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this week | compiled by robin wright gunn | happenings@connectsavannah.com

Week At A Glance is Connect Savannah’s listing of various events over the coming week. If you would like an event listed, please email WAG@connectsavannah.com.

Include specific dates, time, locations with addresses, cost and a contact number. Deadline for inclusion is 5pm Friday, to appear in next Wednesday’s edition.

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The Lure of New York: Duncan Phyfe, Mary Telfair, and his Southern Clientele." Bistro luncheon follows. Lecture at Savannah Theater. Luncheon at Telfair's Jepson Center and Telfair Academy.

When: 10 a.m Where: The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. Cost: lecture only: $40. Lecture and luncheon: $75 Info: 912-790-8866. telfair.org

Wednesday Film: The Human Duplicators (1965, USA)

What: Psychotronic Film Society presents a 48th anniversary screening of a movie about (yet another) alien sent to take over the Earth.

When: 8 p.m Where: Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. Cost: $5 Info: sentientbean.com

Baseball: Savannah Sand Gnats v. Rome Braves

Lecture: Architecture of Density: Urban Living as Organized Chaos

What: Puay-peng Ho is director of the

School of Architecture at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

When: 5:30 p.m Where: SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

Cost: Free and open to the public.

Spring Break Puppet Shows at Puppet People

What: Something for the kids during spring break.

When: April 1-5, 10 a.m Where: Puppet People Studio, 3119 Furber Ave. Cost: $6 per person.

Info: 912-355-3366. puppets@puppetpeople.com. puppetpeople.com

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Thursday Opening Night! Savannah Sand Gnats Baseball

What: The Gnats take on the Rome Braves. Thirsty Thursday and...postgame fireworks! Boom!

When: 6:35 p.m Where: Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. Cost: $7-$10 Info: savannah.sandgnats.milb.com

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What: Opening weekend continues with free magnetic schedules and special stuff on Facebook for Facebook Friday.

When: 7:05 p.m Where: Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. Cost: $7 general admission

The Savannah Theatre cast performs for Muse April 8.

Savannah Canoe and Kayak Lecture: Savannah Riverkeeper, Tonya Bonitatibus

What: Update on current projects, vol-

unteer and membership opportunities.

When: 6:30 p.m Where: Savannah Canoe & Kayak, 414 Bonaventure Rd. Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: 912-341-9502

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What: Entertainer and comedian with eleven music and comedy CDs, plus film appearances in Crazy Heart and DOA: The Sex Pistols Documentary.

When: 8 p.m Where: Bay Street Theatre, 1 Jefferson Cost: $9 Gen. Adm. $15 VIP Info: savannahcomedyrevue.com

First Friday & Saturday on River Street

Friday Art Lecture: Tim Rollins

What: This art education "rock star" transformed at-risk youth in the Bronx into artists whose work is on exhibit in museums world wide. Keynote lecture for the national conference of the Foundations in Art: Theory and Education(FATE).

When: 7 p.m Where: Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: scad.edu

The Artful Table: Chairs by Design Lecture and Luncheon

What: Telfair Academy Guild presents Peter M. Kenny from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Lecture:

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Comedy: The Darryl Rhodes Show

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What: Kicks off with First Friday Fireworks at 9pm. DJ's, entertainment, artists, kids events all weekend. Sat. 1pm, Nathan's Famous July 4 International Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifying event.

When: 4-10 p.m Where: Rousakis Plaza, River St. Cost: Free and open to the public.

First Friday Art March

What: Open houses at several art related businesses and galleries between Forsyth Park & Victory Drive. Art receptions, live music and the Indie Arts Bazaar from 6-9pm. Check artmarchsavannah.com for a map and stops.

Where: Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. Cost: Free & open to the public Info: 912-401-0543

First Friday for Folk Music

What: Savannah’s monthly showcase of local and touring folk musicians features Michael Maddox and Jason Bible.

Host for the evening is Chris Desa.

Where: First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. Cost: $2 donation.

Info: 912-898-1876. savannahfolk.org

Odd Lot's 3rd ODDiversary Special

What: The Odd Lot Comedy Troupe celebrates their third anniversary of live, in the moment, hilarity with a showcase of improvisational comedy.

When: 8 p.m Where: Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. Cost: $10 Info: oddlot.org

Savannah Yoga Center Ten-Year Anniversary Party

What: From downward facing dog to party animal--SYC's ten year celebration includes a DJ, dancing, cake and kombucha tea.

When: 7-9 p.m Where: Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: savannahyoga.com

Spring Break Puppet Shows

What: Something for the kids during spring break. A different puppet show every day.

When: April 1-5, 10 a.m Where: Puppet People Studio, 3119 Furber Ave. Cost: $6 per person.

Info: 912-355-3366. puppets@puppetpeople.com. puppetpeople.com

Theater: 'Til Beth Do Us Part

What: A Tybee Arts Association Performance Society comedy about businesswoman Suzannah Hayden, who gets much more than she bargained for when she hires an assistant, Beth Bailey. Directed by Kimmi Sampieri.

When: 7:30 p.m Where: Firehouse Arts Center, 7 Cedarwood Ave. Cost: $18 & $15 Info: 912-786-5920

Saturday 100 Black Men of Savannah 17th Annual Grand Dinner & Gala

What: Benefiting the 100 Black Men of Savannah’s mentoring and outreach programs for children and youth. In the Student Union Ballroom.

When: 6 p.m Where: Savannah State University, 3219 College St. Cost: $150, Table for 10: $1,500 Info: 912-507-0142. 100BlackMenSav. org

23rd Annual Teddy Bear Hospital

What: Bring a favorite toy to a mock hospital for a checkup. Visit with firefighters, police officers, rescue dogs, and more. At Parking Deck C on the Memorial campus.

When: 10 a.m.-2 p.m Where: Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Cost: Free and open to the public. Ideally for children age 10 and under.

Info: memorialhealth.com

First Friday & Saturday on River Street

What: Drive-through, low-cost vaccination and microchip clinic sponsored by Humane Society of Greater Savannah.

When: 10 a.m.-2 p.m Where: Chatham County Health Dept., 1395 Eisenhower Dr. Cost: $10 vaccinations. $20 microchipping.

Info: 912-354-9515 x 112. HumaneSocietySAV.org.

What: Kicks off with First Friday Fireworks at 9pm. DJ's, entertainment, artists, kids events all weekend. Food and adult beverages available for purchase. Sat. 1pm, Nathan's Famous July 4 International Hot Dog Eating Contest qualifying event.

When: 9 a.m.-10 p.m Where: Rousakis Plaza, River St. Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: riverstreetsavannah.com

Davenport House Early Morning Walking Tours

Forsyth Farmers Market

What: Local and regional produce, honey, meat, dairy, baked goods.

When: 9 a.m.-1 p.m Where: Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. Cost: Free to attend. Items for sale.

Info: forsythfarmersmarket.com

What: A 90-minute walking tour

of the Landmark Historic Distric's Eastside, focused on Savannah's historic preservation movement.

2.5 mile tour, followed by treats in the garden.

When: 8 a.m.

Where: Davenport House, 324 E. State Cost: $20 Info: 912-236-8097. davenporthousemuseum.org

Semi-Final of Nathan’s Championship Hot Dog Eating contest

Dig V for Vendetta? You’ll love Judex, screening April 10 at The Bean

What: Regional semi-final round to determine the world champion hot dog eater. Appearing is Bruce Pobanz from Brunswick.

When: 1 p.m Where: River Street, River St.

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Cat and Dog Vaccination and Microchip Clinic

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Tamika: All Love Tour 2013

What: As seen on Def Poetry Jam, Verses & Flow, Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail, BET, VH1 and MTV. Also appearing: Promyse Simone Grace, Hope Flows and Basik Lee. When: 8 p.m Where: Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. Cost: $15 Info: soulloungeofsavannah.com

Theater: 'Til Beth Do Us Part

What: A Tybee Arts Association Performance Society comedy.

When: 7:30 p.m Where: Firehouse Arts Center, 7 Cedarwood Ave. Cost: $18 & $15 Info: 912-786-5920

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Sunday Comedy: Bill Maher

What: Comedian, talk show host, film star and political commentator in an evening of stand up.

When: 7 p.m Where: Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. Cost: $59.50 plus box office fees Info: savannahcivic.com

Flannery O'Connor 2013 Gulfstream Spring Lecture Series: Alexa K. Boehringer

What: SCAD M.F.A. candidate explores

how Flannery O'Connor crafts Mary Grace as a violent social transgressor.

When: Sunday, 4 p.m.

Where: Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 E. Charlton Street.

Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: 912-233-6014. flanneryoconnorhome.org

Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah)

What: Local recognition of the interna-

tional day to remember the Holocaust.

This year's theme: Righteous Gentiles, who hid or rescued Jews from the Nazis. Keynote speaker: Nancy Wright Beasley, author of Izzy's Fire: Finding Humanity in the Holocaust.

When: 4:30 p.m Where: Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Cost: Free and open to the public.

Phillip Phillips in Concert

What: South Georgia nightclub singer/

songwriter that hit star status with his win on American Idol. Churchill opens.

When: 8 p.m Where: AASU Fine Arts Auditorium, 11935 Abercorn St. Cost: $10-$15 Info: armstrong.edu

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Monday Baseball: Savannah Sand Gnats v.

Augusta Green Jackets

What: Dollar Monday at the ball game, with $1 tickets with coupon from Kroger and other vendors. $1 Natty Lights beer, hot dogs, chips and sodas.

When: 7:05 p.m Where: Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. Cost: $1 with coupon. $7 general Info: sandgnats.com

Show Me the Love: Musical Revue and Fundraiser for Muse Arts Warehouse

What: Friends of Muse Arts Warehouse and the Historic Savannah Theatre’s cast and crew team up for a night of food, music and song. Benefiting Muse Arts Warehouse. 5:30pm Show Me The Love Cocktail Social at Bryson Hall,5 E. Perry St. Food and beverage sales and silent auction.

When: 7 p.m Where: The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. Cost: $20 Info: musesavannah.org

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Tuesday Baseball: Two for Tuesday at the Sand Gnats

What: The Sand Gnats take on Augusta Green Jackets. Buy-one-get-one-free Natty Lights beer.

When: 7:05 p.m Where: Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. Cost: $7 general admission.

Info: sandgnats.com

Magnificat: 1,000 Years of Women Composers

What: A concert by Armstrong Choirs featuring music by two contemporary American female composers and the title work, a sacred motet for voices, violins and basso continuo by Isabella Leonarda, a 17th century Italian nun.

When: 7:30 p.m Where: AASU Fine Arts Auditorium, 11935 Abercorn St. Info: armstrong.edu

GreenDrinks Savannah

What: Their motto is: Sustainability is

good. Cocktails are good. Sustainability +Cocktails=Better When: Tue., April 9, 5:30-7:30pm Where: SEED Eco Lounge 39 Montgomery St.

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Wednesday Baseball: Pack the Park Wednesday at the Sand Gnats

Film: Judex (1963, France)

What: 101st birthday tribute to director Georges Franju, this superhero film is one of his most obscure productions that was a key influence on Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut and on the smash hit V for Vendetta. French with English subtitles. Mature audiences only.

When: 8 p.m Where: Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. Cost: $6 Info: sentientbean.com

Wining and Dining – The Art of Pairing

What: The Tybee Island Social Club and Quality Wine & Spirits is your host for an intimate evening of fine wining and dining. A wine connoisseur will lead you through a specially prepared fivecourse meal, each course matched with assorted fine wines. Learn the dynamic of each culinary and wine flavor.

When: 6:30 p.m Where: Tybee Island Social Club, 1311 Butler Ave. Cost: $60 plus $5.00 tax and handling ($25 of which is a tax deductible contribution). Tax and gratuity are included.

Info: 912-663-1099. tybeewinefestival. com/

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Ricardo Montalban makes things tough for Kirk in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, screening May 10 at the Lucas Theatre.

@ Tybee Wine Festival. April 10-14. @ Spring Awakening. AASU Masquers. April 11–21. @ Savannah Philharmonic: A Classical Symphony. April 13. Lucas Theatre. @ Reefer Madness. Bay Street Theatre. April 19–28. @ Savannah Record Fair. April 20 & 21. May Poetter Gallery. @ Suze Orman & Lisa Oz. April 20. Trade & Convention Center. @ Chris Tucker. April 20. Johnny Mercer Theatre. @ Film: Singin’ in the Rain. April 20. Lucas Theatre. @ Banff Mountain Film Festival. April 21.

Trustees Theater. @ Savannah Urban Arts Festival. April 20-28. @ STS9. April 24. Trustees Theater. @ Celtic Woman. May 3. Johnny Mercer Theatre. @ Savannah Spoken Word Festival. April 22-28. @ James McMurtry. April 26. Wormhole. @ Film: 8 1/2. April 27. Trustees Theater. @ SCAD theater: She Kills Monsters. May 2 & 3. Mondanaro Theatre. @ Savannah Philharmonic: Season Finale.

May 4. Lucas Theatre. @ Cirque du Soleil: Quidam. May 7-9. MLK Arena. @ The Collective Face: Pride & Prejudice. May 10–25. Muse Arts Warehouse. @ Film: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. May 10. Lucas Theatre. @ Blue Man Group. May 13 and 14. Johnny Mercer Theatre. @ Darius Rucker. May 17. MLK Arena. @ Connect Best of Savannah Party. May 21.

Morris Center. @ ZZ Top. May 23. Johnny Mercer Theatre. @ SCAD theater: Urinetown The Musical. May 23–26. Lucas Theatre. @ Film: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. June 7.

Lucas Theatre. @ Film: Some Like it Hot. June 8. Lucas Theatre. @ Film: Jaws. June 8. Trustees Theater. @ Film: E.T.. June 29. Trustees Theater. @ Film: Jurassic Park. July 13. Trustees Theater. CS

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What: The Sand Gnats vs. Augusta Green Jackets, for a great cause.

Wednesdays feature a different charity or non-profit organization each week.

Proceeds from all tickets sold directly from the organization benefit them. Box office sales are not included.

When: 7:05 p.m Where: Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. Cost: $7 general admission Info: sandgnats.com

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Facebook turned red last week, as seemingly just about everyone changed their profile pic to the now-familiar red equalsign, in support of same-sex marriage.

The impetus of course was the U.S. Supreme Court at long last taking up the constitutionality of two related items: California’s Proposition 8, and the socalled Defense of Marriage Act, longtime political fig leaf for Republicans appealing to their “family values” base and Democrats desperately seeking an easy way to avoid seeming “too liberal.”

If I were king, anything called the “Defense of Marriage Act” would address dishonesty, substance abuse, domestic violence, infidelity, etc., rather than anything involving sexual orientation.

But in this country, for so long, homosexuality has been seen — incongruously, falsely, stupidly — as a worse threat to heterosexual marriages than any of those things.

Odd. The tide is obviously changing, quickly and inexorably in ways I’ve not seen in my lifetime with any other social issue.

At the turn of the 21st Century, only about a third of Americans were comfortable with the idea of gay marriage. By 2010, just a decade later, the supporting numbers began ramping up with blinding speed by statistical standards.

A majority of Americans now state their support for gay marriage.

That’s a lot of changed minds and hearts.

For the most part I’ll leave the whys and wherefores up to others. In my talk with comedian/pundit Bill Maher in this issue, he touches on his own theories.

I will say this much about it, however: I firmly believe the struggles within the U.S. military over the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy have been instrumental. It’s not at all coincidental that the increase in

approval for gay marriage directly tracks the presence of huge numbers of American troops, many of them gay and lesbian, in harm’s way in two overseas wars.

It’s not the first time the U.S. military has taken the lead in social issues. After World War II, the armed forces were the first major American institution to be officially integrated.

African Americans returned home from the battlefields of Europe (in support roles due to the discriminating regulations at the time) only to face more discrimination after fighting for their country overseas.

The injustice was untenable on its face, so clearly defying the very nature of the struggle that the whole planet had been embroiled in.

Similarly, the bravery and service of gay and lesbian troops in our 21st Century

military also paved the way for another kind of social change.

Simply put, it’s unsustainable to deny people basic American rights when those same people are fighting to preserve your basic American rights.

But that said — and please don’t misconstrue this as trivializing the struggle for gay rights — social change is easier to accomplish than the more profound inequity in American society: Economic disparity.

It’s inevitable that gay marriage will eventually be fully as legal as straight marriage, just as it was inevitable that interracial marriage would no longer be illegal, or that minorities would have equal voting rights.

Long struggles all, but all also inevitably victorious.

Economic equality, not so much.

During the decades when gay marriage was becoming more and more acceptable among more and more people, the status of America’s poor has been virtually unchanged.

A recent study by Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist David Cay Johnston showed that the average income of the bottom 90 percent of Americans grew by $59 between 1966 and 2011.

(Incomes adjusted for inflation.)

Fifty-nine bucks. Over 40 years.

During those same four decades, however, the average income for the top 10 percent of Americans rose by ­— wait for it — $116,071.

In my opinion that’s just as unsustainable as racial prejudice, or anti-gay sentiments.

I welcome the breaking down of social barriers, and the expansion of true American liberty to all Americans. Again, in no way do I trivialize social issues and their advancement.

I look forward to the day when those barriers are all down, and we can all then join together to break down the tall, formidable economic walls which remain as daunting as they have ever been.

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Savannah joins growing list of cities against Citizens United decision by jessica leigh lebos | jll@connectsavannah.com

The grassroots movement to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s general sense that “corporations are people” just got another boost.

At the March 21 City Council meeting, Mayor Edna Jackson and six aldermen voted in favor of adopting a resolution stating that corporations are not afforded the same right to free speech as individuals under the First Amendment. District 6 Alderman Tony Thomas and District 4 alderwoman Mary Ellen Sprague voted against the amendment.

The resolution also includes support for legislative action in its 201314 programming, “specifically so that the expenditure of corporate money to influence the electoral process is no longer a form of constitutionally protected speech.”

In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court decision on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission granted corporations the right to contribute unlimited amounts of money to political campaigns. The potential for corporate interests to sway the American electoral process in ways that don’t necessarily represent the public interest has infuriated voters. According to polls, 80 percent of Americans oppose the Citizen United ruling, a statistic consistent across party affiliations.

“Basically, the Supreme Court ruled that money is the same as speech and that corporations are people,” says Vicky Weeks, an organizational development consultant who helped bring the resolution to the council’s agenda.

“In effect, corporations can drown out any impact individual can have

in politics. And that’s just wrong. This is a transpartisan issue.”

Savannah joins New York, Los Angeles, Boulder and over 300 other cities in passing similar resolutions.

Montana, California and Rhode Island are among 12 state legislatures that have voted to repeal the Supreme Court ruling, and North Carolina and West Virginia have bills in the hopper calling on Congress to limit money in politics.

“Before Citizens United came down, corporations were already spending billions of dollars lobbying, running ‘issue ads,’ launching political action committees and soliciting PAC contributions,” wrote Maryland Senator and American University law professor in The Nation last September.

“Moreover, CEOs, top executives and board directors…have always contributed robustly to candidates.

But there was one crucial thing that CEOs could not do before Citizens United: Reach into their corporate treasuries to bankroll campaigns promoting

or opposing the election of candidates for Congress or president.”

In other words, under Citizens United, multinational corporations tied to the pharmaceutical, banking, tobacco, insurance and telecommunications industries can influence the outcomes of elections by vastly outspending their favorite candidates’ opponents.

Weeks says national groups like Public Citizen and Move to Amend have mounted the country-wide campaign against Citizens United by engaging people at the local level.

Weeks is a member of the local chapter of the Coffee Party, which includes in its platform the removal of corporate interests from politics. The group has been galvanizing support to overturn Citizens United for the past year and a half.

“We collected 1200 signatures and brought it to the Savannah city council to put on its agenda. Other cities have put referendums on the ballot and let the voters choose,” she explains. “The point is to bring on board population centers and create a block of support.”

The next step is to present resolutions on the agendas of Richmond Hill, Garden City and Brunswick city councils. Weeks has been tapped to help put a resolution in front of the city of Atlanta, and organizers are focused on bringing it to the Georgia Assembly.

“Members of Congress may be allowed to accept money from corporations for their campaigns, but we want them to remember who actually voted them in,” she says. “You’d say ‘no’ to this resolution to your peril, I’d think.” cs

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The (Civil) Society Column

by Jessica Leigh Lebos | jll@connectsavannah.com

Breakfast at Tiffani’s Like a lot of people in this eclectic little town, I’m an art groupie.

I worship at the paint-stained feet of Betsey Cain, Jerome Meadows, Katherine Sandoz, Matt Hebermehl, Adolfo Alvarado, Melinda Borysevicz, Tobia Makover, Troy Wandzel and every other brilliant local who showed at last week’s Taste of Art or at Slideluck or has hung work at the Whitney Gallery or Kobo or the walls of Gallery Espresso. I want to carry their canvases and clean up their messes and fill my house from floor to ceiling with their abstract marshscapes and ghostly portraits and urban swirls.

Oh yes, I heart Savannah artists.

But Tiffani Taylor was my first.

One spring day in the early aughts, when I was still just another tourist traipsing along Bull Street ogling the Spanish moss and the gold cornices on the Scottish Rite Temple, I found myself loitering in front of ShopSCAD. A huge canvas of red poppies hung in the window. The more I looked, the more I saw, bits of poetry and paper doll heads and gold drips and muddy smears. I fell in.

Forty-five minutes later I was still standing there. The only other time I had the experience of being so captivated by a painting that I wanted to live inside it was Magritte’s Son of Man, but only because that apple

Tiffani Taylor: ‘Nature is my cathedral’

looked so goddamned delicious.

When I moved to Savannah and landed a job as the editor of the now-defunct skirt! magazine, Tiffani was the first person I sought out to interview. The valedictorian of the 2002 SCAD graduating class then painted in a tiny bedroom, struggling to pay bills with mural commissions

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as collectors and curators were starting to take notice of her layered floral landscapes. We talked about her impoverished childhood in rural Utah, where she learned how to find acceptance and love in what was blooming in the fields and forests.

“Nature is my cathedral,” she told me back then, showing me a handful

of dirt that she would later rub into a future canvas.

Candlewax, coffee grounds, old sheet music and even food stamps peeked out from beneath the delicate flowers and gold-flecked sparrows (yeah, Tiffani was putting a bird on it before it was a thing.) Hers is an alchemy that combines femininity

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Tiffani’s art is an alchemy that combines feminity and grit

and grit, bridging the relationship between authenticity and happiness.

Also, her work is just so, so pretty.

The feature I wrote was one of her first pieces of press, and there have been many dozens since. Her artwork now hangs in private collections around the world.

I remained obsessed with those red poppies, decoupaging the refrigerator with cutouts photos of Tiffani’s paintings until The Best Husband in the Whole World bought me a real one for my birthday.

Nowadays, Tiffani’s lovely countenance and philanthropic efforts (she donates paintings to women’s charities and started a SCAD Scholarship Fund in 2009 to help other struggling students) have also attracted attention, as has her gentle support of young artists, taking interns under her wing and encouraging their visions.

“In the Renaissance, artists were nurtured and valued, and I think that’s starting to happen again now,” she told me recently. “The myth of the starving artist needs to die.”

Inspired by Impressionist Claude Monet, who said “It’s not everything to paint; you have to sell and live,” Tiffani has also cultivated another elusive muse: Business acumen.

Last year she opened the Tiffani

Taylor Gallery at the north end of Whitaker Street, a gloriously sunny and strategically shrewd spot to showcase her work. Longtime patrons visit after lunch at their favorite downtown restaurant. Tourists often wander in on their way to The Lady & Sons and leave with a small painting or a piece of hand-painted pottery.

