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compiled by robin wright gunn | happenings@connectsavannah.com Week At A Glance is Connect Savannah’s listing of events in the coming week. If you want an event listed, 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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Featured work: the seven movement work Romancero-Gitano, by Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. 7:30 p.m St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 34th & Abercorn Sts. $15. Discounts for students.
An Evening of Jazz Guitar featuring Jackson Evans and Tyler Ross
Each musician performs compositions separately with the ensemble and perform together for the final portion of the show. 7:30 p.m Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St. $10 912-233-4766. trinity1848.org
Savannah Fashion Week Runway Show
The highlight of Savannah Fashion Week, this year’s runway show features the area’s best local retailers and, for the first time, collections from independent designers. 7 p.m Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. $50 and up savannahfashionweek.org
Film: Charles Grodin 79th Birthday Mystery Screening
Psychotronic Film Society salutes the beloved, dry-witted comic actor with a mystery screening of one of his lost romantic comedies. 8 p.m The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. $7 sentientbean.com
From Downton to Gatsby: Jewelry and Fashion from 1890 to 1929
Contributing jewelry designer for Downton Abbey Andrew Prince gives a clear overview of perhaps the most brilliant and turbulent period of recent times, this being the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 5-6:30 p.m SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd. Free
Georgia Historical Society Annual Meeting and Lecture
Keynote Address: Where Did Freedom Come From? by Edward L. Ayers, University of Richmond president. 5 p.m First Baptist Church of Savannah, 223 Bull St. Free and open to the public.
Georgia Historical Society Garden Party
The annual Garden Party following GHS's 175th Annual Meeting. Reservations required. 6:30-8:30 p.m Harper Fowlkes House, 230 Barnard Street. $50 members – $75 non-members. 912-651-2125 ext 110
HSF Preservation Awards Luncheon
Historic Savannah Foundation's annual recognition of the best of preservation. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m Desoto Hilton, 15 E. Liberty St. $45 912-233-7787. dmeunier@myhsf.org
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A documentary about Carine Roitfeld who ran French Vogue for 10 years and earned a reputation as one of fashion’s most influential movers. 6 p.m Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. $10 at door, $5 with student i.d. savannahfashionweek.org
Film: Godzilla: The Japanese Original Thu / 1
Sand Gnats: Pack the Park for The Zoe Foundation Gnats take on the Delmarva Shorebirds. 7:05 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr.
Thursday / 1 Sand Gnats Thirsty Thursday
Half price draft beer and soda, and baseball vs. the Delmarva Shorebirds. Sponsored in part by Connect Savannah. 7:05 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. $8 Gen. Adm. sandgnats.com
Film: Godzilla: The Japanese Original (Japan, 1954)
See the original film that started it all before the 2014 remake hits theaters this spring. In Japanese with English subtitles. Q & A follows. 8 p.m Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. $8 scadboxoffice.com
Lowcountry Down Syndrome Society's Night of Champions
Dr. Walter O. Evans leads conversation about 'RIVERS' with visiting artists Tim Rollins and Angel Abreu. Reception with small plate items.
SCAD's Theatre Department presents Adam Bock’s dark comedy about the bar crawl to end all crawls. May 1-3, 8 p.m Mondanaro Theatre, 217 MLK Jr. Blvd. $10 scad.edu
Theatre: The Foreigner
The Armstrong Masquers presents the award winning comedy by Larry Shue. May 1-4, 7:30 p.m Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. $10 Gen. Adm. Free for Armstrong. armstrong.edu
Theatre: Xanadu
A spoof of the cult classic, reminiscing about the eighties, roller skates, and the hits of Olivia Newton-John. Directed and choreographed by Richie Cook. Four piece band led by Warren Heilman. May 1-3, 7 p.m Saint Andrews School, 601 Penn Waller Rd. $15 adultsm $10 age 17 and under 912-897-4941
Thursday, May 1: Lunch 'N' Thinc: Make your Pitch Pop; Work it with the Pros Author Joel Zuckerman, Evoca founder, Murem Sharpe, and servicing specialist,
Savannah Fashion Week: Mademoiselle C wed / 1 5:30 p.m SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd. Free and open to the public. Pricing for small plate entrees varies. scad.edu
Friday / 2 American Cancer Society Relay for Life
Annual all-night team walk and fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, supporting prevention and patient assistance programming in the local area. May 2-3 Benedictine Military School, 6502 Seawright Dr. relayforlifeorg.savannahga
Sand Gnats Facebook Friday
Sand Gnats vs. Rome, plus special stuff found on the Gnats' Facebook page. 7:05 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. $8 general admission sandgnats.com
Lecture: Jack Shaheen on Stereotypes in Art
Concert: Lady Antebellum
Author and media critic Jack Shaheen shatters racial stereotypes in this lecture. 5 p.m Arnold Hall (SCAD), 1810 Bull St. Free and open to the public.
A concert of Spanish music featuring Brian Luckett. Accompanied by I Cantori, Savannah’s professional 26 voice chamber choir.
Walter Evans conversation with Tim Rollins and Angel Abreu
Theatre: The Drunken City
Jamie Deen emcees fifth annual event that includes an awards ceremony, silent auction, dinner and cash bar. Business attire. Reservations encouraged. 6 p.m Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort, 1 Resort Drive. $25 nightofchampions.org
O, Guitarra!
Jessica Neeley will talk about tips that work for them. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m Thinc Savannah, 35 Barnard St. 3rd Floor. Free to attend; $10 for lunch 912-544-1200. tom@thincsavannah.com
The Standing Ovation (Comedy) Tour fri / 2
Georgia Southern University presents the Grammy-winning country music trio in their Take Me Downtown Tour 2014. 8 p.m Paulson Stadium at Georgia Southern Univ. $45-$50 General public. Discounts for GSU students/faculty, military, and nonGSU students. georgiasouthern.edu/concert
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First Friday Art March
Open houses, new exhibitions, and familyfriendly activities at this monthly Friday night art gallery hop in SoFo (South of Forsyth). Ride the trolley to each location. Visit the Indie Arts Market on De Soto Ave. Ride your bike on the Art March Bike Scavenger Hunt. After-party at The Wormhole for 21+ starts at 9pm. A program of Art Rise Savannah. Sponsored by Connect Savannah. May's Art March featuresthree new locations,Lovelane,Whit’s End,and Green Truck Pub. first Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m Desotorow Gallery, 2427 Desoto Ave. Free & open to the public artmarchsavannah.com/
First Friday for Folk Music
Monthly folk music showcase hosted by the Savannah Folk Music Society in a friendly, alcohol-free environment. May acts: Rupert Wates and Roll On, Rodney first Friday of every month, 7:30 p.m First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. $5 donation.
O, Guitarra!
A concert of Spanish music featuring Brian Luckett. Accompanied by I Cantori, Savannah’s professional 26 voice chamber choir. Featured work: Romancero-Gitano, by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. 7:30 p.m St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 3 West Ridge Road. $15. Discounts for students. 925-7866
Theatre: The Drunken City
SCAD's Theatre Department presents Adam Bock’s dark comedy about the bar crawl to end all crawls. May 2, 8 p.m Mondanaro Theatre, 217 MLK Jr. Blvd. $10 scad.edu
Theatre: The Foreigner
The Armstrong Masquers presents the award winning comedy by Larry Shue. May 2, 7:30 p.m Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn $10 Gen. Adm. Free for Armstrong. armstrong.edu
Theatre: Xanadu
A spoof of the cult film classic Xanadu, reminiscing about the eighties, roller skates, and the hits of Olivia Newton-John and the Electric Light Orchestra. May 2, 7 p.m Saint Andrews School, 601 Penn Waller Rd. $15 for adults and $10 for young people age 17 and under 912-897-4941
Tybee Rainbow Fest: Kick Off Party
A luau-themed dance party featuring Kristina Foxx, Angel Collins & Destiny Myklz. A benefit for Savannah Pride. Contests and prizes. 7-11 p.m Tybee Island Wedding Chapel, 1114 U.S. Hwy. 80. $10. Includes hors d’oeuvres. GayTybeeIsland.com
River Street Seafood Fest
40th anniversary of the Savannah Waterfront Association's first Seafood Fest. Shrimp, crawfish, oysters, and crab, plus art displays and live entertainment on the Rousakis Plaza Arbor Stage. Friday Fireworks presented by Wet Willies will begin at 9:30pm. 4-10 p.m Rousakis Plaza, River St. Free and open to the public. Food prices vary. riverstreetsavannah.com
ONE WEST VICTORY Open house weekend
Food samplings from neighborhood eateries, music entertainment and property tours showcasing the new Amenities Center and Model Units of this new Midtown development. On Friday, May 2 from 6-9 p.m., prospective residents are invited to drop by One West Victory for its “Eat Like a Local” celebration featuring music by The Rosies. Guests will get their first taste of samplings from Hugh Acheson’s The Florence, and other local eateries including 520 Wings, Back in the Day Bakery and Starland Café. On Saturday, May 3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., visitors can experience One West Victory’s Amenities Center and view the Art Studio, relax in the media room, get a free bike inspection, or sweat it out in the gym with free yoga and kick boxing classes. Complimentary refreshments, property tours and additional activities . May 2-3 One West Victory, 1 W. Victory Dr. www.onewestvictory.com
Saturday / 3 American Cancer Society Relay for Life
Annual all-night team walk and fundraiser, supporting prevention and patient assistance programming in the local area. May 2-3 Benedictine Military School, 6502 Seawright Dr. relayforlifeorg.savannahga
Baseball and Fireworks: Sand Gnats Stay after the game against the Rome Braves for fireworks. 6:05 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. $8 Gen. Adm. sandgnats.com
The Bizarre Bazaar
Arts and crafts,second hand caravan of household items, apparel and accessories. Auction, face painting, sidewalk chalk art, canvas painting, carnival street performers, a fortune teller. An all ages event benefiting Savannah Stage Company. 9 a.m.-1 p.m Reynolds Square, Abercorn and St. Julian Streets. Free to attend. Tickets to purchase arts and crafts.
Forsyth Farmers Market
Local and regional produce, honey, meat, dairy, pasta, baked goods. 9 a.m.-1 p.m Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. forsythfarmersmarket.com
Savannah Fashion Week Pop-Up Shop
One-time opportunity to shop the looks presented on the SFW runway by the official retailers and independent designers of Savannah Fashion Week. Held at 201 West Broughton Street (corner of Broughton and Bull). 12-7 p.m $5 donation savannahfashionweek.org
Concert: Lady Antebellum fri / 2
Isle of Hope Tour of Artful Gardens
One West Victory Open House fri / SAT
Explore 7 diverse and awe-inspiring private gardens on Isle of Hope, with local artists working during the tour. Tour starts St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Cornus Dr. 10 a.m.-2 p.m St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 2 St. Thomas Ave. $20. Advanced tickets at The Savannah Bank, or day of event. 912-354-9759 continues on p. 6
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Share laughs with all stars of comedy, including stand up comedy doyenne Sommore, Bruce Bruce, D.J. Hughley (star of the sitcom The Hughleys) and Dominique. 7 p.m Savannah Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $44.50 - $69.00 savannahcivic.com
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Matt's Moon River Cruise
Bike ride and celebration in memory of Matt Kohler, who was hit from behind by a driver on July 26, 2012 while riding his bike on Hwy 80 in Bloomingdale. Social media scavenger hunt leaving Ellis Square at 1 p.m. Music by Jimmy Wolling Band. Valet parking for bicycles. Benefits Savannah Bicycle Campaign and Georgia Bikes. 2-5 p.m Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St. $20 /bicyclecampaign.org/
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Theatre: The Drunken City
A gardening, arts and crafts festival and sale sponsored by the Savannah Area Council of Garden Clubs Botanical Garden. 10 a.m.-3 p.m Chatham County Botanical Gardens, 1388 Eisenhower Dr. savannahbotanical.org
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Help clean up the Skidaway Narrows and Butterbean Beach. Bring your own boat, kayak, or canoe. Limited number of kayaks and canoes will be provided. Walking clean-up volunteers are also needed and welcome. Please register before May 2nd by telephone. 9 a.m.-noon Call for pricing. (912) 598-2300. gastateparks.org/SkidawayIsland
Telfair Free Family Day
Rose Festival and Art and Craft Fair Sav an n ah
Skidaway Narrows Clean Up
The 40th anniversary of the Savannah Waterfront Association's first Seafood Fest in 1974. Shrimp, crawfish, oysters, and crab, plus art displays and live entertainment on the Rousakis Plaza Arbor Stage. 10 a.m.-10 p.m Rousakis Plaza, River St. Free and open to the public. Food prices vary. 912-234-0295. riverstreetsavannah.com The women of the rink go round ‘n’ round. 3-9 p.m Savannah Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $13 adults, $2 ages 3 to 12
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River Street Seafood Fest
Free to the public. $10 for "Play all Day" wristband. savannahpigderby.com
Shop spring and summer collections from local Savannah designer, Kathryn Hayes. 10 a.m.-6 p.m savannahfashionweek.org
Savannah Fashion Week: Faith Thornburg Trunk Show
The bridal collection from Faith Thornburg. 10 a.m.-6 p.m Ivory and Beau, 7302 Abercorn St Suite 1B. savannahfashionweek.org
Savannah Pig Derby
Pig races, dunking booth, derby hat parade, vendor expo, food, inflatables, games, live entertainment. All benefiting the Phi Pigma Kappa's Kiss-a-Pig Campaign, benefiting the Savannah Chapter of the American Diabetes Association. 10 a.m.-4 p.m Emmet Park, End of Bay St.
Learn to make a print and explore the art of printing in the Jepson's selection of modern art from the Kirk Varnedoe Collection and make some prints of your own. 1-4 p.m Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Free and open to the public. telfair.org SCAD's Theatre Department presents Adam Bock’s dark comedy about the bar crawl to end all crawls. May 3, 8 p.m Mondanaro Theatre, 217 MLK Jr. Blvd. $10 scad.edu
Theatre: The Foreigner
The Armstrong Masquers presents the award winning comedy by Larry Shue. May 3, 7:30 p.m Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. $10 Gen. Adm. Free for Armstrong. armstrong.edu
Theatre: Xanadu
A spoof of the cult classic Xanadu. May 3, 7 p.m Saint Andrews School, 601 Penn Waller Rd. $15 for adults and $10 for young people age 17 and under 912-897-4941
Tybee Rainbow Fest Parade
The first-of-its-kind parade on Tybee for GLBT. Grand Marshall will be Kristina Foxx. Featuring a 125-foot-long rainbow flag, part of 1.25 mile Key West rainbow flag. Starts 4th Street, continues down Butler to Tybrisa and then down Strand. Benefits Tybee Marine Science Center. 3-5 p.m Tybee Island, Tybee Island.
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Tybee Rainbow Fest: Beach Yoga
Ed & Friends POPS Concert
A one hour gentle yoga class led by certified yoga instructor, Sue Finkle. Bring a towel or mat. Please pre-register by email. 10-11 a.m Marlin Monroe's Surfside Grill, 404 Butler Ave. angceleste0@gmail.com
The Savannah Winds, community wind symphony in residence at Armstrong, performs its annual concert in memory of Ed Caughran, acclaimed Savannah music educator. 3 p.m Armstrong Fine Arts Center, 11935 Abercorn St. $14. Free to Armstrong. armstrong.edu
Tybee Rainbow Fest: Foam Party
At this After Party, the furniture is removed and filled with six feet of foam. The possibilities... 10 p.m.-3 a.m Bernie's (Tybee), 13 Tybrisa St. $10 GayTybeeIsland.com
Tybee Rainbow Fest: Kayaking
Savannah Kayak leads an all-day kayak excursion, or by appointment (call to schedule). Starts at the boat launch on Alley 3 on the back River. Rent kayak, paddle and lifejacket for $50. $35 Kayak rental only. 912-695-2305
Wilmington Island Farmers' Market
Vendors offering produce, prepared foods, crafts, plus storytime, music. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 111 Walthour Rd @ Islands Community Church. Free and open to the public wifarmersmarket.org/
Fort Pulaski Photography Workshop
River Street Seafood Fest FRI/SAT
Sunday / 4 14th Annual Doggie Carnival
Humane Society for Greater Savannah’s dog extravaganza.Carnival fare, fun activities, dog-related contests. noon Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. Free and open to the public.
Sand Gnats: Kids Eat Free
The Gnats continue their home stand agains the Rome Braves. 12 and under receive a voucher good for a free hotdog and a free small soda. 2:05 p.m
Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. sandgnats.com
Dawn Baker's Movement in the Park
a health and wellness fair for young women and young men. Join the Dawning of a Miracle Mile (a one mile walk/run), Zumba, yoga, health screenings, refreshments. Sponsored by Dawn Baker, Fleet Feet Sports Savannah, and the YMCA of the Coastal Empire. 2-5 p.m Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. $10 donation. (912) 232-6048. contactus@dawnbakeronline.com
F O R T I C K E T S V I S I T T E L FA I R.O R G / FA S H I O N
iPhone photography workshop by Shannon Christopher, a Tybee photographer. Participants should have a camera app that allows focusing and independent exposure. RSVP for workshops via email. 3:30 p.m Fort Pulaski National Monument, Cockspur Island. $5 park admission fee. Free for 15 and under. shannon@christopher.com. nps.gov/fopu
Friends of Ben Tucker Jazz Concert
A jazz concert in memory of the late Ben Tucker, the renown Savannah bassist, featuring the Skyelite Jazz Band of the Savannah Arts Academy. Bring a chair and enjoy the upbeat music. 4-5:30 p.m Lutheran Church of the Ascension, 120 Bull St . Free will offering to benefit Savannah Arts Academy ascensionsavannah.org
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Lecture: Flannery at Prayer, by The Most Reverend J. Kevin Boland
Boland, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Savannah, will speak about Flannery O'Connor's recently published prayer journal. 4 p.m Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 E. Charlton Free and open to the public. flanneryoconnorhome.org
Ogeechee Riverkeeper Rivers Rock Kick-Off Party
Join Ogeechee Riverkeeper members and friends to celebrate with live music featuring Missionary Blues, delicious beer & great people. An all-ages event.Complimentary finger food plus one free beer or glass of wine with admission. 3-6 p.m Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St. $10 866-942-6222. emily@ogeecheeriverkeeper.org
Ossabaw Island Day Trip
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A day on Georgia’s third largest barrier island. Travel by boat to Bradley Beach on Ossabaw; go ashore to spend time wandering beach. Then wander North End on your own. Bring lunch and beverage. Reservations required. 9 a.m.-4 p.m Ossabaw Island, 1 Cane Patch Rd. $75 gen. public. $55 Friends of Ossabaw 912-233-5104. robin@ossabawisland.org. ossabawisland.org
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Theatre: The Drunken City
SCAD's Theatre Department presents Adam Bock’s dark comedy about the bar crawl to end all crawls. 3 p.m Mondanaro Theatre, 217 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. $10 scad.edu
Theatre: The Foreigner
The Armstrong Masquers presents the award winning comedy by Larry Shue. 7:30 p.m Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. $10 Gen. Adm. Free for Armstrong. armstrong.edu
Theatre: Xanadu
A spoof of the cult film classic Xanadu, reminiscing about the eighties, roller skates, and the hits of Olivia Newton-John and the Electric Light Orchestra. 3 p.m Saint Andrews School, 601 Penn Waller Rd. $15 adults $10 17 and under 912-897-4941
Tybee Rainbow Fest: Tea Dance
Poolside closing party to wrap up festival. 4 p.m Marlin Monroe's Surfside Grill, 404 Butler Ave. $10. Includes hors d'oeuvres.
Monday / 5 5 de Mayo
Celebrate "El 5 de Mayo.” Salsa Line, Mexican music, more. Like on Facebook: Marin Entertainment Community 7-11:45 p.m American Legion Post 36, 2309 E. Victory Dr. $5 912-495-8191. marinentertainment@gmail.com
The Art of Great Fashion: Marilyn and Marc: Celebrating American Icons
Red carpet tribute to Marilyn Monroe’s and Marc Jacobs’ influence on popular culture. Marc by Marc Jacobs' Spring 2014 Collection will be presented in ‘live photo shoots’ throughout the museum. 6-9 p.m Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. $95-$150 www.telfair.org
Baseball: Savannah Sand Gnats: Cinco de Mayo and $1 Monday Hot dogs, chips, small sodas, and Pabst Blue Ribbon are $1 each. 7:05 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. $8 or $1 with coupon or Kroger card.
