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Dishing with Dianne Jazz legend Dianne Reeves returns to the festival with a performance this Friday evening at the Trustees Theatre. We talk to her about Savannah audiences, scat, improvisation, and George Clooney. By jim morekis | 16

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Tabla genius Zakir Hussain talks to us about ragas, Bollywood, and playing with Daniel Hope | 20

Andrea Marcovicci explains why Johnny Mercer is still vital to the American music world | 22

GSU students take an ‘alternative spring break’ to study with Northern Ireland’s Bogside Artists | 30

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week at a glance

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Wednesday

The Market at Trustees Garden

What: Farmer’s showcase,

organic gardening presentations, films and more. When: Wed. March 18, 4 p.m.-7 p.m., Wed. March 25, 4 p.m.-7 p.m. Where: Trustees Garden Cost: Free Info: www.trusteesmarket. com

19 Thursday

SMF: Dan and Rayna Gellert

What: Old-time bluegrass

duo - she sings and plays old-time fiddle, he plays banjo, mandolin and guitar. When: Thu. March 19, 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Where: Charles H. Morris Center Cost: $12 Info: www.savannahmusicfestival.org

Tea at Mrs. Davenport’s

What: Learn about tea tra-

ditions and experience an early 19th century tea. When: Thu. March 19, 5 p.m.-7 p.m., Fri. March 20, 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Where: Davenport House Museum Cost: $18 Info: www.davenporthousemuseum.org

AIDS Memorial Quilt Project

22, 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Where: Savannah Children’s Theatre Cost: $10-$12 Info: www.savannahchildrenstheatre.org/

What: Learning workshops

by Union Mission. When: Thu. March 19, 6-8 p.m. Where: United Way, 428 Bull St. Cost: Free Info: www.savstate.edu/

SMF: Long Time Travelin’ featuring Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver

SMF: Garrick Ohlsson

What: Harmonies and blue-

performed with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra last year returns for his debut recital in Savannah. When: Thu. March 19, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Where: Lucas Theater Cost: $45, $55, $75 Info: www.savannahmusicfestival.org

grass picking bt seven-time IBMA Vocal Group of the Year. Grammy winner Jim Lauderdale gives pre-concert talk 6:30pm. When: Fri. March 20, 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Where: Lucas Theatre Cost: $20 - $65 Info: www.savannahmusicfestival.org

SMF: The Blues Was Born Here

SMF: Bobby Lee Rodgers

What: The pianist who

Beverly “Guitar” Watkins perform the blues. When: Thu. March 19, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., Thu. March 19, 9:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m. Where: Charles H. Morris Center Cost: $35 Info: www.savannahmusicfestival.org/

Beverly “Guitar” Watkins coastal species will speak. When: Thu. March 19, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Where: First Presbyterian Church Cost: Free.

banjo, mandolin and guitar. When: Fri. March 20, 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Where: Charles H. Morris Center Cost: $12

Little Theatre of Savannah: Moonlight and Magnolias

The Original Harlem Globetrotters 2009 World Tour

SMF: Sensations I

What: Classic act combines

athleticism and comedy. When: Thu. March 19, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Where: Civic Center Cost: $18-70 Info: 651-6556.

20 Friday

Sierra Club Coastal Group Panel

SMF: Dan and Rayna Gellert

Georgia’s most threatened

duo - she sings and plays old-time fiddle, he plays

What: A panel of experts on

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What: Savannah’s own per-

What: Cephas & Wiggin and

A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of one of the most beloved movies of all time: Gone With the Wind. When: March 19, 20, 21, 22, 26, 27, 28, April 2, 3 and 4 at 8 p.m. and March 29 and April 5 at 3 p.m. Where: The Freight Station, 703D Louisville Rd. Cost: $20; $15 seniors/students; $10 under 12. Info: 631-3773, www.littletheatreofsavannah.org.

Events marked with this symbol are things we think are especially cool and unique.

What: Old-time bluegrass

What: Beethoven: String

Trio in G; Schulhoff: Duo for Violin and Cello; Barber: Adagio from String Quartet; Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A When: Fri. March 20, 6:30 p.m. Where: Telfair Academy Cost: $40-$55 Info: www.savannahmusicfestival.org

Savannah Children’s Theatre: Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Day

The day may be terrible, but this production is wonderful fun for the whole family. When: Fri. March 20, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., Sat. March 21, 3 p.m.-5 p.m., Sun. March What:

former, with The Codetalkers and special guests. When: Fri. March 20, 8:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. Where: Charles H. Morris Center Cost: $30 Info: www.savannahmusicfestival.org/

SMF: Dianne Reeves

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art

for a list of this weeks gallery + art shows: art patrol

What: Four-time Grammy winner accompanied by her all-star trio. When: Fri. March 20, 8:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. Where: Trustees Theater Cost: $25 - $55 Info: www.savannahmusicfestival.org

21 Saturday

Spring Equinox Paddle What: Join Wilderness-

Southeast for a trip

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Movies

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Sand Gnats Job Fair

What: The Gnats are looking to fill part-time seasonal positions including ushers, ticket takers, parking attendants, concession stand workers and food hawkers. Applicants should bring two forms of identification and should dress in business casual attire. The Gnats will also hold national anthem tryouts. When: Thu. March 19, 4 p.m.-6 p.m. Where: Grayson Stadium Cost: free

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downstream to look for turtles, herons and even alligators. When: Sat. March 21, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost: $40 includes canoe, paddle and basic instruction. Info: Call for location and/or directions at 236-8115.

The Market at Trustees Garden

Now held twice a week. Events vary from week to week, but can include a farmer’s showcase, organic gardening presentations, films and more. When: March 21, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Where: The Pirate’s House, 20 E. Broad St. Cost: Free. Info: www.trusteesmarket. com.

SMF: All-Day Singing from The Sacred Harp

What: Also known as shape

note or Fasola, this music is a living Southern tradition that has resonated for centuries. When: Sat. March 21, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Where: First African Baptist Church, City Market Cost: Free Info: www.savannahmusicfestival.org

SMF: Andrea Marcovicci

What: Noted actress

and singer Andrea Marcovicci will make her Savannah debut to premiere Skylark, a program commissioned by SMF to celebrate Johnny Mercer, as part of his centenary. When: Sat. March 21, 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. 3 PM to 5 PM, Sun. March 22, 5 p.m.-7 p.m. 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM, Mon. March 23, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., Tue. March 24, 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m., Wed. March 25, 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Where: Charles H. Morris Center, 10 E. Broad St. Cost: $20 Info: www.savannahmusicfestival.org

This Old House: Director’s Preservation Tour of the Davenport House What: Learn about the pres-

ervation and care of the Isaiah Davenport House on a tour that includes parts not normally seen by the public. When: Sat. March 21, 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m., Tue. March 24, 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Where: Davenport House Museum Cost: $18 Info: www.davenporthousemuseum.org

SMF: Prazak Quartet

What: One of Europe’s most renowned string quartets will play an all-Czech program. When: Sat. March 21, 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Where: Telfair Museum of Arts and Sciences Cost: $40, $55 Info: www.savannahmusicfestival.org

Jim Morekis Book Signing: Moon Charleston and Savannah Connect editor signs copies of his new travel book, Moon Charleston and Savannah. When: Sat. March 21, 2-4 p.m. Where: Barnes & Noble, Oglethorpe Mall

SMF: Zydeco Dance Party What: Cedric Watson is a fid-

dler, vocalist, accordionist and songwriter reviving old Creole fiddling styles. His band keeps the dance floor rocking all night long. When: Sat. March 21, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. 9 PM to 11 PM, 11 PM to 1 AM Where: Charles H. Morris Center, 10 E. Broad St. Cost: $25 Info: www.savannahmusicfestival.org

When: Sun. March 22, 12:30

p.m.-2:30 p.m. Where: Jepson Center Cost: $15 Info: www.telfair.org

GACA North vs. South AllStar Basketball Classic What: Top male and female

SMF Film: Note by Note

SMF: Synergy Brass Quintet

What: A documentary that fol-

lows the creation of a Steinway L1037, on its journey from forest floor to concert hall. When: Sun. March 22, 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Where: Jepson Center Cost: Free with museum admission Info: www.savannahmusicfestival.org

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Tybee’s Oyster Roast

When: Sat. March 21, 8 p.m.-10 Where: Johnny Mercer Theatre Cost: $50, $40 and $30 in ad-

vance; $55, $45 and $35 day Info: 651-6556

SMF: Mariza

What: Considered the best

singer in the new fado generation, Mariza is both traditional and modern. When: Sat. March 21, 8:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. Where: Lucas Theatre Cost: $20 - $65 Info: www.savannahmusicfestival.org

22 Sunday

Jepson Gospel Brunch What: This month’s concert

features the Voices of the Mighty Fortress from St. John Baptist Church. Brunch is available for an additional cost.

SMF Organ Stops: Nathan Davy Asbury College Era Wilder Peniston Honors Competition in 2003, 2005 and 2006. When: Mon. March 23, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Where: Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church Cost: Free Info: www.savannahmusicfestival.org/

Savannah.

What: The comedian returns to

Monday

high school athletes from across the state of Georgia will play, with the girls’ game at 2pm, followed by the boys’ game at 4pm. bwilder@savannahvisit.com. When: Sun. March 22, 2 p.m.-6 p.m. Where: Savannah State University’s Tiger Arena Cost: $5 Info: 644.6414.

Six fearful tales by six of the world’s most renowned comic and graphic artists. When: March 22, 7pm. Where: Victory Square 9 Theaters. Cost: $8, cash only.

Rickey Smiley and Friends

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What: All-you-can eat food

and live entertainment with proceeds going to the Horizon International Medical Mission. When: Sun. March 22, 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Where: Marlin Monroe’s, Tybee Island Cost: $10 Info:

SMF: Sensations II

What: Alexandra du Bois: Duo

for Two violins (premiere of SMF-commissioned work) Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in g, Op. 19 Schubert: Quintet in C, D. 956. When: Sun. March 22, 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Where: Telfair Academy of Art Cost: $40, $55. Info: www.savannahmusicfestival.org

What: Nathan Davy won the

What: Not your typical brass

band - they perform music ranging from Bach cantatas to Rossini operas to jazz and blues. When: Mon. March 23, 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Where: Charles H. Morris Center, 10 E. Broad St. Cost: $12 Info: www.savannahmusicfestival.org

SMF: Marc-Andre Hamelin What: A pianist renowned

performing difficult works by pianist-composers When: Mon. March 23, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Where: Telfair Academy of Arts Cost: $40, $55 Info: www.savannahmusicfestival.org

24 Tuesday

SMF: Mike Marshall and Darol Anger with Vasen

What: Mandolin virtuoso Mike

Marshall and fiddler Darol Anger team with Sweden’s premiere acoustic string trio. When: Tue. March 24, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM Where: Charles H. Morris Center, 10 E. Broad St. Cost: $30 Info: www.savannahmusicfestival.org cs

Springing forward by Jim Morekis | jim@connectsavannah.com

First, a shameless plug: This Saturday from 2-4 p.m. I’m having a signing at Barnes & Noble in Oglethorpe Mall of my travel book, Moon Charleston and Savannah, one of the guidebooks in the Moon series by Avalon Travel Publishing. If you need a regional travel book for friends or family coming in town soon, or if you want to do some regional traveling yourself, give it a shot. The book covers a pretty wide area, from north of Charleston down to the Okefenokee. Hope to see you there, and many thanks to the always-fabulous Robin Wheeler of Barnes & Noble for all her hard work and good ideas in helping to set this up and make it happen — including the gi-normous sign at the entrance promoting the signing — whoa! (This concludes the infomercial. I figure with all the other writers’ books we’ve promoted over the years, you might cut me some slack.)

The other big news of the week — heh — is the opening of the Savannah Music Festival, that yearly celebration of blues, bluegrass, jazz, world music, classical, rock, and just about every other genre under the sun. The festival kicks off this Thursday at the Charles H. Morris Center — named for and owned by our own fearless leader — with a gig by the bluegrass duo Dan and Rayna Gellert, a performance that’s part of the Connect Americana series. Other performers in the Connect Americana series, sponsored by our newspaper and Charles and Rosalie Morris, include Savion

Politics

Wild Wing hit with ten-day suspension

Measure takes effect after St. Patrick’s Day by Linda Sickler | linda@connectsavannah.com

The Savannah City Council tackled a number of issues March 12, from show cause hearings to development projects. Aldermen were obviously weary and frustrated by the length of the marathon meeting, but they shouldn’t have been surprised. At the council’s Feb. 26 meeting, which was remarkably brief, Mayor Otis Johnson warned them that they would be facing a lengthy agenda. “We can just suck it up and do what needs to be done on March 12,” he said. But guess who wasn’t at the meeting to share the pain? Yes, the mayor, who was in Atlanta to meet with Gov. Sonny Perdue. The council dealt harshly with Wild Wing Cafe, whose owners

and management had been called before the council for a show cause hearing. When establishments that sell alcohol are repeatedly cited for liquor code violations, the liquor license holder often is called before the council for a show cause hearing. The license holder must demonstrate to the council what steps have been taken to address those violations or face fines or even loss of the license. Run something like a trial, show cause hearings can be lengthy, and the council conducted two of them at the meeting. Wild Wing has been cited for serving underage patrons, overcrowding and problems with trash disposal. The city first cited Wild Wings in October 2007 for serving

Glover at the Lucas; Marcus Roberts and Sebastian Knauer doing the Gershwin Songbook at the Lucas; the Synergy Brass Quintet at the Morris Center; and Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver at the Lucas. The cover of Jim’s book In this week’s issue check out our interviews with Dianne Reeves, Wu Han, Zakir Hussain, and Andrea Marcovizzi. More on the way next week, including talks with Bela Fleck, Chris Theofanidis, and Festival Director Rob Gibson. And don’t forget to check out our new, upgraded website at connectsavannah.com. cs

minors. The state then cited Wild Wings for the same offense, fined the establishment and put it under 12 months probation. But Wild Wings was again cited by the city for a second time for serving minors after the state hearing. Under questioning by City Attorney James Blackburn, owner Cecil Crowley said he regretted the infractions and said he is doing everything he can to make sure they don’t happen again. Employees involved in the infractions were immediately terminated, a security plan has been put into place and employees have undergone rigorous training, he said. Crowley told the council he was embarrassed by and sorry for the infractions. “I’m a 57 year-old granddad of three,” he said. “We found an interesting building that was in a state of disrepair and created a restaurant. I’m extremely sorry. This is horrible.” In all, Crowley owns 12 Wild Wing cafes, including the one in Savannah. “We employ 150 people there,” he said. “Every time something like this happens, it puts everyone’s job in jeopardy.” But council members weren’t

impressed. Alderman Van Johnson noted that Crowley had already ordered food and drink for St. Patrick’s Day, even as he faced a hearing. “You knew you faced revocation,” Johnson said. “Did you make these preparations because you were so sure (the hearing would go your way)?” Alderman Tony Thomas said he frequently goes to Wild Wing, and said he was surprised to learn that the infractions happened on the lower floor. “I’ve often wondered what would happen if you had an incident upstairs because it’s been so crowded you couldn’t move,” he said. The council issued a 10–day suspension on Wild Wing, but agreed delay it until after St. Patrick’s Day so employees could earn the extra tips and wages they will get. Crowley estimated closing Wild Wing on St. Patrick’s Day would mean a lot of about $300,000, while the closing in April will mean a loss of about $100,000. continues on p. 8

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What’s up 9 crime: with all the shoot-

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Dope: 11 Straight So are scooters

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students go on alternative spring break to Northern Ireland to help restore historic murals. by jim morekis

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However, the council was divided, voting 4–3, because some aldermen wanted the suspension to begin immediately. In the second show cause hearing, the council found no reason to act against The Tiger’s Den, a Skidaway Road establishment. Both city officials and city police had recommended action because of drug sales made inside and outside the club. The council said owner Susan D. Lingenfelser and her employees didn’t know about the drug sales. However, Lingenfelser is still required to bring an operating plan to the council within the next two weeks to show how she plans to beef up security in the club. She was also told to provide employee training and investigate use of off–duty officers in her establishment. The approval of a $1 million bid from BRW Construction for curbs, gutters, sidewalks and water distribution in the Edgemere/Sackville area led to a discussion of problems residents of the area are experiencing. Resident Teresa Vicelli told the council she called police to report that an officer was being attacked. “I went to my father’s house to call,” Vicelli said. “The next day, there was a bullet hole in his plate–glass window.” Vicelli has been conducting a letter–writing campaign to seek help for her neighborhood, but said she’s seen no results. Vicelli said she does “drive–throughs” in the area to take down addresses of offenders. “Most are repeat offenders,” she said. One of Vicelli’s neighbors also lodged complaints. “How many people have bullet holes in their houses?” Gerald Cyr asked angrily, saying he has one, while Vicelli said she had two. Cyr recommended that instead of spending money on infrastructure, the council install lighting and security cameras. “We’ve got 15–20 people living in one house,” he said. “There aren’t enough people at the police department (to handle the situation).” The area in question includes 52nd, 53rd, 54th and 55th between Waters and Ash streets. Residents park several cars in their front yards, Vicelli said. She said she has found drug paraphernalia on the streets, “I don’t see these problems in Ardsley Park, which is a few blocks from my home,” she said. Mayor Pro Tem Edna Jackson told Vicelli she knew what she was going through. “I’m right around the corner,” she said. “There have been questions

raised over the years.” But the only thing on the agenda was the bid approval, not a discussion of the area’s other problems. Jackson said residents should arrange a meeting with council members. Some council members expressed outrage that Edgemere/Sackville’s problems haven’t been addressed. “I don’t believe you have to have a meeting to get police protection,” Alderman Jeff Felser said. Thomas said much of the problem is that many residents have landlords who live elsewhere. “They’re not living around this stuff, but they’re getting a check every month,” he said. “People living on Wilmington Island who are doing this should be held accountable.” Brown said the landlords aren’t doing what they should, and he intends to meet with them personally. The city now has a derelict rental ordinance, he said. Brown was directed to investigate the matter further and report back to the council within 30 days. Vicelli was asked to speak with residents and set up a meeting. A request from Bishop Theodore Jackson of the Victory Drive Deliverance Temple, Inc. for an amendment that would allow the church to operate an electronic scrolling sign was denied again. Jackson has appeared before the council in the past, trying to find a way to have the sign approved, although it violates city ordinances. Attorney Travis Windsor, who represents the church, said the sign wouldn’t be illegal if it wasn’t electronic and that church members didn’t intend to use the sign 24 hours a day. He asked the council to delay its decision. “The good bishop seems intent on having an electronic sign,” Osborne replied. “It’s not allowed. I’m not in favor of delaying this any longer.” Thomas pointed out that no one from the church obtained a permit for the sign, even though one was required. The low bid of $2,303,000 from Dabbs-Williams for construction of a hospitality center, restrooms, walls, walks and curbs at Ellis Square was accepted. Brown said a sidewalk has already been constructed around the perimeter of the square, and planting of live oak trees will begin soon. “I think this is going to be one of the most exciting additions to Savannah ever,” Brown said. “It’s going to be a model of urban park conversions for the whole country.” cs

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Crime

Why so many shootings?

Gunplay on the increase, as well as false reports Recent arrestees include Kasib Baker, Rashamel Lewis, James Wright, Robert Parker

misconception that they won’t do time because they’re a juvenile. Some are tried as adults, and are now doing time as adults.

In recent weeks, scarcely a day has gone by without a report of yet another shooting on city streets. It’s not just Savannah that has been impacted. In the most recent case, police announced they were searching for a 17–year–old suspect who is believed to have holed up in Savannah after he and three others shot at a crowd gathered in a public park in Statesboro. It’s also not just shootings that are keeping police busy. The number of false police reports is on the rise, resulting in a waste of money and resources. Since October, the Metro Police Robbery Unit has uncovered eight fictitious robbery cases where a robbery was reported that never actually occurred. In some cases the would–be victim loses money after gambling or spends it and calls police after coming up with a false armed robbery story. In one case handled by Metro Police, two co–workers decided to rob their employer. While one was working the cash register, the other would come by on his day off to rob it. In another case, a man and woman agreed to have sex for money. The man paid, but the woman demanded more. When the man refused to pay, she told police he had robbed her at gunpoint. It’s enough to make a person think the whole world has gone crazy. What is going on? To find out, we spoke with Apo. Gene Harley of the SCMP Public Affairs Office.