Sometimes, when it’s not enough to drink my tea next to the single poppy painting in my kitchen, I like to go over and sip in the glow of an entire wall of them. Tiffani and curator Arlene Kidd (who also happens to be her mama) don’t seem to mind, even if I drop a few crumbs from my Coffee Fox fig kolache.

Her poppies have undeniable broad appeal, and Tiffani has been courted over recent years by companies who wanted to market her designs for bed, bath and beyond. But she has fought the temptation to turn a quick buck, instead protecting her copyrights like baby birds, waiting until she could put up the money herself.

The gallery’s first anniversary coincides with the launch of the Tiffani Taylor Lifestyle Collection, an affordable array of pillows, pendants, coffeemugs, iPhone cases, purses and other charms that make it possible for everyone to own a piece of her art,

even groupies of humble means. The kickoff party is on Thursday, April 11, with delectables by It’s Thyme Catering, co-owned by her BFF Penny Smith-Horton.

“I am my own investor, and I’m so proud of that,” Tiffani tells me as we set our poppy mugs down onto a pair of her bird coasters. “I needed to keep the integrity of it all, to preserve the drips and splatters and every word.”

The line is available exclusively at the gallery and online at tiffaniart. com, though there are whispers of other things in the works for Tiffani Taylor in 2014. Big things. Maybe even Oprah-sized things.

For now, however, her motto is “infinite possibilities,” a phrase that appears in her artwork as well in conversation.

“Anything can happen,” she shrugs with a smile when I suggest that her poppies might become as iconic as Van Gogh’s Starry Night.

Did you know Van Gogh used to eat his own paint? Lead-based, which explains why he was so batscat crazy.

He also died a pauper. The lesson there for artists and those who love them is don’t snack on Cerulean blue, and don’t be afraid to succeed.

Or as Tiffani puts it: “Art and business shouldn’t be a dichotomy.” cs

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Assault on education Vandalism at White Bluff Elementary described as a ‘war zone’ Photos from the scene, illustrating the virulent nature of the vandalism. Clockwise from above: A smashed printer; trashed bookshelves; the wrecked literacy lab; and the destroyed media center.

By Tina A. Brown

Their first indication that something terrible had happened inside White Bluff Elementary School occurred on a normal Monday morning when parents, students and staff noticed police cars outside the campus on Savannah’s Southside.

As they entered the main building, staff directed them not to go into their classrooms, but to remain in the main corridor near the administration office. “Something is wrong,’’ they were told.

Officials, who had witnessed the tragic story of an assault on education, literacy and technology, wanted to protect the youngsters.

Authorities remain clueless about why the suspects had ripped through the Depression-style glass doors, thick and seemingly unbreakable, into Wings I, II and III and the Media Center.

The vandals left fear in the hearts of staff and parents who later helped to clean up the glass strewn in the corridors and to wipe clean nearly every book in the media center that had been sprayed with chemicals from fire extinguishers.

Sometime between Friday, March 22 and Monday, March 25, the vandals violently forced themselves inside three buildings with the apparent intent of destroying the school’s

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Across the hall in the vice principal’s office there was a hole in the wall. Her crystal lamp and clock were broken and her computer terminal and monitor were also destroyed.

“My personal pictures were thrown and stomped on the floor,’’ said Vice Principal Julie Nichols.

Nichols, an administrator who has worked in education for 20 years, said she was upset by the extent of the vandalisms. But she took pause as she noticed that none of the work on display created by White Bluff elementary students had been touched.

“They didn’t take anything,’’ Nichols said. “I truly believe that they were angry at people and not at the school,’’ she said of the vandals.

Chief Bryant urged the public during a press conference to reveal the names of the suspects. Someone must know who committed the crimes, especially those injured when the multiple panes of glass were broken, he said.

Parents and staff cleaned up the mess left behind. They worked overtime with buckets, mops and brooms to remove the debris, PTA officials said.

The lasting impact of the crime was witnessed by members of the PTA and staff who said they tried to shield children from seeing the results of the violent assault, but couldn’t help but notice something was awry.

The adults recalled sighs of relief when the children were allowed to re-enter their classrooms that were untouched.

The recent incident of vandalism at White Bluffs Elementary School is reminiscent of a similar incident two years ago at Pulaski Elementary.

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literacy computer lab, its vice principal’s office, its media center and vending machines.

The culprits — believed to be juveniles — got away without capture or without identification. They used the school’s fire extinguishers and possibly a hammer as weapons as they systemically destroyed thousands of dollars worth of computers, desks, chairs, books and bookshelves, said Chief Ulysses O. Bryant Jr., who added that he’s not seen such an act of vandalism in his 38 years of service.

Bryant described the damage as a “war zone.”

The incident, which will be placed on the district’s school safety committee’s agenda, resulted in an estimated $10,000 in damage at a school already stressed for educational funding.

The incident has revealed vulnerabilities in the Savannah-Chatham County Public School system’s alarm, security and video surveillance systems. None of the alarms at the school or the district office on Bull Street were alerted when the outside doors went ajar during the weekend incident.

Officials said there were no cameras in place to record the incident.

The damage was extensive in places that elementary school students consider sacred. The vandals left blood in the media center — blood that will be considered criminal evidence from the break-in.

The blood was found in an area where the children regularly sit on a multi-colored “ABC, 123” rug on the floor during their reading time.

School officials held those reading sessions last week in the gymnasium and the cafeteria to create normalcy in the educational process until officials clean and restore the media center.

An oversized bookshelf was overturned at the doorway of the media center. The suspects sprayed chemicals from the fire extinguishers on scores of library books and inside the classroom corridors.

An interactive chalk board in a classroom that costs thousands of dollars was defaced with profanity.

The assault became increasingly violent and costly in the literary lab, where 28 of the 30 computer stations were smashed with hammers or hard objects or sprayed with paint.

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by john bennett | bicyclecampaign.org

Good news about cyclists & drivers I call it the Lucy van Pelt effect. When I set up a tent and table at a public event, I’m reminded of the Peanuts character and her “Psychiatric Help” booth. Unfurling the Savannah Bicycle Campaign banner (vinyl, 6-foot) announces, “The Doctor Is In.” Folks who have no particular interest in bicycling themselves often approach the table to tell me about their problems with cyclists. If I only had 5 cents, Lucy’s standard rate, for each time I listened politely to an account of bicyclist misbehavior!

Some of these stories are rooted in authentic concern about the safety of cyclists. Others voice their complaints as pedestrians, for whom reckless cyclists are a worry. Others, however, are clearly speaking from their experiences as drivers and their statements reveal a resentment of cyclists and an unwillingness to share the road with those they regard as disrespectful of the rules.

This mindset somehow excuses the transgressions of other motorists, however. I doubt these drivers would walk up to an AAA table at an event and complain about the way other people drive.

There are plenty of theories to explain why cyclists draw such disproportionate ire. Is it fundamental attribution error, the tendency to

stereotype an entire group based on the actions of individual members? The status of cyclists as an “outsider” group? Lack of familiarity with traffic regulations and the rights of cyclists? Whatever the reason, some people are clearly convinced that cyclists are dangerous, based on the things they’ve seen them do through the windshields of their cars. The reality, of course, is that motorists have little to fear from reckless or inattentive cyclists.

Despite the complaints I receive when I’m in Lucy mode, I’ve yet to hear someone say they have given up driving after a negative encounter with a bicyclist.

On the other hand, when I’m staffing the Savannah Bicycle Campaign booth at an event, I frequently

hear pained confessions from people who have given up something they enjoyed— even loved — because they feared being hit by an aggressive or distracted driver. Sometimes it’s a near miss or the injury of a friend or family member that causes them to stop cycling. These stories are relayed with a tinge of sadness and often anger. It’s understandable.

Their right to operate their vehicles (bicycles are classified as just that under state law) has effectively been taken away from them.

The most disconcerting of these stories come from people who depended on their bicycles for transportation. And from those who recognized the positive effects bicycling had on their lives and on the community at large. Compare this worldview with those of some drivers, who regard cyclists as nuisances at best and a menace at worst, and you come to appreciate a significant difference of opinion. Is there any possibility for accord between the two sides?

Two recent events give me hope.

On March 23 a bipartisan group of lawmakers (that means Democrats and Republicans, believe it or not) sent a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood calling on him to “set separate performance measures for non-motorized and motorized transportation.”

This would result in “an incentive for states to reduce bicyclist and

pedestrian fatalities.” Caron Whittaker, vice president of government relations for the League of American Bicyclists, is encouraged by the letter. “This is exactly the time to establish meaningful national goals and performance measures to tackle bicyclist and pedestrian safety as part of an overall, comprehensive and multi-modal traffic safety program,” she wrote on the organization’s blog.

Closer to home, a bipartisan group of lawmakers welcomed hundreds of cyclists to the Georgia capitol on March 26. More than 20 elected officials biked along with the cyclists in the 8th annual Georgia Rides to the Capitol event. Once there, they were addressed by Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and other officials, who noted “the vital importance of improved bicycle safety and accessibility in Georgia,” according to Brent Buice, executive director of the advocacy group Georgia Bikes!

Increased attention to the safety of bicyclists on the national, state and local levels can help coax reluctant cyclists back onto their bikes, begin healing rifts between cyclists and drivers, and provide more transportation choices for Americans. That seems like a goal we should all be able to share. cs John Bennett is the Executive Director of the Savannah Bicycle Campaign.

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Dancing with wolves, bro A Savannah man has been charged with trespassing after climbing into cages at Oatland Island Wildlife Center and then leading police on a foot chase through the woods.

John Floyd, 26, of an East Park Avenue address was arrested by Islands Precinct officers who chased him down in a utility vehicle borrowed from Oatland Island Wildlife Center on Sandtown Road after finding him in the enclosure reserved for wolves.

Police were called to the center before noon when witnesses saw him in the pen. Once police arrived, he climbed the fence into other enclosures before running down a trail.

In his backpack, police found a container of sugar cubes, unidentified brown crystallized powder, unidentified liquid, an almost empty fifth of

Kahlua, and a almost empty half gallon of soy milk.

• Savannah-Chatham Animal Control Officers on Tuesday removed more than a dozen exotic animals “improperly housed” in a Southside residence.

At 10:26 a.m., officers were dispatched to the 12000 Block of Deerfield Road to “assist with an eviction involving various reptile species.”

The tenant, Brian Nettles, owns Cold Blooded Adventures, according to police.

Upon entering the home “the officers noticed unconfined and confined reptiles living in unsanitary conditions. Snake shedding, feces and dirt were seen throughout the house.”

Several living and deceased reptiles were found in the backyard, including an American Alligator. The alligator was housed in an area accessible to the public. All the animals lacked appropriate food, water and heat.

Georgia Reptile Society and Department of Natural Resources representatives were on scene due to

federal laws violated by he was cited for the presence of endantheir lack of current gered and threatened rabies vaccinations species. and county tags.

Found were an • Detectives of American alligator, three the Savannah-Chapythons, two geckos, a tham Metropolitan monitor lizard, a Red Tail Police Department Boa Constrictor, two torare investigatJohn Floyd, wolf whisperer? toises, seven turtles, three ing the shooting deceased turtles and a of a 56-year-old deceased rat. woman this morning.

The seized reptiles were taken into Dianne Wright was sleeping in custody by Animal Control. A Georher residence in the 700 block of gia Reptile Society representative East Anderson Street about 3 a.m. agreed to foster and seek appropriate when shots were fired into the front medical care for the majority of the window of her bedroom. One round animals. struck her. The injury was not considNettles “admitted to lacking proper ered serious. permits for housing and harboring The investigation continues in an some of the animals.” He was charged effort to determine why shots were with animal neglect, animal cruelty, fired at the house and by whom. not keeping of animals’ sanitation and A confidential Tip Line also is open failure to report dead animals. directly to investigators at (912) 525Nettles also received a federal cita3124. cs tion from DNR for possessing the American Alligator. Two dogs owned Give anonymous crime tips to

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news of the weird Snail Mail: There’s an App for That Wait ... What? A startup company in Austin, Texas, also serving San Francisco, promises to take its customers’ incoming U.S. mail three times a week, photograph it and deliver it back to the customers via mobile phone app, for $4.99 a month. The company, Outbox, provides some value-added services, removing the customer from junk-mail lists and paying bills. Still, Outbox’s unorthodox business model assumes that a growing number of people absolutely hate opening, filing or discarding pieces of paper. Co-founder Will Davis told CNN in February that at least he does not fear competition: “No one is crazy enough to do what we’re doing.”

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• College basketball player Shanteona Keys makes free throws at a 78 percent rate for her career, but on Feb. 16, she weakly shanked one of those 15-foot shots, causing it to thud to the floor about eight feet short of the rim — the worst collegiate free-throw attempt of all time, according to several sports commentators who viewed the video. Keys explained to Deadspin. com that she always brings the ball close to her face when she shoots, “and my fingernail got caught on my nose, so I couldn’t follow through correctly.”

Her Georgia College (Milledgeville, Ga.) team lost to rival Columbus State, 70-60.

• Research Hurts: Between 2002 prison sentence in February for forcing and 2010, according to the March BJU women into prostitution, with evidence International (formerly British Jourincluding a police report quoting Burnal of Urology), an estimated 17,600 ton’s 7-year-old son, who was in the patients came to U.S. hospital emercar with Burton and two women when gency rooms reporting genital injuries Miami police stopped them. The kid from trouser zippers (presumably by had earnestly identified the women: accident, but researchers took no posi“Those are my daddy’s hoes.” tion on that). Seven authors (six from The Continuing University of California, San Francisco) took credit Crisis for the report, funded by • Professor Peter a National Institutes of Froehlich, who teaches Health grant, and found computer science WHAT’S THAT that “zip” wounds were classes at the highly ABOUT EMERonly about one-fifth of competitive Johns HopGENCY PENILE emergency penile injuries. kins University, conINJURIES? tractually grades “on a Family Values curve,” automatically • Rachel Hope and marking the highest Parker Williams, both grade an A, with other apparently intelligent grades trailing based on and attractive, decided to their proximity to the procreate and fully raise class’s best. One clever a child together — even student tried to orgathough neither has romannize the entire class for tic intentions toward the December’s final exam, other. Their relationship to persuade everyone is likened to a business to do no work at all — one, according to a February New York thus rendering the “highest” grade a Times profile, in which they do their zero, meaning an A for everyone. (Of respective biological duties, separately, course, if a single student broke ranks, and then each basically outsources half everyone except that student would the subsequent child-rearing to the receive an absolute zero.) Fortunately other. Said another parent in a similar for the students, according to Insiderelationship: “When you think about HigherEd.com, the class held together, the concept of the village, and how the and a shocked professor Froehlich village was part of child-rearing for so nonetheless honored his contract, givmany cultures ... it makes total sense.” ing everyone an A (but subsequently • Robert Burton, 34, got a 15-year

closing the loophole).

• Thieves broke into the home of Earlie Johnson in Muskegon, Mich., in February and made off with several flat-screen TVs, but what really irked him was that they also stole his entire DVD pornography collection, consisting, he said, of the films of every African-American porn star since the 1970s. (“I’m not no scum bag guy, pervert, or nothing like that,” he told WZZM-TV. “I just thought it was cool to own my own porn collection. It keeps my relationship {with his fiance} fresh and tight.”) As soon as the news of Johnson’s misfortune spread, several adult video companies donated DVDs to help restore the collection.

• Sex Is Dangerous: (1) Officers from the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority reported in March that a lion had attacked a couple having sex in the bush, killing the woman and sending the man dashing down a road wearing nothing but his condom (which reduced his chances of receiving help from motorists). (2) Near Daytona Beach, Fla., in February, Ms. Asia Walker, 30, driving her boyfriend around, could not resist his amorous advances and soon lost control of the car. It left the road and plowed completely through a vacant house. She was briefly hospitalized, but her boyfriend was not hurt.

Fine Points of the Law Even though the British government refused to grant trademark protection to the Italian maker of “Jesus Jeans”

Perspective Humans’ belief that fragrances improve their allure can seemingly never be overestimated. Dutch-based artists Lernert Engelberts and Sander Plug told The New York Times in March that they recently created a concoction to call attention to our neediness for artificial scent. Noting the deluge of new industry creations in 2012, Engelberts explained, “Our point is, why do you need nearly 1,400 new scents in one year?” The pair created Everything, which they claim contains a bit of every one of the year’s fragrances they were able to obtain (including Fame by Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber’s Girlfriend), dumped into one bottle and left to marinate — and they offered it for sale for the equivalent of about $39,000. CS

People Different From Us A persevering Brooklyn, N.Y., high school teacher, Ronald Grassel, finally relented and submitted himself to a psychiatric evaluation that had originally been ordered in 1997 after he angrily and overenthusiastically dumped teachers’ union literature in his principal’s office. Grassel had refused the exam and been benched, and for 14 years was neither fired nor paid while he filed a series of unsuccessful legal actions to overturn the decision. According to a March New York Post report, when he finally submitted to an exam in 2011, he was declared fit (his world-class obstinacy apparently not counting against him)

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When I worked in the corporate world I had to wear mid- or high-heeled shoes. But now that I’ve changed jobs I get to wear flats, and in retrospect I don’t know how I ever put up with the discomfort of wearing heels every day.

Several women I’ve asked said they’d read that high heels put 100 times more stress on your feet than flat soles. I know they hurt, but it’s hard to believe it’s that much of a difference. What’s the Straight Dope?

—Debi, Kansas City On the scale of weird things women have done to themselves in the name of beauty, high heels surely come in well below foot binding, rib-crushing corsets, and bathing in crocodile excrement. (I found that last one on the Internet, so you know it’s gotta be legit.) I also acknowledge the scientific fact that high heels display the female form to advantage.

That said, I thank the gods I’m male, because no way you’re getting me to wear those thumbscrews for the feet.

Before we get into the biomechanical specifics, let’s stipulate that, from a health standpoint, virtually everyone admits high heels are a scourge. I quote from an article in a law journal: “By one recent estimate, seventy-five percent of the problems eventuating in the more than 600,000 bunionectomies, hammer toe repairs, neuroma excisions, and bunionette corrections performed annually in the United States ‘either result from or are greatly aggravated by the use of high-fashion footwear.’”

And so, to the lab.

Any wearer of high-heeled shoes knows the root cause of the discomfort is, in addition to (and compounded by) the unnaturally pointed shape of the typical shoe’s toe, the shift of weight to the front part of the foot. To quantify this, I turned to my assistants Una and Fierra. They obtained two identical scales and rigged up a

system whereby they could balance with the front of their feet on one scale and the rear on the other. The ladies then raided their closets, found 33 pairs of shoes with heel rises ranging from a quarter inch to four inches, and put them to the test.

As expected, the higher the heel, the more weight was shifted onto the ball of the foot. When barefoot, an average of 68 percent of body weight rested on the heels. Athletic shoes shifted even more weight onto the heels—in the case of fencing shoes, an average of 77 percent.

But with a 2.75-inch lift the average weight on the heels had been reduced to 52 percent. With a four-inch lift only 30 percent of the weight was on the heels.

What we didn’t expect was the wide range in weight shift among different styles of shoes having the same heel height. For a three-inch heel, the share of weight on the heel ranged from 36 percent to 51 percent. Both women noted that shoes that kept more weight back on the heel were more comfortable.

However, none of this backed up the assertion that high heels cause 100 times the stress of flats. Surely, we thought, we need to add motion to the equation. The pertinent equation here, of course, was force equals mass times acceleration, which on the face of it offered the potential to greatly multiply the shoe-wearer’s agony. The Straight Dope Bedroom of Science lacked the equipment to measure this, so it was back to the journals.

Alas, we were disappointed. The best we could find was a study comparing peak and total pressures on the plantar surface of ten women’s feet while walking in low- and high-heeled shoes, using special insoles containing 99 sensors scanned at 10,000 times per second. Result: high heels on average increased peak pressure by about 32 percent and total pressure over time by about 48 percent. From this we deduce that the 100-times-thestress claim is hype.

Never mind. The high-heel-wearer’s senses, to say nothing of all those needless bunionectomies, provide ample evidence of the consequences of slavery to fashion. We’ve known this for literally centuries, during which time countless other barbarous practices have been abandoned. Yet women still wear heels, and look hot when they do. CS By cecil adams

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A Savannah Theatre benefit for Muse Arts For three years, Savannah’s arts community has lived with the security blanket of Muse Arts Warehouse. JinHi Soucy Rand and her husband Mark opened the converted rail line facility to give theater, music, dance, spoken word and the visual arts a consistent nest in a city where good nests are anything but consistent.

(Yours truly just finished a run of the play Shadowlands at Muse, and like most all my other theater and musical adventures in town, it was comforting and fun to work in a place that’s become something of a second home to a lot of us.)

You can be sure, however, that renting and operating a performing arts space isn’t cheap. The Rands’ overhead is pretty, well, over their heads.

That’s why a new organization, Friends of Muse Arts Warehouse, has combined forces with the Historic Savannah Theatre (the popular, tourist-friendly musical revue space on Bull Street) for “Show Me the Love,” a benefit for Muse Monday, April 8.

Jazz singers Huxsie Scott and Kim Polote will perform, as will Trae Gurley, Sandra Nix, Jeff Hall and others. The second half of the show will showcase most — if not all — of the regular Savannah Theatre cast.

How nice to see one theater group going to bat for another theater group.

Things begin at 5:30 p.m. with a “social” at Bryson Hall, on Chippewa

Singer/songwriter Nora Jane Struthers and her band have an April 4 Landings date.

Square a few doors south of the theater. Cash bar, food and drink from cool local restaurants, all profits to Muse.

The “Show Me the Love” show starts at 7, on the Savannah Theatre stage (that’s 222 Bull Street).

Tickets are $20 at the door, and there’ll be door prizes, along with a silent auction of snazzy stuff from all sorts of local merchants.

Call (912) 441-6152 to learn more.

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Until 2008, Nora Jane Struthers taught English in the New York City school system. Two years after kickstarting her music career, she and her ensemble the Party Line were named Best Band at the prestigious Telluride Bluegrass Festival.

Struthers is a startlingly original singer/songwriter whose songs read like sweet little vignettes; on Carnival, her soon-to-be-released second album, she and the Party Line give clear-eyed, almost literary readings of musically adventurous songs like those of Gillian Welch (with whom Struthers shares a preference for

old-time Dust Bowl dresses), the Lumineers and the late, lamented Civil Wars.

“I’m really passionate about the stories in the old ballads and storysongs,” she says. “I’m trying to bring that element of traditional music forward into a contemporary sonic space. I want story-songs to live on in a way that will be accessible to more people. That’s my artistic mission. When we hear another person’s story, we gain perspective and are changed; we’re able to see our own lives through new eyes.”

Nora Jane Struthers and the Party Line perform at the Landings Club Thursday, April 4. Admission to the 7:30 p.m. show is $15.

Landings Club performances are open to the public.

Check her out at norajanestruthers. com

Shorts

• The Atlanta hard rock band Barrel House plays the Foxy Loxy courtyard on Bull Street from 6 to 9 p.m.

Friday, April 5. Well, it’s a “strippeddown” acoustic version of the band,

with just lead singer Cherri Swan and songwriter/guitarist Scott Mitchell.

• Let’s welcome back the wonderful Walter Parks and Swamp Cabbage for the Rivers Rock! Kickoff Party, Saturday, April 6 (2-6 p.m.) in the beer garden at Moon River Brewing Co. It is, of course, a benefit for the Ogeechee Riverkeeper.