Concert: Youth Orchestra Program
Armstrong Atlantic Youth Orchestra, Atlantic Chamber Orchestra, Lyric Strings Ensembles I & II, and Debut Strings perform. 6:30 p.m
Armstrong Fine Arts Center, 11935 Abercorn St. $10 armstrong.edu
Tuesday / 6 Swing Dance Lessons at the Telfair
Telfair Museums invites dancers of all levels, beginner to expert, to enjoy lessons from in the Rotunda. 6-7:30 p.m. Telfair Academy, 121 Barnard St. $5 students $10 members $15 non-members telfair.org
Wednesday / 7 Brush Up: An Arts Networking Event
Art Rise Savannah' first monthly networking event for artists and arts enthusiasts. 7-9 p.m Ampersand, 36 MLK Jr. Blvd. Free and open to the public. info@artrisesavannah.org
Candidates' Forum for SavannahChatham School Board President
The election is May 20. The PTAs for Jacob G. Smith, Charles Ellis, Heard Elementary and SouthernMamas.com sponsor a non-partisan forum. Moderated by WSAV’s Dave Kartunen. 6:30-8 p.m Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. Free and open to the public.
editor’s note
Shot through the heart outside of screening areas, and in government facilities without security checkpoints. There is also a provision by which local Gov. Nathan Deal school boards can opt to have staff memsupported it. His oppobers carry firearms within school buildings. nent, Jason Carter— (Locally, the Savannah/Chatham Board of grandson of one of the Education Police already carry sidearms.) most liberal presidents in Another provision which many find U.S. history—also troublesome includes redefining a successful supported it. Stand Your Ground defense to include felThe votes on it ons otherwise prohibited from having a gun. have never really been close. In one of the least-talked about but most If there was ever a law approaching total radical new measures, police who see you bipartisan comity in Georgia, it’s the sopacking heat are now specifically prohibited called “Safe Carry Protection Act”—known from asking you to show your valid Weapons to critics as the “Guns Everywhere” bill— Carry License unless they have articulable making national news and in some minds probable cause to do so. threatening to make Georgia a world poster So what part of everyday life for you is going to change due to the new gun law? child for dangerously retrograde ideas. Probably not much in literal terms. The bill, to become law July 1, definitely Various forms of open/concealed carry expands the universe of gun-carrying for have been legal in Georgia for decades. those who take the time and trouble to go You’ve probably sat or stood next to somethe courthouse, stand in line, pay the fees (about $100 total) and get fingerprinted for one legally carrying a gun many times in the past and not realized it. a Georgia Weapons Carry License. However, the added paranoia the new law It’s important to note the new law only applies to those with that license. Gun own- will engender—does the person on the barstool or in the pew next to me have a gun?— ers who don’t follow any laws are still “free” to continue shooting anyone they want, any- will have a long-term psychological impact on a stress-filled society already fractured time they want. Same as it ever was. With that license, open or concealed carry along so many fault lines. A recent example comes from a Little is legal in bars (unless the owner posts an League game in Cumming, Ga.—months objection, a reversal of the previous default before the new law even takes effect. condition), churches (ditto), in airports by Jim Morekis
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A man with a holstered pistol was just walking around aimlessly in the parking lot. Deputies responding to 911 calls checked his valid license and then could do nothing. (Remember: Under the new law they’re barred from even asking to see his license unless they think he’s committing a crime.) The baseball game? Cancelled. Panicking parents herded the kids into a dugout, literally shielding them with their bodies. This has always been my main complaint about permissive gun laws: Seeing a handgun out of context—not on a cop or soldier, for example—changes everything. Your eyes can’t help but be drawn to it. You can’t help but wonder what that person might do next with that gun. Gun rights supporters know full well the power of a visible gun. In their view, that power is a deterrent to crime. To others, it’s a needless gesture of intimidation. The Safe Carry Protection/Guns Everywhere law is really about symbolism. It’s getting attention not so much for its details but for the particular sensitivity of the communal gathering places it deals with: Churches, schools, bars, airports, government buildings. The very heart of society. Make no mistake: Whether you support or oppose the new law, it’s an attempt to normalize what was previously not normal. That’s why it’s so disturbing to so many people, and so inspiring to others. cs
feedback | letters@connectsavannah.com | fax (912) 231-9932 | 1800 E. Victory Dr., Suite 7, Savannah, GA 31404 How to take the fun out of riding my bike
Editor: I’m a long-time Savannah cyclist. I pretty much ride everywhere between Ardsley and downtown. For a couple years my sons and I even went completely car-less, getting to school, work, the grocery store, etc. entirely on bikes, in all kinds of weather. While I do take some liberties on occasion, I consider myself a safe and conscientious rider. I never ride on sidewalks, through squares, or against traffic. I signal for turns and stay visible. I don’t ride particularly fast, knowing the unpredictability of pedestrians and drivers
downtown can be a challenge to even the best reflexes. This last one, it turns out, may be my downfall. Had I been careening at breakneck speed through Forsyth Park one day last fall, the officer who stopped me just past those little “dismount” signs near the fountain might not have been able to catch me. Clearly, I and my vintage Vista Duchess were a menace that day. He was very friendly, and I of course was very friendly, but even my winning smile wasn’t enough to get him to hold off on the citation. I’ve been riding through the park for going on 18 years. This relatively new change where you
have to dismount between the fountain and the monument gets me sometimes. Not to put too fine a point on it, but I think it’s ridiculous. I get that laws are laws and yes, I’ve been witness to the odd young whippersnapper on a fixie going waaaay too fast through crowds of toddlers running from one side of the playground to the other. There are good reasons why no one should be allowed to be that kind of idiot. I’m more the kind of idiot that completely forgets (loses?) the citation, doesn’t show up in court and then gets a letter announcing a bench warrant has been issued for my arrest.
The only way out is to pay $160.25. And no-- I apparently don’t get any points for the hundreds of gallons of gasoline I’m saving for the city to use for sending patrol cars through the park to round up menaces like me. I love you Savannah, but sometimes I just want to slap you silly. Please tell me you have better things to do than to nab a generally harmless 40-something woman on a bicycle in Forsyth Park on a lovely November day. And please tell me you have better ways of raising funds for our fair city than fining said cyclist nearly a week’s worth of groceries.
Melinda Borysevicz
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How Savannah can help make a healthier world: Small changes over time make a big difference By Richard Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, 17th Surgeon General of the United States & Andrew Pleasant, Ph.D.
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There is a silent killer in the United States. Every day, another victim. Every day, another missed opportunity to save a life. In this murder mystery, the ‘smoking gun’ is the steady rise in chronic disease. The irony of it all is that we are pulling the trigger ourselves. To become a healthier nation, we must transform our fundamental approach to health. We must move away from the current ‘sick care’ system that is more focused on treating disease to a true health care system more focused on prevention. In the U.S., we spend more money on health care than any other nation in the world, yet we rank 50th in terms of life expectancy. If we focus our resources on prevention, we can and will reduce health care costs, and improve health and well-being. From the beginning of life, racial and ethnic minorities and underserved communities experience health disparities. In the U.S., the infant mortality rate for African Americans and American Indians is more than twice that of the national average. The situation doesn’t improve as children grow up. Men and women of color die on average five years earlier than their white counterparts and disparities among Hispanic Americans are rising. Underpinning those grim truths about our nation, and our national security, is the reality that obesity is the fastest-growing cause of disease and death in America. Obesity has its roots in our culture, our schools, our workplaces, and our homes and daily lives. Culturally, we associate food with love. We mistakenly think a ‘big healthy baby’ is healthy, when in fact the child might not be healthy at all. We heap food on bigger and bigger plates thinking it is a show of our affection and caring, when in fact that very attempt to demonstrate love actually harms our health. In Savannah, according to the Savannah Economic Development Authority, the hos10 pitality industry produces about $1.6 billion
million people. If these trends continue, the projection is that by the year 2030 there will be over 2.2 million adults in Georgia with heart disease—more than 5 times the number today – and over 300,000 adults with cancer—nearly three times today’s level. This must stop. There are many policy efforts that local and state governments can put into play to address this situation that robs children of their parents and the nation of its most viable future. As important as policy, however, there are many small steps you can make in your own life to help assure that you live the happiest and healthiest life possible. These changes are not complex, they don’t take a doctor’s degree or a Surgeon General to figure out. You have the skills and abilities needed to live a healthier life now, you just need to decide to do it—one day at a time. When I was a young boy growing up in Harlem in New York City, my family was at one time homeless, often flat broke, and At left, during the first formal session at Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Care, the truth is that I didn’t even graduate from Inc. last week, participants listen to CRI LEP Core Team member Michelle Grandy high school. (back to camera) demonstrate proper sleep positions with the assistance of CRI One day though, I got smart enough to LEP Core Team member Rita Teel. Michelle and Rita make up one aspect of the join the U.S. Army. That was the best misintegrative health team of local health care professionals who deliver the CRI LEP take I’ve ever made in my life. Ever since that to participants. At right, Richard H. Carmona, 17th Surgeon General of the U.S. and day, I have taken a whole lot of small steps, President of Canyon Ranch Institute Board of Directors, is interviewed at the kickevery day, to later become the 17th Surgeon off Wellness Luncheon event of the Canyon Ranch Institute Savannah Partnership General of the United States. (CRISP). The first program made possible through the CRISP effort with Connect With your help, we can turn the tide on Savannah and Charles H. and Rosalie Morris is the Canyon Ranch Institute Life obesity and chronic disease in Savannah. Enhancement Program (CRI LEP) in Savannah. We can kill the silent killer of chronic disease by no longer killing ourselves through annually and employs over 22,000 people or community, we need your help. None of us our choices about food, exercise, and how about 27 percent of the total workforce. can change the culture of food that currently we feel about ourselves. Despite those clear benefits, if you take exists in Savannah by ourselves. None of us If you join us in this movement—if you a quick scan of the menu items on most can change the number of people who do join the Canyon Ranch Institute Savannah restaurants and you will have to ask why is not move their body for health on a regular Partnership—if you take just one small step it that so many businesses are slowly killbasis by ourselves. None of us can help all toward a healthier life every day starting ing their customers with too much fat, too of Savannah find a healthy sense of purpose today, I promise you that you will feel hapmuch salt, and too much alcohol? —the desire and drive to live a long, healthy, pier, think clearer, be healthier, and experiCanyon Ranch Institute is working with and productive life—by ourselves. ence more success in your life. Charles H. and Rosalie Morris, Connect In Georgia, nearly one-third of the adults Help us help you experience the power Savannah, Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health are obese. More than one-third of all adults and possibility of a healthy world here in Care, Inc., Savannah Urban Garden Alliin Georgia who are between 45 and 64 years Savannah. Thank you. cs ance and a steadily growing number of other of age—adults who should be at their most businesses, organizations, and individuals to productive in life—are obese. Among AfriTo learn more, visit canyonranchinstitute.org, call help make Savannah a healthier place to live, can-Americans, the rate is even higher. 912/443-3264, Tweet @CRIHealthyWorld, or email work, and visit. Nearly one-third of adults in Georgia questions and suggestions to To make that transformation in your suffer from high blood pressure—over 1.6 CRI@canyonranchinstitute.org
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Close encounters of the gay kind By Jessica Leigh Lebos jll@connectsavannah.com
Congratulations to Tybee Island for surviving not just one but TWO Orange Crush gatherings last month! Aside from a few isolated shakedowns involving unfired guns and prescription cough syrup, nothing terribly dramatic happened. Those nice kids even cleaned up the beach before Easter services. The mellow vibe proves that our little island can put aside the histrionics and welcome all kinds of well-mannered revelers, and the sociocultural edification of the Redneck Riviera continues this weekend as Tybee Rainbow Fest bounces into town May 2-4. Personally, I’m hoping for a little more drama. Nothing too savage, mind you, but if I don’t scope at least one pair of leather chaps I will be VERY disappointed. Oh, who am I kidding? This ain’t San Francisco’s Castro district, and stereotypes about gays are so OVER. I can’t believe we’re still discussing gay (or college students with dark skin, for that matter) like it’s an actual issue while BP keeps spilling oil and psychos can now bring their guns to church. Gay is still controversial? I thought Kurt Cobain settled that for us back in 1993 with “All Apologies,” no? Yet the Washington Post just launched a new etiquette column by Steven Petrow called “Civilities,” meant to provide elucidation on LGBT lifestyle for the benighted. Sure, I can see the need for future in-laws to know how to introduce their children’s partners (“husband” and “wife” work just fine) and more awareness on how to treat our trans friends with dignity, but it seems like such ponderancies create a chasm that doesn’t need to be there. Sadly, I am only a little gay in spite of some major effort during college to butch myself up. I asked my homegirl and Ink & Bones artist Corey Houlihan to lend me some of her homo cred (her words) on this non-issue since she’s been happily married to art therapist/garden magician Karen Abato for forever and a day. We came to the conclusion that all you really need to know about how to talk to gays, lesbians and transgender humans is “don’t be a douche.”
The day is coming when the Tybee Wedding Chapel will host not just the Rainbow Fest kick-off party but some wonderful gay weddings. Photo by Sweet Z Photography Rainbow Fest needs no translation anyway. LJ Hodges of GaySavannah.com and GayTybeeIsland.com has planned a fabulous weekend for LGBT travelers hailing from all over the country, full of dancing and maybe a tad of PG-rated debauchery. Operations genies Rick Fair and Angie Horne have also arranged a host of general beachy activities, including a trash sweep, extracurricular waterway exploration courtesy of Savannah Kayaking and a yoga sesh with stretch mistress Sue Finkle. (OK, there IS Saturday night’s foam party on Bernie’s back deck. Leather chaps, please? Sorry. Sometimes I just miss San Francisco.) The fact is that Tybee has been an LGBTfriendly destination for years, and last year’s inaugural Rainbow Fest drew hundreds to the island, warranting a big boost in sales tax revenue for the weekend (and not a single arrest.) “The city has been incredibly supportive, they know this is great for the island,” avows LJ, adding that Mayor Jason Buelterman will serve as a parade judge. Did someone say parade?! Rainbow Fest will host Savannah’s very first official gay-friendly procession on Saturday afternoon, and people, it’s going to be fierce. Yes, it’s Tybee, where basically anyone can drive down Butler in a dune buggy with three
friends and call it a parade, but this is monumental nonetheless. In honor of this historic occasion, the Key West Business Guild—located on America’s No. 1 gayest beach—has lent 125 feet of its own 1.25-mile rainbow flag sewn by Gilbert Baker, the artist who created the first seminal Rainbow Pride flag in 1978. It’s a reminder that while most of us sane people get that “gay” is about as inflammatory an adjective as “cerulean” or “shiny”, there’s still need to keep on marching. Not anyone’s raining anything but glitter on this parade. At the helm will be “Showgirl of the South” Kristina Foxx, as pretty, witty and gay as they come. Miss Drag Royale hath no fear of the three-foot wig nor haters with attitude. By day, Kristina is mild-mannered florist Jeffrey Kessler, who grew up in Toombs County and knows a little something about bigoted nonsense. “Everyone at church was all about the ‘sin’ until they needed their hair done or their flowers arranged,” drawls Jeffrey, rolling his eyes. “Nowadays, there’s just no excuse for all that pearl-clutching. Come on now, y’all have cable.” Hear hear. This weekend’s Rainbow Crush is as much a celebration for the gays as it is an opportunity for everyone else to enjoy their company, because honey, they’re
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Parade grande marshal Kristina Foxx (center) gets down with admirers and rocks the feather headress at last year’s Rainbow Fest. Photo courtesy GaySavannah.com. next Rainbow Fest, the Tybee Wedding Chapel will be hosting the grandest gay beach weddings the South has ever seen. Until then, my husband and I are proud to parade our queer-as-folk straight family around Tybee. I support same-sex marriage with my vote and my money (no ChickFil-A for us, not ever), but I believe the true benefit of the inclusive gayification of our culture is that it loosens the labels that bind us all. (Not that there’s anything with bondage; just remember your safe word.) Each of us is far too magnificent and unique to be defined by anything other that how we treat each other. If you fit into one of the square-shaped cubbies designated by society and you’re comfortable there, well, super for you. The rest of us will be over here with sand in our toes, having a gay ‘ol time. cs
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First the good news: The number of fatalities resulting from traffic crashes in Georgia fell again in 2013, a decline that has continued for the past eight years. Now the bad news: The number of bicyclists killed on our state’s roads is increasing. Chatham County has been a particular area of concern for a number of years and has been identified as a priority for state agencies working to make our streets safer and prevent tragedies like the one that occurred on July 26, 2012. Matt Kohler was riding his bike in Bloomingdale when he was struck and killed by a driver. He had been married to his wife Kori for just a few months. Last year she reached out to John Pinkerton, brewmaster at Moon River Brewing Company, where she and Matt had been loyal customers. “Matt was a huge participant in life and our community. He was that kid everyone wanted to meet and I was blessed to get to marry,” Kori said. “I wanted everyone to know his story. More importantly, I wanted people to realize that when you neglect the road, for even one minute, you could take away someone’s everything.” Pinkerton saw the opportunity to educate the public on the critical need to safely share the road with people who ride bikes. The first Matt’s Moon River Cruise event was held in June of last year. The second annual event is scheduled for Saturday, May 3 from 2-5 p.m. in the Moon River Brewing Company Beer Garden at 21 W. Bay Street. One of the aims of last year’s event was to promote awareness of Georgia’s “3-foot passing law.” When you’re riding a bicycle and a car or truck zooms past very close to your left elbow, it’s hard not to feel a jolt of alarm, followed by anger at the driver for being so thoughtless. While a minority of drivers may intentionally “buzz” cyclists, many more are impatiently trying to slip past a person riding a bike, unaware of the potentially deadly results. Others are simply not paying attention. Signed by Gov. Nathan Deal in 2011, HB101 requires motorists to, “leave a safe distance between such vehicle and the bicycle and shall maintain such clearance until
The late, much-missed Matt Kohler. Photo courtesy of Kori Kohler. safely past the overtaken bicycle,” when passing people on bikes. What’s a safe distance? “Not less than three feet,” according to the law. Raising awareness of HB101 remains a priority, but Pinkerton hopes to touch on new messages and reach new audiences this year. “We’re going to even greater lengths this year to not only raise public awareness but also directly engage local elected officials and law enforcement to improve bicycle safety on our roads,” Pinkerton said. There are a variety of ways to reduce bicyclist deaths and injuries, according to Brent Buice, executive director of Georgia Bikes!, a statewide advocacy organization. “Improved infrastructure, along with education of existing traffic laws and increased penalties for motorists who injure or kill more vulnerable road users, is the best strategy for reversing this disturbing trend,” he said. While Matt’s Moon River Cruise is meant to focus attention on improving roadway safety, there’s plenty of fun to be had, too. A casual bike ride and social media scavenger hunt will leave Ellis Square at 1 p.m. and wind through the historic district arriving at Moon River at 2 p.m. Free valet parking for bicycles will be provided. The event will also feature live music from the Jimmy Wolling Band, a raffle and
a silent auction. One of the auction items is a limited edition cruiser bicycle donated by New Belgium Brewing Company, one of the event’s sponsors. Pinkerton is again preparing a special beer for the occasion. “We’re excited to be brewing Matt’s Moon Cruise commemorative beer again this year,” Pinkerton said. “Just like the original, the Moon Cruise is a Belgo-American Pale Ale, which marries the complex fruity flavors of Belgian yeast with the pungent, floral/fruity aroma of American hops.” (See Lee Heidel’s ‘Brew/Drink/Run’ column in this week’s issue for more about Pinkerton’s latest efforts.) Proceeds from the event will support the Savannah Bicycle Campaign and Georgia Bikes as they continue their efforts to improve conditions for people who ride bikes in Savannah and around the state. cs The Second Annual Matt’s Moon River Cruise will be Saturday, May 3, 2-5 p.m. at Moon River Brewing Company, 21 W. Bay St. Music from the Jimmy Wolling Band, a raffle, a silent auction and free valet parking for bicycles. A group ride and social media scavenger hunt will leave Ellis Square at 1 p.m. Tickets $20, available at the door and online at bicyclecampaign. org/shop/mattsmoonriver. Proceeds benefit nonprofit advocacy organizations Savannah Bicycle Campaign and Georgia Bikes!
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stupid things on a variety of subjects. What is startling was Bundy’s old brand of racism, where African-Americans are referred to as Negros and we’re sitting around waiting for free checks from the government. A strange thing to hear for this college-educated, mortgage-holding African-American. Yet according to Bundy, I should be wondering whether me and mine had it better when slavery was law of the land. Really, man? REALLY? All these occurred after my wife asked what I wanted to do for my birthday this summer. I had been contemplating going horseback riding, in full cowboy boots and hat, because hey, why not? What American wouldn’t enjoy being a cowboy, at least for an afternoon? But the harsh and blinding reminder that some of my fellow Americans still consider my people separate and not equal stings, though I’ve heard the sentiment so many times before. It’s always the blindsides that hurt the most. On the flip side, it’s also the sudden surprises that bring a lot of joy. People magazine recently placed black actress and 2013 Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o on the cover of its 50 Most Beautiful People issue. No guns were involved in Nyong’o getting these honors, just a lot hard work, talent and a smidge of very good genes. That said, she’s only the third AfricanAmerican woman to grace the cover of that annual issue in 25 years and the sixth African-American woman to win the Oscar for Best Support Actress in 86 years. There’s a problem alright, but not quite the one Bundy thinks. It’s the 21st century and the future is here, with all its technological wonder. Yet still cowboys roam the American plains, herding cattle to market and helping people to be fed. But the ghosts of old attitudes and thoughts still keep us fenced in and separate from each other, even though we are equal. A device about the size of a wallet can pinpoint anywhere a person is on the planet and lead them through uncharted lands. Yet there’s no app for racism and no reliable map to lead one out of ignorance. That’s the real problem. cs
THOUGH I’M 42, African-American and low-key about many things, it never ceases to amaze me how often racism knocks on the door. This time around it came in the form of a cowboy hatted freeloader named Cliven Bundy, who without prompting, began expounding on “the Negro problem”. Yes, you heard that right. Out west in general and Nevada in particular, there’s been long simmering argument about the federal government owning certain land and charging fees for cattle that graze on said land. Bundy doesn’t feel he should have to pay any grazing fees, various reasons. The federal government thinks otherwise. The issue has been going back and forth since the 1990s, with Bundy repeatedly losing cases and then losing appeals. Earlier this month the Bureau of Land Management warned Bundy that if he didn’t remove his cattle from the disputed lands, they’d remove and sell them. Bundy’s family and supporters staged a sort of armed sit-in against the feds, who wisely decided not to mess with crazy. You know it’s a messed up situation when the federal government looks like the most reasonable person in the room. While this has been going on, Bundy has been holding press conferences and talking to reporters about how he sees the problem. During one of these, he roamed way into a field full of cowpies. Bundy wondered out loud why Blacks, Mexican or Asians weren’t standing with him. Then in the next breath, he noted how African-Americans don’t work, live off of government welfare and various other appalling stereotypes. Funny enough, the ignorant racism itself isn’t that startling. After decades of looks and comments, both directed at one personally and just found laying about in mass media, one develops a certain thick skin Brandon is the art director/production manager of to the foolishness. People say all sorts of Connect Savannah.
