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WALK THE CHALK! SIDEWALK ARTS FEST IS BACK

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STORY INAUGURAL STORYTELLING CONFERENCE KICKS OFF WITH ‘STORY UNDER THE STARS’

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A LIFETIME OF STORIES TO TELL

Soak up the springtime sun at Forsyth Park Saturday, April 23, 2022 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. scad.edu/sidewalkarts2022.

William O. Golding (American, 1874–1943); Tug William F. McAuley, Atlantic Towing Co., Sav, GA, 1934

Exhibition support is provided by Inge Brasseler and a special grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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WEDNESDAY 4/20 YAPPY HOUR

Relax and social with your pooch--or without. Food and libations. Doggie activities. Family friendly. No admission. Hosted by the Savannah Kennel Club and featuring local rescue groups. third Wednesday of every month, 6 p.m. Starland Yard, 2411 DeSoto Ave.

AUTHOR TALK: KIMBERLY BROCKCLICK

Please join us in store at 7 p.m., where Kimberly Brock will be in conversation and signing copies of her book ‘The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare’. The fate of the world is often driven by the curiosity of a girl. What happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke remains a mystery, but the women who descended from Eleanor Dare have long known that the truth lies in what she left behind: a message carved onto a large stone and the contents of her treasured commonplace book. Pre-Order:eshaverbooks.com 326 Bull St.

THE PIANO MEN LIVE ON STAGE

TRIVIA NIGHT WITH JESS SHAW

Jess Shaw and Kevin Ryan will guide participants through an evening of trivia and self discovery at Service Brewing. Test your trivia knowledge while also competing in interactive challenge rounds to gain extra

To have your event considered for inclusion, please send an email to happenings@connectsavannah.com. Include the event name, date, time, location with address, cost, website address for additional information, and a contact number. The submission deadline is 5PM each Friday before the following Wednesday’s edition.

points. The first place team receives a $100 cash prize. 6:30 p.m. Service Brewing Company, 574 Indian Street. servicebrewing.com

OPEN MIC AT MINT TO BE MOJITO BAR

Musicians & Singers Wanted! Join host Larry Broussard (of the band LAX) for Savannah’s Best Open Mic every Wednesday. Watch LIVE ON TIKTOK! (Cajuncookin). Larry plays your favorite hits and requests between sets. Call 912-713-1009 to book your 30 minutes of stage time. No cover charge! 5-11 p.m. Mint to Be Mojito Bar & Bites, 12 W State St.

WHISKEY WEDNESDAYS

Discounted regional and international whiskey and bourbon selections every Wednesday at Oak 36 Bar + Kitchen. Come try something new on the rocks, as a smoked drink, or perhaps with natural shrubs and fresh pressed juices in one of their craft cocktails. 5500 Abercorn St. Suite #36

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OPENING RECEPTION @RO3 GALLERY

CHILDISH THINGS; EXPLORATIONS OF THE INNER CHILD: An exhibition by Rob Forbes featuring sculpture and photo works that explore the dark side of the foster care system in the 60s & 70s. 6-9 p.m. 915 Montgomery St. ro3gallery.com

THURSDAY 4/21 SAVANNAH LIVE! VARIETY SHOW

Two hours of high-energy fun for all ages with singers, dancers and rockin’ live band performing Pop to Broadway and Stomp to Rock and Roll! The most fun you’ll have while in Savannah. Thurs & Sat at 8pm THE SAVANNAH THEATRE at 222 Bull St., Historic Downtown 912 233-7764 / savannahtheatre.com

BINGO! AT ELKS LODGE

Join Elks Lodge for Bingo on Thursdays from 7:30-9:30 p.m. and Sundays from 7-9 p.m. Enjoy great family fun, good food at the snack bar and many chances to win cash. Elks Lodge, 183 Wilshire Blvd.

FREE YOGA ON THE BEACH AT THE THE DECK Enjoy free yoga on the Tybee sponsored by The Deck Beach Bar & Kitchen. Bring a large beach towel, your mat or a tapestry, a hat and sunglasses, water and a friend. 9-10 a.m. The Deck Beachbar and Kitchen, 404 Butler Ave.

FRIDAY 4/22

BIRD: A SOLO SHOW

A stand-up solo show about a trainwreck and her childhood trauma. Touring the country from sold out rooms in LA, SF, Austin, & NYC. A solo show about a train wreck and her trauma. As Vincent shares events from a recent “killer”

comedy set, past trauma pecks its way to the surface. In search of a flight path forward, BIRD reckons with child sexual assault, with Vincent’s “punk rock…badass” comedic and lyrical storytelling. “Bird is an edgy, heartfelt, thoughtprovoking piece that can make anyone feel less alone in their trauma. It’s honest, hilarious, and tear-jerking. Don’t miss it.” 7:30-8:30 p.m. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave.

BLUEGRASS BY THE PINT WITH SWAMPTOOTH Join Service Brewing for Bluegrass by the Pint every Friday featuring live bluegrass from favorite local favorite’s, Swamptooth.6 p.m. Service Brewing Co., 574 Indian St.

FULL MOON HIKE AT WORMSLOE

Are you looking for a unique Savannah experience? Put on your hiking shoes, bring a flashlight, and join us for a full moon hike in the Wormsloe maritime forest. Get a rare view of a sunset over the Moon River and moon rise over our intercoastal wetlands. The hike will start at the Visitors Center and be approximately 2 hours on a 3 mile trail. Advance reservations are required. Call the Park office at 912-353-3023 to purchase your tickets prior to the day of the program. 7-9:30 p.m. Wormsloe State Historic Site, 7601 Skidaway Road. $7 - $15 gastateparks.org/ Wormsloe

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Three world-class singers / piano players together with a live band pay tribute to Billy Joel, Elton John, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Paul McCartney and many more. The audience will be singing along! Wednesday, Friday & Tues at 8pmTHE SAVANNAH THEATRE at 222 Bull St., 912 233-7764 / savannahtheatre.com

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ON THE COVER Dr. Bertice Berry in her home library, photographed with some of her favorite books. Read more about her and her involvment with the Institute for Story in this issue. Photo by Jonathan Chick.

Wrap up the weekend with a Sunday Funday Sunset Party on the roof. Local DJ Doc Ock on the 1s and 2s, an amazing view, Long Drink and Herradura specials, and $3 Rosé all day. 6 - 9 p.m. Top Deck, 125 W. River Street

MONDAY 4/25

MIDTOWN MONDAYS

Savannah’s largest industry night at Oak 36 Bar + Kitchen. Enjoy Pubstar Karaoke hosted by Shane along with DJ B-RAD playing today’s hits inbetween singers. Enjoy $4-$5 drink specials all night along with a late night menu and craft cocktail bar. The fun starts at 10pm every Monday! 5500 Abercorn St. Ste. 36

TYBEE ISLAND FARMERS MARKET

Local and regional produce, honey, meat, dairy, pasta, baked goods, and other delights. Rain or shine. 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Forsyth Park. Drayton St. & East Park Ave.

Weekly market featuring a variety of produce, baked goods, honey, eggs, BBQ, sauces and dressings, popsicles, dog treats and natural body products. Artisans are also featured each week. Located at 30 Meddin Dr., right behind the Historic Tybee Lighthouse. tybeeislandfarmersmarket.com

ISLANDS FARMERS MARKET

PILATES CLASS

FORSYTH FARMERS MARKET

MAKING A MARKET WALLET WORKSHOP

INFORMATION: (912) 721-4378 sales@connectsavannah.com

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Weekly farmers market on Talahi Island highlighting local growers and makers, healthy foods and a positive environment. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Islands Farmers’ Market, 401 Quarterman Dr. facebook.com/islandsfarmersmarket

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FREE FAMILY WEEKENDS AT THE JEPSON CENTER & TELFAIR ACADEMY

SUNSET PARTY SUNDAY

Market Wallets are all-purpose carrying bags that were used by everyone in the 18th century. Whether carrying personal items or groceries, this practical bag held everything they needed. This workshop will cover the method of sewing you will use to create your very own bag. Price of workshop covers admission, instruction and all materials. Pre-registration is required. Space is limited. Call our office at 912-353-3023 to register for this workshop. 1:30 p.m. Wormsloe State Historic Site, 7601 Skidaway Road.

SUNDAY 4/24

BEATS, BREWS + BEERMOSAS

Catch those Sunday Vibes every week at Service Brewing with beats, brews and beermosas featuring sets from local DJs, delicious food trucks and 16 beers on tap. 12:30-5:30 p.m. Service Brewing Company, 574 Indian St. servicebrewing.com

Skidaway Island United Methodist Church (SIUMC) offers, to church and non-church members alike, basic Mat Pilates classes on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:15-10:15 a.m., for only $5.00-$6.25 per class. Classes focus on improving core strength, posture, flexibility and muscle tone. Visit siumc. org/nurture 54 Diamond Causeway

TUESDAY 4/26

TRIVIA TUESDAYS

Voted one of Savannah’s best places to enjoy trivia in 2021. Enjoy video trivia hosted by Hangover Entertainment at Oak 36 Bar + Kitchen. Free to play, and starts at 7pm with prizes for top 2 teams. Full menu and craft cocktail bar. 5500 Abercorn St. Suite #36

SCAN THE CODE TO FIND MORE EVENTS THIS WEEK!