• A heads up about the upcoming Savannah Urban Arts Festival (April 21-28): 2013 is the “Year of the DJ,” and there’ll be all kinds of DJ-related stuff at SUAF, including a workshop with Basik Lee, Maf and Kenny Watkins, a DJ Battle, and a workshop and performance by Jeffrey Tonnesen, the acclaimed New York fashion DJ and dance music producer. See savannahurbanartsfestival.com • Singer/songwriter James McMurtry is coming back to Savannah; he’ll play the Wormhole Friday, April 26.

Tickets are $13-$15e.

• Kylesa has a new one, Ultraviolet, coming May 28. The band returns to its hometown with a June 22 Jinx show, supported by Blood Ceremony, White Hills and Lazer/Wolf.

Additional upcoming record releases from Savannah artists include the debut EP from Charlie and the Foxtrots; another platter from singer/songwriter Lauren Lapointe; a bold new full-lengther from Word of Mouth’s Electric Grandma; the recording debut of Georgia Kyle & the Magical Flying Machine.

Elevated Basement Studio reports tracking work currently being done

by A Nickel Bag of Funk, the Royal Noise, Eric Culberson and Jeff Beasley, among others.

• The Train Wrecks, still hard at work on album No. 3, will play for the annual Second Harvest Food Bank “Jewels and Jeans” fundraiser, April 18. See helpendhunger.org. CS

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savannah music festival Long before Marcus Mumford was a twinkle in his daddy’s eye, David Grisman was bringing mandolin music to American ears.

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Grisman has been recording since 1963, and his picking presence can be heard throughout the bluegrass, folk and early psychedelic rock movements. He forged collaborations with Del McCoury, Peter Rowan and Bonnie Raitt and played on the seminal Grateful Dead album American Beauty. His long friendship with the late Jerry Garcia, who granted him the nickname “Dawg,” resulted in the award-winning albums Old and In the Way and Shady Grove.

At 68, Dawg continues to draw crowds with the David Grisman Quintet and the David Grisman Bluegrass Experience. He encourages other folk and bluegrass musicians with his Acoustic Disc record label and has endorsed a line of mandolins based on his formidable collection.

Grisman returns to the Savannah Music Festival with his Folk Jazz Trio, featuring his son Sam Grisman on bass and flatpicking crooner Jim Hurst. They share the bill with young mandolin virtuoso Sarah Jarosz and her trio, giving audiences a multi-toned experience of the instrument’s endless possibilities.

We’ve had our socks knocked off plenty of times with your quintet. How does the show differ with the Folk Jazz Trio? What kind of tunes are in the repertoire?

David Grisman: The Folk Jazz Trio has a more intimate dynamic with more interplay between the guitar, bass and mandolin. Jim Hurst is a virtuoso guitarist in many styles as well as being a fabulous singer. Sam can play more bass than usually heard in a bluegrass band and this setting allows and welcomes that.

The trio has its own unique repertoire, apart from the material that I play in my quintet/ sextet and the Bluegrass Experience. We play everything from Les Paul to Stephen Foster to traditional folk tunes and jazzy originals.

What’s it like to play with Sam? Can he ever catch up to his old man?

David Grisman: Sam grew up owning a bass, as a good friend of ours, Bernard Glansbeek, sent him one (a Kay 3/4 size) for his second birthday. “Bass” was his first word as well. He played that bass on his first recording session at the age of 8 with me, John Hartford and Mike Seeger. He played on “Memphis”; it was done in one take and ended up on our Retrograss CD, which was actually nominated for a Grammy! So I’d say that I might have some catching up to do myself.

In truth, I’m very proud of him. He’s becoming a world-class bassist with his own style.

Check out his group, The Deadly Gentlemen. They definitely have their own unique thing happening; it’s very well-conceived and just plain fun.

What do you think about all the young dudes playing mandolin on the radio? Are the Avetts and the Mumfords staying true to the instrument’s legacy?

David Grisman: I don’t really listen to music on the radio, and I’m sorry to say that I’m unfamiliar with the groups you mentioned. I am, however, a big fan of the Punch Brothers (Chris Thile) and of course, the Deadly Gentlemen (Dominick Leslie.)

There are some incredible young mandolin players out there: Josh Pinkham, Sarah Jarosz and Jake Joliff, to mention but a few. Of course, at my age, even Sam Bush, Mike Marshall and Radim Zenkl are young dudes. And how much more modern (and ancient) can any mandolin player get than Andy Statman?

Can you talk a bit about your line of mandolins from Eastman?

David Grisman: Yes, it’s called the Dawg Collection, faithful replicas of instruments that I’ve collected through the years. The DGM-1 mandolin is a replica of a contemporary design by an incredibly innovative luthier from Genova, Italy, Corrado Giacomel. It’s a very interesting Italian take on the American carved-top scroll model mandolins which were created here by Orville Gibson and his successors.

The DGM-2 mandolin is based on a unique design built by the Bacon Company in the early 1920s, their Artist model which was endorsed by mandolin virtuoso William Place.

The DGM-3 is a replicated Lyon & Healy Style A mandola, which is tuned like a viola, featuring an ornate violin scroll headstock and two body points.

Any day now I’m expecting to receive the prototype of the next instrument in the series,

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Would you be so kind as to share a favorite Jerry Garcia story? How did you and Jerry influence each other’s love of bluegrass and jazz?

interesting occurrence in 1975. I was rehearsing at my house in Mill Valley, Cal. with Darol Anger and Todd Phillips, who were kids at the time. During a break, I drove down into town and ran into Garcia at the Baskin-Robbins ice cream emporium. I hadn’t seen him in awhile and I invited him up to the house to jam with us, which he did.

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would become the original David Grisman Quintet. I didn’t see Jerry again for 13 years. I always thought that was quite a coincidence!

What would be your dream collaboration?

David Grisman: I’ve already fulfilled more dreams than I probably deserve, so I won’t hedge my bets.

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and can more than keep up with instrumentalists who started playing long before she was born.

Jarosz cut her first album while she was still in high school. Her second appeared a year after she’d been accepted into the New England Conservatory of Music.

She makes her second Savannah Music Festival appearance accompanied by Nathaniel Smith (cello) and Alex Hargreaves (violin); they’ll open for the David Grisman Folk Jazz Trio.

Jarosz reports she started a new record over her Christmas break, and — woo-hoo! — will graduate from the conservatory in May. You’re a pretty accomplished musician already. Why go to a music school?

Sarah Jarosz: I knew that I wanted to go to college, if not just for the experience. But there’s so much to be learned. I had gotten so much out of the camps and music festivals that I had gone to growing up, I wanted to be able to push myself in new ways that I hadn’t really done before. Specifically, honing in on my own writing. And by listening to all this new music that I’d never heard before, I think it’s really opened my ears up in a new way. So it’s been totally great. I can’t believe it’s almost over.

In a way, Sarah Jarosz is the anti-Taylor Swift. They’re almost exactly the same age, and they’re both tremendously talented writers and performers. They even sorta look alike.

But while Swift has crafted a mercenary career of pretty pop songs disguised as country music, Jarosz is following a more artistic path. Taylor Swift is a star.

Sarah Jarosz is a musician.

At 21, the native of Waverly, Texas (near Austin) has already shared the stage and studio with the likes of Bela Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Chris Thile, Alison Krauss, David Grisman, Vince Gill and Ricky Skaggs. These pioneers in the ever-expanding acoustic universe recognize a kindred spirit in Jarosz, who is skilled on mandolin, banjo, guitar and other instruments, has a light, sweet singing voice just right for airy harmonies,

But does it make you a better musician? More intuitive?

Do you play, like, faster? I imagine it helps your brain and your ears.

Sarah Jarosz: Yeah, yeah, I think it’s helped my ears more than anything. But yeah, I think it’s helped make me a better musician. That’s not to say that I’ll ever be done learning. It’s an endless process.

I’m curious how someone so young got interested in acoustic music living in the Austin area. You could just have easily become a rock ‘n’ roll bass player. Why did it go this way for you?

Sarah Jarosz: My parents are big music lovers. They were playing all kinds of different music, so I could have just as easily gone any way just based on what they were listening to. I remember loving it all, but I remember specifically being drawn to some of the more rootsy, folky stuff — and bluegrass — from an early age. I think it was a kind of culmination of a lot of different things happening at the right time.

And one of those things was this bluegrass jam that I found out about that happened every week. I was

Sarah Jarosz: My parents are always encouraging me to look ahead and have dreams. And when you reach one plateau, try to think up some new dreams. That’s kind of where I’m at right now — I’m getting close to the end of something that has been a huge deal for me in my life, finishing school and graduating. I think it’ll be exciting to see what happens next. You know, I’ve never done this and not been in school!

See sarahjarosz.com

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6 p.m. Friday, April 5, Daniel Hope AtCharles H. Morris Friends Center Ten years into his run as the festival’s associate artistic director and classical music tour guide, the acclaimed British violinist closes out a remarkable 2013 run with one of his strongest chamber programs yet.

The assembled group today includes Hope with Lorenza Borrani, violin; Benny Kim, violin; CarlaMaria Rodrigues, viola; Patrick Messina, clarinet and horn/ bassoon; Eric Kim, cello; Li-wei Quin, cello; Joseph Conyers, bass; Richard Beene, bassoon; and Alma Maria Liebrecht, horn.

In short, it’s the Daniel Hope All-Stars, playing Schubert Octet in F Major, D. 803 and Beethoven Septet in E-flat Major, Op. 20.

“I feel we have fine-tuned so many elements and yet it retains that element of excitement and magic that I experienced when I first arrived in Savannah,” Hope told Connect two weeks ago, just before SMF 2013 got underway. “I have made wonderful friends here, and I think this will be our best festival ever.” continues on p. 24 Mission accomplished, my friend. Bravo!

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Sarah Jarosz: I’ve been working live with this trio for the last three years, and there’s definitely more of a focus on that this time around. Which is different for me in the sense that it pushes me to be a little more scaledback than I have in the past. And really zero in on the essence of what I want happening with these songs.

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What I love about acoustic music today is that there really are no boundaries. Chris Thile’s stuff is a prime example. If you want to put rock guitar and Japanese percussion next to a string section, you can. Does any of that play into what you’re working on now?

That’s not to say that the whole record is just the trio, that’s definitely not the case. But just compared to the last two, there’s more of that, for sure.

It’s been such a thrill to work with my older heroes and everything on the last two records, but this time around it was really exciting to be working with people my own age.

Especially Alex and Nat. That’s the biggest difference, I’d say. But even though it’s a little more scaled-back, I feel like it’s pushing me just as much.

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really lucky that the people that were involved in that were super awesome and encouraging. And I think that as a young girl, the fact that it was so warm and welcoming had a lot to do with why I wanted to keep going back, trying to get better with the music. I think that’s a huge part of the reason I was drawn to this music — because there’s such a community aspect to it. Especially in the Austin area.

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Their collaboration began nearly 40 years ago with “Bluebird Wine,” a song of his, that she used as the leadoff track on her very first album.

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Emmylou Harris soon became the standard-bearer for contemporary country music, for the artful way she combined it with rock ‘n’ roll and folk music.

Today, the catch-all word is Americana, and to some it probably seems like it’s been around forever.

But it has not. Harris learned how to do it from Gram Parsons, her first singing partner, and from Brian Ahern, who produced a remarkable string of albums for her, forever refining and re-defining the way people thought about country music and what it could be.

“Bluebird Wine” was the first Rodney Crowell composition Harris championed, and she has recorded dozens and dozens of them between then and now.

A good many are considered touchstone classics of the 1970s and beyond.

For three heady years, Crowell was her wingman in the legendary Hot Band; their harmony vocals, onstage camaraderie and obvious joy in the music set yet another standard that’s still pretty hard to match.

Crowell went on to a sizeable solo career — first as a songwriter and producer for other artists, then as a country superstar, then as one of the most respected Americana artists of the present generation.

He still sings on Harris’ records; she still sings on his.

A full list of their respective credits would take up half of this magazine, so we’ll just cut to the chase and say that the fact that they’ve just made their first album as a duo, Old Yellow Moon, is a cause for celebration.

And the tour that brings them to the Johnny Mercer Theatre April 3, well, that’s going to be something special. It might be another 40 years till they do another one.

OK, why did it take so long to get this duo project going?

Rodney Crowell: Some greater intelligence holding it off until we were ready, you know? If we’d have made a record 20 years ago, it’d probably have been pretty good, but it wouldn’t have been Old Yellow Moon. It would’ve just been another record. I think maybe 20 years ago I had more to prove, and I would’ve wanted to try and fill it up with my own songs. Instead of sitting down together and talking about some songs we wanted to sing, and approaching it as a couple of singers. More than any other record I’ve ever been a part of, I approached this one as a vocalist.

I remember, somewhere in the mid 1990s, Emmy telling me it was about to happen.

Rodney Crowell: Oh, we talked about it 35 years ago! I remember once I called her and said “OK Emmy, I’m ready, let’s go,” and she said “I can’t, I got something.” The time wasn’t right, wherever she was. She called me sometime later and said “OK, I’m ready — let’s do this,” and I couldn’t. The time wasn’t right.

The first time you sang together, in 1974, you both said you could tell immediately that your voices blended well.

Rodney Crowell: I think so, yeah — they have a kind of a nice reedy sizzle when we’re in the right key.

How did you choose the songs to record for this album?

Rodney Crowell: Of my songs, the only one I said I wanted to do was “Open Season on My Heart.” Oh, and “Bull Rider,” Johnny Cash had put his stamp on that one, I thought forever, until I heard Norah Jones do it. And she inspired me that I could do it myself. So I was fresh off that revelation and I said “Hey, let’s give this a go.” Emmy and Brian brought out the others — pitched my songs to me. “Here We Are” and “Bluebird Wine” were Emmy and Brian, respectively.

Was it a little weird to revisit “Bluebird Wine”?

Rodney Crowell: Yeah, I had to re-write it. I revised the first couple of verses, not because of anything so far wrong with the original, because a few years down the line the value of revision has become more important to me!

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Why bring Brian back in and recapture that ‘70s Hot Band sound?

Rodney Crowell: That was Emmy’s vision from the get-go. At first I was scratching my head about that, because you can’t go back. But over the course of it I came to see the beauty of that vision. And came to share it.

How about the live show? You had a million songs to choose from.

Rodney Crowell: We sort of went historical, in a way. We’re doing some of the Gram & Emmy stuff. We’re doing “Grievous Angel” and “Love Hurts.” If you look at “Invitation to the Blues,” from the beginning to the end Emmy and I use the two voices as one. Gram and Emmy used two voices as one — that was the beauty of what happened there. We do “Wheels,” and we get that sound.

That’s really cool when we’re having fun. Of course, we have a section in there where we do songs from the album.

The last time I saw you, you played pretty much the whole The Outsider album, with hardly any of your old songs.

Well, none of us are the same people we were. “You can’t go back,” as you said. But is it indeed fun singing those old songs again?

Rodney Crowell: Yes, it is. Singing “Wheels” and “Boulder to Birmingham” is good fun. We do “Luxury Liner,” and it’s a guitar rave, you know? The audience seems to love it.

Inasmuch as I can read an audience.

The beauty of this is that I’m collaborating with Emmy every night, and my excitement is getting out there and matching my voice with Emmy and creating a sound that’s joyful.

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Rodney Crowell: Well, the good news is that I stuck by that for the last 10 years! And now I’m actually having fun. Emmy and I are going back and doing songs from the ‘70s. The way I view it, I don’t think we’re sitting on our laurels from music we created in the past … Carrie, my youngest daughter, came to hear us the other night. She has pretty discerning taste, and she doesn’t really ever go intellectual about it. She has an interesting take on music which I admire. She came back and said “Hey, Dad, I really like those songs.” And I got where she was coming from, you know? She liked the songs.

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It was just three years ago that Allman Brothers Band guitarist Derek Trucks dissolved his other project, the Derek Trucks Band, and announced the formation of an 11-member aggregate spotlighting him and his wife, rock/blues vocalist Susan Tedeschi.

The Tedeschi Trucks Band debuted at the 2010 Savannah Music Festival.

According to Trucks, the new band “has really turned into a thing. It’s what we hoped would happen, and it’s actually happened a little quicker than we had hoped, as far as the band fully gelling. It’s a lot of people onstage, and when it’s working, it’s a sight.”

With a three-man horn section, two drummers, two harmony vocalists and two of blues rock ‘n’ roll’s most formidable musicians in the forefront, the Tedeschi Trucks Band “has exceeded my expectations,” Trucks reports. “Musically, it’s chugging along, so that’s been fun.”

Although he’s still part of the onstage Allman family, Trucks’ plug-pulling on his self-titled band didn’t go down so well with many of his longtime fans. .“There’s an expected backlash when you stop doing anything and change it up,” the guitarist says. “I was maybe a little unprepared for some of the vitriol, but we live in the

Internet age where people hide behind computers. There’s a group of hardcores that, if you’re not doing the same thing over and over, they’re mad at somebody. So it’s Susan’s fault that I’m doing this, or whatever.

“But I realized early on that I just don’t give a shit. I don’t communicate in that world anyway.”

Trucks, who began playing professionally at the age of 9, met Tedeschi on an Allmans tour (her eponymous band was the opening act). They married in 2001, and live in Jacksonville, Fla. (Trucks’ hometown) with their two children.

Revelator, the first Tedeschi Trucks album, was cut at the family’s barn studio (it was later awarded the Grammy for Best Blues Album). Last year saw the release of a colossal live document, Everybody’s Talkin,’ and an all-new set — also recorded at home — should be out in August.

Like so many musicians who feed off constant live performance, Trucks sometimes can’t tell whether the house or “the road” is home.

“I think that’s what drives a lot of musicians insane, when you can’t tell which one you’re more comfortable in,” he laughs. “I’m pretty happy anywhere I fall. When you’re home, the day before you have to leave for the road, you’re like ‘Shit. I’m not really ready to go.’ But once you get on the road you’re like ‘All right. Great! This is fun.’

“It’s two good lives that we get to lead. There’s a freedom in being on the road, hanging with some of your favorite people on earth, playing music for a living. It gets tiring; all that comes with it. But the upside, in my mind, is infinitely

total badass,” says Trucks. “but when you’re conflicted about being on the road, and you’re pulled in different directions, it’s hard to be fully in something. And my thought process always is: It’s either a hundred percent, or out. I can’t deal with being in multiple places; you either have to do it or you don’t.

“With a band like this, there’s a lot of moving parts, so nothing’s gonna stop the ship. I think Susan’s really the only irreplaceable person in the band! You could find another guitar player if you had to.”

Since Burbage’s departure, the band has worked with a revolving cast of bassists, including the Meters’

George Porter Jr., and Bakhiti Kamalo, who’s best known for his innovative playing on Paul Simon’s Graceland project.

Mr. and Mrs. Trucks haven’t yet decided who’ll be filling Oteil’s shoes on a permanent basis.

“I told the band: Let’s just pretend we’ve been in a relationship for a while, and now we’re going to date a bunch of hot bass players,” Trucks says. “We’re not gonna settle down for a bit.”

See tedeschitrucksband.com

Richard Thompson

Opening for Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell Wednesday, April 3, Johnny Mercer Theatre

Since his early days as a founding singer and guitarist in the folk band Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson has generated a cult following that happily trails him through all sorts of musical discoveries and changes.

Rather than confound, the British acoustic guitar hero has delighted those international legions of Thompsonites with Electric, a new album that takes a bold left turn into Stratocaster territory while still adhering to the RT principal: Immaculately written songs, both lyrically and musically, sung in a clear-as-a-bell voice that’s both worldly-wise and playfully inquisitive.

“I was kind of inspired to write for a trio, to put more of a folkie slant on Cream or the Jimi Hendrix Experience or something,” Thompson says of his newest adventure. “A less powerful power trio.”

Thompson and his power trio in the opening slot for for country rock legends Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell is not as big a leap as it might seem: Electric was recorded in Nashville, where Thompson has some serious acolytes, and produced by sometime Harris and Crowell collaborator Buddy Miller.

For any artist who’s been around for 40 years or more, Thompson says, “Style kind of morphs into cliché. I think you have to challenge the audience with new material, and they will challenge you back. And I’m glad to say I have those kinds of fans at this point.”

Still, the Richard Thompson Electric Trio (as it’s billed for this Savannah Music Festival show) may confuse a few of the faithful. But that’s what artists do; they experiment and move continually forward.

“I think we’ve invented a new genre: funk/folk,” says Thompson.

“I’m not sure the world is ready for it. But we’ve done it anyway.”

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“And when I’m home, I’m perfectly content. I guess having the studio there, and the fact that we’re always working and doing something musically, makes me not get the itch to hit the road immediately. Having the studio there, I feel like it’s the best of both worlds.

But you can’t replace being on the road and playing music for people.”

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The Colorado-based Taylor writes and sings in an unapologetically raw style, flailing away at a banjo, on stark songs that combine Delta blues and African influences (after all, Africa is the home of the banjo) with Appalachian laments and other elements of American roots music. According to Guitar Player magazine, “he is arguably the most relevant blues artist of our time.”

He isn’t afraid to approach dark subjects; his breathrough album, White African, dealt harshly and realistically with African-American history: Said Downbeat: “(Taylor) has a poet’s soul, with a deep respect for the history of blacks in America and an unshakable curiosity about the human condition.” Paste called him “ a country-folk version of spontaneous, talking-blues master John Lee Hooker.”

“I make the kind of music that’s not really commercial,” he told an interviewer. “I just don’t care. I’m sure other people can write like that; they just may not be comfortable because they won’t sell records. It isn’t that they can’t do it; they just choose not to do it.”

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her microphone down, and they proceeded to perform a smoky ballad without any amplification. The sound still filled the small brick building.

The effect was stunning.

Moura returned and they all burned through her emotional rendition of Joni Mitchell’s aching classic “A Case of You,” the only song performed in English for the duration.

She closed with “Desfado,” the sprightly and impossibly catchy title tune to her newest album.

And that was that. Over too soon.

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Reggae is global, but Jamaica’s just one island. No wonder that reggae owes most all its pedigree to a very small group of extremely influential musicians, names like Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Bunny Wailer, Burning Spear, Lee Perry.

Another member of this exclusive fraternity is Aston “Family Man” Barrett, who played with Marley and essentially authored the entire concept of the reggae bassline. Barrett is the only active original member of Marley’s backing band-turnedglobal draw, The Wailers, but his band’s performance this past Friday night (March 29) at the Trustees was far from an over-the-hill phone-in performance.

Barrett has surrounded himself with a spunky band of young and young-ish players, chief among them the charismatic lead vocalist Koolant Brown — who sounds more like Tosh than Marley — diminutive but robust drummer Drummie Zeb, and sultry backup singer Cegee Victory.

The first 45 minutes comprised a slate of Wailers hits from the post-Marley era. After an extended break, Koolant and guitarist Audley Chisholm came out and did a short acoustic duo of Marley covers, including a touching “Redemption Song.”

Then the full band sauntered back out and that was the signal for an all-out Marley fest, as the Wailers majestically tore through a panoply of globally beloved hits like “Jammin’” “Three Little Birds,” “Exodus,” “I Shot the Sheriff,” and many, many more.

The Wailers have performed these songs thousands of times, I’m sure.

But in testament to their own talent and professionalism as well as the eternal, timeless quality of Marley’s songs themselves, at no point did I get the impression the band was anything but extremely enthusiastic about Marley’s music and message.

In a brilliant move, Koolant himself asked the audience to stand and dance early on, which was the cue for a group migration from the seats down to the front of the stage – where there was indeed much dancing and enjoyment, and much proof of reggae’s irresistable power to unite people of all backgrounds. – Jim Morekis

Ana Moura @ Morris Center

One hour of Ana Moura, an exquisite fado vocalist and riveting performer, was simply not enough.