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Back in the 19th century, attending a dinner party at the Owens-Thomas House must have been a pretty spectacular occasion. Built by architect William Jay, the home’s formal dining room was designed to impress: Guests would have been bathed in an amber glow filtered through the Greek key skylight. Fine china and silver would have graced the mahogany table. A unique one-legged marble sideboard tucked into a half moon-shaped niche would have held the evening’s victuals. It’s easy—and fun!—to imagine original owners Francis and Richard Richardson holding court in this beautifully-curated house museum. But what about the nameless people who cooked and served the food, then cleared the dishes and cleaned the silver? “They used to be referred to as ‘servants,’ and their stories were rarely told in the history books,” explains Tania Sammons, Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and
Historic Sites for the Telfair Museums. “We call them slaves now. And we’re working to reinterpret a history that includes them.” That inclusion is an ongoing process. In the late 1990s, the Owens-Thomas House restored and opened its former slaves’ quarters, where at least ten indentured people lived at a time, half of them children. Swatches of “haint” blue paint meant to keep away evil spirits are still visible on the exposed beams, the largest example of the ancestral African practice in North America. While the two-story tabby structure provides a stark contrast to the opulent home across the courtyard, it still provides little information about the enslaved people who served here. Sammons points out that many pertinent artifacts were lost or thrown away even as the property became a museum in the 1950s, reflecting how little these slaves’ stories were valued. Current historians can only piece together the clues that remain and fill in the rest with educated guesses. “They probably spent so much more
time in the big house than they did their own living quarters,” muses Sammons. “If you think about it, some of the slaves probably knew the house and site more intimately than the owner.” Certainly the downstairs kitchen would have been a place that the master rarely, if ever, entered. Same goes for the butler’s pantry, a small alcove off the family dining room where meals were prepped and plated. Thanks to the Friends of the OwensThomas House, the public can finally enter the space that was previously only the domain of enslaved servants. Starting Wednesday, April 30, the butler’s pantry will be included as part of regular house tours. The room is stunning in its own right, with 14-foot ceilings and massive windows that look out onto the garden. This small space also deepens the awareness that others lived in this stately mansion besides its official residents. Here, one can imagine the house slaves bustling through the outer door, carrying food and folding linens, perhaps being supervised with an occasional visit from the mistress. “This is exciting because the house itself
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Visitors can now view the butler’s pantry at the Owens-Thomas House, located on the middle floor on the right in this photo. Inset: Slavery and Freedom in Savannah was published in cooperation with the Telfair Museums to elucidate the role slavery played in the larger economy of the antebellum South.
city notebook | continued from previous page is now showing how it was used, giving a more complete view of life in the home,” says Sammons, opening a cabinet door that once held glassware or china. “No other butler’s pantry is on view in a house museum anywhere else in Savannah.” Telfair Buildings Curator Sonja Wallen reports that restoring the room to its former glory took a total of three months. Eastern white pine had to be ordered to mirror the original shelving and reconstructed to match the same hinge holes. “It had been a gift shop for a long time and was covered in peach, rose and teal paint,” says Wallen, who is delighted with the transformation. “Now it has this very grand kind of feeling.” Carrying through the strict adherence that makes the Owens-Thomas House a jewel of historic preservation, the museum brought in fifth-generation grainer Malcolm Robson to match the original oak striations on the cabinets and the mahogany color of the doors. Preservationist Jason Cobb has recreated the same kind of oilcloth that would have bedecked the floor,
Curator Tania Sammons and preservationist Jason Cobb admire the newly-unveiled butler’s pantry.
“Most people associate slavery with rural environments and plantations,” says Sammons. “The truth is that slavery existed all over the Americas.” Sammons contributed an essay on and has also worked as an interpreter African-American freeman Andrew Cox at the Owens-Thomas House, shares Marshall to the book and curated a correthe Sammons’ elation about the new sponding exhibit at the Jepson, on view until perspective provided by the restoration August 31. Parts of the Slavery and Freedom of the pantry. exhibit will then be moved to a permanent “With shows about big estates like installation at the Owens-Thomas House, Downton Abbey, people are more inter- one of only five American museums to be ested than ever in what was happening chosen to participate in the Yale Public Hisbehind the scenes,” says Cobb. tory Institute’s new development program While Savannah is no stranger to the focusing on new ways to interpret African value of history, formal recognition and American culture. documentation of its urban slave trade Moving through the palatial rooms and has been mostly marginalized until grand staircases, Sammons wants to ensure recently. that the museum’s ornate interior can’t help This year, the University of Georgia but be taken in context with those who Press published Slavery and Freedom made such a lifestyle possible. The restored in Savannah in cooperation with the slaves’ quarters, and now the butler’s pantry, Telfair Museums to elucidate the role serve to remind that the past is much more painstakingly applying layers of paint and slavery played in the larger economy of the than a pretty house. wax to thick canvas. antebellum South. Edited by history proSays Sammons: “The idea is to present a “In the end, it’s like an early linoleum,” fessors Leslie M. Harris and Daina Ramey comprehensive story that’s site-specific—but says Cobb, adding that the advent of latexBerry (of Emory University and University connects to the larger trends of history.” cs based paint makes the process go much of Texas, respectively), Slavery and Freedom faster. provides a wider framework to a certain perCobb, who serves as the facilities manager ceived history.
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Just read of yet another cruise liner affected by norovirus. I served in the U.S. Navy for four years, crammed cheek to jowl with 3,000 other sailors, and we never once had any such problems. I never heard of any other naval vessels so afflicted either. What’s the straight dope, Cecil? Does the Navy add some secret antiviral element to their coffee, or are those seagoing civilians just a bunch of pantywaists? Is there any record of any naval vessel being afflicted by norovirus? —A Cheshire County Shellback Any naval vessel? That gives us a lot of leeway, Shelly. Assuming you’ll also permit a little latitude in terms of gastrointestinal diagnosis, I give you the troop transport Argentina, which sailed from New York to Glasgow in the summer of 1943. Doctors never determined exactly what got into the men who embarked on that unfortunate voyage, but whatever it was, it lost no time getting out. Of more than 6,100 sailors and soldiers aboard, 3,000 reported sick with the trots (i.e., dysentery), and one died.
Despite the lack of a definite ID, the conditions that enabled the bug to flourish were obvious. The ship was severely overcrowded and lacked adequate toilets, showers, and bunk space—the men had to sleep in shifts. The galleys and mess areas were in constant use and didn’t have adequate equipment for washing and sterilizing dishes. Four days out, a dysentery epidemic began, and the Argentina descended into chaos. The port physician who inspected the vessel on its arrival in Glasgow described a hellish scene. Stoves, tables, and nominally clean utensils were covered with rotting crud. Garbage was strewn everywhere and piled two or three inches deep around the filthy, overflowing trash cans. Troop quarters stank of vomit and diarrhea. “The latrines themselves were beyond description,” the doctor wrote. “I can truly say I have never seen a United States transport in such deplorable sanitary condition.” OK, exceptional case, thank God. Only a handful of other major dysentery outbreaks aboard U.S. naval vessels were reported during World War II. In fact, despite the scale and duration of the conflict, the overall incidence of disease in the U.S. military during the war was remarkably low. Low compared to what? Why, all previous U.S. wars. World War II was the first armed conflict in U.S. history where deaths of military personnel in combat exceeded deaths due to disease. I make a point of this, Shelly, because you seem to think the Navy kept you and your fellow sailors out of sick bay with pixie dust. Not so—or anyway not entirely. Sure, antibiotics and vaccination helped enormously.
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ancient history—today the Navy is the picture of healthy living. I call your attention to a medical journal article entitled “Epidemic Infectious Gastrointestinal Illness Aboard U.S. Navy Ships Deployed to the Middle East During Peacetime Operations—2000-2001.” From this we learn as follows: • During the two-year survey period, researchers identified 11 outbreaks of infectious gastrointestinal disease (IGI) on ten U.S. Navy vessels. “Our analyses indicate that IGI outbreaks are common occurrences aboard U.S. Navy ships in [the Persian Gulf ],” they write. The most frequently encountered IGI: norovirus. • The overall incidence of IGI on the naval vessels studied was 33 outbreaks per 1,000 ship-weeks. • During roughly the same era, IGI incidence on the cruise ships you speak of so disparagingly was about four outbreaks per 1,000 ship-weeks. In other words, Mr. Not-No-Norovirusin-My-Navy, outbreaks of this icky condition on U.S. naval vessels (and having suffered through a bout of norovirus myself, I can testify that IGIs don’t get much ickier) were about seven times worse. cs By cecil adams Send questions to Cecil via straightdope.com or write him c/o Chicago Reader, 350 N. Orleans, Chicago 60654.
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The Canadian Radio-television & Telecommunications Commission in March reprimanded three pornography broadcast stations - not for excessively erotic fare, but for violating Canada’s protectionist, patriotic rules requiring that at least 35 percent of all content be of Canadian origin. According to its notice, the 24-hour AOV Adult Movie Channel, XXX Action Clips and Maleflixxx were falling short of the 8 1/2 hours a day of north-of-the-border sex action (and, in an additional charge, were failing to provide enough closed captioning to accompany the “Yeah’s” and “Oh, baby’s”).
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• Drunk Logic: Wendy Simpson, 25, explaining her DUI arrest during a March incident in Huddersfield, England, pointed out that she had just minutes earlier walked to a McDonald’s for a late-night meal because she knew she was too inebriated to drive. However, the dining room was closed, and she was refused service at the drive-thru window because she was on foot, and, she said, the only option left for her was to go home, get her car and return to the drivethru. On the way back, she was arrested. • Efren Carrillo, a member of the board of supervisors of California’s Sonoma County, was charged with misdemeanor “peeking” last year in Santa Rosa after he, returning home from a club late at night, saw his female neighbor’s light on and decided to drop in on her (though he did not even know her name). He had knocked at her back patio door, carrying beers, but was dressed awkwardly, leading the woman to call 911. “In retrospect,” the county supervisor told police afterward, “I should have had my pants on” (instead of just his socks and underwear). (His trial was underway at press time.) • Among the arguments offered in March by Darrious Mathis’ lawyers for his jury trial in Cobb County, Georgia, (for assault, kidnapping and carjacking) was the assertion that Mathis needed no force in order to have sex with the female victim on the night in question - because Mathis is such a goodlooking man. (However, the jury was not so dazzled and convicted him on all charges.)
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runs a part-time service as a dominatrix (chaining up and whipping “bad” men) in a “sex dungeon.” Her business is apparently perfectly legal; the citation was for violating fire codes because inspectors could not see how a client, being properly disciplined (handcuffed and chained), might escape the dungeon in the event of fire. • Sounds Like a Joke: The Food and Drug Administration has had run-ins with “homeopathic” products that subtly market themselves as health remedies without ever having sought the required FDA approval. However, in March, a different problem arose, requiring the agency to order a recall of 56 different batches of homeopathic remedies made by the Ferndale, Washington, company TerraMedica - because they may have (accidentally) been genuine medicine. A variety of the firm’s capsules, tablets and suppositories, said the FDA, might have contained actual penicillin, inadvertently produced as a by-product of fermentation. • Tiffany Austin called a KTVU reporter in March after being dismissed as a member of the Planet Fitness Gym in Richmond, California, after only one 15-minute workout - because she was “too fit” and therefore making other members uncomfortable. Planet Fitness apparently takes seriously its business slogan guaranteeing “no gymtimidation,” designed to keep out-of-shape women from feeling bad about themselves. Said another member, to the reporter, “It’s unfair to show off your body.”
Israelites swiped gold, silver and other precious items as they began their legendary desert wandering. Al-Gamal also wants reparations from Turkey (for the 16th-century Ottoman invasion), France (for Napoleon’s invasion in 1798), and Britain (for 72 years of occupation). • A California model, Elizabeth Dickson, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles in March against Playboy Enterprises for an injury she suffered as a guest on a Playboy Channel cable TV show in 2012 when she allowed host Kevin Klein to tee a golf ball off of her rear end. According to the $500,000 lawsuit, Klein took a swing at the ball that was teed between her cheeks, missed, and struck her buttocks hard, causing her “pain, suffering, worrying and anxiety.”
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• A columnist for the Egyptian newspaper Al-Yawm Al-Sabi proposed in March that Egypt sue Israel in international court for reparations for the 10 Biblical plagues cast from Hebrew curses, including boils, lice, locusts and turning the Nile River into blood. Ahmad al-Gamal asserted that
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Rehabilitated: Cook County, Ill., judge Cynthia Brim is awaiting the Illinois Courts Commission’s decision as she seeks to be reinstated following her suspension in 2012 for mental health issues. Brim has been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, has been hospitalized “multiple” times since 1993 (according to a Chicago Sun-Times report), and now claims to be fine, provided she takes her meds on schedule - which her doctor said she will need to do for the rest of her life. Her suspension came after a manic courtroom outburst lauding her heroic “testicles” and which preceded a scuffle with sheriff ’s deputies outside a county judicial building.
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Genres That Never Get Old: (1) Evelyn Hamilton, 37, was arrested in Lufkin, Texas, in April as merely the most recent person to complain to police that in a recent street transaction, she had been sold inferior marijuana. “Seeds and residue,” she whined to the nearest officer, as she pulled a stash from her bra. (2) Though many people are remorseful about their first tattoos, Jeffrey Chapman is apparently more so. His ultra-cool inking (the word “murder” on his neck in reverse
image, clearly readable only in a mirror) is now awkward as he prepares, at press time, to stand trial for first-degree murder for a 2011 killing in Great Bend, Kansas.
Update
Jerry Hartfield lost again. In the Texas case mentioned in News of the Weird in March, the illiterate, borderline-incompetent black man sought release from prison because his constitutional “speedy trial” right was violated. (He had been sentenced to death row in 1977 for murder, but his conviction was overturned in 1983, and the then-governor quickly “commuted” the sentence to life in prison. Hartfield languished behind bars for 23 more years before realizing that there was no “sentence” in effect in 1983 to “commute” and petitioned to be freed since Texas was, basically, mocking his speedy-trial right.) However, in April, district judge Craig Estlinbaum once again turned him down, hinting that Hartfield must have consciously ignored his speedytrial right for 23 years because he was content to be imprisoned (and might even have been purposely lingering in lockup to make his eventual speedy-trial claim stronger). Obviously, Hartfield’s lawyers will appeal further.
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Americans (mostly men) continue to accidentally shoot themselves. Several men from law enforcement did: a cop in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the leg at a bagel shop (December); a former police officer and firearms instructor in Glenwood, Nebraska ( January); a sheriff ’s deputy, in the leg while defending himself against an aggressive dog in Riverside, California (April); and the police chief in Connersville, Indiana, in the leg ( January), but - over 14 years had passed since the previous time he accidentally shot himself! Some familiar (recurring) incidents: the accidental testicle shot (holstering his weapon into his pants, Portland, Oregon, January); the motorist looking to intimidate in a road rage incident (but shooting his own leg, Orlando, Florida, January); the man demonstrating gun safety to his girlfriend by pointing the “unloaded” gun to his head and firing (fatally) (Oakland County, Michigan, February); and the butt shot, while reaching for his wallet at a Home Depot (Brighton, Michigan, December). Bridgeport: CS
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Want to join the Big Boy Baller Club? by bill deyoung bill@connectsavannah.com
Now a fivesome (the synthesizers are new), Atlanta’s Baby Baby continues to thrive in that place where rock and punk meet funk, frat-boy humor and hip hop. With big ol’ chunks of playfulness tossed into the cookie dough, the band bakes up treats so tasty that even the sugarscared won’t be able to resist. The party boys are back in town May 2, for a No Control show at Hang Fire with Hot Plate and Black Squares/White Islands. “We’re rock ‘n’ roll dudes, first and foremost,” singer/guitarist Fontez Brooks told Connect a few visits back. “When we practice, we get a 30–pack of cheap beer, Black Label or PBR, we drink it and we play some music. And after like a few riffs, a few shotguns, we got it. That’s exactly how every single song we’ve ever had comes out.” For a lesson in how to rock without taking anything too seriously, check out Baby Baby’s hot-off-the-press second full-length, Big Boy Baller Club. To join the club, Brooks speaks on the first track (called “Intro”): “Rule number one,
always carry a conch shell horn, a positive attitude, an extra pair of shorts and a PBR. Rule number two, when life has you down, you must keep on dancing.” Next up is “Turnip,” which pounds and screams. “Summer Love Song,” while it’s meaty and powerful, has a pop hook you’ll never get out of your head. And “Keep on Dancing” is a frenetic powerball that demands your attention, like a Beastie Boys song as performed by Living Colour. The entire Big Boy Baller Club is like that, frenetic and funny, and fierce without sacrificing melody and song construction. I could be wrong, but I think the penultimate song “Heavy Hearts Club” might be Baby Baby’s first-ever power ballad. It’s followed by “Outro,” which finds Brooks pontificating on all that’s gone before: “We all have a heavy heart,” he says, “but it’s up to us how much we let it weigh us down.” Tongue in cheek, he takes a short pause and adds one more word: “Poetic.”
appearance as White’s opening act. But there’s more! White actually arrives two days earlier (on the 21st) to speak at a SCAD Cinema Studies screening of the 2004 film Searching For the Wrong-Eyed Jesus, in which he talks—with fire and brimstone—about his early days in Pensacola, Fla., where he grew up in a strict Pentecostal environment The screening is at the SCAD Museum of Art. On May 22, White, who happens to be an accomplished literary writer and essayist, will talk at the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home. He’ll read from his Pushcartnominated essay Superwhite. The film screening and Flannery talk are free. Tickets for the May 23 concert are $15 in advance, $20 at the door and $5 for students (with ID) the day of the show.
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S • The Tybee-based Christy Alan Band w (Christy Alan, Roy Swindelle and Martha Swindelle) provides the music for Saturday’s Pig Derby, a family festival in Emmet Park Saturday, May 3. Along with the The White stuff talented tuneage there’ll be a dunk booth, Singer/songwriter, guitarist, writer, film- inflatables and other fun stuff for kids, maker and all-around Southern Renaissance and—hence the name—cute little races by man Jim White comes to Savannah Friday, cute little piglets. The tie-in is the American May 23 to perform at Trinity United Meth- Diabetes Association’s fundraising “Kiss-aodist Church. Dare Dukes will make a rare Pig” campaign. Hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m.;
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acoustic performance by the Rent Boys: May 9, the Jinx; Jonathan Toubin’s Soul Clap and Dance-Off: May 10, Dollhouse Productions; Mutual Benefit: May 10, Ampersand; Rotten Blush, Broken Factory Windows: May 10, the Jinx; Blitzen Trapper: May 12, the Jinx; Matt Butcher & the Schoolyard Band: May 17, the Jinx; Jacuzzi Boys: May 21, Hang Fire; Cusses, Crazy Bag Lady, COEDS: May 30, the Jinx; Black Tusk, Bear Fight!: June 7, the Jinx. CS
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When Charles Bradley sings about pain and heartache, you’d better believe he knows what he’s talking about. More than a talented rhythm ‘n’ blues singer, more than an extraordinary showman who delivers, night after night, Charles Bradley is pure soul. The voice is a deep, skeleton-shaking wail, more like Otis Redding than James Brown, to whom Bradley is most often compared (he made his first dollars as a singer by impersonating Brown, as Black Velvet, in the mid 1990s).
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BRADLEY | continued from page 24 Daptone Records signed him in 2011, pairing him with a seven-piece backing band called the Extrordinaires. The band is punchy and funky, with a dynamic sax-and trumpet horn section. When 65-year-old Charles Bradley is on the stage, however, the band—good as it is —blurs into the background. When that wallop of a voice comes out of the man with the weathered, lived-in face, your attention does not stray. This was my second interview with Bradley in two years. Then, as now, I was surprised at how fragile he sounds on the telephone, the voice that can fill an auditorium barely a whisper, his replies to my questions thoughtful, and tentative—at first. When he talks about the road that got him here, he remembers every detail. The scars are very real. CS: What do you do to take care of your
voice?
Charles Bradley: I use honey and olive oil.
I mix it up together, and sometimes I’ll take a Bayer aspirin and mix it up with a little water, and gargle with it. When I’m offstage, I’m a loner. And I’m mostly alone. And I just get myself ready for the next day. When I finish one show, I just go to myself and not talk too much, and do the things that I have to do to keep myself going.
Does the voice always come back when you need it? Charles Bradley: So far, thank God, it’s always
come back when I needed it. When I wake up in the morning, my voice is not really that good. But after I get up and start moving around, and doing my daily chores, then it comes back. I know what to do. You live in this body, so you have to learn how to take care of it. Onstage, you sound like you’re tearing your vocal cords apart.
Charles Bradley: Well, I do every show like it’s
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my last show. I can’t take it with me when I leave, so while I’m here I’m letting people know that I’m for real. And hope that God gives me the strength to keep going.
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CS: You were born in Gainesville, Florida.
A town I know well. How was it you ended up going to New York when you were a kid?
I’m not in this world to hurt or harm anybody, but by myself I feel complete. I feel peaceful in spirit. And I don’t know why. The older I get, the more I want to be alone.
Charles Bradley: Last time I saw my mom,
t I was about 6 years old. She left Florida a because she was going through a lot of Th changes. And my grandmother kind of took t care of us. I forgot who my moms were. She f came to Florida and told my grandmother d she wanted to take us back to New York, so B we could get to know her. My grandmother t told her no. a So my oldest brother came to school and told the teacher that my grandmother was m sick, and he had to take us out of school real A fast. So my brother took us out of school. m Instead of us going home, my mother met t us at the train station. And all of a sudden b we were going to New York. n And that’s how I got back with my mom. t But then, when I was about 14 years old I i ran away because I felt that I wasn’t wanted. m a Then I came back. And then I just left home for good. That’s when I found my way i into all kinds of trials and tribulations. But s somehow I got through it. I left, and never came back until 1994, a when we were talking on the telephone. I a was living in California, and she caught the h Greyhound bus. I was living a corner f H room—six dollars a night, to tell you what kind of room that was. i My mother came down, and she p m wanted to get to know me. She said “Son, why don’t you come back home?” and I said no. w a She said “Give me a chance to really know you. I know I did some i fi things, but we’re all human.” I was working in Menlo Park. i I lost my job. I worked there 17 years, and only missed three days. t I was working from 5 in the morn- s ing, sometimes, till 8 at night. I was p constantly doing all the overtime I could g because I wanted to buy me a little house. w I came into work that Friday, they told B I me they didn’t want me no more. They told me I had to leave. They gave me $1,100 and part of my retirement, and s told me that I had to leave. I said “Don’t m n do this to me.” I said “Man, I’ve been working for you guys for 17 years, going a to your private homes, cooking dinners for you, doing parties for you, and I you’re gonna get rid of me?” They said, y it’s not your work ability, we just can’t d w afford to keep you on no more. Did you ever reconcile with your mother? Charles Bradley: I’d say ’94, ’96, that’s
when we really came together. She told me a lot of things about her personal life, things that she went
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If it hadn’t been for those hard times, do you think you’d be able to sing the way you do now? It’s almost like you’re channeling what you’ve been through. Charles Bradley: As a baby coming up, as far
as I can remember myself back, I’ve seen so much violence, seen black and white fighting. I remember when I was a baby, in Florida, I couldn’t go across that fence. There was a fence, the whites there, the blacks there. But there was a man who had a little
trailer, and I used to go by there and stand by the bamboo, and he used to pick me up and bring me across the fence. He was the first person that showed me a TV—I’d never seen a TV in my life. I wondered how did people get inside the TV? He’d give me ice cream, and put me back over the fence before my grandmother called me. I never knew why there was racial fighting. Because this man was a good person to me. He was a friend to me. And as I grew and started knowing about Martin Luther King, and watching all the violence … sometimes I’d think the world was so evil. I can look at a person now, even today, and look in their spirit and know where they’re coming from. They can show me love, and I can look beyond that love and see where they’re at. And it hurts me sometimes I can see all that stuff. But I don’t let them know that I see it; I just love ‘em back. And hug ‘em, say “Thank you, brother” or “Thank you, sister.” And I walk away and hope that my love, and my respect, can make a difference in people that feel that way. And that comes out in your music. I can see it in your face. I can hear it in the way you phrase things.
