose bassist is also the frontman for the established rockabilly act Rocket 88 (a big draw at the old Velvet Elvis nightclub back in the day). They make one hell of a retro ruckus for just a threepiece, and notably bill themselves as the best such band in the Southeast. I must say, hype aside, of all the demos and albums I’ve heard recently in this genre, theirs does in fact easily rest at the top of the pile as far as regional acts go. Thurs., 10 pm, Mercury Lounge + Fri., 8 pm, Marsh Side Mama’s (Dafuskie Isl.).

and more prevalent. I’m told the last one at this laid-back Caribbean eatery and live music showcase netted over $5,000 for the cause, despite inclement weather. This one features a free buffet featuring a taco bar, chicken wings, and an entire pig roasted on a spit(!), plus tons of door prizes, raffles and both silent and live auctions will be held all night long. Live entertainment provided by local rock/country and soul cover band The Magic Rocks. $15 admission at the door.

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With international notoriety on the rise and an amazing new CD of sprawling, anthemic prog-metal on Relapse, these hometown heroes are poised for even more massive success than they have already found in the international underground.

This is the kickoff show of an almost monthlong East Coast tour that should help to propel them to some level of major, worldwide notoriety. Yeah, they really are that good.

Down-tuned Durham, N.C. metal quintet Tooth opens the show. Wed., 11 pm, The Jinx.

It doesn’t get much cooler than this world-weary, blues-soaked NYC-based performance artist and poet-turned singer/ songwriter. A classical painter and former New Yorker cartoonist, he’s successfully transformed himself from the poor man’s Spalding Gray to a more sedate Reid Paley. His growling, grumbling tunes of remorse, despair and hard-luck characters are —much like those of Leonard Cohen, whom he’s often likened— memorably, vividly life-affirming. A one-of-a-kind artist that —like another touchstone, Luke The Drifter— magically sounds like he’s been in your record collection for years, even if you’ve never heard him before. Tues., 8 pm, The Sentient Bean - ALL-AGES.

Andy Friedman

Flamin’ Yawn

This local guitar/bass/drums trio plays loud, aggressive original rock that’s not quite metal. There’s much to like about their nofrills approach to image and arrangements, and the fact they clearly have an interest in getting across melodies and vocal hooks as well as power chords sets them apart from many of the —relatively— sound-alike metal and post-hardcore groups tin our immediate area. For fans of Dinosaur Jr. and The Meat Puppets. Tusk opens. Sat., 10 pm, Guitar Bar.

This great psychedelic pop-rock band returns to town bearing advance copies of their forthcoming CD on the recently restarted Kindercore label (home to early releases by Of Montreal and I Am The World Trade Center). This group (along with Modern Skirts and a few others) is helping to lead the Athens, Ga. music scene back towards some kind of minor renaissance. Also on the bill, Athens’ atmospheric Elevado (a throwback to the glory days of Time Toy and even Mazzy Star), and Savannah’s own mellow indie-rockers Kiterunner. Fri., 9 pm, Hang Fire.

Tybee Skatepark Fundraiser

With well over $100,000 still needed to adequately finance the recently approved public skateboarding park near Tybee’s City hall, events like this will likely become more

With an amazing 40 weeks on Billboard’s Bluegrass Chart to their tongue-in-cheek name, a Folk Alliance Award for “Contemporary Release of The Year, and a Juno nomination (Canada’s Grammy) for Roots and Traditional Album of The Year, this female acoustic string-band trio is a bona fide sensation. Deftly mixing both Old-Time country and mountain music along with beguiling originals that sound decades older than these girls have been walking the earth, they are one of the premiere roots acts in North America, and have made a half-dozen appearances on A Prairie Home Companion. This should be a magical evening of high, lonesome balladry.

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The Jeff Beasley Band

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Josh Holley

Local acoustic guitarist/songwriter known from the Savannah Theater. Thurs., 7 pm, Baja Cantina (The Landings).

Electric blues, early rock & roll and R & B originals.

Wed., 7 pm (solo) Jazz’d Tapas Bar + Thurs., 8 pm (solo), The Warehouse + Sat., 9 pm, Mansion on Forsyth Park.

HomeBrew

New local cover band (southern rock, country, Top 40) featuring former members of Southpaw, Capital A, Liquid Ginger and Deep Cuts. Fri., 9 pm, Robin’s Nest (Pooler).

The Bleeps

Kurtis & Kody

Rare local show from these young, dedicated Tybeebased songwriting siblings who write earthy and jazzy pop incorporating acoustic guitar and percussion. They’ve opened for the likes of Emmylou Harris and Sister Hazel. Sat., 10 pm, Churchill’s Pub.

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Josh Holley Trashy, swinging, garage-rock influenced Delta blues. Wed., 9 pm, Bay Street Blues + + Thurs., 8 pm, Dawg House Grill + Fri., 9 pm, Liquid Ginger Mansion on Forsyth Park + Sat., 9 pm, Jazz’d Award-winning local modern rock/radio Tapas Bar + Sun., 7 pm, North Beach Grill pop act that mixes mainstream covers in (Tybee). with originals from their 2 indie CDs. Sat.,

The Black Diamond Heavies

10 pm, Wild Wing Café.

Raw Nashville duo injecting VU and Tom Waits into their Hound Dog Tayloresque punk-blooze. Sat., 11 pm, The Jinx.

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The latest offshoot from the Dope Sandwich gang, a collective of Savannahbased rappers, funk musicians and spoken word artists. This show is said to include Knife (supporting his new album 2000 Yard Stare), Basik Lee (supporting his new mixtape A Bunch of Crazy Sh!t) and Righteous The Poet as well as DJs Life and Valis. This Broughton St. restaurant/bar has become a key local venue for alternative hip-hop. Sat., 10 pm, Tantra Lounge.

David Flannery

Solo acoustic guitarist/singer offering classic and soft rock hits and originals. Fri., 10 pm, Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub + Sat., 8 pm, Augie’s Pub (Richmond Hill).

Widespread Panic Tribute Band. Fri., 10 pm, Wild Wing Café.

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Phantom Wingo

High-energy Southern soul with extended guitar jams, a la Gov’t Mule. Sat., 10 pm, Fiddler’s (River St.).

Pocket Change

Funk and soul covers. Sat., 10 pm, Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub + Mon., 10 pm, Fiddler’s (River St.).

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Statesboro-based jazz ensemble made up of promising young players. Fri., 9 pm, Jazz’d Tapas Bar.

High Velocity

Silver Lining

Popular classic and southern rock cover band that also plays modern country hits.

Fri. - Sat., 9 pm, Red Leg Saloon.

Impressive local female-fronted jazz trio (bass/guitar/drums). Fri., 8 pm, 9:30 pm, 11 pm, Kokopelli’s.

Ruby James

Something Japanese

Throaty and sultry Americana songwriter (and self-proclaimed “rock diva”) who’s currently working with Charlie Sexton on a new CD. Fri., 8 pm, Guitar Bar.

Macon-based jam/southern soul/rootsrock band formerly known as Moonshine Still. Sat., 10 pm, Locos (downtown).

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AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee) Joey Manning (7 pm) B & D BURGERS (Southside) Trivia w/Artie & Brad (10 pm) BAHAMA BOB’S (Pooler) Karaoke THE BAMBOO ROOM formerly TANGO (Tybee) “Georgia Kyle” Shiver BAY STREET BLUES Bottles & Cans (9 pm) BAYOU CAFÉ Chief (9 pm) BERNIE’S ON RIVER ST. The Blend (9 pm) BILLY’S PLACE (above MCDONOUGH’S) Lafeyette CAFÉ LOCO (Tybee) Live Music TBA (8 pm) CHEERS TO YOU (135 Johnny Mercer Blvd.) Karaoke (8 pm) CLUB ONE #@*! Karaoke CREEKSIDE CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.) Live Music TBA (7 pm) DAWG HOUSE GRILL Live Music TBA (7:30 pm) DOLPHIN REEF LOUNGE (Tybee) Live Music TBA DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown) DJ Sam Diamond (Savannah Shag Club) DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Sandfly) Chuck Courtenay & Bucky Bryant (7 pm) FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.) Jon Doe (9 pm) FRENCH QUARTER CAFÉ (Statesboro) Live Music TBA (8 pm) GILLEY’S (Hinesville) Live Music TBA (9 pm) HANG FIRE (37 Whitaker St.) Karaoke (10 pm) IGUANA’S (St. Simons Isl.) Live Music TBA THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head) The Bobby Ryder Quartet (8 pm) JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR Jeff Beasley (7:30 pm) JEN’S & FRIENDS Live Music TBA (9 pm) THE JINX Rock & Roll Bingo w/DJ Boo-Cock-Eye (11 pm) KEVIN BARRY’S Carroll Brown KING’S INN Karaoke (9 pm) THE ISLANDER (Wilmington Isl.) Open Mic Night (9:30 pm) LOCOS DELI & PUB (Downtown) Team Trivia LUTHER’S RARE & WELL DONE (Beaufort) Branan Logan (6:30 pm) MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK Pianist David Duckworth (7 pm) MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE Barry Johnson MCDONOUGH’S Karaoke MERCURY LOUNGE The Eric Culberson Blues Band (10 pm) MOLLY MACPHERSON’S SCOTTISH PUB Open Mic Night w/Hudson & Markus (10 pm) MURPHY’S LAW IRISH PUB Celtic Karaoke (9 pm)

NORTH BEACH GRILL (Tybee) Live Music TBA ONE HOT MAMA’S BBQ (Bluffton) Live Music TBA (8:30 pm) PANINI’S (Beaufort) Live Music TBA (10 pm) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE) Live Music TBA THE QUARTER SPORTS BAR (Tybee) “Georgia Kyle” Shiver (10 pm) ROBIN’S NEST (Pooler) Matthew St. John & Tim (8 pm) SAVANNAH BLUES Live Music TBA (10 pm) SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER DJ Blue Ice (Hip-hop, Reggae, Top 40, R & B) SAVANNAH SMILES (314 Williamson St.) Dueling Pianos (8 pm) SAVANNAH THEATRE Broadway on Bull Street (8 pm) THE SENTIENT BEAN COFFEE HOUSE Gray Reef Film Fest: FISHER POETS (8 pm) SLUGGERS 5 Point Productions’ Karaoke (10 pm) TOMMY’S (Pooler) Karaoke w/Jeff & Rebecca TROPICANA NIGHTCLUB Karaoke w/Michael (10 pm) TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt) Live Music TBA (6 pm) TUBBY’S (River St.) Live Music TBA (6 pm) VENUS DE MILO Industry Night THE WAREHOUSE Thomas Claxton (7:30 pm) WILD WING CAFÉ Karaoke (8:30 pm)

■ THURSDAY, 20

AUGIE’S PUB (Richmond Hill) Thomas Claxton (7 pm) B & D BURGERS (Southside) Live Music TBA (10 pm) BAJA CANTINA (The Landings) Josh Holley (7 pm) BARNES & NOBLE (Oglethorpe Mall) Open Mic (8 pm) BAYOU CAFÉ Chief (9 pm) BAY STREET BLUES Karaoke (9 pm) BENNIE’S (Tybee) Karaoke w/DJ Levis (9:30 pm) BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET Karaoke (9 pm) BLAINE’S BACK DOOR BAR #@*! Karaoke THE BREW PUB (Hilton Head) Live Music TBA (10 pm) BUFFALO’S CAFÉ (Hinesville) Karaoke (7 pm) CAFÉ LOCO (Tybee) Jude Michaels (8 pm) CHUCK’S BAR #@*! Karaoke (10 pm) CLUB ONE Insutrial Resurrection w/DJ Shrapnel (10 pm) CREEKSIDE CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.) Live Music TBA (6 pm) DAIQUIRI BEACH Karaoke (10 pm) DAWG HOUSE GRILL Live Music TBA (7 pm) DINGUS MAGEE’S Live Music TBA (9 pm) DOC’S BAR (Tybee) Roy & The Circuit Breakers DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Sandfly) Live Music TBA (7 pm) FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee) “Georgia Kyle” Shiver & Fiddlin’ Scott Holton (7 pm) FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.) The Eric Culberson Blues Band (10 pm) GRAPEVINE (Wilmington Isl.) Gail Thurmond (6:30 pm) THE GRILL BEACHSIDE (Tybee) Live Music TBA (7 pm) HANG FIRE (37 Whitaker St.) DJ KZL (10 pm) HERCULES (Pt. Wentworth) Live Music TBA (7:30 pm) THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth) Perception (8 pm) THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head) The Lavon Stevens Project w/Louise Spencer (8 pm) JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR Trae Gurley’s “Swoonatra” (7:30 pm) THE JINX Dance Party w/DJ D-Frost & Friends (10 pm) KEVIN BARRY’S Carroll Brown KOKOPELLI’S JAZZ (107 W. Broughton St.) Jazz Jam Session w/The Alex Nguyen Group (8:30 pm)

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■ FRIDAY, 21

AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee) “Georgia Kyle” Shiver (7 pm) AMERICAN LEGION POST #36 (Thunderbolt) Karaoke AUGIE’S PUB (Richmond Hill) Live Music TBA (9 pm) B & B ALE HOUSE “Less Than Zero” - 80s retro night w/David Rapp and DJ Shrapnel (10 pm) B & D BURGERS (Southside) Live Music TBA (9 pm) BAHAMA BOB’S (Pooler) Perception (9:30 pm) BAJA CANTINA (The Landings) Live Music TBA (7 pm) BAY STREET BLUES Karaoke (9 pm) BAYOU CAFÉ Live Music TBA (9 pm), Live Music TBA (10:30 pm) BENNIE’S (Tybee) Karaoke w/DJ Levis (9:30 pm) BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET Karaoke (9 pm) BILLY’S PLACE (above MCDONOUGH’S) Nancy Witt BOGEY’S G.E. Perry & Strange Brew (9 pm) THE BRITANNIA (Wilmington Isl.) Live Music TBA (9 pm) CAFÉ LOCO (Tybee) Live Music TBA (8 pm) CAPTAIN’S LOUNGE #@*! Karaoke CLUB ONE Local Cast, DJ Jason Hancock (Main Floor) CRYSTAL BEER PARLOR The Beer Parlor Ramblers (7:30 pm) DAQUIRI ISLAND (Abercorn) Karaoke DAWG HOUSE GRILL Chuck Courtenay & Bucky Bryant (7 pm) DEWEY’S DOCKSIDE (Tybee) Paul Broussard (6 pm) DIMENSIONS ART GALLERY Brittany Bosco (8 pm) DINGUS MAGEE’S (Statesboro) Live Music TBA (9 pm) DOC’S BAR (Tybee) Roy & The Circuit Breakers DOLPHIN REEF LOUNGE @ OCEAN PLAZA (Tybee) Eric Britt (3 pm), Live Music TBA (8 pm)

DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown) “World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Sandfly) Live Music TBA (7 pm) EL PICASSO (319 Main St., Garden City) Karaoke (8 pm) FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee) The One Too Many Band (9 pm) FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.) The Jubal-Kane Blues Band (9 pm) FRENCH QUARTER CAFÉ (Statesboro) Live Music TBA (8 pm) FRIENDLY’S TAVERN 2 #@*! Karaoke GAYNA’S BAR (Tybee) Karaoke (9 pm) GILLEY’S (Hinesville) Live Music TBA (9 pm) GUITAR BAR Ruby James (8 pm) HERCULES (Pt. Wentworth) Live Music TBA (8 pm) HUC-A-POOS (Tybee) Live Music TBA (9 pm) THE HYATT Live Music TBA (8 pm) IGUANAS (St. Simons Island) Live Music TBA (9 pm) THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth) Perception (8 pm) THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head) The Teri Rini Powers Quartet (8 pm) JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR Savannah Avenue (9 pm) JEN’S & FRIENDS Live Music TBA (10 pm) THE JINX The Pietasters, All Night Drug Prowling Wolves (11 pm) JUKEBOX BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill) Live Music TBA (9 pm) KATHLEEN’S (Beaufort) Live Music TBA (9 pm) KEVIN BARRY’S Harry O’Donoghue KING’S INN Karaoke (9 pm) KOKOPELLI’S JAZZ (107 W. Broughton St.) The Negroni Trio (8 pm, 9:30 pm, 11 pm) LOCO’S (downtown) The Bleeps - feat. Ted & Adam from Passafire (10 pm) LUNA LOUNGE @ IL PASTICCIO Live Music TBA (9 pm) LUTHER’S RARE & WELL DONE (Beaufort) DaddyGrace (10 pm) continued on page 24

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LOCOS DELI & GRILL (Southside) Team Trivia w/Kowboi (7 pm) LUTHER’S RARE & WELL DONE (Beaufort) Branan Logan (6:30 pm) MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK Pianist David Duckworth (5 pm), Vocalist Claire Frazier & Pianist Peter Tavalin (8 pm) MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKHOUSE Nancy Witt MCDONOUGH’S Karaoke MERCURY LOUNGE High Octane (10 pm) MOON RIVER BREWING CO. Eric Britt (8:30 pm) MURPHY’S LAW IRISH PUB The Train Wrecks (10 pm) MYRTLE’S BAR & GRILL (Bluffton) J. Howard Duff (7:30 pm) NORTH BEACH GRILL (Tybee) “Tybee Island Skate Park Fundraiser” w/The Magic Rocks (6 pm) ONE HOT MAMA’S (Bluffton) Live Music TBA (5 pm) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE) Live Music TBA PLUM’S (Beaufort) Live Music TBA (10:30 pm) POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill) Live Music TBA THE RAIL PUB “Helium Karaoke” w/Wrath Nasty RETRIEVER’S (Statesboro) Live Music TBA (8 pm) SAVANNAH BLUES Live Music TBA (10 pm) SAVANNAH SMILES (314 Williamson St.) Dueling Pianos (9 pm) SAVANNAH THEATRE ”Broadway on Bull Street” (8 pm) SLUGGER’S Trivia w/Charles & Mikey (10 pm) SORRY CHARLIE’S Live Music TBA (10 pm) SPANKY’S (River St.) Live Music TBA (8 pm) STEAMER’S (Georgetown) Live Music TBA (9 pm) TANTRA LOUNGE DJ In A Coma (11 pm) TIKI HUT (Hilton Head) SwYrl (6 pm) TOMMY’S (Pooler) Karaoke w/Jeff & Rebecca TROPICANA NIGHTCLUB DJ Southstar spins Top 40 (10 pm) TUBBY’S (River St.) Live Music TBA (6 pm) TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt) Live Music TBA (6 pm) UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE Live Music TBA (7 pm) VENUS DE MILO Hip-Hop Night w/DJ Maytag (10 pm) THE WAREHOUSE Jeff Beasley (8 pm)

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MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK Pianist Peter Tavalin (5 pm), Bottles & Cans (9 pm) MARDIS GRAS ON BAY Michael “B-Flat” Sears & Tony Royster, Sr. (7 pm) MARSH SIDE MAMA’S (Dafuskie Isl.) High Octane (8 pm) MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS Live Music TBA (8 pm) MCDONOUGH’S Karaoke MERCURY LOUNGE Live Music TBAs (10 pm) MOLLY MACPHERSON’S SCOTTISH PUB David Flannery (10 pm) MULBERRY INN The Champagne Jazz Trio (8 pm) NORTH BEACH GRILL (Tybee) Live Music TBA (7 pm) ONE HOT MAMA’S (Bluffton) Live Music TBA (10:30 pm) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE) Live Music TBA POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill) Live Music TBA (8 pm) QUALITY INN (Pooler) American Pride Karaoke (8 pm) RED LEG SALOON (formerly The Silver Dollar Café, Hwy 204) High Velocity (9 pm) RETRIEVER’S (Statesboro) Live Music TBA (10 pm) RIDERS LOUNGE (Hilton Head) Live Music TBA (9 pm) ROBIN’S NEST (Pooler) HomeBrew (9 pm) SAVANNAH BLUES Live Music TBA (10 pm) SAVANNAH DOWN UNDER INVASION LEVEL 3 DJ Analog Kid (10 pm) SAVANNAH SMILES (314 Williamson St.) Dueling Pianos (8:30 pm) SAVANNAH THEATRE “Broadway on Bull Street” (8 pm) SCANDALS (Tybee) Live Music TBA (9:30 pm) THE SENTIENT BEAN COFFEE HOUSE Adrianne (8 pm) SILVER CREEK SALOON (Statesboro) Live Music TBA (8 pm) SORRY CHARLIE’S Live Music TBA (8 pm) SPANKY’S (River St.) Karaoke (9 pm) STEAMERS (Georgetown) Live Music TBA (9:30 pm) STINGRAY’S (Tybee) Eddie Mercer (7 pm) STOGIE’S DJ Paynt & DJ Mself (10 pm) TANTRA LOUNGE Tradewinds (9:30 pm) TOMMY’S (Pooler) Live Music TBA (9 pm) TUBBY’S (River St.) Live Music TBA (6 pm)

TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt) Mark Carter (6 pm) TURTLE’S (Statesboro) Live Music TBA (10 pm) UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE (Wilmington Island) Live Music TBA (7 pm) VENUS DI MILO Live DJ VFW CLUB (Hinesville) Live Music TBA (9 pm) VIC’S ON THE RIVER Claire Frazier & Peter Tavalin (7 pm) THE WAREHOUSE The Hitmen (8 pm) WASABI’S Live DJ Frankie-C spins Hip-hop & Electric Fusion (8 pm) WAYS STATION TAVERN (Richmond Hill) Karaoke (9 pm) WET WILLIE’S Live DJ (8 pm) W.G.’S Jason Bible (10 pm) WILD WING CAFÉ Live Music TBA (6 pm) Machine Funk (10 pm) WILD WING CAFÉ (Bluffton) Live Music TBA (10:30 pm) WILD WING CAFÉ (Hilton Head) The Alternatives Band (9 pm) YONG’S COUNTRY CLUB (formerly The Music Box) Live Music TBA (9 pm)

■ SATURDAY, 22

AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee) Joey Manning (7 pm) THE ALE HOUSE (Bluffton) Live Music TBA (10 pm) AUGIE’S PUB (Richmond Hill) David Flannery (8 pm) B & B ALE HOUSE Live Music TBA (9 pm) BAJA CANTINA (The Landings) Live Music TBA (7 pm) THE BAMBOO ROOM (Tybee) Sammy Patrick (8 pm) BAY STREET BLUES Karaoke (9 pm) BAYOU CAFÉ David Harbuck (9 pm), Live Music TBA (10:30 pm) BENNY’S (Tybee) Karaoke w/DJ Levis BERNIE’S ON RIVER STREET Karaoke (9 pm) BILLY’S PLACE (above MCDONOUGH’S) The Joseph Michael Duo (6 pm) BOGEY’S Live Music TBA (9 pm) CAFÉ LOCO (Tybee) Live Music TBA (10 pm) CAPTAIN’S LOUNGE #@*! Karaoke CHUCK’S BAR #@*! Karaoke

CHURCHILL’S PUB Kurtis & Kody (10 pm) CITY MARKET COURTYARD Live Music TBA (2 pm) CLUB ONE DJ Jason Hancock spins Progressive House (10 pm) THE CREEKSIDE CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.) Live Music TBA (7 pm) DAQUIRI ISLAND (Abercorn) Karaoke THE DAWG HOUSE GRILL Live Music TBA (7 pm) DC2 DESIGN (104 W. Broughton St.) DJ Kiah (10 pm) DEB’S PUB & GRUB #@*! Karaoke (9 pm) DEWEY’S DOCKSIDE (Tybee) Soul Kitchen (6 pm) DOC’S BAR (Tybee) Roy & The Circuit Breakers DOLPHIN REEF LOUNGE @ OCEAN PLAZA (Tybee) Eric Britt (3 pm), Live Music TBA (8 pm) DOS PRIMOS (Statesboro) Live Music TBA (8 pm) DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown) “World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Sandfly) Live Music TBA (7 pm) FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee) The One Too Many Band (9 pm) FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.) Phantom Wingo (9 pm) FRENCH QUARTER CAFÉ (Statesboro) Live Music TBA (9 pm) GAYNA’S BAR (Tybee) Karaoke (9 pm) GILLEY’S (Hinesville) Live Music TBA (9 pm) grapevine (wilmington isl) Gail Thurmond (6:30 pm) GUITAR BAR Flamin’ Yawn, Tusk (10 pm) HANG FIRE (37 Whitaker St.) “Heart & Soul” w/DJ Jake The Snake or Danny Boy (10 pm) THE HYATT Live Music TBA (8 pm) ISAAC’S ON DRAYTON Live Music TBA (9 pm) THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth) Live Music TBA (9 pm) THE ISLANDER (Wilmington Isl.) Live Music TBA (10 pm) THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head) The Teri Rini Powers Quartet (8 pm) JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR Bottles & Cans (9 pm) JEN’S & FRIENDS Live Music TBA (10 pm)

THE JINX The Black Diamond Heavies (11 pm) JUAREZ MEXICAN RESTAURANT (Waters Ave.) Karaoke KEVIN BARRY’S Harry O’Donoghue KOKOPELLI’S JAZZ (107 W. Broughton St.) The Negroni Trio (8 pm, 9:30 pm, 11 pm) LOCO’S (downtown) Something Japanese - formerly Moonshine Still (10 pm) LUCAS THEATRE FOR THE ARTS The Wailin’ Jennys (8 pm) LUNA LOUNGE (Il Pasticcio) DJ Matthew Gilbert (10 pm) LUTHER’S RARE AND WELL DONE (Beaufort) Live Music TBA (10 pm) MALONE’S Live Music TBA (4 pm) MANSION ON FORSYTH PARK Pianist Eric Jones (5 pm), The Jeff Beasley Band (9 pm) MARDIS GRAS ON BAY Michael “B-Flat” Sears & Tony Royster, Sr. (7 pm) MARLIN MONROE’S SURFSIDE GRILL (Tybee) Mary Davis & Co. (8 pm) MARY’S SEAFOOD & STEAKS Live Music TBA (8 pm) MCDONOUGH’S Karaoke MERCURY LOUNGE Live Music TBA (10 pm) MOLLY MACPHERSON’S SCOTTISH PUB Pocket Change (10 pm) MOON RIVER BREWING CO. Live Music TBA (8:30 pm) MULBERRY INN The Champagne Jazz Trio (8 pm) MURPHY’S LAW IRISH PUB Seldom Sober (5 pm) NORTH BEACH GRILL (Tybee) Live Music TBA (7 pm) PANINI’S (Beaufort) Jeff Norwood (10 pm) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE) Live Music TBA POGY’S BAR & GRILL (Richmond Hill) Live Music TBA (9 pm) QUALITY INN (Pooler) American Pride Karaoke (8 pm) THE RAIL PUB Live Music TBA RED LEG SALOON Live Music TBA (9 pm) RIDERS LOUNGE (Hilton Head) Live Music TBA (10 pm) SAVANNAH BLUES Live Music TBA (10 pm) SAVANNAH JAZZ & BLUES BISTRO (Bluffton) Live Music TBA (8 pm)

