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Looking ahead @ Night After Christmas Comedy Jam. Dec. 28. Johnny Mercer Theatre. @ The Boxcars. Jan. 4. Randy Wood Guitars. @ Cinderella. State Ballet Theatre of Russia. Jan. 13. Johnny Mercer Theatre. @ Film: All About Eve. Jan. 13.

Trustees Theater. @ American Traditions Competition. Jan. 15–19. @ Film: Lawrence of Arabia. Jan. 18. /Lucas Theatre. @ Mountainfilm On Tour. Jan. 18–19. Trustees Theater. @ Ringling Bros./Barnum & Bailey Circus. Jan. 23–27. MLK Arena. @ Shel’s Shorts. Bay Street Theatre. Jan. 24–27. @ Film: Chinatown. Jan. 26. Trustees Theater. @ Spamalot. Jan. 28. Johnny Mercer Theatre. @ A Night in Vienna. Savannah Philharmonic. Feb. 1. Trustees Theater. @ Robin Williams/David Steinberg. Feb. 2. Johnny Mercer Theatre. @ Film: Groundhog Day. Feb. 2.

Trustees Theater. @ Snow White. Columbia City Ballet. Feb. 9. Johnny Mercer Theatre. @ Film: When Harry Met Sally. Feb. 9. Trustees Theater. @ SCAD theater: Victoria Martin: Math Team Queen. Feb. 14–17.

Mondanaro Theatre. @ Book Festival Kickoff: Dave Barry. Feb. 14. Trustees Theater. @ Savannah Book Festival. Feb. 14–17. @ A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer. Bay Street Theatre.

Feb. 15–17. @ SCAD theater: The Three Musketeers. Feb. 28–March 3. Lucas Theatre. @ Film: His Girl Friday. Feb. 23.

Trustees Theater. @ A–Town Get Down w/Loudon Wainwright III. March 2. Trustees Garden. @ Jerry Seinfeld. March 7. Johnny Mercer Theatre. @ Savannah Stopover. March 7–9. @ Three Days Grace/Shinedown.

March 12. MLK Arena. @ Matchbox Twenty. March 12.

Johnny Mercer Theatre. @ The Collective Face: Shadowlands. March 8–23. Muse Arts Warehouse. @ of Montreal. March 8. Forsyth Park. @ Lord of the Dance. March 13.

Johnny Mercer Theatre. @ Harlem Globetrotters. March 14. MLK Arena. @ Savannah Music Festival (SMF).

March 21–April 6. @ Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires. March 21. Trustees Theater (SMF). @ Ahmad Jamal. March 23. Trustees Theater (SMF).

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

WEEK AT A GLANCE Week At A Glance is Connect Savannah’s listing of various events over the coming week. If you would like an event listed, please email WAG@connectsavannah.com. Include specific dates, time, locations with addresses, cost and a contact number. Deadline for inclusion is 5pm Friday, to appear in next Wednesday’s edition.

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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. Opening night is November 23 for lighting with Santa! Trolley and horse-drawn carriage rides also available. Proceeds benefit local children’s charities. 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: http://savannahharborfestivaloflights.com/

SkateFest! Public Ice Skating

What: Indoor ice skating in a festive, family friendly, alcohol-free setting. Four-tosix skating sessions per day. Each session lasts 1.5 hours. Closed December 25 (Christmas Day.) Sponsored by the City of Savannah. Co-sponsored by Coca Cola and WSAV-TV. Where: Savannah Civic Center’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Arena, 301 W. Oglethorpe Avenue, Cost: $7--skaters or spectators. Includes skate rental.

Info: 912-651-6615. http://www.savannahcivic.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., Thu. Dec. 27, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Fri. Dec. 28, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. Dec. 29, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. Dec. 30, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Old Fort Jackson, 1 Fort Jackson Road, Cost: $6.00 Free for children under 6.

Info: http://www.chsgeorgia.org/

Tybee Polar Plunge and “Gang of Goofs” Parade What: Gather your goofiest pals for a brisk plunge into the Atlantic Ocean. Why? Well...why not? Plus, It’s a benefit for the Tybee Post Theater restoration. Wear a costume, or not. Gang of Goofs is a free costume contest (with prizes!) starting at 11am.

Plunge time is 12 noon. Advanced registration online. Day-of-event in-person.

When: Tue. Jan. 1 Where: Tybee Island Pier and Pavilion, Tybrisa Street, at Strand., Tybee Island Cost: $25 (receive a free tshirt) Info: http://www.tybeepolarplunge.com/

Holiday Evening Tours by Candlelight at the Davenport House

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., Thu. Dec. 27, 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Fri. Dec. 28, 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Sat. Dec. 29, 6 p.m.8:30 p.m.

Where: Davenport House Museum, 324 E. State Street Cost: $8 advance, $10 door. Children $5/$7.

Info: 912-236-8097. http://www.davenporthousemuseum.org/

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

What: Psychotronic Film Society presents a “campy, strange ‘Sword & Sandal’ epic with a touch of sci-fi.”

When: Wed. Dec. 26, 8 p.m.