The Portuguese fadista sings in a passionate alto, a sometimes husky sound that can rise effortlessly and without warning into the upper reaches. Applied to dynamic music performed by a mostly acoustic band, she seemed to invoke long-gone love affairs both good and unsatisfactory, and the darker things that live in the hearts of the Portuguese people.

Since I don’t speak the language, I assume that’s what Moura was singing about.

In whispered, halting English, she told the March 30 crowd that the Morris Center – at the least the candle-lit rows of cabaret tables closest to the stage – reminded her for the intimate “fado houses” in her homeland.

Moura then asked for the public address system to be shut off, so she and the band could reproduce the atmosphere in these places. She put

The March 27 audience was stoked to see the master of New Orleans piano R&B, Dr. John, and his band the Nite Trippers. Like many artists of a certain stature, much of the applause is for past reputation rather than present performance. And as with many aging titans, Dr. John has surrounded himself with young hotshots, like his amazing trombonist and “musical director” Sarah Morrow and killer organist Pookie Hudson.

However, the Nite Trippers never really, well, tripped. They just never caught fire. The reason why may have to do with the poor sound.

Many of us know Dr. John as one of the finest blues pianists around, but unfortunately the sound was mixed so flat — especially during the early portion of the show — that I literally couldn’t hear him play.

A stint on electric keys enabled us to hear Dr. John’s finger work to advantage; as for the baby grand on which he played most of the night, the only time we could really hear him shine on the ivories was near the end of the show, on the Leadbelly tune “Good Night Irene” and the New Orleans anthem “Big Bass Drum.”

Let’s be clear: The audience enjoyed the concert. Dr. John’s signature scatcat growl and funky songwriting never failed to please. Voodoo-tinged gutbucket numbers like “The Monkey Speaks His Mind,” “St. James’ Infirmary Blues,” and of course the monster hit, “Right Place, Wrong Time,” had the crowd bopping.

But it was a bit like going to a Yo-Yo Ma performance and saying, “Well, it was a pretty good show except I couldn’t really hear the cello.”

I was far from the only person to notice, as conversations after the show indicated. – Jim Morekis

Masters of Bluegrass @ Trustees

In theory, it was a great idea: Get four veteran bluegrass bandleaders together onstage and watch ‘em wail.

In action, the ad-hoc band never quite lived up to the sum of its parts.

Individually, Del McCoury, Bobby Osborne, J.D. Crowe and Bobby Hicks are legends. At the March 28 show – just the third time they’ve all played together - they never quite jelled as a unit.

With all due respect, each is a great player. McCoury’s bass-string runs on the acoustic guitar were flawless as always, and no one sings those high lonesome bends like him. Fiddler Hicks is one of the very best in bluegrass, and Crowe’s banjo breakdowns were solid - if not particularly inspired.

The 81-year-old Osborne, one-half of the immortal Osborne Brothers, still has one of the highest voices in the genre, although some of the highest notes now elude him. His mandolin work, unfortunately, was rarely more than pedestrian.

Is it age? Probably not. Bill Monroe was 84 when he passed on, still picking with fire in his fingers.

But Monroe was wise enough to keep hiring young virtuoso players to fill out the ranks in his Bluegrass Boys. McCoury and Crowe, too, have long been known for hiring young hotshots to take the lightning solos.

That, I think, was the issue at the performance (which also included Jerry McCoury, Del’s brother, on standup bass). With the exception of Hicks, whose fiddle soared on top of the ensemble work, none of the guys are great soloists.

To be fair, the first half hour was all but ruined by the worst sound I have ever heard at an SMF show.

Let’s talk highlights: Hicks’ smoking fiddle on “Cherokee,” and his surprisingly warm baritone singing voice on Ray Price’s “Take Me As I Am or Let Me Go.” McCoury and his brother sang a fine duet on Monroe’s “The Old Cross Road.”

Hearing Hicks take the lead vocal on “Blue Moon of Kentucky” was spine-tingling, and he got the nearly sold-out audience moving with a spirited rendition of “Rocky Top,” a song he helped make famous.

All in all, however, it was a frustratingly light musical experience. – Bill DeYoung CS

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Over at Albany Sporting Goods & Pawn, owner Phillip Phillips Sr. deals in a lot of used goods — including guitars. This fact was not lost on his son, Phillip Jr., who worked in the shop during his teenage years.

“He brought me home my first guitar, and after I got into music more, I started realizing that musical instruments were coming into the store,” says Junior. “And that got me even more interested. So any time somebody’d bring a guitar in, I would definitely play it and check it out.”

In the spring of 2012, Phillip Phillips — no suffix, please — took the big prize on American Idol, due in large part to his Dave Matthews-like prowess on the guitar.

His first single, “Home,” earned a gold record. Last October, a month after his 22nd birthday, he sang the National Anthem before the opening game of the World Series.

Phillips’ first album, The World

From the Side of the Moon, appeared in November. It’s No. 17 with a bullet on this week’s Billboard Top 200 chart.

All of this has come as pleasant surprise to this soft-spoken Georgia boy.

“I was never a fan of American Idol,” he says. “It was just too pop of a show. But the season before me, I was scoping the channels one night and I saw a guy playing an upright bass. I stopped and watched. He did a killer version of ‘Georgia on My Mind.’ I watched him until he got eliminated.

So he kind of gave me the idea to try out.”

He’d been performing semi-regularly, with a brother-in-law on bass and another playing percussion, around Albany, Macon and Valdosta.

Phillips beat out 11,000 other hopefuls through three arduous audition rounds in Charleston, before finding himself face-to-face with Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler.

At the Hyatt Regency in Savannah.

It was Aug. 19, 2011.

He came with his guitar.

They On in The Congress Strip asked him to put it down and sing something a capella. So he dazzled them with a soulful rendition of Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition.”

The celebrity judges were impressed. “I just wanted to go in there and sing and get it over with,” Phillips recalls, “but they want to talk and get to know you. I was sweatin’ like a dog. I just wanted to get out of there.”

“Get your guitar,” Jackson said, inviting Phillips to play another one.

He strummed and picked his way through a high-energy “Thriller.”

And just like that, he was Hollywood-bound.

Phillips is aware of the fact — and he’s very pleased about it — that he broke the mold of pop singers, dance divas and clean-cut crooners who habitually win American Idol.

“It was definitely surprising, for sure,” he says. “I didn’t really care to win. I just wanted to go out there and have a good time with the band.

They’re awesome musicians. I tried to do my best each time and show people what I had to offer throughout the music. I did that and people seemed to like it.”

Later this year, he plans to take a month or two off, relax a bit, hang around Albany and write songs for his second album.

Until then, there’s work to be done.

He’s dead set on establishing his rock cred. “There are definitely people out there who judge me because I was on Idol,” he says.

“I’m just touring a lot, man. I’m a live guy. I want to build up my fan base, and friendships, for years to come. I’m going on tour with John Mayer this summer, which is a similar kind of music. That’s gonna be getting me out there in front of other people.”

Incidentally, no, his middle name isn’t Phillip. “That,” he laughs, “would be just too strange.” CS Phillip Phillips Where: At 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 7 Where: Armstrong Atlantic State University Fine Arts Auditorium, 11935 Abercorn St.

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stand-up time with Bill Maher An interview with the HBO comedian and political commentator by jim morekis | jim@connectsavannah.com

Hard to believe given his mega-fame on HBO these days during the Barack Obama era, but there was a time when Bill Maher was a pariah.

Ironically fired from a show called Politically Incorrect for being, uh, politically incorrect, Maher’s crime was to insinuate that you could call the 9/11 suicide hijackers a lot of names, but “coward” was probably not one of them.

During the height of the Bush era?

Big mistake. Big, big mistake.

But fast forward through the collapse of the economy, the dramatic disintegration of the Republican brand, and the election of the first black president, and Maher is riding high after eight years of continued success on his HBO show Real Time with Bill Maher.

You know you’re successful when Savannah’s Republican congressman, Jack Kingston, never turns down an opportunity to wrangle with you on live TV in front of millions.

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Maher brings his no-holds-barred politics & religion themed stand-up show to town Sunday night. We spoke to Maher last week.

So a couple of weeks ago there was a new Pope and everyone was Catholic.

A week later the Supreme Court was taking up gay marriage, and everyone was gay. Does this give you whiplash?

Bill Maher: Well, they are related — as we know the Catholic Church certainly has issues with gay stuff (laughs). But basically what we’re looking at is the changing backdrop of the country itself.

A third of the nation just doesn’t want to see any change. How does gay marriage actually affect their own marriage? It doesn’t, but to them gay marriage is a sign of their country slipping away from them. And that’s what Obama symbolizes for them.

He’s a black guy — not even particularly liberal, he’s really more centrist — but he’s a symbol of the change they’re so terrified of.

They keep saying “I want my country back.” “We’ve gotta take our country back.” They want to go back to the country where they knew it was always going to be a white guy stepping off Air Force One and giving that salute. But now we’ve got a bunch of women in the Senate, a bisexual senator, an openly gay congressman.

One thing they really liked about Mitt Romney was he represented that country they see slipping away.

He looked like a 1950s TV dad. He embodied the America that was all warm and fuzzy.

And that’s actually who he is, genuinely. He says darn, and durn. He buys shirts from Costco.

But I got news for ya, folks: That America ain’t coming back.

The change in public opinion on gay marriage in particular has been stunning. I’ve never seen any major social issue reverse itself so quickly. Why do you think that is?

Bill Maher: I agree, and I really do chalk it up to TV. People see something on TV and that makes it OK. Before they may have only had an image in mind. Looking back at the

lessons of their youth, probably they didn’t know anybody they thought was gay. People were just too reluctant to come out. Everybody had a gay cousin or gay brother, but they didn’t know. People hid it. But once they got a look at them in real life or on television, things began changing. Look at the Republican senator, Rob Portman, who just came out for gay marriage.

Why? Because his own son is gay.

That exposes a deep psychological flaw among Republicans in particular.

They tend not to be nice to people who aren’t like them. They forget to be empathetic except to people just like them. To affect them, you’ve got to be close, right in their family.

Look at Dick Cheney. Who’s a harder ass than Dick Cheney? But he has a gay daughter, so he supports gay marriage. Republicans just have to learn to extend empathy to people they don’t know, people who are not in their family.

It’s like Rachel Maddow said the other night: Now we just have to find a Republican with somebody poor in their family! Once they know someone who is affected by their economic policies, maybe we’ll see some change on that front too.

We keep hearing that the Republican party is killing itself because it’s lurching so far to the right. But my theory is they’re mostly suffering from brain drain. High IQ people identify themselves as Republicans less and less, and many of the officials remaining in the party seem to be real dumbasses.

Bill Maher: I think that’s very true.

Bobby Jindal, the Louisiana governor, about a month ago came out and said, “we have to stop being the party of stupid.” Good luck with that, Bobby!

But there is a brain drain, you’re right, and that’s why every month the Republicans come up with a new guy, the leader of the future. They just roll him out and say to everybody, “hey wait until you get a load of this guy.”

They’ve done it with Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, Rand Paul, and many others.

There’s still this myth of a Republican genius waiting in the wings to knock everybody’s socks off. But they

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Bill Maher: Well, I don’t know. If Democrats were really the party of that working class lunchbucket guy, they might be against immigration.

Immigration lowers salaries and drives wages down. Part of the problem is that Democrats really should be getting a much larger percentage of the vote. Especially now that Republicans really are unabashedly the party of the one percent.

That’s the real elephant in the room when Republicans do these autopsies after another election they’ve lost: “Well, we just didn’t do the messaging well. But our ideas are fantastic.”

Actually their problem is their economic policies.

Marco Rubio will say something like, “Democrats divide the country into haves and have-nots. Republicans divide the country into haves and soon-to-haves.” He says, “When Republicans drive through a rich neighborhood we don’t have jealousy, we say congratulations, because we know in America everyone has an opportunity to have one of those mansions one day.”

That works on a fair number of people. But come on. Seriously, what path is there these days for the teacher or the soldier or the cop or the fireman to get a mansion like that?

All these salaried people we say are our heroes are not going to be joining you soon in the mansion, Marco Rubio. It’s a cruel carrot they hold in front of people.

Bill Maher: Oh, yes, the “job creators,” the sacred job creators. That term was coined by Frank Luntz, the guy who does all the Republican messaging. Let’s talk about job creators — come on, when were millionaires and billionaires ever our heroes?

Yes, they’re busy laying those jobcreating eggs, we can’t bother them! (laughs) They are all that stands between us and darkest night. As you say, there’s zero evidence.

Whenever we do give the rich big tax breaks, they just sit on the money.

They’re sitting on an absolute mountain of cash right now. They’re not putting it back into the economy at all.

In 2004 we gave a giant tax break to multinationals so they could hide offshore revenue. The idea was they would repatriate that money. But they didn’t reinvest any of it.

That’s the nature of rich people.

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Speaking of bases: As the Democrats consolidate their working class minority base of African Americans and Latinos, will we see a return to the Democratic Party’s historic role as a protector of lunchpail, working class people, like back in the day?

For 30 years the media has failed to push back against this idea that if we just cut taxes on the wealthy, the wealthy will create a whole bunch of jobs, despite there being zero evidence of that ever happening.

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just don’t have people with intellectual gravitas anymore, like William F. Buckley.

The problem is their base. The snakehandlers and early-onset dementia patients who make up the Republican base are tethering them to be the stupid party. I think the party would like to move on immigration reform, but the base hates immigration reform. They think it’s just Mexicans in an evil swarm coming over the border.

Every time Republicans want to modernize, their base pulls them back. It’s like Michael Corleone in one of the Godfathers: “Every time I try to quit they keep pulling me back in.”

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Gallery hop text & photos by Jared Butler “In the Pines” Closing Reception @ Gallery Espresso

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Stay grounded.

If one phrase could describe the intersections between the city’s local art production and small businesses, that’d be it.

Gallery Espresso and Foxy Loxy, gems of Savannah’s coffeehouse culture and visual arts scene, continually drive that point home.

Gallery Espresso treated guests to wine and light hors d’oeuvres on the evening of Friday, March 29, to wrap up the exhibit “In the Pines,” which has been on view at the esteemed coffeehouse throughout March. The show featured the prints, drawings, and paintings of Gordon Rabut, Lucas Rager, and Mariel ZayasBazan. Mariel was kind enough to sit down and discuss her work and the exhibit at large.

“I think we’re all searching Mariel Zayas-Bazan with her work for authenticity,” said the spirited SCAD senior, whose small

frame conceals a commanding presence. She was commenting on the thematic and stylistic continuities present in the three bodies of work on display.

Meticulous detail, references to nature and a general angsty tone linked the thirty or so exhibited pieces, achieving a consistency that nonetheless preserved the integrity of each artist’s individual work.

Mariel through her practice reaches for the tangible, the raw and the real. Reflecting on technological saturation and the pervasiveness of media and advertising, she seeks out a way to cope with constant technoimmersion. In short, Mariel asks us to find ways to keep our feet on the ground.

A writing major and printmaking minor, Mariel pursues freelance publication in addition to her endeavors in the visual arts, and has published on several occasions with Inked magazine. She deploys text and image in tandem, utilizing the one to

accomplish what the other cannot.

Through her writing and her prints, she compels audiences to take on a critical perspective, urging separation, distance, and deliberate ways of looking at the world.

Between the two, Mariel and fellow “In the Pines” artist Lucas Rager have almost nine years of work experience at Gallery Espresso, which is nestled at the southeastern end of Chippewa Square on Bull Street. Monthly exhibitions show off the work of local and international artists alike.

Manager and Gallery Director Juliana Peloso, an artist herself, was particularly excited to discuss the coffeehouse’s 20 year anniversary coming up in July. Look for an exclusive employee exhibition to commemorate that proud achievement, and be sure to check Gallery Hop for continuing coverage of Gallery Espresso’s monthly art exhibits and events.

Gallery Espresso’s next exhibit, “I Have Seen Such Beautiful Things,” features mixed media collages by recent SCAD graduate Mallory Moran. It opens April 1 and runs through May 1.

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On every first Friday of the month, several art related businesses between Forsyth Park and Victory Drive organize an art hop featuring exhibition openings, live music and special promotions.

The Art March’s success is one of the chief indications of how local art and local business are redefining the area south of Forsyth (the acronym SoFo is starting to catch on) into a center of Savannah’s creative scene.

Nearly a dozen businesses have forged a creative network in the blocks beyond Forsyth. Staying grounded, thinking local and acting with an interest in community development, midtown’s artists and entrepreneurs are putting the area’s culture and activities on the map.

Get to know the world beyond the Park this Friday, April 5—check out artmarchsavannah.com for information about participating businesses and for a map of the stops.

The weekend marked the last opportunity to see work from Ashantilly Press of Darien, GA, on display at the Foxy Loxy Print Gallery and Café in midtown’s Thomas Square neighborhood.

Loyal patrons gathered for its weekly Saturday night Fire and Wine, where bottles of wine are half price and marshmallow roasting paraphernalia are provided by the house.

After meeting its Kickstarter campaign goal last Friday night, raising enough money to add exhibition space and customer seating upstairs at the historic Victorian property, the folks at Foxy Loxy are busy this week preparing the gallery’s next exhibit.

The next show’s opening reception will be a stop on this month’s First Friday Art March on April 5.

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Cedric Smith, Connect contributing photographer and local fashion blogger, is still going through his thousands of Charleston Fashion Week photos. Check them out, and his local work, at his blog “You’re Welcome Savannah.” Here is a stylish lady sporting some old school flash.

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collected over a 20 year span by an avid art buyer and collecter in NYC. The work will be available to purchase in way of silent auction with the highest bidder winning. sickynarnar.com. Fri., April 5, 7 p.m The Sicky Nar Nar, 125 W Duffy St. Trilogy: Photographic works — A Fantastic Re-

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Continuing Antonio Lopez and the World of Fashion Art — Curated by Andre Leon Talley.

Through May 4 SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

The Art of Seating: Two Hundred Years of American Design — Using 40 chairs

which span more than two centuries of design and manufacture. Through May 19 Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard St.

Candice Breitz: Queen (A Portrait of Madonna) — Video artist Brietz’s mul-

tichannel video installation, featuring avid Italian Madonna fans performing their way through Madonna’s “Immaculate Collection” album. Through July 14 SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

Light Paradox — Mexican artist Gabriel

Dawe constructs intricate, site-specific sculptural installations. Gutstein Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St.

Mary Telfair and the Grand Tour —

Rarely exhibited works from Mary Telfair’s collection, acquired primarily in Italy during her travels abroad.

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Material Discovery: Angel Otero — New

paintings and sculpture plus recent works. Through May 5 SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

Notations (Art inspired by Music) —

Compositions by Carmela Aliffi will open at LuLu’s Chocolate Bar, March 21-April 16. The exhibition coincides with the Savannah Music Festival.

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Othoniel — A presentation of largescale steel and glass sculptures, and Precious Stonewall, by contemporary French artist Jean-Michel Othoniel.

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Post-Consumed: Plastic Constructions — Exhibit by Rachel Green and Harry

DeLorme features works made from repurposed and recycled source materials. Through April 26 City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs, 9 West Henry St.

Rosemarie Fiore: Firework Drawings —

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Sitting in Savannah: Telfair Chairs and Sofas — Highlights Telfair Muse-

art workshops: June 10-14: Youth Oil Painting Intensive. June 17-21: Drawing the Figure. Beginners welcome.

Ages 15 and up. June 24-28: Portrait Drawing and Painting, half-day session working from a live model. Beginners welcome. All ages. thestudioschoolsavannah.com. Through June 23 Studio School, 1319 Bull St.

Sojourn in an Irish County: Images from County Mayo — Photographer Tim

“How to” Gilded Frames Class — Telfair Museums presents a class in framing for adults, by custom art framer Belinda McLain. Telfair Members $450; Non-Members $475 (Includes $300 supply kit) April 6-7, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. telfair.org. telfair.org/jepson/. April 6-7, 10 a.m.-5 p.m Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.

ums’ significant collection of chairs and sofas as functional objects and sculptural forms. Also at the OwensThomas House, 124 Abercorn St. Museum admission. Through Oct. 7 Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard St.

Coy’s images from his 2010 visit to the towns, villages, countryside and rugged coastline of County Mayo, Ireland. A portion of all sales benefits Hospice Savannah, Inc. Through April 30 Hospice Savannah, 1352 Eisenhower Dr.

Sketch-Booking is Hip! — A weekly class on sketchbooking, followed by time to actually sketch. Taught by artist Kip Bradley, Wednesdays, April 10-May 29, 12-1 class time and 1-5pm open sketch time. Members $95; Non-members $120 Through April 17. telfair.org. telfair.org/jepson/. Through April 17 Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.

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The English portion of the menu, resplendent with the obligatory Shepherd’s Pie, is solid and builds character in your taste buds. The bar is home to the city’s best selection of import English beers, often featuring beers on tap that no other barkeep would offer.

Now, the popular Bay Street pub is paying homage to the great British statesman, Winston Churchill. The addition of Winston’s Wine Bar in the restaurant’s well-kept basement is reeling in wine fans and those seeking a cozy get-away.

The concept is not new. Wine bars have met with sketchy success over the past decade. Many have come with great fanfare, and then faded quietly behind papered over windows.

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Released in the waning weeks of the summer of 2009, after Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen had done the Hasbro brand (although not cinema itself) proud with its blockbuster grosses, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, likewise based on a Hasbro line of toys, was a sizable enough hit to guarantee that a sequel would eventually hit the screen. It was also putrid enough to join the aforementioned Michael Bay eyesore on my list of the year’s worst films.

G.I. Joe: Retaliation is that inevitable sequel, and the good news is that it’s a definite improvement over its predecessor. For whatever reasons, director Stephen Sommers and the five(!) writers of the original have thankfully not returned for a second tour of duty, with the responsibilities now falling to Jon M. Chu (helmer of the Step Up sequels) and Zombieland scripters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. Channing Tatum, star of the first film, does return, although he basically has a glorified cameo. He again plays Duke, the elite military man who takes his team into Pakistan for what turns out to be an ambush that leaves practically all of the soldiers dead.

Among the only survivors is second-in-command Roadblock (Dwayne Johnson), and he’s determined to find out who’s behind the sabotage. That would of course be the members of the nefarious organization Cobra, who need all the Joes out of the way so they can get started on that whole “world domination” gig. Yet not all of the Joes were on the ill-fated Pakistani mission, meaning Roadblock and his motley crew can expect help from their colleague Snake Eyes (Ray Park) and his apprentice Jinx (Elodie Yung) - to say nothing of the retired general (Bruce Willis) who, as Roadblock explains, is why they’re all called Joes in the first place.

The establishing banter between best buds Duke and Roadblock is agonizing, so the action in this movie can’t arrive fast enough.

When it does, it suggests that Chu is working from a Jekyll & Hyde dichotomy, with the good action sequences (most notably a superb ninja showdown unfolding on mountainsides) repeatedly giving way to the bad ones (chiefly, any sequence that sacrifices clarity and spacial relations for the sake of fast edits and blinding explosions). The entire movie basically operates in such a yin-yang manner, ricocheting between interesting characters and idiotic ones, between clever plot developments and ludicrous ones, between smart dialogue and - wait, scratch that; there is no smart dialogue, just marblemouthed monologues and limp quips.

Johnson again demonstrates that he’s one of the few action stars of today able to believably hold the screen, but the presence of Willis only accentuates the fact that he’s become a lazy caricature of himself, as much of a heroic burnout as Stallone and Schwarzenegger.