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AJ’S DOCKSIDE RESTAURANT (Tybee) Joey Manning (7 pm) AQUA STAR RESTAURANT (THE WESTIN) Ben Tucker & Bob Alberti (11:30 am) AUGIE’S PUB (Richmond Hill) Live Music TBA (9 pm) B & B ALE HOUSE Live Music TBA BAHAMA BOB’S (Pooler) Karaoke BAYOU CAFÉ Live Music TBA (8 pm) BELFORD’S Live Music TBA (6 pm) BERNIE’S (Tybee) Karaoke w/DJ Levis (9 pm) BILLY’S PLACE (above MCDONOUGH’S) Diana Rogers CAPTAIN’S LOUNGE #@*! Karaoke CHA BELLA Live Music TBA (10 pm) DAQUIRI ISLAND (Abercorn) Karaoke DEWEY’S DOCKSIDE (Tybee) Roy & The Circuit Breakers (5 pm) DOC’S BAR (Tybee Island) Live Music TBA DOLPHIN REEF LOUNGE @ OCEAN PLAZA (Tybee) Eric Britt (3 pm) DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown) “World Famous” DJ Sam Diamond DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.) Live Music TBA (7 pm) EL POTRO (13051 Abercorn St.) Karaoke w/Michael (9 pm) FANNIE’S ON THE BEACH (Tybee) Randy “Hatman” Smith (8 pm) FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.) The Eric Culberson Blues Band (10 pm) THE FLYING FISH (7906 E. Hwy 80 by the old Williams Seafood) Barry Johnson (6 pm) THE ISLAND GRILL (Pt. Wentworth) Live Music TBA (5 pm) THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head) Deas’ Guys (8 pm) JAZZ’D TAPAS BAR Annie Allman (7 pm) KEVIN BARRY’S Gabriel Donahue MALONE’S (309 W. River St.) Live Music TBA MCDONOUGH’S Karaoke MERCURY LOUNGE Greg Williams (10 pm) MOON RIVER BREWING CO. Live Music TBA (7 pm) MURPHY’S LAW IRISH PUB Irish Pub Acoustic Session (7 pm) NORTH BEACH GRILL Bottles & Cans (7 pm) ONE HOT MAMA’S (Bluffton) Live Music TBA (6 pm) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE) Live Music TBA RED LEG SALOON Karaoke w/Frank Nelson (9 pm) SAVANNAH SMILES (314 Williamson St.) Piano-Palooza (8 pm) SAVANNAH THEATRE “Broadway on Bull Street” (3 pm)

SEA DAWGS (Tybee) Live Music TBA (1 pm) SLUGGER’S 5 Point Productions’ Karaoke (10 pm) SPANKY’S (Pooler) Live Music TBA (8 pm) TUBBY’S (Thunderbolt) Live Music TBA UNCLE BUBBA’S OYSTER HOUSE Live Music TBA (7 pm) THE WAREHOUSE Thomas Claxton (7:30 pm) WILD WING CAFÉ The Courtenay Brothers (1 pm), Live Music TBA (10 pm) * WILD WING CAFÉ (Bluffton) Live Music TBA (9 pm) WILD WING CAFÉ (Hilton Head) Live Music TBA (11 pm)

■ MONDAY, 24

BAYOU CAFÉ Live Music TBA (9 pm) THE BOATHOUSE (Hilton Head) The Eric Culberson Blues Band (6 pm) BLUEBERRY HILL Karaoke DOUBLES (Holiday Inn Midtown) DJ spins Beach Music DRIFTAWAY CAFÉ (Wilmington Isl.) Live Music TBA (7 pm) FIDDLER’S CRAB HOUSE (River St.) Pocket Change (9 pm) FRENCH QUARTER CAFÉ (Statesboro) Live Music TBA (7 pm) THE GRILL BEACHSIDE (Tybee) Live Music TBA (7 pm) GUITAR BAR Open Mic Night (9 pm), Southern Lush (10 pm) HANG FIRE DJ Sterling Hustle THE JAZZ CORNER (Hilton Head) The Howard Paul Group w/John Brackett (8 pm) THE JINX DJ KZL’S Kaleidoscope (10 pm) KEVIN BARRY’S Gabriel Donahue KING’S INN Karaoke (9 pm) MURPHY’S LAW IRISH PUB Open Mic Night (7:30 pm) PLANTER’S TAVERN (OLDE PINK HOUSE) Live Piano Music TBA RIDERS LOUNGE (Hilton Head) Live Music TBA (11 pm) SAVANNAH ACTORS THEATRE (703-D Louisvile Rd.) The Savannah Actors’ Theatre: The PBR Show (8 pm) SAVANNAH BLUES Live Music TBA (10 pm) SAVANNAH NIGHTS Karaoke SCANDALS (Tybee) DJ Marty Corley (9:30 pm) STINGRAYS (Tybee) Roy & the Circuit Breakers (6 pm) TANTRA LOUNGE Live DJ (10:30 pm) WET WILLIE’S Karaoke (9 pm) WILD WING CAFÉ (Hilton Head) Live Music TBA (9 pm)

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Playwright Paula Vogel was awarded not only a Pulitzer Prize for her play How I Learned to Drive, but also the Obie, the Drama Desk Award, the New York Drama Critics’ Award and the Outer Circle Critics Award.

The play is being presented by the Armstrong Atlantic State University student theater troupe, the Masquers, Sept. 20-23.

“It involves a 30-year-old woman who reflects on her adolescence,” says director Pam Sears. “It’s a memory play.”

Li’l Bit, the nickname given to the main character, grows up in rural Maryland during the 1960s. Her large extended family includes her mother’s sister’s husband, Uncle Peck.

The name of the play comes from an incident when Li’l Bit is 11. Uncle Peck gives her a driving lesson, but he also uses the opportunity to molest her.

Despite the abuse, which continues over the years, Li’l Bit feels an odd kinship with Uncle Peck. The two of them are outsiders in their family, and Li’l Bit feels her uncle is the only one who truly cares about her.

In some ways, Li’l Bit’s adolescence is normal. “As we all do, she goes through a period of being self-conscious, and not trusting people,” Sears says.

But it also is abnormal. “She has a particularly strange relationship with her uncle,” Sears says. “In the end, she

AASU Masquers present award-winning drama How I Learned to Drive forgives him. Because of her relationship with him, she ends up forgiving her family.”

While the subject matter certainly is serious, the play does have several instances of comedy in it, and there also are some moving moments. It is clearly intended for adult audiences, so don’t bring the kids.

“I’ve always loved the show,” Sears says.

“These roles are really challenging.”

Sage Tipton plays Li’l Bit, Jonathan Iler is Uncle Peck and Michelle Spekete, Barry Kennedy Jr. and Megan Meadows portray the female Greek chorus, the male Greek chorus and the teen Greek chorus.

“The other three play multiple roles,” Sears says. “The way the show is crafted, it skips back and forth in time. There’s a slide show during the performance.

“This play is very interesting and interactive for the audience,” she says. “Her driving lessons are a metaphor for her lessons in life.

They are a rite of passage to womanhood. As she is learning to drive, she is learning a lot about herself.”

As the male Greek chorus, Kennedy plays five different parts. “I’m a waiter, a grandfather, a small nerdy boy, another boy and a neutral narrator,” he says. “Those roles help paint a picture in the audience’s eyes. I help build the scenes.”

While it’s challenging to portray five different personalities, Kennedy says it’s not really hard.

“These characters are people I’m related to or been in touch with before,” he says.

A senior theater major, Kennedy transferred to AASU last year from Savannah State University. He has appeared in several local productions, including Let My People Go, A Raisin

Despite the abuse, which continues over the years, Li’l Bit feels an odd kinship with Uncle Peck. The two of them are outsiders in their family, and Li’l Bit feels her uncle is the only one who truly cares about her.

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Kennedy says he’s always been interested in acting. “I watched actors on TV and said, ‘I could do that,’” he says. “As I learned the craft, I became more appreciative of acting.”

Next February, Kennedy plans to go to New York City to audition for stage roles.

“I hope to get a few call-backs or offers,” he says. “I definitely want to pursue performing.”

Audiences will enjoy How I Learned to Drive, despite its intense subject matter, Kennedy says. “It’s a show that will hit home for a lot of people,” he says. “It’s a show people can easily relate to.”

As Li’l Bit, Tipton tells her character’s story. “She relives the story of how she grew up with her family and her uncle,” Tipton says.

“I love the story,” she says. “They understand each other. She feels her family doesn’t understand her and she has a tough time at school.”

Tipton tries not to portray Li’l Bit as a victim. “It’s a complex character,” she says.

“I’ve been frustrated with a few scenes, but you have to let go and have fun with it.

“The story can reach out and touch people on several levels,” Tipton says. “It’s comedic, dramatic and hits everyone on every level.”

Iler has perhaps the most difficult task of all — making a pedophile sympathetic. My character is a war hero,” he says. “He was in World War II in the Pacific Theater.

“He has a very close relationship with his niece,” Iler says. “He’s a pedophile, but at the same time, he’s in love with her.

“Over 10 or 11 years, he tries to culture a relationship with her and tries to manipulate her,” he says. “He waits until her 18th birth-

day, hoping to marry her.”

Everyone else in the family sees Uncle Peck as charismatic and suave, and Li’l Bit’s mother and aunt refuse to see his true nature.

“As a kid, he was molested himself,” Iler says.

“He’s a very complex, multi-layered. In each scene, I try to glean what is his motive. Scene by scene, I try to figure out what the character is thinking and how he operates within the confines of pedophilia. He’s manipulative at times, but also genuine at times.”

A sophomore at AASU, Iler originally planned to major in computer science. “It probably wasn’t a very good goal for me,” he says. “I still love computers, but I don’t want it to be my career.”

Iler is interested in films and filmmaking. After graduation, he plans to move to Florida and seek opportunities for acting and filmmaking.

“I work at WTOC,” Iler says. “Television is my backup, until I get acting roles.”

Although Iler thinks How I Learned to Drive is a good play, he doesn’t believe it’s for everyone.

“If you have any hang-ups with the subject matter, you might want to steer clear,” he says. “It’s not graphic, but it’s clear from the language what his motives are. But he’s not all bad.” w

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ou’ve already made the switch to a vegetarian diet, but now you’re thinking about saying goodbye to dairy products too.

If you’re worried about taking the first step, there are some easy ways to make the transition a smooth and permanent one.

One Step at a Time

The good news is you’re already a pro at successfully adapting to a new diet. Think about how you first became a vegetarian.

Did you eliminate one food item at a time?

Or did you do the whole thing in one shot?

Whatever worked the first time around will probably work again.

“Everyone is different, but I went vegan gradually. I started drinking soy milk rather

than cow’s milk, and then one day I thought why not cut out cheese and eggs and go fully vegan,” says Rosamund Raha, Head of Information for the Vegan Society in the UK. www.vegansociety.com Jill Ovnik a.k.a Vegan Girl says she also made a gradual modification to her diet. First by giving up meats and then gained confidence as she transitioned into calling herself a vegetarian.

It took her about four years of eating that way before she was mentally ready to give

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up the rest. However, she adds that she wishes she’d given it up sooner. “Dr. Dean Ornish MD has noted that people do best when they make drastic changes rather than small ones that can lead them back to old habits, “ says Ovnik.

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Not knowing what to cook or eat is often a major stumbling block when you try any new diet. Raha suggests buying a good vegan cookbook. They can range from simple home style cooking to gourmet cuisine, so pick what you’re comfortable making.

“For me planning is important. My vegan diet is second nature now. I don’t think much about it, but I do overeat and eat too many sweets and processed foods if I’m not conscious of taking care of myself and giving meals some planning time,” says Ovnik.

Another setback can happen when you start to feel isolated because you don’t know other vegans. Joining a group or being part of an online discussion forum can sometimes help get your over the initial road bumps. You can also check out www.veganinfo.com. As well as having some great information and links on becoming a vegan, the site also has a program where you’re paired with a mentor for help and support.

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Watching your nutritional intake is also important when you start to eliminate certain foods like dairy. Getting enough calcium can become an issue if you don’t substitute dairy for other calcium rich nonanimal sources. You also need to keep an eye on iron and B-12 intake. Raha says she takes a supplement called VEG1 that’s been specially formulated for vegans.

If you add things like soymilk, yeast extract, or even breakfast cereal that’s been fortified with B-12 you can usually forgo the supplement. Calcium from foods like tahini, (try combining it with miso for a great pate), or even orange juice are also great choices.

Eating green leafy veggies and pumpkin

seeds can be great sources of iron, and if you eat them with foods rich in vitamin C you body absorbs the iron more efficiently.

Ovnik says if you don’t feel well after a few months on a vegan diet it’s a good idea to get your blood tested. She sometimes takes a B12 supplement, but follows Dr. McDougall’s recommendation about getting all your nutrients the natural way, that is from a whole food, plant based diet.

Learning to Cook the Vegan Way

Orvnik has 50 vegan food/snack and meal ideas on her DVD ‘Change Your Food, Change Your Life’. You can also print out a weekly meal planner from her Web site. “I make lots of copies and every Sunday I fill in a week’s worth of meals and make a grocery list,” she says.

She also recommends you visit the Web site for Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and also www.safediets.org. And also check out www.drmcdougall.com. And another site she recommends is Fat Free Vegan. w

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Here are links to more sites with lots of great information about a vegan diet; many have extensive lists of recipes if you don’t want to invest in a cookbook. veganconnection.com www.vegan.com vegan.uchicago.edu/resource/ For information about nutrition for vegan children: www.andrews.edu

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‘Take the Burden’

Paintings by Gregory Eltringham@Pinnacle Gallery

n the first three of seven large oil paintings, three characters, two men and a woman in dressy casual garb, are engaged in trading places as the burden the others must carry. In the first, “Exit Strategy, No. 1”, the two men are carrying the woman; in the second, “Once Removed”, one man and the woman carry the other man; and in the third, “Exit Strategy, No. 2”, the logical remaining combination occurs.

When three characters are engaged in an activity, a narrative is implied. But in this case, there is no further progression of these images, so any narrative is stalled.

Perhaps because this game can go no further, Eltringham has had to devise new games to continue the series. So in “Overarching,” we see two ballet dancers in an arch formation; in “Third Down”, six identical women in pink suits and highheeled shoes are facing off in a line of scrimmage. This football position is slightly altered in “Texas Two Step”, in which two identical men in western-type clothing and cowboy boots, take the same position but are back to back. Finally, in “Training Camp”, the chosen game is leap-frog, in which men are crouched and women are doing the leaping.

