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Wednesday Savannah Harbor Festival of Lights

What: A drive-through holiday light

show with over 50 light displays around the Hutchinson Island Road Course/ Race Track. Nightly bonfires, smores, hot chocolate. Trolley and horse-drawn carriage rides also available. Proceeds benefit local children’s charities. Dates: Wednesdays through Sundays until Dec. 23. Open daily Dec. 24 - Jan. 1. Hours: 6-10pm. Where: Road Course on Hutchinson Island, Hutchinson Island Cost: $20 per car (includes two $5 food/ bev. vouchers) Info: savannahharborfestivaloflights. com/

SkateFest! Public Ice Skating

What: Indoor ice skating in a festive, family friendly, alcohol-free setting. Fourto-six skating sessions per day. Each session lasts 1.5 hours. Closed December 25 (Christmas Day.) Sponsored by the City of Savannah. Where: Savannah Civic Center’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Arena, 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave. Cost: $7--skaters or spectators. Includes skate rental. Info: 912-651-6615. www.savannahcivic. com/

Film: Don’t Open Til Christmas (1984, United Kingdom)

What: Psychotronic Film Society presents a holiday-themed slasher movie, with a Santa-slaying serial killer. When: Wed. Dec. 19, 8 p.m. Where: Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $6 Info: sentientbean.com/

The Eight: Reindeer Monologues What: There’s serious trouble at the North Pole, as each of the “Elite 8” explains in Bay Street Theatre’s production of Jeff Goode’s dark comedy. This one’s not for the kids. When: At 7:30 p.m. Dec. 20-23 Where: Club One, 1 Jefferson St. Cost: $12. A benefit for HUGS Info: www.clubone-online.com

Thursday Bethesda Academy Organic Farm & Gardens Stand

What: Products are grown and stand is managed by Bethesda students and staff. Fresh produce, organic garden seedlings and farm-fresh eggs. Open Thursdays. When: Thu. Dec. 20, 3 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Where: Bethesda Academy, 9520 Ferguson Avenue,

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Chatham County Youth Commission 20th Anniversary Celebration Banquet

What: A gathering of alumni and friends of this successful youth leadership development program that has been replicated across the U.S., often at the leadership of Chatham County alumni. Music by Youth Commission alumna Leslie Adele and her band, Nickel Bag of Funk. Dedication of the Annex in honor of Dr. Priscilla Thomas, founder of the program. When: Thu. Dec. 20, 7 p.m. Where: Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum Annex, 460 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Cost: $20 (available from Youth Commission, 124 Bull St.

December Nights & Holiday Lights at the Bamboo Farm

Historic Cannon Firings at Old Fort Jackson

music and food. Walking tour, with tram rides. Saturday night photos with Santa. Proceeds benefit the Children’s Garden at the Bamboo Farm. Hosted by Friends of Coastal Gardens.

Saturday and Sunday through March 17 at 11am and 2pm. When: Sat. Dec. 22 Where: Old Fort Jackson, 1 Fort Jackson Road, Cost: $6 fort admission for adults. Under age 6 free. Info: www.chsgeorgia.org/

Friday What: Twelve nights of holiday lights,

The Odd Lot Christmas Special

What: Everything from Christmas to Festivus gets the improv comedy treatment in this special show from Savannah’s answer to Second City. tram rides. When: Fri. Dec. 21, 8 p.m. Where: Muse Arts Warehouse, 703D Louisville Rd. Cost: $5, or free with the donation of a new toy for Toys For Tots. Info: www.oddlot.org

Saturday What: History comes alive every

Pine Boughs and Holly Swags - Victorian Christmas Gaslight Tours at Juliette Low House

What: Rare evening tours of the house museum/birthplace of Juliette Low, founder of the Girl Scouts. Decorated according to late 19th century custom, the era of Juliette’s middle adulthood. Carols in the parlor. When: Sat. Dec. 22 Where: Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, 10 East Oglethorpe Avenue (corner of Bull and Oglethorpe), Cost: $15 by reservation only. Info: 912-233-4501.

What: Today is the final day of the

market until February! Check out local vendors for last-minute home grown holiday gifts and goodness. When: Sat. Dec. 22, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Where: South End of Forsyth Park Cost: Free to hang out and visit. Info: www.forsythfarmersmarket. org/

Savannah Feed the Hungry: Christmas Dinner

What: Complimentary Christmas dinner for working poor, homeless, and others. Hosted by Savannah Feed the Hungry. When: Sat. Dec. 22, 12 p.m.-6 p.m. Where: Forsyth Park, Gwinnett Street between Whitaker and Drayton Streets Cost: Free and open to the public. Info: 912-349-0774. savannahfeedthehungry.com/

Fort King George: Blacksmith Deomonstration

What: Visit Fort King George and watch the fort Blacksmith demonstrate technology and techniques of the early 18th century. WHEn: Sat. Dec. 22, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Where: Fort King George State Historic Site, 302 McIntosh Rd. SE,

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Children’s Christmas Crafts at Fort Pulaski

What: Children are invited to join Fort Pulaski staff in making, molding and painting marzipan candy, and creating special edible ornaments for backyard animal friends. Reservations requested. When: Sat. Dec. 22, 2 p.m.-4 p.m. Where: Fort Pulaski National Monument, U.S. Highway 80, 15 miles east of Savannah, On the way to Tybee Island Cost: $5 per person park entrance fee. Free/15 and under Info: 912-786-5787. www.nps.gov/ fopu

Dinner Theatre: “Murder Ahoy!”

What: A pirate-themed whodunit set in Olde Savannah. Solve the mystery and win a prize, or just watch. As interactive as you want it to be! Presented by Savannah Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre.

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When: Sat. Dec. 22, 7 p.m. Where: Double Tree by Hilton, 411 W.

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with a Christmas theme. Bring a toy for Toys for Tots and get in free. Watch or participate. When: Mon. Dec. 24, 8 p.m. Where: Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. Cost: $5 or what you can pay. Info: musesavannah.org/

Tuesday Music: Jazz Yule Love

What: The Coastal Jazz Assiociation’s annual Christmas concert and holiday jazz jam, featuring Ben Tucker, Teddy Adams, Huxie Scott, Quentib Baxter, Eric Jones and others. Reunion of the Telfair Jazz Society Band. When: Tue. Dec. 25, 5 p.m. Where: Westin Harbor Resort, 1 Resort Drive, Hutchinson Island Cost: $15 advance, $20 at the door Info: www.savannahjazzfestival.org

Wednesday

What: Experience by candlelight the Federal-style home decorated with Christmas/New Year’s end-of-year celebrations of early 19th century Savannahians, including the Davenport household. Light refreshments, music and skilled interpreters/tour guides. Guests must be able to walk up and down stairs and maneuver in very low lighting. Last tour begins at 8pm. When: Wed. Dec. 26, 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Where: Davenport House Museum, 324 E. State St Cost: $8 advance, $10 door. Children $5/$7. Info: 912-236-8097. www.davenporthousemuseum.org/

Film: Hercules and the Moon Men (1964, Italy)

What: Psychotronic Film Society presents this mix of the sci-fi and strongman genres. In ancient Greece a race of evil aliens from the moon land on earth. For years they’ve terrorized the city of Samar, demanding children for sacrifice. Now, the queen of Samar has made a pact with the moon men to conquer the world and become the most powerful woman alive. However, the residents of Samar, sick of all the chaos, cheer when the mighty Hercules shows up. When: Wed. Dec. 26, 8 p.m. Where: Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. Cost: $6 Info: sentientbean.com/

Special Programming at Old Fort Jackson

What: Celebrate the three military eras of Old Fort Jackson with special programming, including activities for children and young students. When: Wed. Dec. 26, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Where: Old Fort Jackson, 1 Fort Jackson Rd Cost: $6.00 Free for children under 6. Info: www.chsgeorgia.org/

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Freedom’s fable by Jim Morekis | jim@connectsavannah.com

And their Founding Fathers said, you will have the right to keep and bear arms. You will have a well–regulated militia. Farmer/soldiers with muskets, Kentucky rifles and black powder to defend against oppressive inbred British monarchs and assorted homegrown tyrants, then return to their fields. The people took these words to heart. They enthusiastically protected their right to keep and bear arms, well past the time the English royals ceased to be a mortal threat and became humorous gossip fodder. The guns the people cherished helped them destroy one race and enslave another one, one which was freed only after the people turned their guns on each other. The great industries sprang up. The people retained their right to keep and bear arms even as they left the farms and the forests — where they actually needed guns — and swarmed into the cities. In the cities, the guns were used not to feed families or defeat tyrants, but on each other, again. A great war came, and another after that. The people who loved their guns saved the world with those guns. Literally. After that the threat was not monarchs, but missiles. Nothing was mentioned about a right to keep and bear missiles. No talk of a missile militia. Time passed. The ones who’d been slaves finally achieved their full measure of freedom, ironically without using guns at all. The people went to the moon. Their nation was so blessed with material abundance that its main health problem was obesity. Still there was a great anger in the air. No one felt safe. So they began regulating everything in their lives. Everything except one thing. They destroyed one of their oldest and richest industries because smoking its product caused cancer. They regulated cars, lightbulbs, sports, backyard gardens, lemonade stands, the temperature of coffee, how much

cash you could carry in your wallet without arousing suspicion. One person tried to blow up a plane with a shoe once, and forever afterward all the people had to go barefoot at the airport. Their kids couldn’t bring a plastic knife to school in their lunchbox because it might be used as a weapon. One day the people woke up to discover they’d given up most of their sacred rights without a fight. Forfeited them with hardly a peep, in exchange for safety and convenience. Speech, assembly, privacy, due process, the right to marry the one they loved. All their rights were gone. Except for one. Of course, the whole point was they were supposed to use their guns to defend all those other rights. So having no rights left to defend, the people made a fetish out of the guns themselves. Their entertainment was already based mostly on watching people get shot. Now they chose their leaders mostly on the basis of which one they thought loved guns more. Their politicians hated even the idea of rights. Except gun rights, which they continually expanded. They sought to allow guns into places previously unheard of: Malls, movie theatres, college campuses, and schools. Far removed from muskets and Kentucky rifles and black powder, the guns they made so freely available were the best the people’s technology could muster. They could easily be taken into war. Or malls, movie theatres, college campuses, and schools. The shootings continued. Unlike everything else in their society, the people did nothing about them in the name of safety. Or in the name of their God, the other thing their politicians liked to talk about besides guns.

The custom of the people was you were never supposed to debate about guns. The day of the shootings was inappropriate for debate. So was the day after. Then of course there were the funerals. Lots of funerals. Obviously you can’t debate anything then. So after the funerals were over, everyone forgot. Until the next time a bunch of people got shot, and the whole thing started all over again, with the same result. The hard times came, and their government and their corporations took advantage of the people’s weakness. But they had no rights left to help them fight back, and by then the homegrown tyrants were far beyond the reach of mere guns. The shootings the people were so accustomed to in their entertainment were now commonplace in real life. The massacres happened everywhere. Malls, movie theatres, college campuses, and schools. But these people who obsessively regulated every other aspect of their lives insisted there was no way to stop them. In this one area of their lives, and no other, they said: if we can’t solve 100 percent of the problem 100 percent of the time without offending anyone, there’s no use trying anything at all of any kind. So they didn’t. In the end, during one Christmastime or another, the shootings made their way into the very heart of the people’s society, where their youngest children were getting the first lessons in the ways of their parents: The rights, the Founding Fathers. It wasn’t the first time a school had been targeted. Far from it. But it was the worst. It seemed then that the people might in fact love their guns more than they loved their children. And it was then that some of them asked, what is freedom worth if it can’t protect the thing we should most hold dear? Is it even freedom at all? Or just another form of tyranny? cs

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Shadow boxing the apocalypse by Jessica Leigh Lebos | jll@connectsavannah.com

Everyone seems agog with the notion that something cataclysmic is going to transpire this Friday. Some people are just straight up tripping, squirreling away granola bars and batteries (a good idea to do anyway in the name of hurricane preparedness.) Others are meditating on world peace (another excellent practice that couldn’t hurt.) Most of us are still raw, mourning last week’s massacre of 26 children and teachers in Newtown, CT. I’m over here drinking chai, counting my blessings and doing my best to be present, wondering if it’s ever going to get cold enough for my tulips to bloom (bulbs like a nice freeze.) Maybe it is the end of the world as we know it, and I’m trying real hard to feel fine. The ancient Mayans calculated December 21, 2012 as the end of the 5125–year cycle known as Baktun 13, so far out in their future that they never bothered to chip out a new set of circular stone Long Count calendars. (No such thing as running out to Staples for a new desk blotter back then.) Many modern humans have interpreted this terminus as a harbinger of disaster: Earthquakes, blackouts, solar flares, the reversal of the planet’s magnetic poles, an invisible

planet made of anti–matter coming to eat the earth. In the darker corners of the Internet, you will find that Atlantis going to rise from the ocean floor and the moon will be shaped like an egg. All this doom is all pretty unlikely, reckons Hunbatz Men, a shaman and Mayan daykeeper from Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula who has traveled the world educating on the Mayan prophecies. “In this crazy Western culture, when something comes to the end, it means negative things,” said Men in a recent interview. “In fact, the Mayan calendar does not end, it is never ending. We are just coming to the end of a cycle, and we will begin again.” It’s hardly a surprise that the Mayans’ legacy has been

misconstrued. We’ve been ignoring the wisdom of indigenous peoples for centuries, and now suddenly we’re going to start claiming them as gospel? If I were a Mayan ancestor and rode the cosmic rays home to find all these Johnny–come–latelys hanging out at the sacred pyramid at Chichen Itza on the winter solstice, I’d be all Excuse me? Where were y’all when you could’ve helped us kick out those asshole conquistadors before they gave everyone syphilis? As far as the purported chaos caused by the alignment of the earth, the sun and a black hole in the Milky Way known as the galactic equator, that’s been rejected unilaterally by the scientific community. E.C. Krupp, an astronomer and the director of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, wrote that “the rather arbitrary modern definition of the galactic equator” is impossible

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to come by since “there is no precise definition of the Milky Way’s edges— they are very vague and depend on the clarity of your view.” The big brains at NASA also released a video last week, gently clarifying that the sun’s flares won’t be toasting our eyelashes off quite yet, and that if there actually was a rogue planet named Niburu tumbling towards us, we’d be able to see it in the sky by now. So much for astronomical drama. Now, I am no cynic, I promise. I believe just about everything, including probiotics, feng shui, crystal healing, the possibility of Bigfoot and the theory that Lee Harvey Oswald didn’t act alone. But I’ve also lived through several so–called apocalypses, including Y2K, when the world’s computer were supposed to disintegrate into one giant Hal, as well as 1984, which, in spite of containing a lot of big hair and Spandex, was far from Orwellian. I know what it’s like to party like it’s 1999 and then have to clean up the tequila bottles the next day and live with disappointment that you’re going to have to pay the damn bills after all. Here’s what I think about the end of the world: We all secretly want it to happen. We see the evil patterns of war and violence, the environmental

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Bethlehem to be born, ready to annihilate us? What if it isn’t something you can arm yourself against, because the problem — and the solution — lie within our own hearts? Hunbatz Men and other spiritual masters teach that these are powerful times indeed, an opportunity to expand our consciousness, to become more forgiving and loving to others, to our world and to ourselves. As this massive cycle winds down, we can choose to focus on regeneration and peaceful resolution as we navigate another giant turn along the arm of a cosmic spiral so grand we can hardly imagine it. We don’t need the sky to explode or the electricity to fail to bring about remarkable and positive effects. No more innocents need die in order for us to wake up to our own power. To quote another wise elder who led a transformation of peace, Mahatma Gandhi, we can be the great change we want to see in the world, all by ourselves. Nevertheless, I’ve still got a load of tequila and toilet paper stashed in the hall closet, just in case. CS

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destruction and the subjugation of the weak and the poor around the globe and we wish it could all be erased. We’d all like a fresh start, another chance, a transformation that would eclipse our messes and bring us to a higher level where psychotic gunmen and the giant garbage swirl in the Pacific Ocean don’t exist anymore. To paraphrase poet William Butler Yeats, there is no doubt that the hour has come round at last when humanity has reached the limits what the planet can take and what we can take from the planet. Frankly, on our current course, we don’t appear to need any help from wayward astral bodies to bring about our own destruction. Undeniable as well is the soul sickness that infects some with violent rage and others with comatose apathy. We can place the blame on the assault weapons and the graphic video games and and the failure of the mental health support system in this country, but when are we gong to figure out that blame doesn’t really fix anything? What if the major shift advertised for 12/21/12 doesn’t mean that some rough beast is slouching towards

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Confronted with such nonsense, veteran cyclists will explain that bad weather is easily managed with the correct clothing and bicycle accessories such as fenders. It’s true. Some cyclists (including me) even derive a certain smug satisfaction from staying warm and mostly dry on a bike, while watching others trying awkwardly to deploy their umbrellas, exit their cars and scurry to their destinations — a series of maneuvers that is rarely graceful. Still, when it’s damp and dreary, a car’s climate-controlled confines are inviting. In our cocoons of glass and steel, we are shielded from precipitation, uncomfortable temperatures and even unwanted sounds. Our cars can insulate us from the unpleasant. The problem is our cars can also insulate us from the pleasant. They come between us and the outside world when it is positively delightful. Heavenly, even. Dec. 8 was that kind of day. Early in the afternoon, I rode my bike downtown to meet a photographer from Atlanta, who was shooting for a magazine story about bicycling in Savannah. He’d been in town since the night before and had spent the morning taking photographs at locations I’d suggested. His assessment of Savannah was emphatic: “The city is a cyclists’ paradise.” Yet Savannah is a cyclists’ paradise that many of us — including those of us who identify as cyclists — experience too often from inside a car. Sure, we take advantage of sunny weekends or pleasant evenings for recreational rides, but as a community we’ve yet to fully embrace bicycling as part of our everyday lives by riding to work, to school, to the store, to the doctor or to other places we need to go. These places often aren’t as far away as we think.