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Olympus Has Fallen registers as a stale action flick whose primary worth is probably as a heartland alternative for redmeat moviegoers. It’s basically two hours of “America, F#@k Yeah!” — the Team America: World Police anthem that has unofficially been the motto of everything from the 2012 Summer Olympics to the Iraq War. Perhaps in a calculated move not to alienate Tea Party ticket holders, the president in this movie is white: Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart), a decent politician whose best friend, Mike

Banning (Gerard Butler), also happens to be his best Secret Service shadow. But a personal tragedy forces the men to split up, and when the White House is attacked by North Korean terrorists and the Prez is nabbed along with some key staffers, Banning has to work his way back onto the Pennsylvania Avenue property before he can go all “yippee ki yay” on the assailants.

Director Antoine Fuqua, known for gritty films like Training Day and Brooklyn’s Finest, takes a page from the Roland Emmerich/Michael Bay handbook by opting for all the bombast money can buy, thereby uneasily squishing together ample money shots (The White House gets blown up! The Washington Monument crumbles! Gerard Butler flexes his muscles!) with casual brutality (civilians are mowed down like so much grass). It’s all very busy but not especially exciting, and it does little to transcend what was doubtless its pitched tag as Die Hard Meets Air Force One. Debuting screenwriters Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt keep the story moving at a rapid clip, though they occasionally do stumble into plotholes (one character is a traitor committed to his new cause until he suddenly isn’t; a code is required from a certain person until it suddenly isn’t).

Eckhart is always good, and Butler generally fares better in action flicks than romantic comedies. Reliable Robert Forster brings his gruff demeanor to the role of the irascible head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, while reliable Morgan Freeman brings gravitas to his scenes as Speaker of the House Trumbull. Placed

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Tina Fey is a smart, funny and vivacious actress, but she’s admittedly at her best when paired with a more manic co-star who brings her relative passivity into sharper focus (think Amy Poehler in Baby Mama or Steve Carell in Date Night). Paul Rudd is a charming, likable and slyly amusing actor, but he’s admittedly at his best when paired with a more manic costar who likewise brings his relative passivity into sharper focus (think Leslie Mann in Knocked Up or Jason Segel in I Love You, Man). So while the idea of teaming Fey and Rudd in a major motion picture sounds like a feasible one, the reality is that all this low-simmer niceness results in a movie that has absolutely no wit, bite or — most shockingly — moments of

hilarity.

It’s not really the faults of the two leads, who do what they can with the feeblest of characters. Fey stars as Portia Nathan, a Princeton admissions officer fiercely devoted to her job. But the revelation that the prestigious university has fallen to — shudder — number 2 on US News & World Report’s annual list of the nation’s best colleges has left the institution in shock, and this coupled with the announcement by her retiring boss (Wallace Shawn) that he’s seeking a worthy replacement forces Portia to think outside the box. Having been approached by John Pressman (Rudd) to come check out the alternative, go-green high school that he runs in the middle of nowhere, she accepts the invitation and is soon introduced to Jeremiah (Nat Wolff), an atypical student who John insists would be a perfect candidate for Princeton.

Portia isn’t wholly convinced until John drops the bombshell: Jeremiah is most likely the son Portia gave up for adoption nearly two decades earlier. Now charged with maternal pride as well as faith in her own awesome

genes, she does whatever she can to ensure that Jeremiah makes it into Princeton.

Using Jean Hanff Korelitz’s book as a blueprint, Karen Croner cobbles together a script that bungles many important ingredients, starting with the crucial fact that we are never convinced that Jeremiah and Princeton would be a mutually beneficial match.

The characters of Portia and John are problematic as well. Some of Portia’s questionable actions are never challenged by the filmmakers and make her less attractive than doubtless intended; Rudd’s part, meanwhile, is more of a supporting one than a co-starring one, and he isn’t given enough time to come off as much more than a smug, self-satisfied liberal who, depending on your inclination, should either be slapped or prepped for canonization.

As Portia’s longtime companion who abandons her for another woman, Michael Sheen provides a fine case study of dishonor among the intelligentsia, and it’s nice to see Shawn again gracing the halls of academia (he’s played educators on

numerous occasions, most memorably in Clueless). Top acting honors, however, go to Lily Tomlin as Portia’s mother Susannah, a feminist who once wrote a book titled The Masculine Myth, sports a Bella Abzug tattoo and — a nice, subtle touch — has two dogs named Betty and Gloria.

Like Portia — let’s face it, like practically all women in cinema — Susannah can’t be completely happy in her independence or her career, ultimately needing a man (never another woman, of course) to share her bed.

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yet not enough Hangover-style scatology to merit anything stronger. This is strictly a toon tale for the whole family, meaning that anyone on the lookout for a comeback by Fritz the Cat creator Ralph Bakshi (MIA since 1997) will have to keep waiting and hoping.

No, The Croods is exactly the sort of animated fare we receive on a monthly basis from Hollywood. It’s bright and bleeds color; it’s anachronistic in spots, meaning that it will probably date rather quickly; it tries to locate new visuals to justify that additional 3-D expense; and it espouses all the usual messages of living life to the fullest and becoming your own person and blah blah blah. On the scale of such efforts, it’s pretty good, with an engaging second half making up for a tedious opening stretch.

The Croods are a family consisting of six prehistoric cave dwellers, with the overly cautious dad Grug (voiced by Nicolas Cage) constantly butting heads with his exuberant teenage daughter Eep (Emma Stone).

A natural disaster forces the clan members out of the cave and into the outside world, where they find an ally in the practical Guy (Ryan Reynolds) and enemies in all sorts of menacing critters (most strikingly, a flock of bird-piranhas).

Despite the selection of suitable voice actors for these roles, the characters are only borderline interesting; what makes the movie work is the attention to the details that surround them, particularly some oddball animal friends as well as a beautifully rendered landscape full of both wonder and danger. It’s when it’s bringing this world to life that The Croods is at its most refined.

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There’s something cheerfully stupid about thrillers like The Call, wherein a protagonist who’s seemingly as brilliant as Sherlock Holmes eventually becomes as dimwitted as Forrest Gump.

In this case, that would be Jordan Turner (Halle Berry), a 911 operator who blunders in an attempt to save a young girl (Evie Thompson) from a psychopath (Michael Eklund), thereby resulting in the child’s abduction and murder. This incident still weighs heavily on Jordan six months

later, when she takes another call from a teenage girl. Young Casey Welson (Abigail Breslin) has been kidnapped by the same lunatic, and Jordan stays in constant contact with her via cell phone as she tries to figure out how Casey can be saved.

Missteps are kept to a minimum during the first hour of The Call, with the picture convincingly illustrating how a 911 call center might really function and honing in on Jordan’s resourcefulness in thinking of ways that Casey might be able to alert others that she’s trapped in a car trunk (the trick involving paint cans is a nice one). Eventually, though, the trio of scripters run out of ways to keep the narrative fresh and revert to tired genre conventions.

And because she’s the top-billed star, Berry can’t just be a hero from a chair, so the movie finds a contrived way for her character to get in on the action — and then calls on her to make some dumb decisions. It’s all part of a last act that’s only slightly less frustrating than a constant busy signal.

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In a nice nod to the 1939 original, this Oz opens in black-and-white, with a boxy 1.37:1 image (what was used before the widescreen era began in 1953). The setting is Kansas, and the traveling magician Oscar (James Franco), known as Oz to his friends, is busy wowing the locals with his sleight-of-hand show and wooing the ladies who catch his eye. When a circus strongman reacts with rage in the aftermath of one of his conquests, Oz elects to hightail it off the ground in his trusty air balloon, leaving behind his put-upon assistant Frank (Zach Braff).

The magician gets caught in the middle of a fearsome tornado and ends up in the color-saturated, widescreen world of Oz; there, he meets a kindly witch (Mila Kunis) who’s convinced that he’s the great wizard who’s come to save the land from the machinations of a wicked witch. Aware of his own limitations but also learning about the kingdom’s vast treasures, he pretends to be a real wizard, a claim met with suspicion from the sorceress’ equally powerful sister (Rachel Weisz). Oz sets off to kill the wicked witch, and his adventures place him in contact with a flying monkey

named Finley (voiced by Braff), an animated porcelain doll called China Girl (voiced by Joey King) and yet another witch (Michelle Williams).

From the 1939 chestnut to the modern stage smash Wicked, works based on the properties of author L. Frank Baum have tended to present their female characters as smart, headstrong women ultimately responsible for their own fates. Therefore, it’s a bit disconcerting to see how in this film, they’re all small moons orbiting around Franco’s Oz — in fact, the lothario’s base treatment of one of the witches is what fuels not only the majority of this movie but also Dorothy’s subsequent saga as well.

Scripters Mitchell Kapner and David Lindsay-Abaire do add some clever shout-outs to the original film, but they’re all inconsequential and can’t overcome the banality of the central thrust, which involves usual tropes like mistaken identities and the need for a nuclear family.

I’ve been a Sam Raimi fan ever since The Evil Dead back in the mid1980s, and he’s made me proud with such triumphs as the acclaimed thriller A Simple Plan (a movie in dire need of discovery) and the crackerjack Spider-Man trilogy. So it’s crushing to see how much the director has sold out here.

Franco is not terrible in the part, but he’s not exactly inspired, either.

His Oz is more off-putting than should be the case - he’s so lecherous, I expected him to start hitting on the childlike China Girl at any moment and there’s no hint of Frank Morgan, who played the Wizard in 1939, in his performance.

When Ewan McGregor portrayed Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequels, he took care to adopt Alec Guinness’ careful enunciation and floating cadences to provide viewers with a recognizable throughline so they could link the two characterizations; it’s a disengaged performance that’s only slightly more grounded than his hosting stint on the Oscars.

As the three witches, only Kunis is given a character that has any sort of arc, even if it isn’t a very believable one. Weisz provides some zest to a cardboard role, while Williams can’t be anything but dull in her drowsy part.

As the chattering monkey Finley, Braff is made to sound more like a character from a Shrek movie, given the contemporary edge afforded his

character’s dialogue. The same degree of modernity can be found in Tony Cox as the dour Munchkin, Knuck.

Cox, hilarious as Billy Bob Thornton’s profane partner in Bad Santa, perpetually seems on the verge of slipping back into that movie’s character, and I half-expected to hear Muck bellow, “Oz, you stupid motherf***er!”

Such an outburst wouldn’t have provided the movie with any more of a brain or a heart, but at least it would have shown some measure of nerve in a production that’s about as challenging as skipping down a brick road.

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On the surface, Jack the Giant Slayer would appear to be made from the same cloth as Oz the Great and Powerful - that is to say, it’s an expensive CGI spectacle directed by a highly regarded helmer of superhero flicks (in this case, X-Men’s Bryan Singer). It’s based, of course, on the classic fairy tale in which a peasant boy gets hold of some magic beans that eventually bear an enormous beanstalk that travels upward into the clouds; after climbing to the top, he encounters a fearsome giant and must use his wits to survive.

Jack the Giant Slayer takes that template and expands on it in a way that works. This isn’t a disastrous rewriting (like Mirror Mirror) but rather an interpretation that strives to always remain consistent. Its central role still belongs to young Jack (Nicholas Hoult, also starring in Warm Bodies), but he’s surrounded by various characters brought to life by fine actors: Ewan McGregor as the brave soldier Elmont, Stanley Tucci as the duplicitous Roderick, Ian McShane as the noble king, and more.

The 3-D is excellent although not essential, and while much of the CGI looks like the same-old same-old (especially the large-scale battle sequences), the giants are an imaginatively designed bunch and the beanstalk itself is a monumental marvel.

Jack the Giant Slayer isn’t close to being among the elite films in theaters now, but if your significant other or your friends narrow down the viewing options to this or Oz the Great and Powerful, best to gently push them in this direction. CS

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Activism & Politics Drinking Liberally

An informally, left-leaning gathering to discuss politics, the economy, sports, entertainment, anything else that comes up. Every first and third Thursday. Free ongoing, 7:30 p.m. drinkingliberally.org. satisfiedsav.com/. ongoing, 7:30 p.m Satisfied, 301 West Broughton St. Savannah Area Young Republicans

For information, visit www.savannahyoungrepublican.com or call Allison Quinn at 912-308-3020. savannahyoungrepublican.com. Call or see website for information. Free ongoing. 912-3083020. savannahyoungrepublicans.com. ongoing Savannah Tea Party

Free to attend. Food and beverages available for purchase. First Monday of each month. Call for additional information. Free ongoing, 5:30 p.m.

912-598-7358. bdburgers.net. ongoing, 5:30 p.m B & D Burgers (Southside), 11108 Abercorn St. Victorian Neighborhood Association Meetings

Open to all residents, property owners and businesses located between Anderson and Gwinnett, M.L.King,Jr. Blvd to East Broad Street. Free second Tuesday of every month, 6-7 p.m.

912-233-0352. alpost135.com/. second Tuesday of every month, 6-7 p.m American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. Young Democrats

Call or visit the Young Democrats Facebook page for more information.

Free Sundays, 3:30 p.m. 423-619-7712. sentientbean.com. Sundays, 3:30 p.m The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave.

Benefits The Artful Table Preview Party

A benefit for Telfair Museums. Guests get first look at tablescapes and vignettes for Friday’s Artful Table luncheon, created by local designers, and bid on Tiny Tables and Chairs painted by local artists. $85 Thu., April 4, 6:30 p.m. telfair.org. telfair.org/jepson/. Thu., April 4, 6:30 p.m Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Dinner at Sage for Savannah Children’s Choir

A multi-course dinner with wine pairings to benefit the Savannah Children’s Choir, plus performances by the Premier Choir. Tickets and pricing online.

Mon., April 8, 6 p.m. 912-228-4758. savannahchoir.org. Mon., April 8, 6 p.m Sage of Savannah, 43 Whitaker St. Forsyth Farmers Market Seeks Sponsors

Market sponsors invest in a healthy community and show consideration for the local economy. Sponsorship opportunities begin at $350. Help keep food fresh and local. ongoing. kristen@ forsythfarmersmarket.com. forsythfarmersmarket.com. forsythfarmersmarket.com/. ongoing Forsyth Famers’ Market, 501 Whitaker St. Fundraiser for Sega Girls School in Tanzania

April 13, 2-4pm. Hosted by Savannah Friends Meeting (Quakers). Audiovisual presentation on the school and a silent auction of artwork, papier mâché objects, gift certificates, and various services. Light food and refreshments will be served. $10 Through April 13.

912-308-8286. traceydolan@aol.com.. trinitychurch1848.org/. Through April 13 Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St. Karma Yoga Class for Local Charities

Bikram Yoga Savannah has added a new weekly Karma class to raise money for local charities. Mondays during the 6:30pm class. Pay $5 to participate; proceeds are donated to a different local charity each month. ongoing. 912-344-1278. bikramyogasavannah.com. ongoing Rivers Rock! Ogeechee Riverkeeper Benefit

Rock the brand new beer garden at Moon River with the band Swamp Cabbage. Benefiting Ogeechee Riverkeeper. $10 Sat., April 6, 2-6 p.m. ogeecheeriverkeeper.org/. moonriverbrewing.com/. Sat., April 6, 2-6 p.m Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St. Smiles for Life: Benefits Children’s Charities

Through June 30, Godley Station Dental in Pooler will provide tooth-whitening procedures benefiting the Coastal Children’s Advocacy Center and the Smiles for Life Foundation. The $209 cost is tax-deductible, as materials and services by Drs. Matthew Allen and Tait Carpenter are donated. The children’s advocacy center provides free services to children who have been abused or witnessed violence. Godley Station Dental is located at 1000 Towne Center Boulevard, Bldg. 100, Suite 101, in Pooler. Call for appointment. $209 Through June 30. 912-748-8585.

Through June 30 Two Faced

An art show by Raabstract. Through April 28. Through April 28. tacasushi. com/. Through April 28 Ta Ca Sushi & Japanese Fusion, 513 E Oglethorpe Ave. Yard Sale and Blood Drive

The treasures of spring cleaning are for sale at this multi-family yard sale.

Blood drive hosted by the Blood Alliance. Sat., April 6, 8 a.m.-noon. lisa@ stjohnsrincon.com. stjohnsrincon.com.

Sat., April 6, 8 a.m.-noon St. John’s Lutheran Church of Rincon, 301 N Columbia Ave (Highway 21 at 7th Street).

Call for Entries 3-D Artist Sought for Gallery

Seeking a 3-D artist to join this cooperative gallery. Artist must be a fulltime resident of Savannah or nearby area. Work to be considered includes sculpture, glass, ceramics and wood. If interested please submit 5-10 images of your work, plus resume/CV and biography to info@kobogallery.com. ongoing. info@kobogallery.com. ongoing Kobo Gallery, 33 Barnard Street ,.

Call for Recycle Artists

Seeking artists/crafters who create functional to funky artwork from 75% reclaimed material and rated “G”. Recycled art--recycled jewelry, soap, leather, metal, wood, furniture, driftwood, denim, and more, for booths at the ReVision Art & Eco Festival on Saturday, April 20h from 9 am till 3 pm at Forsyth Park. Artists may display and sell their creations. Artists may also give mini-demos throughout the day to show everyone how and why they make their art/crafts. Submit via email or call for information. Sponsored by Chatham County Department of Public Works and Park Services, Resource Conservation Education Center. Forsyth Park Through April 12. 912-790-1647. slarnott@chathamcounty.org. Through April 12 Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. City seeks applications for Weave A Dream Initiative

Weave-A-Dream grant applications will be accepted through the calendar year, while funds are available. Programs must be completed before December 1, 2013. Application must be submitted at least eight weeks before the start date of the project. Project funding is available up to $3,500 for specific and innovative arts, cultural, or heritage programming or presentations that have a measurable, quantifiable benefit to Savannah’s diverse populations.

Particularly interested in proposals with a strong youth focus (under 21). All program disciplines including multi-disciplinary projects are encouraged. Applicants must be a non-profit 501-c-3 headquartered in the Savannah city limits. For more information see website. ongoing. 912-651-6417. cnorthcutt@savannahga.gov. savannahga.gov\arts). ongoing Homeschool Music Classes

Music classes for homeschool students ages 8 - 18, and their parents. Offered

in Guyton and Savannah. See website for details. ongoing. CoastalEmpireMusic.com. ongoing

Savannah Record Fair

Record collectors paradise, for buying or selling LPs. Call for info. Through April 21. 912-525-5502. Through April 21 May Poetter Gallery (SCAD), 342 Bull St. Vic’s on the River Wine Label Contest

Seeking Savannah’s creative designers to design a signature wine label for Vic’s on the River’s new wine collection debuting later this spring. The theme for the label should represent Vic’s on the River, riverfront dining and the historic downtown. See website for details, specifications, and entry forms.

Submit entries to 26 East Bay Street, or via email, with completed entry form.

Deadline: Wednesday, April 17. Winner announcement Wednesday, April 24.

Winning entry receives $500.00, dinner for two at Vic’s on the River and one case of featured wine with winning label design. Through April 18. info@vicsontheriver.com. vicsontheriver.com.. vicsontheriver.com/. Through April 18 Vic’s on The River, 16 East River St.

Classes, Camps & Workshops Art, Music, Piano, Voice Coaching

Coaching for all ages, beginners through advanced. Classic, modern, jazz improvization and theory. Serious inquiries only. 912-961-7021 or 912667-1056.

Artist Sacred Circle

Group forming on Fridays beginning in March. 1:30pm-3pm. Based on The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron.

Contact Lydia Stone, 912-656-6383 or rosesonthemove@gmail.com. ongoing.

912-656-6383. rosesonthemove@gmail. com. ongoing Beading Classes

Offered every weekend at Perlina Beadshop, 6 West State Street. Check website calendar or call for info. 912441-2656. perlinabeadshop.com.

Beading Classses at Bead Dreamer Studio

Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced. Call for class times. 912-920-6659. Bead Dreamer Studio, 407 East Montgomery Xrds.

Beginning Belly Dance Classes

Taught by Happenstance Bellydance.

All skill levels and styles. Private instruction available. $15 912-704-2940. happenstancebellydance@gmail.com. happenstancebellydance.wordpress. com. Anahata Healing Args Center, 2424 Drayton St. Book Study: Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth

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offered by Lydia Stone, Certified Life Coach. $45 registration fee plus weekly love offering Thursdays, 6-7:30 p.m..

912-656-6383. rosesonthemove@gmail. com. Thursdays, 6-7:30 p.m.

Book study:Marianne Williamson’s A Return to Love

A five-week book study and discussion led by Lydia Stone, Certified Life Coach. $45 registration plus weekly love offering Mondays, 6-7:30 p.m.. 912-6566383. rosesonthemove@gmail.com.

Mondays, 6-7:30 p.m.

Champions Training Center

Offering a variety of classes and training in mixed martial arts, jui-jitsu, judo and other disciplines for children and adults. All skill levels. 525 Windsor Rd. 912-349-4582. ctcsavannah.com.

Classical and Acoustic Guitar Instruction

Savannah Classical Guitar Studio offers lessons for all levels. Dr. Brian Luckett, Ph.D. in music. Starland District. Guitar technique, music theory, and musicianship. Folk/rock based lessons available.

No electric instruments. $25/half hour. $45/hour. brian@brianluckett.com.

Clay Classes

Savannah Clay Studio at Beaulieu offers handbuilding, sculpture, and handmade tiles, basic glazing and firing. 912-3514578. sav..claystudio@gmail.com.

Coast Guard Auxiliary Boating Classes

Classes on boat handling, boating safety and navigation offered by U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. See website or call for dates. 912-897-7656. savannahaux.com.

Coastal Savannah Writing Project: Implementing Reading in K-12 Classroom

A Super Strategy session, to help teachers in elementary, middle and high school levels implement and facilitate reading workshops. $25 Sat., April 6, 9 a.m.-noon. 912-344-2971. writing.project@armstrong.edu. about. armstrong.edu/Maps/index.html. Sat., April 6, 9 a.m.-noon Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Continuing Ed. Courses through June 2013

Georgia Southern’s Continuing Education Program in Savannah offers new courses through June: Social Media for Small Business; Facebook for Beginners; five Microsoft Office Courses (Word 1 & 2, Excel 1 & 2, and PowerPoint); Beginning and Advanced Project Management; Drawing 2; Short Story Writing; Beginning Sign Language; five Photography courses (Point & Shoot, Beginning and Advanced Creative Photography, Portrait Photography, Advanced Photoshop); and Essay Writing for SAT. See website for dates/times/ fees. Through June 30. 912-644-5967. jfogarty@georgiasouthern.edu. ceps. georgiasouthern.edu/conted/cesavannahmenu.html. cgc.georgiasouthern. edu/. Through June 30 Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

DUI Prevention Group

Offers victim impact panels for intoxicated drivers, DUI, offenders, and anyone seeking knowledge about the dangers of driving while impaired.

| Submit your event online at connectsavannah.com A must see for teen drivers. Meets monthly. $40/session 912-443-0410.

site. ongoing. 912-233-1240. thefrayedknotsav.com. ongoing

Learn conversational English, comprehension, vocabulary and life communication skills. All ages. Thursdays, 7:30pm, Island Christian Church, 4601 US Highway 80 East. Free. 912-8973604. islandchristian.org.

Individuals or groups. Spanish-English translation and interpretation. Held at The Sentient Bean. An eclectic range of tools used in each session: hand-outs, music, visual recognition, conversation, interactive web media. ongoing. 912541-1337. sentientbean.com. ongoing The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave.

English as Second Language Classes

Family Law Workshop

The Mediation Center has three workshops per month for people who do not have legal representation in a family matter: divorce, legitimation, modifications of child support, visitation, contempt. Schedule: 1st Tues, 2nd Mon, 4th Thursday. Call for times. $30 912354-6686. mediationsavannah.com.

Fany’s Spanish/English Institute

Spanish is fun. Classes for adults and children held at 15 E. Montgomery Crossroad. Register by phone. ongoing.