What is the theme that runs through all these works? Aside from the first three, it cannot be anything to do with a “burden”.

And surely it is not simply the joke of inappropriate dress for game time. The figures might suggest humiliating or uncomfortable positions enforced by powers outside the frame. The games might reference corporate training sessions where up and coming young executives are tested for undisclosed traits. But what really holds these works together is the way they are painted.

Every work seems to have been created from photographs taken inside and using harsh, studio lighting. They are consistently lit from the left side, casting dark shadows to the right. The characters are then placed in the center of an open green field, bordered by dark trees against a deep twilight blue

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sky. The effect of the studio lighting is to make us feel that there is a spotlight on the figures. A night game?

The paint handling is something often referred to as “painterly photo-realism.”

This is both attractive and repulsive. It attracts because it shows a level of skill and it repulses, strangely, for the same reason: its facility. The scale and the speed with which these paintings were made (all between 57’ and all done in 2007) ensures a sketchy quality.

Paul Valéry wrote that the purpose of criticism is to discover what the artist intended, and see how well he had achieved those intentions. In these days, it is not up to the critic to try to discover what the artist intends, because all artists hand out “artist statements.” But artist’s statements, like all statements, are open to interpretation and usually leave us where we began, looking at the paintings.

In his statement, Eltringham writes: “…

What interests me is what happens to us within our allotted space. We have all been given boundaries and directions to follow.

We share a finite world. A world driven by chance. This is both paralyzing and liberating. Hence we look for security. Instructions are given; there is no need for panic. Are we blind?”

Games played by clones in an empty field without direction, without communication, without hope (which serves us through Chance). There is paralysis here, but no sign of liberation. It is the security of a concentration camp. Instructions are internalized.

The clones are self-censored. Even panic is forbidden. This is a frightful and dystopic vision. The paint handling and the content are in tune. w ‘Take the Burden is at Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St., through Oct. 7.

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SCAD Gallery Hop -- Friday, Sept. 21, 57 p.m. Free and open to the public. Shuttles run between galleries, and refreshments will be served. Participants may join the gallery hop at any of the stops. Features: Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St.; Pei Ling Chan Gallery, 324 MLK Jr. Blvd.; Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St.; May Poetter Gallery, 342 Bull St.

‘Yellow Umbrella’ by Aaron Memmott is one of the many works at Chroma Gallery’s ‘7times6’ show, celebrating the City Market area gallery’s sixth anniversary

Bryan Stovall -- Nature photography benefits Ossabaw Island Foundation, Sept. 22Oct. 6 at Iocovozzi Fine Art, 1 W. Jones St.

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21-Oct. 4, opening reception 6-8 p.m. at Hall Street Gallery, 212 W. Hall St.

7times6 – Chroma Gallery’s annual show will feature new work by Aaron Memmott, Siddharth Parasnis, Lori Keith Robinson, Penelope Moore, Jan Clayton Pagratis, LOJA, and Cedric Smith. Reception Thurs., Sept. 20, 5-8 p.m. and runs through Oct. 31 at Chroma Gallery, 31 Barnard St. First Annual P.U.R.E. Exhibition -Photographers Using Real Elements is a local cooperative devoted to celebrating the darkroom process in photography. This show features the silver gelatin photography of Kathleen Thomas, Bill Ballard, Michelle Phillips and others. Through Sept. 30 at the Starland District’s Starlander Café, 11 East 41st St. New Artists@The Whitney -- Whitney Gallery’s annual New Artists Show through Oct. 13 introduces five new additions to the gallery. This group show represents artists

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‘Nether Regions’ - TruSpace, Savannah’s newest contemporary art gallery in the Starland District, opens its premier exhibition “Nether Regions.” Through Sept. 21.

2423 DeSoto Ave. ‘Rudimental Hybrids’ -- Exhibit features the work of SCAD painting M.F.A. candidate Charles Clary, whose mixed media compositions chronicle the tales of biological creatures spawned from the frequencies of percussion beats. Through Sept. 28 at May Poetter Gallery, 342 Bull St. ‘Splendor of Wood: Exploring Panels Paintings’ -- Focuses on materials and techniques of traditional panel painting, emphasizing panel portraits drawn from

SCAD’s Newton Collection. Sept. 26-Oct. 26 at the SCAD Museum of Art, 227 MLK Jr. Blvd.

Sandy Branam -- Work by this popular local artist at the Hospice Savannah gallery, 1352 Eisenhower Dr., through October.

‘Fantastic Adventures in Text and Images’ -- Highlights how artists have illustrated marvelous exploits, travels and tales from the beginnings of the novel in the 18th century through the 20th century.

Artists include Cruikshank, Rowlandson, Hogarth, Rackham, and the Rhead brothers.

Sept. 24-Oct. 26 at SCAD Museum of Art, 227 MLK Jr. Blvd.

‘John, by John Metcalf’ -- Exhibit at Desot O Row Gallery, 2427 Desoto Ave. in Starland, is Sept. 20-26. Opening reception Sept. 21, 7-10 p.m.

‘New Expressions’ -- Art by Eduardo Lapetina at Beaufort’s The Gallery, Sept. 29Oct. 25. Opening reception Sept. 29 5-8 p.m.

802 Bay St., Beaufort, S.C. Open House Reception -- An evening of classical music and art at the SCAD Museum of Art, 227 MLK Jr. Blvd. Wed., Sept. 26, 6-8 p.m. ‘‘A Savannah’ -- New works by “Eddie” at the Garrett Gallery in Starland, 2408 Desoto Ave. Wed.-Sat. noon-6 p.m.

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Classic Savannah’ -- Watercolors by Jessica Barnhill through Sept. 20 at Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. Watercolors of downtown hot spots like Firefly Cafe, Vinnies, Brighter Day, Hang Fire, and Murphy’s Law.

Group Show — The Grand Bohemian Gallery at the Mansion on Forsyth Park is currently featuring artists John Duckworth, Irene Mayo and Jean Claude Roy.

‘Rudimental Hybrids’ -- Work by Charles Clary, SCAD M.F.A. candidate, Sept. 5-28 May Poetter Gallery, 342 Bull St.

Gwen Flinn and Shirley Daniell — The artists of the month at Gallery 209 are painter Gwen Flinn and jeweler Shirley Daniell. 209 E. River Street.

‘Savannah Collects: African Art in Local Collections’ -- African masks, sculptures and objects. Through Oct. 2 at Pei Ling Chan Gallery, 324 MLK Jr. Blvd.

Sue Gouse and Theresa McGraw — Painter Gouse and photographer McGraw are the artists of the month for September at the JEA, 5111 Abercorn St.

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‘The Real College Experience’ - Illustrations by George Sandidge at Dimensions Gallery, 412 MLK Jr. Blvd.

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‘Displaced Identity: The Globalization of Native Americans’ -- Exhibit by collaborative photographers Andrea Robbins and Max Becher and SCAD photography professor Zig Jackson, through Oct. 15 at Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. ‘Take the Burden’ — Solo painting exhibition by SCAD foundation studies professor Gregory Eltringham, through Oct. 7 at Pinnacle Gallery, 320 E. Liberty St. Chelsea Jones -- Photography by this artist is on display at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave., Sept. 1-30.

‘Glorious Borders: Three Centuries of French Frames’ — Opens August 20 at the SCAD Museum of Art, 227 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., two doors north of the Savannah Visitors Center. Free.

‘Crazy Quilts for Modern Times’ — A vibrant display of handmade quilts created by members of the Georgia Quilt Council, Inc., will be on at the City of Savannah’s Gallery S.P.A.C.E., 9 W. Henry St., through Sept. 28.

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A confirmation has proven difficult to nail down, but it’s long been rumored that Clive Owen, who was seriously considered for the role of James Bond, turned it down early in the series revamping process, presumably because the Oscar-nominated Closer actor wanted the freedom to explore more serious fare. But if Shoot ‘Em Up -- the antithesis of “serious fare” -- is any indication, Owen turned down the role because -- let’s face it -- Bond is kind of a wuss when compared to the he-man Owen plays in this nonstop demolition derby of a movie. Certainly, 007 bedded his share of women in the Ian Fleming franchise, and plugged holes through an endless succession of villainous henchmen. But both at the same time? A piece of cake for Owen’s singularly named Smith, who never experiences coitus interruptus with sex partner Donna Quintano (Monica Bellucci) even as he rolls around the bed and floor (and slams up against the wall) simultaneously banging Ms. Quintano and bang-banging the baddies.

Clearly, Shoot ‘Em Up is simplistic, nihilistic, misogynistic, sadistic and just about any other “-istic” that comes to mind. Just as clearly, this is the movie that writer-director Michael Davis obviously wanted to make: It’s a picture with a purpose, and that purpose is to shoot first and never get around to asking questions later. Sharing some plot DNA with Eastern Promises, the story involves the protection of a newborn (and instantly orphaned) baby by folks who want to keep the child out of the clutches of murderous mobsters.

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One of the central gags in Knocked Up involves the efforts of Seth Rogen and his pals to create a website that catalogues all the nude appearances made in motion pictures by actresses of all ranks. Of course, sites of this nature really do appear all over the Internet, though it’s unknown (at least by me) if a similar site exists that tackles male movie-star nudity with such dedication. If so, then Viggo Mortensen’s turn in David Cronenberg’s Eastern Promises will be right at the top of the site’s “Most Searches” list. In one of the climactic scenes, Mortensen’s Nikolai Luzhin, a taciturn chauffeur who works for the Vory V Zakone outfit (the Russian mafia) in London, is relaxing in a steamroom when he’s attacked by two knife-wielding (and clothed) as-

sassins. Without time to even pick up his discarded towel, he ends up fighting both assailants in the buff, and thanks to cinematographer Peter Suschitzky’s camera angles, we can examine Mortensen from vantage points that even his personal doctor probably hasn’t seen (it’s astonishing that the prudes on the MPAA board gave the film an R instead of an NC-17). Some might think that Cronenberg is merely giving the ladies in the audience equal time, but on a thematic level, the skirmish makes sense: Nikolai has been living a life full of betrayal and deceit, and it’s time to strip down to his essence in order to make an attempt to reclaim his true identity. In a sense, Eastern Promises is a bookend to the last film made

by Cronenberg and Mortensen: 2005’s excellent A History of Violence, about an ordinary cafe owner who may or may not have been a vicious mobster in his earlier years.

Both films run along parallel tracks, full of whispery menace, marked by probing studies of masculinity at its extreme boundaries, punctuated with bursts of sexual and violent excess, and coping with abrupt endings.

As the mob driver and occasional enforcer, Mortensen delivers a measured and restrained performance, whether dealing with the drunken son (Vincent Cassel) of the powerful crime lord (Armin Mueller-Stahl, absolutely chilling as the soft-spoken yet vicious kingpin) or trying to protect a hospital midwife (Naomi Watts) whose recovery of a dead prostitute’s diary places her right in the middle of a particularly sordid scenario.

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Between this past spring’s The Hoax and now The Hunting Party, Richard Gere continues to demonstrate that he’s in his prime as an actor -- left behind are the smug smiles and crinkling of the eyes that passed for character development in many of his earlier films. And between the new releases The Brave One and The Hunting Party, Terrence Howard is fulfilling his promise as a rapidly ascending actor, having already scored an Oscar nomination for Hustle & Flow and continuing to choose interesting roles. The Hunting Party benefits immeasurably by having both along for the ride. Television journalist Simon Hunt (Gere) and cameraman Duck (Howard) cover the world’s hot spots, drinking, joking and whoring as they make their way through dangerous terrain

en route to various awards banquets honoring them for their achievements. But one day, a slaughter in a Bosnian village causes Simon to lose it on the air, and as a result, his career is over. Five years later, Duck (since promoted to a desk job) returns to that particular area, with a virgin reporter (Jesse Eisenberg) -- the son of a network V.P. -- in tow. They encounter a disheveled Simon, who needs Duck’s help to land an exclusive interview with an exiled war criminal known as “The Fox” (Ljubomir Kerekes).

Soon, the trio is combing the mountains for The Fox’s hideout, mistaken for CIA agents and putting their lives in considerable danger.

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3:10 to Yuma proves to be a rarity among remakes. It doesn’t slavishly copy the original, nor does it update it for modern times.

Based on a short story by Elmore Leonard, the 1957 3:10 to Yuma retains its status as a solid Western, typical of the psychologically rooted oaters that emerged in force during that decade. Adding roughly a half-hour to the original’s 92-minute running time, the new take, directed by Walk the Line’s James Mangold, includes more characters and more action sequences, but it takes care not to water down the battle of wills between its two leading characters. In Glenn Ford’s old role, Russell Crowe plays Ben Wade, a notorious outlaw who’s finally captured by the authorities and scheduled to be transferred via train to the prison in Yuma, Arizona.

Dan Evans (Christian Bale in the Van Heflin part) is a rancher by nature -- he’s so mildmannered that his own wife (Gretchen Mol) and son (Logan Lerman) are often disappointed in him -- but because he’s about to lose his home and cattle, he agrees to help transport Wade for $200. Yet while Wade may appear to be the captive, he’s in many ways the one in charge, charming Dan’s family, killing the armed escorts who rub him the wrong way, and keeping Dan on edge with his taunts and bribes.

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The kids are alright in Superbad; it’s the adults who prove to be a drag. Coming from some of the same talents involved with The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, this can’t match the impact of its predecessors, despite its best intentions to (slightly) set itself apart in the “teen sex comedy” genre.

The movie begins promisingly, as longtime best friends Seth and Evan (Jonah Hill and Michael Cera, both perfectly cast) hope to spend their last couple of months in high school attending cool parties and dating hot girls. With their ultra-geeky pal Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) along for the ride, the boys hope to score some alcohol to bring to a major bash. Using Fogell’s fake ID (on which he’s identified as a 25-year-old simply named McLovin), they set out across town on their holy quest, a mission that turns sour after a robbery spoils their plans and separates Fogell from his pals. Pottycontinued on page 34

interfaith service Friday, 9/21 Johnson Square 11:45-12:15 United Nations International Peace Day

film series

Films begin at 7pm; discussion follows.