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INTRODUCTIONS:

MEET DR. BERTICE BERRY LOCAL TREASURE GEARING UP FOR ROLE IN ‘STORY UNDER THE STARS’ By Kareem McMichael

Arts & Entertainment Writer

University, but the day it got there, a counselor took it to the financial aid director. That same day, a wealthy benefactor called the admissions department looking for a potential student “who could swim if they had the right backing,” and might sink without it. Berry was just the student he was looking for. Jacksonville University is a private predominantly white school. Berry grew up in a segregated society. Her high school did not integrate until the year after she graduated. College was a new experience for her, though she was well aware of racism. “I knew the difference between hatred and ignorance and I could isolate and identify and deal with it,” said Berry. “It was knowing the difference between ‘I hate you because you’re black,’ – and it’s not just students. You got it from faculty. I learned early that, A: it’s not everybody, and B: how to isolate and deal with those who it was, but it also empowered us.” Berry and other Black students at J.U. became active on campus and formed a strong voice to advocate for others.

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Renowned sociologist, author, lecturer, and educator Dr. Bertice Berry is known around the world for her work, but this mother, daughter, friend, activist and phenomenal woman overcame a great deal of adversities, stereotypes, and clichés to get to where she is today. Her strong faith and those who helped her along her journey is not lost on her. Berry grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, as one of seven children raised by a single mother. “My family was extremely poor, and my mom was a single mother,” said Berry. “There was every stereotype about a single mom with seven kids, being poor, and the whole ‘you ain’t never going to be nothing.’” These are stereotypes that Berry recalled came from outside of the Black community as well as within. Despite these barriers and the awareness of limited opportunities, Berry had inspiration around her that helped her throughout life. Berry also has always been a helper. “I was that kid who helped everybody, like cleaning people’s houses. I had cleaning jobs. I cleaned houses in the morning before school and I cleaned banks after

school. I would also clean for different elders of the church and do all these things,” said Berry. Growing up, Berry always wanted to go to college but no one in her family had gone and it was something that–for some–would seem out of reach, considering her circumstances. It was not until one of her teachers, Karen Denton, told her she was going to go to college that she knew it was fully possible. “It was always my prayer, but I never said it out loud because college was like Mars. Nobody in my family had been. I don’t just mean siblings. I mean nobody in my whole family had ever been,” said Berry. Berry was even told by a high school teacher that she was “not college material” but there was another teacher who believed that she was destined for more. This teacher helped Berry find a better counselor to help with her college applications and the admissions process. Berry applied to several schools without any idea how she would pay the tuition if she were accepted. “I applied several places then this counselor said she think she know of another school I’d would be good at. She just took all the information from my applications and put it on an application to Jacksonville University in Florida,” said Berry. Berry’s application arrived late at Jacksonville

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They got involved in university housing, student government and more. “Somebody was in this group and that group, and we literally ran the campus in a short period of time. We had to get involved in places that felt uncomfortable to make change,” said Berry. Berry graduated magna cum laude from Jacksonville where she was awarded the President’s Cup for leadership, she later earned a Ph.D. in Sociology from Kent State University at the age of 26. “I was pretty driven. I went to church, the library and the weight room, that was it,” said Berry. “It was a Ph.D. or poverty. There is nothing in between for me and I was focused on that goal.” Berry taught sociology and statistics at Kent State, and demonstrated that she knew a few things about humor, as well. She became one of the most popular teachers at the university. “I had a friend who told me I was really funny. I don’t think you know how funny you are but my family is hilarious. Thanksgiving dinner, they will reenact the Color Purple. Everybody’s got a line. I kid you not,” said Berry. Berry left Kent and went on to become an award-winning entertainer, lecturer and comedienne. From 1991 through 1994 she won the coveted national Comedian of the Year Award, and was also named Campus Lecturer of the Year and Campus Entertainer of the Year. “I poured out my whole heart in the classroom. I worked really hard for people to learn and care about what they were learning. I knew I had to do something to make people listen and humor was the tool. It was used as a tool. I think I’m funny now, but it’s a result of joy,” said Berry. She had created a role as both a gifted speaker with a comic edge and a comic with a serious message. This kept Berry busy with doing over 200 appearances a year. Berry was the host and co-executive producer of her own nationally syndicated talk show, “The Bertice Berry Show,” and hosted “USA Live,” a four-hour live interview and entertainment show on the USA Cable Network and had made numerous appearances on other popular television shows. “There’s that Arabic proverb that says, when a person seeks their purpose, the universe conspires to answer. You think about everything. Conspiring for you in that moment, all you have to do is be on the right side,” said Berry. In 2011, Savannah Technical College President Dr. Kathy Love along with Technical College System of Georgia Commissioner Ron Jackson dedicated a new Student Enrichment Facility and presented Dr. Berry with the Bertice Berry Change & Transformation Classrooms. For Berry, community involvement is not limited to just “writing a check” and has taken a very active role in supporting organizations that benefit those in need. She has kindly donated all of the royalties from the sales of her books to organizations that help families in transition, raise funds for scholarships and provide resource information to low-income families. Her greatest and proudest moment was becoming the “instant mother” to her five children and becoming a grandmother in 2015 and again in 2021. This is a part of her life and legacy she cherishes the most. For her family and the world, she wants to leave a blueprint to make sure the world is genuinely a better place. Berry said, “The legacy you leave is the legacy you leave when you leave a room, whatever essence you left. I want people to love each other better because they knew me. I want people to feel like they have the power to change things with their love, with their heart, and with their very being. I want people to know they are not powerless, that their stories are meaningful.” Berry is actively involved in The Institute for Story, and will be featured at ‘Story Under the Stars’ at Forsyth Park on Sunday, April 24.

INSTITUTE FOR STORY: HEALING AND CONNECTING THROUGH THE POWER OF STORY

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STORY

INAUGURAL STORYTELLING CONFERENCE KICKS OFF WITH ‘STORY UNDER THE STARS’

By Marley Gibson Features Writer

Through the past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Savannah community has held tightly together. On Sunday, April 24, through a collaboration with Hospice Savannah, The Institute for Story, and a special grant from the Savannah Philharmonic, “Story Under the Stars” will offer a chance to come together to heal and connect through personal stories. “Story Under the Stars” kicks off the Storytelling Conference and hopes to utilize the healing power of story. Jamey Espina, Vice President of Development and Community Service, Hospice Savannah, said the entire concept for the Institute for Story evolved from Hospice Savannah. “We used to have story keeping program going back to the 90s where Dottie Kluttz, one of their hospice nurses realized every patient had a desire to tell their story. So, she went to the CEO and said, ‘I no longer want to be a nurse. I want to record people’s life stories.’ And that’s what we’ve done ever since.” “Over the years, we’ve recorded thousands and thousands of stories. It’s like when someone dies, their library of books is being burned down, as well. Now, we can record those stories to have forever.” Espina said the real evolution came when Dr. Bertice Berry joined the board of Hospice Savannah and we started to talk

about now, more than ever, we need story. “We need story to heal. We need story to connect. We need story to re-humanize humanity... and so we discussed the concept of a conference and bringing folks from all over the country to learn how to tell story and to learn to heal and to connect to the power of story.” The kickoff event was always intended for the community, though. Espina said, “What we recognize is that no communities have really started dealing with the last two years of this pandemic. As I said, we believe story was the way to deal with this, so we created the Story Under the Stars event. It will be in Forsyth Park with folks in the community who applied and auditioned with their stories. We ended up with five adults and two Savannah school children who are going to tell their COVID stories of hope and survival.” As if that weren’t powerful enough, Espina explained another level of the event. “We took their stories and submitted them to a composer who then wrote a score based on these stories. The partnership is with the Savannah Philharmonic helped pull everyone’s story together.” Espina said Mayor Van Johnson will begin the evening’s program with his own story, followed by the orchestra playing between each person’s story. “It’s going to be a beautiful kind of minipicnic-in-the-park type atmosphere where it’s about our community healing. And, now we will have a recorded soundtrack of our COVID experience in Savannah. We want to be a model for the country that-at

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‘It’s going to be a beautiful kind of mini-picnic-in-the-park type atmosphere where it’s about our community healing. And, now we will have a recorded soundtrack of our COVID experience in Savannah. We want to be a model for the country that–at some point–you have to start healing and talking and moving forward,’ Photo: The Savannah Philharmonic performs at a previous year’s Picnic In the Park. Photo courtesy of Institute for Story Savannah

species has survived this long because we’ve told stories—we’re losing it a little bit because of technology,” Espina said. “You have a couple of generations of folks who don’t even walk to talk to you on the phone. They only want to text you. Most people have been trained just to find headlines that already support their views and not read past the headlines. When you do that, you’re losing story. You’re just losing it. So, that’s why we feel strongly about these events. We hope this will be an annual program promoting these ideas and helping to change the world.” As far as the negative effect of fake news and things on the Internet, how can that be overcome? Espina said you still have to tell your story in an honest way. “When we are sincere, honest, and vulnerable, that is when we tell a good story,” he suggested. “When we use words to manipulate…well, there’s a thing called the drama triangle and the number one tool in the drama triangle is guilt. If you’re using guilt as part of your story, you’re not telling a story well, you’re trying to manipulate. Sometimes, we’re manipulating because we have fears and insecurities about ourselves that we see projected in others or sometimes we’re just tuned in to our own disconnection and fear

which comes out as anger. Words last a lifetime and are hurtful. A true story comes from a place of love and honesty and vulnerability and that’s what we’re teaching people.” “As much as something can be used for good, it can be used for bad, as well. We’ve seen that. Part of the conference teaches people how to tell a good story from a structure perspective in that a good story takes something from the past, brings it into the future, and leaves us with a hopeful ending. The point of good story is to really listen to the story. The listener can tell when things are making sense and when things are right,” Espina said. “As humans, we have vulnerability and humility, so when we react physically and chemically to something, it’s because something touches a trigger. That tells us something might not necessarily be honest or honorable or sincere,” he said. Continuing, he explained, “Part of the conference is teaching people how to listen to stories and how to understand their own physiological chemical reactions to stories and question it. If a story brings up a certain emotion to you is that about the person telling the story, is it about the story, or is it about you? Is it something that is reinforcing or bringing up something