Data from the National Household Travel Survey, which “provides information to assist transportation planners and policy makers who need comprehensive data on travel and transportation patterns in the United States,” reveals that in urban areas, 30 percent of all trips are one mile or less. What’s more, 44 percent are two miles or less and 53 percent are three miles or less. These distances are comfortably bikeable for healthy people, and the two–mile zone has become the focus of campaigns like the “2 Mile Challenge,” sponsored by Clif Bar. It makes a game out of substituting bike trips for car trips and raises money for worthy causes. I imagine it provides needed motivation to people in places that lack

In some parts of the city, concerns about crime may cause us to retreat to the perceived safety of our cars. Others of us have memories of frightening encounters with aggressive drivers that dissuade us from riding our bikes to work, to the store or to dinner with friends. These are significant challenges to be sure, but they can be solved by citizens working together with government, businesses, nonprofit organizations and other institutions. After all, we don’t have to flatten the topography or control the weather. For many here in Savannah, however, the barriers are often in our minds. We default to driving, even when we know riding a bike is more enjoyable, more economical and more fun. We must alter our thinking so that bicycles are the first choice for short trips. Imagine saying to a friend, “For some reason, I decided to drive my car to the supermarket today. I don’t know what got into me.” That’s where we need to be.

We default to driving, even when we know riding a bike is more enjoyable, more economical and more fun. We must alter our thinking so that bicycles are the first choice for short trips. Imagine saying to a friend, “For some reason, I decided to drive my car to the supermarket today. I don’t know what got into me.” Savannah’s advantages of moderate climate and flat terrain. If cyclists must brave steep hills, endure freezing temperatures or overcome other barriers to make that two–mile trip, extra incentives can help. That’s not to say that cyclists in Savannah always have it easy. Sometimes that two–mile trip must be made on a wide, high–speed arterial that is unwelcoming and dangerous to cyclists. A destination just a half mile away can be nearly unreachable by bikes in the parts of Savannah that were designed for cars instead of people.

We are in the interesting predicament of having to convince ourselves to select a mode of transportation that provides a closer connection with the beauty around us. While we try to talk ourselves into more fully enjoying Savannah’s natural and built environments, millions of people from around the world come to experience our community every year, often at significant expense. We are holding ourselves back from the paradise right outside our door. cs

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The Grinch who stole Christmas Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying and locating a man wanted in connection with the theft of packages from downtown residences.

The middle–aged black male has been photographed taking packages from downtown houses, sometimes riding a bicycle while carrying packages. He sometimes wears a green jacket that appears to belong to a city employee, but investigators have determined he is not a city employee. As many as eight reports have been filed of packages either being left for pickup by delivery services or those left at front doors by delivery services have disappeared. Downtown Precinct detectives suspect someone could be following delivery trucks and taking packages when no one answers the door immediately.

Detectives suggest residents who expect packages but don’t expect to be home when they are delivered to ask neighbors to take them in for safe keeping. They also suggest that packages not be left for pickup at residences. Anyone with information on such thefts or the identity and/or location of the suspect is asked to call Crimestoppers at (912) 234–2020 or text CRIMES (274637). In the body type, include “CStop2020” plus the tip. Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward. • The 19–year–old man critically injured when a gun being handled by several men on West 53rd Street has died of his injuries. Rashamel Howard was transported to Memorial University Medical Center after the 10:51 a.m. shooting in the first block of West 53rd Street. Howard lived on the same block. Violent Crimes investigators said he was in the carport of a residence with other men who were handling a gun when it discharged.

• A Savannah man was the robbery and listed in stable condition beating of a man in after being shot on the a southside motel front porch of a West 44th Sept. 15. The victim Street house. said he was beaten Rico Antonio Waters, and robbed in his 19, of an East 68th Street hotel room. address, reported he was Warrants for You better watch out... with other men on the robbery by force, ages pack ling stea He’s been porch of a house near Stebattery, aggravated vens Street when a black battery and armed pickup truck with tinted robbery were taken against Carter. windows drove by and someone Brierton was charged with being a began shooting at them. party to the crime of robbery by force. One of the men on the porch Burton was arrested in Savannah returned the fire and the truck sped and charges were upgraded to armed away. Waters was taken by private robbery. vehicle to Memorial University MediCarter also is being charged in an cal Center. Oct. 1 incident at Ferguson and ShipU.S. Marshals arrested a Savannah yard in which a 20–year–old man couple in Charlottesville, VA, on robsaid he was forced into a car by a gunbery. Joseph Catjio Carter, 26, and man who beat him and robbed him Amelia Caresse Brierton, 27, were of $100. arrested by the U.S. Marshal Fugitive Carter and Brierton have records Task Force and are awaiting extradiwith SCMPD going back as far as tion to Savannah. 2006. cs Police had taken warrants against Give anonymous crime tips to the pair and a third man already in Crimestoppers at 234-2020 custody, Eric James Burton, 22, for

People who take antidepressants often say they feel better, but some researchers claim that’s the placebo effect. If so, aren’t drug companies abusing depressed people by getting them to buy pricey, useless drugs? On the other hand, if antidepressants make you feel better, is the feeling lasting, and are they addictive? —ssdfssasdva asdfascaasa So your question is, are antidepressants bad because they don’t work, or bad because they do? We can eliminate a few possibilities right off the bat. For starters, if I’m in the antidepressant business, I’m not about to sell a product that perma-

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your Prozac and don’t come back. Nearly a quarter of respondents to a 2008 survey cited the chance they’d get put on unwanted meds as a reason they might not tell their doc they felt depressed. We’re now prepared to grapple with the possibility that all those mother’s little helpers don’t help. Here’s what we find: • A review of 177 studies involving more than 24,000 depressed patients found placebos alleviated symptoms in 38 percent, while antidepressants reduced them in 46 percent. Psychotherapy alone reduced symptoms in 47 percent. Best of all was combining antidepressants and psychotherapy, with 52 percent success. • A review of 96 studies from 19802005 concluded the placebo effect was responsible for 68 percent of improvement seen in patients taking antidepressants. Another review said 84 percent. • Some research says there’s no benefit. A European study of “active placebos” (where the placebo mimicked the drug’s side effects) found no difference between placebos and antidepressants. So why are antidepressants prescribed so often? We find a clue in a review of 35 antidepressant clinical trials submitted to the FDA. The review found that, on

average, antidepressants didn’t meet the criteria for “clinical significance” except for one group: the extremely depressed. We further note that: (1) the U.S. population is aging, and elderly patients require more medical attention, among other things for depression; and (2) the percentage of primary-care physicians has dropped significantly. In 1950 about half of doctors were in primary care; now it’s barely over 30 percent. The upshot is that primary-care doctors have higher patient loads and less time to spend per patient. Since everyone nowadays expects the doctor to do something, and since antidepressants evidently work for the extremely depressed and make many others feel better if only through the power of suggestion, the default response is to prescribe drugs—next patient, please. The situation is likely to get worse. The number of primary-care physicians entering the field between now and 2020 isn’t expected to keep up with demand. How all this will play out in the face of rising costs and the Affordable Care Act remains to be seen, but for a lot of people pills might be all they ever get. cs By cecil adams

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nently cheers people up. What I want is something they need on a regular basis, like a nice glass of wine. But I take it you’re more interested in pills. First some statistics: • One in nine Americans over age 12 takes antidepressants, including one in four women between 40 and 59. Since the early 1990s antidepressant use has increased 400 percent across all age groups. Nobody’s going to tell me life has become 400 percent more depressing. • One American in 12 takes antidepressants despite having no symptoms. • Less than a third have had a checkup with a mental health professional in the last year, and one in seven has been on antidepressants for more than a decade. • Nearly three quarters of all antidepressant prescriptions are written without any diagnosis of a psychiatric problem. Primary-care physicians are much more likely to prescribe these drugs than specialists—one in 11 visits to a primary-care physician results in a new prescription or refill. In nearly 80 percent of these office visits where there’s no psychiatric diagnosis, there’s also no specific complaint. Summing up, a common attitude in the medical community is basically take

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news of the weird Panda Graduation Party Yes, This Is Really How They Do It: The Wolong Panda Training Base in Sichuan, China, released a series of photos to China Daily in October to mark the graduation from captivity, and into the wild, of the 2-year-old Tao Tao. Sure enough, Tao Tao and his mother, Cao Cao, were shown frolicking in the woods, accompanied by trainers each dressed in full-length panda suits, including panda heads, as they appeared to demonstrate climbing trees and searching for food.

“Tata,” the Bangkok-born woman who recently opened a salon in San Francisco to employ the supposedly traditional Thai art of face-slapping. Frown lines and droopy skin are curable with a 10-minute regimen of well-placed whacks across the cheek (and payment of the $350 fee), Tata told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in October. Masochists are warned that Tata deals in therapy, not punishment. “If you want someone to hit you, go on Craigslist.”

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• The Lost Art of Cuddling: (1) At the recently opened Soineya “cuddle cafe” in Tokyo, men buy hugging privileges (but no “sex” allowed!) with young women for from 20 minutes to 10 hours at prices (gratuity optional) ranging from the equivalents of $40 to $645, with surcharges for special services (e.g., foot massages, resting heads in each other’s laps). (2) The Deluxe Comfort Girlfriend Body Pillow, which began as a boutique-only niche product, recently became available at Amazon.com and Sears.com at around $25. The bolster-like, cuddling-enabled pillow is augmented with two strategically placed mounds and a snuggle-up arm hanging to the side. (There’s also an Original Soft and Comfy Boyfriend Pillow, without the mounds.) • “You have wrinkles,” the inquiring customer was told, “and your left cheek is larger than your right,” explained

• Among the “Ig Nobel” prizes awarded to earnest academics in September by the Annals of Improbable Research was the one to Patrick Warren and colleagues who delved into excruciatingly detailed predictions (at the behest of a cosmetics firm) about how someone might ultimately look with a ponytail, based on hair characteristics. The team took into account the stiffness of the strands, the effects of gravity and the random curliness or waviness in the hair in a set formula to compute a “Rapunzel Number” for each head. Explaining his particularized work to reporters, Dr. Warren acknowledged (perhaps with underestimation), “I’ve been working on this for a long time.” • A research team at Lund University in Sweden, led by neuroethologist

Jochen Smolka, concluded that one reason dung beetles dance in circles on top of dung is to cool off, according to an October report on LiveScience. com. To arrive at their conclusion, the team went to the trouble of painting tiny silicone “boots” on some beetles to protect them from the ambient heat experienced by a control group of beetles, and found that the booted beetles climbed atop the dung less frequently. Explained Smolka, “Like an airYOU HAVE conditioning unit, the FROWN LINES. moist (dung) is cooled LET ME SLAP by evaporati(on).” YOUR FACE.

Leading Economic Indicators • While the U.S. recently nearly elected a multimillionaire as president, Uruguay’s chief executive, Jose Mujica, declared his personal wealth in 2010 as the equivalent of about $1,800 and gives away 90 percent of his $12,000 monthly presidential salary in order to remain true to his political roots with the leftist guerrilla group Tupamaros. He has rejected the government-provided mansion and instead lives with his wife at her family’s farmhouse, where he helps work the land, according to a November BBC News profile from Montevideo. “I have to do (this),” he

told a reporter, “because there are many Uruguayans who live with much less.” • Financial advisers charge the big bucks because of their sophisticated understanding of money and markets - or maybe because they know how the stars align. A September Marketplace radio program highlighted the newsletters of “financial astrologers” Karen Starich and former Merrill Lynch stock trader Arch Crawford (who left the trading floor because, apparently, astrology is more lucrative). About 300 traders pay $237 a year to learn what Starich knows about Neptune and Saturn, and Crawford’s 2,000 subscribers (at least a few of which prefer receiving copies in unmarked wrappers) learned that any new business venture goes south when Mercury is in retrograde. • The Continuing Decline of American Manufacturing: A Drug Enforcement Administration agent told the Associated Press in October that factories in Mexico have recently been supplying American markets with especially potent and inexpensive methamphetamine. “These are sophisticated, high-tech (businesses) ... that are operating with extreme precision,” said agent Jim Shroba. The 90 percent-pure product offers “a faster, more intense and longer-lasting high.” Many Americans, meanwhile, continue to make small batches of inferior meth in 2-liter soda bottles.

Perspective In 2011 only 75 worldwide shark attacks on humans were reported, with

only 12 fatal, yet researchers writing recently in the journal Conservation Biology found that about 60 percent of all media reporting about sharks emphasized just the serious dangers that human swimmers face. By contrast, only about 7 percent of the reports were focused on shark biology or ecology, though the sorry state of shark survival would seem more important, in that an estimated 26 million to 73 million sharks are killed annually from the harvesting of their fins.

Update Taunting of Third-World Laborers: First, as News of the Weird reported more than 20 years ago, Indonesian coffeemakers made “Kopi Luwak,” using only beans that had passed through the digestive tracts of native civet cats. More recently, Thailand’s upscale Anantara Resorts began offering coffee using beans similarly excreted by elephants. In both cases, these digestive-tract coffee beans, picked and processed by laborers earning as little as $1 day, wind up as a drink sipped by (in the words of an NPR reviewer) “cat poop fetishi(sts)” who may pay upwards of $10 for a single cup.

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People Different From Us Maturity-Challenged: Attorney Thomas Corea of Palmer, Texas, was indicted in August for four felonies related to misuse of clients’ trust accounts, and in October a panel of the State Bar of Texas voted to revoke his license. He apparently did not take the news well. On Oct. 31 (according to a judge’s later findings), Corea vandalized his rented law office, resulting, said the landlord’s representative, in “complete destruction,” with “penis graffiti on every single wall throughout the building,” with the representative’s name written next to several of the penises. Furthermore, at the November sentencing hearing, the judge had to admonish Corea to stop making faces in the courtroom. CS

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Leslie Adele (A Nickel Bag of Funk): That is a loaded question that should come with a modicum of altruistic human responsibility when answered. Screw that! I’m an artist, let’s see if I can make it about me. May be difficult, but I’ll soldier through it. If I had to make a Christmas list, first I’d have to break it up into categories. Things that could happen, sh*! that’ll never happen but doesn’t hurt to ask, maybe if under the right circumstances, and aces in the hole. I want the album recording finished on time and under budget. My maybe-if gift would be a new motorcycle. An acquaintance totaled my old one four years ago, and I’ve been aching to get another one ever since. My ace in the hole is a new Yamaha Motif XF8. Oh, that is happening. Even if I have to sleigh-jack Santa and drive him to Portman’s myself. Lastly, my number one Christmas wish is to sit in front of the fireplace at my mom’s and play Scrabble with her and my aunts. When we get together it is a knock down, drag out, trash talking, decapitated heads on spears, Game of Thrones style battle for Scrabble supremacy. It’s real and it’s deep. It only happens every few Christmas dinners and it would make my year if that could happen.