Monday 9/17 Paper Clips, Asbury Memorial UMC 1008 E. Henry Wednesday 9/19 Peace One Day, Unity of Savannah 2320 Sunset Dr. Thursday 9/20 Romero, Sentient Bean 13 E. Park Ave. Friday 9/21 Joyeux Noel, Actor’s Theatre 703 D Louisville Rd.

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Saturday 9/22 Savannah Peace Festival, Telfair Square 11-3 All events are free and open to the public.

The Savannah Peace Celebration has been organized and funded by the Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community, Catholic Social Services of the Diocese of Savannah, Unity of Savannah, Skidaway Island United Methodist Church, Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church and community peace activists.

Additional funding for the film series and festival have been provided by the City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs’Weave-A-Dream and the Georgia Council for the Arts through appropriations from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Crying Game’s Neil Jordan) and star, a more distinguished pedigree. It also purports to add dramatic heft to the moral implications of the situation at hand, with an ad line that blares, “How Many Wrongs To Make It Right?” But the movie itself clearly doesn’t believe in its own promotion, resulting in a finished product that works as exploitation (like Death Wish) but fails at anything more socially relevant. Jodie Foster stars as Erica Bain, the host of a particularly dreadful-sounding NYC radio show called Street Walk. She and her fiancé David (Naveen Andrews) are blissfully happy, but everything changes after a brutal attack by street punks leaves David dead and Erica in a coma. Once Erica awakens, she’s become a different person, afraid of the city she calls home and terrified by even the thought of leaving her apartment. Mustering up her courage, she goes out and illegally buys a gun for protection. But quickly learning that happiness is a warm gun, she sets about using the weapon on anyone who threatens her, from punks on the subway to a killer in a convenience store. Detective Sean Mercer (Terrence Howard) obviously has no love for the victims, but he feels that it’s nevertheless his duty to stop this vigilante. Via a massive coincidence, he also becomes friends with Erica, little suspecting (at least at first) that she and the vigilante are the same person. Obviously believing they’re creating something meaningful, Jordan and scripters Roderick Taylor, Bruce A. Taylor and Cynthia Mort add superfluous moments that lessen rather than heighten the story’s impact. Still, the very setup of the movie makes it impossible not to line up firmly behind Erica, and on that primal level, The Brave One delivers the goods, as a string of evil men get what’s coming to them. Foster is rarely less than excellent, but for years now, she’s settled into making movies in which she portrays a largely desexed woman who’s all business and no pleasure (Panic Room, Flightplan, Inside Man, etc.). Mind you, I’m not suggesting an insipid romantic comedy opposite someone like Bruce Willis, but I’m sure there’s a happy medium to be found somewhere.

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ner of visual flourishes and eccentric details, but working from a blueprint that doesn’t always lend itself to such touches, the results are more heavy-handed than before. That’s not to say that this doesn’t offer several rewards of its own making, starting with the strong performances by Scarlett Johansson and Laura Linney. Johansson plays Annie Braddock, a college graduate who, wary of the demands of a career in high finance, ends up landing what she believes will be a less stressful gig as a nanny for a wealthy Manhattan couple known as Mr. and Mrs. X (Paul Giamatti and Linney). Her young charge, Grayer (Nicholas Art), proves difficult at first but over time softens toward Annie, who’s merely the latest in a long line of nannies. A spiritual companion to The Devil Wears Prada (Nanny preceded Prada

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Given the glut of exemplary films based on the works of Austen, the only sound reasons to create a movie based on Jane herself would be either to suggest some insights into what turned this country girl into one of the most acclaimed writers in the English language or to provide a comprehensive overview of her life and times. But Becoming Jane prefers to take a more narrow view, trumping up the details of her brief flirtation with a dashing rogue named Tom Lefroy, who would later become Lord High Justice of Ireland. Anne Hathaway, all-American in The Devil Wears Prada and Brokeback Mountain, adopts a British accent and makes for a lively Jane. w

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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. For information on times and location, visit www.DrinkingLiberally.org or send email to august1494@excite.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.

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Libertarian Party of Chatham County meets the first and third Thursday at 8:30 p.m. at Chinatown Buffet, 307 Highway 80 in Garden City. Purchase of a meal gets you in.

Call 308-3934 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 352-4032 or heather.holloway@ppfa.org.

Project Hot Seat Stop global warming with Greenpeace. Call 704-7472 for information.

Current Connect Savannah clients: We will list your Happening at no charge in gratitude for your continued support of our newspaper.

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 Area Young Republicans Call Alexandra Tabarrok at 572-8528 or visit www.savannahyr.com.

Savannah Branch NAACP For information, call 233-4161.

Savannah for Obama is a grassroots organization that is interested in raising local awareness for presidential candidate Barack Obama. The group meets the second Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Chatham County Democratic Headquarters, 109 W. Victory Dr. at the corner of Victory and Barnard Street. For information, contact b_frigo@hotmail.com or 748-7114. continued on page 36

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AMBUCS is dedicated to creating mobility and independence of people with disabilities Volunteers meet every first and third Monday at 7 p.m. at Fire Mountain Restaurant on Stephenson Ave. Call Ann Johnson at 897-4818.

Chatham County Democratic Party meets the second Monday of each month. at 6 p.m. at 109 W. Victory Dr. 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 or visit www.

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Call 927-7170. .Skidaway Island Democrats Call Tom Oxnard at 598-4290 or send e-mail to oxhouse@aol.com.

Wipe Out Wireless Waste Keep Savannah Beautiful and the City of Savannah Community Planning and Development Department are sponsoring a wireless recycling program. Citizens are urged to drop off their used wireless phones at the Community Planning and Development office, 2203 Abercorn St. Participate or coordinate a drive in your neighborhood, church, school business and organization. For info, contact Nathaniel Glover at 651-6520.

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2007 Jazz Festival Venue Sept. 23rd thru 30th Sunday - Kickoff Event Monday - Eric Vaughn Trio - 6pm Tuesday - Howard Paul Trio - 6pm Wednesday - Jazz Vocalist - 7pm Thursday - Jazz Vocalist - 7pm Friday - Negroni Trio - 8pm Saturday - Negroni Trio - 8pm RESERVATIONS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR ALL SHOWS

Casting Opportunity Commercial Casting Opportunity Actors are being sought for several commercials, including a fairy tale Funyuns commercial (one male age 20-25, one female age 20-25 and a fairty godmother age 40 plus), a Madden Playstation commercial (grandmother 60 plus, grandson 8-12), Cold Stone Creamery commercial, (alien - character will be in costume, male 20-25, two Men in Black agents, 20-25) and a Bridezillas Funyuns commercial (bride - female 25-35, groom - male 25-35, young boy 8-13, bride’s mother 40-60 and a priest - over 40) . Email your name, contact information, the part you are interested in and a headshot to rhea.singh99@ gmail.com.

History Theatre will hold ongoing auditions for its production Let My People Go, a spirited musical and history of slavery in Savannah. The ensemble cast requires eight actors-singers -- two black males ages 40-60 and 20-30, two black women ages 40-60 and 14-20, two white males ages 30-40, and two boys, one white, one black, ages 7-10. Script and sheet music will be provided -- don’t prepare an audition piece.

Auditions are by appointment. Call 786-6384.

My House Is Worth What?

A top-rated HGTV series is looking for homeowners interested in finding out the value of their home and sharing their stories with viewers. Owners must have lived in their home for at least 1 year and have made some renovations to the property since moving in.

If chosen to appear on the show, homeowners will receive a free evaluation of the current market value of their home by a local real estate expert. Taping will take place between Nov. 11 and 18.

Apply online at www.pietown.tv/shows/ myHouseIsWorthWhat.html.

Savannah Community Theatre will hold auditions for the play 84 Charing Cross Road on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 24 and 25 by appointment only. Four men and five women are needed. Cold reading from the script. Call Tom Coleman III at 898-9021 to schedule an appointment.

Auditions are held at Savannah Community Theatre, 2160 Victory Dr.

2007 Arthritis Walk Savannah will be held Saturday, Sept. 29 in Forsyth Park.

Registration is at 8 a.m. and the walk begins at 9 a.m. There is no entry fee, but participants are encouraged to raise $100. To register online, visit www.savannahboneandjoint.com and look for The Arthritis Foundation link.

2007 Holiday Greenery Sale The Trustees Garden Club is taking orders for its annual holiday greenery sale. Items include freshly cut North Carolina wreaths (fraser fir, boxwood or mixed) and garlands (white pine, fraser fir and pine, boxwood or mixed).

Flowering bulbs, poinsettias, kissing balls and topiaries are available. The order deadline is Oct. 26. Items are picked up by the customer the first week in December. Proceeds fund the club’s beautification projects throughout Savannah. Call 234-2122.

2008 Southside Fire/EMS Calendars are now available. Two versions are available, one with male models and the other with female models, all of whom work with Southside Fire/EMS. Proceeds will help victims of fires. Call 354-1011.

3rd Annual Tournament of Hope will be held Saturday, Sept. 22 at Lost Plantation Golf Club in Rincon to raise money for Faith Equestrian Therapeutic Center, Inc. Registration is at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. Four-person scamble entry fee of $75 includes cart, greens fees, Lowcountry boil, Range balls and the awards ceremony. Prizes will be awarded. Contact Bonnie Rachael at equiskepr243@yahoo.com or 655-1480.

Annual Fall Festival St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church, 11500 Middleground Rd., invites crafters to sell items at the Craft Sale and Flea Market, which will be held Saturday, Oct. 27 from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Space and table rental is $30. A limited number of covered booths is available for $45. Call 925-4725 by Sept. 29.

Bowling for Boobs This event will raise funds for LibLines, an organization that supports research for breast cancer and provides support for breast cancer patients and survivors. It will be held Saturday, Sept. 29 at AMF Lanes, 115 Tibet Ave. To register, visit www.liblines.org or call Sarah at 695-2364.

Champagne Author Reception for Jennifer Egan, author of The Keep, will ber presented Oct. 3. A talk/reading will be held at 4 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church on Madison Square, followed by a reception from 5-7 p.m. in the adjacent Green-Meldrim House. Tickets are $25 with proceeds benefitting the Backus Children’s Hospital. Checks can be made out to The One Hundred. Put “Jennifer Egan Event” in the memo line, plus your name, and mail to: Marie Kraft, 11 Gray Heron Rd., Savannah, 31411, or Anne Schafer, 4 Modena Rd., Savannah, 31411.

Chocoholic Frolic The fourth annual dessert event will be held Thursday, Oct. 11 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Savannah Civic Center. About 30 restaurants and caterers will be participating. General admission tickets are $35 and VIP tickets are $50 and are available at Wright Square Cafe, Lo Cost Pharmacy locations, Savannah Rum Runners and Kitchenware Outfitters and at the Savannah Civic Center box office and website. All ticket sales benefit local breast cancer research, support and education

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| Happenings books and crayons, infant toys, videos, puzzles, stickers, books and more. Pillow cases should be marked to show whether they are intended for a boy or girl and the age of the child. Donations can be dropped off at the United Way, 428 Bull St. Large numbers of donations can be picked up by calling 6517725.

Recycle, Reduce and Reuse for Coastal Pet Rescue Coastal Pet Rescue is asking area businesses to collect ink and toner cartridges at their offices. This fund-raiser will help with regular vet care for rescued pets. Contact Becky Soprych at 351-4151 or becky@coastalpetrescue.org to arrange for cartridge pickup.

Ronald McDonald House An open house will be held at the Ronald McDonald House, the home away from home for families of hospitalized children, every second and fourth Monday from 4-5 p.m. through Dec. 24. Take a tour, ask questions, have a bite to eat. The house is located at 4710 Waters Ave. on the campus of Memorial Hospital.

Safe Shelter Annual Yard Sale will be held Saturday, Sept. 22 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at 9 Doe Tail Court in Sandfly.

Furniture, household goods, toys, clothing and more will be available. Contact Safi Ingram at 351-0993.

St. Vincent’s Tour of Homes and Tea Tickets are available now for this annual tour that is sposnored by St. Joseph’s/Candler. It will be held Oct. 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The cost is $35, which includes the tour and the tea. To purchase tickets, visit www.svatourofhomes.com or call 819-7780. Tickets also are available at all Bank of Savannah locations, at E. Shaver Bookseller, 326 Bull St., and at Saints & Shamrocks, 309 Bull St. On the day of the tour, tickets can be purchased at Walsh Hall at Lincoln and Harris streets.

Tiny Tots Consignment Sale will be held Friday, Sept. 21 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 22 from 9 a.m. to noon at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, at Washington and Waters avenues. Items will include children’s clothing, equipment, furniture and toys. A portion of proceeds will benefit the Savannah Children’s Choir.

White Bluff UMC Cookbook The Eve Circle at White Bluff United Methodist Church has compiled Eve’s Tasty Temptations, with 497 recipes from the congregation, family and friends. It sells for $15 with profits benefitting the Wesley Community Center. Call 925-5924 or send $17 to Eve Circle c/o White Bluff United Methodist Church, 11911 White Bluff Rd., Savannah, 31419.

Wishbones for Pets will hold its annual supply drive Oct. 14 through Nov. 30. At Home Pet Sitters in Savannah will sponsor Coastal Pet Rescue for this year’s Wishbones for Pets. Businesses interested in collecting donations can contact Cathi Denham at 713-6579 or Lisa Scarbrough at 351-4151.

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through the organization LibLines. Visit www.chocoholicfrolic.com or call 644-7100.

Cooking for Charity Chefs Matt Cohen and Scott Gordon of the New South Cafe, 2601 Skidaway Rd., will host four fundraisers on the last Monday of each month from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. On Sept.

24, barbecue will be prepared and served to benefit Senior Citizens, Inc. On Oct. 29, stuffed quail will be prepared and served to benefit the USO. The cost is $100 per person, which includes a cooking lesson and a VIP lunch. Visit www.thenewsouthcafe.com or RSVP to Scott West at 443-0977.