“When we are sincere, honest, and vulnerable, that is when we tell a good story,”

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some point-you have to start healing and talking and moving forward,” he stressed. “We’re super thankful for our sponsor which was the Savannah Orchestral Fund for making this happen. They’re helping us prove that story is the closest point between two people.” About 80 guests are expected for the Storytelling Conference. Upon arrival in Savannah, Espina said they’ll be given a trolley tour of the city and then dropped off for the festivities of the Story Under the Stars celebration. “It’s a great way to start the conference to say, ‘hey, we’re practicing what we preach, and here’s an example of how you can use story in your community.’” Espina said. “We’re hoping the whole conference will be a great experience for people to learn how to use the science of story.” Espina explained something fascinating. “We know scientifically when someone tells a story and tells it well—which is the key—that their listener’s body produces oxytocin and cortisol and all the good vibes within. That oxytocin is the chemical that binds us together—it’s in breast milk. We talk about our experiences because all of it is great storytelling. This is who we are and this is how we survive.” “We fear that even though we are all wired and embedded to tell story—our

in your past or your history? If so, you will want to explore.” “There’s a trend right now of people talking about self-care. If you ask the average person what self-care is, they will tell you they get their nails done or massaged regularly. No, that’s not selfcare; that’s grooming. We want to teach that self-care is knowing yourself. The best storyteller knows why they’re telling the story. They know who they are and they know what’s important to them.” Espina’s presentation is called “They don’t love what you do, they love why you do it.” Espina shared that through his experience working in hospice and fundraising, in particular, he has been successful not only because he can provide therapy as a leader, but people (especially donors) can tell when you care and when you love what you do. They’re not going to give a big donation to someone who is not sincere or is not in it for the right reasons, particularly if they don’t feel their reason their money is going to be used correctly.” With this opening event, followed by the conference, Espina hopes they can all help refocus the narrative. “The last two years have been about grief and loss for our community. Whether it’s been through death or change or to a different lifestyle, everyone’s reality has now been changed. We need to recognize we lived through this collectively, so collectively we need to heal. And we do that by telling stories.” “We want people to come to Forsyth Park. This time of year, it’s going to be a beautiful day... come to the park, bring a blanket, bring a picnic basket, and hear your fellow citizens tell their stories of survival and success as the Savannah Philharmonic plays the soundtrack of COVID experience. Let’s start the healing process.” For more information on the events of the Storytelling Festival, visit instituteforstory.com

Life is Hello, Life is Goodbye. Camp Aloha

A Camp for Grieving Children

April 29 - May 1, 2022

Camp Aloha is an overnight camp for children 6 – 17 who have experienced the death of a loved one. Held at the New Ebenezer Retreat Center, Camp Aloha provides structured activities and play to help campers with their grief experience, and is open to any child in Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, or Liberty counties. Apply Online At www.HospiceSavannah.org/CampAloha or Call Full Circle at (912) 303-9442

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SHAUN SAUNDERS: WRITING SOMEONE ELSE’S STORY

Shaun Saunders, a ghostwriter by trade, is pleased to be making his fourth trip to the Hostess City, but it’s not for the haunted ambiance. Instead, a long-time mentor extended an invitation to speak at this year’s Storytelling conference. “I was introduced to Dr. Bertice Berry in 2020, but little did I know that when I won the NAACP Literary Award, Dr. Berry was one of the judges,” Saunders shared of the Institute for Story’s founder. “I follow her stories on Instagram and share them regularly. When we first met, she said she knew more about me than I realized and that’s when she told me about voting for me for the NAACP literary award. I didn’t know that when I first met her, but I know it now. I can’t remember a time now when she wasn’t in my life.” Now, Shaun Saunders is thrilled to participate alongside Dr. Berry and so many other notable speakers at the Institute for Story Conference. A preacher, professor, ghostwriter, and worship leader, Shaun Saunders is the author of 6 books and holds degrees from Seton Hall University (B.A. and M.A. in English), Duke University (Master of Divinity), and Princeton Theological Seminary (Master of Theology). His publishing company has assisted over 300+ authors since its inception in 2008. Throughout his career and in all manners, story has mattered. Now, he wants to share what he has learned from his experiences. “My talk is about understanding how to support others and their stories. Professionally, for about 15 years, I’ve written many books about many people telling their stories. One of the things I think is important for people to do is to really support those individuals who have never told their story before. So as a ghostwriter, I’ve learned the key to setting a tone where people feel safe enough to share is to show your humility, honor, and honesty.” These are things Saunders implemented in his interview process when he talked to individuals. “There are examples where I’ve been in someone’s home and I’ll let them show me family pictures. I’ll ask questions and allow them to open up. The art of storytelling is also supporting another person who has a story to tell because they might not have the same experiences as you.” Saunders said one of the things he wants to stress in his talk is “How do you make sure you do not impose your own presumptions onto others and simply allow yourself to be a conduit?” Saunders said he thinks Savannah has the best of both worlds. “I am an ambivert, but I definitely like to recharge alone,” he said. “However, there are times when I want to listen to great music and Savannah has a whole atmosphere to it. It’s here when you need it. You have this beautiful landscape of serenity and solitude that allows you to do whatever you’re feeling that day.” - By Marley Gibson

Want to read more about Saunders, and other speakers at the 2022 Institute for Story Conference? There is full coverage and feature stories, along with video online at connectsavannah.com

SAVANNAH TREE FOUNDATION’S

GREEN GALA

CELEBRATES 40 YEARS, AIMS TO SHOW HOW EVENTS CAN BE ECO-CONSCIOUS

To celebrate its four decade milestone, Savannah Tree Foundation (STF) is hosting “The Green Gala: Celebrating 40 Years of Growth” on Saturday, April 23 in Tiedeman Park. For locals and visitors alike, there is no denying the beauty of Savannah’s urban canopy. The moss draped magnolias and live oaks that line our streets attract droves of visitors from around the world. Since 1982, STF has worked to uphold its mission of protecting and growing trees within Savannah’s urban forest, all while engaging with the public on how to properly care for the trees of today and tomorrow.

PLANTING ROOTS FOR 40 YEARS

GOING GREEN WITH EVENTS

In addition to celebrating the work of STF’s founders and current members, STF says their gala will also show how events can be eco-friendly while not hindering the experience of attendees. The effects of global climate change have shown the need for industries to start thinking about environmental solutions. The event industry can adversely affect the environment through emissions produced by food and material waste, lodging and travel. The cultivation of a greener future is something STF has dedicated itself to help accomplish—whether that’s planting the right tree in the right place or incorporating greener practices to lessen the impact our everyday lives have on the environment. STF members say the gala will use a number of environmentally responsible methods and materials to cut back on the amount of waste and energy produced by a typical event. This includes a sustainably-sourced four-course dinner prepared by local chef Nick Mueller, compostable and recyclable dinnerware and drinkware, such as cornbased plastic cups, recycled glass and bamboo plates. Invitations for the event were printed on recyclable paper, and an online silent auction intends to eliminate paper waste. “The Green Gala will show how we can model sustainable events in Savannah. We want to have an extraordinary event, but do things to make sure that we’re not generating a bunch of plastic or not being able to recycle a bunch of glass that we produce,” said Zoe Rinker, the executive director of STF. Rinker explained that a major component of planning eco-friendly events like the Green Gala requires planners to think of an end use for everything they buy and source for the event. For the gala, STF will partner with Code of Return (COR) Compost and Lammergeier: Closed-Loop Glass

Recycling to handle material and food waste from the event. COR Compost provides an environmental approach to waste management by taking food waste and breaking it down into nutrient rich compost. Maria Vaughn, one of the co-founders of COR Compost, said events that compost food waste and biodegradable materials have the potential to save money in the long run. “Initially there may be some upfront costs and changes as far as infrastructure, but if you create more of a circular, regenerative pathway, you should be able to actually save money. The benefits and advantages of doing the right thing is what we’re trying to educate and create as far as awareness goes. It shows the concern for the environment and is also a benefit because a lot of this stuff can go and regenerate right back and to their system,” explained Vaughn. Glass is an infinitely recyclable material that can be reused without loss of quality. Despite this, almost 7,550 tons of glass was landfilled in 2018 according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Malena Gauss, the owner of Lammergeier: ClosedLoop Glass Recycling noted the importance of events making conscious choices about the life cycle of the materials they use - particularly glass. “When you’re talking about sustainability in the general sense, it really comes down to the ability to meet your needs for now, without depleting the resources needed for tomorrow. With events specifically, I think it’s important for them to really think about the lifecycle of the product that they’re choosing,” said Gauss. STF believes that the introduction of these ecoconscious methods and practices can be used as a template for future events in Savannah, and a way to let the public know about the resources available to them. For additional information on STF’s mission and The Green Gala visit savannahtree.org

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The organization began with just three women - Lynda Beam, Suzie Williams and the late Page Hungerpiller. The trio started meeting in the 1970s calling themselves “The Monday Morning Mothers of the Earth,” and discussed tree related issues in Chatham County. When the County began clearing acres of land for development in the 1980s, Beam said it prompted them to take action. “Our initial intent was tree protection ordinance for the county,” said Beam. “We wanted to make a tree protection audit dealing with public land, rights of way and other large tracts that were going to be developed within the county.” The trio spoke with different cities around the country to learn how they each managed their trees, and what sorts of ordinance they had in place. On the floor of a living room, they began to cut, paste and tape together a tree ordinance for the county to consider. The county commission rejected their ordinance, but that didn’t stop the three from taking their ideas to the city. “We thought, well let’s try the city because it has so many trees. It also has The Park and Tree Commission, which is probably one of the oldest in the country, and we’ll try to enhance the city ordinance.” Forty years later, with almost 4,900 trees planted, 143 planting sites and 54 unique tree species throughout every municipality in Chatham County, STF’s efforts have not wavered. “Seeing the organization grow has been incredible. It began with just all volunteers and one part time worker. We’re doing great things, and it’s [STF] expanded county-wide,” said Beam.