Charles Bradley: I don’t know what it is, but it
seems like the older I get, I like to perform and give the people my love, but when I’m finished, I just like to be alone. I just look at people sometimes, and they want to love me and care about me, but my memories, my hurts … I just don’t want to be bothered. I’m not in this world to hurt or harm anybody, but by myself I feel complete. I feel peaceful in spirit. And I don’t know why. The older I get, the more I want to be alone. When I get up in the morning and I go out my door, and I look in people’s faces and they come after me and say “Charles, you’re a nice person,” I can see a blank in their spirit and their heart that somewhere in their life, their spirit has crossed me someplace. Has hurt me. When I see that, I don’t want to hurt them back, I just want to depart myself from them. It’s very rarely that I meet a person that’s strictly from the soul, that I feel, and know their spirit is real. And when I do meet them, they’re like a spirit that comes by, and you want them to stay. And they go, and you never seem them again. CS
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through, and I listened to her and told her about things that I was going through. There were some things that happened to me that she never knew. And when she found out she said “Oh my God, son, why didn’t you tell me?” I said “I tried to tell you. But nobody would listen to me. It felt like they put me in a shell of my own.” We talked and she said “Son, come and live with me.” We got close. And then when I was home maybe three years, my brother got killed. And when he got killed, that’s when my mother fell apart. My brother was living two doors down from her in Brooklyn; he bought a house because he wanted to be near her. He was the guy who was trying to mend all the wounds and bring the family together. When he got killed, he left my mother $35,000, and she said “I gotta get away from this.” So she went down to Florida and bought a little small house. Then she started missing us, and she came back. At that time, my family was at war. Me and my brothers and sisters were arguing and fighting and stuff like that. So I left the house that my mother let me stay in, and my friend had a building that was abandoned. He said “Charles, you can live in my building if you’ll watch out for people stealing copper pipes.” I said “I need a place to live, because my family, one of us is gonna get hurt.” So I went to live in this building. There was no light, gas or heat in there, but it was a place to live at. I put plastic in the windows in the wintertime. I’d get a little plastic bag filled with clothes, and a blanket, and I’d stay in that space until the next morning. Then I’d get up and go on the subway trains, which was home. And stay in the subway trains. And look for me a little job, pick up bottles. And then a friend, a Russian guy, he taught me how to do handyman’s work. Then I learned how to master James Brown, while I was doing handyman’s work. I just wouldn’t give up. I just kept going. I used to be around people, watching ‘em shooting up, gettin’ high. They’d try to get me to do that, but I’ve always been scared of needles, thank God I was. And I never took a chance to try.
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deconstructed Telfair event forgoes the runway for annual fashion show By Jessica Leigh Lebos jll@connectsavannah.com
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It’s been a whirlwind of style events around here lately, and the fashionistas’ feet must be screaming: First there was SCADstyle that brought Domenico De Sole and Alexander Wang to town. Then came Savannah Fashion Week and its dazzling showcase of local talent. Now the grandest dame of Savannah chic, The Telfair Academy Guild, takes its graceful turn down the catwalk with its annual Art of Great Fashion event this Monday, May 5. Except the guild is so au courant, it doesn’t even need a runway. This year’s red carpet event will deconstruct the traditional fashion show and its blasé trappings, instead utilizing the breathtaking setting of the Jepson Center for the Arts to present the Marc by Marc Jacobs Spring 2014 collection. Rather than saunter nonchalantly back and forth, models will ascend and descend the dramatic staircase through a series of photo shoots as attendees mingle throughout the space. Guests will be inches away as photographers Alexandra Arnold, Zoe 30 Christou Welsh, Geoff L Johnson, Pablo
Serrano, Cedric Smith and Bryan Stovall capture images in their signature styles. A live video feed run by Ian Knott will reflect the action as it unfolds. “The runway show is the past. I think there’s a movement to interact with everything that’s been brought on by technology,” says Art of Great Fashion co-chair Meredith Gray. “We’re used to looking at things up close now.” Gray and co-chairs Jan Herman and Lynnetta Hartson not only incorporated the Jepson’s majestic setting into the presentation but the museum’s content as well: The show integrates Jacobs’ garments with the current exhibit featuring images of Marilyn Monroe, and the innovative concept comes together as Marilyn and Marc: Celebrating American Icons. “They’re both iconic, obviously, and both of them have this similar
Designer Marc Jacobs (l.) mixes sequins with sneakers in his MBMJ spring line, seen here on model Starla Little. Photo by Sinjin Hilaski
style | continued from previous page quality, beautiful and vulnerable at the with chevron-esque “radio waves,” same time,” describes Gray. woven pants with pinwheel flowers, As she oversees fittings and styles the sequined minidresses. models, Gray brings a citified element to “The artists who inspired this colthe yearly fashion event. A former editor lection are Bjork, David Bowie and at Vogue and Harpers’ Bazaar, the seaCourtney Love,” reports Roz Rodrisoned fashion expert first encountered guez, manager of the Broughton Street Jacobs as an emerging designer in the store. mid-1980s, back in the days of his happy Mirroring the collection’s debut face sweaters. and Jacob’s trademark rebelliousness, “He was just a baby,” she recalls with a the models—all locally sourced from smile. “I was pretty young myself, and the Halo—will sport sneakers, no matter other editors all wanted to cover Calvin, how formal or informal their look. Oscar, Donna…so I got him. His designs “I think he’s going for a casual but were so fresh, so playful.” glam look, so you could go either way,” Gray gave up NYC chaos and came considers Rodriguez with a laugh. to Savannah a few years ago, seeking a No matter; as an unarguable icon, slower pace. Jacobs went on to shake the Jacobs can do whatever he likes. Celfashion world at its foundations with his ebrating its 15th anniversary, the Art grunge-inspired flannels and cashmere of Great Fashion has earned the same thermals. He served at the helm of Perry kind of privilege—even if that means Ellis and Louis Vuitton. He launched his taking the show off the runway and more moderately-priced Marc by Marc Stylist Meredith Gray (center) and Marc by Marc Jacobs store manager Roz Rodriguez ready into the crowd. cs Jacobs line in 2001 and opened a shop in model Brooke Haws for the Telfair’s Art of Great Fashion. Photo by Sinjin Hilaski downtown Savannah in 2007. The Art of Great Fashion presented by the “Marc Jacobs and his business partner The Art of Great Fashion evening feaWhile Jacobs himself will not be attenTelfair Academy Guild Robert Duffy have done so much to revitaltures an open bar and plenty of nibbles, dance at the Jepson (the New York MetroWhen: 7 p.m., Monday, May 5 ize that end of Broughton Street,” enjoins and proceeds benefit the Telfair Museums’ politan Museum of Art gala takes place the Where: Jepson Center, 207 W. York St. Gray. “They’re also very philanthropic, giving important educational outreach efforts and same evening), his spring collection will be Cost: $95 general/$150 VIP back to the local community.” captivating lecture series. in full effect: Silky pants and tunics printed Tickets: 912.598.7447 or telfair.org
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count the ways. Explore the art of printing in our selection of modern art from the Kirk Varnedoe collection and make some prints of your own.
Swing Dance Lessons
6 pm–7:30 pm, Tuesdays: May 6, 13, 20, 27 Telfair Academy
Swing in the Spring! We invite dancers of all levels, beginner to expert, to enjoy lessons in the magnificent Telfair Academy Rotunda. Dancers may pay in advance to attend the lesson block at telfair.org/tickets or drop in to take one or two lessons. Price per lesson: $5 students / $10 Telfair members / $15 non-members. Space may be limited. A small reception follows the May 27 class.
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Beat the heat with Shake n Shag! As always, we invite dancers of all levels, beginner to expert, to enjoy lessons in the magnificent Telfair Academy Rotunda. Dancers may pay in advance to attend the lesson block at telfair. org/tickets or drop in to take one or two lessons. Price per lesson: $5 students / $10 Telfair members / $15 non-members. Space may be limited. A small reception follows the August 26 class.
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rating of the ending of slavery in the United States. Learn more about Savannah’s history in our Slavery and Freedom exhibition and join us for hands-on activities. Learn how to make haint blue paint and try your hand at basket weaving.
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Do u Xanadu?
St. Andrew’s School revives an unlikely 1980s musical hit By Bill DeYoung bill@connectsavannah.com
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When The Big Book of Really Awful Movies is written, the chapter for the letter X will likely have but one entry: Xanadu, the 1980 musical starring Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly. It’s a about a starving young artist (Sonny) who enlists the help of a character out of Greek mythology (a willowy muse named Kira) to realize his dream of opening a roller disco. That’s right, a roller disco. Xanadu would be the last film appearance for Kelly, who played dapper Danny, a business partner in the club. NewtonJohn lost virtually all of her Grease momentum with Xanadu, her second movie, but went on to score the biggest hit of her recording career with “Physical.” Jeff Lynne, who disbanded his Electric Light Orchestra shortly after the film (which featured his music and production) tanked, was still a few years away from the Traveling Wilburys. And Michael Beck, who played the hapless skating schmo Sonny, faded into obscurity. He was last heard from reading the works of John Grisham for audiobooks. Over the years, however, Xanadu began to acquire a following. In the “it’s so bad, it’s great” tradition of movies made by Ed Wood, or starring William Shatner, this big-budget turkey turned over in its roasting pan. Re-tooled into a campy Broadway show in 2007, Xanadu was suddenly a hit, thanks in no small part to Lynne’s original songs (“I’m Alive,” “All Over the World,” “Xanadu”), and the addition of a few extras like ELO’s “Evil Woman” and Newton-John’s “Have You Never Been Mellow.” Before anyone could say Mamma Mia!, the new/old show was nominated for a batch of Tonys, and went out on a successful national tour. And now Xanadu has been 100 percent re-assessed. “I think the success comes with how they’ve written the Broadway show,” says Richie Cook, who’s directing the teens of St. Andrew’s School in a production of Xanadu. “They wrote it for fans of Roll with it: Jonathan Aktas (Sonny) and Nina Miller (Kira) star in the St. Andrew’s School 32 the movie; it really parodies the movie. It production of Xanadu. Photo by Bill DeYoung
makes fun of how ridiculous the movie is. All the way throughout.” Indeed, Cook’s young actor/singers are costumed to look like they just came out of the 1980s. And every member of the 17-member cast learned to roller skate. Cook, chair of Fine Arts at St. Andrew’s, is counting on a certain nostalgic appeal. “It’s really a childish movie,” he notes. “Kids love it. Adults see through it, and make fun of it. But if you were a kid in 1980, and you enjoyed it, and you’re an adult now coming to see this show, you will find it hilarious to see how ridiculous the movie was.” The roles of the Muses—Kira’s eight sisters—have been expanded for the stage version. Now they’re literally a Greek chorus, commenting on—and interfering with—the storyline. Presented in the school’s auditorium, which also serves as its cafeteria, Xanadu is the first St. Andrew’s show to spill off the stage into the rest of the space. “All the kids skate at the end,” Cook smiles. “The whole cafeteria turns into a skating rink, so they do a figureeight around the salad bar, and out through the hallway.” Pianist Warren Heilman leads the four-piece band. St. Andrew’s doesn’t have a dance curriculum, so Cook knew he had his hands full with Xanadu, which is allsinging, all-skating, all-dancing. “We pushed the bar on that as much as we could,” he says. “And at first, they looked at a roller skate like it was a telegraph. It was like ‘What are these things?’ But everybody went out and bought roller skates, and now they love it.” CS Xanadu Where: St. Andrew’s School, 601 Penn Waller Road (Wilmington Island) When: At 7 p.m. May 1-3, and 3 p.m. May 4 Tickets: $15 adults, $10 students Reservations: (912) 897-4941
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new reincarnation of their very popular Middle Eastern Cuisine Café, formerly on Exotic. Fragrant. PicturMontgomery Street across from the courtesque. Lilting Persian music and the house and now closed due to the death of scent of spices fill the air. Golden light their beloved landlady. flickering from wrought iron lamps, dark While their former place was more of a staircase leading upwards to a semi-secluded lunch café, this newest rendition is more dining room decorated with handmade Per- geared towards elegance and high-end dinsian art chosen from the bustling bazaars ing with authentic flavors found in her of Esfahan and Shiraz. Gold-embellished native country. I’ve raved to my friends over hookahs standing ready on a brick-lined bar the taste of their rich hummus and warm topped with little Persian treasures. pita bread, the aromatic piquancy of the red And of course, on the amber glass door Persian Wildberry Tea and the selection of and windows stand sentinels, drawn in beef and lamb kabobs. simple white graphics, that remind you of When I heard of this newly born incarnaPersian kings found on the walls of Xerxes’ tion, I was very eager to see what they had eastern palace at Persepolis, the Greek name created. Since Persepolis also had a food for “Persian City”. booth at the recent SCAD International The Greek conqueror Alexander the Festival in Forsyth Park, the meaty beef Great made his own mark upon the ancient Kofta patties and delicate saffron rice made kingdom of Persia, which shows itself here me even more certain to plan a visit. with fare that is a mix of Middle Eastern This is not a casual place to stop for falafel and Greek cuisine. Chef Patty and her and hummus before class, and it is only husband Ali Parsaei of Tehran, Iran, have open for dinner. There is a bar full of Greek blended the two cultures exquisitely in this and other international wines and a wild By Cheryl Baisden Solis
selection of over 30 flavors of spiced shisha, that moist, sweet-smelling tobacco used only in hookahs. There are no immediate plans for belly dancers, though Patty’s father will have one at his 94th birthday party next week. But since the place is so new, having only opened in February this year, I’d check back from time to time to see what Ali has planned. Patty is the chef, and Ali, in his seat by the door, overlooks the restaurant to see that customers are satisfied and happy. Patty also manages the décor and can tell you about each intricate painting, vase and the metal plates that were made by hand with a hammer and nailpoints to punch out the design. She tells me the menu is also expanded from their former place, with many kinds of jasmine and basmati rice, like the wonderful white and gold Shirin Polo, delicately flavored with saffron, blanched almonds and fragile threads of fresh orange zest. The salads here are just as wonderful, with an exciting mix of flavors: My personal favorite is the Village Salad made of crisp
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It’s one thing to know you’ve brewed a great beer. But it’s something really special to have it judged as best in the craft beer world. John Pinkerton of Moon River Brewing Company just brought home the gold, winning first place in the Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout category at the World Beer Cup with a new brew called The Bomb. The international competition is held every two years and this year’s winning announcements came at the close of the Craft Brewers Conference. Pinkerton helps organize the conference, which brings together nearly 9,000 attendees to celebrate all things craft beer. “I have Scottish ancestry, so I’ve always seen it as the gathering of the clans,” is how Pinkerton romantically described the occasion while back home in Savannah, relaxing in the beer garden at Moon River Brewing Co., his pub on Bay Street. “These are my people.” The World Beer Cup competition was a conference highlight, and Pinkerton has entered Moon River beers for numerous years. He’s even served as a judge since starting the brewery in 1999. It’s a truly international competition, striving to recognize the best beers according to established style guidelines and includes participants and judges from around the globe.
Not missing a beat, he transitioned from the Craft Brewers Conference to hosting a state-level symposium a few days later for the Georgia Craft Brewers Guild, which he serves as president. Pinkerton says Georgia’s craft beer scene is seeing phenomenal growth. Depending on how you look at the numbers, Georgia has “tripled or quadrupled its number of breweries since 2010,” says Pinkerton. In addition to the Georgia Guild symposium, which featured workshops on how to transition from homebrewing to opening a commercial brewery, the organization also put together a beer festival featuring more than 20 Georgia breweries. John Pinkerton (left) and Adam Mathews (right) You don’t have to work for a brewery or be in the brewing industry to be a member of the Georgia Craft Brewers Guild. They Breweries could only submit four bottles bronze awards. offer an “Enthusiast Membership” that for judging. Moon River sent Apparition, Pinkerton describes Moon River’s take allows you to show your support for local their flagship pale ale; Marmota, a Belgian on the style to have a “tight, clean roastiness” beer. Your donation goes toward helping the pale ale; Belly Washer, a golden ale; and The using a lighter-colored roasted barley, along Guild promote state breweries and support Bomb, a dry Irish stout. While he had high with a base malt and UK Target hops meant their agenda of making Georgia a premier hopes for several of the beers, he wasn’t so to “sting just a little bit.” destination for craft beer. Find out more sure about sending The Bomb. Pinkerton recalls the awards ceremony as at georgiacraftbrewersguild.org. cs “I didn’t think it even had a chance, but a gathering of “just me and 4,000 of my closAdam really wanted to enter it so I said est friends.” When the stouts were awarded, okay.” Brewer Adam Mathews was onto Pinkerton remembers drinking beers and Moon River is hosting the 2nd Annual Matt’s Moon something. socializing when “all of a sudden people are River Cruise on May 3 in the Moon River Beer The key to winning beer competitions screaming and pulling on me. Everyone was Garden. The event is named for Matt Kohler, an avid is to match your beer’s appearance, aroma, freaking out. I could see out of the corner cyclist that was killed by a motorist while riding his mouthfeel and taste to predetermined offiof my eye ‘Moon River’ on the screen and it bike in Bloomingdale in 2012. Tickets are $20 and cial style guidelines. For a dry stout, the was a big thrill.” proceeds benefit the Savannah Bicycle Campaign guidelines call for a low ABV beer with an Savannahians looking to get a taste of the and Georgia Bikes, two organizations that work to “emphasis of coffee-like roasted barley.” city’s gold World Beer Cup brew will have improve and promote cycling in our area. There will Including The Bomb, there were 36 beers to wait a week or two as the brewery is busy be music, a raffle, a bicycle scavenger hunt and the in this category at the 2014 World Beer preparing a fresh batch. While Pinkerton is premier of Moon River’s 2014 Moon Cruise Pale Ale. Cup. All went through a series of eliminaa leader on the national craft beer stage, he’s Bicycle valet parking will be available. tion rounds, finally yielding three final beers also active in Georgia’s emerging brewing which would be awarded gold, silver and renaissance.
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Continuing Exhibits Savannah Calling — Multimedia exhibition featuring collaborative work of Robert Morris, Charlie Ellis and Will Morris, honoring the geography, beauty and importance of the Savannah River to the city through images and found objects. Ships of The Sea Museum, 41 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. Airport Art Gallery Spring Exhibition — The Savannah Art Association exhibits over thirty works of oil, acrylic, mixed media and three dimensional art. Savannah Hilton Head International Airport, 400 Airways Ave. Alfredo Jaar: Shadows — SCAD deFINE ART 2014 honoree Alfredo Jaar presents the world premier of a site specific installation, Shadows. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd. Art in City Hall: Peter Halpern — Peter J. Halpern exhibition features paintings in acrylic that capture the unique beauty of everyday Savannah scenes. Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street. Art With Meaning: Folk Art in the Twenty First Century — A show of mixed-media art, present-
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Dustin Yellin: Triptych — “The Triptych,” mak-
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Exhibition: Ray Ellis - Sketches from 1971-2011 — Includes preliminary sketches for larger
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Helen Levitt: In the Street — The exhibit, a
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The Other Woman Like father, like son? Like hell. Although he had co-starred in such hits as The Dirty Dozen, Rosemary’s Baby and The Fury, writer-director John Cassavetes was primarily known as the father of independent cinema, thanks to such gritty, self-financed films as Shadows, Faces and Husbands. For his part, Nick Cassavetes, the son of John (who passed away in 1989) and actress Gena Rowlands, has embarked on a career that’s nowhere near as distinctive, working as an actor in pictures like The Hangover Part II, Assault of the Killer Bimbos and the barely seen Farticus and directing such works as Alpha Dog, John Q and the box office hit The Notebook (his best movie behind the camera, as well as the only decent Nicholas Sparks adaptation to date). This isn’t meant to disparage the latter filmmaker - it’s just to warn moviegoers not to go see Nick’s The Other Woman expecting John’s A Woman Under the Influence. After all, if memory serves, I’m pretty confident that pere Cassavetes’ film didn’t include a shot of a huge dog emptying his bowels on a living room floor, or a man suffering a bout of diarrhea in a sequence that seemingly runs as long as Iron Butterfly’s “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” and Bob Dylan’s “Desolation Row” played back to back. Scatological humor aside, though, there are enough bright elements in The Other Woman that allow the film to occasionally
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What it does deftly accomplish is nailing the dynamics between Kate and Carly, two disparate women who react differently to their betrayal but eventually find some common round that allows them to become buddies. These two ladies - the characters and the actresses bringing them to life - work so well in tandem that the addition of the third woman, Upton’s beach bunny, isn’t even necessary. In fact, excise her from the scenario and you’re left with the same story.As long as it concentrates on the relationship between Carly and Kate - that is to say, the first half of the picture - The Other Woman offers a generous supply of laughs. It’s only when the revenge angle takes over that the movie falls apart. The various ways in which Carly, Kate and Amber exact their revenge on Mark are either tepidly presented (tapping his offshore accounts? Yawn) or sloppily scripted (Mark unknowingly uses a lotion that causes his hair to fall out by the handful, yet subsequent scenes show him sporting the same full head of hair as before). There are absolutely no surprises in this second part of the film, a drawback when the storyline involves characters who are constantly trying to come out on top through subterfuge. Don Johnson, still looking as tanned as leather chaps, appears as Carly’s womanizing dad; he’s set up as one of the good guys, which is odd since he and Mark would probably have been BFFs under different circumstances. At any rate, he’s even more sketchily drawn than the defecating dog. Upton isn’t required to do much more than pout or smile on cue - and bounce at all times - but Diaz once again shows off her sizable comic chops. Yet this remains Mann’s movie from the get-go. She’s a riot, and it’s a shame the studio marketing of this as strictly a femalefriendly flick - on top of the refusal by many guys to even go see a movie fronted exclusively by women - will doubtless prevent her from finally emerging as a breakout star. But because it’s a man’s - not Mann’s - world, she will just have to bide her time a while longer.