Donate Old Cell Phones United Way’s Hands On Savannah is seeking used cell phones to raise funds for projects and programs. Donate at the United Way offices at 428 Bull St. or call 651-7725 for bulk pick-up.

Equestrian Affair will be held Oct. 28 in Rincon. Events will include a Parade of Horses, therapeutic riding, stationary roping, carriage, hunt, jump, dressage and fine outdoor dining. Only 100 tickets will be sold at $100. Funds will support research for Huntington’s Disease.

Call 754-1854 or visit www.LowcountryHD. com.

For Kids’ Sake is the Frank Callen Boys & Girls Club Annual Fundraising Dinner, which will be held Thursday, Sept. 20 at 6:30 p.m. at the Armstrong Atlantic State University Conference Center. Boxing legend George Foreman Sr. will be the guest speaker and musical entertainment will be provided by Stephanie Edwards and Ben Tucker Jazz.

There will be a silent auction, wine and a catered dinner. Tickets are $175. Contact fcbgced@comcast.net, ccurreyortiz@yahoo. com or 233-2939.

Honor, Strength and Courage Golf Classic will be held Oct. 13 by the Hunter Spouses Club. The club rasies money for scholarships to be used by college-bound students of military families and also gives donations to local groups and charities that support military families who are stationed at Hunter Army Airfield. Contact alison_mckinney@ comcast.net or 398-6915.

Humane Society Yard Sale will be held Saturday, Sept. 22 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Humane Society shelter at 7215 Sallie Mood Dr. Offerings will range from furniture to silk flowers, and will include books, clothing, decorative accessories, linens, small appliances and more. Most is in nearly new condition.

I Sold It on eBay for Coastal Pet Rescue I Sold It on eBay is accepting items on behalf of Coastal Pet Rescue. Donors may bring any item valued at more than $40 to the I Sold It On eBay store located next to TJ Maxx in Savannah Centre. The item will be listed and proceeds will go directly to Coastal Pet Rescue. Call 351-4151 or 353-7633 or visit www.coastalpetrescue.org or www.isolditsavannah.com.

Pillow Pals Hands On Savannah is conducting a drive through September for Backus Children’s Hospital to collect pillow cases filled with special gifts for children being treated. The list includes toddler toys, action figures, board games, craft kits, model kits, coloring

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a.m. to 4 p.m. Six-foot tables for exhibitors are available for $15. Contact Holly Petrea at 897-4999 or eaglebear12@yahoo.com.

1st Annual Southeastern Orthopedic Savannah Sprint Triathlon will be held Sunday, Oct. 21 at L. Scott Stell Community Park. Swim 0.3 miles, bike 15 miles, then run 3 miles. For information and online registration, visit www.coastaltriathlon. com.

2007 Oktoberfest Regatta The Geechee Sailing Club is seeking sailors for this upcoming race, which is open to self-righting yachts 21 feet or greater. There will be classes for Spinnaker yachts, nonSpinnaker yachts and cruising yachts. The entry fee is $55, which includes one ticket for the dinner and one T-shirt. For information, contact Larry Lee at 236-5644 or L.B.Lee@ earthlink.net.

Home and Heart Warming Program The United Way of the Coastal Empire is taking applications for this Atlanta Gas Light Co. program. United Way was given a grant to be used to help low-income homeowners with free repair or replacement of gas appliances, such as hot water heaters, furnaces, space heaters and stoves. Qualified customers also can apply for free weatherization of their homes. The program is open to residents of Chatham, Bryan, Effingham, Liberty and Glynn counties. Call 651-7730.

Miss Georgia USA and Miss Georgia Teen USA The pageant will be held Nov. 8-10, and applications are being accepted. For information, send your name, address, phone number, date

of birth, a recent snapshot and a brief biography to: Greenwood Productions, Inc., 7121 W. 79th St., Overland Park, Kansas, 66204.

For information, visit www.missgeorgiausa. com or call Janet Parkes at 913-642-8989.

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700 Kitchen Cooking School will offer hands-on educational/entertaining cooking classes at the Mansion on Forsyth Park, 700 Drayton St. The cost of each class is $90 per person. Call 238-5158 or visit http:// www.700kitchen.com.

AARP Senior Drivers Safety Program Instructors are desperately needed to continue this program in Chatham, Bryan and Effingham counties. For information, call Chuck at 598-1011. Classes will be held: Oct. 2 and 3 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Smart Senior Candler, call 342-4405; Oct. 9 and 11 from 1-5 p.m. at the Frank Murray Community Center, call 898-3320; Oct. 11 and 12 from 1-5 p.m. at Messiah Lutheran Church, Call Chuck at 598-1011; Nov. 8 and 9 from 1-5 p.m., call Chuck at 598-1011.

The Art School Classes are offered throughout the school year for 6-8 year olds, 9-12 year olds, teens and adults. The Art of Photography for ages 912 is a new offering this year. Tuition includes professional art supplies. Art Bodies, a weekly adult figure studio, will be held Wednesdays through Oct. 10, 9 a.m. to noon. The cost is $60 for the six-week course. Adult art classes are held Mondays from 9:30 a.m. to noon and Thursdays from 7-9 p.m. Beginners are

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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 34:30 p.m. The Community Computer Lab is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. GED/adult literacy education is being offered Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon or 1-4 p.m.

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.

Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation A meditation period will be followed by instruction in the application of the foundations of Mindfulness practice to daily life.

Beginner’s and experienced practitioners welcome. Ongoing weekly sessions held Monday from 6-7:30 p.m. at 313 E. Harris St. Call Cindy Beach, Buddhist nun, at 429-7265 or cindy@alwaysoptions.com.

Oatland Island Wildlife Center has a new name, but still offcers environmental education programs and weekend events. It is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed only on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. www.oatlandisland.org.

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

Savannah-Chatham Family Violence Council will offer a seminar with motivational speaker Brenda Caldwell for clergy and lay leaders to learn the most effective ways to respond to crime victims. It will be held Thursday, Sept. 27 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Immanuel Baptist Church. The deadline to register is Sept. 19. Visit www.chathamcounty.org or call 6527329.

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Beading Classes Learn jewelry-making techniques at Bead Dreamer Studio, 407A E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 920-6659.

Brush with Clay Classes in Raku, brush work, relief work, surface decoration, figurative and more in clay with individual attention are offered at CarosArt Studio by professional artist/clay sculptor Carolyne Graham. Costs $100 for 6 classes, or $30 per class. Clay supplies are extra. Call 925-7393 to register.

Christmas Barbershop Sampler Moon River Chorus will hold a seven-week seminar for ladies to learn to sing holiday music barbershop style. No need to read music, just have a good ear for pitch and enjoy singing. Begins Oct. 18 and runs consecutive Thursdays through Dec. 6 at Whitefield United Methodist Church’s social hall, at 55th Street and Waters Avenue. Free and open to all ladies. Contact Sylvia Flynn at sylviapf@aol.com or 927-2651.

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.

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.

Free Tax School Earn extra income after taking this course.

Flexible schedules, convenient locations. The class is free but there is a small fee for books.

Call 352-2862 or visit www.libertytax.com.

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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.

Sewing Lessons Fabrika at 140 Abercorn St. is taking deposits for fall adult classes in: Beginner Sewing: Using a Pattern -- Skirt or Totebag; Intro to Kids’ Clothing; and Drafting Your Own Skirt or Totebag. Group classes start in September. Private lessons are available.

Visit www.fabrikasavannah.com or call 2361122.

Space Available for Teachers Got students/clients? Space is available for teachers/instructors at reasonable rates. Call Tony at 655-4591 or dawgfan81@juno.com.

Starfish Cafe Culinary Arts Training Program This 12-week full-time program is designed to provide work training and employment opportunities in the food service industry, including food preparation, food safety and sanitation training, customer service training and job search and placement assistance. Call Mindy Saunders at 234-0525.

Tybee Island Marine Science Center offers Beach Discovery and marsh walks.

Acquarium hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Monday, and from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday. Admission is $4 for adults and $3 for children, ages 3016. Senior, military and AAA discounts are available. Call 786-5917 or visit www. tybeemsc.org.

Volunteer 101 A 30-minute course that covers issues to help volunteers get started is held the first and third Thursday of the month at 6 p.m.

The first Thursday, the class is at Savannah State University, and the third Thursday, at United Way, 428 Bull St. Register by calling Summer at 651-7725 or visit www.

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Working Women Who Need a Helping Hand is a seminar that wil be presented Sept. 29 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605.

Workshop for Aspiring Thespians Nika Hinton will lead a free scene workshop in monthly sessions at Unitarian Universalist Church, Phillippa’s Place. Enter on Macon Street. Participants can work on scenes from great and near-great plays, musicals and film and improvisation sketches. Works will be recorded on video tape. Childcare will be provided upon request. To register, call 234-0980.

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,

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 Sept. 20 from 7:30-8:45 a.m. at the Mulberry Inn, 601 E. Bay St. Breakfast and networking will start at 7:15 a.m. Finanical planner Barbara Treadwell will present an interactive investment success exercise program. The cost is $25 for guests. Call 507-4991.

Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) Join other moms for fun, inspiration, guest speakers, food and creative activities while children ages birth to 5 are cared for in a preschool-like setting. Meets the second and fourth Wednesday of the month from 9:15-11:30 am at First Baptist Church of the Islands, 6613 Johnny Mercer Blvd. Call 8988316 or 898-5086 or visit www.mops.org.

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.

Philosophy Reading Group This group will focus on various philosophical themes and texts, culminating in facilitated discussions with an open exchange of ideas within a community of inquiry. Meeting locations will change to reflect the current issue. Contact Kristina at 407-443-1571 or ktina697@hotmail.com.

PURE: Photographers Using Real Elements Join with other photographers and artists to celebrate the authentic photography processes of black and white film and paper development using chemicals in a darkroom. Help in the creation and promotion of Savannah’s first cooperative darkroom space to enhance the lives of working photographers and introduce the community to the magic of all classic photo chemical processes. Contact for next meeting time. Contact Kathleen Thomas at 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 Chen’s Chinese Restaurant at 20 E. Derenne Ave. at 7:30 p.m. Call 692-0382, email kasak@ comcast.net or visit www.roguephoenix.org.

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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 Area Landlord & Real Estate Investors Association Learn to be a real estate investor or landlord.

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

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

Songs are from The Sacred Harp, an oblong songbook first published in 1844. Call 6550994.

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

Savannah Brewers’ League Meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at Moon River Brewing Co., 21 W. Bay St. 447-0943. Call 447-0943 or visit www.hdb.org and click on Clubs, then Savannah Brewers League.

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

Meet with Browns fans to watch the football games and support your favorite team Sundays at game time at McDonough’s on the corner of Drayton and McDonough streets. The group holds raffles and trips and is looking into having tailgate parties in the future. Call Kathy Dust at 373-5571 or send e-mail to KMDUST4@hotmail.com or Dave Armstrong at Savannah Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council will host a panel discussion about coastal climate change issues and energy choices on Tuesday, Sept. 25 from 5:45-7 p.m. at the Wild Wing Cafe in City Market. Free and open to the public. RSVP by Sept. 21 at tlinstroth@melaver.com or visit www.coastalgreen.org.

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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.

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 or visit www.geecheesailingclub.org.

Historic Savannah Chapter of ABWA meets the second Thursday of every month from 5-7:30 p.m. at Tubby’s Restaurant. The cost is the price of the meal. Call 660-8257 for reservations.

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

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

Call Hank Weisman at 786-6953.

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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 every fourth Monday of the month from September through May at 7:30 p.m. at Ryan’s restaurant on Stephenson Avenue.

It is an education organization dedicated to informing the public about current events in the world of dogs and those who love them.

Those wishing to eat before the meeting are encouraged to arrive earlier. For details, visit www.savannahkennelclub.org. The next meeting will be Sept. 24.

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 Parrot Head Club A social club whose purpose is to make a difference in the community and the coastal environment will meet the second Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. The locations will vary. Contact mickie_ragsdale@ comcast.net.

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 and Adventure Club For snow-covered mountain-loving people and their friends. All are welcome. Meets for a wide variety of activities throughout the year. Meetings are held the third Tuesday of every month at rotating locations. Visit http://savannahskiclub.com.

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.

Texas Hold ‘Em Tournaments Free poker tournaments are held every week in Savannah, Hinesville and Statesboro. Free to play. Win prizes and gifts.

Visit www.GUTSHOTGA.com for details.

TriUnity Opportunity Meeting meets the first and third Thursdays of each month at 7 p.m. at the Best Western at I95 and 204. Learn how to start a business from home. Free. Ask for Chris and Sandy Benton.

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

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

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

The Young Professionals of Savannah An AfterHours networking social is held every third Thursday of the month. Visit www.ypsav.net, sign up for the e-newsletter and find out about other upcoming events, or call Leigh Johnson at 659-9846..

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Adult Ballet Classes in ballet, tap and hip-hop are offered at Islands Dance Academy, 115 Charlotte Dr, Whitemarsh Island near Publix shopping center. Beginner Adult Ballet is offered Tuesdays from 7:30-8:30 p.m., Intermediate Adult Ballet is offered Mondays from 6:457:45 p.m. and Thursdays from 6:30-7:30 p.m.; Intermediate/Advanced Adult Ballet is offered Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to noon, HipHop is offered Tuesdays from 6:30-7:30 p.m. and Beginner Adult Tap is held Tuesdays from 7-i p.m. There are a variety of youth classes for ages 3 to teen. Contact Sue Braddy at 897-2100.

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.

Auditions at the STUDIO will be conducted for male dancers age 14 to adult for the December performance of Swingin’ at Club Sweets. Dancers must be available for Saturday rehearsals. For an appointment, call 695-9149.

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.. continued on page 42

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

Gretchen Greene School of Dance is accepting registration for fall classes in tap, ballet, lyrical, acrobatics, jazz and hiphop for ages 3 and up. Adult tap classes are held Tuesday from 7:30-8:15 for beginners and Monday from 7:15-8 p.m. for intermediate. Call 897-4235 or email ggsod.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.