Tiedeman Park will be the location of Savannah Tree Foundations Green Gala. The park is an example of Savannah’s urban canopy. Photo by AlexArango

The Kennedy Pharmacy houses the new Davenport House Musesum (DHM) gift shop, with the second floor serving as an office space for the DMH staff. Photo by Alex Arango

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The ribbon cutting and grand opening of the Murray C. Pearlman & Wayne C. Spear Preservation Center, and the restoration of the Kennedy Pharmacy will be hosted by Historic Savannah Foundation (HSF) on Tuesday, April 26 at 11 a.m. The ribbon cutting will take place at the Kennedy Pharmacy, located at 323 E. Broughton St. in Savannah. Contractors broke ground on the construction project in December 2020 following years of planning with the restoration project’s design being spearheaded by Felder & Associates, LLC Architecture firm. Construction work for the project was carried out by Brooks Construction Group. The completion of the new preservation center and pharmacy mark the end of the first phase of HSF’s project. Phase two of the project will focus on converting the ground floor, which served as an office space for the Davenport House Museum (DHM) staff, into HSF’s “Urban Enslaved” exhibit. The exhibit will seek to tell the stories of 13 enslaved people who lived on the property, expanding on DHM’s history. Susan Adler, The President and CEO of HSF is looking forward to the occasion and explained the importance of continuing preservation efforts in Savannah. “I think in some ways you can define Savannah, by its preservation. When I say preservation, please understand it’s the buildings which are so important, but also the stories and the history. We’ve learned that preserving the stories and the history of these buildings is part of what makes Savannah the city it is,” said Adler. The new preservation center will be a new community resource containing an educational space for visitors which has the potential to be used for future exhibits, or as a meeting area. Renovation of the Kennedy Pharmacy is historically accurate to the building’s original 1890 layout, with HSF overseeing maintenance and upkeep of the building. The pharmacy will include the relocated DHM gift shop on the first floor, with the second floor being used as the new office space for DHM employees. Gregori Anderson, the head of HSF’s building committee and board parliamentarian, expressed his excitement on completion of the project’s first phase. Anderson, whose background is in Architecture, calls Savannah a “living laboratory” and said that preservation is what puts Savannah on the map. “That’s what I get out of historic preservation. We’re reusing and repurposing buildings within our community and adding to the character and the ambiance of the city,” said Anderson. This sentiment was echoed by Josh Brooks the former president of HSF’s Board of Trustees and the owner of Brooks Construction Group. “It is a wonderful experience when you can engage with partners like HSF, and the tremendous staff that they have. Working on buildings of national importance, from a professional point of view, is the most satisfying type of project,” said Brooks. Progress in Savannah can be a double-edged sword. On one hand businesses and developers can help revitalize areas of the city. On the other hand, progress can lead to the loss of the city’s historic past. HSF has served as a bastion protecting and preserving Savannah’s history and stories since the “Seven Ladies” — Anna Colquitt Hunter, Lucy Barrow McIntire, Elinor Grunsfeld Adler Dillard, Nola McEvoy Roos, Jane Adair Wright, Katherine Judkins Clark and Dorothy Ripley Roebling — saved the Davenport house in 1955. As of today, HSF’s revolving fund has saved about 410 endangered buildings in Savannah that hold historical significance. - By Alex Arango

FUTURE TENNIS STARS

SAVANNAH CHALLENGER 2022 PREVIEW:

Pro tennis tournament begins this week in The Landings By Travis Jaudon @JaudonSports

NEED TO KNOW WHAT: 2022 ATP Savannah Challenger presented by St. Joseph’s Candler WHEN: Monday, April 25 - Sunday, May 1 (matches approx. 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.) WHERE: Franklin Creek Tennis Center (71 Green Island Dr. ) TICKETS/LIVE STREAM MATCHES/ MORE INFO: SavannahChallenger.com TWITTER: @SAV_Challenger INSTAGRAM: @SavChallenger Photo provided by Savannah Challenger

from Kader, who gets three wildcard selections as the director. Sarr has already made a name for himself traveling the world and playing in ATP events across the country and, recently, in South America and Mexico. He will play this week at the Savannah Challenger after being a volunteer ball-boy at the 2019 Savannah Challenger. For more information, including tournament schedule, tickets, special events, sponsorships and more, visit savannahchallenger.

com or call 912-598-3501. SATA silent auction, family concert new in ‘22 For the first time in the event’s history, the Savannah Challenger has partnered with the Savannah Area Tennis Association (SATA), which helps to create and supports initiatives for underserved communities and children around Chatham County. A subset of the United States Tennis Association (USTA), SATA organizes local tennis leagues as well as operating community outreach programs and casual, local tennis events. Some of the community outreach programs provided by SATA include Special Pops (for handicapped athletes), wheelchair tennis and Frank Callen Boys & Girls Club tennis programs. Leslie Shields has been on the board of SATA for roughly 30 years and is passionate about the game and its ability to impact communities in a positive way. She is the chairperson for the 2022 Challenger silent auction benefiting SATA this week at the tournament. Proceeds from the inaugural silent auction will be used to grow and develop SATA’s educational programs. “We see this as a terrific opportunity to raise some funds for our community outreach program,” said Shields of the silent auction’s impact on SATA. “Many people know that (SATA) is responsible for running leagues and tournaments, but it is less known that we are also committed to bringing tennis programs to everybody, especially the underserved and the youth.” Fans and community members will be able to bid on tennis themed items displayed under a tent near Center Court beginning Wednesday, April 27 at 10 a.m. and concluding after the championship singles match on Sunday, May 1. Winners of an item do not need to be present to win, and a complete list of items can be found at SavannahChallenger.com/SATA-silent-auction. For more information about SATA and its mission, visit SavannahTennis. com Also new for 2022 is the Thursday night (April 28) Center Court Concert, featuring Savannah’s well-known group, “Tell Scarlet,” who play a wide range of music from 1960’s classics to today’s popular favorites. Admission to the concert is free with a ticket to the tournament that day. Concessions including a full bar are also available on site for the duration of the tournament. “There is something for everybody at this year’s Savannah Challenger,” said White-Clemm. “You can watch a full day of men’s professional tennis then you can stay with the whole family and hang out for some great live music. What could be better than that?”

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The Savannah Challenger 2022, presented by St. Joseph’s/Candler, comes back to the Franklin Creek Tennis Center at The Landings Club this week as the professional tennis tournament is scheduled for April 25 – May 1. After being forced to cancel the event for COVID-19 concerns in previous years, the tournament is ready to return and first-year Tournament Chair Rhegan White-Clemm says everyone involved has waited for this week for a long time. “This year, we’ve made it our goal to make (the Savannah Challenger) a reimagined, more fun event where we can spread the message about the tournament to a wider community across Savannah,” said White-Clemm in a phone interview with Connect Savannah on April 15. “Savannah has a lot of wonderful tennis fans, and so it was really important to us to get the message out there so people will know and take advantage of the opportunity to see really great tennis.” One of Savannah’s only professional sporting events annually, The Savannah Challenger is a United States Tennis Association (USTA) tournament, and part of the worldwide challenger series. In 2020 and 2021, the event was canceled because of the pandemic. This year, there are no mask mandates or social distancing requirements for fans attending the tournament. Since 2018, the Deer Creek Course has hosted Savannah’s only other professional sports event with the Club Car Championship at The Landings Club, a tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour, one step below the PGA Tour. One step below the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) top worldwide tour is the ATP’s second-tier tour, the Challenger series. It includes 150 tournaments in 40 countries each year, and Savannah is one of those stops. Players who are rising through the tennis ranks en route to stardom and former top-50 players coming back from one setback or another makes for an interesting, diverse field of competitors. Each tournament—including this week in Savannah—they battle for significant prize money and critically important world ranking points alike. “Future stars are cutting their teeth on this tour and working their way up the ranks,” said Chris Kader, the Director of Court Sports at The Landings Club and the Savannah Challenger Tournament Director for a fifth time this year. “You’ll see guys out here (this) week who you’ll

see winning big-time events, including majors, one day and you’ll be able to look back and say you saw him play right here in Savannah. “It really is bringing the world to our doorstep in terms of tennis. It’s just really cool to be a part of this thing.” One player with local connections to watch out for is Jelani Sarr, a 17-year-old Savannah resident who got into the field this week thanks to a wildcard selection

COMMUNITY PETS OF THE WEEK Each week, we will highlight pets available for adoption from local rescue organizations. In April, we are featuring Renegade Paws Rescue.

BJORN

AGE: 7 YEARS COLOR: WHITE WEIGHT: 70 LBS Hi my name is Bjorn and I’m a lovable and loyal Great Pyrenees. I’m a little older but I’m still determined and agile- you should see how I duck and shimmy myself through my foster sibling’s “normal size” doggy door! A great day for me includes sleeping on my bed, going outside to walk the fence, sleeping outside in the sun, and then going back inside for a nap on the couch. I am patient with my food and house-trained. I am a calm and gentle protector that will be your best friend that slobbers on you with big ole kisses!

POISON

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AGE: ONE YEAR COLOR: BROWN WEIGHT: 40 LBS

Join us “In the Boardroom” for an opportunity for participants to get in the room with leaders of regional organizations to get candid insight about what makes them successful and perhaps some of their missteps. This gives leaders the opportunity to directly hear from those doing great work and gives the leader an opportunity to share and give back to those that are trying to learn how to take themselves and their organizations to the next level.