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OOOOO It would be insulting and inaccurate to state that Wes Anderson is the Zeppo Marx to the Coens’ Groucho and Chico (or Groucho and Harpo, if you will), but as both sets of filmmakers have often leaned heavily on stylized dialogue, eye-popping tableaus and no small measure of eccentricity in both the storytelling and characterization departments, there have often been comparisons that have left the solo artist standing in the shadows of the sibling team.
Because, for all his obvious talent, I’ve always found Anderson’s movies easier to admire than truly enjoy, kept at arm’s length by a coolly distant sensibility that didn’t always translate to film. But with 2012’s Moonrise Kingdom, Anderson finally broke through his own remoteness, and now with The Grand Budapest Hotel, he has ascended even further with what turns out to be the best film of his career. Working with co-writer Hugo Guinness, Anderson has concocted a fanciful tale marinated in whimsy and tinged with ruefulness. After a pair of framing devices, the film takes us to the 1960s, where an author ( Jude Law) spends most of his time in a crumbling, practically empty hotel located in the fictional Republic of Zubrowka. There, he meets owner Zero Moustafa (F. Murray Abraham), who proceeds to tell him a story that takes us even further back in time. T The setting is now the hotel during the early 1930s, when young Zero (Tony Revolori) is serving as a lobby boy under the tutelage of M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes), the property’s ab-fab concierge. Gustave is superb at his job, which on the downside includes bedding the elderly — and wealthy — women who stay at the facility. One such individual is Madame D. (played by an unrecognizable Tilda Swinton in layers of wrinkled makeup), and when she passes away under mysterious circumstances, she wills an invaluable painting to Gustave. This displeases her son Dmitri (Adrien Brody) to such a degree that he frames Gustave as his mother’s murderer and sics the family henchman, the snarling Jopling (a frightening/comical Willem Dafoe, replete with pointy teeth), to bump off anyone who interferes with his diabolical plot. Thus, it’s largely up to Zero, with the aid of his girlfriend Agatha (Saoirse Ronan), to save his mentor and the day. Several of Anderson’s past films, works such as The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and Fantastic Mr. Fox, have showcased unique visual compositions, and with its generous use of models and matte backdrops, The Grand Budapest Hotel follows suit. The playful art direction is matched by the jocularity of the screenplay, which mines ample humor from the relationship between Gustave and Zero. Fiennes and Revolori prove to be a choice tag team, but they also shine individually, with Revolori making the most of his character’s whispery demeanor and Fiennes sensational as the concierge whose occasional buffoonishness can’t mask the tortured soul of a poet. Indeed, Gustave functions as the film’s conductive circuit, subtly discharging a melancholy air that
screenshots | continued from previous page Russo, The Winter Soldier, set in the present day, is a far knottier piece, what with its shifting allegiances and questions of morality in a decidedly amoral world. It’s also closer in execution to the typical blockbuster, with plenty of CGI bombast rocking the multiplex. DRAFT DAY Thawed from his decades-long deepOOO freeze, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), aka CapKevin Costner, who is to sport flicks tain America, finds himself finally getting what John Wayne was to Westerns, stars used to living in this brave new world of the as Sonny Weaver, the embattled general 21st century. But hailing from a time when manager of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns. everything was more black and white - the Acquiring the number one pick in the 2014 G.I.s were the heroes and the Nazis were draft, Weaver must decide how best to the villains, period - he’s not always comrebuild a struggling franchise, whether it’s by fortable with the stealth methods employed 20trades E. orBroughton Sthis•comrades 912.236.5464 engineering further using the pick by Natasha Romanoff (ScarSun-Wed 5pm-12am • Thurs-Sat 5pm-2:30am • themiragesavannah.com to land one of several promising prospects lett Johansson), aka Black Widow, and (including a youngster played by Chadwick S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury (Samuel L. Boseman, Jackie Robinson in last year’s 42). Jackson). The team’s owner (Frank Langella) is Yet all concerns are tossed aside when breathing down Sonny’s neck while the a shadowy assassin known only as the coach (Denis Leary) is battling him at every Winter Soldier comes gunning for Fury. turn; only Ali ( Jennifer Garner), his associ- “Trust no one,” Fury tells Rogers, advice ate and girlfriend, offers any sort of support, that leads to him not even confiding in though even they don’t always see eye-to-eye Natasha, Fury’s right-hand aide Maria Hill when it comes to their relationship. (Cobie Smulders) or Fury’s longtime friend, Perhaps even more than Moneyball with S.H.I.E.L.D. bigwig Alexander Pierce its baseball milieu, Draft Day is an insider (Robert Redford). But when Rogers’ deciflick for NFL fans, as it’s difficult to see sion to withhold evidence leads to his being hunted by S.H.I.E.L.D., he finally elects to viewers who care even less about football open up to a couple of people, one being his than they do wiffleball really giving a damn as to whether the Cleveland Browns end up new friend Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie). Wilson’s involvement is especially fortuitous, in a better draft situation than the Seattle since his aerial expertise - combined with Seahawks or the Jacksonville Jaguars. But for those on its wavelength, the movie one killer suit - allows him to fight alongside Cap as the Falcon. is an engaging affair, with a sharp script by Ironically, one of the least interestscreen newbies Scott Rothman and Rajiv Joseph, brisk direction by veteran Ivan Reit- ing characters is the good Captain himman (Ghostbusters), good actors in even the self. Much of the charm found in Captain America: The First Avenger came from Evans’ smallest roles (including Sam Elliott and Ellen Burstyn) and various NFL figureheads sympathetic portrayal of a scrawny kid who to provide that all-important verisimilitude was dying to serve his country and only got (commissioner Roger Goodell, former stars his chance after he was picked to be transformed into a super soldier. Jim Brown and Deion Sanders, etc.). With Evans invested a lot of heart and spirit so many positive elements, Draft Day is sure into his role in that film, and while the actor to leave select audiences feeling —quick, makes no false moves in this new picture, what’s Esperanto for satisfied? he’s hamstrung by the narrative demand that he now play the part in a more conventionCAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER ally square-jawed, action-hero manner. Evans is still allowed some moments to OOO play off Rogers’ innate insecurities and air Roughly on par with 2011’s Captain of innocence - there’s a tender and affecting America: The First Avenger, this film’s strengths are different than those of its pre- scene in which he visits a now elderly Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell), his love interdecessor. Under the tutelage of director Joe Johnston, The First Avenger is the most low- est back in WWII, and it’s the star’s finest sequence in the entire picture. key of all Avengers-related titles, with the But whereas The First Avenger was more story’s World War II setting and Joe Johnston’s muted visual style aptly serving a work about the character, The Winter Soldier is decidedly more about the costume that he that’s steeped in nostalgia and hawking an dons. CS uncomplicated world view. Directed by siblings Anthony and Joe
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Activism & Politics
Drinking Liberally
An informal, left-leaning gathering to discuss politics, the economy, sports, entertainment, or anything else that comes up. Every first and third Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. Tondee’s Tavern, 7 E. Bay Street (912) 3417427 Free Thurs. May 1, meet Amy Tavio, Democratic candidate for Georgia’s District 1, U.S. House of Representatives.. , 7 p.m. livingliberally.org/drinking/chapters/GA/ savannah. Thurs. May 1, meet Amy Tavio, Democratic candidate for Georgia’s District 1, U.S. House of Representatives. , 7 p.m Muffins with Mary Ellen
Alderman Mary Ellen Sprague hosts a weekly gathering for District 4 constituents every Wednesday morning. Residents and business owners of District 4 are invited to drop-in to ask questions and discuss local issues. Free and open to the public. Wednesdays, 6-9 a.m. 912-659-0103. ogeecheecoffee.com/. Wednesdays, 6-9 a.m coffee deli, 4517 Habersham St. Savannah Area Young Republicans
Get involved. Contact is Michael Johnson, via email or telephone, or see website for info. 912-604-0797. chairman@sayr.org. sayr.org. Call or see website for information. Free . 912-308-3020. savannahyoungrepublicans.com. Savannah Libertarians
Join the Facebook group to find out about upcoming local events. Mondays. Facebook.com/groups/SAVlibertarians. Mondays Young Democrats
Mondays at 7pm on the second level of Foxy Loxy, Bull Street. Call or visit the Young Democrats Facebook page for more information. Free . 423-619-7712. foxyloxycafe.com/. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. Auditions and Calls for Entries
African American Theatre
Revitalize African-American theatre in Savannah. Staging and premiering of new, dynamic plays with memorable characters and storylines. Contact playwright Ben Harris for information. Every 3 days. 404/955-1697. ybasa126@aol.com. Every 3 days
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Calling Aspiring Artists
Art and plant sale benefitting Savannah Zen Center will be held May 17. Artists, bring your work to sell. $10 donation for exhibit space at the Savannah Zen Center. Artists keep profits of your sales. All artistic media welcome. For registration and information call Betsy 912-604-4281. Tuesdays.. 912-604-4281. Tuesdays. The Savannah Zen Center, 111 E. 34th St. Call for Artists
The Sentient Bean is seeking experienced artists interested in showing their work for the duration of one month at the Bean. Artists must have a website with current images representing a sample of the work to be shown in order to be considered. 42 To apply, please send an email to sen-
compiled by robin wright gunn | happenings@connectsavannah.com Happenings is Connect Savannah’s listing of community gatherings, events, classes and groups. If you want an event listed, email happenings@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.
tientbooking@gmail.com with the subject line “art show” and include the following information: 1. Artist name and phone number 2. Link to website that has current and relevant images of work for proposed show 3. Link to artist resume (preferred) or artist resume attached as a PDF file ONLY 4. Type of work to be shown, including medium, general sizes, price range, and how many of pieces will be in the show 5. Link to artist statement (preferred) or artist statement attached as a PDF file ONLY . sentientbean.com/booking#visualarts. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. City of Savannah TV Show Seeks Entries
The City of Savannah’s TV station, SGTV is seeking insightful and well-crafted profiles, documentaries, animations, original music videos, histories or other original works by or about the citizens of Savannah to run on “Engage”, a television show produced by the city. Interested in collaborating with filmmakers, artists, musicians and others in producing original content for the program. While the City does not offer compensation for such programs, SGTV does offer an opportunity to expose local works to a wide audience. More than 55,000 households in Chatham County have access to SGTV. Submit proposals via website. The City reserves the right to reject any programming that does not meet content standards. . savannahga.gov/ engagesgtv. Gallery Seeks Local Artists
Kobo Gallery, 33 Barnard Street, in downtown Savannah seeks 2-D and 3-D artists to join its cooperative gallery. Must be a full-time resident of Savannah or nearby area. Work to be considered includes painting, photography, mixed media, sculpture, glass, ceramics and wood. If interested please submit 5-10 images of your work, plus resume/CV and biography to info@kobogallery.com. . Kobo Gallery, 33 Barnard Street ,. Homeschool Music Classes
Music classes for homeschool students ages 8 - 18, and their parents. Offered in Guyton and Savannah. See website for details. . CoastalEmpireMusic.com.
cnorthcutt@savannahga.gov. (savannahga. gov\arts. Mondays. Benefits
American Cancer Society Relay for Life
The annual all-night team walk and fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, supporting prevention and patient assistance programming in the local area. May 2-3. 912.355.1378. Jonathan.McCollar@ cancer.org. relayforlifeorg.savannahga. May 2-3 Benedictine Military School, 6502 Seawright Dr. The Bizarre Bazaar
Arts and crafts,second hand caravan of household items, apparel and accessories. Auction, face painting, sidewalk chalk art, canvas painting, carnival street performers, a fortune teller. An all ages event benefiting Savannah Stage Company. Free to attend. Tickets for sale to purchase arts and crafts. Sat., May 3, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 352.650.3179. Sat., May 3, 9 a.m.-1 p.m Reynolds Square, Abercorn and St. Julian Streets. Bryan County Bark Park Wine and Cheese Fundraiser
Raising funds to complete the building and opening phase one of the Bryan County Bark Park this summer. Fine wines, savory cheeses and heavy hors d’oeuvres. Music by Roger Widener. Raffle tickets and dogfriendly auction items. $50. Wine, cheese and entertainment included. Cash bar for other beverages. Thu., May 1, 6-10 p.m. 912-657-1221. bryancountybarkpark.com. Thu., May 1, 6-10 p.m Richmond Hill City Center, 520 Cedar Street. Chatham County Animal Control Seeks Donations of Items
Chatham County Animal Control is in need of items for pets in the facility. Seeking donations of canned and dry dog and cat food, baby formula, newspaper, paper towels, soaps, crates, leashes, collars, wash cloths, and towels. Open daily from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. . 912-351-6750. animalcontrol.chathamcounty.org. Chatham County Animal Shelter, 7215 Sallie Mood Dr. Dine out for CASA in April
Dine Out for CASA at the following locations. A percentage of sales will benefit Call for proposals for its 2014 Weave-ACASA: April 16 & 30: Ruby Tuesday of Dream—Cultural & Arts Projects initiative. Pooler, 110 Pooler Pkwy & Ruby Tuesday Applications will be accepted through the of Savannah Mall, 14045 Abercorn St. Must calendar year, while funds are available. present event flyer. April 10 5pm – 7:30pm: Programs are to be completed prior to Chick-fil-A Pooler, 180 Pooler Parkway. December 31, 2014 and the application April 15, 6pm – 8pm: Lulu’s Chocolate Bar, must be submitted at least eight weeks 42 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. Through prior to the start date of the project. Project April 30. savannahcasa.org. Through April funding is available up to $2,500 per pro30 gram/project. Emphasis on proposals that Forsyth Farmers Market Seeks Sponsors Market sponsors invest in a healthy comactively involve youth, seniors, and those munity and show consideration for the who have limited access to arts based local economy. Sponsorship opportunities programs in Savannah. Applicants must begin at $350. Help keep food fresh and be a non-profit, 501c3, head-quartered in Savannah’s corporate limits. Proposed pro- local. . kristen@forsythfarmersmarket. com. forsythfarmersmarket.com. forsythgrams must also be produced within the farmersmarket.com/. Forsyth Farmers’ City’s corporate limits. No individual artist applications will be accepted. Applications Market, 501 Whitaker St., South End of are available on the Department of Cultural Forysth Park. Lowcountry Down Syndrome Society’s Night of Affairs website. Mondays.. 912-651-6417. Weave-A-Dream Grant Applications Sought
Champions
Jamie Deen will emcee this fifth annual event that includes an awards ceremony, silent auction, dinner and cash bar. Business attire. Reservations encouraged. $25 Thu., May 1, 6 p.m. nightofchampions.org. westinsavannah.com/. Thu., May 1, 6 p.m Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, 1 Resort Drive. $5 Bikram Yoga Class to Benefit Local Charities
Bikram Yoga Savannah offers a weekly Karma class to raise money for local charities. Thursdays during the 6:30pm class. Pay $5 for class and proceeds are donated to a different charity each month. This is a regular Bikram Yoga class. . 912.356.8280. bikramyogasavannah.com. Matt’s Moon River Cruise
A bike ride and celebration in memory of Matt Kohler, who was hit from behind by a driver on July 26, 2012 while riding his bike on U.S. Highway 80 in Bloomingdale. Social media scavenger hunt leaving Ellis Square at 1 p.m. Music by Jimmy Wolling Band. Valet parking for bicycles. Benefiting the Savannah Bicycle Campaign and Georgia Bikes. $20 Sat., May 3, 2-5 p.m. / bicyclecampaign.org/. moonriverbrewing. com/. Sat., May 3, 2-5 p.m Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St. Savannah Pig Derby
Pig races, dunking booth, derby hat parade, vendor expo, food, inflatables, games, live entertainment. All benefiting the Phi Pigma Kappa’s Kiss-a-Pig Campaign, benefiting the Savannah Chapter of the American Diabetes Association. Free and open to the public. $10 for “Play all Day” wristband. Sat., May 3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. savannahpigderby.com. Sat., May 3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m Emmet Park, End of Bay St. SCMPD Animal Control seeks Volunteers
Savannah Chatham County Animal Control seeks volunteers to serve as greeters, office assistants, animal photographers,event coordinators, groomers, property maintenance workers, kennel assistants, dog walkers, cat socializers, play area monitors, off-site adoption managers, veterinary service supporters, and foster coordinators. No prior animal shelter experience is necessary. Newly trained volunteers will be authorized to serve immediately after orientation. Potential volunteers are asked to notify J. Lewis prior to orientation; though, walk-ins are welcome. Volunteers must be at least 17-years-old. . (912) 525-2151. jlewis01@savannahga.gov. Shop for CASA
Charity Sales or benefit classes for CASA at the following businesses, to support the fight against child abuse. Creative Approach, 408 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd., Friday, April 11th, 9am – 5pm 15% of sales for the day will be donated to Savannah/Chatham CASA Savannah Yoga Barre, 2132 E Victory Dr., Sunday, April 27th, 4pm – 5:30pm Benefit yoga class – $20 per student Belk Charity Sale, Oglethorpe Mall, 7804 Abercorn St., Saturday, May 3rd, 6am – 10am. $5
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tickets can be purchased from the Savannah/Chatham CASA office Through May 3. Through May 3 Classes, Camps & Workshops
200 - Hour Intensive Yoga Teacher Training
Savannah Yoga Center sponsors this course, held July 25 – August 17, 2014. Application Deadline is July 15. Three week yoga teacher training led by Kelley J. Boyd, 500-ERYT & Director of Savannah Yoga Center, accompanied by the East Coast’s best yoga teachers. Yoga / Satsang. Registration and more info at www.savannahyoga.com or call (912) 232-2994. Every 3 days. Every 3 days Art Classes at The Studio School
weekly drawing and painting classes for youth and adults. See website, send email or call for details. 912-484-6415. melindaborysevicz@gmail.com. thestudioschoolsavannah.com. 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 912-667-1056. 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. . 912-656-6383. rosesonthemove@gmail.com. Beading Classes
Offered every weekend at Perlina Beadshop, 6 West State Street. Check website calendar or call for info. 912-441-2656. perlinabeadshop.com.
Beading Classses at Epiphany Bead & Jewelry Studio
Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced. Call for class times. 912-920-6659. Epiphany Bead & Jewelry 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 Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Boot Camp
Get fit and lose weight with our Boot Camp instructor Tim Smith. Start your morning off with these heart-pumping routines sure
to help you with your fitness goals! $15 for drop in, 8/$100 (must use in 30 days) or 12/$125 (must use in 30 days) Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 6:30-7:30 a.m. 912-257-5901. info@firstcityfitness.com. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, 6:30-7:30 a.m First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. 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. Educate, Empower, Employ: Chatham Apprentice Program’s job training program
Step Up Savannah’s Chatham Apprentice Program (CAP) is recruiting now for their next job training program, which runs Monday, May 19 through June 12. Open to men and women interested in enhancing their basic employment skills. Free to adults (18 years and older) through a partnership among Chatham County, Step Up Savannah, Inc., and Savannah Technical College. Those without a high school diploma or GED are encouraged to apply, but the program is open to anyone who is unemployed or underemployed. Graduates of this program receive assistance with their job search and one-on-one coaching. The application process is competitive and space is limited. Please call no later than May 12 to apply. Through May 13. (912) 656-4079. stepupsavannah.org. Through May 13 Goodwill Industries, 7220 Sallie Mood Dr.
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Chatham County Sheriff’s Office Explorers Post 876
The Chatham County Sheriff’s Office Explorers Post 876, is accepting applications from young men and women (ages 14-20 years old) interested in a career in Law Enforcement. Explorers experience mentoring, motivation, and learn skills which help prepare for roles as a productive citizen. Visit the Chatham County Sheriff’s web page, click “Community” then Explorers Post 876” for applications, or contact Cpl. R. Bryant-Elleby at (912)651-3743. . 912651-3743. chathamsheriff.org. City of Savannah Cultural Arts Workshops for May
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Kumihimo, Fused Glass Animal, Animal Sculpture, Garden Toad House, Raku Friday, Sit and Spin and Stained Glass Picture Frame. Daytime and after-school workshops held May 5-17. Offered by the City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs. Taught by skilled art professionals. Fees include materials.Class schedule, fees and registration forms available online or by phone. May 5-17. (912) 651-6783. savannahga.gov/arts. May 5-17 City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs, 9 West Henry St. 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. Boating Classes
Classes on boat handling, boating safety and navigation offered by U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. See website or call to register. 912-897-7656. savannahaux.com. Dance Conditioning
Be prepared to sweat! Bring your towel and your water bottle! This class is designed to enhance your strength, flexibility, balance, and overall body fitness. With belly dance movements in mind, this is a total body work out! $10 drop in or $80 for 10 classes Wednesdays, 7 p.m. 912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Wednesdays, 7 p.m Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive. DUI Prevention Group
Offers victim impact panels for intoxicated drivers, DUI, offenders, and anyone seeking knowledge about the dangers of driving while impaired. A must see for teen drivers. Meets monthly. $40/session 912443-0410. English as Second Language Classes
Learn conversational English, comprehension, vocabulary and life communication skills. All ages. Thursdays, 7:30pm, Island Christian Church, 4601 US Highway 80 East. Free. 912-897-3604. islandchristian. org. 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. $30 912-354-6686. mediationsavannah.com. APR 30-MAY 6, 2014
Fany’s Spanish/English Institute
Spanish is fun. Classes for adults and children held at 15 E. Montgomery Crossroad. Register by phone. . 912-921-4646. Figure Drawing Classes
Tuesdays 6-9pm and Wednesdays 9:3012:30am. $60/4-session package or $20 drop-in fee. At the Studio School. . 912484-6415. melindaborysevicz@gmail.com. 44 thestudioschoolsavannah.com. Studio
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Figure Drawing Workshop
Workshop features guest instructor Ben Ward. May 2-3. Fee includes the cost of materials and model fees. $185 Through May 2. 912.484.6415. thestudioschoolsavannah.com. Through May 2 Studio School, 1319 Bull St. Fort Pulaski Photography Workshop
An iPhone photography workshop by Shannon Christopher, a Tybee Island photographer whose work is on display at Fort Pulaski. Suitable for beginner to intermediate phone camera photographers. Participants should have a camera app that allows focusing and independent exposure. Please RSVP for workshops via email. $5 park admission fee. Free for 15 and under. Sun., May 4, 3:30 p.m. shannon@christopher.com. nps.gov/fopu. nps.gov/fopu/. Sun., May 4, 3:30 p.m Fort Pulaski National Monument, Cockspur Island. Free Fitness Boot Camp
Mondays and Wednesdays, 6pm at Tribble Park, Largo & Windsor Rd. Children welcome. Free 912-921-0667. Guitar, Mandolin, or Bass Guitar Lessons
Emphasis on theory, reading music, and improvisation. Located in Ardsley Park. . 912-232-5987.
off the pounds every time you put your feet into action on the dance floor! No partner necessary. Workout clothes required! $10 drop in or $80 for 10 classes Mondays, 6 p.m. 912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Mondays, 6 p.m Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive. Learn to Sew!