Why are there so many shootings lately? Gene Harley: It’s not all that uncommon. At times we do have unusual sprees of shootings within a couple of days. Our shootings are all the same in the sense that they’re targeted shootings where one group is going after another. What we do not have is a random shooter out there. These are disputes among separate groups. One group goes and shoots at someone in the other group, and the other group comes back in retaliation. Is this a gang problem? Gene Harley: It’s not necessarily gangs. We don’t have a gang problem in Savannah. We have small little groups or cliques that get in disputes, typically in the same neighborhood. It may start out with a physical assault, like a fight. It can escalate to a shooting, sometimes over drugs, sometimes over a girlfriend. Are the perpetrators all young adults? Gene Harley: In a lot of cases, these are younger people, which is the reason we’re doing a push, going after juveniles with criminal histories. We’re not trying put juveniles in jail, but rather we’re trying to rehabilitate them, show them there are other options than shooting or fighting. Many are under the

What’s being done to get guns off the streets? Gene Harley: This year we added more officers to the street and have several special units that are seeing a higher increase in cases where guns are being seized. We’re starting a new unit with detectives solely committed to gun crimes. These detectives go back over every single case and do a thorough background check. Since we started the unit, we’ve made quite a number of arrests. We also have one officer who’s assigned to Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. He takes cases where weapons were used in what could transfer to a federal case and a tougher sentence. How are criminals getting guns? Gene Harley: We have problems where people do a straw purchase. They know someone who’s a convicted felon, and go with them to buy a handgun. They have a clean record, so they can get the gun and give it to the felon. What can the public do to help police? Gene Harley: The biggest thing is to record the serial numbers on your guns. If you opt to carry a firearm in your car, make sure you lock it. Lastly, any time you think someone is in possession of an illegal gun, call us.

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What’s going on with the false reports? Gene Harley: We were having a huge increase in people making false reports, including robberies and rapes. We’ve had persons who robbed while buying drugs. A detective tries to trace an elaborate story that’s false. Days later, the person admits they lied about the whole thing, so the officer spent time and resources on something bogus. There are cases where people go to the public boat ramp and say they were backing out their boat and the car rolled into the water. When we dive to the car, we see that the sound system and speakers are already taken out. We’ve had people do what’s called a crack rental. An addict lets someone else use his car for some type of drug, and when that person doesn’t come back, he calls police and comes up with an elaborate story that he was robbed. What happens if you file a false report? Gene Harley: It’s a felony. If convicted they can get a fine of $1,000 or be imprisoned not less than one nor more than five years or both. On top of that, they can be sued by the city for the lost resources. This is especially true in cases where people falsely claim a rape. We have problems with teenagers staying out all night. Because they don’t want mom and dad mad, they make up a story that they were kidnapped and raped. We obviously want to help you and we’re here to do so, but at the same time, we’re not here as scapegoats. cs

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Below are the latest in a string of shootings in the area. See story in this week’s issue. • Shortly after 1 p.m. March 4, Metro Police responded to the intersection of Anderson and Jefferson on a report of shots fired between two vehicles. When officers responded, they found numerous shell casings. Both cars fled the scene before police arrived. One person was arrested and police recovered one of the vehicles. Police are now searching for 18– year–old Rashamel Marquise Lewis and 21–year–old James Earl Wright, both of Savannah. Both are wanted for questioning by Metro Police. Lewis is a black male, 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 155 pounds, with short clean–cut black hair and brown eyes. Wright is a black male, 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighing 145 pounds, with long black hair and brown eyes.

• On March 5 at 2:35 p.m., Metro Police received a report of a person shot in the 1100 block of East 55th St. They located one male suffering from a gunshot wound to the arm, and were alerted by witnesses that a male getting into a car was involved. The victim, 17–year–old Quayshawn Marquis Floyd of Savannah, was taken to Memorial Medical Center where he was treated. The suspect fled from officers after jumping into a white 2004 Pontiac Grand Am, and a brief chase followed. The pursuit ended after the driver misjudged a turn at 57th and Panama streets, causing the car to hit a curve and a group of bushes. The suspect, Andre Robert Bonds, 20, fled, but was quickly caught inside a residence in the 1400 block of East 56th Street after he kicked a door in. Bonds was charged with Aggravated Assault and various traffic violations. Later, police arrested Kasim Muhammuh Baker, 20, in the same case and charged him with aggravated assault. Two guns were recovered at the scene of the shooting. Police believe the shooting was a result of a possible drug dispute between two separate groups within the same neighborhood.

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Due to the shooting occurring around the same time schools were letting out, police immediately placed nearby schools on lockdown and detoured school buses that were scheduled to drop kids off in the incident area. • Metro Police are searching for a man wanted in connection with a shooting March 8 in midtown. Just before 6:30 p.m., police received a report of shots heard in the area of the 100 block of Seminole Street. As officers were responding to the area, police received an additional report of a person who had been shot. Officers responded to Chatham Street, where they located a male suffering from at least one gunshot wound to the leg. Police have identified the shooter as Robert Jonte “Peezy” Parker, 25. Parker is described as a black male, 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighing 180 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Police believe the shooting stems from an earlier argument between Parker and the victim.

• At 3:40 p.m. on March 9, police responded to West 34th Street at Burroughs, where they found a male suffering from a gunshot to the leg. Police believe victim and suspect(s) know one another. • Local police believe a man wanted for several felony charges stemming from a shooting in Statesboro is in Savannah area. Three of four shooters have been arrested, and police seek the fourth, Dante Ravon Wililams, aka “Lil One,” 17. On March 10, four armed suspects entered Luetta Moore Community Park located on Church Street in Statesboro and opened fire on a crowd. All four fled. Williams is a black male, stocky build, 5 feet 4, 150–160 pounds, black hair and brown eyes. Police believe he now has short to low hair and no longer has dreadlocks. cs Give anonymous crime tips to Crimestoppers at 234-2020

A coworker who considers herself “green” rides a scooter to work, confident she’s leaving a smaller carbon footprint than us slugs who drive cars. But her ride has a two-stroke engine. I recall hearing that running a lawn mower for 30 minutes pollutes more than commuting all week in a car. What’s the deal, Cecil? Which pollutes more per mile, a 15-MPG SUV or a 75-MPG oil-burning Vespa? —Richard Chuttke, Westmont, Illinois Two separate questions here, bud: (1) Which vehicle pollutes more? (2) Which leaves a smaller carbon footprint? You get a different answer depending on which one you ask. The serious vehicle pollutants these days are carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and unburned hydrocarbons. (Sulfur and lead emissions, once problematic, are now largely a thing of the past.) Here are the federal standards for four wheels versus two: Cars and light-duty trucks (including SUVs). Maximum CO emissions: 7.5 pounds per thousand miles. Unburned hydrocarbons: 0.154 pounds. NOx: 0.154 pounds. Scooters and small motorcycles. Maximum CO: 42.57 pounds. Unburned hydrocarbons: 3.55 pounds. NOx: no limit. In other words, scooters can legally emit about 5.7 times more CO than cars, nearly 24 times more unburned hydrocarbons, and infinitely more NOx—and real-world testing suggests they do run pretty dirty. One reason for the looser restrictions is that it’s tougher and costlier to put emissions controls on a scooter than on a car. So while your coworker may think she’s doing the world a favor, when you look strictly at what’s coming out the tailpipe, she’s a pollution-spewing pig. But maybe that’s OK. Let’s look at carbon footprint. The major greenhouse gas produced by motor vehicles is carbon dioxide, which is a function of gas mileage. SUV fuel economy for model

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years 2008 and 2009 ranges from 12 to 32 miles per gallon, for an average of 18.5. For scooters the range runs from 33 to 140 MPG; we’ll say the average is 75. At 19.4 pounds of CO2 per gallon of gas, an average SUV emits 1,050 pounds of CO2 per thousand miles, while the average scooter emits 259 pounds. Even assuming the SUV carries a passenger plus the driver, it’s still contributing twice as much to global warming per person. The final numbers are likely even more lopsided. Given that a typical SUV weighs about 20 times what a scooter does, it’s a safe bet manufacturing an SUV uses way more resources. While it’s tough digging up numbers for a good apples-to-apples comparison, the estimates I can find suggest car manufacturing produces anywhere from 12 to 65 tons of greenhouse gases per vehicle, whereas building a scooter may produce less than 5. So what’s the takeaway here? Scooters emit more pollution, but they help the planet overall by adding less to greenhouse gas buildup. Or, to put the matter in more downbeat terms, your choice is between choking in the city or dying from mass climate change. But let’s not be defeatist. Any way you slice it, scooters are less resourceintensive than cars. Less stuff goes into making them. They take less energy to operate. They’re smaller and lighter than cars, so you can crowd a lot more of them onto the streets or into parking lots. They tear up the roads less. OK, maybe in a northern climate scooters aren’t so practical for yearround use, and they can’t haul much cargo, so they’re not going to replace cars altogether. But with resources becoming scarcer, we’re heading for a more densely urbanized future, and little vehicles make more sense than big ones. Once the infrastructures in place, a scooter would make the perfect plug-in electric, which solves the pollution problem. So don’t give your coworker too much grief. You’re looking at the shape of things to come. CS

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earthweek www.connectsavannah.com/earthweek American Drought The U.S. weather agency NOAA warned that the first two months of 2009 have brought the driest start of any year nationwide since keeping records began in 1895. While recent rains in California have eased that state’s severe drought, the lack of precipitation elsewhere is troubling farmers and firefighters. The National Interagency Fire Center in Boise has logged 11,814 wildfires so far this year — the most for any twomonth period in a decade and nearly 3,700 more than average. Texas has suffered some of the worst effects of what is being called “exceptional” drought conditions in parts of the state. Roughly 3,400 wildfires have burned in Texas since the beginning of the year.

Saudi Sandstorm A rare wintertime sandstorm enveloped the Saudi capital of Riyadh and other parts of the desert kingdom, sending dozens of residents to hospitals with respiratory ailments. Cars and houses were covered by the yellow Saudi sand, which also forced the capital’s international airport to shut down for a few hours. The blinding storm also struck neighboring

Kuwait, briefly halting oil exports and forcing the closure of the Persian Gulf emirate’s three ports. Meteorologists say much of the Saudi peninsula has not received rain for a third winter in a row.

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Vulture Malaria India’s endangered vulture population now faces another threat that may kill those birds that survived poisoning by a nowbanned livestock drug. The country’s Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCBM) told the tabloid Mail Today on Sunday that the scavenger birds are succumbing to a new strain of avian malaria, which is spread by mosquitoes. Wildlife experts had been puzzled as to why the vultures continued to die long after the drug Diclofenac was no longer being distributed and used in livestock. The medication caused kidney failures that nearly wiped out the birds after they consumed the carcasses of treated animals during the past few years.

Japanese Eruption Southern Japan’s Mount Sakurajima volcano erupted for the second time this year, spewing hot lava near the city of Kagoshima. Globs of lava were found over a mile from the crater,

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Australian Cyclone Category-4 Cyclone Hamish sent huge waves and gale-force winds into Australia’s northeastern coast for several days as the heart of the storm raked the country’s Great Barrier Reef. • Cyclone Joni formed briefly in the South Pacific’s Cook Islands.

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Earthquakes The most powerful earthquake to rock the Australian city of Melbourne in 36 years knocked items off shelves and caused furniture to move for nearly 30 seconds.

Bat Warming Stations A pair of researchers has proposed a novel way to help bats in the northeastern U.S. survive a deadly fungal attack that has decimated the flying mammals’ populations during the past two winters. Instead of treating the fungus directly, Justin Boyles, a graduate

student in biology at Indiana State University, and colleague Craig Willis of the University of Winnipeg, propose putting sources of heat in caves to allow bats to warm themselves when they briefly come out of hibernation. It’s believed the fungus causes the bats to spend more time out of hibernation, depleting fat reserves and eventually causing them to starve to death. Since bats normally fly to the warmest part of a cave during the brief breaks in their wintertime slumber, the use of warming boxes could help the species survive until a longterm cure is discovered. cs by steve newman, universal press syndicate

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Americans’ Special Relationship with “Taxes”: It is not just that the secretary of the Treasury owed back taxes for years, or that two other presidential cabinet-level nominees owed back taxes. In January, federal prosecutors revealed that District of Columbia Council member Marion Barry, who was already on probation after a 2005 conviction for failing to file tax returns for the years 1999 through 2004, and subsequently almost tauntingly failed to file a return for 2006, has now doubleddown the taunt by failing to file for 2007. And in March, a Georgia state senator proposed punishment for the 22 members of the legislature who either owed back taxes or had failed to file returns for at least one year since 2002. The 22 were not identified, in compliance with privacy laws, but the Senate’s Democratic leader, Robert Brown, outed himself as one of the 22 in the course of calling his scolding colleague a “bloodsucker.”

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(1) The 2-Legged Dog: Pet rescuer Judy Walker of Oviedo, Fla., and Oklahoman Jude Stringfellow are battling over custody of Walker’s two-legged puppy, which Walker believes has special needs but which Stringfellow is seeking to adopt, in part to portray Stringfellow’s own famous, hind-legswalking dog “Faith” as a puppy in a movie she is working on. Stringfellow said Walker had reneged on a firm Feb. 2 adoption date and implied that she had hired celebrity attorney Mark Geragos to get the puppy. (2) The 11Year-Old Bullfighter: Michelito Peniche killed six young bulls in a single fight before 3,500 spectators in Merida, Mexico, in January, despite the mayor’s ban on the event as a child-labor violation (but which was allowed to proceed after Michelito’s father appealed to a state prosecutor). Michelito began his career in the ring at age 4.

Can’t Possibly Be True

• Gildazio Costa, 54, was arrested in Framingham, Mass., in February and charged with kidnapping and beating his girlfriend following a fivehour-long argument they were having about what the operating hours are for the local library. • First, Do No Harm: Tennessee anesthesiologist Visuvalingam Vilvarajah was arrested in February in Kentucky and

charged with providing controlledsubstance prescriptions (OxyContin, methadone) to as many as 350 non-patients. However, the more basic question is why Tennessee licensed Dr. Vilvarajah in the first place, since he had been approved by the state Department of Health even though officials knew that he was on parole at the time after serving a sentence for murdering his wife and mother-in-law. A department spokeswoman told The Tennessean newspaper that no law prevented Dr. Vilvarajah’s licensing.

Inexplicable

• A 25-year-old man was arrested in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., in February after an apparent suicide attempt. According to police, the man tried to gas himself inside his car in a closed garage, but apparently did not have a garage himself, and was arrested for trespass when he drove into a stranger’s garage for the attempt, causing about $1,000 damage. • Total nudity is prohibited during Brazil’s annual Carnival, as immoral and, especially, artistically tacky, but samba dancer Dani Sperle appeared in the street parade in Rio de Janeiro in February wearing a headdress, necklace, matching armbands and nothing else except a patch three centimeters long (1.2 inches) covering an intimate area.

Unclear on the Concept

• In Airdrie, Alberta, in January, police officers responded to a report from the Ralph McCall Elementary School that a man was standing in the yard yelling with a portable loudspeaker toward a group of frolicking kids, calling, “Girls in the field, come over to my truck, come pet my dog.” When adults nearby approached him, the man quickly got in his truck and took off. • In response to a bomb threat called in to Hays High School in Buda, Texas, in February, Principal Shirley Reich directed the evacuation of all students, who were kept out for CHECK OUT two hours until the all-clear. The OUR NEW building had not been comWEBSITE! pletely cleared, though. Reich had ordered that eight specialneeds students, who presented mobility problems for the staff, be kept inside during the evacuation, and afterward Reich defended her decision, crediting herself for compassion because it was cold outside, and she wanted the special-needs students to be comfortable.

• In February, a federal jury in Tucson, Ariz., awarded damages of $77,000 to six illegal immigrants who had trespassed on rancher Roger Barnett’s land in 2004 (only one of hundreds of forays onto his land over the years by border-jumpers) because Barnett had detained them while he was carrying a gun, which the jury said constituted “infliction of emotional distress.” Originally, 16 Mexican nationals had sued for $32 million.

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Once again, a man was found to have climbed into the waste tank of an outdoor toilet, but according to a March report in the Twin Falls (Idaho) TimesNews, the emergency crew seemed to accept his story that it was all a mistake. Rescuers from the town of Filer, Idaho, said the man told them he was just looking for his keys that he had accidentally dropped and had been in the tank for 15 minutes before help arrived. The man declined to identify himself, and no official report was required, but after the man was hosed off by a fire truck, he “discovered” that his keys had been in his pocket all along, and he drove away. cs By chuck shepherd UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

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2009 SMF: Garrick Ohlsson

Last year, this acclaimed U.S. pianist —the first ever American to take the top award in the International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition— appeared as a guest soloist with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for a frankly stunning display of dexterity, depth and feeling. Now he returns for a solo recital in the wonderful acoustic environment of the Lucas Theatre stage. A recipient of the coveted Avery Fisher Prize, he is noted for his “masterful” performances of the works of Schubert, Beethoven and Mozart, and has guested with several major U.S. orchestras as well as a number of internationally-known string quartets. No doubt the famously long reach of this “most versatile of America’s important pianists” will be on display for his recital of Beethoven’s Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Liszt’s Sonata in B minor, Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Chopin’s Nocturne in D-flat major and Scherzo in B-flat minor. Listen & Learn: savannahmusicfestival.org. Thurs., 7 pm, Lucas Theatre - ALL-AGES.

Rose and the Rivals

Here’s an act that I’ve never seen in person and I’ve yet to hear any recordings of. Hell, I’ve never even seen a photo of them (or a charcoal sketch, for that matter). So, if it turns out they don’t actually exist, you’ll please forgive me. However, the mere notion of a local trio that describes itself as playing “rhythm–driven accordion ballads and spooky porch music” on a kitchen–sink grab–bag of

Bobby Lee Rodgers & Friends at the SMF

This one–night–only summit meeting of seriously talented rock, funk, blues, jazz and soul musicians comes courtesy of Savannah’s own Rodgers, a singer–guitarist whose phenomenal chops, eclectic taste and easygoing demeanor has earned him plenty of accolades and a sizable cult following nationwide. It’s also helped him build an enviable Rolodex of killer players who no doubt jumped at the opportunity to sign on for this relatively unexpected leap of faith on the part of the SMF’s Rob Gibson. The Savannah Music Festival director offered Rodgers a chance to line up a dream band and craft a setlist that would take into account each member’s individual strong suits. The result: two separate instruments that includes harmonica, washboard, guitar and coffee can simply has to be Noteworthy, for better or for worse. The venue they’re gigging at a casually upscale dessert bar and art gallery that specializes in fine wines, crazy–good fresh cakes, pastries and tarts, and an elaborate martini list lends itself to quirky concep-

90–min. sets of genre–blurring jazz, rock and funk featuring his touring band Fri., 8:30 pm & 11 pm, Charles H. Morris Center – ALL–AGES.

tual live entertainment such as this, and hopefully it can become an unpredictable, occasional outlet for the local music scene. Tues., 8 pm, Lulu’s Chocolate Bar.