Hi, I’m Poison, the good kind! I’m ‘nothin but a good time,’ with endless love, cuddles, and the occasional zoomies with my fur friends! I love to have crazy time with my foster siblings (and the cats too, I know to respect their boundaries), but love people even more! I double as a foot warmer, give great kisses, and love to snuggle. When my foster parents are working though I’m good to settle in my crate with a blanket. If you’re looking for an adventure buddy (car rides, yay!) I may just be the perfect ‘fallen angel’ for your family!

The May 10 speaker is Robert E. “Bob” James, Chairman of the Board and President of Carver State Bank. He is also Chairman of Carver Financial Corporation.

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ers to remember their monthly preventatives. Since heartworm is spread through mosquito bites, there really is no ‘off’ season in the South. There is treatment for heartworm, but it is difficult and hard on both the pet and owner. As a rescue, Renegade Paws covers the cost of treating our heartworm positive dogs, even after they have been adopted.

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FOOD & DRINK EAT IT & LIKE IT

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For all of the terrible stories that have been shared as a result of the last two years, it’s refreshing to hear good news for a change. Sure, all you need to do is walk around Downtown Savannah on a weekend these days to see that business is booming, but a lot of these business owners will tell you it’s not all fun and games just yet. A lot of them are still digging out of holes and/ or climbing back from near ruin. A little dramatic? Not to those who’ve been living it. So imagine my reaction when I made a call to Jeb Bush, executive director of the Forsyth Park Farmers Market to talk to him about the 2022 Farm Picnic fundraiser and found out that the market really hasn’t missed a significant beat in the last two years? “We are one of the few non-profits that have flourished during the pandemic.” he

says. Full disclosure, I’ve seen the traffic at the Market nearly every Saturday. I live down the street. I figured they were doing well, but I never would have guessed the news was as good as it has been. “We never missed a market.” Jeb tells me “We made sure our farmers had a place to bring their food and the people who needed to have access would get it.” He says those first few markets in April, 2020 were very slow, which was to be expected, but it bounced back pretty quickly as people found themselves feeling safer shopping outdoors versus in a grocery store. Word of mouth kicked in. People who didn’t normally shop at Chatham County’s largest Farmer’s Market found themselves visiting. “People were spreading the word. We had a record 2020.” he says. A record for traffic on Saturday mornings, that is. There was still the issue of the annual Farm Picnic, held every year at the end of April. The market’s largest fundraiser of the year. It accounts for roughly 20% of their

COCKTAIL OF THE WEEK TAMARIND MARTINI ENJOY AT: BAOBAB LOUNGE 500 W River St. in the Plant Riverside District MADE WITH: TAMARIND, PASSIONFRUIT, INVERROCHE AMBER GIN, CINNAMON SUGAR RIM

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non-grant funding. In 2020, it was the first thing to go. Last year, it returned as a hybrid event. There were some attendees, but an effort was made to raise money on-line. It worked. It went well, but it wasn’t nearly as productive as the full blown, in-person picnics they’ve held for years. Well, this year it is back and it is this Sunday. Farm Picnic 2022 will be held this weekend (April 24) at Roberd’s Old Dairy Farm on Tennessee Ave. on Savannah’s East Side. It’s the only spot they’ve held this event. It’s a perfect spot for this event. It’s the market’s first full picnic since 2019. That’s a significant portion of their annual budget continues to lag behind what it was ‘pre shut down’ Just another story of an entity continuing to rebuild after a significant setback The scene will remain same as it ever was at the Old Dairy Farm this weekend. With food donated from over a dozen local

restaurants and live music in a beautiful setting, it’s probably the best $45 you can spend this weekend. Saturday at 2pm that price will go up to $50. As I write this, mother nature looks like she is going to agree with the plan which means this event will sell out. Certainly great news for the market’s continued financial recovery. There will also be an online auction, which was held for the first time last year and did very well. The Forsyth Farmers Market and its food truck has always provided a tremendous service for this community, but it cannot exist without the public’s support. More good news is that the number of people who recognize this continues to go up. The Saturday market is up to 60 plus vendors. On any given weekend you will find 40-45 of them set up down the middle of the park. If you’ve never been, you owe it to yourself to take a look. If you can’t make it Saturday, well then they’ll look forward to seeing you this Sunday to help them take a few more steps back to normal.

Sweet, yet tart, Baobab Lounge’s Tamarind Martini is a palatepleaser for sure. Bartender Joshua Davis (right) breaks down the ingredients:

“The Tamarind Martini is made with passionfruit and tamarind, which is a fruit a lot people associate with the Caribbean, but it’s actually indigenous to Africa. . . It looks like a peanut, but it’s not. It’s really a tart fruit, so the drink has a subtle sweetness yet tartness.” The cocktail features South African amber gin Inverroche and is finished with a sweet, spicy cinnamon sugar rim.

FOOD TRUCK OF THE WEEK

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THE FOOD BOXX

The Food Boxx is a local food truck serving Southern lunch staples. Their menu consists of seafood faves like the Bangin’ Shrimp Po’ Boy and the lauded Crab & Shrimp Burger (pictured). They also offer cheeseburgers and chicken and fried porkchop sandwiches. Sides include fries, fried okra and onion rings. Craving something sweet? The Food Boxx has you covered with their decadent banana pudding and the scrumptious fried cheesecake. Follow them on Facebook and Instagram @therealfoodboxx to stay up to date on their schedule. FARM PICNIC

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5 PICTURESQUE PLACES FOR A PICNIC IN SAVANNAH By Chantel Britton

chantel@connectsavannah.com

Springtime in Savannah is particularly gorgeous, boasting beautiful, vibrant flowers and statuesque, mossdripped oaks. With the cold days of winter behind us, now’s the time to get out and enjoy the warm, sunny weather. Picnic season is officially in, so pack some sandwiches, fresh fruit, and a bottle of water — or wine — and head to these picture-perfect places for a fun alfresco meal.

TYBEE ISLAND’S NORTH BEACH Want to picnic on the beach while avoiding the crowds? Head to North Beach. It’s a bit more secluded than the popular South Beach, making it the perfect place for a quiet seaside picnic. Set up a blanket on the sugary white sands and take in the sights and sounds of the beach. You may even spot a few dolphins in the distance. (Note: No glass or breakble containers are allowed on the beach at Tybee Island.)

FORSYTH PARK With lush lawns and beautiful scenery, Forsyth Park is probably the top picnic destination in Savannah. Find a shady spot underneath a pretty oak, or get some sun on the open lawn. You can pack your picnic beforehand, or grab food nearby from the Sentient Bean, Collins Quarter or Brighter Day to take out into the park. After you’re done eating, curl up with a book in front of the peaceful fountain, or enjoy a game of tennis.

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WORMSLOE STATE HISTORIC SITE THE SQUARES Savannah’s famous squares make for perfect picnics downtown. Boasting beautiful greenery amid well-preserved historic buildings, the squares provide the right atmosphere for your open-air meal. Sit where Forest Gump did in Chippewa Square. Or enjoy the quaint white gazebo in Whitfield Square. Or grab a bite to-go at one of the many eateries surrounding Reynolds Square and enjoy your meal there.

Sitting off Skidaway Rd., Wormsloe Historic Site is a great place to picnic for those who love learning about Savannah’s rich history. Enjoy a nice meal in their pretty picnic area, then take a stroll through the stunning live oak avenue. Also, be sure to visit the tabby ruins, which are the oldest standing structures in Savannah. Check out the museum and gift shop before you go for nice tchotchkes to take back with you. (NOTE: Wormsloe charges admission, so check their site at gastateparks. org/Wormsloe before heading there.)

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Located off Eisenhower Dr., the Savannah Botanical Garden is an idyllic picnic destination away from the hustle and bustle of downtown. With fragrant roses and camellias in view, the picnic grounds are the perfect place to enjoy a nice meal outdoors. After you eat, feel free to stroll through the garden, taking in all of the magnificent flora along the way. The public areas are free!

PHOTOS FROM LOCAL EVENTS

Photos by Bunny Ware

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GREAT SAVANNAH EASTER EGG HUNT Vernon Donovan (State Farm Insurance), The Savannah Veterans Council, G100, American Legion Post 184, JK Productions, WSAV and the Town of Thunderbolt presented the first “Great Savannah Easter Egg Hunt” on Saturday, April 15. There were eggs hunts for three age groups, a tug of war game, sack races, vendors and photos with the Easter Bunny at Cesaroni Park.

Sophia, Teri, Sydney Stahl

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Jermaine Kicklighter, Michele Thompson, Tyler Kopkas

Lili and Araya Chan

Michele Thompson, Julia Bruton, Mike Thompson, Benjamin Bruton, Grace Thompson

Krissy, Dana, Gabby and Bella Williams

Ruby Chan, Armand Turner

Vernon Donovan, Marianne Ganem Poppell, Christian Felt

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Nathan Chamblee, Alberto Saenz, Molly Robertson, James Ray, James Collins

Michael Holton, Kevin Sheehan

Teresa Mihuta, Mary Ann Beachy, David Mihuta, Kaitlyn Lott

Mike McCann, Leviticus Collins

Marjorie Young, Frank Sulkowski

LDSS 13TH ANNUAL NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS

Spotlighting differently-abled adults who make an impact on the people they work with, LCDS awarded Nathan Chamblee, Alberto Saenz James Collins, Mollie Robinson, and James Ray as the 2022 Champions. Lynnette Bragg of B & B Care Services received the President’s Award.

Joe Marchese, Vernon Donovan

Wallace & Margaret Moye, W.D. Moye Jr.