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Donald Moats (Whaleboat, Habitat Noise): I want a great fun year for Whaleboat ... and all the Savannah area bands, in 2013.

Johan Harvey (the Royal Noise): It’s hard enough that our spouses and families usually have to settle with gift cards to Sam Ash, because they couldn’t ever know or understand which strings/ pedals/reeds/heads/sticks/ amps/cables/stands we feel most accurately represent the fabric of our noisy souls. My wife always looks at some new effect pedal I just dropped a gig’s pay for, and wonders why I bought yet another tool to make my guitar sound more like a guitar ... So this year, I would only ask for ... A creative day. A day so turbulent it shakes my paradigms, yet so calm that I can reflect on what I learned from the experience and express it truthfully. A day centered around my instrument, surrounded by others who share my passion.

Miggs (Word of Mouth): For Xmas, I would like a new Porsche. The last one I had broke down and was make–believe. I also want Turkish Delight.

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Lloyd Harold (aka KidSyc): I always have trouble with this question because I never really want “stuff.” Musically speaking, I’d like to go on tour. KidSyc@Brandywine is coming up on our third year of making music together. I’d like to hit the road and add that chapter to our story. That would be a good gift. Stuff–wise, it would be nice to have six red Atlanta hats (for every two months) and a gift certificate to Planet Fun. Nicole Edge (Free Candy): Dear Santa: This year, for Christmas, I really would like a new toy. I want it to be my favorite color, hot pink, and preferably sparkly. I’d like it to have a rather large battery, and the ability to turn me on whenever I turn it on. I would really like it to be adequately long and hard, yet handle gently. It needs to be strong and durable as well, since I plan to take it on many wild rides, day and night. I know I will need to provide it with lubrication at times, but I’m completely prepared to do it. I’d like it to perform well at any speed, since some days I like to take it slow and calm, and others fast and rough. I’m sure you’ve figured it out by now. All I want for Christmas is a 1957 Thunderbird, you know, the one with the removable hard top and that cute little porthole window? Brent Collins (Whaleboat): Well, being that I am a musician and a gear nerd I’m always in need of new music gear. But I’m also a tech geek as well (Apple) so anything that will help in the process to create great music. Oh, and throw in world peace while we are at it. Merry Christmas. Jefferson Ross: All through the year I find myself perusing guitar store websites and lusting after those shiny, new handmade instruments that cost somewhere in the mid–four figures. However, when I do get to one of those stores in person to play them I find them all too ... well, shiny. I’m afraid that breathing on them will leave some unsightly gash or scratch. I have come to the conclusion that I’m an old guitar sort of man. My dream Christmas gift would be a double or triple O Martin from the ‘30s, ‘40s or ‘50s. One that won’t mind if a 6–year–old spills a little Kool– Aid on it. P.M. Goerner (Blackrune, Magic Places): It’s not likely to happen, but this season I’d really like to find a nice vintage pedal steel, preferably from an old junk store or a neighborhood music shop full of bristly know-it-alls. I’ve spent some time reconnecting with my musical roots recently and there’s something about the steel that digs all the way down to the heart of Southern mythology. It speaks the wordless beauty of the pastoral spirit, and that’s where my musical mind has been settling.

Georgia Kyle Shiver: I want an elephant. Maybe two elephants. Elephants are extremely cool, just ask Eric Culberson. Why can I not have an elephant in Savannah? My yard is bigger than a box car, and many elephants live and travel all around in a box car, so my yard would be better for the elephant. Also, I am convinced that I could make a fortune offering elephant rides on Broughton Street, maybe even give tours of the historic district. If you think about it, this isn’t as outlandish as the idea of flying 3,000 miles from Atlanta to California in four hours. Kedrick Mack (aka Knife): I’m not very good at asking for anything except if I can bum a cigarette ... but I guess I want peace on Earth. That’s not too much to ask. Jonathan Murphy (Jon Lee & the Canebrakes, Burning Mansions, Jon Lee’s Apparitions): I would like some new recording equip, a lifetime supply of strings & cables, and for Sav’s music/club scene to continue to grow in diversity. A Rickenbacker 450 would be cool too. Stuart Harmening (Train Wrecks): I want to play more guitar and write more songs and rock more faces. Also I would not reject several million dollars.

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Matt Eckstine (The Accomplices): Santa, I have been a good boy this year, and all I want for Christmas is the last box of Twinkies! I understand they’re no longer available, so maybe the elves can make me an affordable health insurance plan! P.S. the milk I left for you may have spoiled ... I’m in Nashville for Christmas this year!

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Todd Murray (aka Sincerely, Iris): Any and all things Led Zeppelin! When I was in middle school I had a girlfriend whose father had every Led Zep album. I borrowed them all and fell in love ... with the band, not so much with his daughter. So when we broke up I had to give all of those albums back. There’s been an empty space that I’ve been trying to fill ever since. I need Physical Graffiti back in my life! Keith Kozel: As a material gift for myself I would love as many vinyl records as I can get. Or an Electro Harmonix micro–synth pedal for guitar. For Savannah, I would hope for more unity and prosperity without sacrificing beauty or culture. For the world, well, I wish the same thing that dreamers have wished for centuries, that the spirit of peace, goodness, charity, and brotherhood which is expressed during the holiday season would become the norm of world culture all year round.

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George Moser (Bay Street Theatre band): My first thoughts shot right to all the gear I would love to have. Because you can never have too much gear. Unless, of course, you are my wife, who thinks the eight guitars, two basses, mandolin, ukulele, pedals and stompboxes, home recording gear, microphones, enough cabling to DI the Mars Lander etc. are more than sufficient for this lifetime. She’s such a Philistine. But with all that gear I would need a bigger house and really, who wants the extra expense and maintenance? So eventually, I came around to this ... I would really like a venue. Not just a place to play, mind you. I want to OWN the damn thing and be the sole arbiter of what goes on–stage there. An intimate, state of the art, knock your damn socks off kind of place. Plus it would be a really good place to hide gear from my wife. Happy Holidays.

Steve Baumgardner (aka Basik Lee): It took me a minute to realize but it finally hit me that I don’t want anything for Christmas. I’m already getting everything I want. This year my Mom is coming to spend Christmas here in Savannah with me! I don’t get to see her too often so it’s really special when I do. This will be her first time spending Christmas in the Savannah! I told her “it’s a lot warmer here than New Jersey right now!” That pretty much convinced her to come down, and she liked the idea of a change of scenery. This has been an incredible year! Life’s good.

Cusses (collectively): What Cusses wants for the Holla day? Angel, Brian and Bryan all sitting on Santa’s lap. Santa Claus: How about a nice football? Angel: Football? Brian: Football? Bryan: What’s a football? Santa Claus: Okay, get them out of here. Brian: A football? Angel: Oh no...? Brian, Angel and Bryan are shoved down the slide, but they stop and climb back up. Bryan: No! No! I want an Official Red Ryder Brian: Carbine–Action Angel: Two–Hundred–Shot Range Model Air Rifle! Santa Claus: You’ll shoot your eye out, kids. Angel, Bryan, Brian: Okay, cough up a 600 + venue in Savannah then !!! CS

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After two decades in the Air Force, including a lengthy period living in Japan and working as a professional musician, trombonist Adams returned to his hometown to discover that jazz — like a lot of things in the fallow 1970s — was pretty much dead here. Immediately, Adams fell in with bassist Ben Tucker, who’d written several jazz classics (including “Comin’ Home Baby”), toured and recorded with many of the greats, and had “settled” in town to run radio station WSOK–AM. These two musical giants rekindled jazz in Savannah, and have kept the fire going through the efforts of their Coastal Jazz Association. It’s had its ups and its downs — as you’ll read — but the CJA remains the only viable outlet for professional jazz in our area. The group holds monthly concerts, with an amazing array of players, and is responsible for the late–summer Savannah Jazz Festival in Forsyth Park. On Christmas Day, Adams, Tucker, vocalist Huxie Scott and others will perform a set at the CJA’s holiday concert, Jazz Yule Love. Thirty–seven Christmases ago, it was Teddy Adams’ idea to bring back the holiday jams that had so thrilled him in his younger days. The 2012 concert — with Christmas jam — is No. 37. They have not missed a single year since Teddy got back home. That’s dedication to the art. Musicians Ben Tucker, left, and Teddy Adams are dedicated to the art of jazz, and its proliferation in Savannah.

Had the two of you ever met before you both found yourselves in Savannah? Teddy Adams: Briefly, in the late ‘60s. I was living in Tokyo, and Ben came over with Art Blakey, doing a show. I went to the concert. We spoke briefly, and had no idea that we would encounter each other again in 1976. Ben Tucker: Teddy was over there, and I was so busy ripping and running. They had me running all over the place, going all the way up to the top of Japan. I wish I could go back there again.

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When Teddy Adams was a young pup, jazz was in full swing in Savannah. In the ‘50s there were several full–time bands in town, and a jumpin’ spot called the Flamingo Club, on the corner of West Gwinnett Street and Stiles Avenue, where they had steady gigs. Every Christmas, musicians black, white and everything in between would jam there until the wee hours. The place was always packed.

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Ben Tucker: I don’t care who I play to, as long as you can sit there and listen, and appreciate, understand what I’m playing. Teddy, on the other hand, wants to deal with the younger set and continue to create a new audience. If I could get SCAD to come in, I would love it, I would love to push that segment of the audience out there. But they’re into something else, that’s beyond me. I’m in another world. Teddy Adams: If you come to the festival in Forsyth Park, it’s a combination of everybody — demographically, racially, economically. If you come to one of our concerts, it’s older people. Mostly white. Why does that bother you? Teddy Adams: Firstly, that means that we have a limited audience, and it shouldn’t be that way. The audience should be inclusive. And what bothers me the most is the fact that, historically and creatively, blacks have been very involved in the art of jazz. Therefore, to look out there and not see a supportive number of black faces, that bothers me. As much as not seeing a supportive number of young faces. You know, we want this music to reach everybody.

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They were just going to go and look at art. Do a couple of live painting projects. Make some gallery connections. Maybe attend a party or two. Get inspired. But when opportunity knocked for local artists Matt Hebermehl, Adolfo Hernandez (aka “Inope”) and Jose Ray to paint two walls in Miami’s famed Wynwood District, the cans and brushes came out. The friends and frequent collaborators had traveled separately to South Florida two weeks ago for Art Basel,

the largest and hippest art show on the globe that took place this year Dec. 5–8. Held since 2000 as a winter offering to its parent show in Switzerland, Art Basel takes over Miami Beach for four days, hosting 260 international galleries from Rio to Reykjavik and showcasing over 2,000 artists.

It’s a mecca for makers, thinkers, collectors, celebrities and connoisseurs of contemporary culture. It has spawned a galaxy of satellite fairs, essentially turning the city into a gargantuan gallery, inside and out. A record–breaking 50,000 people attended Art Basel this year, and a healthy Savannah contingency was there representing, including writer Summer Teal Simpson, photographer and gallery owner Susan Laney, artists Marcus Kinney and Katherine Sandoz, and actress Maggie Lee Hart. “It’s like art camp for the world,” describes Hebermehl, who drove down to attend, among other events, a talk with Savannah–connected filmmakers JR and José Parlá about their new documentary The Wrinkles of the City, about the art collectives in Havana, Cuba. Inope and Ray had caught a ride with Rachel Raab, a graphic artist who owns local branding and

printing company The Soda Shop. Raab had been accepted at the Verve and Fountain art fairs, two ancillary Art Basel events. She offered up her 2011 Concord RV for live painting demos to the mural artists, who decked out the 30– foot “canvas on wheels” in their signature kaleidoscopic styles. It was late Friday night during the Fountain fair that renowned street artist Patch Whiskey, a recent transplant to Savannah also surfing the Art Basel scene, called with a tip: The owner of a building in the Wynwood District wanted someone to come paint over a couple of walls. “Patch called and said, ‘If you want it, come get it,’” says Hernandez. “I went over there that second, and by the time I’d primed it, Matt showed up, around midnight. Then Jose came a half hour later, and we painted until five o’clock in the morning.” There was a short breakfast break

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Unforgettable Bakery and Deli, now almost four years old, was a long time in the making. For owner Belinda Baptiste, this bakery is a “dream come true.” While she wasn’t always sure that she’d one day own a bakery, there’s one thing she’s always been sure of — she can cook. The “last piece test” is how she knew. “Every time I’d cook something, somebody wanted it,” she says. “The last piece of cake that I made for Christmas or any occasion,

somebody wanted the last piece.” She didn’t go to school to study culinary arts; it’s something she says she’s always been good at, for whatever reason. “It’s like a gift. It’s nothing that I’ve earned. It’s just a gift,” she says. When she was 16, she knew in the back of her mind that this cooking

thing was something she wanted to pursue. And about four years ago, she decided to do just that, and Unforgettable Bakery and Deli came to be. But this is a bakery with a purpose. Baptiste works closely with Hope for LaGonave, a nonprofit ministry that aids the village of LaGonave in Haiti, and through her bakery, she works to raise money to donate to this non–profit. “There are needs everywhere,” she says. “So I said, ‘You know what, let it be a bakery with a purpose.’”

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After the earthquake in Haiti, she began her first fundraising project. She baked cakes and sold them at the bakery with half of the proceeds going to benefit Haiti. But, that was only just the beginning. “I felt the urge to continue to do something, but I didn’t know what. I wanted to build houses; I wanted to feed them; I wanted to help,” she says. So she set out a donation jar at the bakery and started collecting donations for Hope for LaGonave. Not only does she collect donations daily, but she also hosts many events at the bakery that also help raise money. The money goes toward feeding the children of LaGonave, with the bakery sponsoring two children from the village. Not only does the bakery work to support Haiti, there’s an essence of Haiti infused in the bakery itself — from decorations, to Haitian coffee and vanilla, to the spices used to cook the food. Baptiste, from Haiti herself, says that there’s definitely a Haitian flair to what she cooks. Baptiste never thought that she’d be able to combine two things that she loves — cooking and Haiti — but with Unforgettable Bakery and Deli, she’s done just that. “I never planned all this. But I cannot imagine if I did not do this,”

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be full of more than just holiday cheer. After the Haitian earthquake, Baptiste baked cakes and gave half the proceeds to Haitian charities

she says. “Because this is what I’m supposed to do.” Right now, the focus of the bakery is mainly donating to one Haitian village, but Baptiste says, the longer the bakery’s around, the more they can continue to branch out. “As long as we’re open, as long as people keep coming and give dollars and tips. Who knows what else we’re going to do, because the needs are really great in Haiti,” she says. cs Unforgettable Bakery and Deli 238 Eisenhower Dr. unforgettablebakery.com/delicious For more info about Hope for LaGonave visit www.hopeforlagonave.com

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Birthday wishes go out to Leoci’s Trattoria, 606 Abercorn St., on its completion of three years in business. Chef Roberto Leoci has continued to evolve this little Italian eatery and has taken on the menu at Bonna Bella, as well as expanded his retail line. He is ambitious and imaginative and never satisfied with status quo. Watch for more from Roberto and his wife and business partner, Lacie.

Last word on holidays

Dining together is the cultural glue we thrive on — time when we can sit around a table and revel in the simplicity of eating with friends, sharing a laugh and swapping a recipe. Please do just that over the coming day my friends. Eat, drink and be merry — and above all, be safe. Merry Christmas! cs

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Georgia Landscapes — Black and White photographs by Atlanta photographer Michael Turner. Turner explores the power and majesty of Georgia’s natural landscape. Savannah Center for Fine Art, 41 Drayton St. I Have Marks to Make — Eighteenth annual edition of beloved local arts tradition celebrating the therapeutic and rehabilitative power of art. Show runs Dec. 2-Jan. 6. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 W. York St.