The Jimmy Wolling Band

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ing and facile regional acoustic combo plays so often of late at various bars, clubs, restaurants and festivals in our area that it’s easy to take them for granted. So, let this serve as a reminder: their road–tested mix of traditional bluegrass, Fri., 10 pm, The Distillery – ALL–AGES. cs

B & D Burgers (Southside) Trivia w/ Artie & Brad (Other) Starts at 10 p.m. Bahama Bob’s (Pooler) Karaoke (Karaoke) Bayou Cafe Thomas Claxton (Live Music) Intense, solo acoustic guitarist/ singer playing rock and pop (covers & originals). -9 p.m. The Boathouse TBA (Live Music) 6 p.m. Cheers to You Karaoke (Karaoke) 8 p.m. Club 51 Degrees DJ Blue Ice (DJ) The Distillery The Tenderloin Trio (Live Music) Under-the-radar local act mixing pre-1940 “hillbilly jazz” and jug band music with newer influences - ALL-AGES. 8 p.m. Open Mic Night hosted by Greg Williams (Live Music) Opportunity for singer/songwriters and small acoustic combos to ply their wares in between sets by a prolific local blues/folk/rock vocalist/guitarist. 8 p.m. Doubles Lounge DJ Sam Diamond (DJ) Driftaway Cafe Chuck Courtenay (Live Music) Pop, rock and country covers & originals sung and played on acoustic guitar. 7 p.m. Fiddler’s Crab House Voodoo Soup (Live Music) Local hard-jamming funk/ soul/rock/fusion group with a wide repertoire (feat. members of The Permanent Tourists & Phantom Wingo). Mar 18, 10 p.m. Mar 25, 10 p.m. Guitar Bar Open Mic night hosted by Caesura (Live Music) Open Mic Night led by a young local melodic metalcore/indie-rock combo. 10 p.m. Hercules Bar and Grill TBA (Live Music) 8 p.m. The Jinx Rock & Roll Bingo w/DJ DrunkTank Soundsystem (Other, DJ) Just what it sounds like: Bingo plus a wild mix of punk. soul, rock and ska

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American Legion Post 184 Rick Elvis (Undressed) (Live Music, Other) Locally-based Elvis impersonator, performing without his costume. 4 p.m. 8 p.m. Augie’s Pub (Richmond Hill) TBA (Live Music) 9 p.m. Bay Street Blues Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Bayou Cafe Chief (Live Music) Legendary local guitarist/singer who knows literally thousands of rock, pop, blues and country hits. (covers & originals). -9 p.m. Thomas Claxton (Live Music) Intense, solo acoustic guitarist/singer playing rock and pop (covers & originals). -9 p.m. Benny’s Tybee Tavern Karaoke (Karaoke) w/DJ Levis 9:30 p.m. Bernie’s on River Street Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Blaine’s Back Door #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Bogey’s Five Points Productions’ Karaoke w/Keith (Karaoke) 10 p.m. Charles H. Morris Center Savannah Music Festival: Dan and Rayna Gellert: (Live Music) Critically acclaimed old-time bluegrass duo playsing fiddle, banjo, mandolin and guitar. Mar 19, 12:30 p.m. Mar 20, 12:30 p.m. Savannah Music Festival: The Blues Was Born Here (Live Music) Cephas & Harris and Beverly “Guitar” Watkins perform the down-home blues in this intimate double-bill of celebrated touring artists. Mar 19, 7 & 9:30 p.m. Club One Industrial Resurrection w/ DJ Shrapnel (DJ) 10 p.m. The Distillery Greg Williams (Live Music) Prolific

local acoustic guitarist and singer/songwriter playing blues, folk, rock and pop (covers & originals). 9 p.m. Doc’s Bar Roy & the Circuit Breakers (Live Music) Fannie’s on the Beach “Georgia Kyle” Shiver & Fiddlin’ Scott Holton (Live Music) 7 p.m. Fiddler’s Crab House The Train Wrecks (Live Music) Hard-rocking local rootsa-billy and Americana act led by Texas-born songwriter Jason Bible (covers & originals). 10 p.m. Grapevine Gail Thurmond (Live Music) Local piano/vocal legend playing jazz, country, Latin and standards. 6:30 p.m. Hang Fire Attack of The Dance Party w/ DJ Bear Like Strong (DJ) 10 p.m. Hercules Bar and Grill TBA (Live Music) Rock, Blues, Soul and Pop 8 p.m. The Jazz Corner (Hilton Head) The Lavon Stevens Quartet feat. Lousie Spencer (Live Music) Jazz, Broadway & blues (covers & originals) with female vocals. 8 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Trae Gurley’s “Swoonatra” (Live Music) Local singer and thespian’s popular tribute show to Frank Sinatra’s Golden Age Big Band period. 7:30 p.m. The Jinx Fever! Dance Party w/DJ D-Frost & Friends (DJ) 9 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Live Acoustic Celtic Music TBA (Live Music) Mar 18, 8:30 p.m., Mar 19, 8:30 p.m., Mar 20, 8:30 p.m., Mar 21, 8:30 p.m., Mar 22, 8:30 p.m., Mar 23, 8:30 p.m., Mar 24, 8:30 p.m., Mar 25, 8:30 p.m., Mar 26, 8:30 p.m., Mar 27, 8:30 p.m. Mar 28, 8:30 p.m. Live Wire Music Hall Villanova; The Domino Effect (Live Music) West Columbia, S.C. funk/jam band with a strong hip-hop influence and killer rhythm section; Local funk/reggae/soul-based jam act feat. singing guitarist Josh Wade (covers & originals). 9 p.m. Loco’s Deli & Pub (Southside) Five Points Productions’ Extreme Trivia w/ Kowboi (Other) Live trivia game. 8 p.m. Lucas Theatre Savannah Music Festival: Garrick Ohlsson (Live Music) The pianist who performed with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra last year returns for his debut recital in continues on p. 23

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A.J.’s Dockside “Georgia Kyle� Shiver (Live Music) American Legion Post 36 Karaoke (Karaoke) Baja Cantina TBA (Live Music) 7 p.m. Bay Street Blues Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Bayou Cafe Thomas Claxton (Live Music) Intense, solo acoustic guitarist/ singer playing rock and pop (covers & originals). 9 p.m. Bernie’s on River Street Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Blowin’ Smoke BBQ The Josh Maul Blues Band (Live Music) Funky and tight Richmond Hill-based electric blues trio influenced by Albert Collins, SRV and Tab Benoit, led by a former member of Bluesonics (covers & originals). 6 p.m. Charles H. Morris Center Savannah Music Festival: Dan and Rayna Gellert: (Live Music) Critically acclaimed old-time bluegrass duo playsing fiddle, banjo, mandolin and guitar. Mar 19, 12:30 p.m. Mar 20, 12:30 p.m. Savannah Music Festival Bobby Lee Rodgers & Friends (Live Music) Savannah’s own leader of The Codetalkers curates a special onenight only event featuring legendary organist Ike Stubblefield and other luminaries from the world of jazz fusion, funk, rock and jam. 8:30 p.m. Club One Local Cast, DJ Jason Hancock (Main Floor) (DJ) Coach’s Corner Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Country and Soul covers 8 p.m. Daquiri Island Karaoke (Karaoke) The Distillery The Jimmy Wolling Band (Live Music) Solid locally-based bluegrass and classic C & W combo anchored by the ace banjo picker Wollings, and a cast of veteran area singing players (covers & originals). 10 p.m. Doubles Lounge “World Famous� DJ Sam Diamond (DJ)

Driftaway Cafe The Chuck Courtenay Band (Live Music) C&W, honky-tonk, and southern rock hits from a group of veteran players led by a longtime singer/ guitarist. This rare date features their Nashvillebased pedal steel player Tommy Butler. 7 p.m. El Picasso Karaoke (8 p.m.) (Karaoke) Fannie’s on the Beach Mary Davis & Co. (Live Music) Female-fronted acoustic cover combo featuring members of Band In The Park (rock/pop/soul/beach music). Mar 20, 8 p.m. Apr 3, 8 p.m. Fiddler’s Crab House The Eric Culberson Blues Band (Live Music) Internationally-acclaimed, Savannahbased electric Chicago and Memphis style blues guitarist and singer with a tight rhythm section (covers/originals) Mar 20, 10 p.m., Mar 21, 10 p.m., Mar 24, 10 p.m. Mar 26, 10 p.m. Gayna’s Bar Karaoke (9 p.m.) (Karaoke) Hang Fire Dope Sandwich Productions (Live Music, DJ) Local collective of live musicians, DJs, rappers and spoken word artists. 10 p.m. Dope Sandwich Productions (Live Music, DJ) Rap, hip-hop and spoken word showcase from a local collective of musicians, poets and DJs. 10 p.m. Hercules Bar and Grill Chief (Live Music) Rock, Pop, Country and Soul covers 8 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Bottles & Cans (Live Music) Hardswinging, house rockin’ garage-blooze and old, weird, Americana (covers & originals). 9 p.m. The Jinx TBA (Live Music) Mar 20, 10 p.m. Mar 21, 10 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Live Acoustic Celtic Music TBA (Live Music) Mar 18, 8:30 p.m., Mar 19, 8:30 p.m., Mar 20, 8:30 p.m., Mar 21, 8:30 p.m., Mar 22, 8:30 p.m., Mar 23, 8:30 p.m., Mar 24, 8:30 p.m., Mar 25, 8:30 p.m., Mar 26, 8:30 p.m., Mar 27, 8:30 p.m. Mar 28, 8:30 p.m. King’s Inn #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m., 9 p.m., 9 p.m. 9 p.m. Live Wire Music Hall “Real Music� Concert (Live Music) Regional hip-hop and funk showcase event featuring rising local acts (and Atlanta-based artists) like Kid Syc, Mafamadix, Venus, Ina Williams, Chriscontinues on p. 24

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and drums with female vocals (covers & originals). 8:30 p.m. McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m. Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub Sunday Project (Live Music) 10 p.m. Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub (Richmond Hill) Jude (Live Music) Local singer/ songwriter playing light pop, rock and blues-oriented tunes on acoustic guitar, cello and percussion (covers & originals). 8:30 p.m. Mulberry Inn The Champagne Jazz Trio (Live Music) 8 p.m. Pepino’s #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Planter’s Tavern TBA (Live Music) Piano Jazz -7 p.m. Ruth’s Chris Steak House Kim Michael Polote & Friends (Live Music) Award-winning area vocalist singing jazz and blues standards backed by piano and bass in this eatery’s bar area. 7:30 p.m. Savannah Smiles “Dueling PIanos” (Live Music) Two versatile and wisecracking keyboardists play a wide variety of audience requests. -8:30 p.m. The Sentient Bean Altamira;

Antarctica (Live Music) Double-bill of Florida-based metal bands - ALL-AGES. 8 p.m. Steed’s Tavern @#! Karaoke (Karaoke) 8 p.m. Stingray’s TBA (Live Music) 6 p.m. 6 p.m. Tantra Lounge The Permanent Tourists (Live Music) Tight and polished regional R & B/soul/funk/rock cover band (feat. Voodoo Soup’s bassist) known for impressive vocals and a killer setlist. Mar 20, 9:30 p.m. Mar 21, 9:30 p.m. TBA (DJ) Mar 21, 1:30 a.m. Mar 22, 1:30 a.m. Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences Savannah Music Festival: Sensations I (Live Music) Performers will present Beethoven: String Trio in G, Op. 9, No. 1 Schulhoff: Duo for V violin and Cello Barber: Adagio from String Quartet, Op. 11 Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81. 6:30 p.m. Trustees Theater 2009 SMF presents: Dianne Reeves (Live Music) The preeminent jazz vocalist in the world today, this four-time Grammy winner returns to Savannah accompanied by her all-star trio. 8:30 p.m.

Venus De Milo DJ Moustache (DJ) 9 p.m. Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon (Live Music) Solo pianist playing standards, Latin and jazz covers. -noon -7 p.m. The Warehouse The Magic Rocks (Live Music) Oddball upbeat rock, alternative, pop, country and soul covers (w/ members of Superhorse and Hot Pink Interior). 8 p.m. Wasabi’s DJ Frankie -C Spins Hip-hop an Electric Fusion (8 p.m.) (DJ) Ways Station Tavern Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Wet Willie’s Live DJ (DJ) 8 p.m.

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Randy Wood’s Concert Hall (Bloomingdale) The Special Consensus (Live Music) Midwest-based acoustic bluegrass quartet that started in 1975 and tours internationally - often playing with symphony orchestras. ALL-AGES listening room show. 8 p.m. Ruth’s Chris Steak House Kim Michael Polote & Friends (Live Music) Award-winning area vocalist singing jazz and blues standards backed by piano and bass in this eatery’s bar area. 7:30 p.m. Savannah Smiles “Dueling PIanos” (Live Music) Two versatile and wisecracking keyboardists play a wide variety of audience requests. -8:30 p.m. Savannah Theatre “All You Need Is Love” (Live Music, Other) A tribute to great love songs from the last 60 years of pop, jazz, country and Broadway. Mar 18, 8 p.m., Mar 19, 8 p.m., Mar 20, 8 p.m., Mar 21, 3 & 8 p.m., Mar 22, 3 p.m., Mar 25, 8 p.m., Mar 26, 8 p.m., Mar 27, 8 p.m., Mar 28, 3 & 8 p.m. Mar 29, 3 p.m. The Sentient Bean Aaron Berg (Live Music) This promising, Dylan-esque singer-songwriter divides his time between Greenville, SC and Brooklyn, NY. He plays electric and acoustic guitars and harmonica as well as piano, organ, bass, and ambient effects. 8 p.m. Steed’s Tavern #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) Hosted by Sam Johnson. 8 p.m. Stingray’s TBA (Live Music) 6 p.m. 6 p.m. Tantra Lounge The Permanent Tourists (Live Music) Tight and polished regional R & B/soul/funk/ rock cover band (feat. Voocontinues on p. 26

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American Legion Post 184 Rick Elvis (Undressed) (Live Music, Other) Locally-based Elvis impersonator, performing without his costume. 4 p.m. 8 p.m. Aqua Star Restaurant (Westin Harbor Hotel) Ben Tucker & Bob Alberti (Live Music) Veteran Jazz Duo (piano & bass) playing standards 11:30 a.m. Bahama Bob’s (Pooler) Karaoke (Karaoke) Bernie’s (Tybee) Karaoke w/DJ Levis (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Bogey’s Five Point Productions’ Karaoke w/Keith

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& Ellen Gross (Live Music) 7 p.m. Jepson Center for the Arts Jepson Gospel Brunch (Live Music) This monthâ₏™s concert features the Voices of the Mighty Fortress from St. John Baptist Church. Brunch is available for an additional cost, and all the galleries are open during the concert. 12:30 p.m. Savannah Music Festival Film: NOTE BY NOTE (Other) A documentary that follows the creation of a Steinway L1037 piano - on its journey from forest floor to concert hall. 3 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Live Acoustic Celtic Music TBA (Live Music) Mar 18, 8:30 p.m., Mar 19, 8:30 p.m., Mar 20, 8:30 p.m., Mar 21, 8:30 p.m., Mar 22, 8:30 p.m., Mar 23, 8:30 p.m., Mar 24, 8:30 p.m., Mar 25, 8:30 p.m., Mar 26, 8:30 p.m., Mar 27, 8:30 p.m. Mar 28, 8:30 p.m. Marlin Monroe’s Surfside Grill TBA (Live Music) 7 p.m. McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m. Murphy’s Law Irish Pub Session (Live Music) Local and regional Irish musi-

cians playing both trad and contemporary Celtic music. 6 p.m. “Hitman Karaoke� (Karaoke) Standard Karaoke hosted by local blues guitarist and singer Brett “Hitman� Bernard. 9 p.m. Planter’s Tavern TBA (Live Music) Piano Jazz -7 p.m. Red Leg Saloon Karaoke w/Frank Nelson (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Savannah Smiles “PianoPalooza� (Live Music) Crowd members get a chance to add vocals to their favorite tunes - played live by professional pianists. 8:30 p.m. Slugger’s 5 Point Productions Karaoke (Karaoke) 10 p.m. Tantra Lounge Five Points Productions’ Karaoke (Karaoke) 10 p.m. Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences Savannah Music Festival: Sensations II (Live Music) Alexandra du Bois: Duo for Two violins (premiere of SMF-commissioned work) Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in g, Op. 19 Schubert: Quintet in C, D. 956. 5 p.m. The Tailgate Five Points Productions’ Butt Naked Trvia w/Kowboi (Other) Live trivia

game. 10:30 p.m. Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House TBA (Live Music) Acoustic Blues, Country, Rock, Bluegrass & Pop acts Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon (Live Music) Solo pianist playing standards, Latin and jazz covers. -noon -7 p.m. The Warehouse Thomas Claxton (Live Music) Intense, solo acoustic guitarist/singer playing rock and pop (covers & originals). 7:30 p.m.

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cians”. Sign-up from 8 pm - 9 pm. 9 p.m. Lulu’s Chocolate Bar TBA (Live Music) 7 p.m. Rose and the Rivals (Live Music) Trio playing rhythm-driven accordian ballads and spooky porch music on harmonica, washboard, guitar and coffee can (covers & originals). 8 p.m. McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m. Planter’s Tavern TBA (Live Music) Piano Jazz -7 p.m. Roof Top Tavern Open Mic hosted by Markus & Hudson (Live Music) 10:30 p.m. Saya Lounge DJ Blue Ice (DJ) Spinning “one hit wonders” all night long. 9 p.m. Tantra Lounge Salsa Dancing Lessons (Other) Just like it says... 9 p.m. The Tailgate BN Trivia w/Artie & Brad (Other) 10 p.m. Tommy’s Karaoke w/Jeff & Rebecca (Karaoke) Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon (Live Music) Solo pianist playing standards, Latin and jazz covers. -noon -7 p.m. Wet Willie’s Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Chuck Courtenay, Team Trivia w/The Mayor (Live Music) Solo acoustic guitarist/ singer playing Pop, Country & Rock hits, followed by a Live Trivia match 6 p.m.

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B & D Burgers (Southside) Trivia w/ Artie & Brad (Other) Starts at 10 p.m. Bahama Bob’s (Pooler) Karaoke (Karaoke) Bayou Cafe Thomas Claxton (Live Music) Intense, solo acoustic guitarist/ singer playing rock and pop (covers & originals). -9 p.m. Chief (Live Music) Legendary local guitarist/singer who knows literally thousands of rock, pop, blues and country hits. (covers & originals). -9 p.m. The Boathouse TBA (Live Music) 6 p.m. Charles H. Morris Center Savannah Music Festival: Andrea Marcovicci’s “Skylark” (Live Music) The noted actress and singer Andrea Marcovicci will

make her Savannah debut to premiere “Skylark,” a program commissioned by SMF to celebrate Johnny Mercer’s legacy and songs, as part of his centenary. Mar 21, 12:30 & 3 p.m., Mar 22, 5 & 7:30 p.m., Mar 23, 7 p.m., Mar 24, 12:30 p.m. Mar 25, 12:30 p.m. Cheers to You Karaoke (Karaoke) 8 p.m. Club 51 Degrees DJ Blue Ice (DJ) The Distillery Open Mic Night hosted by Greg Williams (Live Music) Opportunity for singer/songwriters and small acoustic combos to ply their wares in between sets by a prolific local blues/folk/rock vocalist/guitarist. 8 p.m. Doubles Lounge DJ Sam Diamond (DJ) Driftaway Cafe Chuck Courtenay (Live Music) Pop, rock and country covers & originals sung and played on acoustic guitar. 7 p.m. Fiddler’s Crab House Voodoo Soup (Live Music) Local hard-jamming funk/ soul/rock/fusion group with a wide repertoire (feat. members of The Permanent Tourists & Phantom Wingo). Mar 18, 10 p.m. Mar 25, 10 p.m. Guitar Bar Open Mic night hosted by Caesura (Live Music) Open Mic Night led by a young local melodic metalcore/indie-rock combo. 10 p.m. Hercules Bar and Grill TBA (Live Music) 8 p.m. The Jinx Rock & Roll Bingo w/DJ DrunkTank Soundsystem (Other, DJ) Just what it sounds like: Bingo plus a wild mix of punk. soul, rock and ska tunes. 10 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Live Acoustic Celtic Music TBA (Live Music) Mar 18, 8:30 p.m., Mar 19, 8:30 p.m., Mar 20, 8:30 p.m., Mar 21, 8:30 p.m., Mar 22, 8:30 p.m., Mar 23, 8:30 p.m., Mar 24, 8:30 p.m., Mar 25, 8:30 p.m., Mar 26, 8:30 p.m., Mar 27, 8:30 p.m. Mar 28, 8:30 p.m. King’s Inn #@*! Karaoke (Karaoke) 9 p.m., 9 p.m., 9 p.m. 9 p.m. McDonough’s Karaoke (Karaoke) -9 p.m. Mercury Lounge The Eric Culberson Blues Band (Live Music) Internationally-known electric blues trio (covers & originals). 10 p.m. Planter’s Tavern TBA (Live Music) Piano Jazz -7 p.m. Pour Larry’s (formerly

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continues from p.28 John’s Bar) Live Trivia with Marcia (Other) Live Team Trivia Game. 9 p.m. Robin’s Nest Team Trivia (Other) 8 p.m. Savannah Smiles “Dueling PIanos� (Live Music) Two versatile and wisecracking keyboardists play a wide variety of audience requests. -8:30 p.m. Savannah Theatre “All You Need Is Love� (Live Music, Other) A tribute to great love songs from the last 60 years of pop, jazz, country and Broadway. Mar 18, 8 p.m., Mar 19, 8 p.m., Mar 20, 8 p.m., Mar 21, 3 & 8 p.m., Mar 22, 3 p.m., Mar 25, 8 p.m., Mar 26, 8 p.m., Mar 27, 8 p.m., Mar 28, 3 & 8 p.m. Mar 29, 3 p.m. Scandals TBA (Live Music) 8 p.m. Shamrock’s Irish Pub Tim Burke & Steve Horton (Live Music) Reunited ‘70s duo playing covers of old faves by the likes of CSN&Y, The Eagles,Bob Dylan, etc... Mar 25, 8 p.m., Apr 8, 8 p.m., Apr 22, 8 p.m., May 6, 8 p.m., May 20, 8 p.m. Jun 3, 8 p.m. Slugger’s 5 Point Productions’ Karaoke (Karaoke) 10 p.m. Steamer’s Five Point Productions’ Extreme Trivia w/Jeremy & Ben (Other) Live trivia game. 8 p.m. Tantra Lounge Open Mic Night (Live Music) Weekly showcase for singer/songwriters, both amateur and pro. 10 p.m. Tommy’s Karaoke w/ Jeff & Rebecca (Karaoke) Venus De Milo Open DJ Night (DJ) 9 p.m. Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon (Live Music) Solo pianist playing standards, Latin and jazz covers. -noon -7 p.m.