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The 13th Annual Lowcountry Down Syndrome Society’s Night of Champions was held at the Savannah Convention Center on Thursday, April 14.

CULTURE

ROB FORBES:

OUT OF THE DARKNESS By Beth Logan ART COLUMNIST

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“DFACS would send toys to foster homes during Christmas. I would get one or two and she would let me keep them in my room. And then she would break them in front of me or bury them in the backyard by the riverbank.”

Memories such as this, are at the root of Rob Forbes’ show “Childish Things; Explorations of the Inner Child” opening this Saturday at RO3 Gallery on Montgomery St. I have written before about my respect for Stephanie Forbes, owner and director of one of Savannah’s newest and most exciting art spaces. My affection and respect deepen as I meet with her to discuss this powerful show of her father’s work…A conceptual exhibition comprised of over 500 toys, sculpture, installation pieces, small panels, and photographs. Based in Augusta, Rob Forbes owns and operates his own studio and business, Moving Canvas Media, a full-service production company specializing in original creative concepts, video, film and photography content for television and the web. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Savannah College of Art and Design (BFA, Illustration), met his wife Lynne while there (her degree is in Graphic Design), and eventually raised their daughter Stephanie as the first double legacy SCAD graduate. It seems fitting that Rob’s first solo show will coincide with Saturday’s SCAD Sidewalk Art Festival, the first since the pandemic, and Stephanie looks forward to welcoming her parents’ college friends and SCAD alumni. She particularly hopes his three college roommates can make the trip. Tangentially, she tells me the crazy story of how, as a SCAD Alumni Atelier Associate, she was given an apartment and studio in Forsyth House on Barnard St. Her mom and dad came to see it last year, and unbelievably, it was Rob’s very first apartment that he’d shared with his three roommates. Pure kismet. Stephanie says, “My father has been an artist for a long time. Originally he made constricted, perfected graphite work and illustrations, but eventually started creating childlike, playful, colorful collages and paintings. I never knew why. I didn’t know the root of his trauma until we started to talk about my own issues about six years ago. Now Dad is finally moving away from that happy, childish work and creating from an adult’s perspective. The divine blessing of being an artist is that, eventually, we must make those things.”

OPPOSITE: “Basketball” and “Just Fankin.” ABOVE: Rob Forbes in his Augusta studio. Photos provided by the artist.

things that he’s never talked about. She sees “Childish Things” as offering “a lens into a current and activated healing process” while “highlighting the dark side of the foster care system of the 60s and 70s…a child unheard, and a journey toward recovering from an abusive and narrow youth as each piece is a story that honors a specific and transformative moment in the artists’ journey toward overcoming.” Rob tells me, “I guess this show has been brewing for 50 years. It kind of manifested organically but I can assure you, if it had not been for Stephanie pushing me, this would not have happened so quickly! This work has been in my head for years, but I never had the resources, the structure, and the motivation to get it done.” He says creating the pieces has been therapeutic, “and very exciting, because I like what I have done.” A self-described “extremely private person,” he is clearly concerned that the opening reception will be difficult for him. “People will have questions and that will probably evoke a lot of emotion for me. I had some things in my head that were very dark, but I chose not to do that. The memories are dark but the experience of making this artwork has been really bright.” After we finish the FaceTime session with her dad, Stephanie tells me about growing up in a home where the guestroom had been turned into a display room for his Hot Wheels collection. “He had thousands of them in glass cases. That was his obsession. But it shifted when he started to understand that it stemmed from his not being allowed to have toys as a child.” She continues, “This exhibition is very intense. He’s almost 60 years old and he’s just now getting to this kind of work and this kind of consideration as an artist and creative. I’m excited for him. There’s tension in what he’s doing now. I think this is what he’s meant to be doing. There are so many scarred adults…Dad never talked about this until six years ago. It’s important work.” The opening reception for Rob Forbes’ “Childish Things; Explorations of the Inner Child” is Saturday, April 23, from 6-9pm at RO3 Gallery, 915 Montgomery St. A food truck will be on site. The exhibition runs through May 26. His work can be seen on Instagram @RForbes_Art Find out more at RO3.com. And follow along as Stephanie begins her second stint as a SCAD Atelier Associate. For the next three months she will be creating “Mema in the Magnolia” honoring the rich memories of her mom’s mother.

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The trauma she references is Rob’s childhood in the foster system of the 60’s and 70’s. Taken from his mother at age one, he and his siblings were separated and housed in numerous foster care homes until age seven, when he was placed in the permanent care of foster parents on St. Simon’s Island. It was an abusive environment. Here is another gut wrencher of a memory: “She used to make us go around and collect yard trash from all the neighbors. She would take all the debris to mulch her garden. One day, when we were doing that, I found a half-inflated basketball and that’s one of the only things I ever had to play with. I used an old 55-gallon drum in the backyard as a kind of hoop. It lasted for years…All the foster kids who came and went from that house played with it too. They probably remember that.” During our FaceTime session with Rob, he tells me, “When you are in the foster care system and you have toys and then they move you, things get lost. I don’t really remember particular toys – just that my sister had Barbie Dolls and a Mrs. Beasley doll. After age seven, I got toys from DFACS at Christmas but the home I was in, if you got in trouble and they took your toy, it was gone forever. It wasn’t taken for a week to punish you. It was taken forever.” For many years, this childhood lack has translated into a compulsion to collect. Rob says, “I don’t buy new toys. New toys don’t have a story yet. I like toys that have a history of bringing joy and love to the ones who got to own them, even if it was short-lived. That’s why I go to estate sales every weekend with my wife.” Rob recently made a Facebook post asking friends for more toys as the deadline to complete the work for this exhibition loomed nearer. Serendipitously, one of his friends brought over a big garbage bag, full of ten different basketballs. “Some of them had no air, some of them had a little bit of air, some were almost inflated – and I realized that they needed to be part of the show.” Stephanie explains her father’s collection compulsion this way, “It began as a way to compensate for what felt as a lack of innocence allowed to his younger self: a process to restore a disadvantaged youth and honor the art-making process that allows one to tell stories and heal.” She talks about him micro-dosing his memories…Coming to terms with

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Springtime in Savannah marks the return of many fun festivals and events. Among the most anticipated of them all is the Savannah College of Art and Design’s annual Sidewalk Arts Festival. Over the last couple years, the festival was canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions. In 2020 and 2021, SCAD held a virtual competition, but now the Sidewalk Arts Festival is proudly making its long-awaited return to the sidewalks of Forsyth Park. Taking place Saturday, Apr. 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., this chalk-filled fest is chock-full of fun, as SCAD students, alumni and local high school students claim their concrete canvases and create stunning works of art. “Our SCAD students and alumni are beyond excited to be returning to Forsyth Park to create chalk art masterpieces at this treasured community event, which goes back more than four decades. To have the opportunity to once again provide public art in this unique way for our community is such a joy for all of us,” said SCAD Savannah Dean of Students, David Blake. Local students and artists will transform Savannah’s most famous park into an open-air art gallery. In addition to the nearly 800 chalk designs, SCAD alumni Juliana Lupacchin and Sophie Tomkins will create a live mural painting. And the festival will also include an installation of papier-mache vases by SCAD alumna Trish Anderson. The event will also feature live music and local food vendors. Performances include SCAD’s elite performance ensemble, “The Honeybees” and SCAD alumna and “American Idol” winner Candice Glover. Food vendors are slated to include Chick-fil-A, Leopold’s Ice Cream, Maui Wowi Hawaiian Coffee and Smoothies, Roly Poly, and Savannah Square Pops. Creating a kaleidoscope of color, participants will compete for coveted prizes including “Best of Show,” the “SCAD Peace Award,” “Love Award,” “Homage Award,” “Student Spirit Award,” and “Alumni Spirit Award.” among others. The artists will produce a diverse array of chalk art featuring distinct styles, interests, cultures, backgrounds and disciplines. The Sidewalk Arts Festival is free and open to the public. For more information about the festival, visit scad.edu/sidewalkarts2022 - By Chantel Britton

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ART PATROL THE ART OF WILLIAM O. GOLDING: HARD KNOCKS, HARDSHIPS AND LOTS OF EXPERIENCE

Telfair Museums presents the first large museum survey of the work of William O. Golding (1874-1943), an African American seaman and artist who recorded a half-century of maritime experience in more than one hundred vibrant drawings. In the 1930s, Golding was a patient at the United States Marine Hospital in Savannah, where he represented his experiences in expressive pencil and crayon drawings which combine memory, imagination, and sailors’ lore. 72 works will be exhibited, including 23 drawings from Telfair Museums’ permanent collection, and others from the Morris Museum of Art, The Georgia Museum of Art, and private collections. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.. 912-790-8800. info@ telfair.org. telfair.org/exhibitions/golding/. telfair.org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.

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Childish Things; Explorations of the Inner Child. An exhibition by Rob Forbes featuring sculpture and photo works that explore the dark side of the foster care system in the 60s & 70s. Childish Things is a conceptual exhibition comprised of over 500 toys that the artist has collected over the years. A ‘collection hobby’ that began as a way to honor a dispossessed younger self, Forbes now uses these toys to create large scale works, sculpture and photographs that offer a lens into an activated healing process, tending back to an abusive, narrow youth and an abhorrent system. OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, April 23rd, 2002 / 6-9pm RO 3 Gallery 915 B Montgomery St. ON VIEW: April 23June 1, 2022

“Out of Nothing” is an online-only curated exhibition. A celebration of our God-given innate creativity. See 30 amazing artists’ works from around the world and vote for your favorite artist, the award will be announced on May 20. free May 20, 5-10 p.m.. exnihilogallery.org/ oon-viewroom.