Metamorphosis — Paintings by local artist and naturalist Mallory Pearce and his late mother Sally Pearce. Mallory has published 15 books with Dover and recently added “The Lowcountry -- A Naturalist’s Field Guide to Coastal Georgia, The Carolinas, and North Florida” to his accomplishments. Dragonfly Studio, 1204 Highway 80,

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Sk8art — Over 15 local kids (ages 4-12) participated in a camp and created their own art on skateboards. These boards will hang Dec. 3-30 at Foxy Loxy Print Gallery and Cafe (1919 Bull Street, Savannah, GA 31401). An auction of the boards is to raise money for the Chatham County Skate Park.

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When 20th Century Fox debuted the revolutionary widescreen process CinemaScope with 1953’s The Robe – thereby allowing the medium to successfully distinguish itself from new–kid–on–the–block television and its boxy images – the critic for the New York Daily News responded by giving the movie eight stars: four stars for the film itself and four stars for CinemaScope. I’ll refrain from similarly adding any more celestial icons to my ratings – with all those pointy stars hanging around, I might poke my eye out – but I will concede that a new process available at select screens showing The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey deserves a review of its own. Moviegoers will have a buffet of viewing options to consider when purchasing tickets for The Hobbit: 2–D or not 2–D; the eye– popping spectacle of 3–D; the larger–than–life essence of IMAX. And now we can add High Frame Rate (HFR) into the mix. Instead of merely offering the flick in the normal 24 frames per second, director Peter Jackson has opted to make motion picture history by fashioning The Hobbit as the first movie completely filmed and projected at 48 frames per second. His intention is to take film to

another level with this concept. My advice, then, would be to see the movie in 2–D or even regular 3–D and leave the 48fps nonsense on the wayside. This way, one can accept the movie on its own merits, without any pesky distractions. To that end, Jackson and his collaborators have made a film that’s often entertaining but can never quite shake the stigma of being a footnote to The Lord of the Rings trilogy that earned billions of dollars and won handfuls of Oscars. Opting to divide J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit – a slim work compared to the gargantuan LOTR – into three films reeks of a cash grab even more than splitting the final Harry Potter and Twilight books into cinematic two–parters, but considering the piece gathers steam after a lethargic opening, it seems likely that the subsequent entries will maintain the stride and emerge more balanced than this outing. In this prequel to the Rings trilogy, Ian McKellen again portrays the wise wizard Gandalf, electing to help a gang of dwarves take back their home (and all the riches therein) from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Gandalf ’s intuition tells him that the dwarves will only succeed in their task if the hobbit Bilbo (Martin Freeman) accompanies them on their journey. A homebody averse to adventure, Bilbo reluctantly agrees to join the band of merry men, and soon they’re off coping with orcs, trolls, rock creatures and CGI wolves borrowed from the Twilight hard drive. Because he’s swelling this tale out to three movies that will each doubtless clock in near the

three–hour mark (this first one’s 168 minutes), Jackson treads a lot of water, never more obviously than in the prolonged early stretch when the dwarves first meet Bilbo by invading his home like American Pie teenagers searching for a house party. Once the group bids adieu to safety and comfort, though, the movie picks up with an endless stream of action set–pieces. While there’s theoretically a sameness about the setups (band sees impending danger, band runs, band is forced to fight, band is saved at last moment, repeat cycle), Jackson expertly stages each one in a way that cumulatively reaches its crescendo with a climactic battle against some particularly nasty orcs. Perhaps in an effort to further bridge this film with The Lord of the Rings (or, again, maybe just to pad the running time), Jackson and his co–scripters include familiar faces that weren’t even in Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Frodo (Elijah Wood), the older Bilbo (Ian Holm), Galadriel (Cate Blanchett) and Saruman (Christopher Lee) all turn up, and their appearances are superfluous in the extreme. On the other hand, Gollum (Andy Serkis) does appear in Tolkien’s text, and his scene here, confronting a lost Bilbo, is one of the highlights of the film.

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largely confined to an iron lung until his death in 1999 at the age of 49. The Sessions, a major hit at this year’s Sundance Film Festival (winning an audience award for Best Dramatic Film as well as a special jury prize for Best Ensemble), narrows down the man’s life to one thought seemingly more apt for an American Pie entry: Mark O’Brien wants nothing more than to lose his virginity. Writer–director Ben Lewin isn’t going for a cheap thrill here: While researching and writing an article about sex among the disabled, Mark really did decide that he wanted to experience the act himself (while he couldn’t move anything below his neck, he still had sensitivity in his body). The Sessions details that odyssey, with Mark (a terrific performance by Winter’s Bone Oscar nominee John Hawkes) finding a sex surrogate in Cheryl (Helen Hunt), who explains to her client on their initial meeting that there’s a difference between a prostitute and what she does (mainly, that a prostitute wants your return business, while a sex surrogate is only employed for a predetermined number of meetings). A wife and mother, Cheryl doesn’t hide her job from her husband (Adam Arkin), as he understands it’s all business. But once it becomes clear that Mark is falling for Cheryl – and perhaps she’s also falling for him? – matters become complicated for all involved. The Sessions is entertaining but also the sort of feature that can wait for a DVD rental. Sex scenes aside, it feels puny on the big screen, with its emphasis on gentle laughs, expected narrative developments and a former sitcom star. Still, it’s worth catching for Hawkes’ excellent performance, and there are also notable turns by Moon Bloodgood and Annika Marks as two of Mark’s caregivers. And while I didn’t quite believe William Macy as Mark’s priest and friend, he’s nevertheless amusing as his character is forced to listen to frank discussions involving sex surrogates, fornication outside of marriage, and other taboos guaranteed to rock the confessional booth.

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coming from Scoot McNairy (star of the unseen gem In Search of a Midnight Kiss and currently appearing in Argo) as one of the hapless thieves. For the most part, this is a generic crime flick that comes with the usual trimmings of Tarantino–inspired exchanges (only dull instead of exhilarating), loving attention to all the beatings and shootings (a bullet ripping through a cheek, a kicked rib cage cracking, etc.) and the entire female population being represented by a hooker (billed as, yes, “Hooker” rather than a name in the end credits) who’s only on hand to be insulted by James Gandolfini’s boozy hitman (when she asks for a tip, he replies, “Here’s a tip: Learn how to put the condom on with your mouth”). But add the ill–advised attempt to make a meaningful statement and what’s left is particularly unbearable. Set in 2008, with both the presidential election and the financial collapse the hot news items of the day, the film constantly places its characters in settings where TVs or billboards are constantly featuring Obama, Bush or

McCain. It’s the movie’s way of saying that the crime underworld is no different than the real world, what with its bureaucratic blunders, corporate structuring, capitalist tendencies and dog–eat–dog mentality. At one point, Pitt’s character even says, “America isn’t a country; it’s a business.” Great, but mob movies have been making similar parallels at least since The Godfather 40 years ago.

LIFE OF PI

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It was Rod Serling, at the start of each episode of The Twilight Zone, who promised to whisk viewers to “a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land of imagination.” Yet here’s Ang Lee stealthily co–opting that claim for Life of Pi, his rapturous adaptation of Yann Martel’s best–selling novel. Martel’s 2001 book has long been one of those works coveted by filmmakers yet deemed unfilmable in many circles. But Hollywood, perhaps

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surprisingly, has a good history with turning unfilmable novels into sterling movies (Slaughterhouse Five, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The English Patient), and Life of Pi can be added to the winners’ circle. Lee has crafted a visually sumptuous (in 3–D, no less!) fable about Pi Patel (newcomer Suraj Sharma, nailing it), an Indian teenager who survives a disaster at sea, only to then find himself sharing a small boat with a fierce Bengal tiger. A framing device in which an adult Pi (Irrfan Khan) recounts his story to a writer (Rafe Spall) isn’t really needed, but it also isn’t obtrusive, and it’s always desirable to see the accomplished Khan on the screen. Magee’s script is steeped in spiritualism), an approach that is further conveyed by the heavenly images captured by cinematographer Claudio Miranda and an effects crew that employs CGI to astounding effect. The movie won’t appeal to everyone: Its themes will seem facile to many, and the ambiguity following a climactic twist might strike some as a copout). Yet even its detractors will be hard–pressed to opine that Life of Pi is strictly by–the–numbers.

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Tony Kushner has fashioned a script that leaves no grandiloquent declaration untouched. For all the Steven Spielberg film’s good intentions and spurts of innovation, though, the movie never really comes alive as living, breathing history.

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Rather than the comprehensive biopic suggested by the title, Lincoln instead focuses on the 16th president’s final days in office, as he works hard to pass an amendment that would outlaw slavery and involuntary servitude. Daniel Day–Lewis’ portrayal is, as expected, excellent, and he remains watchable even when the scene around him collapses. Yet because Day–Lewis is playing a figurehead, an icon, rather than a complete individual – it’s amazing how little we learn about the man himself – even his portrayal ultimately comes up short.

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There’s no getting around the fact that this latest feature fares the worst in practically every regard. Like Breaking Dawn – Part 1, it begins slowly before building speed, yet the narrative ascension ends up derailing before the conclusion. The early going finds the now–vampiric Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Pattinson) raising their gifted child Renesmee (initially rendered by creepy CGI before actress Mackenzie Foy takes over the role), with Bella incensed that her trusted friend Jacob (Lautner) imprinted on the little girl while in wolf form. Eventually, the Days of Our Lives interludes abruptly end when the Volturi, that evil coven of vampires, decides to destroy Renesmee. This leads to the best part of the

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Any list of the 10 best James Bond films would have to include 2006’s Casino Royale and the latest installment, Skyfall. That’s a pretty impressive batting average for Daniel Craig, who’s appeared in only three out of the 23 movies starring the dapper British agent with a licence (U.K. spelling intentional) to kill. It also speaks well for a series that’s celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, a half–century stretch that has seen the franchise occasionally teetering on the brink of irrelevance yet always managing to right itself. In the Craig canon, Casino Royale still ranks as the best, although Skyfall proves to be superior to 2008’s Quantum of Solace (itself better than the mostly blistering reviews would suggest). This new entry is a 007 saga certain to leave viewers both shaken and stirred, and not only by the exciting set–pieces. That’s because this film, like the two before it, occasionally allows Bond to wear his heart on his tailored sleeve, with Craig revealing flashes of empathy more frequently than did his predecessors in the role.

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It also takes the character of M (Judi Dench), who dating back to the Pierce Brosnan flicks has been a rigid, humorless leader, and humanizes her. That’s not initially the case: When we first see M, she’s ordering Eve (Naomie Harris), one of MI6’s rookie agents, to “take the shot” and down the enemy operative engaged in hand–to–hand combat with Bond. It’s a cold–blooded call, placing 007’s life in danger, and sure enough, Eve flubs the shot and kills our hero. Of course, he’s not really dead; instead, after a brief PTO full of self–pity and binge drinking, he returns to active duty, angry at M for her betrayal but determined to protect her and the organization from a new threat: a crooning gent by the name of Silva (Javier Bardem), who vows to exact his revenge on M for a past betrayal even greater than the one she inflicted on Bond. Oscar–winning director Sam Mendes (American Beauty), aided by the Coen brothers’ regular cinematographer Roger Deakins, provides all these proceedings with a grittier texture than often seen in this franchise, and while none of the set pieces here can match that incredible parkour opening in Casino Royale, most do not disappoint. If there’s a criticism to be leveled against Skyfall, it’s that Bardem doesn’t receive nearly enough screen time. He’s one of the franchise’s more interesting villains – playful, talkative, flirtatious, philosophical, fey and, above all, always a menacing presence. The movie could have used more scenes of him; instead, he doesn’t appear until well into the second act and is often forgotten for stretches thereafter. cS

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movie, with the story deviating from its source material to such extremes that the faithful readers at the advance screening shrieked with the same fervor as a 5–year–old watching her older brother tearing the head off her favorite doll. This unexpected departure is an audacious maneuver but, without giving too much away, it also turns out to be something of a cheat. And just like that, a series that was at its best when it got its own blood boiling disappointingly ends with ice in its veins.

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Activism & Politics 13th Colony Patriots A group of conservative political activists that meets the 13th of each month at Tubby’s restaurant, 2909 River Drive in Thunderbolt, 6:30pm to 8:30pm. We are dedicated to the preservation of the U. S. Constitution and life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all Americans. See our Facebook page or call Michael or Elizabeth at 912.604.4048. All are welcome. [062712] Drinking Liberally An informal, left-leaning group of folks who meet to talk about politics, the economy, sports, entertainment, and anything else that pops up. Every first and third Thursday, around 7:30 p.m. at Satisfied, 301 W. Broughton St., upstairs. Come join us! DrinkingLiberally.org [113012] Savannah Area Young Republicans For information, visit www.savannahyoungrepublican.com or call Allison Quinn at 912-308-3020. [062712] Savannah Tea Party Monthly Meetings First Monday of each month at B&D Burgers, 11108 Abercorn St. Social at 5:30pm. Business Meeting 6:00pm. All are welcome, please join us to discuss our agenda for the year 2013. Free to attend. Food and beverages available for purchase. Contact Marolyn Overton at 912-598-7358 or Jeanne Seaver at 912663-8728 for additional info. [102812]

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Benefits Donate Food Items to Backpack Buddies Backpack Buddies program feeds 1,500 Savannah-Chatham County Public School students a week.Each Friday, students take backpackh home filled with food to eat during the weekend-child-friendly, easy to open, nonperishable food and snacks. Help fill backpacks by donating in collection bins located at the holiday train in the Savannah Mall’s Center Court and with Santa at the Dillard’s Entrance. Donations will go directly to the “Backpack Buddies” program and into the backpack of a child in need. Go to www.savannahmall.com for a complete list of the food needed and help a child in our community facing hunger this holiday season. Donations Requested for Union Mission’s Holiday Hope and Happiness Campaign Donations will help fulfill holiday wishes of children and families in need this holiday season. Gifts for children, teens, adults and veterans for homeless people

who are Union Mission clients. Also seeking donations of canned items, dry goods and holiday decorations. Individuals and businesses can also “adopt” a child or family as part of Union Mission’s Angel Tree program. Donors will be matched with a child or a family and provided with a wish list detailing specific items and sizes. Participants are encouraged to make donations of new and unwrapped gifts including toys, clothing, games, school supplies, gift cards and monetary donations. All donated items can be dropped off at Union Mission, 120 Fahm Street in downtown Savannah, during normal business hours. Information: 912-236-7423. Forsyth Farmers’ Market Seeks Sponsors Forsyth Farmers’ Market sponsors invest in a healthy community and show consideration for the local economy. Sponsorship opportunities start at $350. Help keep food fresh and local. www. forsythfarmersmarket.com or email Kristin@forsythfarmersmarket.com for information. [091512] Karma Yoga Class for Local Charities Bikram Yoga Savannah has added a new weekly Karma Class to raise money for local charities. The Karma Class is held each Monday night during the regular 6:30 p.m. class. Students pay $5 to participate in the class, and all proceeds are donated to a local charity. A different charity is selected each month. Information: bikramyogasavannah.com or 912344-1278/912-356-8280. [072212] Mighty Eighth Hosts Toy, Food Drive The Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum,

(175 Bourne Avenue, Pooler) is hosting a toy and food drive to benefit local families in need. Drop off donations at the museum seven days per week between 9am-5pm. Food donations will benefit America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia., Second Harvest is in need of non-perishable food items that are unopened and labeled. Donated food must be received no later than Dec. 21. Toy donations should be new and unwrapped. Toys will be donated to local military families, as well as Operation Homefront Georgia, a nonprofit which provides emergency financial and other assistance to the families of service members and wounded warriors. Donated toys must be received no later than Dec. 14. Information: 912-748-8888 Pet Blanket and Bedding Drive Over 200 local dogs and cats at Animal Control in Savannah need beddingl. Please donate blankets, towels, washcloths, sheets, snuggies, baby blankets, pillowcases, cloth shower curtains, tablecloths, throws, dog beds, sleeping bags, sofa covers, comforters. Needed in any condition. Three ways to donate: A. Call 912-658-8299 to arrange for free pickup, or email Savannahblanketdrive@ gmail.com B. Drop off at one of donation boxes: 1. SavannahVeterinaryMedicalCenter, 2014 E. Victory Drive, Savannah 912-4478711 2. Tail Spin, 4501 Habersham St. at 61st, Savannah 912-691-8788 3. Tail Spin,473 Pooler Parkway, Pooler 912-330-8852 4. Critter Sit Doggy Daycare, 101 Sun-

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Casting Call for Film Extras and StandIns ’Killing Winston Jones’, a feature film starring Richard Dreyfuss and Danny Glover and directed by Joel David Moore (Dodgeball, Avatar) will be filming in Savanna until December 21st. First City Films has been hired as extras casting. The film is need of stand ins for Mr. Dreyfuss, Mr. Glover, John Heder (Napoleon Dynamite), Danny Masterson (’That ’70s Show), and Aly Michalka (Easy A, The Roomate). The film will also be needing adults, as well as, many 7th, 8th and 9th grade children (ALL ETHNICITIES) as extras. Please forward all headshots or photographs with dates of availability and contact information to FCFEXTRAS@gmail.com Stand Ins for the cast should attach a well-lit photograph and an email that includes ALL contact information, height, weight and age. In the subject line, please include which cast member (ie. Danny Glover) you are submitting. Stand ins should be available for most or all of the shoot. Payment is available on a daily rate.