912-921-4646. ongoing Feldenkrais Classes

Tuesdays, 10am at Park South, 7505 Waters Ave, Bldg. B, Suite 8, near Eisenhower. Mats provided. Dress for moving comfortably on the floor. Elaine Alexander, GCFP. $15 ongoing. 912223-7049. elaine.alexander@ymail.com. feldenkrais.com. ongoing

Learn to Speak Spanish

Music Lessons--All Instruments.

Rody’s Music offers lessons for all ages on all instruments, beginners through advanced. Call or email for information. ongoing. 912-352-4666. kristi@awsav. com. rodysmusic.com/. ongoing Rody’s Music, 7700 Abercorn St. Music Lessons--Multiple Instruments

Savannah Musicians Institute offers private instruction for all ages in guitar, ddrums, piano, bass, voice, banjo, mandolin, ukelele, flute, woodwinds.

7041 Hodgson Memorial Dr. ongoing.

912-692-8055. smisavannah@gmail. com. ongoing New Horizons Adult Band Program

Mondays and Wednesdays, 6pm at Tribble Park, Largo & Windsor Rd. Children welcome. Free 912-921-0667.

Music program for adults who played a band instrument in high school/college and would like to play again. Mondays at 6:30pm at Portman’s. $30 per month.

All ages and ability levels welcome. Call for info. ongoing. 912-354-1500. portmansmusic.com. ongoing Portman’s Music Superstore, 7650 Abercorn St.

Adults and teens only. Group lessons.

Hands-on instruction, music theory, ear training, sight reading, ensemble playing, technique and rhythm drills.

Teacher Tim Daniel (BS in Music.) $20/ week ongoing, noon. 912-897-9559. ongoing, noon YMCA Whitemarsh Island, 135 Whitemarsh Island Rd.

Write a novel, finish the one you’ve started, revise it or pursue publication.

Award-winning Savannah author offers one-on-one or small group classes, mentoring, manuscript critique, ebook formatting. Email for pricing and scheduling info. ongoing. pmasoninsavannah@gmail.com. ongoing

Free Fitness Boot Camp

Group Guitar Lessons

Guitar, Electric Bass & Double Bass Lessons

Instruction for all ages of beginner/ intermediate students. Technique, chords, not reading, theory. Learn songs and improvisation. Taught two blocks from Daffin Park. Housecalls available. First lesson half price. ongoing. 401-255-6921. a.teixeira472@gmail. com. ongoing Guitar, Mandolin, or Bass Guitar Lessons

Emphasis on theory, reading music, and improvisation. Located in Ardsley Park. ongoing. 912-232-5987. ongoing

Housing Authority Neighborhood Resource Center

Housing Authority of Savannah hosts classes at the Neighborhood Resource Center. Adult literacy/GED prep: MonThurs, 9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm. Financial education: 4th Fri each month, 9am-11am. Basic computer training: Tues & Thurs, 1pm-3pm. Community computer lab: Mon-Fri, 3pm-4:30pm. ongoing. 912-232-4232 x115. savannahpha.com. savannahpha.com/NRC. html. ongoing Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton St. Knitting & Crochet Classes

Offered at The Frayed Knot, 6 W. State St. See the calendar of events on web-

Novel Writing

Photography Classes

Beginner photography to post production. Instruction for all levels. $20 for two-hour class. See website for complete class list. 410-251-4421. chris@ chrismorrisphotography.com. chrismorrisphotography.com.

Poetry Writing

A hybrid of a studio and a literature class. Students discover new voices in contemporary verse, as they polish their own work. Lyrical, conceptual, and formal styles. Guest poets will visit for Q&A’s. Wednesdays, 4/10 to 5/29, 6:30 pm-8:30pm. Offered by Georgia Southern’s Continuing Education Program. $200 912-651-6206. christinataylor@ georgiasouthern.edu.. ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/creativewriting. html. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Reading/Writing Tutoring

Ms. Dawn’s Tutoring in reading, writing, and composition. Remedial reading skills, help with borderline dyslexia, to grammar, term paper writing, and English as a Second Language. Fun methods for children to help them learn quickly. Contact: cordraywriter@ gmail.com or text or call 912-12-6607399. Call for fee information.

Russian Language Classes

Learn to speak Russian. All experience levels welcome, beginner to expert.

Call for info. ongoing. 912-713-2718. ongoing Sewing Classes

Beginner in sewing? Starting your clothing business or clothing line?

Learn to sew. Industry standard sewing courses designed to meet your needs in the garment industry. Open schedule.

Savannah Sewing Academy. 1917 Bull St. ongoing. 912-290-0072. savsew. com. ongoing Singing Lessons with Anitra Opera Diva

Teaching the Vaccai Bel Canto technique for improving vocal range and breathing capacity. A good foundation technique for different styles--opera, pop, rock, cabaret. Fridays 5:308:30pm. Institute of Cinematic Arts, 12 1/2 W. State St., 3rd floor. ongoing.

786-247-9923. anitraoperadiva.com. ongoing Spanish Classes

Learn Spanish for life and grow your business. Courses for professionals offered by Conquistador Spanish Language Institute, LLC. Classes offered in a series. Beginner Spanish for Professionals--Intro price $155 + textbook ($12.95). Instructor: Bertha E. Hernandez, M.Ed. and native speaker. Meets in the Keller Williams Realty meeting room, 329 Commercial Drive. ongoing. conquistador-spanish.com. ongoing Yoga for Couples

A two hour class for prospective moms and their delivery partners. Learn labor and delivery stages and a “toolbox” of hands-on comfort measures from a labor doula, including breathing, massage, positioning, and pressure points.

Bring and exercise ball. Quarterly, Saturdays 1pm-3pm at Savannah Yoga Center. Call or email to register. $100 per couple. ongoing. 912-704-7650. douladeliveries.com. ongoing Young Actors 2: Characters and Scene Study

Ages 7-13 class: 9am-1pm. Ages 14-18 class: 2pm-6pm. Must have taken an acting class/workshop prior to this class (does not have to be from First City Films). Class includes: Exploring Characters; Scene Study; Cold Reading.

Register via website. Offered by First City Films. Sibling discount available. $75 Sat., April 6, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. & 2-6 p.m. firstcityfilms.com. Sat., April 6, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. & 2-6 p.m

Clubs & Organizations Abeni Cultural Arts Dance Classes

Classses for multiple ages in performance dance and adult fitness dance.

African, modern, ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, gospel. Held at Abeni Cultural Arts studio, 8400-B Abercorn St. Call Muriel, 912-631-3452, or Darowe, 912-272-2797. ongoing. abeniculturalarts@gmail.com. ongoing Adult Intermediate Ballet

Beginner and Intermediate Ballet,

Avegost LARP

Live action role playing group that exists in a medieval fantasy realm. generallly meets the second weekend of the month. Free for your first event or if you’re a non-player character. $35 fee for returning characters. ongoing. godzillaunknown@gmail.com. avegost. com. ongoing

Blindness and Low Vision: A Guide to Working, Living, and Supporting Individuals with Vision Loss

Workshops on the 3rd Thursday of each month on vision losss, services, and technology available to participate in the community. And, how the community can support individuals with vision loss. Orientation and Mobility Techniques; Low Vision vs. Legal Blindness; Supporting People with Low Vision to Achieve Maximum Independence; Low Vision Simulator Experiences; Resources. Free and open to the public. ongoing. savannahcblv.org. ongoing Savannah Center for the Blind and Low Vision, 214 Drayton St. Buccaneer Region SCCA

Local chapter of the Sports Car Club of America, hosting monthly solo/autocross driving events in the Savannah area. Anyone with a safe car, insurance and a valid driver’s license is eligible to participate. See website. ongoing. buccaneerregion.org. ongoing Business Networking on the Islands

Small Business Professionals Islands Networking Group meets first Thursday each month, 9:30am-10:30am.

Tradewinds Ice Cream & Coffee, 107 Charlotte Rd. Call for info. ongoing.

912-308-6768. ongoing Chatham Sailing Club

Meets first Friday of each month, 6:30pm at Young’s Marina. If first Friday falls on a holiday weekend, meeting is second Friday. No boat? No sailing experience? No problem. ongoing. chathamsailing.org. ongoing Young’s Marina, 218 Wilmington Island Rd. Drop N Circle Craft Night

Sponsored by The Frayed Knot and Perlina. Tuesdays, 5pm-8pm. 6 W. State Street. Enjoy sharing creativity with other knitters, crocheters, beaders, spinners, felters, needle pointers, etc.

All levels of experience welcome. Call for info. ongoing. 912-233-1240. ongoing Energy Healers

Meets every Monday at 6pm. Mediation and healing with energy. Discuss aromatherapy, chakra systems and more.

Call for info. ongoing. 912-695-2305. meetup.com/SavannahEnergyHealers. ongoing Exploring The American Revolution in Savannah

Interested in exploring the role Savannah played in the American Revolution?

Join like-minded people including artists, writers, teachers and historians for discussion, site exploration and creative collaboration. Email Kathleen Thomas at exploretherevolution@gmail.com for more info. first Thursday of every month, 6 p.m. exploretherevolution@ gmail.com. galleryespresso.com/. first Thursday of every month, 6 p.m Gallery Espresso, 234 Bull St. Fiber Guild of the Savannahs

Open to all who are interested in the fiber arts: weaving, spinning, basket making, knitting, crocheting, quilting, beading, rug hooking, doll making, etc. Meets at Oatland Island Wildlife Center the first Saturday of the month September through June 10:15am. See our website for programs and events: http://fiberguildsavannah.homestead. com/ Mondays, 10:30 a.m. Mondays, 10:30 a.m Fiber Guild of the Savannahs, 711 Sandtown Road GA. Freedom Network

An international, leaderless network of individuals seeking more freedom in an unfree world, via non-political methods.

Savannah meetings/discussions twice monthly, Thursdays, 8:30pm. Topics and meeting locations vary. No politics, no religious affiliation, no dues, no fees.

Email for next meeting day and location. ongoing. onebornfree@yahoo.com. ongoing Geechee Sailing Club

Founded in 1971, GSC promotes sailing and boating safety, education, and fellowship.Member of the South Atlantic Yacht Racing Association. second Monday of every month, 6 p.m.

912-356-3265. geecheesailingclub.org. liveoakstore.com/tubbysthunderbolt. second Monday of every month, 6 p.m Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. Historic Flight Savannah

A non-profit organization dedicated to sending area Korean War and WWII veterans to Washington, DC to visit the WWII Memorial. All expenses paid by Honor Flight Savannah. Honor Flight seeks contributions, and any veterans interested in a trip to Washington. Call for info. ongoing. 912-596-1962. honorflightsavannah.org. ongoing Historic Savannah Chapter: ABWA

Meets the second Thursday of every month from 6pm-7:30pm. Tubby’s Tank House, 2909 River Drive, Thunderbolt.

Attendees pay for their own meals.

RSVP by phone. ongoing. 912-660-8257. ongoing Ink Slingers Writing Group

A creative writing group for writers of poetry, prose, or undefinable creative ventures. Based in Savannah and a little nomadic. Meets two Thursdays a month, 5:45pm. Discussion of exercises, ideas, or already in progress pieces. Free to attend. See Facebook page savinkslingers. ongoing. ongoing Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St.

Island MOMSnext

For mothers of school-aged children, kindergarten through high school. Authentic community, mothering support, personal growth, practical help, and spiritual hope. First and third Mondays, excluding holidays. Childcare on request. A ministry of MOPS International. Info by phone or email. ongoing.

912-898-4344. kymmccarty@hotmail. com. mops.org. ongoing Islands MOPS

A Mothers of Preschoolers group that meets at First Baptist Church of the Islands, two Wednesdays a month, 9:15am-11:30am. ongoing. sites. google.com/site/islandsmops. fbcislands.com/. ongoing First Baptist Church of the Islands, 6613 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet

Meets every Wednesday. Different locations downtown. Call for info. No fees. Want to learn? Join us. ongoing.

912-308-6768. ongoing Knittin’ Night

Knit and crochet gathering held each Tuesday evening, 5pm-8pm All skill levels welcome. Tuesdays, 5-8 p.m.

912-238-0514. wildfibresavannah.com/.

Tuesdays, 5-8 p.m Wild Fibre, 409 East Liberty St. Low Country Turners

A club for wood-turning enthusiasts.

Call Steve Cook for info at number below. ongoing. 912-313-2230. ongoing Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary

Meets the first Saturday of the month at 1:00pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-7864508. ongoing American Legion Post 184, 1 Legion Dr. Peacock Guild--For Writers and Book Lovers

A literary society for bibliophiles and writers. Writer’s Salon meetings are first Tues. and third Wed. at 7:30pm at the Flannery O’Connor Home. Book club meetings are third Tues., 7:30pm.

Location changes each month. Call or see Facebook group “Peacock Guild” for info. ongoing. 912-233-6014. ongoing Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 E. Charlton Street.

Philo Cafe

Weekly Monday discussion group that meets 7:30pm - 9:00pm at various locations. Anyone craving good conversation is invited. Free to attend. Email for info, or see ThePhiloCafe on Facebook. ongoing. athenapluto@yahoo.com. ongoing Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club

Members of Starfleet International and The Klingon Assault Group meet the 1st Sunday at 4pm at 5429 LaRoche Ave., and the 3rd Tuesday at 7:30pm at Super King Buffet, 10201 Abercorn St., Call or email for info. ongoing. 912-308-2094. kasak@comcast.net. roguephoenix.org. ongoing Safe Kids Savannah

A coalition dedicated to preventing childhood injuries. Meets 2nd Tuesday each month, 11:30am-1:00pm.

See website or call for info. ongoing.

912-353-3148. safekidssavannah.org. ongoing Savannah Brewers’ League

Meets 1st Wednesday of the month, 7:30pm at Moon River Brewing Co. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912447-0943. hdb.org. moonriverbrewing. com/. ongoing Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St. Savannah Authors Autonomous Writing Group

Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays each month. Prose writing, fiction and non fiction. Discussion, constructive criticism, instruction, exercises and examples. Location: Charles Brown Antiques/Fine Silver, 14 W. Jones St. All are welcome. No charge. Contact Alice Vantrease via email or phone. ongoing.

912-308-3208. alicevantrease@live. com. ongoing Savannah Charlesfunders Investment Discussion Group

Meets Saturdays, 8:30am to discuss stocks, bonds and better investing.

Contact by email for info. ongoing. charlesfund@gmail.com. panerabread. com/. ongoing Panera Bread (Broughton St.), 1 West Broughton St. Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States

A dinner meeting the 4th Tuesday of the month at 6:00pm (except December.) Location: Hunter Club. Call John Findeis for info. ongoing. 912-748-7020. ongoing Savannah Fencing Club

Beginner classes Tuesdays and Thursdays for six weeks. $60. Some equipment provided. After completing the class, you may join the Savannah Fencing Club for $5/month. Experienced fencers welcome. Call or email for info. ongoing. 912-429-6918. savannahfencing@aol.com. ongoing Savannah Go Green

Meets most Saturdays. Green events and places. Share ways to Go Green each day. Call for info. ongoing. 912308-6768. ongoing Savannah Jaycees

Meeting/info session held the 1st Tuesday each month at 6pm to discuss upcoming events and provide an opportunity for those interested in joining Jaycees to learn more. Must be age 21-40. Jaycees Building, 101 Atlas St. ongoing. 912-353-7700. savannahjaycees.com. ongoing Savannah Kennel Club

Monthly meetings open to the public.

Held at Logan’s Roadhouse, the 4th Monday each month, Sept. through May. Dinner: 6:pm. Speaker: 7:30pm.

Guest speakers each meeting. ongoing.

912-238-3170. savannahkennelclub. org. ongoing Logan’s Roadhouse, 11301 Abercorn St. Savannah Newcomers Club

Open to women who have lived in the Savannah area for less than two years. Membership includes monthly luncheon and program. Activities, tours

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Modern Dance, Barre Fusion, Barre Core Body Sculpt, and Gentle Stretch and Tone. no experience needed for beginner Ballet, barre, or stretch/tone.

The Ballet School, Piccadilly Square, 10010 Abercorn. Registration/fees/info online or by phone. ongoing. 912-9250903. theballetschoolsav.com. ongoing

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and events to help learn about Savannah and make new friends. ongoing. savannahnewcomersclub.com. ongoing Savannah Parrot Head Club

Beach, Buffet and no dress code. Check website for events calendar or send an email for Parrot Head gatherings. ongoing. savannahphc@yahoo.com. savannahphc.com. ongoing Savannah Sacred Harp Singers

Everyone who loves to sing is invited to join Savannah Sacred Harp Singers. All are welcome to participate or listen too one of America’s most revered musical traditions. Call or email. ongoing. 912655-0994. savannahsacredharp.com. ongoing Faith Primitive Baptist Church, 3212 Bee Road.

Savannah Sunrise Rotary Club

Meets Thursdays from 7:30am-8:30am at the Mulberry Inn. ongoing. savannahsunriserotary.org. ongoing Savannah Toastmasters

Helps improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly, supportive environment. Mondays, 6:15pm, Memorial Health University Medical Center, Conference Room C. ongoing. 912-484-

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Savannah Writers Group

A gathering of writers of all levels for networking, hearing published guest speaker authors, and writing critique in a friendly, supportive environment. Meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 7:00 PM at the Atlanta Bread Company in Twelve Oaks Shopping Center. Free and open to the public. second Tuesday of every month, 7 p.m. 912-572-6251. savannahwritersgroup.blogspot.com/group. atlantabread.com. second Tuesday of every month, 7 p.m Atlanta Bread Company, 5500 Abercorn St. A gathering of writers of all levels for networking, hearing published guest authors, and writing critique in a friendly, supportive environment. 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 7:00pm, Atlanta Bread Company, Twelve Oaks Shopping Center, 5500 Abercorn. Free and open to the public.

See website or call for info. ongoing.

912-572-6251. savannahwritersgroup. blogspot.com/group. ongoing Seersucker Live’s Happy Hour for Writers

A no-agenda gathering of Savannah’s

writing community. First Thursdays, 5:30pm-7:30pm. Free. Open to all writers, aspiring writers, or those interested in writing. 21+ with valid ID. Usually at Abe’s on Lincoln, 17 Lincoln St. See website for info. ongoing. seersuckerlive.com. ongoing Tertulia en español at Foxy Loxy

Spanish conversation table. Meets second and fourth Thursday of each month. 7:30pm to 9pm at Foxy Loxy, 1919 Bull street. Come practice your Spanish, have a cafe con leche or Spanish wine, and meet nice people....All levels welcome. Free. Purchase beverages and snacks. ongoing. foxyloxycafe. com/. ongoing Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla

Join the volunteer organization that assists the U.S. Coast Guard. Meets 4th Wednesday at 6pm at Barnes, 5320 Waters Ave. All ages welcome.

Prior experience/boat ownership not required. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-598-7387. savannahaux. com. ongoing

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671

Meets monthly at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. Call James Crauswell for info. ongoing. 912-9273356. ongoing Woodville-Tompkins Scholarship Foundation

Meets second Tuesday each month (except October) 6:00pm, Woodville-Tompkins, 151 Coach Joe Turner St. Call or email for info. ongoing. 912-232-3549. chesteraellis@comcast.net. ongoing

Comedy Bay Street Theatre Comedy: The Darryl Rhodes Show Johnny Mercer Theatre Comedy: Bill Maher Muse Arts Warehouse Tamika: All Love Tour 2013

Conferences Beginners Belly Dance Classes

Instructed by Nicole Edge. All ages/ Skill levels welcome. Sundays, 12pm1pm. Fitness body and balance studio.

2127 1//2 E. Victory Dr. $15/class or $48/hour. Call or see website. ongoing.

912-596-0889. cairoonthecoast.com. ongoing

Dance Adult Ballet Class

Maxine Patterson School of Dance, 2212 Lincoln St, offers adult ballet on Thursdays, 6:30pm-7:30pm $12 per class. Call for info. ongoing. 912-2348745. ongoing Adult Intermediate Ballet

Mondays and Wednesdays, 7pm-8pm. $12/class or $90/8 classes. Call for info. Academy of Dance, 74 W. Montgomery Crossroad. ongoing. 912-9212190. ongoing Argentine Tango

Lessons Sundays 1:30-3;30pm. Open to the public. $3 per person. Wear closed toe leather shoes if possible. Doris

Martin Dance Studio, 8511-h ferguson Ave. Call or email for info. ongoing.

912-925-7416. savh_tango@yahoo.com. ongoing Beginners Belly Dancing with Cybelle

For those with little-to-no dance background. Instructor is formally trained, has performed for over ten years. $15/person. Tues. 7pm-8pm.

Private classes and walk ins available.

Synergistic Bodies, 7724 Waters Ave. ongoing. 912-414-1091. info@cybelle3. com. cybelle3.com. ongoing Belly Dance classes with Nicole Edge

Every Sunday, 1:15-2:15PM All ages and skill levels welcome. $15.00 per class or 4/$48.00 ongoing. 912-5960889. edgebellydance@gmail.com. edgebellydance.com. ongoing C.C. Express Dance Team

Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm. Clogging or tap dance experience is necessary.

Call Claudia Collier for info. ongoing.

912-748-0731. ongoing Windsor Forest Recreation Building, Windsor Forest.

Home Cookin’ Cloggers

Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm, Nassau Woods Recreation Building, Dean Forest Road.

No beginner classes at this time. Call Claudia Collier for info. ongoing. 912748-0731. ongoing Irish Dance Classes

Glor na Dare offers beginner to champion Irish Dance classes for ages 5 and up. Adult Step & Ceili, Strength and Flexibility, non-competitive and competitive programs, workshops, camps.

Certified. Info via email or phone. ongoing. 912-704-2052. prideofirelandga@ gmail.com. ongoing Line Dancing

Take down Tuesdays. Jazzy Sliders Adult Line Dancing, every Tuesday, 7:30pm-10:00pm. Free admission, cash bar. Come early and learn a new dance from 7:30pm-8:30pm. ongoing. doublesnightclub.com/. ongoing Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Mahogany Shades of Beauty

Dance classes--hip hop, modern, jazz, West African, ballet, lyrical and step.

Modeling and acting classes. All ages/ all levels welcome. Call Mahogany for info. ongoing. 912-272-8329. ongoing Modern Dance Class

Beginner and intermediate classes.

Fridays 10am-11:15am. Doris Martin Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd. Call Elizabeth for info. ongoing. 912-354-5586. ongoing Pole Dancing Classes

Beginners class, Wednesdays, 8pm.

Level II, Mondays, 8pm. $22/one class. $70/four classes. Preregistration required. Learn pole dance moves and spins while getting a full body workout.

Pole Fitness Classes Monday/Wednesday, 11am. Nothing comes off but your shoes. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-398-4776. fitnessbodybalance.com. ongoing Fitness Body & Balance Personal Training Studio, 2209 Rowland Ave, Suite 2.

Salsa Lessons by Salsa Savannah

Tues. 8pm-9pm and 9pm-10pm. Thur.

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Shag, swing, cha-cha and line dancing. Everyone invited. Call for location, days and times. ongoing. 912-398-8784. ongoing Savannah Shag Club

Wednesdays, 7pm,at Doubles Lounge.

Fridays, 7pm, at American Legion Post 36, 2309 E. Victory Dr. ongoing. doublesnightclub.com/. ongoing Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Savannah Swing Cats--Swing Dancing

ongoing. doublesnightclub.com/. ongoing Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Zumba & Zumba Toning with Anne

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 7pm8pm. $5 per class, discounts available with punch card purchase. All levels welcome. Call for info. ongoing. 912596-1952. ongoing Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

Fitness

AHA in the AM

Mondays and Fridays, 7:30am-9:00am.