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Telfair Museums is excited to offer local residents free weekend admission to the Jepson Center and Telfair Academy starting April 2 – August 28! Residents are invited to explore the largest museum exhibition of work by African American artist, William O. Golding, in The Art of William O. Golding: Hard Knocks, Hardships, and Lots of Experience on view at the Jepson Center, along with other featured exhibitions free of charge. Free weekend admission includes residents of the following counties: -Chatham -Bryan -Effingham -Liberty -Beaufort -Jasper Free 10 a.m.-5 p.m.. 912.790.8800.Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. CHUL-HYUN AHN: BEYOND Telfair Museums’ 2022 PULSE Art + Technology Festival features a solo exhibition by Baltimore-based artist Chul-Hyun Ahn (Korean, b. 1971) whose light boxes made from LEDs, one-way mirrors, and sculptural materials create the suggestion of infinite space, whether the illusion of a railroad track curving into the darkness or geometric abstractions in vibrant color. Ahn’s precise and mesmerizing works also reflect the influence of Zen Buddhism and providing otherworldly experiences that connect to the spiritual as well as the language and history of abstraction.Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 W. York St. CONTEMPORARY SPOTLIGHT: NEW ACQUISITIONS FROM THE BRANDYWINE WORKSHOP “Fresh, human, and personal”— this is how Allan Edmunds, founder of the Brandywine Workshop and Archives, has described the prints produced at the Philadelphia-based arts organization. A non-profit celebrating diversity, experimentation, and accessibility since 1972, Brandywine has become an internationally recognized printmaking center whose residencies have fostered the creative talents of notable artists. telfair. org Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.

In shameless self-promotion, I highly recommend readers come to the Savannah Local Artists Market or SLAM this Saturday, April 23 between 10 and 4 pm. I will show my oil paintings (pictured) and am joined by over 75 makers and artists. Always a great day of art, jewelry, ceramics, fibers, music, food trucks, creativity, family activities, and conversation, the event is held in the Salvation Army baseball field, located at 3000 Bee Road. The energetic Charlie Ellis is to be thanked for his continuing dedication to supporting local creatives. If you love ceramics as much as I do, you won’t want to miss “SIP,” the 7th annual ceramic cup show organized by the Savannah Clay Community from April 25 to May 7 at Sulfur

Studios, 2301 Bull Street. This national exhibition, curated by acclaimed ceramicist Kevin Snipes, features over 200 clay vessels from across the country with a portion of sales benefiting Savannah’s Emmaus House to help feed the hungry. Opening reception is Friday, April 29 from 6-9 pm and closing reception is Friday, May 6 in conjunction with First Fridays in Starland. The Drive Thru Art Box, the public art installation outside Green Truck Pub at 2430 Habersham Street, is curated by the good folks at Sulfur Studios. For the next few weeks (April 10 - June 8) the box features a project by Savannahians Catherine Counihan and Faran Riley Peterson. Titled “Midnight in the Garden of Earthly Delights,” (below) their art is a mashup of sordid elements and their love for their hometown, with inspiration taken from Hieronymus Bosch’s Renaissance original. Finally, for art aficionados interested in traveling a bit further afield, the Arts Initiative at Palmetto Bluff kicks off this month. Find out about the ticketed events, including a welcome reception (April 27) and painting workshop (April 28) with the first Artist-in-Residence, Shannon Whitworth, under the Arts Initiative tab at palmettobluff.com. The public is welcome to visit FLOW Gallery (the showcase of the Artist in Residence program and a curated collection of Southern artists) at 76B Boat House Street, Tuesdays – Sundays between 10 and 6pm.

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CURTIS PATTERSON: A NOTABLE JOURNEY Laney Contemporary is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Atlanta-based artist Curtis Patterson. “A Notable Journey” highlights a selection of bronze and steel sculptures from the 1980’s to today. Patterson’s unique command of materials and his dynamic compositions point toward an illustrious, decades-long career as a sculptor of engaging and often large-scale public works. Free admission May 28, 11 a.m.. 912.438.4442. laneycontemporary. com Laney Contemporary, 1810 Mills B. Lane Blvd.

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The Savannah Children’s Theatre is set to tackle racial biases, social injustice and discrimination in their new children’s musical “Backpack of Power” written by Savannah’s own Kendra Norwood Brown. “This is a story about a boy in his journey into the world and the ugly truth that these things still exist. He can turn the other cheeks, ignore it, walk away. He could be angry and turn what he does. That’s hard, but it’s powerful,” said Brown. In 2020, we were in lockdown as the pandemic unfolded and in the midst of this much of the other international news was about the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. These events inspired Brown to write this musical. “At the time on my son was turning one—and he shares the same birthday with Ahmaud Arbery, which is May 8—I was heartbroken because I had the opportunity to celebrate my son’s birthday, but his mom did not. I had the opportunity to hear his voice and to see his face, but she did not,” said Brown who is now expecting he second child this year. Brown knew then that something had to be done. She recognized that children, no matter their color or walk of life, were hurting because they were dealing with the

pandemic and the news of the various deaths displayed on TV and online. Brown and Savannah Children’s Theatre founder and artistic director Kelie Miley has some ideas about creating something to help the children better understand things during this time. “I am a songwriter and that is when I take the pen and paper and just write my feeling, and then it turns into something else. Before we knew it, we had a full-length children’s musical about an hour, what we call it now, Backpacking Power,” said Brown. The follows a young Black boy named Kevin who navigates racial biases, social injustice and discrimination and he has his dandy backpack, that is a family heirloom, that helps him tackle these things throughout his journey. “The energy being a part of something new and fresh and watching it come to life is exciting. I cried again because that feeling of hearing those words that you put on paper come to life with music and people,” said Brown. Savannah Children’s Theatre is excited about this production and they are a group that is proud of being diverse and inclusive. They bring various groups together to tell so many drifferent kinds of stories. “We’re bringing up a community of children who need to feel seen and heard. It’s important they are heard and those voices are cared for. We want everyone to come and

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see it no matter who you are, the color of your skin. We want you to come and see this play. We want the world to learn from it and enjoy it,” said Brown. The show will be April 22 and 29 at 7 p.m. and April 23, 24, 30 and May 1 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $17 for adults and $14 for seniors, military, and children ages 1 – 18. Purchase tickets at savannahchildrenstheatre.org

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“That was quite a challenge because we hadn’t played a lot of those songs in a long time,” Payne said.) Now Little Feat are doing an anniversary tour celebrating the 1978 live outing “Waiting For Columbus,” in which the band plays the double-album’s 17-song track listing, an accomplishment that has been well received by fans. “We did two nights at the Ryman Auditorium. We’re filming that, so there were a bunch of guests for those two shows [including Eric Church, Bettye LaVette and Widespread Panic’s JoJo Herman],” Payne said. “Quite frankly, I think [this tour] was a ballsy way to do it. You take your most famous and most revered of all those albums and play it in its entirety. It’s going to sound a lot like Little Feat, because that’s who we are. I felt very confident that we would do what we were supposed to do, based on the [remote] recordings we’ve been doing. We’re always going to have horns as well.” The roots for Payne’s long and successful career date back to his mother perching him on his knee in front of the family’s old stand-up piano in the basement of the family’s Ventura, CA home and teaching her young son how to play “Vaya Con Dios.” Classical piano lessons with local teacher Ruth Newman followed when Payne was five, an experience he was grateful to have gone through. “In my head, I brought along a song I’d been working on—it was ‘The Ballad of Davy Crockett,’” Payne recalled. “I played it for her and she played me some music, which was flat-out gorgeous. She said we’d start our next lesson the following week and she’d write that song out for me that I just played for her—which she did. I still have it. Ruth Newman told my mother pretty early on that she’d make sure I knew how to read music and how to play by ear as

well because she didn’t want to take the magic out of it for me. She was the best teacher I could have ever had.” The path Newman got Payne started out has served him well, both in and out of Little Feat. It’s not only been a North Star for his musical development, but helped him in the hundreds of recording sessions of which he’s participated. “The journey has been really interesting, personally and certainly with Little Feat,” he said. “But I’ve always been able to play with other bands and it always gave me a loose attitude about what makes up a band. A band is not Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band. They’ve got that, but they don’t all write music with each other either. Bob will say they’re going to do this or that and that’s what they do. Lowell George rarely did that with us. We were more like The Beatles or The Rolling Stones.” That’s not to say Little Feat was a democracy in the purest sense, although George, in interviews before his death said that was how he looked at the band. “You walk in with an idea for people and maybe they say, ‘Eh, that’s okay.’ Or (you tell everyone) ‘You play it whether you want to or not,’ which is what I said when I walked through the door with (the song) ‘Oh, Atlanta,’” Payne said. “It wasn’t like, ‘Can we do this?’ It was, ‘We’re doing this.’ It wasn’t just me. Other people had walked in with stuff and we tried. Not everything we played would make it. It’s a band. Certain people go to the nth degree and everyone (in their band) has got an equal voice. I don’t think an equal voice is what it’s all about.” Little Feat’s Waiting for Columbus Tour rolls into the Johnny Mercer Theatre on Sat., April 23, at 7 p.m. For tickets and information, visit savannahcivic.com