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American Legion Post 184 Rick Elvis (Undressed) (Live Music, Other) Locally-based Elvis

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A talk with Dianne Reeves Jazz legend hits the festival for the second time by Jim Morekis | jim@connectsavannah.com

No one who saw Dianne Reeves perform at the Lucas during the 2007 Savannah Music Festival could ever again wonder what the phrase “star power” really means. With a perfect combination of vocal power and warm sensitivity, Reeves interacted seamlessly with her small band, bringing the audience along on a sonic tour of the heart and reinforcing the vibrancy of live jazz to longtime fans and newer listeners alike. Though her name is now routinely uttered in the same breath as Billie and Ella, Reeves is comparatively young and at the peak of her abilities as a musician. With a career that began in the ’70s, Reeves hit the pinnacle of fame in 2005 due to a short but unforgettable turn in George Clooney’s Good Night, and Good Luck — the soundtrack to which won her a Grammy the following year. (Speaking of Grammies: Reeves has done something no other artist has done –– winning a Grammy for three consecutive recordings, from 2001–2003.) Dianne Reeves performs Friday, March 20 at the Trustees Theatre. She spoke to us last week from her home in Denver. This is your second time playing the festival. Why? What do you like? Dianne Reeves: I just love the festival. The surroundings and the city are so nice, it’s just beautiful down there. The audience here really responded to you. Was that an unusually hot concert, or was it just another routine Dianne Reeves performance?

Dianne Reeves: No, there’s nothing routine about our performances (laughs). They’re always different. A lot of it depends on the audience, and your audience was an amazing audience, I remember that. We try as a band to make it so that the audience is following, because it’s such an intimate exchange between all of us. And they did, and it was really great.

It’s not like you’re a front person with a backing band. You are very much another instrument in the band.

I don’t want to sound like I’m gushing, but of all the performers I’ve seen I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone as comfortable onstage as you. Have you always been like that?

Dianne Reeves: Yes, yes it can. If they’re really good musicians and they can read and we can have a rehearsal, absolutely. It’s as if a sax player goes and gets a pickup band. I have to be the leader because they may not know some of the cues. But we make music together because it’s all about the melding of musical personalities. Hearing ideas that people have. I like when people bring their ideas to the table as long as they keep the music flowing.

Dianne Reeves: No way. Took me years of just doing it. Now I’m comfortable. Like with the whole thing of singing the musicians’ names and all that — there used to be a time when I could never talk to the audience, but I could sing to them. It was almost like people who stutter, don’t stutter when they sing. I’m not a stutterer, but I had a hard time just talking. But I could sing and I could say anything. How does that fit in with the scatting you do? Dianne Reeves: Scat is basically improvisation. In our lives — and we’re not usually aware of this — we improvise all the time. Like in conversations with people, whatever. You always have certain tools at your disposal, and are you able to make up things in the moment? I talk to a lot of chamber musicians for this festival. What you do almost seems like chamber music, the way you interact so sensitively with your fellow musicians. Dianne Reeves: Oh, yes. We have all these wonderful arrangements of songs, but they take on a different light when they’re performed. They breathe. A lot of times in jazz music, because improvisation is such an important part of the music, the harmonies can change ever so slightly. We’re really breathing together and feeling and trusting one another. We create in the moment. We’re a very tight–knit group and it’s important that we hear each other so we can make that happen.

Dianne Reeves: Of course! That’s kind of how jazz music is. All the great jazz singers, they never had backup bands. The flip side of that is, can you just go out and perform with a different band tomorrow and have that work out OK?

It’s interesting that in the other indigenous American musical genre, bluegrass, there’s no written music and no one can read a note. But in jazz you really do need some knowledge of sheet music and arrangements. Dianne Reeves: But at the same time you have to have that ability to sit in every genre and play. Improvisation has nothing to do with anything that’s written. You don’t write improvisation. I remember one time at a restaurant there was a group of Turkish musicians doing indigenous music, which I’m sure was not written. And they came to the end of the table and they were serenading us. We’re all jazz musicians, and everybody started playing, and we closed down that restaurant, just because of our ability to improvise. We could hear what they were playing and we were able to have a musical conversation — the most important thing in jazz music. It seems like a lot of technical ability has been lost in the newer generation of popular R&B singers. They just have very weak voices overall. Dianne Reeves: I never thought about it, because some of the most powerful voices come out of gospel music.

What is your gospel background, if any? Dianne Reeves: Growing up I sang a lot of music in church, and my gospel background comes from that. More than anything my biggest training has been in jazz music. There were jazz musicians in my family. It seems that jazz musicians, more than other musicians, tend to grow up in families with a lot of other jazz players. Why is that? Dianne Reeves: You hear it. You go with what you hear, what’s around the home. A lot of jazz musicians come out of the church, too. Someone like Russell Malone, my amazing guitarist from Albany, Ga. He comes straight out of the church. It was his surroundings. Another guitarist I work with is Romero Lubambo. He comes from a very rich Brazilian music culture, but he’s an amazing jazz guitarist. So you take what you know and where you come from and develop it into what you want to be. Do you ever purposely include other jazz influences in a song? Do you ever say, ‘I want a Brazilian feel for this?’ Dianne Reeves: No. Some songs just come that way, I don’t even think of it like that. They just end up being that. I get the impression you’re a very instinctive performer who doesn’t overanalyze what you do. Is that correct? Dianne Reeves: Yes. When you do analyze, what does it tend to be? The stage show, the set list? Dianne Reeves: It’s more being able to listen to something and if I can see myself on stage, see what I can do to be better. I’m really conscious of what’s on stage, about the moment. Certain things just feel really good and they work. When I work with two guitarists sometimes, there’s a whole different sound and a whole different approach. You are the only person to win three Grammies in a row in the same category. What is your feeling about industry awards?

Dianne Reeves: They’re nice, but at the end of day, the most important thing is the people that keep coming to see you! The awards can sit on the shelf and when you receive them, the moment is the most amazing thing. But then after that, the next year somebody else gets the award. They bring fond memories and they inspire you, but at the end of the day it’s the audience, not the award. Does it weigh heavily on your shoulders to be compared to Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald and the like? Dianne Reeves: I don’t even think about it. You think about what you’re going to do, you don’t think, ‘Oh, my name is connected to theirs.’ You don’t think about that. Who does? There’s so much work to be done. What is some of that other work to be done? Dianne Reeves: I’m open, there’s always something different coming down the pike. There’s a whole world of music out there, and hopefully I can be a part of it. Your life really changed with the part in Good Night, and Good Luck, didn’t it? Dianne Reeves: I always had a really amazing following and never had any problem selling records. But that movie brought a whole different audience that may not have known I existed. It was nice — it was like being discovered by a whole new group of people. You start to realize just how broad this whole thing is. There are a lot of people in other genres of music that I don’t know about, and maybe they’ll do something and I’ll go, “Wow, who was that?” And I’ll go and read about them and they’ve been around a long time doing amazing things. But because they did something that came over into a place that I’m interested in, I was able to discover them. That’s how I view what’s happened with me. Clooney seems like a pretty cool dude. Dianne Reeves: He’s a really cool guy. Very down to earth, funny, extremely intelligent, works really hard, and he’s really nice. He really made that film happen and it was great. cs Dianne Reeves When: March 20, 8:30 p.m. Where: Trustees Theatre Cost: $25–55 Info: www.savannahmusicfestival.org

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A chat with Wu Han

Pianist specializes in chamber music, performs with cellist husband David Finckel by Jim Morekis | jim@connectsavannah.com

Wu Han, a native of Taiwan, is one of the most sought– after concert pianists in classical music. Her performances with her husband, renowned cellist David Finckel, have set a new standard in the chamber music genre. The two play in a variety of chamber music concerts at the Savannah Music Festival’s “Sensation” series, which are held in the Telfair Academy. We spoke to Wu Han, a virtuoso in her own right, last week. This isn’t your first time at the festival. What’s special about it that keeps you coming back? Wu Han: The first time was a very quick visit. Last year I came down and I just loved it so much. This year they said come down and I said “sure!” And I will end up staying a bit longer so I can do other performances. Very rarely will I stay in a place more than two nights. For me to come to Savannah for an extended period is just such a joy.

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Why? Wu Han: You guys have the most glorious city. The setting itself is so fantastic. Great restaurants, the hospitality, how warm everybody is, the sense of energy. There’s a human energy there that is impossible to duplicate or replace. Only performers know when you walk onstage a sense of communication comes back. It’s not a performance where you feel it’s just a routine. You also have a festival that is so diverse and has so many interesting and intriguing programs. I’m a total classical music geek. I do classical music, especially chamber music, all year long. So it’s fascinating for me to come down and see the same people one night be in a jazz concert and the next night in a chamber music concert. One of the coolest things about the festival is its willingness to push chamber music. Wu Han: It’s unique in terms of intimacy. Some presenters do need to make budget needs, sell a certain number of seats to make the money. In your festival situation, to have the festival bold

enough to take a position and choose the intimate venue to preserve the essence of chamber music, it’s greatly appreciated. So many more people would be turned on to classical music if they were exposed to chamber music. Wu Han: Absolutely. It’s not a lost art, but it’s a situation once you get it, it’s addictive once you’re so close to the musicians and feel the energy. You can practically feel the rosin dust fall on your cheeks. Music really gets to you because the chamber music genre is often written for loved ones in intimate situations, for special occasions, parties, dedications. The genre itself is very emotional most of the time, and very entertaining, just because of where it came from. It’s not so much like a symphony where you have to make a grand statement. These are much more personal situations. Do you have to use less finger pressure on the keyboard when you’re playing chamber? Wu Han: Very good question. Depends on the pieces you’re playing. If I’m playing in a 400 seat hall I play very differently than in playing for 3000. If I play with an orchestra with 80 people behind me, I play very differently from when I have four colleagues in front of me. When you play chamber music, because pieces are written so intimately, you have conversations instead of proclamations. In a chamber music situation you always have to listen to your colleagues very carefully in order to respond. In orchestral situations you look to the conductor for interpretation. With chamber music you have so much more room to fool around. If your colleague whispers a sentence out you have to respond immediately.

Tell us the truth: Conductors are overrated, aren’t they? Wu Han: (laughs) That’s great. (laughs) I love it. If you’re all professional musicians and you listen to each other.... Wu Han: You know, it really depends. The best conductors will still give you that sense of communication. A great conductor in a great orchestra will give you that. But that’s very, very rare. (laughs). When that happens the concert is at the highest level. It should be fluid, it should be flexible and have a sense of communication. You always strive to achieve that with a great conductor. Or a bad conductor. Or no conductor (laughs). Chamber music is the best training ground and the best place to start both in terms of the audience’s understanding, and also for the musician to really be sensitive and creative enough to handle the chamber music situation. It’s hard to find great chamber musicians. It’s much easier to find a good soloist. Why is that? Wu Han: If you want to be a good soloist, you don’t need a good orchestra. If you have a bad orchestra, they’re not going to respond anyway. So your job is just to assert, declare your purpose, and the rest of the people follow you. You can’t do that in chamber music. You’ll kill your colleagues. They will hate you (laughs). They will hate your guts. Because then you lose most of the fun part. It’s actually easier to train a great soloist because you just say, play this, play it loud, and the orchestra will be with you. You can find a lot of young players that will play a great concerto. But if you put them in a chamber music situation they will totally get lost. If you just want to be a great soloist you can get by with just playing your parts so fantastically that everyone else follows you.

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Dvorak’s piano quintet... Wu Han: Oh, yes. One of my favorite pieces. Who can not like Dvorak? He’s the height of chamber music. The piece is just filled with rhythms, fantastic tunes, and contagious melodies you can really walk away singing. This particular quintet also really shows off all five players. You have to play that with the most abandon of energy and imagination. There are places where the music sounds like you’re playing a different instrument. In the scherzo movement some of the passages aren’t really for piano, they’re for bells. The last movement has places for little mandolins. You have to play it so light that it sparkles to get that different color out of your instrument. It’s a tremendous amount of fun. I know in Savannah also you’ll have some of the most virtuosic players. So you’ll see a lot of fooling around. I hope! Also you’re playing the Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata. Wu Han: That is the height of romanticism, and the love duet of our repertoire, especially the slow third movement. Very few people know the piece was written after he went through a huge depression. A psychologist hypnotized him and told him he’d write great music. The piece everyone knows that he wrote during that time was the 2nd Piano Concerto. But few people know that the piece he wrote right after that was the Cello Sonata. It’s so gorgeous. It’s masterful, it’s the Russian soul. It’s one of our signature pieces, David and I really love it. I know about the huge popularity of classical music in Asia, especially China. But are there a lot of composers writing new works in Asia? Wu Han: It happens a lot. Composers traditionally always take administrative posts. The biggest university in Taiwan was formed by a wonderful composer. He has huge compositions. They’re not prominently displayed in the Western world, but when I travel in the far east I see it. I’m about to start a huge project with the Taiwanese government to bring chamber music back to Taiwan. I was there in December and they have a whole brand new opera commissioned for a Chinese composer.

As the Western audience for classical music ages, it seems China’s classical music audience is much younger. Wu Han: That’s very accurate. High culture is actually being celebrated in China. In Chinese culture it’s part of being a great human being to understand high quality culture, not purely for entertainment purposes. That is part of our DNA in the far east. Look at the time of Confucius: If you wanted a government post, you had to write poetry. If you’re a teacher, that’s the most respectable position. You never call your teacher by their first name. I can’t do that to this day. If I study with anybody I have to put a Mr. or Sir in front of them. It’s part of the way our society is built. So when Western classical music came, it was immediately an art form that fascinated our society. It all comes from parents. They really believe if you have classical music training you will have the discipline that’s needed in order to perform. You have to have analytical ability to understand or solve the problem in a highly skilled profession. It fits the oriental culture perfectly. That’s also a culture that celebrates high performance and high achievement. So classical music goes right in there and fits beautifully. The government is very, very helpful because they understand this, and a lot of performances are subsidized. You go to China to a performance and the hall is packed with people, and they all paid five dollars or at most ten dollars. It’s where you date. You impress your girlfriend if you bring her to a classical music concert. It’s a really chic thing to do. cs Wu Han & David Finckel When: Sensations I, March 20, 6:30 p.m.; Sensations II, March 22, 5 p.m. Where: Telfair Academy Cost: $40, $55 Info: savannahmusicfestival.org

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Opening Pandora’s Box

India’s master tabla drummer Zakir Hussain plays the Lucas Theatre by Jim Reed | jim.r@connectsavannah.com

Since Executive & Artistic Director Rob Gibson took the helm of the Savannah Music Festival several years ago, the sounds of India have played a prominent role in subsequent installments. Whether it was 2005’s ground–breaking East Meets West concert featuring British classical violinist Daniel Hope, Florida’s own slide guitar whiz Derek Trucks and a bevy of famed Indian musicians including Amaan Ali Bangash, Ayaan Ali Bangash, Gaurav Mazumadar and Sandeep Das, or 2007’s headlining performance by acclaimed female sitar player and composer Anoushka Shankar, or the blistering 2008 program World of Slide Guitar, which found U.S. dobro icon Jerry Douglas and steel guitar legend Bob Brozman collaborating with their hero Debashish Bhattacharya — Savannah Music Fest audiences have been treated to dazzling displays by many of India’s most acclaimed and legendary musical masters. That tradition continues with the 2009 SMF’s highly anticipated appearance by the world–famous duo of tabla drummer Zakir Hussain and santoor virtuoso Shivkumar Sharma. Two of India’s most beloved composers and instrumentalists, they’ll be joined in concert by the aforementioned Daniel Hope, in yet another of the SMF’s trademark one–night–only concert events. The show, entitled Maestros in Concert, focuses squarely on the Hindustani tradition of Indian classical music, distinctly different from Western classical music. If you’re not a fan of symphonic or chamber music, you may find that you’d actually love Indian classical music like nobody’s business. It’s a vibrant, ever–changing and somewhat unpredictable melange of droning rhythms, swirling harmonic overtones and lightning–fast percussion and fretwork. It’s not uncommon for audience members to find themselves drawn inward into a contemplative and near trancelike state while listening to the seemingly freeform compositions. I say seemingly, because in reality, while there is a certain amount of improvisation going on, these stellar musi-

cians are actually operating within a fairly strict framework — albeit one that may be unfamiliar to the ears of folks weaned on the 4/4 beats of American and British rock and pop. “There are certain dos and don’ts,” explains Hussain, when contacted at Grammy–winning banjo player Bela Fleck’s home, where the two are currently hard at work on a new album. “You have been given a certain scale

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to play, which is a raga. You cannot use notes that are not in that scale, and the rhythmic cycle has a certain number of beats. As long as you work within those parameters, you are allowed to open the Pandora’s Box and see what you can find in it,” he says. “As musicians, we have to be aware of each other and at times, you’ll be playing a piece of music and you’ll do something that feels interesting for about five minutes. Then you’ll finish and look at your watch and realize it has really been 50 minutes! That’s why Indian classical music can be anywhere from one–and– a–half hours long to five hours long. It’s a little like going to a Grateful Dead

show,” continues Hussain. “The whole point is to take that journey together as musicians or brothers or friends, or whatever. Sometimes you connect so beautifully that a five-hour journey goes by in an instant. That’s what playing Indian music is all about.” So, I wonder, is it difficult for the musicians themselves to not become so lost in the moment that they “lose” or forget the arrangement of the tune and wind up making some sort of innocent mistake that send the whole thing spiraling into chaos? Not at all, says Hussain. “There really is no arrangement to forget,” he says with a sly laugh. “That trancelike state or the sensation of being transported into a whole different zone of time and space is something that a musician tries to achieve in Indian music, because the music itself is so open it allows us to explore at will and forget the parameters that do exist.” If anyone would know, it would be Zakir Hussain. Son of the famed tabla player Ustad Alla Rakha (who played alongside sitar superstar Ravi Shankar for decades), the 57–year–old sensation was born in Bombay and began playing this deceptively complex melodic percussion instrument professionally when he was barely in his teens. He quickly ascended the ranks of “name” tabla players, recording numerous sessions for Bollywood soundtracks. In later years, he would be tapped to compose the scores for many motion pictures, including features directed by Ismail Merchant and Bernardo Bertolucci. That’s Hussain you can hear playing tablas on the soundtrack of Francis Ford Coppola’s landmark film Apocalypse Now. He now maintains a busy touring schedule which finds him playing upwards of 160 dates a year around the globe, while still managing to hold down guest teaching positions at both Princeton and Stanford Universities. Looking back, he can still recall vividly what led him to the tablas. “I think mainly I did it just to be close to my dad,” he admits. “I started originally because he played, and I saw the kind of attention

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lywood sessions in between. Within five months, I earned the 20,000 rupees we needed to move into a nicer condominium,� says Hussain. “The pride my father had to see that I had been able to help out with this, I still think about it. I decided then and there that this was gonna be it for me.� In fact, the musician and mentor who would frequently drive Hussain to his Bollywood soundtrack sessions was none other than Shivkumar Sharma, the Indian hammered dulcimer master he’ll perform with at the Savannah Music Fest. Theirs is a lifelong friendship that has produced a wide body of wonderful music both on stage and on record. Hussain says that the bond between the two runs as deep as family for him. “Sharma is ten years older than me, but we both started at about the same time. He was a tabla player first, so he understands my world. His generous attitude of allowing me to find my way through the repertoire and develop my own ‘package’ for lack of a better word, is what’s great about our relationship,� says Hussain. Hussain also has high praise for

the SMF’s Daniel Hope. The two have worked together briefly in the past, and Hussain is confident Hope can hold his own in a style of music vastly different from what the classically–trained violinist is primarily known for. “Western classical musicians play beautifully, but they have the charts in front of them,� explains Hussain. “Most of the time, they shy away from improvising. So, it’s often difficult for Indian musicians to work with those from the West. When Daniel and I played together before, we were able to climb that hurdle easily because he is an artist who is not afraid of falling flat on his face! That’s what we do in India. Sometimes it is magical, and sometimes it is so horrible you want to run away. Daniel is not only one of the best classical violinists around, he is able to relax and take his own sweet time.� cs

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and love that was showered on him and the reverence with which people looked at him. It made me very proud of him and it also made me realize I was part of something that was very special. I wanted to be closer to it,â€? he says. “It was him more than anything that pushed me into this. His energy, and the fact that he wasn’t paying any attention to me. My mother wanted me to go off to school and was taking my tablas away from me. So, I had to play on pots and pans! (laughs) You know how it is when something is taken away from you. You wind up seeking it more.â€? However, there was another very tangible (and practical) benefit to being an extremely gifted musician. â€œWhen I was 12 years old and played my first professional concert in India, I made my first 100 rupees. I looked at that and said, whoah, I was not only applauded, but I was given money? This could work!â€? he remembers. “It didn’t really sink in until about four years later. My father was working and performing and just getting by. I was going to school in the day and playing concerts at night and doing Bol-

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Celebrating Johnny Mercer’s ‘sung poetry’ Cabaret legend Andrea Marcovicci makes her festival debut by jim reed | jim.r@connectsavannah.com

Besides being an actress on both stage and screen, Andrea Marcovicci is widely considered to be among the uppermost echelon of cabaret entertainers performing today. Her captivating blend of expressive, theatrical vocals and engaging stage banter is in high demand, and her annual engagements at such prestigious venues as NYC’s Algonquin Hotel, New Orleans’ Le Chat Noir and the Plush Room in San Francisco regularly sell out. This year, she makes her Savannah debut with the premiere of a brand-new Johnny Mercer retrospective, Skylark, which she created specifically for the Savannah Music Festival. We caught up with Ms. Marcovicci by phone from her home in Southern California. Read the full interview at connectsavannah.com. How much work has gone into Skylark? Andrea Marcovicci: I’ve been preparing this for a year, and I’m so excited about debuting it on Saturday. We did a workshop of the show this past weekend at the Gardenia in Hollywood. It was packed to the rafters, and let me tell you — people are so interested in this. Not only because its his 100th birthday year, but they just adore Mercer. How hard was it to decide which of his nearly 1,500 songs to sing? Andrea Marcovicci: It’s very painful to gradually winnow down to the 24 songs in the final, 75-minute show. I would be happy with two hours and a lectern, because I have become known as The Chatty Chanteuse. That’s evolved over the years into something I call Historical Cabaret, because I do so much research, I feel I have to share it with somebody (laughs). It’s not all songs and toe-tapping. It’s about imparting Johnny’s life and his journey. When the Savannah Music Festival offered me this, I was very honored — especially being a Northerner chosen to celebrate him. But I think they wanted more than just the songs. They knew I would bring in a soul-searching show that would not shy away from his history. I have already been in touch with Johnny’s relative Nancy Gerard to make sure the stories I plan on telling will be acceptable to his family.