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Participants Sought for National Cancer Research Effort The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention Study 3 (CPS-3) seeks participants in Savannah to be part of a nationwide cancer research effort surveying up to 500,000 people across the U.S. The survey will occur in the final week of February 2013. Men and women, ages 30-65 who have never been diagnosed with cancer are needed. The two-part study consists of a 30-minute in-person waist measurement and blood test, and an at-home questionnaire. Follow-up surveys will be sent to participants every few years to track changes in health, lifestyle, and other situations. CPS-3 is the third major initiative of this study that began in the 1950s (CPS-I) and began a new phase in 1982 (CPS-II). For more information, visit cps3savannah.com, email kitty.karr@cancer.org, or call 912355-5196.

Classes, Camps & Workshops Clay Classes: Savannah Clay Studio at Beaulieu Handbuilding, sculpture, and handmade tiles. Basic glazing and firing techniques. Contact Anita at 912-3514578 email: sav.claystudio@gmail.com. [120212] continues on p. 38

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Photography Classes From beginner photography to advanced post-production classes for all levels, amateur to professional. $20 per person for a two hour session with at least 5 students per class. Contact 410-2514421 or chris@chrismorrisphotography. com. A complete list of classes and class descriptions are available at http://www. chrismorrisphotography.com/photography-classes. [082612] Art Classes and Lessons Drawing and painting classes and private lessons offered by artist Karen Bradley. Call or email for details. 912507-7138 or kbillustration@mac.com. [112512] Art Classes at the Studio School. Ongoing weekly drawing and painting classes for youth and adults. Learn more at thestudioschoolsavannah.com or contact Melinda: melindaborysevicz@gmail. com. 912-484-6415. [113012] Art,-Music, Piano and Voice-coaching For all age groups, beginners through advanced, classic, modern, jazz improvisation and theory. Serious inquiries only. 961-7021 or 667-1056. [062812] Be a Master Gardener Applications are now being accepted for the 2013 Master Gardener Class, to be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:00AM-12:30PM from January 22nd thru April 4th, 2013 at the Bamboo Farm & Coastal Gardens, and at the Lake Mayer Community Room. The cost is $145.00. For more information call 912652-7981. UGA’s College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences/Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens. website: bamboo. caes.uga.edu Beading Classes at Bead Dreamer Studio Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced at Bead Dreamer Studio, 407A E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 920-6659. [062812] Champions Training Center Offers a variety of classes and training opportunities in mixed martial arts, juijitsu, judo and other disciplines for youth and adults at all levels of expertise. 525 Windsor Rd. Call 912-349-4582 or visit http://www.ctcsavannah.com/ [062812] Classical and Acoustic Guitar Instruction With a PhD in Music Savannah Classical Guitar Studio offers lessons for all levels of guitar student. Instructor is Dr.Brian Luckett, DMA classical guitar performance (www.brianluckett.com). Individual lessons in a private, quiet studio in the Starland area. All levels of lessons cover guitar technique, music theory (reading, rhythm etc.) and musicianship. General (folk/rock based) acoustic lessons also available but please, no electric instruments. Rates: $25.00 per half hour lesson; $45.00 per hour. Contact: brian@brianluckett.com [102812] Coast Guard Auxiliary Boating Classes Regular classes on boat handling, boating safety & navigation offered by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Learn from the experts. For dates & more informa-

| Submit your event | email: happenings@connectsavannah.com | fax: (912) 231-9932 | 1800 E. Victory Dr., Suite 7, Savannah, GA 31404 tion, visit our web site: www.savannahaux.com or telephone Kent Shockey at 912-897-7656. [062812] Drawing Instruction Private and group drawing lessons by artist and former SCAD professor Karen Bradley. Call or email for details, (912)507-7138. kbillustration@mac.com [062812] DUI Prevention Group Offers victim impact panels for intoxicated drivers, DUI, DWI, offenders, and anyone seeking to gain knowledge about the dangers of driving impaired. A must see for teenage drivers seeking a drivers license or who have already received a license. Group meets monthly. $40/ session. Information: 912-443-0410. [062812] English for Second Language Classes Students of all ages are invited to learn conversational English, comprehension, vocabulary and life communication skills. Free. Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Island Christian Church, 4601 US Highway 80 E Savannah. 912-897-3604. Contact: James Lavin or Minister John LaMaison www.islandschristian.org. [062812] Family Law Workshop The Mediation Center has three workshops a month to assist citizens who do not have legal representation in a family matter: divorce, legitimation, modifications of child support and/or visitation and contempt. Schedule: 1st Tuesday, 4:30-7:30pm. 2nd Monday, 2-5pm. 4th Thursday 10am-1pm. Fee:$30 to cover all documents needed to file. Register at mediationsavannah.com or 912-3546686. [082612] Fany’s Spanish/English Institute Spanish is fun. Classes for adults and children are held at 15 E. Montgomery Cross Rd. Call 921-4646 or 220-6570 to register. [062812] Feldenkrais Classes Tuesdays 10:00am and Wednesdays 6:00pm at the Park South complex, 7505 Waters Ave, Bldg B Suite 8, near Waters and Eisenhower. $15 per class, mats provided. Dress for moving comfortably on the floor. Elaine Alexander, GCFP. 912-223-7049 or elaine.alexander@ ymail.com, www.feldenkrais.com. [120912] Group Guitar Lessons Join us for a fun time, for group guitar lessons, at the YMCA on Whitemarsh and Tybee Islands (adults and teens only). Hands-on instruction, music theory, ear training, sight reading, ensemble playing, technique, and rhythm drills, by teacher Tim Daniel (BS in Music). 912897-9559. $20/week. [062812] Guitar, Electric Bass & Double Bass Lessons Instruction for all ages of beginner/ intermediate students. Technique, chords, note reading, and theory. Learn songs and improvisation. Studio located 2 blocks from Daffin Park. Housecalls available. Call 401-255-6921 or email a.teixeira472@gmail.com to schedule a 1/2 price first lesson! [062812]

Guitar, Mandolin or bass guitar Lessons Guitar, mandolin or bass guitar lessons. emphasis on theory, reading music and improvisation. Located in Ardsley Park. 912-232-5987 [062812] Homeschool Music Classes Music classes for homeschool students ages 8 through 18 and their parents. Classes start in August with registration in July. Classes offered in Guyton and Savannah. Go to www.CoastalEmpireMusic. com for more details. [062812] Housing Authority Neighborhood Resource Center The Housing Authority of Savannah hosts a series of regular classes at the Neighborhood Resource Center. 1407 Wheaton Street. Adult literacy/GED prep: Mon-Thurs, 9am-12pm & 1pm-4pm. Financial education: 4th Fri of month, 9-11am. Basic Computer training: Tues & Thurs, 1-3pm. Community Computer lab: Mon-Fri, 3-4:30pm. For more info: 912-232-4232 x115 or www.savannahpha.com [062812] January Camera/Computer/I-Phone classes Digital Imaging Basics, Intro to Computers, iPhone Essentials/Tips & Tricks. January courses offered in Savannah by Georgia Southern University’s Division of Continuing Education. Fees and Information: Judy Fogarty, 912-644-5967, or jfogarty@georgiasouthern.edu. Learn to Speak Spanish Spanish Instruction for Individuals or Groups and Spanish-English Translation and Interpretation. Classes held at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. An eclectic range of tools used in each session, including: hand-outs, music, visual recognition, conversation, and interactive web media. Instruction tailored to student needs. Flexible scheduling. Information and pricing: 912-541-1337. [062412] Music Lessons for All Instruments Rody’s Music is now offering music lessons for all ages on all instruments, beginners through advanced. 7700 Abercorn St. For more information call 912-352-4666 or email kristi@awsav. com. [051912] Music Lessons--Multiple Instruments Savannah Musicians Institute offers private instruction for all ages in guitar, drums, piano, bass, voice, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, flute, and woodwinds. 7041 Hodgson Memorial Dr. Info: 912692-8055 or smisavannah@gmail.com. [062812] New Horizons Adult Band Program A music program for adults who played a band instrument in high school or college and would like to have the opportunity to begin playing again. Dust off your instrument every Monday night at Portman’s Music Store (Abercorn) at 6:30p.m. The cost is $30.00 per month. All ages and ability levels are welcome. Contact Pamela Kidd at 912-354-1500 for more info. [062812] Novel Writing Write a novel, finish the one you’ve

started, revise it or pursue publishing your work. Award-winning Savannah author offers one-on-one or small group classes and mentoring, as well as manuscript critique, ebook formatting and more. Send an email to pmasoninsavannah@gmail.com for pricing and scheduling information. [062812] Open Pottery Studio at Savannah’s Clay Spot For potters with experience who want time in the studio, Choose from 4 hour time slots. Registrations are based on a monthly, bi monthly, and quarterly time commitment. Savannah’s Clay Spot, 1305 Barnard St. Information: 912-509-4647 or www.savannahsclayspot.com [062812] Professional Development Courses in February “Beginning Project Management,” “Social Media for Small Business,” and “Microsoft Word 1” These February courses are offered in Savannah by Georgia Southern University’s Division of Continuing Education. Fees and Information: Judy Fogarty, 912-644-5967, or jfogarty@georgiasouthern.edu. Russian Language Classes Learn to speak Russian. All experience levels welcome, beginner to expert. Call 912-713-2718 for more information. [062812] SAT Prep Courses in January “Math Prep for the SAT” and “Critical Reading Prep for the SAT” begin in late January. Courses offered in Savannah by Georgia Southern University’s Division of Continuing Education. Fees and Information: Judy Fogarty, 912-644-5967, or jfogarty@georgiasouthern.edu. Savannah Charlesfunders Investment Discussion Group The Savannah Charlesfunders meet every Saturday at 8:30am to discuss stocks, bonds, and better investing. Meetings take place at Panera Bread on Bull and Broughton. Contact us at charlesfund@gmail.com for more information. [062812] Savannah Sacred Harp Singers Everyone that loves to sing is invited to join the Savannah Sacred Harp Singers at Faith Primitive Baptist Church, 3212 Bee Road in Savannah. All are welcome to participate or listen in on one of America’s most revered musical traditions. For more information call 912-6550994 or visit savannahsacredharp.com. [062812] Sewing Classes Classes and individualized sewing instruction from Laurie, 912-358-8989. Email: lr_bryant@yahoo.com [111112] Sewing Classes at Savannah Sewing Academy Beginner in Sewing? Starting your Clothing Business? Starting your Clothing Line? Industry Standard Sewing Courses designed to meet your needs in the garment industry. Open schedule is available. Skirts,Pants Jackets, Dresses, Blouses, Vest, Alteration Classes. Held at Savannah Sewing Academy, 1917 Bull Street. Information: www.savsew.com or 912-290-0072. [121312]

ect Management, Short Story Writing, Creative Writing, Drawing, and Photography. All courses offered Winter Term in Savannah by Georgia Southern University’s Division of Continuing Education. Fees and Information: Judy Fogarty, 912-644-5967, or jfogarty@georgiasouthern.edu. Writing and Drawing Classes in January “Creative Writing 1” and “Drawing 1” are some of the January courses offered in Savannah by Georgia Southern University’s Division of Continuing Education. Fees and Information: Judy Fogarty, 912-644-5967, or jfogarty@georgiasouthern.edu. Yoga for Couples: Toolbox for Labor & Delivery A two hour class for prospective moms and the person who will be with her during labor and delivery. Learn the stages of labor and delivery and a “toolbox” of hands-on comfort measures from a labor doula, including breathing, massage, positioning, and pressure points. Bring an exercise ball. 1 - 3PM quarterly, on Saturdays at Savannah Yoga Center. First class, Jan 19. Course fee: $100 per couple. Contact: www.douladeliveries. com or call Ann Carroll at (912) 704-7650 or ann@douladeliveries.com. [121312]

Clubs & Organizations Avegost LARP Live action role playing group that exists in a medieval fantasy realm. Generally meets on the second weekend of the month. Free for your first event or if you’re a non-player character. $35 fee for returning characters. Email: Kaza Ayersman, godzillaunknown@gmail.com or visit www.avegost.com [062912] Blindness and Low Vision: A Guide to Working, Living and Supporting Individuals with Vision Loss On the 3rd Thursday of every month, Savannah Center for Blind and Low Vision will offer workshops to learn more about vision loss, services and technology available to participate more fully in the community and how as a community we can support individuals with vision loss. Orientation and Mobility Techniques utilized by individuals with vision loss to access the community, Low Vision vs. Legal Blindness, Common Types of Vision Loss, How to support individuals who have vision loss to achieve their maximum independence, Low Vision Simulator Experiences, Blindfold Experiences, Resources. Free and Open to the Public. Information: www.SavannahCBLV.org. Savannah Center for Blind and Low Vision, 214 Drayton Street. [101412] Buccaneer Region SCCA The 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. Visit http://buccaneerregion. org. [062912] Business Networking on the Islands Small Business Professionals Islands