Open to free form yoga/movement with guided meditation. A great way to start and end the work week. Email or see website for info. Fee: donations. ongoing. trickydame@gmail.com. trickydame. com. ongoing Anahata Healing Args Center, 2424 Drayton St. Al-Anon Family Groups

An anonymous fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics. the message of Al-Anon is one of strength and hope for friends/family of problem drinkers.

Al-Anon is for adults. Alateen is for people age 13-19. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. check website or call for info. ongoing. 912-598-9860. savannahalanon.com. ongoing Bariatric Surgery Support Group

First Wednesday each month, 7pm, and third Saturday, 10am, in Mercer Auditorium of Hoskins Center at Memorial. For those who have had or are considering bariatric surgery. Free to attend. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-3503438. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. ongoing Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave.

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bohemianbeats.com. ongoing

Blue Water Yoga

Community donation-based classes, Tues. and Thurs., 5:45pm - 7:00pm. Fri., 9:30am-10:30am. Email for info or find Blue Water Yoga on Facebook. ongoing. egs5719@aol.com. ongoing Talahi Island Community Club, 532 Quarterman Dr.

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Fitness Classes at the JEA

Sin, firm it up, yoga, Pilates, water aerobics, Aquasize, senior fitness, and Zumba. Prices vary. Call for schedule. ongoing. 912-355-8811. savj.org. savannahjea.org. ongoing Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Free Caregiver Support Group

For anyone caring for senior citizens with any affliction or illness. Second Saturday of the month, 10am-11am. Savannah Commons, 1 Peachtree Dr. Refreshments. Free to attend. Open to anyone i need of support for the caregiving they provide. ongoing. savannahcommons. com. ongoing Hiking & Biking at Skidaway Island State Park

Year round fitness opportunities. Walk or run the 1-mile Sandpiper Nature Trail (accessible) the additional 1-mile Avian Loop Trail, or 3-mile Big Ferry Trail. Bicycle and street strider rentals. Guided hikes scheduled. $5 parking. Open daily 7am-10pm. Call or see website. ongoing. 912-598-2300. gastateparks. org/SkidawayIsland. gastateparks.org/ info/skidaway/. ongoing Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

Israeli Krav Maga Self-Defense Classes

A system of self-defense techniques based on several martial arts. The official fighting system of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). Custom Fit offers individual and small group training and intensive workshops. ongoing. 912-4414891. customfitcenter.com. ongoing Kung Fu School: Ving Tsun

Ving Tsun (Wing Chun) is the world’s fastest growing martial arts style. Uses angles and leverage to tunr an attacker’s strength against him. Call for info on free trial classes. Drop ins welcome.

11202 White Bluff Rd. ongoing. 912-4299241. ongoing Mommy and Baby Yoga

Mondays. Call for times and fees or see website. ongoing. 912-232-2994. savannahyoga.com. savannahyoga.com/. ongoing Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St.

Beastmode Fitness Group Training

Pilates Classes

Bellydancing Fusion Classes

Pregnancy Yoga

Train with this elite team. A total body program that trims, tones and gets results. Personal training options available. See website for info. Meets at West Broad YMCA. 5am-6am and 8pm-9pm. ongoing. beastmodefitnessga.com. ongoing YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St.

Daily classes for all skill levels including beginners. Private and semi-private classes by appointment. Carol DalyWilder, certified instructor. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-238-0018. savannahpilates.com. pilatessavannah.com/. ongoing Momentum Pilates Studio, 8413 Rerguson Ave.

Mixes ballet, jazz, hip hop into a unique high energy dance style. Drills and choreographies for all levels.Small classes in downtown Savannah, and on request. $10 per person. Email for info. ongoing.

Ongoing series of 6-week classes.

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1 Insult hurled at 30-across 6 Mediterranean island nation 11 Two for Juan?

14 Block, as an Arctic ship 15 Message sender SETI hopes to detect 16 Hose problem 17 Photography size, based on Elgar?

19 Lance with a gavel 20 Driver around Hollywood 21 Spectator 23 “The Price Is Right” game 25 Ernie’s special friend 26 Reverberate 29 “Wowzers!”

30 “South Park” protagonist 32 Understand fully 34 Dropped a line 36 Longtime Harry Belafonte label 39 Polite 41 Shakespeare nickname 43 Bizarre 44 Tahrir Square’s country 46 Disturbed 47 “If it feels right, do it” 49 Public regard 51 Caustic substances 52 Scotch mixer 54 Chew out 56 Game where you tug on your ear 59 Smokin’ 63 Rand of “Atlas Shrugged” 64 2013 dance all over YouTube, based on Mahler?

66 Was winning 67 Went on the radio 68 Toss option 69 “Gangnam Style” rapper 70 Times to eat cake, casually 71 Dark-skinned wine grape

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1 Get on tape 2 Berry in juices 3 Sea bird 4 Stake out by the road, perhaps 5 Reporter April, friend of the Ninja Turtles 6 Great Leap Forward name 7 Jovial weatherman 8 Pole dance?

9 Loose-leaf selections 10 Stud fee?

11 Seriously irritate, based on Verdi?

12 Like a rind 13 Make pig noises 18 “Bridesmaids” director Paul 22 Diamond stat 24 Word before created or elected 26 Breakfast brand 27 Street ___ 28 Useful, based on Haydn?

30 Numerical suffix 31 Diver’s place 33 Banana shell 35 Weasel’s cousin 37 Plains language 38 Contributes 40 Driving force 42 Did some farm work 45 “The Pelvis” 48 Rowboat mover 50 Chicken ___ (dish on “The Sopranos”) 52 Make some money off those tickets 53 “I just remembered...”

54 Quotable Yogi 55 Tries out 57 “Moby Dick” captain 58 “Pore Jud Is ___” (Rodgers and Hammerstein song) 60 It’ll grow on you 61 Tulsa’s st.

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ongoing. 912-704-7650. ann@aikyayoga.com. savannahyoga.com/. ongoing Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St.

Qigong Classes

Qigong exercises contribute to a healthier and longer life. Classes offer a time to learn the exercises and perform them in a group setting. Class length averages 60 min. Any level of practice is welcome. $15 ongoing. qigongtim. com/. ongoing Anahata Healing Args Center, 2424 Drayton St. Richmond Hill Roadies Running Club

A chartered running club of the Road Runners Association of America.

Monthly training sessions and seminars. Weekly runs. Kathy Ackerman, 912-756-5865, or Billy Tomlinson, 912596-5965. ongoing. ongoing Savannah Climbing CoOp Ladies Night

Every Wednesday women climb for half price, 6pm-10pm. $5. 302 W. Victory Dr., Suite D. See website for info. ongoing. savannahclimbingcoop.com. ongoing Savannah Disc Golf

Weekly events (entry $5) Friday Night Flights: Fridays, 5pm. Luck of the Draw Doubles: Saturdays, 10am.

Handicapped League: Saturdays, 1pm.

Singles at the Sarge: Sundays, 10am.

All skill levels welcome. Instruction available. See website or email for info. ongoing. savannahdiscgolf@gmail.com. savannahdiscgolf.com. ongoing Savannah Striders Running and Walking Club

With a one-year, $10 membership,free training programs for beginners (walkers and runners) and experienced athletes. Fun runs. Advice from mentors.

Monthly meetings with quality speakers. Frequent social events. Sign up online or look for the Savannah Striders Facebook page. ongoing. savystrider. com. ongoing Tai Chi Lessons in Forsyth Park

Tuesdays, 9am-10am. $10. North End of Forsyth Park. Email for info. ongoing. relaxsavannah@gmail.com. ongoing Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. Turbo Kick Cardio Workout

Lose calories while dancing and kickboxing. No experience or equipment needed. Tues. and Thurs. 6pm, Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton Wed. 6pm Lake Mayer Community Center, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads. $5 ongoing. 586-822-1021. facebook.com/ turbokicksavannah. ongoing Yoga for Cancer Patients and Survivors

Free for people with cancer and cancer survivors. 6:30pm Tuesdays. 12:45pm Thursdays. Fitness One, 3rd floor of the Center for Advanced Medicine at Memorial. Call for info. ongoing. 912-3509031. memorialhealth.com/. ongoing Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Yoga on the Beach

Wednesdays and Fridays at Tybees’s North End. 7am-8am, weather permitting. Come to North Beach Parking Area, Gulick Street walkover. Multilevel class. Hatha 1 and 2. Instructor Ann Carroll. Bring yoga mat or beach

| Submit your event online at connectsavannah.com towel. Call or email for info. Fee: donations. ongoing. 912-704-7650. ann@ aikyayoga.com. ongoing North Beach, Tybee Island.

Zumba and Zumba/Toning with Mai

Mondays, Lake Mayer Community Center from 8:30am - 9:30am. Zumba Toning at the JEA (Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St) Mondays @ 6 pm. Free for members, $5.00 for nonmembers. Zumba Toning/Lake Mayer Community Center 7:05pm. $5. Basic Zumba Tues & Thurs 1010:45am, Curves in Sav’h Mall, $3/ members, $5/Gen. Adm. Tues. 5:306:30pm, St. Paul CME Social Hall, 123 Brady St. $3 Per class. Zumba Toning Tues. 7:00pm, Lake Mayer Community Center, $5. Weds 9:30-10:15am, Frank Murray Community Center, Wilmington Island, $3. Zumba Toning/Thurs.

10am, Curves at Savannah Mall, $5. Fri. Zumba, 10am, Lake Mayer Community Center, $5. Bring water, proper shoes and attire. Contact Mai @ 912-604-9890. ongoing. 912-604-9890. ongoing Zumba Fitness (R) with April

Mondays at 5:30pm, Thursdays at 6:30pm. Nonstop Fitness in Sandfly, 8511 Ferguson Ave. $5 for nonmenbers. call for info. ongoing. 912-349-4902. ongoing

Gay & Lesbian First City Network Board Meeting

First Monday, 6:30pm, at FCN office, 307 E. Harris St. 2nd floor. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-236-CITY. firstcitynetwork.org. ongoing Gay AA Meeting

True Colors Group of Alcoholics Anonymous, a gay and lesbian AA meeting that welcomes all alcoholics, meets Thursdays and Sundays, 7:30pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 311 E. Harris, 2nd floor. New location effective 11/2012. ongoing. ongoing Georgia Equality Savannah

Local chapter of Georgia’s largest gay rights group. 104 W. 38th St. 912-5476263. ongoing. ongoing Savannah Pride, Inc.

Organizes the annual Savannah Pride Festival and helps promote the wellbeing of the LGBT community in the South. Mission: unity through diversity and social awareness. Second Tuesday/month, 7pm, at FCN office, 307 E. Harris St., 2nd floor. ongoing. 912-2887863. heather@savpride.com. ongoing Stand Out Youth

A gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth organization.

Meets Fridays, 7pm, FCN office, 307 E. Harris St. Call, email or see website for info. ongoing. 912-657-1966. info@ standoutyouth.org. standoutyouth.org. ongoing What Makes a Family

A children’s therapy group for children of GLBT parents. Ages 10 to 18. Meets twice a month. Call for info. ongoing.

912-352-2611. ongoing

Health Alcoholics Anonymous

For people who want or need to stop drinking, AA can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Free to attend or join. Check website for meeting days/times, or call 24 hours a day. ongoing. 912-356-3688. savannahaa. com. ongoing Armstrong Prescription Drug Drop-Off

Armstrong Atlantic State Univ. hosts a permanent drop box for disposing of unused prescription drugs and over the counter medication. In the lobby of the University Police building on campus.

Open to the public 24 hours/day, year round. Confidential. All items collected are destroyed by the Drug Enforcement Administration. ongoing. 912-344-3333. armstrong.edu. about.armstrong.edu/ Maps/index.html. ongoing Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Bariatric Surgery Information Session

Information on bariatric surgery and the program at Memorial Health Bariatrics. Learn surgical procedures offered, support and education programs involved, and how bariatric surgery can affect patients’ lives. Call or see website for info. Free to attend. Hoskins Center at Memorial. ongoing. 912-3503438. bariatrics.memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. ongoing Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Free Hearing and Speech Screening

Hearing: Thursdays, 9am-11am.

Speech: First Thursdays,. Call or see website for times. ongoing. 912-3554601. savannahspeechandhearing. org. savannahspeechandhearing.org/. ongoing Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E 66th St. Free HIV Testing at Chatham County Health Dept.

Free walk-in HIV testing. 8am-4pm Mon.-Fri. No appointment needed.

Test results in 20 minutes. Follow-up visit and counseling will be set up for anyone testing positive. Call for info. ongoing. 912-644-5217. ongoing Chatham County Health Dept., 1395 Eisenhower Dr. Health Care for Uninsured People

Open for primary care for uninsured residents of Chatham County. Mon.Fri., 8:30am-3:30pm. Call for info or appointment. ongoing. 912-443-9409. ongoing St. Joseph’s/Candler--St. Mary’s Health Center, 1302 Drayton St.

Helps everyday ordinary people with everyday ordinary problems: smoking, weight loss, phobias, fears, ptsd, life coaching. Caring, qualified professional help. See website or call for info. ongoing. 912-927-3432. savannahypnosis. com. ongoing La Leche League of Savannah

A breast feeding support group for new/ expectant monthers. Meeting/gathering first Thursdays, 10am. Call or see website for location and other info. ongoing. 912-897-9544. lllusa.org/web/ savannahga.html. ongoing Lecture: Author Carolyn Guilford on Stress Management

Nutritionist Carolyn Guilford of Health Restoration Consulting,and author of Health is a Choice! lectures on stress and its connection to chronic disease. 912-236-8987. www,healthrestoration101.com. liveoakpl.org. Bull Street Library, 2002 Bull St. Living Smart Fitness Club

An exercise program encouraging healthy lifestyle changes. Mon. & Wed. 6pm-7:15pm Hip Hop low impact aerobics at Delaware Center. Tues. 5:307:00 Zumba at St. Joseph’s Candler African American Resource Center.

(Program sponsors.) ongoing. 912-4476605. ongoing Planned Parenthood Hotline

First Line is a statewide hotline for women seeking information on health services. Open 7pm-11pm nightly. ongoing. 800-264-7154. ongoing Savannah CPR Initiative

An initiative by the City of Savannah to train 6,000 Savannahians in CPR by year’s end. The City will train 1,000 Savannahians in CPR this year. Each of these trainees will in turn pledge to train at least five other individuals, bringing to 6,000 the total number of Savannahians trained in CPR. The hope is that “Savannah’s 6,000” will vastly improve our community’s ability to respond to sudden cardiac emergencies, doubling our survival rate for witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. Call for info. ongoing. 912-651-6410. ongoing Savannah Diabetes Repair Course

An information session on this sevenweek course on ways to manage diabetes or reduce the risk of contracting diabetes. Instructor is Carolyn Guilford. healthrestoration101.com. Butler Presbyterian Church, 603 W. Victory Dr.

Hypnobirthing

Kid’s Happenings

Hypnosis, Guided Imagery and Relaxation Therapy

Sponsored by The Children’s Hospital at Memorial University Medical Center.

Bring a favorite toy to a mock hospital for a checkup. Visit with firefighters, police officers, rescue dogs, and more.

At Parking Deck C on the Memorial campus. Free and open to the public.

Ideally for children age 10 and under. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave.

Teaches mother and birth partner to use her natural instincts, trust her body, release emotions and facilitate relaxation during labor and delivery.

Five class series on Monday evenings, 6pm. Location: 100 Riverview Dr. $300/ group sessions. $600/private sessions.

Call or email for info and reservations. ongoing. 912-704-7650. carroll362@ bellsouth.net. ongoing

23rd Annual Teddy Bear Hospital

Savannah’s first organized Irish dance school welcomes dancers, ages 4 and up. Learn Irish Step and Ceili (Irish square) Dancing at a relaxed pace.

Convenient mid-town location. Whether just for fun, or for competition, IDS is for everyone. Adult classes available.

Call or email for info. ongoing. 912-8975984. irishdancsav@aol.com. ongoing Spring Break Art Camp--Enrolling Now

City of Savannah’s camp is now enrolling for spring break, April 1-5, 9am5pm. For children ages 5-12. Intro to painting, ceramics, mixed media and performing arts, in age appropriate group settings. Fee includes all materials. Five-year-olds must currently be enrolled in kindergarten. See website for forms and enrollment. $135 ongoing. 912-651-6783. savannahga.gov/ arts. ongoing City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs, 9 West Henry St. Spring Break Puppet Shows at Puppet People

Something for the kids during spring break. A different puppet show every day. $6 per person. 912-355-3366. puppets@puppetpeople.com. puppetpeople.com. Puppet People Studio, 3119 Furber Ave.

their adults. Themed programs--story books, singing songs, finger puppet plays, crafts, guided walks, up close encounters with Oatland animals. Preregister by 4pm Monday. $5 children.

Gen. Admission for adults ($5 or $3 for military & seniors) Tuesdays. 912-3951500. oatlandisland.org. oatlandisland. org/. Tuesdays Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd.

prayer or remain in silence. Wednesdays, 6:45-8:00pm at Vineyard Church, 615 Montgomery St. See website for info. ongoing. vineyardsavannah.org. ongoing

Religious & Spiritual

A Bible book club for those wanting to read the Bible in one year. Open to all. Book club format, not a traditional Bible study. All welcome, regardless of race, creed, sexual orientation, religion.

Thurs. 6:00pm-7:00pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-233-5354. ongoing Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, 622 E. 37th Street.

Band of Sisters Prayer Group

All women are invited. Second Tuesdays, 7:30am-8:30am. Fellowship Assembly, 5224 Augusta Rd. Email or call Jeanne Seaver or see website for info. “The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hands of the Lord.”

(Prov. 21:1) ongoing. 912-663-8728. jeanneseaver@aol.com. capitolcom.org/ georgia. ongoing Catholic Singles

A group of Catholic singles age 30-50 meet frequently for fun, fellowship and service. Send email or check website to receive announcements of activities and to suggest activities for the group. ongoing. familylife@diosav.org. diosav. org/familylife-singles. ongoing Guided Silent Prayer

Summer Art Camp Registering

Art Camp runs from June 3rd to August 9th. Eight camp sessions will be offered for children, providing an introduction to painting, ceramics, jewelry and performing arts . Sessions 1 and 9 are introductory half-day camps open to children ages 4-6. These sessions are available from June 3rd - 7th and August 5th - 9th from 9 am to noon.

Half-day camp fees are $85 per child.

Sessions 2-8 are one-week full-day sessions open to children ages 6 -12.

These sessions run from June 10th – August 2nd from 9 -5 pm. Full-day camp fees are $135 per child. 912-6516783. City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs, 9 West Henry St.

Acoustical songs, 30 minutes of guided silent prayer, and minutes to receive

so there is adequate time for the share.

Reiki incorporates universal life energy with the “laying on hands” and sharing the universal energy that connects and sustains us all. The concept of Reiki is very similar to many other healing modalities that involve prayer, channeling, or intention. We welcome all who are open to share this universal life force.

Free Sweet Water Spa, 148 Abercorn Street.

A New Church in the City, For the City

Gather on Sundays at 10:30am. Like the Facebook page “Savannah Church Plant.” ongoing. ongoing Bryson Hall, 5 E. Perry St. Read the Bible in One Year

Savannah Zen Center

Buddhist study classes, yoga workshops, retreats, Reiki sessions, attunements, meditation, classes, events. See website for location and schedule, or see Facebook page. ongoing. savannahzencenter.com. ongoing Service of Compline

A chanted service by candlelight held every Sunday night at 9pm. “Say goodnight to God.” Presented by Christ Church Anglican. ongoing. ongoing Independent Presbyterian Church, Bull Street and Oglethorpe Ave.

Savannah Friends Meeting (Quakers)

Un-programmed worship. 11am Sundays, third floor of Trinity United Methodist Church. Call or email for info. All are welcome. ongoing. 912308-8286. savbranart@gmail.com. trinitychurch1848.org/. ongoing Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St.

South Valley Baptist Church

Weekly Sunday services. Sunday school, 10:00am. Worship, 11:30am.

Tuesday Bible Study/Prayer Service, 6:30pm. Pastor Rev. Dr. Barry B. Jackson, 480 Pine Barren Road, Pooler, GA “Saving a nation one soul at a time.” ongoing. ongoing

Savannah Reiki Share

Come share the healing energy of Reiki this Thursday, March 21, at Sweet Water Spa. The event is open to all who come; however, the doors lock at 7:08

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Theology on Tap

ARIES

March 21-April 19 “Art cannot be modern,” said Austrian painter Egon Schiele. “Art is primordially eternal.” I love that idea. Not all of the artifacts called “art” fit that scrupulous definition, of course. Katy Perry’s music and the film *Wreck It Ralph* may have some entertainment value, but they’re not primordially eternal. I bring this up, Aries, because I think you have entered a particularly wild and timeless phase of your own development.

Whether or not you are literally an artist, you have a mandate to create your life story as a primordially eternal work of art.

TAURUS

April 20-May 20 “All my best ideas come from having no answer,” said pioneer filmmaker John Cassavetes, “from not knowing.” I hope that testimony cheers you up, Taurus.

As hard as it may be for you to imagine, you are on the verge of a breakthrough. As you surf the chaotic flow and monitor the confusing hubbub, you are brewing the perfect conditions for an outburst of creativity. Rejoice in the blessing of not knowing!

GEMINI

May 21-June 20 *Sant* is a Hindi word that comes from a Sanskrit verb meaning “to be good” and “to be real.” Personally, I know a lot of people who are either real or good. But few are both. The good ones tend to be overly polite, and the real ones don’t put a high priority on being nice. So here’s your assignment, Gemini: to be good and real; to have compassionate intentions even as you conduct yourself with a high degree of authenticity; to bestow blessings everywhere you go while at the same time being honest and clear and deep. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you have the power to pull off this strenuous feat.

CANCER

June 21-July 22 Let’s take a look back at the first three months of 2013. How have you been doing? If I’m reading the astrological markers accurately, you have jettisoned a portion of the psychic gunk that had accumulated in you during the past six years.

You have partially redeemed the shadowy side of your nature and you have to some degree ripened

the most immature part. There’s also the matter of your heart. You have managed some healing of a wound that had festered there for a long time. So here’s my question for you: Is it possible for you to do more of this good work? The target date for completion is your birthday.

LEO

July 23-Aug. 22 Naturalist Charles Darwin formulated the theory of evolution, which has been one of history’s most influential hypotheses. A crucial event in his early development as a scientist was a five-year boat trip he took around the world when he was in his twenties. The research he conducted along the way seeded many of his unique ideas.

The writing he did established his reputation as a noteworthy author.

And yet before his journey, his father tried to talk him out of embarking, calling it a “wild scheme” and “a useless undertaking.” Did your parents or other authorities ever have a similar response to one of your brilliant projects? If so, now would be a good time to heal the wound caused by their opposition.

VIRGO

Aug. 23-Sept. 22 I’ve got three sets of affirmations for you, Virgo. Say them out loud and see if they might work for you. 1. “I will be engrossed in fascinating experiences that feed my curiosity, but I will not be obsessed with grueling frustrations that drain my energy.” 2. “I will be committed to love if it opens my eyes and heart, but I will not be infatuated with maddening conundrums that jiggle my fear.” 3. “I will give myself freely to learning opportunities that offer me valuable lessons I can use to improve my life, but I will be skeptical toward rough-edged tests that ask far more from me than they offer in return.”

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22 “Pole of inaccessibility” is a term that explorers use to identify places on the Earth that are hard -- and interesting! -- to get to.