What led you into creating this format? Andrea Marcovicci: I felt uncomfortable on stage without a beginning, a middle and an end. So I started approaching my evenings with an actress’s sensibility, and soon learned to find an arc within the material. I began writing and doing conceptual shows, and that led to me doing my “Songbook Series”: the works of Kurt Weill, Rodgers & Hart, Cole Porter. Even Fred Astaire, which contained a lot of Mercer tunes. What surprised you most about Mercer that you only learned through crafting this show? Andrea Marcovicci: Oh, many, many, many, many things! I was completely unaware Johnny was such a major recording artist and singer in his own right. That helped me understand how he so brilliantly set words along musical lines. He places vowels and consonants in a way that makes them ever so singable. I was amazed at the compliments this past weekend on my voice. I said it’s just the way he placed his vowels. So, I am most grateful to Johnny for knowing how to do that. Will you ever revisit this Johnny Mercer program, or is this a one-shot deal? Andrea Marcovicci: I’ll do it again in California, at the Algonquin in New York, and then in 2010 I’ll take it to San Francisco. Birthday year or not, the Mercer show will have legs! You see, it’s so important that we preserve the American popular songbook. In this case, it’s Johnny Mercer, but it’s equally important for the other greats. Sometimes teenagers come, or parents bring little kids, and they sit mesmerized by the language and the rhyme schemes, the cleverness and the humor. That’s the poetry of America — but it’s sung poetry. cs Andrea Marcovicci’s Skylark When: March 21 - 25 (various times) Where: Charles H. Morris Center Cost: $20 adv. Info: savannahmusicfestival.org, marcovicci. com

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Irish Spring (break)

GSU students spend St. Patrick’s Day in Northern Ireland working with The Bogside Artists by Jim Morekis | jim@connectsavannah.com

While you were lifting green beer in Savannah, six Georgia Southern students were in Northern Ireland lifting paint brushes. They were on a week–long “alternative spring break” helping to restore historic murals which chronicle the “Troubles,” the bloody sectarian conflict that plagued Northern Ireland from the 1960s through the turn of the century. There’s not an arts major among them, with the group instead comprising two chemistry majors and one major apiece in political science, anthropology, English, and philosophy. So why were six non–artist college students from southeast Georgia studying political murals in Northern Ireland? We spoke to GSU faculty members Steve Engel and Bob Frigo about the trip, as well as one of the students, Rachel Rozier. What’s the idea behind this unusual spring break trip? Steve Engel: The original genesis was to have an alternative spring break where students could spend it doing meaningful activities, where they’re doing both service and having a cultural immersion project at the same time. Universities around the country have alternative spring break programs, and typically they’re domestic spring break trips. So when we started one three years ago we decided we wanted to have an intercultural dimension to it as well. Bob led a group to Miami two years ago where they worked with Cuban and Haitian refugees, and then last year a group to Honduras and this year to Northern Ireland. Why Northern Ireland in particular? Steve Engel: It’s one of the most interesting places in recent memory where political identity has clashed. More importantly, they’ve found ways to address these problems through a peace process. Northern Ireland in some ways poses a model for the rest of the world

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to look to. The murals fit into that as the ways different communities grapple with the past, and express their understanding of the past. When a conflict is rooted in recent past experience, how people address the past becomes particularly important. We see that in the use of the Confederate battle emblem, for instance, in our own state, and how that brings up issues from the past. How will the students learn about this? Bob Frigo: We’ll be working with a group of artists in the city of Derry called The Bogside Artists that have been together since 1994. What really sets them apart from other people

who’ve painted murals there over the past 100 years is they use their works as a way to advance the peace and reconciliation process in Northern Ireland. The works they’ve painted since ’94 really capture historical snapshots of the “Troubles” that have been going on there since the late ‘60s. These are three–story murals, 12 of them, painted in a Catholic area outside of Derry. The group brings Protestant and Catholic kids together and uses these murals to begin a conversation between two groups of children who perhaps have never shared the same room or sat down at the same table before. Tell me about the mural tradition in Northern Ireland.

Bob Frigo: The mural tradition in Ireland dates back about a century. They’ve been used in that part of the world for people to make political commentary as well as to mark territory between Protestants and Catholics. Really from 1908 until the 1970s the murals were dominated by Protestants. We started to see Catholic graffiti in the ‘70s, but didn’t start to see Catholic murals until the early 1980s. When Bobby Sands the hunger striker, a martyr–like figure, passed away in 1981, that really for the first time is when we saw this explosion of Catholic murals in Northern Ireland. We saw 100 murals in the following three months in Belfast and around the province.

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Rachel, is it difficult for someone of your generation to understand how so much violence can come out of a religious conflict? Rachel Rozier: It’s definitely hard to relate to, because as an American citizen we put so much importance on separating politics and religion. And so to look at a country that has so much trouble because they do have so much interaction between politics and religion, it’s just a completely different situation. What will the students have to do with the murals? Bob Frigo: The murals exist out of doors, and basically they’ve been subject to the elements – wind, rain, not a whole lot of sun because it’s Ireland (laughs). Since 1994 they’ve deteriorated over the course of time, so the artists have invited our students to assist them in doing some touchup work to sort of restore them to their original glory because they’re such a focal point for this community. So when the parade rolls out in Savannah on Tuesday morning our students will be touching up these murals on Tuesday afternoon in Northern Ireland. Rachel, what do you hope to get out of all this?

Rachel Rozier: Aside from just immersing myself in another culture and learning about Northern Ireland, I’m looking forward to meeting new people, having new experiences. We’re also going to be interacting with painters and seeing their work. On top of that we’re going to meet with the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, which I’m very excited about as a political science major. It’s really an important thing in political science from a modern perspective. One of our missions is to work on a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland. We’ll be talking to people who are shaping the future there. Bob Frigo: We’re especially excited that the students will be interacting with people who are advancing the peace process. We’re also meeting with the number-two commander of the police from a decade ago, what used to be known as the Royal Ulster Constabulary. He will help tell the story of the peace process. Rachel, will you miss not spending St. Patrick’s Day on River Street with most of the other college students? Rachel Rozier: No (laughs). I don’t think I’m going to be missing out on too much. I’m good with that. cs

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Chromatic Notes — A reception for a celebration of music through painting, March 20, 5:30 p.m. Chroma Gallery, 31 Barnard St. Feathers and Foliage — Assemblages by Sharon Dobbs at Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St., through April 1. 233-5348. Gallery 440 — is featuring new works by Fran Schroeder and the work of 21 other artists. Gallery 440, 440 Bull St. Ian Aleksander Adams: Photos from Israel — Through March, Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Kahlil Gibran: Selections from the Mary Haskell Minis Bequest — Drawings and paintings displayed Feb. 28-April 12. Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences Life Painting Workshop with James Langley — April 17-18, 9am-4pm. $185. Judy Mooney, judymooney@ bellsouth.net, 443 9313. The Freight Station, Louisville Road Lillian Blades: Fragmentations & Fabrications — Mixed media art from fabrics from dissected clothing, found objects, and small paintings through April 4. Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St. Master Eye II: 19th- and 20th-Century Photography — includes iconic examples from Mathew Brady, Eadweard Muybridge, Man Ray, Robert Mapplethorpe, Herb Ritts, Annie Leibovitz, and other celebrated masters. SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah Richard Hunt: Promethean Mythmaker — Scultpures, drawings and prints Feb. 6-March 31. SCAD Museum of Art, 227 MLK Blvd.

Avian-themed work by Sharon Dobbs is at Gallery Espresso; this is ‘Mates for Life’ Robert Colescott: Troubled Goods — Feb. 18-May 16. Jepson Center for the Arts. Seeing Sounds — Work by 17 Savannah artists in an exhibition that uses the visual arts and music as unifying elements March 6-April 7 at Gallery S.P.A.C.E. 9 W. Henry St. Seven from Savannah — New work by area artists March 14-April 14. 2CarGarage Contemporary Art Gallery, 10 E. Broughton St. Signs of Reappropriation — Work by French artist Kader Attia, Feb. 13-March 22. Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St. Story Lines: A Selection of Prints from the Walter O. Evans Collection — Celebrated African-American prints Feb. 6-March 31. A reception will be held Friday, Feb. 6, 5-7 pm. SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah The Art of Richard Law — Paintings of the deep South, black culture and landscapes using vibrant colors Feb. 17-March 22. Lulu’s Chocolate Bar, 42 MLK Jr. Blvd. The Photography of Margaret Brennan — through Feb. 20, An opening reception will be held Friday, Jan. 16, 5-8pm. at Horizon Gallery 206 E. Bay St.

The Powerful Hand of George Bellows — “Drawings from the Boston Public Library” Jan. 16-March 29.Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences To Never Sleep Again… — SCAD presents an exhibition by New York-based artist Cat Chow through March 27. A reception with a performance by Chow is set for March 27, 6:30pm during the SCAD Gallery Hop. Pei Ling Chan Gallery, 322 MLK Blvd. Wildlife in the Altamaha — Photographs by James Holland through March 27. at the recently renovated McIntosh Old Jail Art Center in Darien. The exhibit will last through Friday, March 27. Open Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm. Old Jail Art Center, Darien cs

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Watchmen Clunky football metaphors are never out of season, so think of director Zack Snyder as the cinematic equivalent of the quarterback who’s clearly no MVP but is just good enough to get his team to the Super Bowl. In bringing (along with co–scripters David Hayter and Alex Tse) the sacred graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons to the big screen, Snyder makes almost all the right plays –– the movie is visually resplendent and remarkably faithful to the source material –– but too often fails to find the heart buried deep within the darkness. Worshipped by comic fans and tagged by TIME magazine as one of the 100 best novels of the past several decades, Watchmen debuted in 1986 as a 12–part series for DC Comics before being compressed into graphic novel form. Remarkable in its storytelling prowess –– both narratively and visually –– the comic has been lifted almost wholesale from the printed page, with many screen shots serving as mirror reflections of illustrated panels. The story begins in 1985 with the murder of a fascistic superhero named The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and from there moves back and forth in time to track the exploits of the other members of the band known as the Watchmen: Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson), Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman), Rorschach (terrific Jackie Earle Haley), Ozymandias (Matthew Goode) and the godlike Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup). With its overlapping storylines of a world on the brink of annihilation, the deleterious effects of life as a superhero celebrity, and the

vagarious manner in which time itself might operate, the graphic novel possessed no small measure of gravitas yet also found room in the margins for wit and warmth. The movie retains the seriousness but too often loses the sympathy.

The International The International is an action flick with smarts, but that’s not to say the brain and the brawn always coexist easily. Clive Owen stars as an Interpol agent who, with the help of a New York assistant D.A. (Naomi Watts), tries to bring down a banking institution that’s long been involved in illegal activities on a global scale (backing coups, purchasing weapons, that sort of thing). Although loosely based on a real-life scandal, The International adheres more to cinematic conspiracy-theory conventions, thus emerging as a pale shadow of such great works in the same mold as The Parallax View and The Manchurian Candidate. Still, director Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run) keeps the film moving (Run Clive Run would have been an acceptance title, given how much mileage Tykwer gets out of his star), and there’s one spectacular (if overlong) shootout at the Guggenheim Museum that’s alone worth the admission price.

Coraline Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas was actually Henry Selick’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, given that it was the latter who actually directed the film. Here, he displays his mastery again, helming an eye-popping animated extravaganza he adapted

from Neil Gaiman’s best-selling book. Dakota Fanning provides the voice of Coraline, a lonely little girl who discovers an alternate world hidden behind a small door in her family’s new house. Initially, life does seem more pleasant on the other side -- her alternate parents are hipper, the food is tastier, the entertainment is more dazzling -- but it’s not long before things take a dark turn, and, with the help of a sage black cat, Coraline soon finds herself fighting for her very soul. The visual scheme -- as with Nightmare, stop-motion animation is the order of the day -- is remarkable enough in any dimension, but do make an effort to catch the film in one of its 3-D presentations.

several different categories: Pushers, Watchers, Movers (but, alas, no Shakers), Bleeders, etc. Nick (Chris Evans), a Mover, has tried to maintain a low profile, but once Cassie (Dakota Fanning), a teenage Watcher, shows up and insists he help her find Kira (stiff Camilla Belle), a Pusher who holds the answer to taking down the Division, all hell breaks loose, as Division agents (led by Djimon Hounsou as a suave Pusher) and evil Asian psychics try to take them down. Some interesting ideas soon get buried under a jumbled narrative, a choppy shooting style and an unflattering visual scheme -- all of which combine to make viewers feel as if they’re watching a movie from inside a spinning clothes dryer.

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If Push comes to shove, then the only sound advice is to stay away from the theater and re-watch XMen on DVD. Certainly, that’s an infinitely superior mutant movie, yet don’t think Push’s plagiarism ends there: It’s almost a given that the pitch meeting found the film’s creators, uh, pushing the picture by declaring, “It’s X-Men meets Jumper meets Heroes meets The Matrix!” Had they any sense of integrity, they would have ended the sentence by adding, “Only not very exciting or enjoyable!” In short, here’s another sci-fi muddle that never breaks out of its geekspeak ghetto, with David Bourla contributing an overly busy screenplay that doesn’t always come together and Paul McGuigan providing draggy direction that takes this far past the point of audience involvement. Set in Hong Kong, the film centers on the Division, a U.S. government branch whose members are tasked with seeking out folks with psychic abilities and either recruiting them or (if that fails) killing them. These psychics have different powers, which places them into one of

Moral ambiguity seems to be the order of the day in most of modern cinema (recent examples include Body of Lies, Traitor, The Dark Knight, and even Gran Torino), but for purely cathartic purposes, there’s still something to be said about films -- competent ones, mind you -- in which the line between Good and Evil is drawn oh-so-clearly in the sand. Take Taken, which operates on a very simple premise: Scumbags kidnap Liam Neeson’s daughter; Liam Neeson screws them up good. That’s all the plot needed for this lightning-quick (91 minutes, and not a second over) action yarn in which Neeson stars as Bryan Mills, a former CIA operative who took early retirement in order to live close to his teenage daughter Kim (Maggie Grace). Bryan’s frosty ex-wife (Famke Janssen) approves of their child traveling unsupervised with a friend (Katie Cassidy) to Paris for a vacation, but the overprotective Bryan doesn’t like the idea and only reluctantly signs off on it for the sake of Kim’s hap piness. But it turns continues on p. 34

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out that father knows best after all: Within hours of their arrival, the two American teens are kidnapped by an Albanian organization that turns young women into prostitutes and sex slaves. Bryan immediately springs into action, jetting off to Paris and employing his ample CIA training to locate his missing daughter. The film’s PG-13 rating means that punches are pulled in more ways than one, and the script by Robert Mark Kamen and Luc Besson (The Fifth Element) disappointingly turns Bryan from an ordinary man with highly specialized skills in the early going into a James Bond knockoff by the third act. But Pierre Morel directs crisply and efficiently, and Neeson delivers a typically compelling performance.

whether viewed in one or two sittings, the fact remains that Soderbergh’s ambitious but erratic film wastes its generous running time by failing to really burrow beneath the media myth, determined not to provide much insight into the individual whose iconic image has adorned countless T–shirts and posters. The first half boasts the stronger material, as the idealistic Che (commandingly played by Benicio Del Toro) helps Fidel Castro (Demian Bichir) and his gang of rebels overthrow the Batista regime in 1950s Cuba. The second half, which finds Che taking the revolutionary road to Latin America, becomes bogged down in repetitious material, with all the additional jungle trek s, gun battles and soldiers’ squabbles adding nothing except minutes to the length.

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After a brief reign of glory in the early 1980s, Mickey Rourke’s career went up in flames, thanks to personal problems as well as a tendency to pick dreadful material. A comeback via 2005’s Sin City failed to take root, but

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no matter: Rourke now has the role of a lifetime in Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler. On paper, The Wrestler sounds like Rocky reconfigured for the wrestling rather than boxing arena. But Robert Siegel’s screenplay fleshes out the basic storylines in unique ways, and Aronofsky and Rourke add a rich palette to the proceedings, resulting in a movie that’s frequently as colorful as it is meaningful. If Milk touches on America’s prejudices and The Dark Knight examines America’s fears, then The Wrestler explores America’s regrets. Rourke stars as Randy “The Ram” Robinson, who was quite the big deal in the wrestling world back in the 1980s. Twenty years forward, however, and Randy is now long past his glory days. Two decades of hard partying have wiped him out, and if he has any emotional reservoirs to tap, he wants to make sure to save them for the two women in his life. The first is Cassidy (an excellent Marisa Tomei), a stripper at the club he frequents who is always there to lend Randy a sympathetic ear (usually in the middle of a lap dance). The other female on Randy’s mind is

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Slumdog Millionaire I’m not entirely sure how a film in which a small boy gets permanently blinded by someone deliberately pouring hot liquid onto his eyeballs while he’s unconscious ends up being hyped (by critics and audiences alike) as the “feel-good” movie of the year, but that’s the strange case with Slumdog Millionaire, the latest from director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting). The modern-day sequences find lanky, likable Jamal (Dev Patel) working his way through the questions on India’s version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Jamal is a

struggling kid who’s coped with poverty all of his life -- a “slumdog” -- and it’s his unlikely ascension that has the entire nation rooting for him to win it all. But Jamal isn’t doing this for money; he’s doing it for love -- namely, for the beautiful Latika (Freida Pinto), who, as we see in the film’s ample flashbacks, grew up on the streets alongside Jamal and his hotheaded brother Salim (Madhur Mittal). Initially, the movie’s structure is ingenious in how it feeds on incidents from Jamal’s past to allow him to get the right answers on the TV game show, suggesting that what’s most important in this life is what we learn firsthand. As for the sequences around the characters’ childhoods, they’re refreshingly uncompromising. It’s a shame that Boyle and scripter Simon Beaufoy bind the final half-hour into a straightjacket of rigid formula plotting.

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his daughter Stephanie (Evan Rachel Wood); because he was never there for her while she was growing up. Yet much of the best material revolves around Randy’s career as a wrestler. Aronofsky and Siegel do a remarkable job of treating its practitioners with respect, so much so that it’s softened my stance toward these athletes (dare we call them artists?) who give so much of themselves for the entertainment of others.