Sewing lessons for all ages and skill levels. Private and Group classes. . 912-596-0889. kleossewingstudio.com. Kleo’s Sewing Studio, 36 W. Broughton St. #201. MICROSOFT – POWERPOINT
Create dynamic, persuasive PowerPoint presentations with effectiveness and confidence. Learn to create slides and change layouts; add slide transitions; use themes; add clip art, animation, and sound; insert charts and tables; create SmartArt diagrams; use hyperlinks and understand multimedia. $95 per person Tue., May 6, 6:30-9:30 p.m. 912-478-5967. jfogarty@ georgiasouthern.edu. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/. Tue., May 6, 6:30-9:30 p.m Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street. Music Instruction
Georgia Music Warehouse, near corner of Victory Drive & Abercorn, offering instruction by professional musicians. Band Home Improvement Workshop: Installing a instruments, violin, piano, drums and Bath Fan guitar. All ages welcome. . 912-358-0054. Another of Habitat ReStore Savannah’s georgiamusicwarehouse.com/. Georgia 2014’s semi-monthly expert-led workshops Music Warehouse, 2424 Abercorn St. Music Lessons: Private or Group for do-it-yourselfers of all experience levPortman’s Music Academy offers private or els. Step-by-step instruction for DIY types to learn home repair and home decorating group classes for ages 2 to 92, beginner to advanced level. All instruments. Also, voice projects. Free and open to the public. Sat., lessons, music production technology and May 3, 10 a.m. 912.655.3416. Sat., May 3, DJ lessons. Teaching staff of over 20 in10 a.m Habitat ReStore Savannah, 1900 E. structors with professional, well equipped Victory Dr. Housing Authority Neighborhood Resource studios and a safe, friendly waiting area Center for parents and siblings. . 912-354-1500. Housing Authority of Savannah hosts portmansmusic.com. portmansmusic. classes at the Neighborhood Resource com. Portman’s Music Superstore, 7650 Center. Adult literacy/GED prep: MonAbercorn St. Music Lessons--Multiple Instruments Thurs, 9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm. Financial education: 4th Fri each month, 9am-11am. Savannah Musicians Institute offers private instruction for all ages in guitar, ddrums, Basic computer training: Tues & Thurs, piano, bass, voice, banjo, mandolin, 1pm-3pm. Community computer lab: ukelele, flute, woodwinds. 7041 Hodgson Mon-Fri, 3pm-4:30pm. . 912-232-4232 Memorial Dr. . 912-692-8055. smisavanx115. savannahpha.com. savannahpha. nah@gmail.com. com/NRC.html. Neighborhood Resource New Horizons Adult Band Program Center, 1407 Wheaton St. Kid’s Summer Pottery Camp Music program for adults who played a Kid’s Can Create with Clay this summer. band instrument in high school/college Weekly Summer Pottery camp open to kids and would like to play again. Mondays ages 6-15. Creative projects done both on at 6:30pm at Portman’s. $30 per month. and off the pottery wheel. Early bird price All ages and ability levels welcome. Call special for registering before May 1. Class- for info. . 912-354-1500. portmansmusic. es begin in June. $127 before May 1. Call com. Portman’s Music Superstore, 7650 for pricing after May 1. Tuesdays.. 912-509- Abercorn St. Novel Writing 4647. www.savannahsclayspot. Tuesdays. Write a novel, finish the one you’ve started, Savannah’s Clay Spot, 1305 Barnard St. Knitting & Crochet Classes revise it or pursue publication. AwardOffered at The Frayed Knot, 6 W. State St. winning Savannah author offers one-onSee the calendar of events on website. one or small group classes, mentoring, Mondays. 912-233-1240. thefrayedknotsav. manuscript critique, ebook formatting. com. Mondays Email for pricing and scheduling info. . Latin Cardio pmasoninsavannah@gmail.com. Latin Cardio is a cardio based workout Photography Classes Beginner photography to post production. class that is designed to get your off the Instruction for all levels. $20 for two-hour couch and sweat while having fun! We dance to all your favorite latin style dances class. See website for complete class list. like cha cha, samba, jive, rumba, salsa and 410-251-4421. chris@chrismorrisphotography.com. chrismorrisphotography.com. more! Don’t worry...you will be sweating
Piano Voice-Coaching
Pianist with M/degree,classical modern jazz improvisation, no age limit. Call 912-961-7021 or 912-667-1056. Serious inquiries only. . Project Management-Real World Applications
Discover a documented step-by-step guideline for managing projects. Students will be exposed to a wide variety of strategic and real world scenarios. Course Outline: Day 1, Initiation and Closing Projects Day 2, Success Planning for Projects Day 3, Project Simulation for Execution Day 4, Project Control and Project Manager Professional Responsibility. $1,300 per person. Includes a copy of the 5th Edition of the PMBOK® from PMI. Thu., May 1, 6 p.m. 912-6445967. jfogarty@georgiasouthern.edu. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/. Thu., May 1, 6 p.m Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street. Quilting Classes
: Quilting classes for beginners and advanced stitchers. Learn to make your first quilt or learn a new technique. See the website, call, or come by the shop. varies . 912 925 0055. email@colonialquilts.us. colonialquilts.us. Colonial Quilts and Savannah Sewing Center, 11710 Largo Drive. 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 912-12-660-7399. Call for fee information. Russian Language Classes
Learn to speak Russian. All experience levels welcome, beginner to expert. Call for info. . 912-713-2718. Salsa Group Classes
Join us for the hottest class around! Salsa! Learn how to dance with a partner or come solo. The only thing we require is a good attitude and in the mindset to have some fun! $5.00 Sundays, 5:30 p.m. 912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio. com. Sundays, 5:30 p.m Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive. 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. . 912290-0072. savsew.com. Short Story Writing
Gives students with some experience in fiction and nonfiction storytelling the opportunity to use assigned readings, writing homework, and workshop style critiques to explore various writing techniques. Works of Ernest Hemingway, Graham Greene, Ann Beattie and others will be studied. Upon completion, students will understand narrative struc-
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ture and scenic writing, dialogue, character, place, word choice, rhythm and pacing, and the art of revision. Offered by Georgia Southern’s Continuing Education division in Savannah. Call or email for days/times/ pricing. . 912-644-5967. jfogarty@georgiasouthern.edu. ceps.georgiasouthern. edu/conted/cesavannahmenu.html.. cgc. georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street. Singing Classes
Bel Canto is the name of the style of singing invented by Nicola Vaccai, which helps the voice become flexible and expressive, improves the vocal range and breathing capacity and is the technique Anitra Warren uses to train her students. It carries over well as a foundation for opera, rock, pop, gospel and musical theatre. $25 Mondays-Sundays, 6 p.m. 786-247-9923. anitraoperadiva@yahoo.com. MondaysSundays, 6 p.m Institute of Cinematic Arts, 12 West State Street, 3rd and 4th flrs.,. 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 5:30-8:30pm. Institute of Cinematic Arts, 12 1/2 W. State St., 3rd floor. . 786247-9923. anitraoperadiva.com. 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. . conquistador-spanish.com. Stress Reduction: Arising Stillness in Zen
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During June, two week-long Painting Camps for youth (ages 11 and up), plus a 5-day Portrait Workshop and a 5-day Figure Drawing Workshop (ages 15 and up). 1319 Bull Street, Savannah. Call or see website for fees and specific dates. Sundays.. 912.484.6415. thestudioschoolsavannah.com. Sundays. Studio School, 1319 Bull St. Vocal Lessons
The Voice Co-op is a group of voice instructors in Savannah, Georgia who believe in the power of a nurturing community to help voice students blossom into vibrant artists. Each of our instructors have earned the degree of Master of Music in Voice Performance. Group master classes are held once each month for students of the Co-op. In the winter and spring the students will have the opportuinty to present a vocie recital for the community. Varies . 912-6560760. TheVoiceCoOp.org. The Voice Co-op, Downtown. West Coast Swing Class
Interested in learning how to West Coast Swing? Come learn from the best in Savannah. Rick Cody will take you though the smooth rhythms of beach music to help you get ready for the dance floor. $12 drop in fee or $35 for 4 weeks Wednesdays, 7 p.m. 912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Wednesdays, 7 p.m Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive. Clubs & Organizations
13th Colony Sound Barbershop Chorus
Sing in the harmonious barbershop style with the Savannah Chorus of the Barbershop Harmony Society No charge Mondays, 6:30 p.m. 912-344-9768. rfksav@gmail. com. savannahbarbershoppers.org. Mondays, 6:30 p.m Savannah Arts Academy, 500 Washington Ave.
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, 912-6313452, or Darowe, 912-272-2797. . abeniculturalarts@gmail.com. Adult Intermediate Ballet
Beginner and Intermediate Ballet, 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. . 912925-0903. theballetschoolsav.com. 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. . godzillaunknown@gmail.com. avegost. com. 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. . savannahcblv.org. 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. . buccaneerregion.org. 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. . 912-308-6768. 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. . chathamsailing.org. Young’s Marina, 218 Wilmington Island Rd. Creative Magic Mondays
Join us on Mondays as we begin our week on a creative note. Doodling, Planning, Manifesting, Crafting! Just Bring Your Own Art Supplies to get the week started right! Free with a Love Donation Appreciated Mondays, 11 a.m. relaxsavannah@gmail. com. facebook.com/creativemanifest. Mondays, 11 a.m Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. 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. . 912233-1240. Energy Healers
Meets every Monday at 6pm. Mediation and healing with energy. Discuss aromatherapy, chakra systems and more. Call for info. . 912-695-2305. meetup.com/SavannahEnergyHealers.
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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.
month, 5:45pm. Discussion of exercises, ideas, or already in progress pieces. Free to attend. See Facebook page savinkslingers. . Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St.
Safe Kids Savannah
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. Mondays, 10:30 a.m. fiberguildsavannah.homestead.com/. Mondays, 10:30 a.m Fiber Guild of the Savannahs, 711 Sandtown Road GA.
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. . 912-898-4344. kymmccarty@ hotmail.com. mops.org.
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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. . onebornfree@yahoo.com. Georgia Nature Photographers AssociationCoastal Chapter
Coastal Chapter of the GNPA (www.gnpa. org). The GNPA is 100% focused on nature photography and offers Field Trips, Monthly Speakers, Competitions, Seminars and Workshops and the Annual EXPO with prominent nature photographers and keynote speakers. Photographers of all levels are welcome! $35 per year first Tuesday of every month, 6 p.m. 912-234-2571. alfie. wace@gmail.com. oatlandisland.org/. first Tuesday of every month, 6 p.m Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. 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. . 912596-1962. honorflightsavannah.org. 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. . 912-660-8257. Hostess City Toastmasters Club
Improve your public speaking and leadership skills at our professional, friendly, peer-run Toastmasters meetings, every Tuesday 6:00-7:00 PM at 35 Barnard Street - Third Floor at ThincSavannah. Practice your speeches for work and community events. Network and make new friends. Guests are always welcomed. $10/month Tue., May 6, 6-7 p.m. 912-484-0165. hostesscitytm@gmail. com. facebook.com/hostesscitytoastmasters. thincsavannah.com. Tue., May 6, 6-7 p.m ThincSavannah, 35 Barnard St. Suite 300. 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
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A Mothers of Preschoolers group that meets at First Baptist Church of the Islands, two Wednesdays a month, 9:15am11:30am. . sites.google.com/site/islandsmops. fbcislands.com/. First Baptist Church of the Islands, 6613 Johnny Mercer Blvd.
A coalition dedicated to preventing childhood injuries. Meets 2nd Tuesday each month, 11:30am-1:00pm. See website or call for info. . 912-353-3148. safekidssavannah.org. Meets 1st Wednesday of the month, 7:30pm at Moon River Brewing Co. Call or see website for info. . 912-447-0943. hdb. org. moonriverbrewing.com/. 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. . 912308-3208. alicevantrease@live.com. Savannah Charlesfunders Investment Discussion Group
Meets Saturdays, 8:30am to discuss Meets every Wednesday. Different locations stocks, bonds and better investing. Contact downtown. Call for info. No fees. Want to by email for info. . charlesfund@gmail. learn? Join us. . 912-308-6768. com. panerabread.com/. Panera Bread Knittin’ Night (Broughton St.), 1 West Broughton St. Knit and crochet gathering held each Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States Tuesday evening, 5pm-8pm All skill levels A dinner meeting the 4th Tuesday of the welcome. Tuesdays, 5-8 p.m. 912-238month at 6:00pm (except December.) Loca0514. wildfibresavannah.com/. Tuesdays, tion: Hunter Club. Call John Findeis for 5-8 p.m Wild Fibre, 409 East Liberty St. Low Country Turners info. . 912-748-7020. A club for wood-turning enthusiasts. Call Savannah Fencing Club Steve Cook for info at number below. . 912- Beginner classes Tuesdays and Thursdays for six weeks. $60. Some equipment pro313-2230. Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies vided. After completing the class, you may Auxiliary join the Savannah Fencing Club for $5/ Meets the first Saturday of the month month. Experienced fencers welcome. Call at 1:00pm. Call for info. . 912-786-4508. or email for info. . 912-429-6918. savanAmerican Legion Post 184, 3003 Rowland nahfencing@aol.com. Savannah Go Green Ave. Peacock Guild--For Writers and Book Lovers Meets most Saturdays. Green events and A literary society for bibliophiles and places. Share ways to Go Green each day. writers. Writer’s Salon meetings are first Call for info. . 912-308-6768. Savannah Jaycees Tues. at 7:30pm at the Flannery O’Connor Home. Book club meetings are third Tues., Meeting/info session held the 1st Tuesday each month at 6pm to discuss upcoming 7:30pm. Location changes each month. events and provide an opportunity for those Call or see Facebook group “Peacock interested in joining Jaycees to learn more. Guild” for info. . 912-233-6014. Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 E. Charlton Must be age 21-40. Jaycees Building, 101 Atlas St. . 912-353-7700. savannahjaycees. Street. Philo Cafe com. Discussion group that meets every Monday, Savannah Kennel Club 7:30pm - 9:00pm at various locations. Any- Monthly meetings open to the public. Held at Logan’s Roadhouse, the 4th Monday one craving good conversation is invited. Free to attend. Email for info, or see Face- each month, Sept. through May. Dinner: 6:pm. Speaker: 7:30pm. Guest speakers book.com/SavannahPhiloCafe. Mondays. each meeting. . 912-238-3170. savanathenapluto@yahoo.com. Mondays R.U.F.F. - Retirees United for the Future nahkennelclub.org. Golden Corral, 7822 RUFF meets the last Friday of each month Abercorn St. Savannah Newcomers Club at 10am to protect Social Security, MediOpen to women who have lived in the care, Medicaid and related senior issues. Savannah area for less than two years. Parking in the rear. Free to all Seniors . Membership includes monthly luncheon 912-344-5127. New Covenant Church, and program. Activities, tours and events 2201 Bull St. Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club to help learn about Savannah and make A local club for fans from all over the new friends. . savannahnewcomersclub. sci-fi /fantasy universe, role-players and com. Savannah No Kidding! gamers. Meetings on the 3rd Tuesday of No Kidding. Join Savannah’s only social each month at Super King Buffet 10201 club for people without children! No Abercorn St., Savannah at 7PM. Contact: membership fees, meet great new friends, kasak@comcast.net. Website: roguephoeenjoy a wide variety of activities and events. nix.org or on Facebook. . 912-308-2094. savannahnokidding.angelfire.com/ or ekasak@comcast.net. roguephoenix.org. Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet
mail savannahnokidding@gmail.com . The Historic District, Downtown Savannah. Savannah Parrot Head Club
Beach, Buffet and no dress code. Check website for events calendar or send an email for Parrot Head gatherings. . savannahphc@yahoo.com. savannahphc.com. Savannah Quilt Guild
Meet the second Saturday, September through June, at Woods of Savannah, 1764-C Hodgson Memorial. Social time 9:30am, meetings 10:00am followed by a program. Open to all who are interested in quilting. Membership is $25 per year. . (912) 598-9977. savannahquiltguild@ comcast.net. 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. . 912-655-0994. savannahsacredharp.com. Faith Primitive Baptist Church, 3212 Bee Road. Savannah SCA
The local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism meets every Saturday at Forsyth Park for fighter practice and general hanging out. If you’re interested in re-creating the Middle Ages and Renaissance, come join us! South end of Forsyth Park, just past the Farmer’s Market. Free. www.savannahsca.org Free , 11 a.m. savannahsca.org. , 11 a.m Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. Savannah Story Games
We play games that help us tell improvised stories. Get together over food - roleplayers, storytellers, or the merely curious and help us create an amazing story in just three hours. We’ll use games with special rules that craft characters, settings, and conflicts. Weekends, in different locales check savannahstorygames.com for more information. free Fridays-Sundays. info@ savannahstorygames.com. savannahstorygames.com. Fridays-Sundays Downtown Savannah, downtown. Savannah Sunrise Rotary Club
Meets Thursdays from 7:30am-8:30am at the Mulberry Inn. . savannahsunriserotary. org. Savannah Toastmasters
Helps improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly, supportive environment. Mondays, 6:15pm, Memorial Health University Medical Center, in the Conference Room C. . 912-484-6710. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Savannah Veggies and Vegans
Join the Facebook group to find out more about vegetarian and vegan lifestyles, and to hear about upcoming local events. Mondays. Mondays Savannah Writers Group
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. . savannahwritersgroup. blogspot.com. continues on p. 48
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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. . foxyloxycafe.com/. 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. . 912-598-7387. savannahaux.com. Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671
Meets second Monday of each month, 7pm, at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. . 912-429-0940. rws521@ msn.com. vvasav.com. When Humanity Fails: Holocaust Exhibit
This interactive exhibition educates about the events that led to the Holocaust during WWII, as well the stories of the courageous U.S. soldiers who liberated the concentration camps and rescued the survivors. Ages 12 yrs. and up. School, civic and religious groups are welcome. Call for large group reservations. Free and open to the public. Through April 30. 912-3558111. programming@savj.org. savj.org. savannahjea.org. Through April 30 Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. 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. . 912-232-3549. chesteraellis@comcast. net. Concerts
13th Colony Sound (Barbershop Singing)
“If you can carry a tune, come sing with us!” Mondays, 7pm. . 912-344-9768. savannahbarbershoppers.org. Thunderbolt Lodge #693, 3111 Rowland Ave. Concert: Lady Antebellum
Georgia Southern University presents the Grammy-winning country music trio in their “Take Me Downtown Tour 2014.” $45-$50 General public. Discounts for GSU students/faculty, military, and nonGSU students. Fri., May 2, 8 p.m. georgiasouthern.edu/concert. Fri., May 2, 8 p.m Paulson Stadium at Georgia Southern Univ., Lanier Dr./Chandler Rd./ Malecki Dr.
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The Armstrong Atlantic Youth Orchestra, Atlantic Chamber Orchestra, Lyric Strings Ensembles I & II, and Debut Strings all perform. Sponsored by Savannah Friends of Music. $10 Mon., May 5, 6:30 p.m. armstrong.edu. Mon., May 5, 6:30 p.m Armstrong Fine Arts Center, 11935 Abercorn St. “Ed & Friends” POPS Concert
The Savannah Winds, community wind symphony in residence at Armstrong, performs its annual concert in memory of Ed Caughran, acclaimed Savannah music educator. Popular tunes and arrangements from Broadway and film highlight a 48 fun Spring afternoon concert. $14. Free to
Armstrong. Sun., May 4, 3 p.m. armstrong. edu. Sun., May 4, 3 p.m Armstrong Fine Arts Center, 11935 Abercorn St. An Evening of Jazz Guitar featuring guitarists Jackson Evans and Tyler Ross
Each musician performs compositions separately with the ensemble and perform together for the final portion of the show. Accompaniment by bass guitarists Maggie Evans and drummer Ron Wiltrout. $10 Wed., April 30, 7:30 p.m. 912-233-4766. trinity1848.org. trinitychurch1848.org/. Wed., April 30, 7:30 p.m Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St.