Networking Group Meets 1st Thursday each month from 9:30-10:30 AM. Tradewinds Ice Cream & Coffee, 107 Charlotte Rd. Savannah (912) 308-6768 for more info. [062912] Chatham Sailing Club Meets the first Friday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at Young’s Marina, 218 Wilmington Island Rd., Savannah (across fom N. Cromwell Rd.) If first Friday falls on a holiday weekend, meeting is second Friday. No boat? No sailing experience? No problem! Information: http://www. chathamsailing.org. [051912] Drop N Circle Craft Night (formerly Stitch-N Group) Sponsored by The Frayed Knot and Perlina. Join us every Tuesday evening 5pm-8pm for crafting. Located at 6 West State Street (behind the CVS off of Wright Square in the historic district.) Enjoy the sharing of creativity with other knitters, crocheters, beaders, spinners, felters, needle pointers. All levels of experience welcome. Come and be inspired! For more info please call 912-233-1240 or 912-441-2656. [072812] Energy Healers Energy Healers Meets every Monday at 6pm. Meditation and healing with energy. Discuss aromatherapy, chakra systems and more. Call 912-695-2305 for more info. http://www.meetup.com/SavannahEnergyHealers/ [062912] Historic Savannah Chapter of ABWA Meets the second Thursday of every month from 6-7:30 p.m. The cost is the price of the meal. RSVP to 660-8257. Tubby’s Tank House, 2909 River Dr., Thunderbolt. [062912] Honor Flight Savannah A non-profit organization dedicated to sending our area Korean War and World War II veterans to Washington DC to visit the new WWII Memorial. All expenses are paid by Honor Flight Savannah, which is not a government-supported program. They depend on donations from the community to fund their efforts. Honor Flight is seeking veterans interested in making a trip to Washington. For more info: (912) 596-1962 or www.honorflightsavannah. org [062912] Islands MOMSnext For mothers of school-aged children, kindergarten through high school. Authentic community, mothering support, personal growth, practical help, and spiritual hope. Meets first & third Monday of the month, excluding holidays. Childcare is available upon request. A ministry of MOPS International. Information or registration: call 912-898-4344 or kymmccarty@hotmail.com. http://www. mops.org/ [062912] Islands MOPS A Mothers of Preschoolers group that meets at the First Baptist Church of the Islands on two Wednesdays a month from 9:15-11:30am. Website/information: https://sites.google.com/site/ islandsmops/ [062912] Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet Meets every Wednesday. Different loca-

tions downtown. Contact (912) 308-6768 for info. No fees. Wanna learn? Come join us! [062912] Knittin’ Night Knit and crochet gathering held each Tuesday evening, 5pm-8pm All skill levels welcome. Wild Fibre, 6 East Liberty Street (near Bull St.) Call for info: 912238-0514 [063012] Low Country Turners A club for wood-turning enthusiasts. Contact Steve Cook, 912-313-2230. [062912] Military Order of the Purple Heart Ladies Auxiliary Meets the first Saturday of the month at 1 p.m. American Legion Post 184, 1 Legion Dr. Call 786-4508. [062912] Peacock Guild-For Writers and Book Lovers A literary society for bibliophiles and writers. Writer’s Salon meetings held on first Tuesday and third Wednesday. Book Club meets on the third Tuesday. All meetings start at 7:30 p.m. and meet at Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home (207 E. Charlton St.). Call 233-6014 or visit Facebook group “Peacock Guild” for more info. [062912] Philo Cafe A weekly discussion group that meets from 7:30pm-9pm at various locations each Monday. Anyone craving some good conversation is invited to drop by. No cost. For more info, email athenapluto@ yahoo.com or look up The Philo Cafe on Facebook. [063012] Queen of Spades Card Playing Club A new club formed to bring lovers of card games together to play games such as Spades, Hearts, Rummy, etc. We will meet every other Thursday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at The Sentient Bean, 13. E. Park Ave. Next meeting is July 19. Children are welcome. No fee. Information: 912660-8585. [071512] 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,756-5865 or Billy Tomlinson 596-5965. [062912] Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club Members of Starfleet International and The Klingon Assault Group meet the first Sunday at 4 pm. at 5429 LaRoche Ave and the third Tuesday at Super King Buffet, 10201 Abercorn Street at 7:30 p.m. Call 308-2094, email kasak@comcast.net or visit www.roguephoenix.org. [062912] Safe Kids Savannah A coalition dedicated to preventing childhood injuries, holds a meeting on the second Tuesday of every month from 11:30am-1pm. Visit www.safekidssavannah.org or call 912-353-3148 for more info. [062912] Savannah Art Association The non-profit art association, the Southeast’s oldest, is taking applications for membership. Workshops, community programs, exhibition opportunities, and an artistic community of diverse and continues on p. 40

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Sewing Lessons Personalized sewing lessons for your individual goals/needs. Any age or ability. Lessons given in my home. 912-3588989 or lr_bryant@yahoo.com. E-mail preferred. [110312] Singing Lessons with Anitra Opera Diva Anitra is currently teaching the Vaccai Bel Canto technique for those interested in improving their vocal range and breathing capacity. Bel Canto carries over well as a foundation technique for different styles including opera, pop, rock and cabaret. Fridays 5.30-8-30pm, Institute of Cinematic Arts, 12 1/2 W State St Savannah, 3rd floor. 786-247-9923 www. anitraoperadiva.com [062512] Spanish Classes Learn Spanish for life and grow your business. Spanish courses to professionals in the Savannah area offered by Conquistador Spanish Language Institute, LLC. Classes offered in series. “Beginner Spanish for Professionals” course. Introductory price $155 + Textbook ($12.95) Instructor: Bertha E. Hernandez, M.Ed & Native Speaker. Registration: www.conquistador-spanish. com Fee: $155.00 Meets in the Keller Williams Realty Meeting Room, 329 Commercial Drive. Spiritual Economics--Eight Weeks Course Begins January 9, 2013. Learn basic metaphysical principles which govern our financial wellness – some call this, the true level of our “prosperity.” Prosperity is a way of thinking and being – not something you “get.” Alternatively, poverty is also a way of thinking and being – not something you “lack.” In our Universe, “Affluence literally means ‘an abundant flow’.” Learn to apply these principles to heal any limitation, Fee: $160.00 Information and registration at meetup.com/CSLSavannah. Visual Arts Classes and Workshops Now Registering City of Savannah’s S.P.A.C.E. visual arts classes and workshops now registering for January/February classes. Teen jewelry, children’s fibers and watercolor among new offerings. Day and evening sessions are offered for children, teens, and adults in all skill levels. Sessions begin Jan. 7 and run through Feb.15 and are held at the Department of Cultural Affairs S.P.A.C.E. studios located at 9 W. Henry Street. Three week and six week classes are available, as well as weekend workshops. Visual arts sessions include ceramics, metals, glass, fibers, jewelry, painting and drawing. Class fees include instruction, use of studio space, use of equipment and all materials and tools required. Space is limited and advance registration is required. Credit cards are accepted. Class schedule and registration forms are available online at www. savannahga.gov/arts or by calling (912) 651-6783. Winter Term Classes for Professional and Personal Development Beginning Sign Language, Photoshop, Facebook for Beginners, Advanced Proj-

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creative people from all ages, mediums, and skill levels. Information: 912-2327731 [062912] Savannah Authors Autonomous Writing Group Meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, 6-8 p.m. Encourage firstclass prose writing, fiction or non-fiction, through discussion, constructive criticism, instruction, exercises and examples. Location: Savannah Baptist Center, 704 Wheaton St. All are welcome, including beginners. No charge. Contact: Alice Vantrease (alicevantrease@live.com) or 912-308-3208. [091512] Savannah Brewers’ League Meets the first Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. Call 447-0943 or visit www. hdb.org and click on Clubs, then Savannah Brewers League. Meet at Moon River Brewing Company, 21 W. Bay St. [062912] Savannah Clemson Club Savannah Area Clemson alumni and supporters meet at various times and locations throughout the year. Viewing parties for football games held at Satisfied (formerly Loco’s Downtown), 301 W. Broughton Street. Information: Gareth Avant at garethavant@gmail.com or 336339-3970. [092312] Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States A dinner meeting the fourth Tuesday of each month (except December) at 6 p.m. at the Hunter Club. Call John Findeis at 748-7020. [062912] Savannah Fencing Club Beginner classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings for six weeks. $60. Some equipment provided. After completing the class, you may join the Savannah Fencing Club for $5 per month. Experienced fencers welcome. Call 429-6918 or email savannahfencing@aol.com. [062912] Savannah Go Green Meets most Saturdays. Green events and places. Share ways to Go Green each day! Call (912) 308-6768 to learn more. [062912] Savannah Jaycees Meeting/info session held the 1st Tuesday of every month at 6pm to discuss upcoming events and provide an opportunity for those interested in joining the Jaycees to learn more. Must be 21-40 years old to join. 101 Atlas St. 912-353-7700 or www.savannahjaycees. com [062912] Savannah Kennel Club Monthly meetings are open to the public and visitors. Meetings are held at Logan’s Roadhouse Restaurant, 11301 Abercorn St. the fourth Monday of each month, September through May. Dinner starts at 6 pm and meeting starts at 7:30pm. Guest Speakers at every meeting. For more info, call 912-238-3170 or visit www.savannahkennelclub.org [062912] Savannah Newcomers Club Open to women who have lived in the Savannah area for less than two

| Submit your event | email: happenings@connectsavannah.com | fax: (912) 231-9932 | 1800 E. Victory Dr., Suite 7, Savannah, GA 31404 years. Membership includes a monthly luncheon and program. The club hosts activities, tours and events to assist in learning about Savannah and making new friends. www.savannahnewcomers. com [062912] Savannah Parrot Head Club Love a laid-back lifestyle? Beach, Buffet and no dress code. Check out savannahphc.com for the events calendar or e-mail: savannahphc@yahoo.com [112512] Savannah Sunrise Rotary Club Meets Thursdays from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at the Mulberry Inn. http://www.savannahsunriserotary.org. [062912] Savannah Toastmasters Helps improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly and supportive environment on Mondays at 6:15 p.m. at Memorial Health University Medical Center, Conference Room C. 484-6710. [062912] Savannah Writers Group A gathering of writers of all levels for networking, hearing published guest speaker authors, and writing critique in a friendly, supportive environment. Meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 7:00 PM at the Atlanta Bread Company in Twelve Oaks Shopping Center, 5500 Abercorn Street. Free and open to the public. Information: www. savannahwritersgroup.blogspot.com/ group or 912-572-6251. [082612]. Seersucker Live’s Happy Hour for Writers A no-agenda gathering of the Savannah area writing community, held on the first Thursday of every month from 5:307:30pm. Free and open to all writers, aspiring writers, and anyone interested in writing. 21+ with valid I.D. Usually held at Abe’s on Lincoln, 17 Lincoln Street. For specifics, visit SeersuckerLive.com. [063012] The Freedom Network An international, leaderless network of individuals seeking practical methods for achieving more freedom in an unfree world, via non-political methods. For individualists, non-conformists, anarcholibertarians, social misfits, voluntarists, conspiracy theorists, “permanent tourists” etc. Savannah meetings/discussions twice monthly on Thursdays at 8.30 pm. Discussion subjects and meeting locations will vary. No politics, no religious affiliation, no dues, no fees. For next meeting details email: onebornfree@yahoo.com. [072212] U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla Join the volunteer organization that assists the U.S. Coast Guard. Meets the 4th Wednesday every month at 6pm at Barnes Restaurant, 5320 Waters Avenue. All ages welcomed. Prior experience and/or boat ownership not required. Information: www.savannahaux.com or telephone 912-598-7387. [063012] Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671 Meets monthly at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. Call James

Crauswell at 927-3356. [063012] Woodville-Tompkins Scholarship Foundation Meets the second Tuesday of every month (except October), 6:00 pm at Woodville-Tompkins, 151 Coach Joe Turner Street. Call 912-232-3549 or email chesteraellis@comcast.net for more information. [063012]

Dance Salsa Lessons by Salsa Savannah Tue: 8-9/9-10pm, Thur: 8-9/9-10pm, Sun 5-6/6-7pm. Lessons at Salon de Baile, 7048 Hodgson Memorial Drive, Savannah, GA 31406. Visit us at www. salsasavannah.com for more information. [111112] Abeni Cultural Arts Dance Classes Classes for multiple ages in the art of performance dance and Adult fitness dance. Styles include African, Modern, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Contemporary, & Gospel. Classes held in the new Abeni Cultural Arts dance studio, 8400-B Abercorn St. For more information call 912-6313452 or 912-272-2797. Ask for Muriel or Darowe. E-mail: abeniculturalarts@ gmail.com [062812] Adult Ballet Class Maxine Patterson School of Dance, 2212 Lincoln St., at 39th, is offering an Adult Ballet Class on Thursdays from 6:307:30. Cost is $12 per class. Join us for learning and fun. Call 234-8745 for more info. [062812] Adult Dance and Fitness Classes Beginner & Intermediate Ballet, Modern Dance, Barre Fusion, BarreCore Body Sculpt, and Gentle Stretch & Tone. No experience necessary for beginner ballet, barre, or stretch/tone. The Ballet School, Piccadilly Square, 10010 Abercorn. Registration/fees/information: 912-925-0903. Or www.theballetschoolsav.com [062812] Adult Intermediate Ballet Mondays & Wednesdays, 7 - 8pm, $12 per class or 8 classes for $90. Class meets year round. (912) 921-2190. The Academy of Dance, 74 West Montgomery Crossroads. [062812] Argentine Tango Effective December 2012, the time for Argentine Tango lessons is Sundays, 1:30 - 3:30pm. Doris Martin Dance Studio, 8511-h Ferguson Ave. Open to the public. Cost $3.00 per person. Wear closed toe leather soled shoes if available. For more information call 912-925-7416 or email savh_tango@yahoo.com. [120912] Beginners Belly Dance Classes Instructed by Nicole Edge. All ages/skill levels welcome. Every Sunday, Noon1PM, Fitness Body and Balance Studio 2127 1/2 E. Victory Dr. $15/class or $48/ four. 912-596-0889 or www.cairoonthecoast.com [062812] Beginners Belly Dancing with Cybelle The perfect class for those with little to no dance background. Cybelle has been formally trained and has been performing for over a decade. $15/class. Tues: 7-8pm. Visit www.cybelle3.com. For info:

cybelle@cybelle3.com or call 912-4141091 Private classes are also available. Walk-ins are welcome. Synergistic Bodies, 7724 Waters Ave. [062812] C.C. Express Dance Team Meets every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at the Windsor Forest Recreation Building. Clogging or tap dance experience is necessary for this group. Call Claudia Collier at 748-0731. [062812] Home Cookin’ Cloggers Meet every Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at Nassau Woods Recreation Building on Dean Forest Road. No beginner classes are being held at this time, however help will be available for those interested in learning. Call Claudia Collier at 7480731. [122911] Irish Dance Classes Glor na h’Eireann cultural arts studio is offering beginner to champion Irish Dance classes for ages 5 and up, Adult Step & Ceili, Strength & Flexibility, noncompetitive and competition programs, workshops and camps. TCRG certified. For more info contact PrideofIrelandGA@ gmail.com or 912-704-2052. [062812] Mahogany Shades of Beauty Inc. offers dance classes, including hip hop, modern, jazz, West African, ballet, lyrical and step, as well as modeling and acting classes. All ages and all levels are welcome. Call Mahogany at 272-8329. [062812] Modern Dance Class Classes for beginner and intermediate levels. Fridays 10-11:15am. Doris Martin Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd. For more info, call Elizabeth 912-354-5586. [062812] Pole Dancing Classes Beginners pole dance offered Wednesdays 8pm, Level II Pole Dance offered Monday 8pm, $22/1 class, $70/4 classes, pre-registration required. Learn pole dance moves and spins while getting a full body workout. Also offering Pole Fitness Classes Monday & Wednesday 11am. For more info: www.fitnessbodybalance.com or 912-398-4776. Nothing comes off but your shoes. Fitness Body & Balance Studio, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. [062812] Savannah Dance Club Savannah Dance Club. Shag, Swing, Cha-Cha and Line dancing. Everyone invited. Call for details on location, days and times. 912-398-8784. [082912] Savannah Shag Club music every Wednesday, 7pm, at Doubles Lounge, 7100 Abercorn St. and every Friday, 7 pm, at American Legion Post 36, 2309 E. Victory Dr. [062812]

Events Arvigo Maya Abdominal Massage Workshop Gentle, external, self-massage technique to restore the flow of blood, lymph, nerve impulses and energy throughout your belly while addressing malpositioned organs. Includes herbal, nutritional, spiritual and emotional elements. offered in Savannah, February 8-10. Times: 9-6 Friday and Saturday, 9-2 Sunday.