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Caring little for his two grown sons and their families, he prefers the company of his faithful dog and his 1972 Gran Torino. But his shell cracks once he comes into contact with the two Hmong kids next door, Thao and Sue (Bee Vang and Ahney Her). Lazily dismissed in some camps as a simplistic riff on racism, Gran Torino is far more complicated than that, not only in its aforementioned exploration of violence but also in its affecting look at a rigid individual who comes to realize the world has moved on. cs

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Activism & Politics Coastal Democrats

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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. 308-3934 or www.no-debts.com/chathamlibertariansga.html. Chinatown Buffet, Garden City

Call for Entries Savannah Adult Coed Kickball League

Old school style kickball for adults to have fun and get some exercise. League starts March 29, 4pm. $300/team or $25/person, 220 3474 Scarborough Fields,

Classes & Workshops 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 www.700kitchen. com. Mansion on Forsyth Park, Savannah www. mansiononforsythpark.com

Abstinence Education

Hope House and Savannah State University are providing an after-school program for youth and young adults ages 12 to 29. Program activities last for about 2 hours every Wednesday at SSU. Transportation is provided. Snacks, field trips and supportive services are provided at no charge. 236-5310. Savannah State University, Savannah www.savstate.edu/

African Dance & Drum

Learn the rhythms of West Africa with instructor Aisha Rivers. Classes are held every Sunday - drums at 4pm, dance at 5pm at 607 W. 37th St. $10/class. ayoluwa.org, 844-2582. Rhythms of West Africa, Savannah

Art, Music and Tutoring for the Inner Child

Beginning piano and voice lessons are taught by Linda Luke, who also tutors students in reading. Creative dance and a snack are included in the lessons, and special education students are welcome. Sculpture, painting and drawing are taught by Jerry Luke. Private and small group lessons are available and open to adults, teens and younger children. The lessons last an hour and the cost is $80 a month. The address is 5225 Skidaway Rd. Call 349-0521 or 843-496-0651 for info. Classes, Savannah

Artist’s Way Workshop

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Beading Classes

Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced at Bead Dreamer Studio, 407A E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 920-6659. Bead Dreamer Studio, Savannah www.beaddreamer. com

Conversational Spanish

Do you want to practice your Spanish? Come to the mesa de espanol the second Thursday and last Friday of the month at 4:30 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. For information, send e-mail to cafecontigo@gmail.com. The Sentient Bean, Savannah www.sentientbean.com

Fany’s Spanish/English Institute

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. Fany’s Spanish/English Institute, Savannah

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Don’t let the recession get you down. Meet with others from all industries, to learn & implement a 28-day marketing program. Tuesdays 7:30-8:30am or 4:30-5:30pm. $25 per week. 1st meeting free. RSVP 912-236-3660. International Center for Leadership & Coaching, Savannah www.internationalcoach.org/

Life Painting Workshop with James Langley

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Oatland Island Wildlife Center

Oatland island Wildlife Center has a new name, but still offers 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. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, Savannah www.oatlandisland.org/

Porcelain Painting

Ongoing beginner, intermediate and advanced 4-day class. $250 includes supplies, brushes, porcelain and firing of art. 706-495-6724, www. GaSeminarsbytheSea.com. Internationally renowned teachers. Tybee Island, Tybee Island

Puppet Shows

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Savannah Conservatory for the Performing Arts

Low cost instruction in a group lesson format. Classes in drama, dance, percussion, woodwinds, brass, strings, piano, vocals, guitar, visual arts and music theory Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:30, 6:30 or 7:30pm. $60 per quarter. 352-8366, tsaconservatory@bellsouth.net. Salvation Army Community Center, Savannah

Savannah Entrepreneurial Center

offers a variety of business classes. It is located at 801 E. Gwinnett St. Call 652-3582. Savannah Entrepreneurial Center, Savannah

Savannah Learning Center Spanish Classes

Be bilingual. The center is located at 7160 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Call 272-4579 or 3083561. e-mail savannahlatina@yahoo.com or visit www.savannahlatina.com. Free folklore classes also are offered on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Savannah Learning Center, Savannah

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Civil Air Patrol

Thinking of Starting a Small Business

offers aerospace education porgrams and activities for adults and teens ages 12-18. Meets every Thursday from 7-9 p.m. at the Savannah Flying Tiger Composite Squadron behind SITEL in the former Savannah Airport Terminal Building Complex off Dean Forest Road. Visit www. gawg.cap.gov, send e-mail to N303WR@aol.com, or call Capt. Jim Phillips at 412-4410. Savannah Flying Tiger Composite Squadron, Savannah

Tybee Island Marine Science Center

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

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. The Starfish Cafe, Savannah www. thestarfishcafe.org/ is a course offered twice a month atthe Small Business Assistance Center, 111 E. Liberty St. $50 in advance or $60 at the door. 651-3200, www.savannahabdc.org. Small Business Assistance Center, Savannah www.sbacsav.com/

Clean Coast

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 3016. Senior, military and AAA discounts are available. Call 786-5917 or visit www.tybeemsc.org. Tybee Island Marine Science Center, Tybee Island www.tybeemsc.org/

Coastal MINIs

Vocal Classes

The Highest Praise School of the Arts is accepting applicants for the 2008 Vocal Basics Classes. To register visit overcomingbyfaith.org or call 927-8601 for more info. Overcoming by Faith Ministries, Savannah

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.HandsOnSavannah.org. United Way of Coastal Empire, Savannah www.uwce.org/

Wednesday Figure Drawing Group

Work from a live model. Open to artists with some experience - no instruction offered. $60 a month. Judy Mooney. 443-9313 or judymooney@ bellsouth.net. The Freight Station, Savannah

Wicca 101

An introductory class every Thurday at 7pm at Southern Hemisphere Metaphysical Books, Gifts & More, 41 Habersham St. $15. 234-6371. Southern Hemisphere, Savannah

Clubs & Organizations AASU Sci-Fi Fantasy Club

This is an official student club of Armstrong Atlantic State University that accepts non-students as associate members. It is devoted to the exploration and enjoyment of the genres of science fiction and fantasy. Activities include book discussions, movie screenings, role playing game sessions, board and card games, guest speakers, episode marathons and armor demonstrations. Provides guest speakers to educators upon request. Contact Michael Cordry at cordrym@yahoo.com or visit aasuscifi. proboards105.com/index.cgi. Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah about.armstrong. edu/Maps/index.html

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. The Red Zone Bar and Grill, Richmond Hill

is a group of local MINI Cooper owners and enthusiasts who gather on the first Sunday of the month at 10 a.m. to meet other MINI owners and go on motoring adventures together. Visit coastalminis.com. Starbucks, Savannah

Coffee & Conversation

Held every Tuesday at 8am by Creative Coast as a networking event. links.thecreativecoast. org/conversation. Cafe Ambrosia, Savannah

Creative Coast Alliance Ambassadors

meet Tuesday mornings at Cafe Ambrosia, corner of Abercorn and Broughton. Jamie Wolf, jwolf@thecreativecoast.org. Cafe Ambrosia, Savannah

Geechee Sailing Club

meets the second Monday of the month (except for November) at 6:30pm. Open to all interested in boating and related activities. www.geecheesailingclub.org. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), Thunderbolt

Historic Savannah Chapter of ABWA

meets the second Thursday of every month from 6-7:30 p.m. at Tubby’s Restaurant. The cost is the price of the meal. RSVP to 660-8257. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), Thunderbolt

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. American Legion, Post 135, Savannah

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

Moon River Chorus

is a ladies’ barbershop chorus. Rehearsals are Thursdays from 7-9 p.m. in the social hall of Whitefield United Methodist Church, corner of 55th Street and Waters Avenue. Visitors are welcome. Call Sylvia at 927-2651 or sylviapf@ aol.com. Whitefield United Methodist Church, Savannah www.whitefieldumc.com/

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 898-8316 or 898-5086 or visit www.mops.org. First Baptist Church of the Islands, Savannah www.fbcislands.com/

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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-A-Million and the third Tuesday at Chen’s Chinese Restaurant at 20 E. Derenne Ave. at 7:30 p.m. Call 6920382, email kasak@comcast.net or visit www. roguephoenix.org. Chen’s Chinese Restaurant, Savannah

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. Spiva Law Group, Savannah

Savannah Art Association

Enjoy classes, informal “playshops” and shows on River Street and area businesses. Now accepting applications for new members. 2327731. Senior Citizens Inc., Savannah

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. Moon River Brewing Co., Savannah

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 Tubby’s Tank House in Thunderbolt. 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 Darmst0817@comcast.net or 925-4709. Tubby’s

Tank House (Thunderbolt), Thunderbolt

Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States

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

Savannah Energy Healers

Metaphysical and spiritual discussions on energy healing work through crystals, plant medicines, aromatherapy and more. Third Tuesday from 7-9 p.m., Southern Hemisphere Metaphysical Books & Gifts, 41 Habersham St. 234-6371. Southern Hemisphere, Savannah

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. Jaycee Building, Savannah

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. Ryan’s, Savannah

Savannah Mustang Club

meets the third Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at J.C. Lewis Ford, 9505 Abercorn St. An open cruisein is held the third Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at

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Savannah Sunrise Rotary Club

meets Thursdays from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at the First City Club. First City Club, Savannah www. firstcityclub.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. Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah www.memorialhealth.com/

Savannah Writers Network

meets the second and fourth Tuesdays at 7pm at Books a Million to discuss, share and critique writing of fiction or non-fiction novels, essays or short stories. A meet-and-greet precedss the meeting at 6:30pm. Melissa Sanso, 441-0030. Books-A-Million, Savannah www.booksamillion. com/

St. Almo

The name stands for Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks are held Sundays (weather permitting). Meets at 5 p.m. at Canine Palace, 618 Abercorn St. (Time changes with the season.) Call 234-3336. Canine Palace Inc, Savannah www.caninepalacesavannah.com

Stitch-N’s

Knitting, spinning and crocheting Monday and Tuesday from 5-8pm and occasional Sunday 24pm at wild fibre, 409 E. Liberty. Jennifer Harey, 238-0514. wild fibre, Savannah

Sweet Adeline Chorus

rehearses weekly on Wednesdays from 7-9 p.m. in St. Joseph’s Hopsital’s meeting rooms. Contact vicky.mckinley1@comcast.net. St. Joseph’s Hospital, Savannah www.sjchs.org/

The Armstrong Center

The Armstrong Center is available for meetings, seminars, workshops or social events. Classrooms, meeting space, auditorium and 6000-square-foot ballroom. 344-2951. Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah about. armstrong.edu/Maps/index.html

TriUnity Opportunity Meeting

meets the first and third Thursdays of each month at 7 p.m. at the Best Western at I-95 and 204. Learn how to start a business from home. Free. Ask for Chris and Sandy Benton. Best Western, Savannah

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. Old Tybee School, Tybee Island

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. Hyatt Regency, Savannah

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671 meets monthly at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. Call James Crauswell at 9273356. American Legion, Post 135, Savannah

Westside Toastmasters Club

Dedicated to helping members improve their public speaking & leadership skills. Meets every Wednesday, 6-7:15pm. Guests welcome. west-

Dance African Dance & Drum

Learn the rhythms of West Africa with instructor Aisha Rivers. Classes are held every Sunday - drums at 4pm, dance at 5pm at 607 W. 37th St. $10/class. ayoluwa.org, 844-2582. Rhythms of West Africa, Savannah

Ballroom Dancing Lessons

Learn the Waltz, Fox Trot, Cha-Cha, Salsa, Swing, and more on six Sundays - Feb. 22, March 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 from 4-5pm. $35/couple for JEA members, $60/couple non-members. Jewish Educational Alliance, Savannah www.savj.org/

Beginners Belly Dance Class

Classes are ongoing and all ages and skill levels welcome. Sunday. 11:40-12:40am. $10 per class, walk-ins welcome. Nicole Edge, kleokatt@gmail.com or 596-0889. Tantra Lounge, Savannah

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 e-mail to Dance@BreffniAcademy.com. Visit www.IrishDanceClasses. com.. Life Moves Dance Studio, Richmond Hill lifemovesdancestudio.com

C.C. Express Dance Team

meets every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at the Windsor Forest Recreation Building. Clogging or tap dance experience is necessary for this group. Call Claudia Collier at 748-0731. Windsor Forest Recreation Building, Savannah

Everybody Can Dance

The Highest Praise School of the Arts presents a workshop every 3rd Saturday at 10am for all ages. Free. 927-8601, overcomingbyfaith.org. Overcoming by Faith Ministries, Savannah

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. Maxine Patterson School of Dance, Savannah

Home Cookin’ Cloggers

meet every Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at Nassau Woods Recreation Building on Dean Forest Road. No beginner classes are being held at this time, however help will be available for those interested in learning. Call Claudia Collier at 748-0731. Nassau Woods Recreation Building, Savannah

Islands Dance Academy and the Savannah Danse Theatre

Adult Ballet technique class, Thursday 1011:30am. $15 a class or $95 for 8 classes. Men’s technique ballet class ages 12 and up, Fridays 4-5:30pm. $15 a class. Scholarships available. Partnering class Friday 5:306:30pm, free for men who take the technique class. Other classes: Adult Beginner- Intermediate Ballet, 7:30-8:30pm Monday and Thursday. 897-2102. Islands Dance Academy, Savannah

www.fitnessbodybalance.com. Fitness Body & Balance Personal Training Studio, Savannah

Savannah Shag Club

offers shag music every Wednesday and Friday at 7 p.m. at American Legion Post 36 on Victory Drive. American Legion Post 36, Thunderbolt www.legion.org/

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. Doubles Lounge, Savannah

@ the Bull Street Library Thursday, March 26, 2 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 27, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 28, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 29, 3 to 5 p.m. (bag sale)

Swing Dancing by Savannah Swing Catz Free swing dance lesson and dance every Monday, 7:30-8pm, dancing from 8-10pm. Tantra Lounge 8 E. Broughton St. Free. 2208096, info@SavannahSwingcatz.com. Tantra Lounge, Savannah

Swing Dancing by Savannah Swing Catz Free lesson and dance every Monday, 7:308pm lesson, 8-10pm open dancing. Tantra Lounge. 2208096, info@SavannahSwingcatz.com. Tantra Lounge, Savannah

The Next Step

Ballroom dance lessons will be held Feb. 22 and March 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 at 4pm. $35 for JEA members & $60 for non-members. 3558111. Jewish Educational Alliance, Savannah www.savj.org/

Hardcover books & videos $1.00. Paperbacks only 50 cents. Audio books starting at $1.00. For details, call 652-3600.

The STUDIO

offers Ballet, Pointe, Modern, Jazz, Tap and Contemporary. Now accepting applications. Ages 7 and up must arrange a placement audition class. Adult Ballet with Karen Burns is Mon.Thurs. at 11 a.m. and Thursday at 5:30 p.m. and Adult Tap with Pat Alley is now signing up. Veronica Niebuhr, 695-9149, www. thestudiosav.com or thestudidosav@aol.com. The STUDIO, Savannah www.thestudiosav. com/

Two to Tango - Savannah Tango Group 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. Doris Martin Dance Studio, Savannah

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Pole Dancing Class

Learn dance moves and spins while working your abs, tone your legs and arms, a total body workout. Ladies Only! The only thing that comes off is your shoes. Classes are held Wendesdays at 7:30pm and on Fridays by request. Private parties available. Space is limited call in advance to make your reservation. $70 per month or $22 per class. Please call for further details 912-224-9667 or visit

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Youth Dance Program

The West Broad Street YMCA, Inc. presents its Instructional DanceProgram 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. YMCA-West Broad St, Savannah

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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 3553011 for an appointment. The school is located at 6413B Waters Ave. www.ssomt.com. Savannah School of Massage Therapy, Inc, Savannah www.ssomt.com/

Acupuncture for Health

is available Monday thru Saturday at Hidden Well Acupuncture Center downtown. Traditional Chinese medical consultations and treatments are available with Fawn Smiley and Nicole Coughlin Ware. 233-9123, www.hiddenwellacupuncturecenter.com or hiddenwellacupuncture@ gmail.com. Hidden Well Acupuncture Center, Savannah

Ashram Savannah Yoga Co Op

Discounted class prices, open studio time and special events. www.ashramsavannah.com. Ashram Savannah, Savannah

Belly Dance for Fitness

Every Sunday from 12:50-1:50pm. $10 per classe, walk-ins welcome. Nicole Edge 5960889, kleokatt@gmail.com Tantra Lounge, Savannah

Cardiorespiratory Endurence Training

will be offered by Chatham County Park Services for persons 18 and up at Tom Triplett Park on Tuesdays from 5:30-6:30 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. Tom Triplett Community Park, Pooler

Center for Wellbeing Hatha Yoga classes

are offered Monday and Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Pre-register by calling 819-6463. Candler Heart and Lung Building, Savannah www.sjchs.org

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meets mormings at 6:30am at Crossfit Hyperformance. Visit www.crossfirhyperformance. com. or call Jennifer at 224-0406 or Drew at 541-0530. Crossfit Hyperformance, Savannah

Fit Lunch

FIT LUNCH - Join us for a 30 to 40 Minute workout on your lunch hour. Classes offered Monday, Wednesday & Friday from 10:45am until 2:00pm by Fitness Body & Balance Personal Training Studio. Classes are organized and led by 2 Certified Personal Trainers and will utilize a variety of training techniques which may include strength training, interval and cardio as well as core, balance and flexibility. Advanced booking required. Please call for further details 912398-4776 or 912-224-9667. www.bodybalance. com. Fitness Body & Balance Personal Training Studio, Savannah

Fitness Classes at the JEA

Spin, firm it up, yoga, Pilates, water aerobics, Aquasize, senior fitness, Zumba and Krav Maga. Prices vary. Call for days and times. 355-8111. Jewish Educational Alliance, Savannah www. savj.org/

Gentle Yoga

Gentle Yoga with Mary Ann is offered Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. Participants must be 18 or older. Mat and blanket are required. Limited to 12 participants. Pre-register at adultenrichment@uusavanah.org or call 234-0980. Held at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah upstairs in Phillippa’s Place. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, Savannah www. uusavannah.org

Hip Hop Cardio

Monday and Thursday from 5:30-6:30pm. Taught by Mahogany. Registration is $40. $20 per month for members and $30 per month for non-members. West Broad Street YMCA, Savannah

Kidz Fitness

an ongoing aerobic fitness class for children 6-13 with weight concerns. Meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5-5:45 p.m. at the Candler Hospital Wellness Center. Children must be members of the Candler Wellness Center. 819-8800. Candler Hospital, Savannah www.sjchs.org/

Krav Maga –

Israeli Defensive Tactics and Hand-To-Hand Combat taught. Krav Maga is the official system for the Israeli Defense Forces and all the techniques focus on maximum efficiency in real-life

conditions. Mon, Tues, Thurs 7:30pm & Tues, Thurs 11:45am. $90/month unlimited classes, discount for students, military, L.E., F.D. 308 7109, roger@ccs-savannah.com. Jewish Educational Alliance, Savannah www.savj.org/

Ladies Livin 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. African-American Health Information & Resource Center, Savannah www. sjchs.org/1844.cfm

Learn Kung Fu Today

The Temple of Martial Arts is a Kung Fu school where men and women of all levels of martial arts experience come together to learn the art of Wing Chun and Tai Chi. SiFu Michael, 4299241, youtube.com “Kung Fu in Savannah.” The Temple of Martial Arts, Savannah

Martial Arts

For ages 7 to adult, taught by S.T. Morgan Wednesday and Friday 5:30-6:30pm and 6:307:30pm. Registration, $40. $20 per month for members and $30 per month for non-members. West Broad Street YMCA, Savannah

Men On Weights

Designed for those who want to work out in a group setting with family and friends. For pricing call 898-7714. Spine & Sport, Savannah

Mindful Fitness Membership Price Plan

$25 per month includes entry into all the Center for WellBeing classes. Pre-register in Suite 120 in the Candler Heart & Lung building. 819-6463. Candler Heart and Lung Building, Savannah www.sjchs.org

Mommy and Baby Yoga Classes

are held Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. at the Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Infants must be 6 weeks to 6 months, precrawling. The cost is $13 per class. Multi-class discounts are available. The instructor is Betsy Boyd Strong. Walk-ins are welcome. Call 4416653 or visit www.savannahyoga.com. Savannah Yoga Center, Savannah 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. Candler Hospital, Savannah www.sjchs.org/

Pilates Classes

are offered every Tuesday and Thursday from 6-7 p.m. at the St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for WellBeing. Pre-register by calling 819-6463. Candler Hospital, Savannah www.sjchs.org/

Private Kung Fu Classes

offered at the Temple of Martial Arts, Savannah’sonly Wing Chun and Tai Chi Kung Fu School. SiFu Michael,429-9241, www.youtube. com “Kung Fu in Savannah” . The Temple of Martial Arts, Savannah

Reiki Level II Training

Reiki can assist in healing the emotional, mental, physical and spiritual bodies, increase connection and awareness with the higher self and the universe. Classes are 1-6 pm at Southern Hemisphere, 41 Habersham St. $200.00. 234-6371. Southern Hemisphere, Savannah

Rolf Method Bodywork

for posture, chronic pain and alignment of body/mind/spirit. Jeannie Kelley, LMT, certified advanced Rolf practitioner. www.islandsomatherapy.com, 843-422-2900. Island Somatherapy, Savannah

Salsa Classes

Learn Salsa “Rueda de Casino” style every Wednesday, from 6-7pm Beginner, 7-8pm Intermediate, at the Delaware Recreation Center, 1815 Lincoln St. Grace, 234-6183 or Juan, 3305421. Delaware Recreation Center, Savannah

Savannah Yoga Center

Located at 1321 Bull St. Call 441-6653 or visit www.savannahyoga.com for schedule of classes, times and fees. Savannah Yoga Center, Savannah www.savannahyoga.com/

Tai Chi Classes

St. Joseph’s/Candler Center for Wellbeing offers classes Mondays and Fridays from 10:3011:30 a.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Pre-register by calling 819-6463. Candler Heart and Lung Building, Savannah www.sjchs.org

The Yoga Room

Visit www.thesavannahyogaroom.com or call 898-0361 for a schedule of classes, times and fees. Savannah Yoga Room, Savannah www. thesavannahyogaroom.com/

Tybee Island Sunrise Boot Camp

is held Monday – Friday from 6-7am. Park at North Beach parking lot and go over first crossover. Bring a mat. Three days of strength training and two days of cardio. Vicki Lyn, 596-3009. No prices at this time, but contributions accepted. North Beach, Tybee Island

Wing Chun Kung Fu

Effective for everyone, regardless of size, strength or gender. Developed by women, for women, and geared for smaller or weaker individuals to enable themselves to defend against strong or aggressive attackers. Temple of Martial Arts, $75 a month for 12 sessions. 429-9241. youtube.com “Kung Fu in Savannah.” The Temple of Martial Arts, Savannah

Yoga at the Telfair!

will begin Jan. 17. Savannah Yoga Center director Kelley Boyd will guide the class through beginner and intermediate yoga positions while incorporating various aspects of the artwork on display. Bring a yoga mat and towel, and dress appropriately. Saturdays at 9:45am. Drop-ins welcome. $14 per session. 790-8823. Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah www.telfair.org/

Yoga at the Telfair!

will begin Jan. 17. Savannah Yoga Center director Kelley Boyd will guide the class through beginner and intermediate yoga positions while incorporating various aspects of the artwork on display. Bring a yoga mat and towel, and dress appropriately. Saturdays at 9:45am. Drop-ins welcome. $14 per session. 790-8823. Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah www.telfair.org/

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. Savannah Yoga Center, Savannah 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. Candler Hospital, Savannah www. sjchs.org/

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. First City Network, Savannah www.firstcitynetwork.net/

Gay AA Meeting

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

Georgia Equality Savannah

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

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. First City Network, Savannah www.firstcitynetwork.net/

Stand Out Youth -- Savannah

A Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning youth organization. Meets every Friday at 7 p.m. at the FCN building located at 307 E. Harris St. Call 657-1966, email info@ standoutyouth.org or visit www.standoutyouth. org. First City Network, Savannah www.firstcitynetwork.net/

Health Community Cardiovascular Council, Inc.