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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. . 912-234-8745. Adult Intermediate Ballet
Mondays and Wednesdays, 7pm-8pm. $12/class or $90/8 classes. Call for info. Academy of Dance, 74 W. Montgomery Crossroad. . 912-921-2190. Argentine Tango
Lessons Sundays 1:30-3;30pm. Open to the public. $3 per person. Wear closed First Friday for Folk Music toe leather shoes if possible. Doris Martin Monthly folk music showcase hosted by the Dance Studio, 8511-h ferguson Ave. Call or Savannah Folk Music Society in a friendly, email for info. . 912-925-7416. savh_tanalcohol-free environment. $5 donation. go@yahoo.com. Ballroom Group Dance Class May acts: Rupert Wates and Roll On, Weekly ballroom dance classes focus on Rodney. first Friday of every month, 7:30 two types of dance each month. Open to p.m. 912-898-1876. savannahfolk.org. fpc. presbychurch.net. May acts: Rupert Wates partners/couples or to solos. The $35 for 4 weeks or $10 drop in Mondays, 7 p.m. and Roll On, Rodney first Friday of every month, 7:30 p.m First Presbyterian Church, 912.312.3549. reservetodance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Mondays, 520 Washington Ave. Friends of Ben Tucker Jazz Concert 7 p.m Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 A jazz concert in memory of the late Ben Hodgson Memorial Drive. Ballroom/Latin Group Class Tucker, the renown Savannah bassist, Every Tuesday and Wednesday we will be featuring the Skyelite Jazz Band of the Savannah Arts Academy. Bring a chair and having group classes at 8pm! Tuesdays classes will focus on FUNdamental steps, enjoy the upbeat music. Free will offering styling, and techniques. Wednesday’s to benefit Savannah Arts Academy Sun., classes will be more specific and advanced May 4, 4-5:30 p.m. 912-232-4151. comelements. Each class will have specific munications@ascensionsavannah.org. themes, so stay tuned for details. $15/perascensionsavannah.org. elcota.org. Sun., son and $25/couple Wednesdays, 8 p.m. May 4, 4-5:30 p.m Lutheran Church of the 912-335-3335. savannahballroom@gmail. Ascension, 120 Bull St . Live Music with Craig Tanner com. savannahballroomdancing.com. Live music every Wednesday with Craig Wednesdays, 8 p.m Savannah Ballroom Tanner and rotating guests such as Eric Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street. Beginners Belly Dancing with Cybelle Britt, Eric Dunn and Mr. Williams. FREE For those with little-to-no dance backWednesdays, 6 p.m. Wednesdays, 6 p.m ground. Instructor is formally trained, has Bonna Bella Waterfront Grille, 2740 Livperformed for over ten years. $15/person. ingston Avenue. O, Guitarra! Tues. 7pm-8pm. Private classes and walk A concert of Spanish music featuring Brian ins available. Synergistic Bodies, 7724 Luckett, Savannah’s outstanding classical Waters Ave. . 912-414-1091. info@cybelle3. guitarist. Accompanied by I Cantori, Savan- com. cybelle3.com. nah’s professional 26 voice chamber choir. Bellydance lessons with Happenstance BelFeatured work: the seven movement work lydance All levels and styles of bellydance welRomancero-Gitano, by Italian composer come. Classes are every Monday from Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. $15. Discounts for students. Thu., May 1, 7:30 p.m. 5:30-6:30pm. $15/lesson. Drop-ins welcome or call Carrie @(912)704-2940 925-7866. Thu., May 1, 7:30 p.m St. Paul’s for more info. happenstancebellydance@ Episcopal Church, 34th & Abercorn Sts. A gmail.com happenstancebellydance. concert of Spanish music featuring Brian wordpress.com $15/lesson , 5:30 p.m. Luckett, Savannah’s outstanding classical guitarist. Accompanied by I Cantori, Savan- (912) 704-2940. happenstancebellydance. nah’s professional 26 voice chamber choir. wordpress.com. , 5:30 p.m Anahata HealFeatured work: the seven movement work ing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Suite B. C.C. Express Dance Team Romancero-Gitano, by Italian composer Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm. Clogging or Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. $15. Distap dance experience is necessary. Call counts for students. Fri., May 2, 7:30 p.m. Claudia Collier for info. . 912-748-0731. 925-7866. stpeterssavannah.org. Fri., May 2, 7:30 p.m St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 3 Windsor Forest Recreation Building, Windsor Forest. West Ridge Road. Piano Lessons
Give the gift of music. Piano lessons with a classically trained instructor, with theater and church experience. Adults & children welcome. All levels. Call Renee Miles, 912312-3977. GA Music Warehouse. . georgiamusicwarehouse.com/. Georgia Music Warehouse, 2424 Abercorn St.
Dance for Peace
A weekly gathering to benefit locals in need. Music, dancing, fun for all ages. Donations of nonperishable food and gently used or new clothing are welcomed. Free and open to the public. Sundays, 3 p.m. 912-547-6449. xavris21@yahoo.com. Sundays, 3 p.m Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. Dance Lessons (Salsa, Bachata)
Learn to dance Salsa & Bachata. For info,
call Austin (912-704-8726) or Omar (Spanish - 787-710-6721). Thursdays. 912-7048726. salsa@salsasavannah.com. salsasavannah.com. Thursdays Great Gatsby, 408 West Broughton Street. Dance Party
Join us on Thursdays at 8pm for fun, friendship, and dancing! Parties are free for our students and are only $10 for visitors ($15 for couples). free - $15 Thursdays, 8 p.m. 912-335-3335. savannahballroom@gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing.com. Thursdays, 8 p.m Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street. FUNdamentals Dance Lesson
Every Tuesday and Wednesday we will be having group classes at 8pm! Tuesdays classes will focus on FUNdamental steps, styling, and techniques. Wednesday’s classes will be more specific and advanced elements. Each class will have specific themes, so stay tuned for details. $15/ person $25/couple Tuesdays, 8 p.m. 912335-3335. savannahballroom@gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing.com. Tuesdays, 8 p.m Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street. Home Cookin’ Cloggers
Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm, Nassau Woods Recreation Building, Dean Forest Road. No beginner classes at this time. Call Claudia Collier for info. . 912-748-0731. 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. . 912-704-2052. prideofirelandga@gmail.com. Kids/Youth Dance Class
Kids Group class on various Ballroom and Latin dances. Multiple teachers. Ages 4-17 currently enrolled in the program. Prepares youth for social and/or competitive dancing. $15/person Saturdays, 10 a.m. 912-335-3335. savannahballroom@gmail. com. savannahballroomdancing.com. Saturdays, 10 a.m Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street. Line Dancing
Take down Tuesdays. Jazzy Sliders Adult Line Dancing, every Tuesday, 7:30pm10:00pm. Free admission, cash bar. Come early and learn a new dance from 7:30pm8:30pm. . doublesnightclub.com/. 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. . 912-272-8329. Modern Dance Class
Beginner and intermediate classes. Fridays 10am-11:15am. Doris Martin Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd. Call Elizabeth for info. . 912-354-5586. RAVE NIGHT with DJ ORSON WELLS
Get your Rave on with the the one and only DJ Orson Wells! We got glow sticks! Saturdays, 9 p.m. Saturdays, 9 p.m Salsa Lessons by Salsa Savannah
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6pm and 6pm-7pm. Salon de Maile, 704B Hodgson Memorial Dr., Savannah, 31406. See website for info. . salsasavannah.com. Savannah Shag Club
Wednesdays, 7pm,at Doubles Lounge. Fridays, 7pm, at American Legion Post 36, 2309 E. Victory Dr. . doublesnightclub. com/. Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Savannah Swing Cats--Swing Dancing
. doublesnightclub.com/. Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Sizzle: Dance and Cardio
A class designed to maintain that summer body by dancing and having fun. Incorporates dance and cardio to fun, spicy songs. $10 drop in or 10 classes for $80 Tuesdays, Fridays, 10 a.m. 912-312-3549. reservetodance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Tuesdays, Fridays, 10 a.m Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive. Swing Dance Lessons at the Telfair
Telfair Museums invites dancers of all levels, beginner to expert, to enjoy lessons from Savannah Ballroom in the Telfair Academy Rotunda. Dancers may pay in advance to attend all four lessons or drop in to take one lesson at a time. A small reception follows the May 27 class. Price per lesson: $5 students | $10 Telfair members | $15 non-members Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m.. telfair.org. telfair.org. Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m. Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard St. Swing in the Spring! - Swing Dance Lessons
Swing in the Spring! Tuesdays: May 6, 13, 20, 27 We invite dancers of all levels, beginner to expert, to enjoy lessons in the magnificent Telfair Academy Rotunda. Dancers may pay in advance to attend the lesson block at Telfair.org/tickets or drop in to take one or two lessons. Price per lesson: $5 students / $10 Telfair members / $15 non-members. Space may be limited. A small reception follows the May 27 class. Price per lesson: $5 students / $10 Telfair members / $15 non-members Tue., May 6, 6-7:30 p.m. telfair.org. Tue., May 6, 6-7:30 p.m Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard St.
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Zumba & Zumba Toning with Anne
Ditch the workout & join the party. All levels welcome. Wednesdays, 6:30 PM 7:30PM. Lake Mayer Community Center 1850 East Montgomery Crossroads $5 class - discount cards available Bring a friend & it’s free for you! . 912-596-1952. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads. Events
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selves in Marilyn: Celebrating an American Icon, a major traveling exhibition featuring Marilyn as artists’ muse. Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres. $95-$150 Mon., May 5, 6-9 p.m. www.telfair.org. telfair.org/jepson/. Mon., May 5, 6-9 p.m Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Deepening the Ancient Grooves with Rahasya
A weekend journey of mantra, yoga asana, and satsang. In this immersion, Surdas and Vajra Yogini will guide practitioners through a comprehensive experience of yoga, deepening the ancient grooves of subtle energy in the human body and beyond… Cost: $65 for all 3 sessions, or individually priced Sat., May 3, 1-3 & 7-9 p.m. and Sun., May 4, 1-3 p.m. 912.232.2994. savannahyoga.com/. Sat., May 3, 1-3 & 7-9 p.m. and Sun., May 4, 1-3 p.m Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Farm a la Carte: A Mobile Farmer’s Market
At various spots around town, including Green Truck on Wednesdays, 2:30pm6:30pm. Bethesda Farmers’ Market on Thursdays, 3:00-5:30pm. Forsyth Park Farmers’ Market on Saturdays, 9am-1pm. Sustainable meats, organic produce, local dairy. . revivalfoods.com. greentruckpub. com. Green Truck Pub, 2430 Habersham St. FREE: NAMI Family-to-Family Educational Course
NAMI Family-to-Family is an educational course for family, caregivers and friends of individuals living with mental illness. What You Should Expect: •Meets for 12 session, 2.0 hours each, free of cost. •Designed for loved ones (over age 18) of individuals living with mental illness. •Taught by trained family members of individuals living with mental illness. •Provides critical information and strategies related to caregiving. •Incorporates presentations, discussion and exercises. •Designated an Evidence Based Practice in 2013 by SAMHSA. FREE Tue., May 6, 6 p.m. 912-353-7143. namisavannah@namisavannah.org. nami.org. Tue., May 6, 6 p.m The Reed House, 1144 Cornell Street. From Downton to Gatsby: Jewelry and Fashion from 1890 to 1929
Fashion and jewelry are often considered entirely separate subjects, yet they are so closely linked that in reality they are two parts of one whole. In his talk, contributing jewelry designer for Downton Abbey Andrew Prince gives a clear overview of perhaps the most brilliant and turbulent period of recent times, this being the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Free Wed., April 30, 5-6:30 p.m. scadmoa.org/. Wed., April 30, 5-6:30 p.m SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.
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Keynote Address: Where Did Freedom Come From? by Edward L. Ayers, University of Richmond president and Civil War scholar. Free and open to the public. Wed., April 30, 5 p.m. Wed., April 30, 5 p.m First Baptist Church of Savannah, 223 Bull St. Georgia Historical Society Garden Party
The annual Garden Party following GHS’s 175th Annual Meeting. Reservations required. $50 members – $75 non-mem50 bers. Wed., April 30, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 912-
651-2125 ext 110. Wed., April 30, 6:30-8:30 p.m Harper Fowlkes House, 230 Barnard Street. Guided Tours of the Lucas Theatre for the Arts
Learn the history of the historic Lucas Theatre on a 20-30 minute tour. Restoration, architecture, history of the theatre and of early cinema. $4. Group rates for ten or more. School trips available. No reservations needed for 10:30am, 1:30pm and 2pm. Other times by appointment. Call for info. . 912-525-5023. lucastheatre.com. Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Historic Savannah Foundation Preservation Awards Luncheon
Historic Savannah Foundation’s annual recognition of the best of preservation. Awards to individuals, organizations and projects whose contributions demonstrate excellence in historic preservation. $45 Wed., April 30, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. 912-2337787. dmeunier@myhsf.org. desotohilton. com/. Wed., April 30, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m Desoto Hilton, 15 E. Liberty St. Isle of Hope Tour of Artful Gardens
Explore seven diverse and awe-inspiring private gardens on Isle of Hope, with local artists working in them during the tour. Refreshments on a lawn overlooking the island’s famed bluff and Skidaway River. Presented by Parkersburg Garden Club. Tour starts at St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Cornus Dr. $20. Advanced tickets at The Savannah Bank, or day of event. Sat., May 3, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 912-354-9759. Sat., May 3, 10 a.m.-2 p.m St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 2 St. Thomas Ave. Lecture: Jack Shaheen on Stereotypes in Art
Author and media critic Jack Shaheen shatters racial stereotypes in this lecture. Book signing for “A is for Arab” follows. Free and open to the public. Thu., May 1, 5 p.m. scad.edu. Thu., May 1, 5 p.m Arnold Hall (SCAD), 1810 Bull St. Lunch and Learn with Susie Chisholm
The Savannah native shares how she went from graphic artist and painter to well-known sculptor whose bronzes can be seen in Ellis Square, Lake Mayer and the public library. Luncheon included. $45 Wed., April 30, 11 a.m. Wed., April 30, 11 a.m Cohen’s Retreat, 5715 Skidaway Rd. NeoPopRealist Art Contest Dedicated ti its 25Year Anniversary
Deadline: December 15, 2014. Artists’re welcome to submit up to 3 images of NeoPopRealist work as .JPEG files 300dpi with brief info about self & work’s medium, email: neopoprealismPRESS@ mail.com. Winners ‘ll be announced Dec. 31, 2014. Grand prize for the 1st place is signed original drawing by NeoPopRealism creator Nadia Russ. S2nd place winner’ll receive signed print of the same work. See the Grand Prize at www.neopoprealism. org Free Through Dec. 15. neopoprealismpress@mail.com. Through Dec. 15 Online only, none. The original Midnight Tour
One of the spookiest tours in town. Learn about the untold stories of some of the most haunted locations here in Savannah Georgia. Guaranteed to give you a few goose bumps and an unexplained need for a night light. 33.00 . 1-866-666-3323. 6thsenseworld.com. 6th Sense Savannah
Tours, 404 Abercorn Street. PBJ Pantry
A free food pantry held every Thursday, 1011am and 6-7pm. Contact Jessica Sutton for questions. 912-897-1192 . ymcaofcoastalga.org/. YMCA (Wilmington Island), 66 Johnny Mercer Blvd.
Savannah Fashion Week: Mix Julep Trunk Show
Shop the spring and summer collections from local Savannah designer, Kathryn Hayes. Sat., May 3, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. savannahfashionweek.org. Sat., May 3, 10 a.m.-6 p.m Savannah Fashion Week: Faith Thornburg Trunk Show
A show of the bridal collection from Faith Thornburg. Sat., May 3, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. savannahfashionweek.org. ivoryandbeau. com. Sat., May 3, 10 a.m.-6 p.m Ivory and Beau, 7302 Abercorn St Suite 1B. Savannah Fashion Week Pop-Up Shop
A one-time-only opportunity to shop the looks presented on the SFW runway by the official retailers and independent designers of Savannah Fashion Week. Held at 201 West Broughton Street (corner of Broughton and Bull). $5 donation Fri., May 2, 12-7 p.m. savannahfashionweek.org. Fri., May 2, 12-7 p.m Savannah Fashion Week Runway Show
The highlight of Savannah Fashion Week, this year’s runway show features the area’s best local retailers and, for the first time, collections from Savannah’s most exciting independent designers. $50 and up Thu., May 1, 7 p.m. savannahfashionweek. org. Thu., May 1, 7 p.m Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. Savannah Storytellers
Tall tales and fun times with the classic art of storytelling. Every Wednesday at 6pm. Reservations encouraged by calling 912-349-4059. Wednesdays, 6 p.m. liveoakstore.com/tubbysthunderbolt. Wednesdays, 6 p.m Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. Shire of Forth Castle Fighter Practice
Local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism meets Saturdays at Forsyth Park (south end) for fighter practice and general hanging out. For those interested in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. . savannahsca.org. Sixth Sense Savannah Tour
In 2002, smashing all of the barriers,the Sixth Sense Savannah tour became the first tour to go well beyond the usual touring areas and subject matter, starting in a neighborhood, where locals, family, friends, chose to share their personal ghost stories, exclusively with the company founder. 30.00 Every 55 days, 9:30 p.m. 9122920960. 6thsenseworld.com. Every 55 days, 9:30 p.m 6th Sense Savannah Tours, 404 Abercorn Street. Thursday, May 1: Lunch ‘N’ Thinc: Make your Pitch Pop; Work it with the Pros
Author Joel Zuckerman, Evoca founder, Murem Sharpe, and servicing specialist, Jessica Neeley, all come from diverse work backgrounds but share a common foundation: a passion for public speaking. Each will talk about tips that work for them along with basics on how to make your pitch effective and memorable. Free to attend; $10 for lunch Thu., May 1, 11:30
a.m.-1 p.m. 912-544-1200. tom@thincsavannah.com. thincsavannah.com. Thu., May 1, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m Thinc Savannah, 35 Barnard St. 3rd Floor. Walter Evans conversation with Tim Rollins and Angel Abreu
Dr. Walter O. Evans leads conversation about ‘RIVERS’ with visiting artists Tim Rollins and Angel Abreu. Reception with small plate items. Free and open to the public. Pricing for small plate entrees varies. Thu., May 1, 5:30 p.m. scad.edu. scadmoa.org/. Thu., May 1, 5:30 p.m SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd. Fitness
$5 Community Yoga Classes
Savannah Power Yoga offers a community yoga class nearly every day of the week for just $5. All proceeds support local organizations. Check out our schedule at www. savannahpoweryoga.com for details. Note that most of our classes are heated to 90 degrees and you will sweat! Bring a yoga mat, towel and some water and get ready to have some fun! $5 Mondays-Fridays, Sundays. (912) 695-9990. info@savannahpoweryoga.com. savannahpoweryoga. com. savannahpoweryoga.com/. MondaysFridays, Sundays Savannah Power Yoga, 7360 Skidaway Rd. AHA Yoga Classes
Jivamkuti Inspired w/ Brittany Roberts Mondays 6:30pm – 7:45pm Soul Progression w/ Lynn Geddes Tuesdays/Thursdays 12:30pm – 1:45pm & 6:30pm – 7:45pm TGiF! Power Hour with Lynne McSweeny Fridays 5:45pm – 6:45pm All Levels Yoga w/ Christine Harness Glover Saturdays 9:30am – 10:45am n/a first Monday, Tuesday, Thursday-Saturday of every month. 912-308-3410. first Monday, Tuesday, Thursday-Saturday of every month Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Suite B. 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. . 912-598-9860. savannahalanon.com. 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. . 912-350-3438. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Beach Body Workouts with Laura
MONDAYS at 6:15 PM at the Lake Mayer Community Center $5.00 per session Mondays, 6:15 p.m. (912) 652-6784. Mondays, 6:15 p.m Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads. Beastmode Fitness Group Training
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. . beast-
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modefitnessga.com. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. Bellydancing Fusion Classes
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. . bohemianbeats.com. 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. . egs5719@ aol.com. Talahi Island Community Club, 532 Quarterman Dr. Dawn Baker’s Movement in the Park
a health and wellness fair for young women and young men. Join the “Dawning of a Miracle Mile” (a one mile walk/run), Zumba, yoga, health screenings, refreshments. Sponsored by Dawn Baker, Fleet Feet Sports Savannah, and the YMCA of the Coastal Empire. $10 donation. Sun., May 4, 2-5 p.m. (912) 232-6048. contactus@dawnbakeronline.com.. dawnbakeronline.com/movement-in-the-park. Sun., May 4, 2-5 p.m Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. Fitness Classes at the JEA
Sin, firm it up, yoga, Pilates, water aerobics, Aquasize, senior fitness, and Zumba. Prices vary. Call for schedule. . 912-3558811. savj.org. savannahjea.org. 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. . savannahcommons.com. Dude’s Day at Savannah Climbing Coop
Thursdays, 2 til 10 p.m. Savannah Climbing Coop 302 W Victory Dr, Savannah Every Thursday men climb for half price, $5. See website for info. Thursdays, 2 & 10 p.m. 912-495-8010. savannahclimbingcoop. com. Thursdays, 2 & 10 p.m Savannah Climbing CoOp, 302 W Victory Dr. 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 7am10pm. Call or see website. . 912-598-2300. gastateparks.org/SkidawayIsland. gastateparks.org/info/skidaway/. Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy. Insanity Workout Group Class
INSANITY turns old-school interval training on its head. Work flat out in 3 to 5-min blocks, and take breaks only long enough to gulp some air and get right back to work. It’s called Max Interval Training, because it keeps your body working at maximum capacity through your entire workout. $10 or $80 for 10 fitness classes Saturdays, 11 a.m. 912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Saturdays, 11 a.m Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.
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. . 912-441-4891. customfitcenter.com. 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. . 912-429-9241. Mommy and Baby Yoga
Mondays. Call for times and fees or see website. . 912-232-2994. savannahyoga. com. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Pilates Classes
Daily classes for all skill levels including beginners. Private and semi-private classes by appointment. Carol Daly-Wilder, certified instructor. Call or see website for info. . 912-238-0018. savannahpilates.com. pilatessavannah.com/. Momentum Pilates Studio, 8413 Rerguson Ave. Pole Fitness Classes
Looking for a fun and flirty way to get into shape? First City Fitness offers pole fitness classes taught by Pole Dance America’s 2014 National Professional Champion and Miss Fitness 2013 & 2014, Sabrina Madsen. Pole fitness concentrates on both fostering upper body strength and overall flexibility as well dance elements. Call or email to reserve your spot today! We offer a Beginning class Tuesdays from 8pm-9pm, Advanced class Wednesdays 8pm-9pm, and Stiletto Sundays 5pm-6pm with Open Pole from 6pm-7pm. All pole classes except Stiletto Sundays are $25 for drop in or 5/$100 (must be used in 30 days) Stiletto Sundays are $30 drop in, 4/$100 (must be used in 30 days) Wednesdays, 8-9 p.m., Sundays, 5-7 p.m. and Tuesdays, 8-9 p.m. 801-673-6737. info@firstcityfitness.com. Wednesdays, 8-9 p.m., Sundays, 5-7 p.m. and Tuesdays, 8-9 p.m First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr.
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 . qigongtim.com/. Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Renagade Workout
Free fitness workout, every Saturday, 9:00 am at Lake Mayer Park. For women only. Offered by The Fit Lab. Information: 912376-0219 . Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads. 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, 912-596-5965. . Ladies Day at Savannah Climbing Coop
Wednesdays, 2 til 10 p.m. Savannah Climbing Coop 302 W Victory Dr, Savannah Every Wednesday women climb for half price, $5. See website for info. . 912-495-8010. savannahclimbingcoop.com. 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. . savannahdiscgolf@gmail. com. savannahdiscgolf.com. 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. . savystrider.com. SIZZLE- Dance Cardio
The hottest cardio class to keep you in shape for summer or to get you in shape for summer. Sizzle is designed to give you cardio, strengthening, and stretch training that you need for that bikini body. Enroll now and get the first class free. $10.00 or $80 for 10 classes Tuesdays, Fridays, 10 a.m. 912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Tuesdays, Fridays, 10 a.m Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive. Tai Chi Fusion
Tai Chi Fusion is a form of moving meditation combining several forms of Tai Chi as well as Qi Gong. Join us weekly as we tone our muscles and quiet our minds. $12/ class Saturdays, 10 a.m.. relaxsavannah@ gmail.com. facebook.com/relaxsavannah. Saturdays, 10 a.m. Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Tai Chi Lessons in Forsyth Park
Tuesdays, 9am-10am. $10. North End of Forsyth Park. Email for info. . relaxsavannah@gmail.com. Forsyth Park, 501 continues on p. 52
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series of 6-week classes. Thursdays. A mindful approach to pregnancy, labor and delivery. Instructor Ann Carroll. $120. Call or email for info. . 912-704-7650. ann@ aikyayoga.com. savannahyoga.com/. Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St.