Open House for Johnson High School International Baccalaureate Programme Sol C. Johnson High School will be hosting its annual International Baccalaureate Programme Open House on January 15 at 5:30 PM. Parents and students who are interested in learning more about the wonderful opportunities available in the IB Programme are invited to attend. To learn more, contact Johnson’s IB Office at 912-395-6405 or visit our website at www. sccpss.com/johnsinib. Positive Youth Basketball Registration begins Dec. 8, 4:00-5:30pm at Community Bible Church, Ages 5-14. $25 application fee, no refunds. Uniforms $40; Warm-ups $40. Deadline Saturday, Jan. 7, 2013 Contact: Coach Maurice 912503-3001. Shire of Forth Castle Fighter Practice 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 [072212]

Film & Video CinemaSavannah A film series that seeks to bring new, first-run films to Savannah including critically acclaimed foreign films and documentaries, among others. To subscribe to information about the series, including screening dates and times, email: cinesavannah@att.net [072812] Psychotronic Film Society Hosts weekly screenings every Wednesday, 8pm, at the Sentient Bean. Offering up a selection of films so bad they are good, cult classics and other rarities. Upcoming schedule: www.sentientbean. com and on weekends at The Muse Arts Warehouse www.musesavannah.org [062812]

Fitness AHA in the AM “Aha in the AM” from 7:30-9am, Mondays and Fridays. The Anahata Healing Arts (AHA) Sanctuary is open to free form yoga/movement with guided mediation. Great way to start and end your work week. AHA offers a sacred, creative environment for the community to cocreate and channel positive energy which supports emotions, strengthens bodies, and sustains spirits. Location: Anahata Healing Arts, 2424 Drayton St., Unit B. Email for weekly theme, trickydame@ gmail.com. Fee: donations. Information: trickydame.com/anahata-healing-arts. [120212] Hiking & Biking at Skidaway Island State Park Year-round fitness opportunities. Walkers and runners can choose from the 1-mile Sandpiper Nature Trail (accessible), additional 1 mile Avian Loop Trail or 3-mile Big Ferry Trail. Bicycle and Street Strider continues on p. 42

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1 Word of surprise 5 Dreamworks ___ (movie studio) 8 Praiseful poet 13 LBJ daughter 14 ___ Plus (shampoo) 16 Place for concerts 17 Buck 19 School, in Quebec 20 PepsiCo beverage introduced in 2001 22 Sleepy cohort 23 Word before hog or rage 24 Angel dust 27 What Ali wore in a historic match against Liston 33 “You Be ___” (Run-D.M.C. hit) 35 Rival of LA 36 Big bucks 37 Check out the factory 38 Football coach Parseghian 39 Gas or elec., e.g. 40 Lot dwellers 42 “U just got pwned” 43 “___ a Letter to My Love” (1980 movie) 44 Used delaying tactics 47 Trite answer to “What’s up?” (with “the”) 48 Bog fuel 49 To catch a thief 51 “Mary Poppins” song refrain 58 Grim Reaper’s collection 59 The world of Bond 60 Chicken, in a taqueria 61 “The Secret of ___ Inish” 62 Earth Day subj. 63 Party animal’s secret 64 ___ Schwarz 65 Dick Tracy’s love ___ Trueheart

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4 Cut into cubes 5 Toastmasters preparation 6 TV chef Graham 7 Pirate’s drink 8 Pitching style 9 Like some trees or teeth 10 “Can I let you ___ a little secret?” 11 Be pouty 12 Swinger’s stand 15 Return to keep kids safe 18 Documented 21 URL punctuation 24 Breads for hummus 25 Influence 26 Dwarf planet that Neil deGrasse Tyson helped demote 28 All riled up 29 Alpine region of Austria 30 Students take them 31 “Hogan’s Heroes” colonel 32 Like soy sauce 34 They combat fatigue 41 Looks good on first inspection 43 It shares a 45-mile border with Canada 45 Female army enlistee, once 46 City in a Pauly Shore movie title 50 “The Devil and Daniel Webster” author 51 Not dorky 52 Dance with a story 53 “Time ___ the essence” 54 Org. that gives out ratings 55 “The Amazing ___” 56 They may get inflated 57 British pie contents 58 Number on a Banana Boat bottle

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Fee: $365 Discounts available. Register by January 20. Hosted by Savannah Midwifery, www.SavannahMidwife.net. Taught by Marcie Webb. from the Arvigo Institute www.ArvigoTherapy.com or 603-588-2571 or marcie1@cox.net. Open to everyone! CEU’s available. Farm a la Carte: A Mobile Farmers Market Find them at various spots around town including Wednesdays 2:30-6:30pm at Green Truck on Habersham, Thursdays 3-5:30pm at Bethesda Farmers’ Market and Saturdays 9-1 at Forsyth Farmers Market. Sustainable meats, organic produce, local dairy and more. revivalfoods. com. [062812] Farmer’s Market and Fleatique on Wilmington Island Local vendors of regionally grown produce, antiques, flea market finds. Outdoor market or indoor booths. Vendors please contact us to participate! A portion of this month’s booth rental fees will be donated to the Marc Cordray Fund.. Free to attend. Booths available to rent for a fee. Cents and $ensibility, 6703 Johnny Mercer Blvd., Wilmington Island. In the parking lot or indoors. 912-659-2900. Every Saturday, 9am-1pm. Free Admission to Mighty Eighth for Active Duty Servicemembers Now through December 31, active duty servicemembers receive free admission to the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum, 175 Bourne Avenue, Pooler, Georgia. Family members receive a discount rate of $5. Present military ID at entry to receive the discount/free admission. The museum is open seven days per week, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. but will be closed on Christmas, and will close at 2 p.m. on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve. Information: 912-748-8888 or www. mightyeighth.org Guided Tours of the Lucas Theatre for the Arts Learn the history of the historic Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn Street, on this 20-30 minute tour, its restoration, architectural notes and touch on the history of theatre and early cinema. $4 per person, cash or check only. Group rates for 10 or more. School trips available. Times: No reservations needed for 10:30am, 1:30pm and 2:30pm daily. Reservations available for other times. Information: 912-525-5023 or emuller@lucastheatre.com. [062412] Meditation Workshop by Kelsang Nyema, Buddhist Nun A meditation workshop by Nyema, a nineyear instructor on Buddhism and meditation. Saturday, Dec. 22, 1pm-2:30pm, Savannah Yoga Center, 1319 Bull Street. $10 prior to December 15th ($15 after.) $5 for full time students with ID and those over 60yrs old. Get your Information and tickets: www.savannahyoga.com. Musicians Avaliable We are doing 1 1/2 shows for free right now. If you need an opening musical act, please consider us. We are located on Wilmington Island. www. facebook.com/pages/The-Edge-ofRed/415364065167234?ref=hl

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rental available. Guided hikes scheduled regularly. $5 parking. Open daily 7 a.m. – 10 p.m. (912) 598-2300 www.GaStateParks.org/SkidawayIsland [100712] Tai Chi Lessons in Forsyth Park Tuesdays from 9-10am. $10 per session. North End of Forsyth Park. Contact relaxsavannah@gmail.com with questions. Basic Zumba & Zumba Toning Classes with Mai Mondays, Lake Mayer in the Community Center from 8:30am - 9:30am. Zumba Toning at the JEA (Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St) Mondays @ 6 pm. Free for members, $5.00 for nonmembers. Basic Zumba Tues & Thurs 10-10:45am, Curves in Sav’h Mall, $3/members, $5/Gen. Adm. Tuesdays 5:30-6:30pm, St. Paul CME Social Hall, 123 Brady St. $3 Per class. Weds 9:3010:15am, Frank Murray Community Center, Wilmington Island, $3. Bring water, proper shoes and attire. Contact Mai @ 912-604-9890. [081912] Bellydance Fusion Classes Fusion bellydance mixes ballet, jazz and hip hop into a unique, high energy style of dance. Classes include drills and choreographies for all levels. Small classes held several days a week in downtown Savannah, and upon request. $10 per person. Contact Christa at 678-799-4772 or see [063012]

| Submit your event | email: happenings@connectsavannah.com | fax: (912) 231-9932 | 1800 E. Victory Dr., Suite 7, Savannah, GA 31404 Blue Water Yoga Community donation based classes held at the Talahi Island Community Center. Tue. & Thur. 5:45 -7:00pm Fri. 9:3010:30a For info email egs5719@aol.com or find Blue Water Yoga on Facebook. [063012] Fitness Classes at the JEA Spin, firm it up, yoga, Pilates, water aerobics, Aquasize, senior fitness, and Zumba. Prices vary. Call for days and times. 355-8111. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St., http://www. savj.org. [063012] Kung Fu School: Ving Tsun Ving Tsun (Wing Chun) is the world’s fastest growing martial arts style. Uses angles and leverage to turn an attacker’s strength against them. Call Sifu Michael Sampson to learn about free trial classes 912-429-9241. 11202 White Bluff Road. Drop ins welcome. [063012] Mommy and Baby Yoga Classes Mondays at the Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Call for times and fees. 912-232-2994 or visit www.savannahyoga.com. [063012] Pilates Classes Daily classes for all skill levels including beginners. Private and Semi-Private classes by appointment. Momentum Pilates Studio, 8413 Suite-A Ferguson Ave. Carol Daly-Wilder, Certified Pilates

Instructor. 912.238-0018. http://savannahpilates.com. [063012] Pregnancy Yoga Ongoing series of 6-week sessions. Thursdays 6- 7:15pm at Savannah Yoga Center, 1319 Bull Street. Pre-natal yoga helps mothers-to-be prepare for a more mindful approach to the challenges of pregnancy, labor & delivery. The instructor is Ann Carroll. Course fee: $100. Contact Ann Carroll at (912) 704-7650 or ann@aikyayoga.com. [121312] Savannah Climbing CoOp Ladies Night Every Wednesday women climb for half price from 6pm - 10pm. $5. 302 W Victory Drive, Suite D. savannahclimbingcoop.com [091012] Savannah Disc Golf Club Weekly events (Entry $5): Friday 5 pm - Friday Night Flights. Sat. 10am-Luck of the draw Doubles. Sat. 1pm-Handicapped League. Tom Triplett Park, Hwy 80 W, Pooler. Sun. 10 am-Singles at the Sarge in Hardeeville, SC. Info: savannahdiscgolf.com or savannahdiscgolf@gmail. com All skill levels welcome. Instruction available. [063012] Stand-Up Paddleboarding Stand-up paddleboarding lessons and tours. A great way get out on the water and to stay fit. East Coast Paddleboarding, Savannah/Tybee Island. Eastcoastpaddleboarding.com or 912-484-3200.

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[093012] The Yoga Room Visit www.thesavannahyogaroom.com or call 898-0361 for a schedule of classes, times and fees. Savannah Yoga Room, 115 Charlotte Dr. [063012] Yoga for Cancer Patients and Survivors Free for people with cancer and cancer survivors. 6.30 p.m., Tuesdays and 12:45 p.m., Thursdays, FitnessOne, 3rd floor of the Center for Advanced Medicine, Memorial University Medical Center. Call 912-350-9031. [072912] Zumba Classes with Mai and Anne Ditch the Workout, Join the Party, Monday nights 7-8pm. Lake Mayer Community Center, 1850 East Montgomery Crossroads. All levels. Fee: $5. Information: 912-596-1952, or 912-604-9890. [101512] Zumba Fitness (R) Classes with April Mondays @ 5:30 and Thursdays @ 6:30. Nonstop Fitness in Sandfly, 8511 Ferguson Ave. Just $5 for nonmembers. Call 912-349-4902 for more info. [063012] Zumba Fitness and Toning Classes with Anne Lake Mayer Community Center, 1850 E Montgomery Crossroads. Toning class is Tuesdays, 7-8 pm. Bring 1 or 2 lb. weights. Standard Zumba is Wednesdays, 7pm-8pm. Both classes are $5 per session, Free if you bring a friend. (912) 596-1952. [8-3-12]

Gay & Lesbian First City Network Board Meeting Meets the first Monday at 6:30 p.m. at FCN’s office, 307 E. Harris St., 2nd floor. 236-CITY or www.firstcitynetwork.org. [0622812] Gay AA Meeting True Colors AA Group, a gay and lesbian AA meeting that welcomes all alcoholics, meets Thursdays and Sundays at 7:30pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 311 E Harris St, 2nd floor. Note: this is a new location effective 11/2012. [111912] Georgia Equality Savannah The local chapter of Georgia’s largest gay rights group. 104 W. 38th St. 912547-6263. [062812]

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Health Bariatric Surgery Information Session Held the first Wednesday of each month at 6pm in Mercer Auditorium in the Hoskins Center, Memorial University Medical Center. Provides information about bariatric surgery and the program at Memorial Health Bariatrics. Learn about the surgical procedures offered, support and education programs involved, and how bariatric surgery can change your life. For more information, call 912-350-DIET (3438) or visit bariatrics. memorialhealth.com. There is no charge to attend. [120912] Free hearing & speech screening Hearing: Every Thurs. 9-11 a.m. Speech: 1st Thurs. of each month. Savannah Speech & Hearing Center, 1206 E. 66th Street. Call 355-4601. www.savannahspeechandhearing.org [062812] Alcoholics Anonymous If you want or need to stop drinking, AA can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Check www.SavannahAA. com for meeting locations and times, or call 24 hrs 912-356-3688 for information. [062812] Flu Shots Now Available from Chatham County Health Department Flu vaccinations (nasal spray and injectable shot) are available at the Chatham County Health Department, 1395 Eisenhower Drive, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. No appointment is necessary. $25 for injectable shot and nasal spray. The shot is approved for use in healthy people 6 months of age and older, people with chronic medical conditions, and pregnant women. The nasal spray is approved for use in healthy people 2 to 49 years of age who are not pregnant. $40 for “High Dose” vaccine recommended or people aged 65 and older. Neither the flu shot nor the nasal spray can cause the flu. Information: 912-356-2441. Free HIV Testing at Chatham County Health Department Free, Walk-in HIV testing is available at the Chatham County Health Department, 1395 Eisenhower Drive, from 8am-4pm

Monday through Friday. No appointment needed. Test results are available in 20 minutes. A follow up visit and counseling will be set up for anyone testing positive. Information: 912-644-5217 [111112] Health Care for Uninsured People St. Mary’s Health Center is open for primary health for the uninsured of Chatham County. The center, located at 1302 Drayton, is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. For information or to make an appointment, call 912-4439409. [062812] Hypnobirthing Teaches the mom and her birth partner to use her natural instincts, trust her body, release emotions and facilitate relaxation during labor and delivery. The series of five classes are held on Monday evenings starting at 6 PM at 100 Riverview Drive. Reservations are required. Private classes available. $300 for group sessions, $600 for private sessions. Call Ann Carroll at (912) 704-7650 to verify dates and space availability or e-mail her at carroll3620@bellsouth.net. [121612] La Leche League of Savannah Mothers wishing to find out more about breastfeeding are invited to attend a meeting on the first Thursday of every month at 10am. La Leche League of Savannah is a breastfeeding support group for new and expectant mothers. 897-9544, www.lllusa.org/web/SavannahGA.html. [062812] Living Smart Fitness Club An exercise program to encourage healthy lifestyle changes offered by St. Joseph’s/Candler African-American Health Information and Resource Center. Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. On Mondays and Wednesdays the classes are held at the John. S. Delaware Center from 6:00 PM to 7:15 PM. On Tuesdays from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM, the classes are held at the center on 1910 Abercorn Street. Zumba (Tuesdays). Hip-Hop low impact aerobics with cardio and strengthening exercises. (Mondays & Wednesdays). Information: 912-447-6605. [062812] Planned Parenthood Hotline First Line is a statewide hotline for women who want information on health services. Open every night from 7-11p.m. 1-800-264-7154. [062812] Savannah Yoga Center New Year’s Retreat at Jekyll Island Club Friday, January 4 - Sunday, January 6, 2013. Join Savannah Yoga Center’s owner and founder, Kelley Boyd and honor the past (2012) and invite 2013 intentions, to continue to live the life you truly want. Yoga, walking and sitting meditation, resolution/intention commitment session. Newbies and seasoned yoga practitioners At the Jekyll Island Club Hotel. Package includes two nights’ accommodations, breakfast buffet, meet and greets, all yoga and meditation sessions, presentations and classes and Chef’s demonstration and lunch on Saturday for a “Healthy Heart and Soul.” Information and registration at: www.savannahyoga.com.