Control your high blood pressure. Free blood pressure checks and information at the Community Cardiovascular Council at 1900 Abercorn St. Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 232-6624. Community Cardiovascular Council, Savannah

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. Community Health Mission, Inc, Savannah

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 4476605 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. AfricanAmerican Health Information & Resource Center, Savannah www.sjchs.org/1844.cfm

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. Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, Savannah www. savannahspeechandhearing.org/

Free Vision Screenings

are offered to the public Monday, Tuesday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Sam’s Club Optical-Savannah. No membership is required. Call 352-2844. Sam’s Club Optical, Savannah

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

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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. Family Health & Birth Center, Rincon www.themidwifegroup.com/

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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. Candler Hospital, Savannah www. sjchs.org/

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Mothers wishing to find out more about breastfeeding are invited to attend a meeting on the first Tuesday of every month at 6:30 pm. La Leche League of Savannah is a breastfeeding support group for new and expectant mothers. La Leche League Leaders of Savannah are also available by phone or email for anyone who needs more information. 897-9261, www.lllusa. org/web/SavannahGA.html. Family Health and Birth Center, Savannah

Mammograms

St. Joseph’s/Candler will be performing mammograms to screen for breast cancer in its mobile screening unit Feb. 10 at Largo-Tibet Elementary School;Feb. 11 at the Bryan Counth Health Dept., Richmond Hill; and Feb. 17 at SJC Medical Group, Rincon. For appointments, call 819-6800. SJ/C accepts most insurance plans. Financial assistance is available to women who qualify. Candler Hospital, Savannah www.sjchs. org/

Man to Man Prostate Cancer Support Group

meets the second Wednesday of the month at 6pm on the 2nd floor of the Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion. 355-5196. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, Savannah

Meditation for Relaxation and Stress Relief

Learn to relax through non-religious meditation. Instruction and practice followed by Q&A. Thursdays, 6-7pm. $5. Small World Therapeutic Massage on Whitemarsh Island (next to Jalapeno’s). 897-7979. Small World Therapeutic Massage, Savannah

Memorial Health blood pressure check

are offered free every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30-9:30 a.m. at GenerationOne. 350-7587. Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah www.memorialhealth.com/

Memorial Health CPR training

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

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St. Joseph’s/Candler group-facilitated smoking cessation program offers an intensive class in 7 sessions over 3 weeks featuring a wide range of proven-effective strategies to help smokers control their urges, manage nicotine withdrawal and stress and avoid weight gain. The cost is $100. Call 819-6718. Candler Hospital, Savannah www.sjchs.org/

Team Savannah Wellness

A group dedicated to imrpoving the quality of lives in the Five Pillars of Health: mind, body, family, society and finances. Meets every second and fourth Tuesday at 5:30pm in the meeting room of The Woods Complex on Hodgson Memorial Drive. 656-2952, www.chaienergy@ bellsouth.net. The Woods Complex

Religious & Spiritual A Lenten School of Religion

The Savannah Convocation of Episcopal Churches present a five-part program March 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31 at 7pm. Compline will follow at 8:15pm. Free. 355-3110. St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Savannah

Calling All Christians

Open prayer will be held the second Thursday of the month from 4-4:20 p.m. at the Forsyth Park fountain. Call Suzanne at 232-3830. Forsyth Park, Savannah

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, located on Johnson Square. Christ Church,

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. Oglethorpe Mall, Savannah www.oglethorpemall.com/

DrUUming Circle

is held the first Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah on Troup Square at Habersham and Macon streets. Drummers, dancers and the drum-curious are welcome. Call 234-0980 or visit uusavannah. org. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, Savannah www.uusavannah.org

Introduction to (Vipassana) Mindfulness Meditation

An ongoing class for beginners and experienced practitioners that offers a weekly interactive talk on the foundations of the practice of Mindfulness Meditation, followed by a period of meditation. Mondays 6-7:30pm. 307 E. Harris St. Drop-ins, $14, 8-week package $80. Rev. Fugon Cindy Beach. 429-7265 or cindy@alwaysoptions.com. Mindfulness Meditation,

Live Web-streaming

Attend church from home Sundays at 9 and 11am with Pastor Ricky Temple and Overcoming by Faith Ministries. Log onto www.overcomingbyfaith.org, click ’Watch Now’. 927-8601. Overcoming by Faith Ministries, Savannah

Meditation Group

Meets Tuesdays and Wednesdays, Feb. 10March 20, noon-12:30pm. Free, 224-2120, uusavannah.org. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, Savannah www.uusavannah.org

Metaphysics For Everyday Self-Mastery

A series of metaphysical/New Thought classes at The Freedom Path Science of Life Center, 619 W 37th St., Mondays 8pm, with Adeeb Shabazz. $10 suggested donation, 1-877-494-8629, www. freedompathonline.org, freedompath@yshoo. com. The Freedom Path Science of Life Center, Savannah

Midweek Bible Study

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ARIES

(March 21–April 19) The 1906 earthquake that hit San Francisco also demolished downtown Santa Rosa, about 50 miles to the north. During the rebuilding process, Frank Doyle, a local businessman who referred to himself as a “champion of the future,” pushed a radical agenda. “When we construct our new downtown thoroughfare,” he said, “let’s make it wider than it has been in the past. That way it will accommodate the promising technological innovation called the automobile.” Draw inspiration from Doyle’s prescience, Aries. As you regenerate and rejuvenate your world, do the equivalent of creating wider roads. Be a champion of the future. [Thanks to Daniel Osmer’s piece in the Fall 2008 issue of *Lilipoh* magazine for the info.]

TAURUS

(April 20–May 20) Among medieval alchemists, there were some who tried to make a fortune by literally converting lead into gold. But the authentic practitioners of the art were interested in a subtler kind of experimentation: ripening and beautifying the shadowy aspects of their own psyches. That explains their motto: “For a tree’s branches to reach to heaven, its roots must reach to hell.” Among other things, that means you have to dig deep and work hard on redeeming your less flattering qualities in order to earn the right to exalted states of consciousness and spiritual powers. The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to carry out this alchemy.

GEMINI

(May 21–June 20) Entomologist Justin O. Schmidt drew up an index to categorize the discomfort caused by stinging insects. The attack of the bald–faced hornet is “rich, hearty, slightly crunchy. Similar to getting your hand mashed in a revolving door.” A paper wasp delivers pain that’s “caustic and burning,” with a “distinctly bitter aftertaste. Like spilling a beaker of hydrochloric acid on a paper cut.” The sweat bee, on the other hand, can hurt you in a way that’s “light, ephemeral, almost fruity. A tiny spark has singed a single hair on your arm.” In bringing this to your attention, Gemini, I hope to inspire the rebel in you. Your homework is to create an

equally nuanced and precise index of experiences that feel good. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you will be able to call on tremendous reserves of intelligence as you identify the numerous modes of pleasure that are available to you, and define them in exquisite detail.

CANCER

(June 21–July 22) A famous YouTube video shows a small crab perched on top of a giant jellyfish that’s swimming in the ocean. (It’s here: tinyurl. com/6ulpoe.) Apparently this is a common phenomenon. The species known as the graceful rock crab not only grabs free rides on jellyfish, but also steals food from them as it does. This creature is your role model, Cancerian. See if you can develop a safe and symbiotic relationship (perhaps temporarily) with a big stinging blob. At the very least, wangle some benefit out of a clueless behemoth.

LEO

(July 23–Aug. 22) “One of the healthiest ways to gamble is with a spade and a package of garden seeds,” says comedian Dan Bennett. Your assignment, Leo, is to come up with three other smart risks you could profit from taking. You’re entering a phase of your astrological cycle when you’ll be rewarded by leaving your comfort zone and heading toward the frontier –– but only if you’re fully armed with crafty discernment and a realistic (not cynical) understanding of how the world really works. Please stay away from rash dares, unresearched shots in the dark, and crazy plunges rooted in blind faith.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Years ago a Polish scientist toiling in Antarctica was consumed with longing for a woman he’d left behind in his home country. Spilling over with the desire to express his adoration, he gathered a mass of penguin dung and used it to spell out a large “M” on the frigid ground. It was the first letter of his girlfriend’s name, Magda. To this day, two species of flowering plants have thrived in that M–shaped area, fed by the fertilizing power of the dung. Your assignment in the coming week, Virgo, is to create something equally enduring and

unique for someone you care for deeply.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23–Oct. 22) If you find yourself driving on a major highway anytime soon, there’s a better–than–usual chance that you’ll come upon a place where a truck has accidentally spilled a few tons of french fries or thousands of bottles of beer or a huge load of sex toys. Why do I say this? Because according to my analysis of the astrological omens, you will be exposed to an abundance of some resource that is too much to use all at once or is not really yours to take or is not exactly what you need. A highway spill is just one form this could take. What should you? Don’t get distracted by frustration or confusion. Instead, use it as a provocative motivation to go get the precise stuff you need in the right amount.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23–Nov. 21) After extensive analysis, I’ve concluded that you won’t serve any time in hell for the shock therapy you’ll unleash this week –– with one caveat: The shock therapy must be motivated primarily by love, not a lust for power. My research also suggests that in dropping your bombshells you may even rack up some karmic credit, not karmic debt –– *if* the things you destroy are truly beyond repair and certain to keep causing pain, and *if* you institute a plan for building a shiny new creation to replace what’s lost.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21)

“Though the seas threaten, they are merciful,” says Ferdinand, a character in Shakespeare’s play *The Tempest.* “I have cursed them without cause.” Please consider the possibility that you could honestly make a similar declaration about some influence in your world. What’s wild but mostly beneficent? What’s primal in a way that draws you back to your deepest sources and reminds you what’s really important?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19)

Study the following terms: refuge, sanctuary, bunker, asylum, fortress, haven, shelter, safety zone,

storm cellar, hideaway, retreat, halfway house, cloister, cell, ashram, clubhouse, lair, foxhole, nest, pit, inner sanctum. Now use some of those words to formulate descriptions of actions you’ll take to enhance both your freedom and security. Example: “When I’m longing for privacy and renewal, I’ll retreat to a haven, not a bunker.” Another example: “If I need to seek refuge from the unnameable insanity around me, I’ll make a pilgrimage to a sanctuary, not to a foxhole.”

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20–Feb. 18) No one really knows when the Piscean Age ends and the Aquarian Age begins. Astrologers have been arguing about the issue for years. But here’s what to watch for: When the transition gets underway, fewer and fewer people will be invested in belief systems, and an ever–growing contingent will thrive on asking questions and keeping an open mind. For those of us in the latter category –– the Aquarian Agers –– we will prize the virtues of curiosity. We will avoid being addicted to dogmatic theories and rigid certainties, knowing that they tend to shut down our fluid intelligence. We will get a kick out of shedding our own emotional biases so that we can strive to be more objective in our understanding of the ever–evolving truth. I mention this, Aquarius, because it is an excellent time for you to charge headlong toward the Aquarian Age.

PISCES

(Feb. 19–March 20) Some of the best–selling Japanese novels in recent years have been composed by young authors entirely on their cell phones. The small screens encourage narratives that are animated by terse rhythms. Flowery descriptions are rare and character development happens fast. I believe that in the coming weeks you will have a capacity akin to the cell–phone storytellers, Pisces. You’ll be able to compress complex material into simpler forms; you’ll have a knack for being very creative as you cut away frills and strip things down to their basics. cs

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Nicodemus by Night

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with Pastor Ricky Temple every Wednesday at noon. Free lunch provided. 927-8601, www. overcomingbyfaith.org. 927-8601, Savannah Theatre, Savannah www.savannahtheatre.com Learn a technique through hands-on practice that you can apply to relationships, productivity, prosperity, health, grief and more. Saturday April 4, 9am–4pm and Sunday April 5, 9am-10:30am and 1:15pm-5pm at Unity of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. $350 or $250 with “bring a buddy” discount. 355-4704, www. unitysavannah.org, home.hiwaay.net/~north/ or Marguerite Berrigan at 247-6484. Unity Church of Savannah, Savannah www.unityofsavannah.org/

Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)

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. Trinity United Methodist Church, Savannah www.trinitychurch1848.org/

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The Savannah Zen Center

Located at 307 E. Harris St. Soto Zen Meditation offered weekday mornings 7:30-8:30am; Tuesday evenings 6-6:30pm with Study Group following from 6:30-7:30pm; Friday evenings from 6-6:30pm. Sundays from 9-10:30am which includes a Dharma talk. Donations accepted. Rev. Fugon Cindy Beach, 429-7265, cindy@alwaysoptions.com. The Savannah Zen Center, Savannah

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 233-6284 or 786-6075, e-mail UUBC2@aol.com. Celebrating diversity. Working for justice. Unitarian Universalist Beloved Community Church, Savannah

Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah

Liberal religious community where different people with different beliefs gather as one faith. Sunday, 11 am, Troup Square Sanctuary. 234-0980, admin@uusavannah.org or www.uusavannah.org. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, Savannah www.uusavannah.org

Unitarian Universalist Men’s Group

An opportunity to meet with men and as a group explore men’s spirituality while offering social support in a safe atmosphere. Meets weekly to discuss a predetermined topic. Also plans outside activities or participates in activities as a group. Refreshments or dinner is served at each meeting. Visit men.meetup. com/46/ or contact Mike Freeman at 441-0328 or Dicky Trotter at 665-4488. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, Savannah www. uusavannah.org

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. Spiritual Tapas offers something different every Saturday at 6:15 p.m.: spiritual movies, discussion groups, guided meditations, great music and all things metaphysical. www.unitysavannah.org Unity Church of Savannah, Savannah www.unityofsavannah. org/

Wicca 101

An introductory class every Thurday at 7pm at Southern Hemisphere Metaphysical Books, Gifts & More, 41 Habersham St. $15. 2346371. Southern Hemisphere, Savannah

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108 N. CIRCLE DRIVE

Located off Hwy. 17, right on Burton Rd. 3BR, 2BA, Living Room, Dining Room, Large yard. $795/month, $795/security deposit. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-231-1981 10 LANSING AVENUE: 3BR/1BA House. Fenced-in yard, pets ok. $795/month, $700/deposit. Call 912-232-4198. 1108 EAST DUFFY: HISTORICAL HOME, Beautiful, 3BR/2.5BA, hardwood floors, granite countertops, fenced in yard, $1250/month, $1000/deposit. Owner is GA licensed real estate agent 912-631-8306

for rent 855 1114 EAST 48th Street/Parkside. 1BR/1BA, fenced yard, hardwood LR, new paint, carpet. $650/month. 912-224-9377. No Section 8. 116 E. Gaston St. Parlor Fl. 1BR, 1BA, LR, furnished kitchen, hardwood floors, courtyard $995/month. 62 King James Ct. 3BR, 2.5BA, LR, furnished kitchen, dining area/Den combo, patio $995/month. 124 Hidden Lake Cir. 2BR, 2BA, LR/DR combo, furnished kitchen, laundry room, sunroom $925/month. 110 E. Gaston St. 2nd Fl. 1BR, 1BA, LR, DR, furnished kitchen, office, hardwood floors, CH/A $825/month. 1 Flowering Peach 2BR, 2BA, LR/DR combo, furnished kitchen, washer/dryer conn, CH/A, fenced yard $795/month. 1402-1/2 E. 42nd St. 3BR, 1BA, LR, furnished kitchen, fenced yard $700/month. 1107 E. 57th St. 2BR, 1BA, LR, furnished kitchen, washer/dryer connection $585/mo. 1408-1/2 E. 49th St. 1BR, 1BA, LR, furnished kitchen $475/month. Pam T. Property 692-0038 To view pictures go to: www.pamtproperty.com 119 Greenbriar Drive. Like new! 3BR 2BA, all electric, fenced yard, no section 8, $950/mo, references required, 224-9377 ConneCtsavannah.Com online musiC & events listings, & fine sweetness and Content ConneCtsavannah.Com Online listings & cOntent

1214 East 57th Street. 2BR/1BA, Living room, Dining room, Kitchen, CH&A, Fenced yard, $750/Month. $850/Deposit. Call 238-4390

1309 EAST 39TH STREET

2BR, 1BA, Living Room, Dining Room, wood floors, central heat/air. $750/month, $750/security deposit. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-231-1981 ConneCt Savannah ClaSSified adS Work!

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2220 E. VICTORY DR. #4

2-Story, Living Room, Dining Room, laundry room, 1/2 bath, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath upstairs, courtyard. $750/month, $750/security deposit. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-231-1981.

1402 SE. 36TH STREET

2BR, 1BA, Living Room, Dining Room. $750/month, $750/security deposit. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-231-1981. Happenings

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1413 NEW CASTLE

Located off Augusta Ave. 2BR, 1BA, Living Room, Central Heat/Air, Fenced Yard, Priced at $550/month, $550/security deposit. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-231-1981. 1418 EAST 57TH STREET Nice 3BR/1BA Home with central heat/air, on quiet dead-end street. Lease option or Section 8. $800/month plus down payment or deposit. Call 507-7875 or 356-5384. 160 Lansing Avenue. Like new! 3BR/2BA all electric, storage shed, no pets, No section 8. $945/month references requires 224-9377 1 Bedroom Apt 1 Bedroom Apt $550. 642 Maupas Ave. Newly Renovated. Living Rm, Kitchen with Appliances, central air/heat. Water included. No pets. Deposit required. Call 912 897-9802 for appointment. ConneCt Savannah ClaSSified adS Work!

1BR/1BA GARAGE APT. 2612 Stevens Street. LR, DR, new kitchen, new flooring, new paint. Updated, very clean and nice. $500/month, $500/deposit. 912-398-6007

2115 BEECH STREET

2BR, 1BA, Living Room, Eat-in Kitchen, Central Heat/Air. $750/month, $750/security deposit. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-231-1981 2212 Mississippi Avenue: 3BR/1BA, central heat/air, hardwood floors, fenced yard. $785/month. Call 844-0694 or 508-2397

for rent 855 2 bedroom 1 bath home, with large bonus room in Springfield on Hwy 21. Located between Rincon and Springfield. $750 month $750 deposit. Pet fee required. Owner is a licensed Realtor in the state of Ga. Call (912) 661-3331

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2300 Waters Avenue Savannah, GA 31401 For sale *1201 E 32nd St. Duplex, two large apartments. Good income. Good Price. RENTALS **838 West 39th St. 2 bedrooms, formal dining, living, kitchen, fenced yard, offstreet parking. $600/month **4101 Rockdale St 3BR/1.5BA, living room, kitchen, large den, $850/month. **612W 44th St 2 bedroom upstairs apt. Living room, kitchen-bath, carpet/wood floors, CH&A, $550 rend + security. Landlords Are you getting a headache from managing your rental property? Are the fees for the managing agents too high? If that’s the case, cal Lester. We specialize in rental property management, offering the very best service, and the most reasonable fees. Call Lester at 912-231-5650 or 912-313-8261 2301-A & 2307 ABERCORN STREET. 1BR, 1BA, $525/month and 3BR, 1BA $675/month. BOTH: W/D connections, CH/A, all electric. No pets.

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2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH Apt. for Rent in West Savannah. Convenient to Downtown, Garden City. $480/month. Section-8 Welcome. Call 912-658-1407. ConneCt Savannah ClaSSified adS

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Near Skidaway & Victory. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, Living Room, Dining Room, Laundry room, Deck and Storage. $750/month, $750/security deposit. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 231-1981.