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Free will astrology ARIES
what Eeyore might say, but I say different.
good life.
Whitaker St.
“Dear Astrologer: We Aries people have an intense fire burning inside us. It’s an honor and a privilege. We’re lucky to be animated with such a generous share of the big energy that gives life to all of nature. But sometimes the fire gets too wild and strong for us. We can’t manage it. It gets out of our control. That’s how I’m feeling lately. These beloved flames that normally move me and excite me are now the very thing that’s making me crazy. What to do? - Aries.” Dear Aries: Learn from what firefighters do to fight forest fires. They use digging tools to create wide strips of dirt around the fire, removing all the flammable brush and wood debris. When the fire reaches this path, it’s deprived of fuel. Close your eyes and visualize that scene.
LEO
SAGITTARIUS
Do you finally understand that you don’t have to imitate the stress-addled workaholics and self-wounding overachievers in order to be as proficient as they are? Are you coming to see that if you want to fix, heal, and change the world around you, you have to fix, heal, and change yourself? Is it becoming clear that if you hope to gain more power to shape the institutions you’re part of, you’ve got to strengthen your power over yourself? Are you ready to see that if you’d like to reach the next level of success, you must dissolve some of your fears of success?
Actor Matthew McConaughey prides himself on his willingness to learn from his mistakes and failures. A few years ago he collected and read all the negative reviews that critics had ever written about his work in films. It was “an interesting kind of experiment,” he told Yahoo News. “There was some really good constructive criticism.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Sagittarius, now would be an excellent time for you to try an experiment comparable to McConaughey’s. Be brave!
Lose calories while dancing and kick-boxing. 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 . 586-822-1021. facebook. com/turbokicksavannah.
March 21-April 19
TAURUS
April 20-May 20
“My personal philosophy is not to undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.” So said Taurus-born Edwin Land, the man who invented the Polaroid camera. I have a feeling these might be useful words for you to live by between your birthday in 2014 and your birthday in 2015. In the coming 12 months, you will have the potential of homing in on a dream that will fuel your passions for years. It may seem to be nearly impossible, but that’s exactly what will excite you about it so much -and keep you going for as long as it takes to actually accomplish.
GEMINI
May 21-June 20
I wish there was a way you could play around with construction equipment for a few hours. I’d love it if you could get behind the wheel of a bulldozer and flatten a small hill. It would be good for you to use an excavator to destroy a decrepit old shed or clear some land of stumps and dead trees. Metaphorically speaking, that’s the kind of work you need to do in your inner landscape: move around big, heavy stuff; demolish outworn structures; reshape the real estate to make way for new building projects.
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In the *Transformers* movies, Optimus Prime is a giant extraterrestrial warrior robot. His body contains an array of weapons that he uses for righteous causes, like protecting Earth’s creatures. His character is voiced by actor Peter Cullen. Cullen has also worked extensively for another entertainment franchise, *Winnie the Pooh.* He does the vocals for Eeyore, a gloomy donkey who writes poetry and has a pink ribbon tied in a bow on his tail. Let’s make Cullen your role model for now. I’m hoping this will inspire you to get the Eeyore side of your personality to work together with the Optimus Prime part of you. What’s that you say? You don’t have an Optimus Prime part of you? Well, that’s
July 23-Aug. 22
VIRGO
Aug. 23-Sept. 22
“Beauty is the purgation of superfluities,” said Michelangelo. Do you agree? Could you make your life more marvelous by giving up some of your trivial pursuits? Would you become more attractive if you got rid of one of your unimportant desires? Is it possible you’d experience more lyrical grace if you sloughed off your irrelevant worries? I suggest you meditate on questions like these, Virgo. According to my interpretation of the astrological omens, experiencing beauty is not a luxury right now, but rather a necessity. For the sake of your mental, physical, and spiritual health, you need to be in its presence as much as possible.
LIBRA
Sept. 23-Oct. 22
I’m pretty sure God wants you to be rich. Or at least richer. And I know for a fact that I want you to be richer. What about you? Do you want to be wealthier? Or at least a bit more flush? Or would you rather dodge the spiritual tests you’d have to face if you became a money magnet? Would you prefer to go about your daily affairs without having to deal with the increased responsibilities and obligations that would come with a bigger income? I suspect you will soon receive fresh evidence about these matters. How you respond will determine whether or not you’ll be able to take advantage of new financial opportunities that are becoming available.
SCORPIO
Oct. 23-Nov. 21
The U.S. military budget this year is $633 billion. In comparison, the United Nations’ peacekeeping budget is $7.8 billion. So my country will spend 81 times more to wage war than the U.N. will spend to make peace. I would prefer it if the ratio were reversed, but my opinion carries no weight. It’s possible, though, that I might be able to convince you Scorpios, at least in the short run, to place a greater emphasis on cultivating cooperation and harmony than on being swept up in aggression and conflict. You might be tempted to get riled up over and over again in the coming weeks, but I think that would lead you astray from living the
Nov. 22-Dec. 21
CAPRICORN
Dec. 22-Jan. 19
“Dear Oracle: I might be hallucinating, but recently I swear my pet iguana has been getting turned on whenever I disrobe in front of it. My naked body seems to incite it to strut around and make guttural hissing sounds and basically act like it’s doing a mating dance. Is it me, or is the planets? I think my iguana is a Capricorn like me. - Captivating Capricorn.” Dear Capricorn: Only on rare occasions have I seen you Capricorns exude such high levels of animal magnetism as you are now. Be careful where you point that stuff! I won’t be shocked if a wide variety of creatures finds you extra alluring.
AQUARIUS
Jan. 20-Feb. 18
“Eat like you love yourself,” advises author Tara Stiles. “Move like you love yourself. Speak like you love yourself. Act like you love yourself.” Those four prescriptions should be top priorities for you, Aquarius. Right now, you can’t afford to treat your beautiful organism with even a hint of carelessness. You need to upgrade the respect and compassion and reverence you give yourself. So please breathe like you love yourself. Sleep and dream like you love yourself. Think like you love yourself. Make love like you love yourself.
PISCES
Feb. 19-March 20
If blindfolded, most people can’t tell the difference between Pepsi and Coca-Cola. But I bet you could, at least this week. Odds are good that you will also be adept at distinguishing between genuine promises and fakes ones. And you will always know when people are fooling themselves. No one will be able to trick you into believing in hype, lies, or nonsense. Why? Because these days you are unusually perceptive and sensitive and discerning. This might on occasion be a problem, of course, since you won’t be able to enjoy the comfort and consolation that illusions can offer. But mostly it will be an asset, providing you with a huge tactical advantage and lots of good material for jokes.
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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. . 912-350-9031. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Zumba and Zumba/Toning with Mai
Fall/Winter schedule. Mondays at 8:30AM Zumba/Toning Lake Mayer Community Center 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads $5.00/class Mondays/Wednesdays at 6:00PM Zumba/Toning Windsor Forest Elementary Gym 308 Briarcliff Circle $5.00/class Tuesdays/Thursdays 10:00AM Zumba/Toning Curves @ Savannah Mall (912) 921-1771 14045 Abercorn St #1610 31419 $5.00/class (Non-Members) Tuesdays @ 5:30PM Zumba St. Paul CME Social Hall (912) 233-2849 123 Brady St (at Barnard St) 31401 $3.00/class (NonMembers) Wednesdays @ 9:30AM Zumba/ Toning Frank Murray Community Center (912) 898-3320 160 Wilmington Is Rd 31414 $3.00/class Bring water, proper shoes and attire. . 912-604-9890. Zumba Fitness (R) with April
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Forsyth Farmers Market
Local and regional produce, honey, meat, dairy, pasta, baked goods and other delights. Rain or shine. Free to attend. Items for sale. 912-484-0279. forsythfarmersmarket.com. Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. Honey Tasting and Body Care Samples + Store Southbound Brewing Co. Tours & Tastings
A few tastes of the newest local brews. Tours are first come, first serve. Live music on Saturdays. $10 for souvenir pint glass and 6 tasting tickets. 21+ only. info@ southboundbrewingco.com. Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. Health
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. . 912-344-3333. armstrong.edu. about. armstrong.edu/Maps/index.html. Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Bariatric Surgery Information Session
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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. . 912-350-3438. bariatrics.memorialhealth. com. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Free Health Screenings for Kids
Free eye, ear, dental, and nutrition screening for Chatham County School students. (Normally a $30 fee applies when getting the screening at the health department). Free and open to the public. No appointment needed. Wed., April 30, 8 a.m.-noon. 912-644-5217. Wed., April 30, 8 a.m.-noon Chatham County Health Department, 1395 Eisenhower Drive (facing Sallie Mood Dr.). Free Hearing and Speech Screening
Hearing: Thursdays, 9am-11am. Speech: First Thursdays,. Call or see website for times. . 912-355-4601. savannahspeechandhearing.org. savannahspeechandhearing.org/. 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. . 912-6445217. 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. . 912-443-9409. St. Joseph’s/ Candler--St. Mary’s Health Center, 1302 Drayton St. Hypnosis, Guided Imagery and Relaxation Therapy
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. . 912-927-3432. savannahypnosis.com. 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. . 912-897-9544. lllusa.org/web/savannahga.html. Living Smart Fitness Club
An exercise program encouraging healthy lifestyle changes. Mon. & Wed. 6pm7:15pm Hip Hop low impact aerobics at Delaware Center. Tues. 5:30-7:00 Zumba at St. Joseph’s Candler African American Resource Center. (Program sponsors.) . 912-447-6605. NEDA WALK
National Eating Disorders Association hosts 1st Annual NEDA Walk in Savannah. By participating in and donating to a NEDA Walk, you are helping to raise awareness about the dangers surrounding eating disorders and the need for early intervention and treatment. By getting involved in a NEDA Walk, you are saving lives. $25.00 May 3, 8:30 a.m. 912-312-0079. rdurandeffley@gmail.com. May 3, 8:30 a.m Daffin
Park, 1198 Washington Ave. Planned Parenthood Hotline
First Line is a statewide hotline for women seeking information on health services. Open 7pm-11pm nightly. . 800-264-7154. 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. . 912-651-6410. LGBT
First City Network Board Meeting
First Monday, 6:30pm, at FCN office, 307 E. Harris St. 2nd floor. Call or see website for info. . 912-236-CITY. firstcitynetwork.org. 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. . Georgia Equality Savannah
Local chapter of Georgia’s largest gay rights group. 104 W. 38th St. 912-547-6263. GVNT HAVS
GVNT HAVS is a free monthly drag show that houses the unique antics of the House of Gunt, a Savannah based free-form drag collective whose mission is to connect the trashy with the flashy, the kitschy with the classy, and the people of Savannah with a breath of fresh, queer air. Free first Thursday of every month, 10 p.m. houseofgunt@ gmail.com. first Thursday of every month, 10 p.m Chuck’s Bar, 305 West River Street. Savannah Pride, Inc.
Organizes the annual Savannah Pride Festival and helps promote the well-being 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. . 912-288-7863. heather@savpride.com. 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. . 912-657-1966. info@standoutyouth.org. standoutyouth.org.
Dolphin Project: Lecture and Training
The Dolphin Project presents a program about bottlenose dolphins, the sea mammals living in our coastal waters, followed by training on how to participate in PhotoID research surveys on inshore waters. No experience necessary. Especially seeking skippers with boats, photographers with minimum of 300mm lenses, team leaders and assistants. Free and open to age 10 and up. Training for age 16 and up. Sat., May 3, 10 a.m.-noon. thedolphinproject@ comcast.net. Sat., May 3, 10 a.m.-noon Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. Ogeechee Riverkeeper Rivers Rock Kick-Off Party
Join Ogeechee Riverkeeper members and friends to celebrate with live music featuring Missionary Blues, delicious beer & great people. An all-ages event.Complimentary finger food plus one free beer or glass of wine with admission. $10 Sun., May 4, 3-6 p.m. 866-942-6222. emily@ ogeecheeriverkeeper.org. moonriverbrewing.com/. Sun., May 4, 3-6 p.m Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St. Ossabaw Island Day Trip
A day on Georgia’s third largest barrier island. Travel by boat to Bradley Beach on Ossabaw; go ashore to spend time wandering beach. Next stop is the island’s North End for an interpretive tour that includes ecology and history. Then wander the North End on your own, before returning to the mainland. Bring lunch and beverage. Reservations required. $75 gen. public. $55 Friends of Ossabaw Sun., May 4, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 912-233-5104. robin@ ossabawisland.org. ossabawisland.org. Sun., May 4, 9 a.m.-4 p.m Ossabaw Island, 1 Cane Patch Rd. Religious & Spiritual
Art of Peaceful Living
How is it possible to apply the ancient art of Buddhist meditation to today’s hectic and busy modern world? Join us to learn how to solve your problems and develop a peaceful mind by applying Buddha’s classic advice to daily life. Everyone is welcome to attend, no previous experience necessary. Drop in for any class. $10 or $5 seniors/students Wednesdays, 7 p.m. (912) 358-0228. meditationinsouthcarolina.og. unityofsavannah.org/. Wednesdays, 7 p.m Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. Band of Sisters Prayer Group
Nature and Environment
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) . 912-663-8728. jeanneseaver@aol.com. capitolcom.org/ georgia.
Dolphin Project’s Education Outreach Program is available to speak at schools, clubs, organizations. A powerpoint presentation with sound and video about estuarine dolphins and their environment. Age/ grade appropriate programs and handouts. See website for info. . thedolphinproject. org.
Welcoming all lineages and spiritual traditions. Newcomers to meditation welcome. Daily meditation, study groups and classes. Sunday includes a talk given by resident priest on Buddhist philosophy and how it relates to daily life. The center is available for individual and group retreats, weddings and funerals. Visit Savannahzencenter.com
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. . 912-352-2611. Dolphin Project
for schedule and see us on Facebook. Soto Zen lineage, resident Priest Un Shin Cindy Beach Sensei. 912-427-7265 . The Savannah Zen Center, 111 E. 34th St. 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. . familylife@diosav. org. diosav.org/familylife-singles. Center for Spiritual Living--Savannah
All are invited to this Science of Mind community. Recognizing the presence and power of God within, and believing that this presence is in everything in the universe, unifying all of life. Welcoming all on their spiritual pathway. Celebration: Sunday mornings. Location: Bonaventure Chapel, 2520 Bonaventure Road. Meditation at 10:30am Service at 11:00am Childcare available in the “Funday School” Sundays. cslsavannah.org. Sundays Christmas Psychic Reading Madness Sale
December Madness Sale!!!!!!! $15 for 20 minute phone readings! payable at PayPal savannahpsychic@gmail.com or go to website and check out Christmas monthly Specials Love and Light Low Country Psychic of Savannah ~Kelly Spurlock 15.00 Mondays-Sundays. 9125592169. savannahpsychic@gmail.com. MondaysSundays Ellis Square, Barnard Street and St. Julian Street. Columba House
Columba House is an inclusive, welcoming hospitality space dedicated to building and sustaining a community of faith committed to social justice with the city’s young adults, college students, and creative demographic. Tuesday evenings 6:30-8pm, includes dinner and a program focused on justice. All are welcome. Free and open to the public. Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. 912228-9425. Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m Columba House, 34th Street between Abercorn and Lincoln Streets. Guided Silent Prayer
Acoustical songs, 30 minutes of guided silent prayer, and minutes to receive prayer or remain in silence. Wednesdays, 6:45-8:00pm at Vineyard Church, 615 Montgomery St. See website for info. . vineyardsavannah.org.
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FOR RENT •1102 E.33rd Street: Recently renovated 2BR Apt. Hardwood floors, CH&A, stove, refrigerator, dishwasher, washer/dryer, off-street parking. $700+Sec. •2106 Hawthorne St. 2BR, no appliances, gas heat $500+security. •1202 E. 37th St. Large downstairs 3BR apt. Gas heat $550+security. •1021 W. 41St: 3BR/1BA House, LR, DR, kitchen, appliances, CH&A $700+Sec. Call Lester @ 912-313-8261
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APRIL * DEPOSIT SPECIALS* SAVE YOUR $$$$$ *Credit Issues, Prior Evictions, Bankruptcies may still apply *Weekly & Bi-Weekly Payment Options Available for Apts. Videos of properties B Net Management Inc. on Facebook 801 West 39th Street: 3BR/1BA House, LR, DR, Hardwood floors, Laundry room, Kitchen, Fenced yard $725/month. 718 West 38th Street: 3BR/2BA, LR, DR, kitchen w/ appliances, fenced yard, CH&A, hardwood floors & carpet. $725/month. 807-807-1/2 Paulsen Street: 2BR/1BA Apt. Appliances, central heat/air, carpet & hardwood floors $625/ month. 503 West 42nd Street: 2BR/1BA Apt. Appliances, central heat/air, washer/dryer hookup, hardwood floors, carpet $625/month. Ocho Rios Villa Apts. Off Westlake Ave. 2 & 3BR, 1 Bath Apts. Newly Renovated, hardwood floors,carpet, ceiling fans, appliances, central heat/air, washer/dryer hookups. $575$695/month, utilities may be added to rent if requested. 912-844-3974 Mon-Sat 10am-5pm www. bnetmanagement.com *For Qualified Applicants* WE ACCEPT SECTION 8 *2219 Florida: 2BR/1BA $675 *822 E. 37th: 3BR/2BA $825 Several Rental & Rent-To-Own Properties. GUARANTEED FINANCING. STAY MANAGEMENT 352-7829
3BR/1.5BA HOUSE FOR RENT: 44 S.Parkwood Drive by Sav’h State. CH&A, washer/dryer hookup, total electric, no appliances,no pets. $800/month. 912-507-8127 5707 Bragg St, 1BR,1 BA, Utilities Included, Great Mid town loc. $155/w. Call Bob 912-631-1650 APARTMENT FOR RENT - East 54th Street, 2BR, 1BA, with stove & refrigerator. $490/month plus deposit. Call 912- 308-0957 APARTMENTS FOR RENT WEEKLY PAYMENTS 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 included. NO CREDIT CHECK REQUIRED; EVICTIONS OK. $179 One Bedrooms, $200-$235 Two Bedrooms weekly. Biweekly & Monthly rates available. Call 912-319-4182, Mon-Sat 10am-6pm. ATTRACTIVE HOME 2211 Utah Street 3 Bedroom, 1 Bath, separate living/dining, laundry, central air/ heat, carport, fenced yard, deadend street. $800/month, $700/ deposit. No Section 8. 912-6569676 DUPLEX: 1114 E. 54TH STREET. 2BR/1BA $550/month plus $550/ deposit. Two blocks off Waters Avenue, close to Daffin Park. Call 912-335-3211 Days/Nights/ Weekends FOR RENT: Oaklane Townhouses off Wild Heron Road (Georgetown Area). 110 Trellis Way. 3 BR, 2.5 BA Townhouse, Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen appliances, no refrigerator, (Senior discount). Call 234-0611, Monday- Friday
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1303 E. 66th Street. 2BR/2BA, W/D conn. $695/ month, $400/deposit.
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SPECIAL! 11515 White Bluff Rd. 1BR/1BA, all electric, equipped kitchen, W/D connection. Convenient to Armstrong College. $595/ month, $400/deposit. 207 EDGEWATER RD. Southside near Oglethorpe Mall. 2BR/2BA $750/mo., $500/dep. DAVIS RENTALS 310 EAST MONTGOMERY X-ROADS, 912-354-4011 OR 656-5372 RENT OR RENT-TO-OWN: Remodeled mobile homes, 3BR/2BA, in Garden City mobile home park. Low down affordable payments. Credit check approval. Call Gwen, Manager, at 912-9647675 SOUTHSIDE •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
ROOMS FOR RENT $75 Move-In Special Today!! Clean, furnished, large. Busline, central heat/air, utilities. $100$130 weekly. Rooms w/bathroom $145. Call 912-289-0410.
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SINGLE, Mature Individual for Roommate: Safe Environment. Central heat/air, cable, washer/ dryer. Bi-weekly $270, $270/ security deposit, No lease. Immediate occupancy. Call Mr.Brown: 912-663-2574 or 912234-9177. SPACIOUS ROOMS FOR RENT Newly renovated on busline. 2 blocks from Downtown Kroger,3 blocks from Historic Forsyth Park. $150/week with No deposit. 8445995
ROOMMATE: $125 & Up. Private bath, Spa, Cable TV, Internet, CH/A, Washer/Dryer, Kitchen, Clean & Safe. 24-Hour surveillance, Busline, Near grocery store. (912)401-1961
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THUNDERBOLT LOCATION Room available, across from SSU. *29 Kandlewood Drive: 3BR/1.5 Shower, toilet, sink included in room, washer/dryer available. BA. $925/month *2234 DeRenne Ave: 5BR/2BA $130/week. $100/deposit. $15/ mo. cable. 912-844-3990 or 912$1,250/month. *410 Delores Ave. 4BR/1BA $875 655-9121 *9319 Dunwoody Dr. 3BR/1.5BA $950. Call 912-507-7934, 912Roommate Wanted 927-2853 or 912-631-7644 ROOMMATE WANTED: Ardsley Park area. $450 plus partial utilities. Call Beverly, 912-3984301 Room for Rent
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FURNISHED EFFICIENCY: 1510 Lincoln Street. $165/week plus CLEAN, QUIET, NICE ROOMS deposit. Includes microwave, & EFFICIENCIES from $100refrigerator, central heat & air & $215. Near Buslines. Stove, utilities! Call 912.231.0240 Refrigerator, Washer & OCEAN FRONT CONDO Dryer. For More Info, Call 2BR, 2BA completely furnished. 912-272-3438 or 912-631$990.00 Weekly & Multi week discount. 912-897-6037 or 2909
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SENIOR LIVING AT IT'S BEST FOR AGES 50 & BETTER Shared community living for full functioning seniors ages 50 & above. Nice comfortable living at affordable rates. Shared kitchen & bathroom. All bedrooms have central heating/air and cable. Bedrooms are fully furnished and private. Make this community one you will want to call home. SAVANNAH'S HOUSE OF GRACE also has community housing with its own private bath. Different rates apply. Income must be verifiable. We accept gov. vouchers.
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