Yoga on the Beach at Tybee Held on Wednesdays and Fridays, at Tybee’s North End, weather permitting, from 7am-8am. Come to the North Beach Public Parking area, Gulick Street walkover (next to lifeguard stand #2). Drop-ins encouraged! The class is by donation and is a multi-level class, Hatha I & II, IntegralÃ’ Yoga style. Instructor: Ann Carroll, RYT, 500 hour level. Bring yoga mat or beach towel. Call or e-mail Ann for more information at (912) 704~7650 or ann@aikyayoga.com. [070812]

Nature and Environment Recycling Fundraiser for Economic Opportunity Authority Programs of EOA have been earning free financial support by participating in the FundingFactory Recycling Program. Bring empty cartridges, cell phones, small electronics, and laptops to EOA for recycling through FundingFactory, in exchange for their choice of technology recreation products, or even cash. Business Support Program of Funding Factory will give benefit to EOA for materials recycled through them by business registered with them. Drop off recyclables at 618 West Anderson Street, Rm. 202, Savannah, GA 31415 To learn more about supporting EOA, including the Business Support Program (recycling) call Debbie Walker at 238-2960 ext.126, or dwproperty@aol.com or at www.FundingFactory.com. [053112] The Dolphin Project The Dolphin Project’s Education Outreach Program is available to speak at your school, club or organization. We offer a fascinating powerpoint with sound and video about our estuarine dolphins and their environment. Age-appropriate programs and related handouts. www. thedolphinproject.org [062712] Tybee Island Marine Science Center Offering a variety of fun educational programs including Beach Discovery Walks, Marsh Treks, Turtle Talks and the Coastal Georgia Gallery, which features an up close look at dozens of local species. Open daily, 10am-5pm. For more info, call 912-786-5917 or visit www.tybeemarinescience.org. [062712] Walk on the Wild Side The Oatland Island Wildlife Center , 711 Sandtown Rd., offers a 2-mile Native Animal Nature Trail that winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland and salt marsh habitats, and features live native animal exhibits. Open daily from 10-4 except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. 898-3980, www.oatlandisland.org. [062712] Wilderness Southeast Offers a variety of programs every month including guided trips with naturalists, canoe rides and more. Their mission is to develop appreciation, understanding, stewardship, and enjoyment of the natural world. For more information: 912-2368115 or www.wilderness-southeast.org. [062712] continues on p. 44

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Savannah Pride, Inc. Meets second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the FCN office located at 307 E. Harris St., 2nd floor. SPs mission of unity through diversity, and social awareness has helped promote the well-being of the LGBT community in the South, and organizes the annual Savannah Pride Festival. Call 912-288-7863 or email heather@ savpride.com. [062812] Stand Out Youth A Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning youth organization. Meets every Friday at 7 p.m. at the FCN building located at 307 E. Harris St. Call 657-1966, email info@standoutyouth.org or visit www.standoutyouth.org. [062812] What Makes A Family A children’s therapy group for children of GLBT parents. Groups range in age from 10 to 18 and are held twice a month. Call 352-2611. [062812]

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ARIES

(March 21–April 19) Isaac Newton is regarded as one of the most influential scientists in history. But the time he spent as a member of the English Parliament was undistinguished. The only public comment he ever made while serving there was a request to close the window because he was cold. Basketball star Michael Jordan had a similar schism. In the prime of his outstanding career, he took a year off to try playing baseball, which he did poorly. After analyzing 2013’s astrological aspects, Aries, I’m guessing that you should cultivate a firm intention to avoid doing what Newton and Jordan did. Keep playing to your strengths and emphasizing what you love. Don’t get sidetracked by peripheral concerns.

TAURUS

(April 20–May 20) In 2013, I’d like to help you cultivate an even more reliable relationship with your intuitions and hunches than you already have. You may not need much guidance from me, since the astrological omens indicate this will happen quite naturally. There’s another kind of inspiration I hope to offer you in the coming months: clues about how to be “bad” in ways that will give your goodness more vigor. And when I say “bad,” I’m not referring to nastiness or insensitivity, but rather to wildness and playfulness and experimentation. Here’s one further service I want to provide, Taurus: helping you build a greater capacity to receive gifts, blessings, and support.

GEMINI

(May 21–June 20) In the year 1900, few people believed that human beings would ever fly through the sky in machines. Most scientists thought that such a feat was impossible. For years, the Wright Brothers had a hard time convincing anyone to believe their flights were actually taking place, even though they had photos and witness reports as documentation. Although the leap you’ll be capable of in 2013 isn’t quite as monumental as the Wright Brothers’, it could be pretty important in the history of your own life. You may also have to deal with skepticism akin to what they had to face. Be true to your vision,

Gemini!

CANCER

(June 21–July 22) In 2013, I predict you will see why it’s wise to phase out an influence you have loved to hate for far too long. Uncoincidentally, you will also have a talent for purging emotional burdens and psychic debris that you’ve been holding on to since the bad old days. No later than your birthday, if all goes well, you will be free from a subtle curse you’ve been casting on yourself; you will finally be attending to one of your long–neglected needs; and you will have turned some rather gawky, half–assed wizardry into a smooth and silky magic.

LEO

(July 23–Aug. 22) In 2013, I pledge to help you raise your lovability. It’s not that you are unlovable now, of course, but there’s always room for improvement, right? And if people become even more attracted to you than they already are, then you’re likely to get a lot of collaborative and cooperative work done. You will thrive as you and your allies work on projects that make your corner of the world a better and more interesting place. So what are the first three actions you could take to raise your lovability?

VIRGO

(Aug. 23–Sept. 22) First question: Have you ever thought to yourself, “I’m afraid I will never achieve my noblest dreams or live according to my highest ideas”? Answer: There’s a very good chance that in the coming year you will banish that fear from the sacred temple of your imagination. Second question: Have you ever wondered if maybe you unconsciously undermine the efforts of people who are trying to assist you? Answer: In the coming months you should discover exactly what to do to prevent such a thing from happening. Third question: Do you know the single most important question you should be asking in 2013? Answer: I predict you will figure that out sometime in the next three weeks.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23–Oct. 22) In 2013, I will be encouraging you to journey into the frontiers and experiment with the unknown. I will seek to inspire you to go in search of teachings you’ve needed

for a long time. Are you ready for this expansion, Libra? Are you feeling a natural urge to explore forbidden zones and discover missing secrets and mess with your outmoded taboos? As you might imagine, doing this work would motivate you to develop a healthier relationship with your fears. To bolster your courage, I suggest you find some new freedom songs to sing.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23–Nov. 21) In 2013, I will do what I can to ensure that your fiscal biorhythms are in close alignment with the universal cash flow. You should have pretty good instincts about this worthy project yourself, Scorpio. And so there’s an excellent chance that your wealth will increase. The upgrade will be especially dramatic if you are constantly scheming about how you can share your riches and benefit other people with your generosity. I think there will also be an interesting fringe benefit if you maintain maximum integrity as you enhance your access to valuable resources: You will develop a more useful relationship with your obsessive tendencies.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21)

In 2013, I pledge to conspire with you to achieve more mixtures, connections, accords, and unifications than you ever thought possible. I will furthermore be a fount of suggestions about how you can live well in two worlds. I will coach you to create a peace treaty with your evil twin and your nemesis, and I will help you develop a knack for steering clear of other people’s bad ideas and sour moods. I can’t of course guarantee that you will never again experience a broken heart, but I swear I will do everything I can do to heal the broken part of your heart that you’ve been suffering from.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22–Jan. 19) When he was 21, the Capricorn writer Jack London set off to prospect for gold in the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush. He had a rough time there. Malnourished, he suffered from scurvy and leg pain. To make matters worse, he didn’t find much gold, and returned home broke. On the other hand, he met scores of adventure seekers who told him stories of their travels.

These tales served as rich raw material for his novel *The Call of the Wild,* published in 1903. It made him famous and is generally regarded as his masterpiece. I’m guessing you will begin a similar trajectory in 2013, Capricorn. Events that may at first seem less than successful will ultimately breed a big breakthrough.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20–Feb. 18) I can’t force you to seek more pleasure in 2013. I won’t nag you to play harder and explore the frontiers of feeling really good. However, I will say this: If you don’t plan to put yourself into at least partial alignment with the cosmic mandate to have maximum fun, you may not get the best use out of the advice I’ll be offering though my horoscopes in the coming year. Please consider the possibility of ramping up your capacity for pure enjoyment.

PISCES

(Feb. 19–March 20) The study of ancient Mayan civilization owes a lot to the fact that Americans started buying lots of chewing gum in the late 19th century. Huh? Here’s the connection: For a long time, chicle was one of the prime ingredients in Chiclets, Juicy Fruit, Bazooka bubble gum, and many other brands of chewing gum. Chicle is obtained from the sap of sapodilla trees, which grow in abundance in Central America and Mexico. Over the decades, workers harvesting the chicle accidentally found many Mayan ruins covered in overgrown vegetation, then told archaeologists about their discoveries. I foresee a metaphorically comparable sequence happening in your life during 2013. In unexpected ways, you will be put back in touch with and benefit from lost, forgotten, or unexplored parts of the past.

Low Cost Pet Clinic Tails Spin and Dr. Stanley Lester, DVM, host low-cost pet vaccine clinics for students, military and seniors on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 5-6pm. Vaccinations: $12.00, with $2.00 per vaccination donated to Savannah Pet Rescue Agencies. Habersham Village Shopping Center. www.tailsspin. com [062712] St. Almo’s Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks on Sundays at 5pm (weather permitting). Meet at the Canine Palace, 612 Abercorn St. For info, call 912-234-3336. [062712]

Readings & Signings Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club Meets the last Sunday of the month at 4 p.m. at the African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Call 447-6605. [062712] Tea Time at Ola’s (Book Club) A book discussion group that meets the fourth Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Ola Wyeth Branch Library, 4 E. Bay St. Bring a book you’ve read this month and tell all about it. Treats to share are always welcomed. Tea will be provided. 232-5488 or 6523660. [062712]

Religious & Spiritual A New Church in the City, For the City. We gather on Sunday mornings at Bryson Hall (5 East Perry St.) on Chippewa Square at 10:30 am. Like us on Facebook: Savannah Church Plant. [062712] Guided Silent Prayer A couple of songs done acoustically, about 30 minutes of guided silent prayer, and a few minutes to receive prayer if you want (or remain in silence). A mid-week rest and re-focus. 6:45-8pm on Wednesdays at the Vineyard Church. 615 Montgomery St. (behind Blowin’ Smoke BBQ). www.vineyardsavannah.org [062712] Savannah Zen Center Buddhist study classes, yoga workshops, retreats, Reiki sessions and attunements, meditation, classes & events are held at 111 E. 34th St., Savannah, Ga 31401. For schedule: savannahzencenter.com or visit us on Facebook. [062712] Service of Compline The Service of Compline at Christ Church has moved: same music, same service, same choir, same preacher--different location. Service of chanted Compline by candlelight will be held at historic Independent Presbyterian Church (corner of Bull Street and Oglethorpe) every Sunday night at 9:00p.m. “Come, say good night to God.” [062712] Theology on Tap Meets at The Distillery every month on the third Monday night from 8:30 10:30pm. Like us on Facebook: Theology on Tap Downtown Savannah. [062712]

Sports & Games Adult Coed Flag Football League 8v8 Coed Flag League. Play adult sports, meet new people. Sponsor bar provided for discount food & drinks. Sponsored by Savannah Adult Recreation Club. Wed nights/Sun mornings, held at locations around Savannah. $450/team. Minimum 8 games. For ages 18+. Coed teams. Information: www.SavAdultRec.com (912) 220-3474 [101512] Adult Coed Ultimate Frisbee League 8v8 Coed Ultimate League. Play adult sports, meet new people. Sponsor bar provided for discount food & drinks. Sponsored by Savannah Adult Recreation Club. Matches are Thurs nights/ Sun afternoons. Held in Daffin Park/ Forsyth Park. Registration fees: $350/ team. Minimum 8 games. For ages 18+. Information: www.SavAdultRec.com (912) 220-3474. [101512] Savannah Bike Polo Like regular polo, but with bikes instead of horses. Meets weekly. Check out www. facebook.com/savannahbikepolo for more information. [062712]

Support Groups Bariatric Surgery Support Group Meeting First Wednesday of each month at 7pm, and third Saturday of each month at 10am, in Mercer Auditorium in the Hoskins Center, Memorial University Medical Center.Open to anybody who has had, or is considering having, bariatric surgery. Each monthly meeting is a different topic, with different guest speakers. There is no charge to attend. For more information call 912-350-DIET (3438) or visit bariatrics.memorialhealth. com. [120912] Free Caregiver Support Group For anyone caring for senior citizens with any affliction. Meetings are the second Saturday of each month from 10:00am to 11:00am, at Savannah Com-

mons, 1 Peachtree Drive. Refreshments and conversation after each meeting. Participation is free and open to anyone with a need of support for the care giving they provide. www.savannahcommons. com [082612] ACOA-Al-Anon The “From Survival to Recovery” Adult Children of Alcoholics/Al-Anon Group is a fellowship and support group for those who grew up in alcoholic or dysfunctional homes. Meets Thursdays at 5:45 PM at the 24-Hour Club, 1501 Eisenhower Drive. For call-back information, phone 912-598-9860. [101512] Al-Anon Family Groups An anonymous fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics. The message of the Al-Anon Family Groups is one of strength and hope for friends and families of problem drinkers. Al-Anon is for adults, and Alateen is for young people ages 13-19. Meetings daily throughout Savannah and the surrounding area. Check www.savannahalanon.com for meeting information and times, or call 912-598-9860. [062512] Alcoholics Anonymous If you want or need to stop drinking, AA can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Check www.SavannahAA. com for meeting locations and times, or call 24 hrs 912-356-3688 for information. [062512] Alzheimer’s Caregivers and Families Support Group Senior Citizens, Inc. hosts caregivers and families support groups for individuals caring for Alzheimer’s and dementia family members. Locations and days: Every 2nd Monday at Wilmington Island United Methodist Church, 195 Wilmington Island Road. Every 2nd Thursday, 5:30pm, at Ruth Byck Adult Day Care facility, 64 Jasper St. For more info, call 236-0363, ext. 143. [062512] Amputee Support Group Open to all patients who have had a limb amputated and their families or caregivers. Call 355-7778 or 353-9635. [062512] Brain Injury Support Group For traumatic brain injury survivors and their caregivers. Meets the third Thursday at 5 p.m. in the gym at The Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial University Medical Center. http://www.memorialhealth.com [122911] Breast Cancer Survivors Group Meets Tuesdays at 5:20pm, at First Presbyterian Church on Washington Avenue and Paulsen Street. Survivor’s and care providers welcome. Enter via Washington Ave. Contact Melissa at 912-844-4524 or Krista at 912-819-7053. [062512] Cancer Support Group Meets the first Wednesday of the month from 11am-12pm. at the Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Candler Drive (at Reynolds Street across from Candler Hospital.) For anyone living with, through or beyond a diagnosis of cancer. Call 819-5704. [062512]

Citizens With Retarded Citizens Open to families of children or adults with autism, mental retardation, and other developmental disabilities. Meets monthly at 1211 Eisenhower Drive. 3557633. [062512] Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Association Meets Sat., Sept. 22, 10:30am at Barnes Restaurant at 5320 Waters Ave. in Savannah, at 10:30 a.m. Polio survivors and guests are invited. For information and location, call 912-927-8332 or go to www. coastalempirepoliosurvivors.org. (There is no charge for this meeting.) [062512] Couples Struggling with Fertility Challenges Meets every Saturday at 6:45 p.m. at Savannah Christian Church, 55 Al Henderson Blvd. Room 250. A group for couples dealing with primary or secondary infertility, whether on this journey for one year or many years. Call Kelly at 596-0852 or email emptycradle_savannah@hotmail.com. [062512] Debtors Anonymous Is debt a problem for you? Debtors Anonymous can help! Meetings: 5pm Every Sunday. Place: Unity of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd. For info go to http:// www.debtorsanonymous.org/ or call 912 572-6108. [092212] Eating Disorders Anonymous (E.D.A). A free volunteer-led support for individuals struggling with or in recovery from an eating disorder (anorexia/restrictive eating and/or bulima/binge-purging). This is not a diet group nor for individuals who struggle with overeating alone. Monday nights, 7:30-8:30 p.m. at Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church at 1008 Henry St. (corner with Waters Ave.). For more information or questions, email edasavannah@yahoo.com. Essential Tremor Support Group Open to everyone (especially those with the disease, care partners or family, and healthcare givers), this group discusses issues of managing the disease, new treatments and therapies, and maintaining quality of life. Meets the first Thursday of the month from 3:00-4:30pm in the conference room located on the 2nd floor of the Nancy N. and J. C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Candler

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