On each continent, it’s usually considered to be the spot that’s farthest from the coastline. For instance, there’s a pole of inaccessibility near the frozen center of Antarctica. Its elevation is over 12,000 feet and it has the planet’s

coldest average temperatures. As for the oceanic pole of inaccessibility, it’s an area in the South Pacific that’s most remote from land. By my reckoning, Libra, you would benefit from identifying what your own personal version of this point is, whether it’s literal or metaphorical. I think it’s also a great time to transform your relationship with it.

SCORPIO

Muir as your inspiration, I invite you to identify the very gradual currents and tides that have flowed for years through your own life, Capricorn. It’s prime time to deepen your understanding and appreciation of the big, slow-moving cycles that have brought you to where you are today.

AQUARIUS

Jan. 20-Feb. 18

Every April, the ancient Romans celebrated a festival known as Robigalia. Among the rites they performed were ceremonies to exorcize the god of rust and mildew. I suggest you consider reviving that old practice, Scorpio. You would benefit from spending a few days waging war against insidious rot.

You could start by scrubbing away all the sludge, scum, and gunk from your home, car, and workplace. Next, make a similar effort on a metaphorical level. Scour the muck, glop, and grime out of your psyche.

American author William Faulkner won a Nobel Prize for literature, an indication that he had abundant talent. The prose he wrote was often experimental, cerebral, and complex. He was once asked what he would say to readers who found it difficult to grasp his meaning “even after reading it two or three times.” His reply: “Read it four times.” My counsel to you, Aquarius, is similar. When faced with a challenging event or situation that taxes your understanding, keep working to understand it even past the point where you would normally quit.

There will be rewards, I promise.

SAGITTARIUS

PISCES

“You know that place between sleep and awake, the place where you can still remember dreaming? That’s where I’ll always love you. That’s where I’ll be waiting.”

Tinkerbell says that to Peter Pan in J.M. Barrie’s famous story.

Sometime soon, I think you should whisper words like those to a person or animal you love. It’s time for you to be as romantic and lyrical as possible. You need to bestow and attract the nourishment that comes from expressing extravagant tenderness. For even better results, add this sweetness from French poet Paul Valéry: “I am what is changing secretly in you.” And try this beauty from Walt Whitman: “We were together. I forget the rest.”

“Dear Rob: I just consulted an astrologer, and he told me that my planets are very weak because they’re in the wrong houses and have bad aspects. Please tell me what this means. Am I cursed?

Is there any way to remedy my afflictions? - Paranoid Pisces.”

Dear Pisces: Whoever told you that nonsense is an incompetent astrologer. You shouldn’t heed him. There’s no such thing as one’s planets being weak or being in the wrong houses or having bad aspects. There may be challenges, but those are also opportunities.

Luckily, the coming weeks will be prime time for you Pisceans to overthrow the influence of inept “experts” and irresponsible authorities like him. Reclaim your power to define your own fate from anyone who has stolen it from you.

Oct. 23-Nov. 21

Nov. 22-Dec. 21

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22-Jan. 19 Naturalist John Muir (1838-1914) had an ecstatic relationship with the California wilderness. He studied it as a scientist and he worshiped it as a mystical devotee.

During the course of his communion with the glaciers and peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountains, he came close to seeing them as living entities that evolved over long periods of time. “Glaciers move in tides,” he wrote. “So do mountains. So do all things.” With

Feb. 19-March 20

Meets on the third Monday, 8:30pm10:30pm. Like the Facebook page: Theology on Tap Downtown Savannah. ongoing. distillerysavannah.com. ongoing The Distillery, 416 W. Liberty St. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah

Liberal religious community where people with different beliefs gather as one faith. Sundays, 11am. Email, call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-234-0980. admin@uusavannah.org. uusavannah. org. uusavannah.org. ongoing Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. Unity Church of Savannah

Sunday Celebration services 9:15am and 11am. Children’s Church and childcare 11am. Thursday noon prayer service.

See website or call for info on classes, workshops, and more. ongoing. 912355-4704. unityofsavannah.org. unityofsavannah.org/. ongoing Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Sports & Games Adult Coed Flag Football League

8x8 Coed Flag League. Play adult sports, meet new people. Sponsored by Savannah Adult Recreation Club. Wed. nights/ Sun. mornings, at locations around Savannah. $450. Minimum 8 games. Ages 18+. Coed teams. See website or call for info. ongoing. 912-220-3474. savadultrec.com. ongoing Adult Coed Ultimate Frisbee League

Sponsored by Savannah Adult Recreation Club. Thurs. nights/Sun. morning matches. in Daffin and Forsyth Parks. $350/team. Ages 18+. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-220-3474. savadultrec.com. ongoing Adult Kickball League

Sponsored by Savannah Adult Recreation Club. Spring 2013 games now under way. Ages 18+. Call or see website for info. Through May 4. 912-220-3474. savadultrec.com. Through May 4 Baseball: Savannah Sand Gnats v. Rome Braves

Opening weekend continues with free magnetic schedules and special stuff on Facebook for Facebook Friday. $7 general admission sandgnats.com. Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. Baseball: Savannah Sand Gnats v. Augusta Green Jackets

Dollar Monday at the ball game, with $1 tickets with coupon from Kroger and other vendors. $1 Natty Lights beer, hot dogs, chips and sodas. $1 with coupon. $7 general admission sandgnats.com. sandgnats.com. Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr.

Baseball: Two for Tuesday at the Sand Gnats

The Sand Gnats take on Augusta Green Jackets. Buy-one-get-one-free Natty Lights beer. $7 general admission.

Tue., April 9, 7:05 p.m. sandgnats.com. sandgnats.com. Tue., April 9, 7:05 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. Derby Devils Roller Derby Classes

Roller derby league offers 12-week courses for beginners, recreational

Grief 101 Support Group

Seven-week morning or eventing adult support grooup offers tools to learn to live with loss. Tuesdays, 10am-11am; or Thursdays, 6:00pm-7:00pm. Free of charge. Offered by Hospice Savannah, Inc. Call for info. ongoing. 912303-9442. ongoing Full Circle Center for Education and Grief Support, 7212 Seawright Dr. Opening Night! Savannah Sand Gnats Baseball

The Gnats take on the Rome Braves.

Thirsty Thursday and...post-game fireworks! Boom! $7-$10 savannah. sandgnats.milb.com. sandgnats.com.

Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. Savannah Bike Polo

Like regular polo, but with bikes instead of horses. Meets weekly. See facebook for info. ongoing. facebook.com/savannahbikepolo. ongoing Savannah Sand Gnats Opening Night

First game of the season, against the Rome Braves, SAL affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. First 5,000 fans receive a Magnet Schedule Giveaway. Opening Night also features Thirsty Thursday.

Call or check website for ticket sales info. 912-351-9150. sandgnats.com.

Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. Sports sponsored by Savannah Adult Recreation League

Fun sports for grown ups. Upcoming sports for Spring 2013 are kickball, flag football, and volleyball, and ultimate Frisbee, and golf. See website for info. varies Through June 30. 912-220-3474.

SavAdultRec@aol.com. savadultrec. com. Through June 30

USMNT (Soccer) American Outlaws Chapter

USMNT is a national soccer team that represents the U.S. in international soccer competitions. American Outlaws Savannah chapter of USMNT meets regularly. Call for details. ongoing.

912-398-4014. bdburgers.net. ongoing B & D Burgers (Congress St.), 912-2388315.

Support Groups ACOA-Al-Anon

The “From Survival to Recovery” Adult Children of Alcoholics/Al-Anon Group is a fellowship and support group for those who grew up in alcoholic or dysfunctional homes. Meets Thursdays, 5:45pm at the 24-Hour Club, 1501 Eisenhower Dr. Call for info. ongoing.

912-598-9860. ongoing

For individuals caring for Alzheimer’s and dementia family members. Second Monday, Wilm. Isl. United Methodist Church, 195 Wilmington Island Rd. Second Thursday, Ruth Byck Adult Care Center, 64 Jasper St. Sponsored by Senior Citizens, Inc. Call for info. ongoing.

912-236-0363 x143. ongoing Amputee Support Group

Open to all who have had limbs amputated and their families or caregivers.

Call for info. ongoing. 912-355-7778. ongoing Back Pain Support Group

Second Monday of every month,7:00pm.

Denny’s Restaurant at Hwy. 204. Everyone is welcome. For more info, contact Debbie at 912-727-2959 ongoing.

Brain Injury Support Group

For traumatic brain injury survivors and their caregivers. Third Thursdays, 5pm. In the gym of the Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial. ongoing. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. ongoing Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Breast Cancer Survivors Group

Tuesdays, 5:20pm at First Presbyterian Church. For survivors and caregivers.

Call for info. ongoing. 912-844-4524. fpc.presbychurch.net. ongoing First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. Cancer Support Group

For anyone living with, through or beyond a cancer diagnosis. First Wednesdays, at Lewis Cancer Pavilion. Call for info. ongoing. 912-819-5704. ongoing Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. Children’s Grief Support Group

Seven week structured educational support group for children 6-17. Support, coping tools, utilizing play and activity to learn to live with loss. Free of charge. A service of Hospice Savannah, Inc. Call for dates. ongoing. 912-3039442. ongoing Full Circle Center for Education and Grief Support, 7212 Seawright Dr. Citizens With Retarded Citizens

For families with children or adults with autism, mental retardation, and other developmental disabilities.

Meets monthly. Call for info. ongoing.

912-355-7633. ongoing Citizens With Retarded Citizens, 1211 Eisenhower Drive.

Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Assoc.

Meets regularly to discuss issues affecting the lives of polio survivors. Call or see website for info. Free to attend. ongoing. 912-927-8332. coastalempirepoliosurvivors.org. ongoing

Alcoholics Anonymous

Couples with Fertility Challenges

Alzheimer’s Caregiver and Family Support Group

Debtors Anonymous

For people who want or need to stop drinking, AA can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Free to attend or join. Check website for meeting days/times, or call 24 hours a day. ongoing. 912-356-3688. savannahaa. com. ongoing

Saturdays, 6:45pm at Savannah Christian Church. For couples dealing with primary or secondary infertility, whether for one or many years. Call or email for info. ongoing. 912-596-0852. emptycradle_savannah@hotmail.com. ongoing Savannah Christian Church, 55 Al Henderson Blvd.

For people with debting problems.

Meets Sundays, 5pm-6pm at Unity of Savannah. See website or call for info. ongoing. 912-572-6108. debtorsanonymous.org. unityofsavannah.org/. ongoing Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Eating Disorders Anonymous

Free, volunteer-led support group for recovery from anorexia/restrictive eating and/or bulimia/binge/purging. Not a diet group, nor for those who struggle solely with overeating. Mondays, 7:30pm-8:30pm. Email for info. ongoing. edasavannah@yahoo.com. ongoing Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. Essential Tremor Support Group

For those with the disease, care partners, family and caregivers. Managing the disease, treatments and therapies, quality of life. First Thursdays, 3:00pm4:30pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912819-2224. ongoing Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. Fibromyalgia Support Group

Second Thursdays, 5:30pm-6:30pm.

Call or see website for info. ongoing.

912-819-6743. sjchs.org. sjchs.org. ongoing Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5353 Reynolds Ave. Gambling Problem 12 Step Program

Twelve step program offers freedom from gambling. Meets weekly. Leave message with contact info. ongoing.

912-748-4730. ongoing

tham-Savannah Public School System who have IEP plans, to offer mutual support through the challenges of the IEP process. Email for info. ongoing. amkw210@gmail.com. ongoing Parents of Ill Children

Backus Children’s Hospital sponsors this group for parents with a seriously ill child receiving inpatient or outpatient treatment. Case manager facilitates the meetings. Meets weekly. Call for info ongoing. 912-350-5616. memorialhealth.com/backus. memorialhealth. com/backus. ongoing Backus Children’s Hospital, 4700 Waters Ave. Parkinson’s Support Group

First Thursdays, 5pm-6:30pm, Marsh Auditorium at Candler. Call for info. ongoing. 912-355-6347. sjchs.org/. ongoing Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. Rape Crisis Center

Assists survivors of rape and sexual assault. Free, confidential counseling for victims and families. 24-hour Rape Crisis Line operates seven days a week.

912-233-7273. ongoing. ongoing Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Support Group

Second Tuesdays at 7pm in Marsh Auditorium at Candler Hospital. For anyone with this disorder, plus family members/caregivers interested in learning more. Call for info. ongoing.

912-858-2335. sjchs.org/. ongoing Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St.

Heartbeats for Life

Sisters Network (Breast Cancer in the African American Community)

Klinefelter Syndrome/47-XXY Support

Spinal Injury Support Group

Free support and education group for those who have suffered from or want to prevent or reverse heart disease and/or diabetes. One Tuesday/month, 6pm. Call or email for date. All meetings at Southwest Chatham Library. ongoing. 912-598-8457. jeff@heartbeatsforlife-ga.org. ongoing Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. For parents of children with this diagnosis, and for men with this diagnosis.

Started by the mother of a boy with 47XXY. Email to meet for mutual support. ongoing. amkw21@gmail.com. ongoing Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Support Group

For patients with blood-related cancers and their loved ones. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-350-7845. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth. com/. ongoing Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Narcotics Anonymous

Call for the Savannah Lowcountry Area NA meeting schedule. ongoing. 912238-5925. ongoing National Alliance of Mentally Ill

Weekly 90-minute support group for anyone with a mental health diagnosis. Also offer weekly family support group. Both meet Tuesdays, 6pm-8pm.

Free and open to the public. ongoing. ongoing Trinity Lutheran Church, 12391 Mercy Blvd.

Parents of Children with IEP’s (Individualized Education Plans)

For parents of children attending Cha-

Third Mondays, 6pm-7pm. At the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute at Memorial. A national organization to raise awareness about the impact of breast cancer on the African American community. Call for info. ongoing. 912-236-7405. memorialhealth. com/. ongoing Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Third Thursdays, 5:30pm, at the Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-3508900. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. ongoing Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. cs

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EmploymEnt WantEd 605 WANTED MATURE, Polite, Outgoing person for position of front Counter Clerk. Only Serious Need Apply in person At 5 Star Cleaners 12325 White bluff Rd.

FIRST MARKET @ “THE WAREHOUSE” 1117 Louisville Rd. - Downtown Saturday, 4/6/13 @ 9:00 AM (Trial Run.....)

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Our first indoor Market at “The Warehouse” - This will be a “trial run”. Free booth space/rental for this first event - Call us to reserve your space to sell your antiques, furniture, glassware, old stuff....whatever!Limited space still available.

Also, we are unpacking & selling consigned estate items packed-up in an attic for 40 years! Call us for more information: Old Savannah Estates, Antiques & Auctions Office: (912)231-9466 or cells (912)398-4435 or (912)631-1940 or details @ www.estatesale.com (search #1821). Come plunder with us! Thanks, Ann & Will Happenings: All the info about clubs, groups and events. Only at www.connectsavannah.com

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Diabetic Test Strips Wanted Most types, Most brands. Will pay up to $10/box. Call Clifton 912-596-2275.

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1 P/T Class “A” CDL Driver ($14.00/hr) to start

• Approx. 30 hrs per week, deliver produce in the local area.

• 2yrs. min. exp. in a Tractor/Trailer • Reasonable 7yr. MVR • Must be proficient at maintaining logs • Must be able to lift up to 70 lbs. and be able to stand, bend, stoop and able • To push or pull a loaded pallet jack.

• Benefits include 401-K, Profit Sharing, Medical & Dental Contact Jim Casper @ 920-204-2551 between 8am & 4pm for details

Vernon Milling Company DRIVERS WANTED $500 SIGN-ON BONUS!

We are looking for drivers with over-the-road experience and preferred hazmat endorsements.

Requirements: Must be 25yrs. or older. good driving record, No DUI or drug-related violations in the last 3yrs, No felony convictions in the last 5 years.

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Call 912-921-7020, Ask for Leroy GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY invites applicants for the following vacancy:

CENTRAL RECEIVING SUPERVISOR (Req. #0608718)

TO APPLY: Please visit the Georgia Southern University employment website and complete the application process at https://employment.georgiasouthern.edu.

The application process must be completed by the deadline to be considered. For more information, call the 24-hour job line at (912) 478-0629. Georgia is an open records state. Individuals in need of reasonable accommodations under the ADA to participate in the search process should notify Human Resources: (912)478-5468 or HR-TDD: (912)478-0791.

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URBAN OUTFITTERS in Savannah is hosting open interviews for Management positions on Tuesday, April 9th from 1pm-6pm.

Qualified candidates should have: - One to two years of retail management experience - An understanding of the Urban Outfitters culture and its appeal to the local market - The ability to drive sales through excellent service, strong visual presentation, and a full understanding of the business INTERVIEWS are being held at the store: 221 West Broughton St., Savannah, GA 31401 Please bring a copy of your resume and dress casual- what you would wear if you worked for us.

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Renovated. Midtown Brick. 3/2 with DEN. Fenced. New paint, refreshed floors, Needs nothing. $199,900. Tom Whitten. Realty Executives Coastal Empire, 912-663-0558; 912-355-5557 ofc.

1004 W. 41St, 4BR/2BA Home CH/A, LR, Separate DR, Den, Dinette Area, Furnished Kitchen Section 8 Welcome $990.00mo/$500dep

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14802 COFFEE BLUFF ROAD Mediterranean Executive Home. 4 Bed, 2.5 Baths. 2-Car. Renovated.

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Hardwoods. I block from MARINA. Atrium. Balconies. $289,900. Tom Whitten Realty Executives Coastal, 912-663-0558 or 912-355-5557

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1412 E 56th St. 3BR/1BA, Hardwood floors, LR, Kitchen/Dining w/Fridge & Gas Stove, W/D connections, CH&A, Fenced backyard, Carport & Extra Storage $850/rent, $800/deposit.

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1502 ARCADIAN STREET: 3BR/1BA, LR, DR, kitchen w/stove & refrigerator, washer/dryer included. $675 + deposit. 912-484-9427

2BR/1BA HOUSE in quiet neighborhood, 1129 Darwin Street. Energy efficient appliances. Section 8 Welcome. Call Sylvia, 912-658-8457.

2 BR, 1BA, Kitchen, LR. 2207 Bulloch Street. $375/month, $375/ Deposit. 912-354-0869

3BR/2BA, hardwood/ceramic floors, kitchen appliances, washer/dryer connections,2-car garage, fenced yard, storage bldg. Quiet cul-de-sac.

6 Cassidy Court, Pooler. $1200/month. 912-659-6630

724 WATERS AVENUE between Gwinnette & Wheaton 2BR/1BA, dining room. $500/rent plus $500/deposit. 912-844-2344

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1 & 2 Bedroom Apts./1 Bath, Newly remodeled apts. LR, dining, ceiling fans each room, central heat/air, kitchen w/appliances, washer/dryer hookup. Lights, water & cable included. NO CREDIT CHECK REQUIRED; EVICTIONS OK. $179 One Bedrooms, $210-$235 Two Bedrooms/weekly. Biweekly & Monthly rates available. Call 912-319-4182, M-Sat 9am-6pm.

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1535 East 54th Street: off Waters $795/month.

2BR/1BA Apts. & House Newly Renovated, hardwood floors,carpet, paint, appliances, central heat/air, washer/dryer hookups. $525-$675/month, utilities may be added to rent if requested.

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2 remodeled mobile homes in Garden City mobile home park. Double/Singlewide. Low down affordable payments. Credit check approval. Special ending soon.

Speak directly to Community Managers, Gwen or Della, 912-964-7675 HISTORIC DISTRICT: 2BR/2.5BA Townhouse, 1500SF, all electric, 2 blocks from Forsyth Park. 621 Tattnall Street. Available April 1st. $1600/month, security deposit and lease.No pets. 912-665-1491.

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HOUSES 4 Bedrooms 623 Windsor Rd $1200 3 Bedrooms 215 Laurelwood $895 15 Wilshire Blvd. $850 5637 Betty Dr. $850 2214 E.43rd St. $795 2 Soling Ave $875 CONDOS 2 Bedroom Condo GEORGETOWN 40 Sand Dollar $775 APARTMENTS One Bedroom 3801 Waters Ave. $725 Two Bedrooms 26 W. 59th St. $610 1132 E. 53rd St. $550

•825 Jamestown Rd: Nice 3BR/2BA home located in quiet Jamestown Subd. featuring family room w/fireplace & large backyard.

Call Lester @ 912-313-8261 or Deloris 912-272-3926

MOVE-IN SPECIAL $99/month 2yrs. Close to Beach/Shopping/Busline

THUNDERBOLT REGENCY 2395 Downing Avenue 912-236-0093 SECTION 8 WELCOME

ONE, TWO & THREE BR Apts. & Houses for rent. Stove, refrigerator, washer/dryer. 1/2 month OffGood for this month only.

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•1BR Apts, washer/dryer included. $25 for water, trash included, $625/month.

•2BR/1.5BA Townhouse Apt, total electric, w/washer & dryer $675.

912-927-3278 or 912-356-5656 SPECIAL! 1812 N. Avalon Dr. 2BR/1.5BA $675/mo, $500/dep.

SPECIAL! 1303 E.66th: 2BR/2 Bath, W/D connection, near Memorial Hosp. $725/month, $500/dep SPECIAL! 11515 White Bluff Rd. 1BR/1BA, all electric, equipped kitchen, W/D connection $595/month

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7304 Mayer Ave. Nice 2BR/2BA, W/D connection, kitchen equipped $875/month, $500/dep.

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•109 West 41st: Lower 1BR Apt., 1.5BA, CH&A$450 + security •1021 West 41st: 3BR house, LR, DR, CH&A $700 + security •728 West 39th: Large 4BR house, CH&A $700 + security deposit.

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Between Drayton & Abercorn. 111 East 39th. Available April 1st. $650. 912-441-3087, please call and leave your name and phone number clearly. Thank you!

912-441-3087 VERY NICE 1 Bedroom Furnished, Upstairs Apt. Washer/dryer included. Suitable for single adult. $800/month, $500/deposit. No pets, no smoking. 912-236-1952

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ROOMS FOR RENT Completely furnished. Central heat and air. Conveniently located on busline. $130 per week. Call 912-844-5995.

SPACIOUS ROOMS FOR RENT Newly renovated on busline.2 blocks from Downtown Kroger,3 blocks from Historic Forsyth Park. $150/week w/No deposit.

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FURNISHED APTS. $165/WK.

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CHEVROLET Silverado, 1997

LARGE VICTORIAN with windows on two sides, across from library, nicely furnished, all utilities.

TV/cable/internet, washer/dryer, $140/week. $504/month.

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Furnished, affordable room available includes utility, refrigerator, central heat/air. $115-$140/weekly, no deposit.Call 912-844-3609

PW, PDL, CC, V8, 86,500 miles. Auto, Magnaflow exhaust, UWS Toolbox, Rhino-line bedliner, rear disc brakes, Pioneer CD Aem, Cold air intake. Centerline wheels. $9,500.

912-657-4098 DODGE Caravan, 20016-passenger. 76,000 miles. One owner, excellent condition. $3,850. Call 912-398-3132

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Paint & Body Work. Reasonably Priced. Insurance Claims. We buy wrecks. Call 912-355-5932.

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FORD Ranger, 2001- Ext Cab, V-6, A.C. Power Window. Good condition,$3,500.00 /obo 925-1907

ROOM FOR RENT: Safe Environment. Central heat/air, cable, telephone service. $450-$550 monthly, $125/security deposit, No lease.

Immediate occupancy. Call Mr. Brown:912-663-2574 or 912-234-9177.

HONDA CRV, 2000- SUV, automatic, low miles, cold AC. Runs great! $3,950.

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ROOM FOR RENT Washer & Dryer, CH/A great location, $140-$150 weekly Please Call Jason 912-401-8899 ROOMMATES WANTED VERY CLEAN. Stove, refrigerator, cable, washer/dryer included. On bus line. Starting at $125/week.

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