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Bill Payne’s name may not be readily recognizable, but the argument can be made that most people have heard the native Texan’s piano/keyboardist contributions, whether they realized it or not. In addition to co-founding Little Feat in 1969, Payne has guest appearances on hundreds of recordings for myriad artists, including Bonnie Raitt, The Doobie Brothers, Jackson Browne, Emmylou Harris, Pink Floyd, Bob Seger and Shelby Lynne. Considered by many to be one of the greatest living American rock and blues pianists, Payne calls Montana home when he’s not out on the road playing with Little Feat. With pandemic numbers plummeting and live music coming back to some sense of normalcy, the 73-year-old musician has been playing before fans since June 2021. The coronavirus not only forced Payne to re-adjust and learn how to play virtually with others, but also do it while welcoming a pair of new members to his long-running band—guitarist Scott Sharrard and drummer Tony Leone. “I learned how to record at my home, which is ridiculous,” Payne said in a recent phone interview. “It’s something I didn’t know how to do before. I sort of took each challenge, as it were, and started getting the buzz out of my system here in Montana. I just took the challenges one at a time and went down the list one at a time. I [recorded virtually] not only with Little Feat but with the Doobie Brothers. We did some online things together as well. That defined a lot of time. It took a little while for me to learn the curve of how to record, but once [I got past that], it was solid and great way to do things.” With Sharrard welcomed into the Feat fold in October 2019 and Leone coming aboard in September 2020, Payne views it as the price of keeping a group going that was founded along with Roy Estrada, Lowell George and Richie Hayward. Over the band’s five-decade-plus existence, breakups and major personnel changes have been a Little Feat constant, ranging from George’s departure in 1979 (he passed away shortly afterward and the band broke up until 1987, when former Pure Prairie League vocalist Craig Fuller was recruited to front the reunited band in 1987 to having Shaun Murphy take the baton from Fuller in 1993 until her departure in 2009. And while there could be considerable concern over fan reactions to the changes, Payne sees it as normal evolution that doesn’t become a concern as long as a group stays faithful to its spirit. “Every inch of the way—when we went from a group of four people which was Roy Estrada, Lowell George, Richie Hayward and myself—and then expanded it on (the 1973 album) ‘Dixie Chicken’ (with) Paul Barrere, Kenny Gradney and Sam Clayton (joining), people wanted to know what that was,” he explained. “The band from the get-go was designed by Lowell and myself to be expandable. We just wanted to have a vehicle of expression that would allow for whatever we needed at the time to support the music. “It was a pretty simple proposition. It’s tougher to sometimes pull off because there’s a certain balance to it with fans,” Payne said. “Fans, like all of us, want continuity. When you think of continuity and a lineup of songs — when we did ‘Let It Roll’ Lowell wasn’t there [so fans might have been asking] what is that? My response was, ‘You tell me. Does it resonate with you or not? If you say, ‘Oh my God, it sounds like Little Feat. Thanks for putting it back together,’ then you know you’re on the right track.” Now Little Feat are back in action once again. The group’s last tour leg was dubbed “Little Feat By Request,” which featured fans filing different song requests.

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The former SCAD student and writer on that school’s highly entertaining sit-com G.R.I.T.S., Hayes plies his trade mostly in Atlanta. He’s back the Wormhole with special guests for a night of laughs delving into the nexus of Tinder and Uber, sex with or without music, and other hysterical observations. FRI APR 22 | 8 PM

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Coach’s Corner Interstellar Echoes: A Tribute to Pink Floyd, 7 p.m. Coffee Bluff Marina Gary Strickland, 6 p.m. Congress Street Social Club JD Music Group, 10 p.m. Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant JodyJazz Trio, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Sting Ray’s Robert Willis, 6 p.m.

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El-Rocko Lounge Trivia with Jules and Chris Grimmett, 9-11:30 p.m. Service Brewing Company Trivia Night with Jess Shaw, 6:30 p.m. The Wormhole Bingo, 10 p.m.

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Blueberry Hill Pool Tournament, 2 p.m.

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Bar Food Karaoke Night, 10 p.m. Bay Street Blues Karaoke, 8 p.m. Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m. McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Totally Awesome Bar Karaoke, 10 p.m.

KARAOKE

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m. Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

COMEDY

Totally Awesome Bar Savannah Comedy Underground, 9 p.m.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Club One Drag Show, 10:30 p.m. & 12:30 a.m.

THURSDAY 4/21 LIVE MUSIC

Cohen’s Retreat Munchies & Music, 5-9 p.m. Electric Moon Skytop Lounge and The Moon Deck, Plant Riverside District - Power Plant Building rooftop Moon Deck LIVE at Electric Moon featuring Individually Twisted, 7-10 p.m. Tandem Coffee and Spirits Tune In....@ Tandem, 6-8 p.m.

SUNDAY 4/24 LIVE MUSIC

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TRIVIA & GAMES Bar Food Trivia Night, 8 p.m. McDonough’s Family Feud, 7 p.m. The Wormhole Trivia, 10 p.m.

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Cohen’s Retreat Midtown Pickers, 6 p.m. Driftaway Cafe Chuck Courtenay, 6 p.m. McDonough’s Blues with Eric Culberson, 9 p.m. Nickie’s 1971 Ray Tomasino, 7 p.m.

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Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m. McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Nickie’s 1971 Karaoke Night, 8 p.m.

COMEDY

Totally Awesome Bar Open Mic Comedy, 8:30 p.m.

Club 51 Degrees DJ B-Rad, 9 p.m. Top Deck Sunset Deck Party, 6 p.m.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Service Brewing Company Service Brewing Run Club, 6:30 p.m.

INTERSTELLAR ECHOES A TRIBUTE TO PINK FLOYD @COACH’S CORNER

Obsessed with the sounds, sights, and lore of this global music icon, Interstellar Echoes goes to great lengths to provide a meticulously researched, fully immersive live experience consisting of classic staples, as well as deep cuts that will please even the most die hard Pink Floyd fan. Info at coachs.net

FRIDAY 4/22 LIVE MUSIC

Coffee Bluff Marina LAX, 6 p.m. Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant JodyJazz Trio, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Randy Wood’s Pickin’ Parlor EDGAR LOUDERMILK BAND, 8 p.m. Service Brewing Company Bluegrass By The Pint with Swamptooth, 6 p.m. Sting Ray’s Robert Willis, 6 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

PS Tavern Beer Pong Tournament, 10 p.m.

KARAOKE

Bay Street Blues Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Blueberry Hill Karaoke, 9 p.m.-3 a.m. Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m. McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Nickie’s 1971 Karaoke Night, 9 p.m. The Hive Repertory Theatre LLC Adult Night Out - Karaoke!, 8 p.m. Totally Awesome Bar Karaoke, 10 p.m.

Club 51 Degrees DJ Fer, DJ Emalo, DJ Lil G, DJ BRad, 9 p.m.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS

Club One Drag Show, 10:30 p.m. & 12:30 a.m.

Collins Quarter at Forsyth Ember City, 2 p.m. Congress Street Social Club Voodoo Soup, 10 p.m. District Live at Plant Riverside District Black Stone Cherry & Ayron Jones, Live in Concert, 8 p.m. Myrtle & Rose, Rooftop Garden Plant Riverside Live Jazz Sunday Brunch Featuring the Howard Paul Jazz Trio, 11 a.m.3 p.m. Nickie’s 1971 Roy Swindell, 7 p.m. Sting Ray’s Robert Willis, 6 p.m. The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa Savannah Jazz Celebrates Duke Ellington’s Birthday, 5-7 p.m. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Bucky and Barry, 1 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

Moon River Brewing Co. Trivia, 6 p.m.

KARAOKE

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m. McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Nickie’s 1971 Ray Tomasino, 7 p.m. The Wormhole Open Mic, 6 p.m.-2 a.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

Club One Super Gay Bingo, 5:30 p.m. Starland Yard Music Bingo, 7-9 p.m.

KARAOKE

Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m. Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

BAR & CLUB EVENTS Fia Rua Irish Pub Family Movie Night, 8 p.m.

TUESDAY 4/26 LIVE MUSIC

Fine Arts Auditorium, Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University Student Ensemble Concert, 7:30 p.m. McDonough’s Open Mic/Jam, 9 p.m. Nickie’s 1971 Roy Swindell, 7 p.m.

TRIVIA & GAMES

Basil’s Pizza and Deli Trivia, 7 p.m. Fia Rua Irish Pub Trivia, 7 p.m. McDonough’s Trivia Tuesday, 7 p.m. Oak 36 Bar + Kitchen Trivia Tuesday, 9 p.m. Savannah Taphouse Trivia, 7 p.m. Starland Yard Trivia with Chris Grimmett, 6:30 p.m.; Trivia Night With Chris Grimmett, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

KARAOKE

Blueberry Hill Karaoke, 9 p.m.-3 a.m. Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m. Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.

COMEDY

Stafford’s Public House Stafford’s Tuesday Comedy Open Mic, 8:30-11:45 p.m.

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UZ X DMVU @ ELAN SAVANNAH

When Ice Cube, DJ Shadow, and Flosstradamus all commission official remixes of their work, you’re doing it right. UZ operates from the shadows, all mysterious and shit. Dark, bass-driven, and spooky, he’s not the only one to do EDM this way, just one of the best. Dubstep madman DMVU joins him on the Decade Tour. FRI APR 22 | 9 PM

TONIGHT!! Channeling early Dolly Parton, with a familiar-yetcompelling flutter in her voice, Molly Tuttle is a budding bluegrass star. She’s laying a solid foundation early, with unexpected gravitas for a younger artist. She’s also backed by a killer band that fills out the sound properly. WED APR 20 | 8 PM

Twenty years into it, Black Stone Cherry continue with the formula that put the Edmonton, Kentucky, band on the map: straight-ahead, no-frills rock and roll, with a mid-south vibe. They’ve released 8 albums, including a blistering live record and a Billboard Hard Rock #1. SUN APR 24 | 8 PM

MANAROVS + FRIENDS @ LODGE OF SORROWS

Local secret agent punk rock outfit Manarovs celebrates their record release with Buzzards of Fuzz from Atlanta, and two of Savannah’s other better bands, Bastardane and Calico MD. That’s a lot of monster rock for one night, but Ryan Graveface’s massive new event and art is up to the task. SAT APR 23 | 9 PM

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