Savannah Shag Club Savannah’s original shag club meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Doubles Lounge in the Holiday Inn Midtown and Fridays at 7

p.m. at American Legion Post 36 on Victory Drive.

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

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

The STUDIO Adult Beginner Ballet Class is being offered.

The STUDIO also is accepting new students 5 and up for the new season.

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

Fitness

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

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.

Dog Yoga The Yoga Room will hold a dog yoga class every first Sunday of the month at 2 p.m. at Forsyth Park. The cost is a $10 donation, with all donations given to Save-A-Life.

Bring a mat or blanket and a sense of humor. Yoga for dogs is a fun way to relax and bond with your four-legged pet. Great for all levels and all sizes. 898-0361 or www. thesavannahyogaroom.com.

Energy Share every first and third Friday of the month at a new integrated healing center located at 72nd and Sanders streets. Call Kylene at 713-3879.

Serving delicious Scottish & American fare for lunch and dinner daily Wed. 9/19 Open Mic Night @10pm Fri. 9/21 David Flannery @10pm Sat. 9/22 Pocket Change @10pm Sun. 9/23 Service Industry Night @10pm Mon. 9/24 Scotch Tasting 5-7pm

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Fountain of Youth Tibetan rites taught free every Tuesday and Friday at 7:30 a.m. at Yoga Hause, 1203 E. 72nd St. Ladies Living Smart fitness club provides nutritional education and exercise to encourage lifestyle changes at the St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. at 5:30 p.m. Call 447-6605.

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

Mommy and Baby Yoga Classes are held Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. at the Savannah Yoga Center, 25 E. 40th St. Infants must be 6 weeks to 6 months, pre-crawling. The cost is $13 per class. Multi-class discounts are available. The instructor is Betsy Boyd Strong. Walk-ins are welcome. Call 441-6653 or visit www. savannahyoga.com.

Moms in Motion A pre and post-natal exercise program is offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for WellBeing. The cost is $30 per month. Call 819-6463.

National Gymnastics Day Whitemarsh Island YMCA will host a free gymnastics open house on Saturday, Aug. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 66 Johnny Mercer Blvd. Appropriate for children 2 and up.

Outdoor Fitness Boot Camp All fitness levels welcome. M, W, Th, F at 6 a.m. at Forsyth Park. Meet at the statue on Park Avenue. Also meets at 7:30 a.m. at Daffin Park at the circle near the playground. $150 for unlimited classes, $15 for a single class. To register, call Jennifer at 224-0406 or visit www.structurefitness.net.

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

Pre-register by calling 819-6463.

Savannah Yoga Center is offering Gourmet Yoga, Reiki and Movement classes. Mondays: 7:30—8:45 am Pilates w/Dawn; 11:30 am-12 Daily Lunch Meditation; 2-3:15 pm Beginner’s Meditation Yoga w/Lisa; 4:45-6 pm Yoga

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Wednesday: Yoga Flow Level I from 1011:30 a.m., Open Floor all levels from 6:30-8 p.m., Thursday: Power Yoga from 6:30-7:45 p.m. Friday: Yoga Flow Level I from 6-7:30 p.m. Saturday: Yoga Flow Level I from 1011:15 a.m., Power Yoga from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Sunday: Vinyasa all levels from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Drop-ins welcome.

Single class $12, 8-class package for $75 and 15-class package for $120. For location and class schedule, visit www.thesavannahyogaroom.com or call 898-0361.

Yoga Teacher Training Institute A 200-hour Basic Yoga Teacher Training program is offered at Savannah Yoga Center.

It meets Yoga Alliance standards, and graduates will receive a certificate and be eligible for certification by the alliance. The cost for the entire course is $1,500. Call 441-6653 or visit www.savannahyoga.com.

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

Gay & Lesbian

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

Gay AA Meeting meets Sunday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at 311 E. Macon St. For information, contact Ken at 398-8969.

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

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

Standout is First City’s gay youth support group.

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

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for a Healthy Back w/Elaine. Tuesdays: 7:45-8:45 am Tai Chi w/Katherine; 11:30 am-12 Daily Lunch Meditation, 4:30-5:30 pm Da Tonga (yoga, toning, dance) w/ Elaine. Wednesdays: 9-10 am Qi Gong w/Katherine; 12-12:30 pm Daily Lunch Meditation; 5:30—6:45 pm Divine Yoga w/ Ellen. Thursdays: 7:45-8:45 a.m. Tai Chi w/ Katherine, 11:30 am-12 Daily Lunch Meditation; 4:45-6 pm Belly Dancing w/ Dawn. Fridays: 7:30-8:45 am Yoga-Lates w/ Dawn; 11:30 am-12 Daily Lunch Meditation, PM - Yoga Couples Date Night (RSVP Only). Saturdays: 8:15-8:45 am Meditation and Reiki with Ellen, 11:30 am-12 Daily Lunch Meditation, 12-1:15 pm Tai Chi with Kevin. Sunday classes coming soon. Option 1 membership $55 per month Regular. $65 Couples, $45 Students, Military, Seniors.

Option 2 $105 Regular, $135 Couples, $95 Students, Military, Seniors. Located at 40th and Drayton streets. 236-3660 or www.internationalcoach.org.

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

Sunrise Boot Camp at Tybee Island will be held Monday through Friday from 6-7 a.m. Park in the North Beach parking lot and go over the first crossover. Bring a mat. Conducted

by Paul Butrym, certified personal trainer and ex-Marine. Three days of strength training and two days of cardio each week. The cost is $10 per class, $40 for the week or $75 for a fourweek session. Call 604-0611 or email pbutrym@ comcast.net.

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

Yoga On the Beach at Tybee will be offered Wednesdays from 7-8 a.m. on an on-going basis through the summer.

Come to the North Beach parking lot, first beach walkover. Drop-ins welcome and encouraged. Cost is $10 per class. Class cards are available. Multi-Level Hatha I & II in the Integra Yoga style. The instructor is Ann Carroll. Call 704-7650 or e-mail ann@ aikyayoga.com.

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

Health

Better Breathers of Savannah meets to discuss and share information on C.O.P.D. and how people live with the disease. For info, call Dicky at 665-4488 or dickyt1954@yahoo.com.

Blood Drive The Health Committee and Deaconess Ministry of Happy Home Missionary Baptist Church will hold a community blood drive Sept. 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 1015 E. Gwinnett St. at the corner of Gwinnett and Waters. Call Brenda Pough at 398-5254 or Janice Walter at 232-6159. Blood pressure checks and CPR classes also will be offered.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Genesis Medical Spa will host a grand opening event Thursday, Sept. 20 and Friday, Sept. 21 from 10 a.m.

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to 6 p.m. Receive $200 off on all treatment packages purchased that day. Drawings will be held every hour. Dr. Kathy Chu will be available to answer questions. RSVP to 3544095 or visit www.genesissavannah.com.

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.

Hypnobirthing Childbirth Classes are being offered at the Family Health and Birth Center in Rincon. The group classes offer an opportunity for couples to learn the child birthing process together, while providing a very integral role to the companion participating. Classes provide specialized breathing and guided imagery techniques designed to reduce stress during labor. All types of births are welcome. Classes run monthly, meeting Saturdays for three consecutive weeks. To register, call The Birth Connection at 843-683-8750 or e-mail Birththroughlove@yahoo.com.

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.

Mammograms St. Joseph’s/Candler will be performing mammograms to screen for breast cancer in its mobile screening unit. Mammograms will be performed: Sept. 24 at The Landings Club, call 354-9357; and Sept. 25 at St. Joseph’s/Candler Medical Group - Pooler.

For appointments, call 819-6800. SJ/C accepts most insurance plans. Financial assistance is available to women who qualify.

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

Memorial Health CPR training FitnessOne provides American Heart Association courses each month to certify individuals in infant, child and adult CPR.

The cost is $30. Call 350-4030 or visit www. memorialhealth.com.

Narcotics Anonymous When at the end of the road you find that you no longer can function with or without drugs, there’s a simple, spiritual, non-religious program known as Narcotics Anonymous. Call 238-5925 for the Savannah Lowcountry Area Narcotics Anonymous meeting schedule.

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

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

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

Stop Smoking Through Hypnosis Smoking kills 400,000 people every year.

A study at the University of Iowa covered 72,000 people and found hypnosis the most effective method for quitting. For info, call 927-3432.

Weight Loss Through Hypnosis Take the stress out of weight loss. Studies have shown that people who use hypnosis lose 60 percent more weight than with any other method. For info, call 927-3432.

Nature

5th Annual Coastal Plain Meander The Savannah Riverkeeper will present a four-day expedition down the Savannah River. On Oct. 5, the boat will depart from Augusta and arrive on River Street in Savannah on Oct. 8. All packages include meals, ground transportation, and either camping or cabin accommodations. Prices range from $225 to $700. Contact Frank Carl at 706-364-5253, frank_carl@savannahriverkeeper.org or Tonya Bonitatibus at 706-755-4839 or tonya.bonitatibus@savannahriverkeeper.org.

Dolphin Project of Georgia Boat owners, photographers and other volunteers are needed to help conduct scientific research which will take place one weekend during the months of January, April, July and October. Must be at least

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After School Classes for Ages 6-teens. Adult Classes.

Weekly Figure Drawing.

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Breakfast Book Club will be held every third Wednesday of the month from 9-10:30 a.m. at The Wisdom Center at the International Center for Leadership and Coaching. The cost is $25 per month, breakfast included. Call Aimee at 236-3660.

Champagne Author Reception for Jennifer Egan, author of The Keep, will be presented Oct. 3. A talk/reading will be held at 4 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church on Madison Square, followed by a reception from 5-7 p.m. in the adjacent Green-Meldrim House. Tickets are $25 with proceeds benefitting the Backus Children’s Hospital. Checks can be made out to The One Hundred. Put “Jennifer Egan Event” in the memo line, plus your name, and mail to: Marie Kraft, 11 Gray Heron Rd., Savannah, 31411, or Anne Schafer, 4 Modena Rd., Savannah, 31411.

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

Georgia Author Meranda to Sign

Books Meranda, the author of Iris: The Legend That Time Forgot, a fantasy/adventure novel about a young girl who avenges the deaths of her parents with the help of fairies and wizards, will sign books Dec. 1 from 3-6 p.m. at Barnes & Noble.

Sensational Minds An African-American book store at 129 E. Montgomery Cross Rd. in the Oakhurst Shopping Plaza that carries books in 22 different categories, from fiction and nonfiction to cooking, religions, education and more. Also journals, Bible covers, stationery and gifts. Author Patricia Barbee will sign copies of her book, Every Shut Eye Isn’t Asleep, on Sept. 22 from 1-3 p.m.

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

Religious & Spiritual

Chanted Office of Compline The Service of Compline, ”Saying good night to God,” is chanted Sunday evenings at 9 p.m. by the Compline Choir of Christ Church Savannah (Episcopal), located on Johnson Square.

Christian Businessmen’s Committee meets for a prayer breakfast every Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. at Piccadilly Cafeteria in the Oglethorpe Mall, 7804 Abercorn St. Call 898-3477.

The Complete Woman A Christian women’s conference sponsored by Women of the Word will be held Sept. 14-16 at the Savannah Civic Center.

Presenters will include June Evans, Dee Baxter, Barbara Benton, Robbyn Evans and Phyllis Ellis. The Savannah Mass Choir, directed by E. Larry McDuffie, will be featured guests. Registration is ongoing now.

Call 828-669-8411 or visit www.cbu.org.

The Savannah chairman, Robbyn Evans, can be reached at evansrobbyn@yahoo.com or 425-9205.

Ekklesia, The Church Do church in a casual and relaxed setting on Saturday nights. Fellowship begins at 6 p.m., praise and worship at 6:30 p.m. in the BSU building on Abercorn between the

Publix Shopping Center and the Armstrong campus. Call 596-4077.

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

Handbell Choir Anyone interested in starting/leading or joining/participating in a handbell choir can contact the Rev. Arlene Meyer at 355-4704.

Unity of Savannah at 2320 Sunset Blvd. has the bells and a few interested people without a leader. Visit www.unityofsavannah.org.

Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation A meditation period will be followed by instruction in the application of the foundations of Mindfulness practice to daily life.

Beginner’s and experienced practitioners welcome. Ongoing weekly sessions are Mondays from 6-7:30 p.m. at 313 E. Harris St. Call Cindy Beach, Buddhist nun, at 4297265 or cindy@alwaysoptions.com.

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

Music Ministry for Children & Youth at White Bluff United Methodist Church is now known as Pneuma, the Greek work for breath. “Every breath we take is the breath of God.” The children’s choir for 3 years through second grade will be known as Joyful Noise and the youth choir grades 3-5 will be known as Youth Praise. Joyful Noise will meet Sundays from 4-5 p.m. and Youth Praise will meet Sundays from 5-6 p.m.

Call Ronn Alford at 925-9524 or visit www. wbumc.org.

Nicodemus by Night An open forum is held every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at 223 E. Gwinnett St. Overcoming by Faith Services with the Rev. Ricky Temple are held Saturday from 6-7:30 p.m. at 9700 Middleground Rd. Sunday worship services are 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Services are now held Sundays in Rincon. Call 927-8601.

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

From the church that brought you the “God on Broadway” Worship Series

A s bu r y M e m o r i a l U M C Presents:

Sunday, September 23rd “It’s a Real World” Check out our web site: www.asburymemorial.org www.asburymemorial.com • Corner of Henry St. & Waters Ave. • 233-4351, parking lot in back of building.

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

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

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

Soka Gakkai of America (SGI-USA) SGI-USA is an American Buddhist movement for world peace that practices Nichiren Buddhism by chanting NAM MYOHO RENGE KYO. For information, call SGI-USA at 232-9121.

Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church Services begin Sunday at 11 a.m. at 707 Harmon St. Coffee and discussion follow each service. Religious education for grades 1-8 is offered. For information, call 2336284 or 786-6075, e-mail UUBC2@aol.com.

Celebrating diversity. Working for justice.

Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah A liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. On Sept. 16, the Rev. Joan KahnSchneider will speak from the topic Only One Thin Membrane. The service will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. in the Troup Square Sanctuary. For information, call 234-0980, or send e-mail to uusav@comcast.net or visit www.jinglebellchurch org. The Uncommon Denomination.

United House of Prayer for All People is celebrating its 81st year through Sunday, Sept. 23. Special services are held each night at 8 p.m. at United House of Prayer, 1805 Ogeechee Rd. The Annual Grace American Peace Parade will be held Sunday, Sept. 23 at 2 p.m. CAll 352-7520.

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

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

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

Support Groups

African-American Women Overcoming Depression and Bi-Polar Disease meets the third Thursday of the month at the Bull Street Library. For information, call JoAnne Wright at 236-0027.

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

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Powerful Plants, Native Medicinals Useful plants abount in the sheltered zone along the coastal rivers. Find out what Native Americans, settlers and soldiers found to feel better and cure their ailments on Saturday, Sept. 22 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum and Nature Center. Peter Brodhead, a specialist in naturopathic healing, will lead the walk to forage for and learn historical and current medicinal uses for native plants.

The cost is $15. RSVP (required) to 8975108.

Take a walk on the wild side at the Oatland Island Education Center.

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

Tybee Beach Sweep will be held Sept. 22. Organized by the Tybee Beautification Association. Meet at 9:30 a.m. at the Tybee Pavilion for supplies and instructions. T-shirts, lunch and free parking will be provided.

Tybee Island Marine Science Center Visit the center to discover the Georgia coast. The exhibits and aquariums are home to more than 100 species of fish, reptiles, amphibians, corals and other interesting sea creatures. The center offers Beach Discovery and marsh walks. Aquarium hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Monday, and from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday.

Admission is $4 for adults and $3 for children, ages 3-16. Senior, military and AAA discounts are available. Call 786-5917 or visit www.tybeemsc.org.

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Alzheimer’s Caregiver’s Support Group The group is for caregivers, family members and friends of persons affected

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

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

Call 355-7778 or 353-9635.

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

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

Bariatric/Gastric Bypass Support

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

Better Breathers support group meets to discuss and share information on C.O.P.D. and how people live with this disease. Contact Dicky at 665-4488 or dickyt1954@yahoo.com.

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

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

Cancer support group meets every third Tuesday of the month from 6-7 p.m. at the Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion on

Reynolds Street across from Candler Hospital. The group is open to anyone who is living with, through or beyond a diagnosis of cancer. Call 819-3360.

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

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

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

Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Association meets the fourth Saturday of the month at 10:30 a.m. at the Candler Heart and Lung Building, second floor, Room 2. Call 3551221 or visit www.coastalempirepoliosurvivors.org.

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

Couples Struggling with Fertility Challenges meets every Saturday at 6:45 p.m. at Savannah Christian Church, Room 250.

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

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

Depressive/Manic support group Open to persons diagnosed with depression.

Meetings are held in classroom B in the Surgery Center Building of Memorial Hospital every Tuesday at 7 p.m. 920-0153 or 927-2064 Diabetes support group meets the third Thursday at 6 p.m. at Memorial Health in Conference Room A. Call Robin at 350-3843.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego, *mamihlapinatapai* is a word meaning “gazing into each other’s eyes, each hoping that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start.” If I’m reading the astrological omens correctly, you’ve been experiencing some version of this poignant deadlock lately. It may have made sense for you to refrain from making the first move up until now, but it no longer does. Get yourself in a generous mood and provide the jumpstart you’ve both been hesitant to try.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): *Symphonie Fantastique* is widely regarded as one of the most important pieces of music of the 19th century. French composer Hector Berlioz wrote it in 1830 as a response to being rejected by the woman he loved, hoping to seduce her with the power of his artistry. Your assignment in the coming week, Taurus, is to emulate Berlioz: Capitalize on a refusal you’ve had to endure; create a masterpiece in rebellion against a repudiation you’ve experienced; make a thing of beauty to compensate for being shunned or ignored. (P.S. The woman in question, Harriet Smithson, eventually married Berlioz.)

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “I feel worst when I’m not learning,” writes Harker, one of my readers, “whether it be the stickier details of things I’ve almost mastered or the fresh spring wind of something entirely new to me.” If you share that perspective, as many Geminis do, I’ve got some good news for you: In the next 30 days you could learn more about love and intimacy than you have in the past two years. For those of you who are brave enough to shed your know-it-all romantic theories, the coming weeks could be like an intensive workshop in the fine art of creating exciting togetherness.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Neuroscientists at Britain’s Bristol University have concluded that playing in the dirt can make you feel really good. That’s because most soil is crawling with species of bacteria that inter-

act favorably with the human body, strengthening the immune system and stimulating the brain in the same way antidepressants do. The astrological omens suggest that you capitalize on this discovery, Cancerian. You can obtain great health benefits from playing in a sandbox, wrestling with a friend in the dirt, creating mud pies, or smearing clay on your face. In fact, having any kind of messy, down-to-earth fun is highly recommended.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The nature of your imminent future has certain resemblances to what happened at a Chinese zoo, where a baby tiger named Sai Mai was breast-fed by a mother pig and fully accepted by her piglet “siblings.” As your ruling metaphor, we could also use the scenario that unfolded at an animal facility in Kenya, where a young hippopotamus named Owen was adopted by a giant, 120-year-old tortoise. In other words, Leo, you should expect exotic pairings that lead to unprecedented expressions of symbiosis and synergy.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): If you use email, you have a spam filter. You block out the sales pitches, fake information, and random noise that constantly flow toward your inbox. In the coming week, I urge you to expand your concept of what constitutes spam by shielding yourself against all the other junk food for thought that besieges you. Be ruthlessly discerning about the toxins that spew from the radio, TV, Web, newspapers, and magazines. Minimize your contact with narcissists who think “conversation” consists of you soaking up their compulsive self-revelations. You might even erect a psychic spam filter to repel the fearful images that sometimes bubble up from your subconscious mind.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Art critic Simon Schama prefers not to think of Van Gogh’s *Wheatfield With Crows* as the work of an unhappy madman battling with suicidal urges. Rather, he prefers to see it as the seminal masterpiece of a modern genius who launched modern painting. Without denying that the first theory

has some validity, he chooses to emphasize the truth of the second interpretation. I urge you to adopt a similar approach as you evaluate the meaning of recent events in your life: Don’t repress the pain they unleashed, but on the other hand, play up and celebrate their gloriously redemptive aspects.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Of all the signs in the zodiac, you routinely enjoy the most interesting problems. No one else can compete with your talent for dreaming up original sins, either. I expect that in the coming weeks, you’ll once again assert your mastery in these two areas, leaving the rest of us muttering in amazed awe as we behold the beautiful, stinking, useful, hellacious, intriguing messes you stir up. Congratulations in advance for the resourcefulness and courage I know you will summon from the abyss of your subconscious mind.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Homer Simpson, star of the TV show “The Simpsons,” has a continually evolving list of the many feats he hopes to accomplish in his life. Among the fantasies that have come true for him are being the manager of a countrywestern singer, keeping a diary while living in the wilderness, devouring the world’s most massive hoagie, and seeing Steve Nicks naked. In accordance with your astrological omens, Homer is your role model in the coming week. May he inspire you to carry out one of your lifelong dreams, and to add three more lifelong dreams to your list for the future.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Three hundred years ago, a Miwok Indian family slept on the land where my home now stands. I salute them. I celebrate them with a sense of wonder and curiosity. Three hundred years from tonight, who knows what will be here?

A Chinese mosque? An android research facility? A polyglot, polyamorous, multicultural commune? Whoever may be here then, I salute them. I celebrate them with wonder and curiosity. In accordance with your

omens, Capricorn, I urge you to use what I just did as a starting point for an extended meditation. Gaze both backwards and forwards in time with a spirit of playful reverence. Spur your imagination to fantasize about the people who have preceded you and who will follow you.

Feel the way your destiny has been blessed by the past, and think about how your life will bless the future.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Dear Rob: Every night recently, I’ve dreamt I’m committing crimes like fraud, robbery, and embezzlement. (No murders, thank God!) It’s getting so I’m not that happy about going to sleep. I feel bad about the mayhem I’m perpetrating. (Although I did have a fun car chase once.) I don’t dream about the fruits of the crimes, just the criminal activities themselves. Is this something Aquarians in general are going through? I can’t tell if I feel guilty about something, am psyching myself up to be an outlaw, or have just been watching too many episodes of ‘Law & Order.’ -On the Lam.” Dear On the Lam: My guess is that your dreams (like those of many Aquarians) are prodding you to find more meaningful, productive ways to express creative rebellion in your waking life.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Mythologist Joseph Campbell wrote books that describe the archetypal elements of the hero’s journey. Borrowing his perspective, I want you to know that it’s a perfect moment to take on the role of the hero and carry out an extended exploration of the underworld. Although it’s dark and odd down there, it happens to be the realm where your soul feels most at home. And your ego? It will probably feel like an exile, at least initially, but I bet it will ultimately find the underworld to be unexpectedly interesting and rewarding. For best results, Pisces, make a forceful decision to wander through the place with an adventurous spirit; don’t wait around for fate to command you to make an appearance. Dive down! Dig deep! w

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

Memorial Health Cancer Challenges Support Group Call Jennifer Currin at 350-7845.

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

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

Memorial Health Pancreatic Cancer Support Group’ For information, call Jennifer Currin at 3503988.

Memorial Health POPPS! Group for children with cancer and their parents and caregivers. Call Donna at 350-5616.

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

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

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

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group Call 653-5878.

Multiple Sclerosis support group discusses topics that are relevant to anyone with a debilitating disease every fourth Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at St. James Catholic Church, 8412 Whitfield Ave. at Montgomery Cross Roads. 355-1523 Muscular Dystrophy support group meets Jan. 28, April 19, July 19 and Oct. 18 from noon to 1 p.m. in Conference Room 2, Candler Heart & Lung Building, 5356 Reynolds St. 354-9576.

Narcotics Anonymous When at the end of the road you find that you no longer can function with or

without drugs, there’s a simple, spiritual, non-religious program known as Narcotics Anonymous. Tired of drugs? Want to stop?

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

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

Overcoming the Stigma of Seizure Disorders meets the fourth Thursday at the Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church at Abercorn and Gordon streets. A free story/coloring book, I’m Feeling Just Ducky!, is available for children to better explain seizure activity.. Call Pam at 233-1006.

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

Call 728-4028.

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

PRIDE Support Group For parents of children with bleeding disorders. Call Mary Lou Cygan at 350-7285.

The Parents of Difficult Teens group for parents having problems with their teens and pre-teens. 353-7699.

Rape Crisis Center assists survivors of rape and sexual assault.

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

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

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Please call 236-5310 for information.

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

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

KidsNet Savannah Parent Support Group meets on the first Thursday of the month at 4:30 p.m. at the Department of Juvenile Justice Multi-Purpose Center, 1149 Cornell Ave. Call Carole Kaczorowski at 598-7001, Lorr Elias at 351-6375 or Bruce Elias at 6445916.

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

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

Living without Violence The SAFE Shelter offers free drop-in counseling to anyone who is in an abusive relationship. Meets every Thursday from 7-8:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Education Building at Whitaker & McDonough St. 234-9999.

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

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

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Domestic Violence Hotline The Georgia Human Resources Department and Georgia Coalition on Family Violence, have a new number, 24 hours a day. 1-80033-HAVEN. Eating Disorders/Self Harm Support Group A 12-step group for people with eating disorders and self-harm disorders. For information, call Brandon Lee at 927-1324.

Every Step Counts This support group for cancer patients and survivors advocates walking and exercise as a way to fight back and feel better. The group will meet Saturday, Sept. 22 at 9 a.m. at the North Beach Grill at Tybee Island.

Call DeDe Cargill at 398-6554 for info or email everystepcounts@comcast.net.

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

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

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

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

Call 659-2669.

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

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234-0606 3521 Bull Street Spacious 2 BR, 1 Bath apartment with a separate dining room, hard wood floors, kitchen with stove and refrigerator, Central H/A and parking in rear.

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29 East 34th Street Spacious 1 bedroom, 1 bath apartment in the Thomas Square District.

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16 Thackery Place Spacious 2 BR, 1 BA apartment with a separate dining area, Hard wood floors, central H/A, total electric, kitchen with stove and refrigerator, and off street parking.

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18 West 40th Street B e a u t i f u l l y re n ova t e d 2 BR, 1BA lower half of duplex in the Starland District. Features include formal LR, , formal DR, refinished heart pine floors, ceiling fans, bathroom and kitchen with ceramic tile floors, separate laundry room with washer/dryer, private courtyard. C H/A, total electric and paid security system.

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2BR/1.5BA, close to Savannah Mall & on bus line.

Forest River: Deep water, dock and furnished efficiency apt.

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CONDO SUITE: Dean Forest & I-16 near Southbridge. Luxurious kingsize BR, large LR w/dining area, new kitchen & bath & laundry. Sun deck, w/private entrance & parking. 10 min to D.T. $685/unfurnished, $835/furnished + utilities. 912-695-1303.

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

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CALL 912-596-0728 TWO BEDROOM Apartment on the corner of 51st & Waters. $800/month. Water included. Security deposit already paid. Move in Nov. 1. 912-484-6838.

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Law student graduating and $1250/month. Available Oct. 1, looking to sell charming 2 bed- 2007. Call Ron, 912-856-3681. room, 2.5 bath home available as of January 1, 2008. $139K. Great condition! Adorable patio. Com- Buy. Sell. Find. Free! munity pool. Close to campus. www.connectsavannah.com Please call 404-925-8337.

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Large yard, newly refurbished with new appliances to be installed with move-in. $750. Call 912-604-8080.

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