3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath; Great Neighborhood 2016 Florida Ave. Available now, hardwood floors, separate dining room. Large fenced-in backyard, offstreet parking. Washer and dryer connection in kitchen. Storage room. 912-786-4913

3BR/1BA on Southside on Mohawk Street. $795/month plus deposit. No Section 8. Call 912-234-0548 Who’s Playing What and Where? Check out Soundboard for a complete list of local music events.

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3BR +Bonus room, 2.5/BA duplex. Isle of Hope Area. Jacuzzi tub in Master Bath, New Tile/carpet, Washer/Dryer included. $925/month. Eric:220-1566 3BR POSSIBLY 4BR HOUSE at 3 Paddy’s Circle. Central heat/air, on private culdesac, huge backyard, outside laundry room, bath and ½, large family room, LR. $975/month $975/dep. Available April 1st Call 658-7750. ConneCt Savannah ClaSSified adS Work!

405 EAST 49TH STREET

Downstairs Apt. 3BR, 2BA, Living Room, Dining Room, Furnished Kitchen, Stack washer/dryer furnished, screened porch, central heat/air. $900/month, $900/security deposit. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-231-1981.

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4BR/2BA house $950/ month, Section-8 approved & inspected, Garden City. 1st & last rent, CH&A, ceiling fans, separate dining & living room. Washer/dryer. School bus route- Garden City Elementary, Mercer Middle, Groves High. 912-964-9157

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108 EVORA 3BR, 1-1/2BA, CH&A, Equipped kitchen. $750/month. 237 WEST 73rd 2BR, 1BA $525/ month.

519 E. 49TH STREET

Located in Ardsley Park, Downstairs Duplex, Living Room, Formal Dining Room, Sunroom off LR, 2 bedrooms, one bath, hardwood floors, central heat/air, deck off back. $800/month, $800/security deposit. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-231-1981. 595 WEST 54th STREET: 2 Bedroom Apartments/1.5 baths, washer/dryer connection/total electric, deposit $630, $630 monthly. Section 8 Welcome. Call 912-232-7659. Allen Apts. is not Affilitated with Madison Apts.

721 EAST 51ST STREET

Located in Ardsley Park. 3BR, 2BA, Living Room with fireplace, Dining Room, Eat-in Kitchen with Island, wood floors, high ceiling, huge atticgreat for storage, 2000sqft. $1295/month, $1295/security deposit. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-231-1981

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Available Now. 2BR,(split)2BA townhome in Georgetown. Large closets, Fireplace, Breakfast-room, LR/DR, laundry-room, designated parking. One-level end-unit. Pool/rec. ctr. $850/mo. Call:(912)667-9951.

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for rent 855 BURNSIDE ISLAND Deepwater-9 Amanda Drive: floating dock, 3BR, 2BA, LR, large eat-in kitchen w/dishwasher, large fenced yard, garage, C H/A, near ICW, outdoor kitchen. No pets or s m o k i n g. $1800/month. 11 Belladona Way 4BR, 2.5BA, LR/DR combo, large den, furnished eat-in kitcen, garage, fenced yard $1495/mo. 26 Full Sweep Dr. Georgetown, Gated: 3BR, 2BA, DR, LR, furnished eat-in kitchen, gated comm. w/pool & tennis $1395/month. 2505 Wood Ave. Thunderbolt 3BR, 2BA, LR, dining area, furnished kitchen, patio, all electric. CH/A $1200/month. 210 Windsor Rd. 3BR, 2BA, LR, dining area, furnished kitchen, den, game room, office, CH/A, fenced yard $1065/month. 1107 Debbie St. Whitemarsh Island 3BR, 1BA, LR/DR combo, eatin kitchen, garage & workshop $900/month. 1408 E. 49th St. 2BR, 1BA, LR, furnished eat-in kitchen, sunroom, CH/A, hardwood floors $795/month. 401 N .Baldwin Cir. 3BR, 1BA, LR, DR, furnished kitchen, laundry room, carpor t $795/month. 426 Screven Ave. 2BR, 1BA, LR, furnished eat-in kitchen, carport, fresh paint, CH/A $785/month. 639 E. 39th St. 2BR, 2BA, LR, DR, furnished kitchen, sunroom, office, porch, CH/A $775/month. 2216 Capital St. 2BR, 1BA, furnished kitchen, LR, large den, laundry room, workshop $725/month. Pam T. Property 692-0038 To view pictures go to: www.pamtproperty.com COMPLETELY REFURBISHED COTTAGE: 2BR/1BA, LR, DR, fenced yard, furnished kitchen, quiet street, Meldrim GA. $700/dep, $700/month. References required. Nopets. 912-2366949/912-657 -5474 Read Week At A GlAnce to find the best events this week. connectsavannah.com

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Completely renovated 2 bedroom apartment, w/granite countertops, slate kitchen floor, refinished hardwood floors, CH&A, dishwasher, icemaker, W/D, ceiling fans and more. Available now. $695/month $695/security deposit. 1702 Atlantic Ave (corner of Atlantic and 33d). 912.484.4066 Art PAtrol for the Latest Openings & Exhibits connectsavannah.com

EAST 38TH STREET

Do you need a place to live? We have properties to fit your lifestyle and needs! *2-Bedroom, 1bath $500 *3-4 Bedroom, 2-Baths, starting at $900. We have homes on Wilmington Island, Pooler, Georgetown, etc.

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Nice one bedroom furnished efficiency apt. Utilities included, cable, central air and heat, full size refrigerator, private bath, very secure. $160/week. No Pets. Call 507-4595, 695-7889, or 355-2831

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2BR remodeled home, kitchen furnished, carpet, screened porch. $550/month plus deposit. Call 234-0548.

Efficiency Apt. $180/week No Dep. Required

No tax or deposit required. $180 Total Moves you in! Efficiency Apt, furnished, cable & HBO included. Call 912-695-7889, 912-507-4595 or 912-355-2831. EFFICIENCY APT. on 66th Street $350; 2BR/2BA, gated on Edgewater $700; 3BR/1BA, 2134 Bona Bella $600. Soon 3BR in Bloomingdale $650.

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FOR RENT: 2BR/1BA Apt, laundry room, upstairs, balcony front and rear, CH&A. 201A West 39th Street. $650/month, $500/deposit. Call 912-604-5040

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Section 8 Accepted 2234 Mason Drive Near Bible Baptist. Renovated 3BR/2BA, Approx. 1700sqft, LR/DR, eat-in kitchen, den w/fireplace, play room, sun room, carport, large fenced backyard, inside laundry. $1050/month + Dep. $900. 4904 Jasmine Avenue Brick 3BR, 1.5BA w/lots of closets. Formal LR, separate DR, on huge lot, 2,438 Sqft, sunroom, privacy fe n c e. $1,100/month + Dep $900. 503 Lucian Ct. Paradise Park, Brick, total electric. 3BR/2BA, LR w/fireplace, kitchen/dining, small den, fenced yard, offstreet parking. $850/month + Dep. $800 Pets OK with Approval. References & Credit Check Required on Rentals

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FOR RENT Wilmington Island 2 Beautifully renovated Duplex Apartments, 2 Bdrms, 1BT, LR, DR, Lg Kit, Laundry Rm, Patio, Fenced. Ref & Sec Dep. Available April 1st. $750. Non-smoking unit. 233-7759

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Condo for rent. 2Bedroom/2Bath 310 Tibet Avenue. Brockington Square. Downstairs unit. Really nice. $850/month, plus security deposit. 912-376-0823 or 770-659-2260

Georgetown-Kings Grant

6 East White Hawthorne, 2BR/2BA, kitchen furnished, newly remodeled. All amenities included, no pets. $785/month+security, No sec tion-8 Call:912-507-4704 GREAT LOCATION!!! 3/2 w/updated kitchen, fireplace, garage, large master w/huge walk-in closet, brick patios. Convenient to hospitals & downtown. Hesse School District! No pets/smoking. $1200 rent & deposit. 8 Candleberry Ct. Owner lic GA Realtor. 604-6412/920-3338

HARDEEVILLE

Singlewide mobile home on Savannah River. $575/month, $575/deposit. Call 964-4451.

HIBISCUS AVENUE

1BR, carpet, kitchen furnished, recently remodeled. $475/month plus deposit. Call 234-0548. HOME FOR RENT: 5908 Edison Avenue, 3BR/1BA, w/den, fenced yard. New flooring and paint. $850/month, $850/dep. Section 8 accepted. Owner is licensed real estate agent. Call 631-8306. HOUSE FOR RENT: 643 West 40th Lane (between Burroughs & Florence). 3 bedrooms with central heating & air. $730/month. Call 912-844-0694 or 508-2397

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HOUSE FOR RENT: on Ebenezer Creek, Rincon. 2BR/1BA, washer/dryer included. $550/month, $550/deposit. Call 912-657-0224.

RENT-TO-OWN Homes. No Qual. “You can move in today!” Call John, 912-844-7606, 24hrs.

Liberty City

4301 Walton St. New Home for Rent $850. 3bed/2bath living rm, dining rm, huge kitchen. Call 547-4280 MOBILE HOMES AND APTS 2&3 BR units available. Rent $475-$750. All units located in Effingham County. Call 748-9625 MOBILE HOMES: Available for rent. Located in mobile home park. Starting at $450 per month and up. 912-658-4462 or 925-1831. Must See! 2 big bedrooms , living room, dining room in quiet neighborhood near Candler. 19 Berkeley Place. $620/month. 354-4574 NICELY FURNISHED APARTMENT on bus line, private entrance, adjoining bathroom, mini-kitchen, phone, cable, internet, washer & dryer. $145/week $522/month. Other Rooms and Apartments available. Mon-Sat. 912-231-9464.

OAK POINTE TOWNHOMES, Unit 402. 3BR/3 Full Baths For Sale or Rent. $1350/month. Beautiful fireplace, high ceilings, car garage. 912-925-0587.

ONE BEDROOM

Loft-style apt only $570 a month! Convenient southside location. Dishwasher & W/D connections. MOVE IN NOW. Moss Gate Apts., 10600 Abercorn St., 920-8005. POOLER Available April 1 3BR/2BA, family room w/ fireplace, eat-in kitchen, appliances furnished, screened back porch, washer/dryer connections. $1100/month +references, No inside pets. Reduced! 2bd, 2ba, condo in Windsor Crossings. Rent $700, deposit $700. Call 658-1069.

RINCON: 3BR/2BA w/fireplace, island kitchen, 2-car garage, all appliances. Very clean, nice yard. In subdivision, close to schools and shopping $700/month, $700/deposit. No Section 8. 912-667-7280.

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SENIORS CITIZENS ONLY. Starting $100/wk, NEWLY BUILT, FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED. Carver Village. DUPLEX- 1017/1019 Elliot- 3br/2bath $795. APTS- 528 MLKLuxury 1br/1bth w/den-$650, 2br/2.5bth $800. Contact: Cynthia 604-6670

SOUTHSIDE

Gated waterfront community. 3BR/2BA with amenities. Boat storage available. Available now. $1295/month. Call 660-8860. Art PAtrol for the Latest Openings & Exhibits connectsavannah.com

SUNRISE VILLAS

Section 8 Duplex Homes. Eastside Newly Remodeled 2BR Only. Now ready To Rent Total Electric W/D Connections. Many More Amenities. Conveniently Located Near Shopping Centers, Hospitals., Schools, Truman Parkway & Buslines.

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Thunderbolt - Bonaventure Place. Gated community three bedroom, garage, 2.5 bath townhome. Fully carpeted, patio, new appliances, washer/dryer. Convenient to Islands, shopping. $1200/month plus utilities. A must see. 912.695.7000.

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459 Mall Blvd #26. Spacious one floor 2BR, 2BA, Living Room/Dining Room Combination, built in bookshelves, furnished eat-in kitchen, patio of kitchen, Patio off kitchen and LR. Convenient to everything. $1095/month. Call Helen Miltiades Realty 912-231-1981

WE BUY HOUSES 2139 Causton Bluff 3BR/2BA, central heat/air $950/month, $850/deposit. 818 Dyches Drive 1BR/1BA Cottage. $560/month, $460/deposit.

References and Credit Check required. Call 351-0500 for showing.

WE BUY HOUSES 866-202-599 5 EXT. 1 WEEKLY AND MONTHLY PROPERTIES AVAILABLE. Peaceful atmosphere. WEEKLY UNITS: Furnished, Private entrance, No sharing, living quarters, utilities included. From $175-$200/wk, $100-$150/deposit. MONTHLY PROPERTIES: 3BR/2BA, Appliances included. Properties located in Pooler & Savannah. $700-$800/month plus deposit same as rent. No Section 8. Interested parties call 441-5468

Wilmington Island Duplex, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, living room, dining room, kitchen, $775/month, 897-6789 or 344-4164 WILMINGTON ISLAND HOMES 8 CYPRESS COVE: 3bedrooms, 3-baths, large bonus room $1,700. 220 ISLAND CREEK: 3bedrooms, 2-baths, Garage, Pool & Tennis Courts $1,050. SOUTHSIDE HOME 3-bedrooms, 2-baths, $1100. JEAN WALKER REALTY LLC 912-898-4134 CommerCial ProPerty For rent 890

Commercial Space For Rent.

Piccadilly Square 10010 Abercorn St *one 2500 sq ft *one 3000 sq ft Call Lyn @ 912-667-8360 OFFICE/WAREHOUSE FOR RENT 2000 SF OFFICE/WAREHOUSE FOR RENT. $1,365.00 PER MONTH 2305 ROWLAND AVE. THUNDERBOLT, GA. SUITE 206 CALL 912-507-2099 WAREHOUSE OFFICE: 5400 Sq.Ft. $2000/ month. Near loop 26, I-16.

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BLOOMINGDALE/GUYTON

Furnished room in quiet area. Includes utilities, television, washer and dryer, stove, refrigerator. Near Gulfstream, I-16 and airport. Shared kitchen and bath. Call 912-210-0181

Eastside area, rooms for rent. Very nice and clean. $175-$200/wee kly plus deposit. Furnished, 5 rooms, 3 baths available. Great for SCAD or college students. Cable, lounge area, washer and dryer, on main bus-line. 927-7644 or 631-1458

EFFICIENCY ROOMS

Includes stove, refrigerator, private bath. Furnished! $180/week + deposit. Call 912-844-5995 FURNISHED EFFICIENCY: 1510 Lincoln St. $145/week or $155/week for double occupancy. Includes utilities! Call 912-231-0240

ROOM FOR RENT shared washer/dryer, kitchen, central heat/air, satellite TV hookup and Wii. No A.D.S. Near public library, buslines. $130/week. 912-231-6682 Roommate wanted. Mature professional for 3BR/2BA home. Cable. W/D, Utilities included Berwick Cottonvale area. $395 monthly. Call Ed at 912-234-0854 ROOMS AND UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS for RENT at Waters and Anderson St. (1020 East Anderson) Call 912-341-7420 X201

ROOMS FOR RENT

$85 to $115 per week. East side, on busline. Clean, central heat/air, appliances. No deposit. 912-272-3247.

FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT On the East&West sides. $125/weekly. All utilities included. Basic Cable, Washer, Dryer. Queen/Full Call: 695-2669

$95 to $165 PER WEEK. Refrigerator, Microwave, Cable, TV, Telephone, Central Heat/Air, Washer/Dryer, on the Bus line. 912-398-3241.

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Cable, refrigerator, total electric. $140/week. Call 912-313-0227.

over 20 yrs. Freshly painted Apts $150/wk. Rooms $70-80/wk. Furnished and utilities included. Call 234-9779 NEAR MEMORIAL East Savannah. Furnished, includes utilities, central heat and air, Comcast cable, television, washer/dryer. Hardwood floors, ceramic tile in kitchen and bath. Shared Kitchen & Shared bath. 5 minutes to Memorial Hospital. Call 912-210-0181. ROOM 4 RENT: 2027 Vermont Street, East Savannah. ONE ROOM AVAILABLE. Nice neighborhood. Furnished rooms. $135/weekly. Serious inquiries only. Call 844-9154

ROOMS FOR RENT

Nice/clean, furnished rooms, CH&A, kitchen furnished, washer/dryer, cable. Located on busline. $110-$125 weekly. Call 912-401-1116

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Westside. $85-$130/weekly, Utilities and cable included. Call 844-5655.

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CASH CARS $2950 or less!

1984 CLASSIC CORVETTE Good transmission, new engine, fresh paint. 1997 CHEVY BLAZER good engine and transmission. green in color. Call 912-631-7490.

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1990 Isuzu pickup 5-speed, clean, runs good, $1150. • ‘95 Mazda Protege. Cold A/C, 5-speed, very clean, runs great. $1950 OBO. • ‘95 Grand Am, very clean, AC $1950. • ‘95 Dodge Caravan, cold AC, clean $1990. Call 912-441-2150 1992 SUZUKI SWIFT, 5-speed, 118K miles, runs like a charm, AC, needs minor repair, car runs great. $1100. Call 658-7750.

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1995 Toyota Forerunner, new brakes, new a/c, new battery. good condition, $3500 OBO. 912-663-0613 1998 OLDSMOBILE SILHOUETTE Minivan, fully loaded, automatic sliding door, leather seats, 7-passenger, good condition. $2250. Call 352-2281 or 604-4353 1999 Mercury Sable station wagon, 6 cyl automatic, air conditioned new tires, excellent condition, clean. $3000. 1993 Lincoln Towncar, 8cylinder aut, new tires, exc cond, clean. $2000. Call 920-6334

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2005 BUICK LESABRE, One family owned. Very good condition. 29mpg highway, 54K miles, nearly new tires. $10,900. 912-925-4392 or 912-713-3522

‘93 Toyota Camry

Only $600! Runs Real Good!! For listings 800-536-8309 x5068

‘94 HONDA ACCORD

Only $900! Police Impounds! For Listings 800-536-8309 x7180

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Chrysler Convertible • 2000 Blazer and more... $1950 or less

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2004 Wellcraft 200 Fisherman

115 hp Yamaha engine tandem trailer GPS Depth Finder - Stereo, Great ski / fishing boat, $21,995. Call Paul @ A Boaters Paradise 912-925-6311

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Mercury Sable • ‘94 Ford Escort and more... $950 or less • ‘96 Altima • ‘87 Nissan and more... Call:912-964-244 0 FENDER BENDER? Paint & Body Work. Reasonably Priced. Insurance Claims. We buy wrecks. Call 912-355-5932. HONDA & NISSAN 2001 Nissan Frontier Crew-Cab. New transmission, New Timing Belt, Also 1997 Honda Prelude V-Tek. Auto/Stick, Low miles. $5000 each OBO. 912-507-3735 POLICE IMPOUNDS! Cars from $500! For listings, 1-800-536-8309 x4647 Motorcycles/ AtVs 940

2005 Sundance Skiff

B18 90 hp Mercury 4-stroke engine with less than 200 hours. Includes trailer $13,650 Call Paul @ A Boaters Paradise. 912-925-6311

2007 Bayliner 175

2007 Family package custom made storage cover. Less than 200 hours on engine - includes trailer, $7995. Call Paul @ A Boaters Paradise 912-925-6311 Campers/rVs 960 1991 Coachman Class-C Ford van. Self contained, 19” long, 84,000 miles, fully loaded, good condition, drive away, $5000. 912-925-1805 Never used, 2008, 30 foot travel trailer, 1 slide out $18,500. Call 912-564-2830

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2003 HARLEY-DAVIDSON 100th anniversary FLHTCI Electra Glide Classic 88ci, Gun metal blue, AM/FM/CD radio, 21,000 miles. $13,500. 912-210-2144 or 912-748-1491. 2008 Hyosung Cruiser, for sale. V-twin/250cc has 1019 miles, made by United Motors, $4000, negotiable. 656-1887.

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WILMINGTON ISLAND 4BR/2BA house with living-room, dining-room, den, & large fenced-in backyard, 7001 Sand Road. $1500/month. Call 897-6789 or 344-4164

ROOM FOR RENT: Safe Environment. Central heat/air, cable, telephone service. $400/$500 monthly, $125/security deposit, no lease. Immediate occupancy. Call Mr. Brown: 912-663-2574 or 912-234-9177.

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Very Nice 3 Bedroom Homes: *2103 Causton Bluff Rd. $765. *1935 Greenwood Road. $765. **Four Bedroom, Two Bath: 20 Countrywalk Drive. $1,000. **2 bedroom 2 Bath Townhouse. 72 Knollwood Circle. $800. Call 507-7934 or 927-2853

CLEAN & SAFE ROOMS FOR RENT. Single room $130-160/weekly in Garden City. Call

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TYBEE - 2BR/1BA Apt., central-heat/air. Walk to beach, 1 block from AJ’s. $850/month, $850/deposit. 912-507-4637.

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TWO 2BR/2BA Condos $800/month each. Garage Apt., includes utilities $750/month. 4BR/2BA House $1200/month. 3BR/1BA House, Garden City $850/month. Call 658-3584.

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