Where: The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Avenue Cost: $6 Info: http://www.sentientbean.com/

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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. 27, 3 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

Where: Bethesda Academy, 9520 Ferguson Avenue, Cost: Info: 912-351-2061. http://www.bethes-

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Friday Train Rides at the Georgia State Railroad Museum

What: Take a diesel locomotive train ride across the Railroad Museum’s property and learn about Savannah’s railroad history. Rides are December 27-30.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 11 A.M., 1 P.M., and 2 P.M. Sunday at 1 P.M. and 2 P.M. When: Fri. Dec. 28 Where: Georgia State Railroad Museum,

The Night After Christmas Comedy Jam

What: Stand up comedy from this past host of BET Comedy View. With Sherman Golden, Luenell, and Marcus Combs.

When: Fri. Dec. 28, 8 p.m.

Where: Johnny Mercer Theater at the Savannah Civic Center, 301 W. Oglethorpe Avenue., Cost: $25.50 - $45.50 Info: http://savannahcivic.com/

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Saturday Historic Cannon Firings at Old Fort Jackson

What: History comes alive every Sat-

urday and Sunday through March 17 at 11am and 2pm.

When: Sat. Dec. 29 Where: Old Fort Jackson, 1 Fort Jackson Road, Cost: $6 fort admission for adults.

Under age 6 free.

Info: http://www.chsgeorgia.org/

Dinner Theatre: “Murder Ahoy!”

What: A pirate-themed whodunit set in Olde Savannah. Performed throughout the entire room where you are dining. 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.

When: Sat. Dec. 29, 7 p.m.

Where: Double Tree by Hilton, 411 W. Bay St., Cost: $44.95 adults, $32.95 children Info: 912-247-4644 . http://www. savannahcommunitytheater.com/

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Sunday Holiday Concert with Jonathan McReynolds

What: A concert featuring hot gospel sensation McReynolds, whose debut album “Life Music” hit No. 3 on Billboard’s Gospel charts last year.

When: Sun. Dec. 30 Where: Overcoming by Faith Ministries, 9700 Middleground Rd., Savannah Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: http://www.overcomingbyfaith. org/

Music: Annie Allman--An Evening of Jazz

What: A pre-new year’s music experience, accompanied by shrimp and grits and other refreshments throughout the evening. Please call ahead.

When: Sun. Dec. 30, 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Where: Family Life Center at the New Ebenezer Retreat Center, 2887 Ebenezer Road/On State Road 275, Rincon Cost: $15 Info: 912-754-9242.

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Monday City Market New Year’s Eve Celebration

What: An outdoor street party is just the thing for ringing in the New Year!

Party starts at 7pm, live music starts at 9pm.

When: Mon. Dec. 31 Where: City Market, West St. Julian Street (between Barnard and Montgomery), Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: 912-232-4903. http://savannahcitymarket.com/

New Years Eve Masquerade Party

What: A formal Ballroom Dance, hosted by Joza Marion. Dance the Tango (Argentine/American), Waltz, Swing, Cha Cha, Bachata, Rumba, Guajira and more...plus a champagne toast at midnight!

When: Mon. Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m.-2 a.m., Tue. Jan. 01, 7:30 p.m.-2 a.m.

Where: Desoto Hilton Hotel, 15 E Liberty St., Savannah Cost: $65 Dinner Included. $45 Without Dinner Info: 912-308-5097.

Rudolph the ODD Nosed Reindeer

What: Odd Lot Comedy Troupe/Improv with a Christmas theme. Bring a toy for Toys for Tots and get in free.

Watch or participate.

When: Mon. Dec. 31, 8 p.m.

Where: Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd., Cost: $5 or what you can pay.

Info: http://musesavannah.org/

New Year’s Eve Dinner Theater Celebration: Murder, Ahoy!

What: A pirate-themed whodunit set in Olde Savannah. New Year’s Eve show includes pre-show reception, appetizers, a cocktail, dinner, show, party favors, champagne! Play is performed throughout the entire dining area. Solve the mystery and win a prize, or just watch. Presented

by Savannah Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre.

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When: Mon. Dec. 31, 8:45 p.m.

Where: DoubleTree by Hilton, 411 W.

Bay Street, Cost: $89.95/person, or $175/couple Info: 912-247-4644 . http://savannahcommunitytheatre.com/

New Year’s Eve Fireworks on the River

What: Send 2012 off and welcome 2013 with sparks and kabooms... oooh....aaaahhhh!

When: Mon. Dec. 31, 11:59 p.m.

Where: Rousakis Plaza, River Street, Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: 912-234-0295. http://riverstreetsavannah.com/

Tybee Island Fireworks

What: A “New Year’s Eve Extravaganza!” Fireworks will be launched at midnight from the pier, but can be seen from the beach or anywhere on the eastern side of Tybee.

When: Mon. Dec. 31, 11:59 p.m.

Where: Tybee Island Pier and Pavilion, Tybrisa Street (at Strand), Tybee Island Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: 912-786-5444. http://www. tybeevisit.com/

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Tuesday Free New Year’s Day Lunch on Tybee Island

What: Yes, there IS such thing as a free lunch--at this eclectic art gallery on Tybee Island. Boston butt, collards, black eyed peas, corn bread, tea, and a year’s worth of good luck.

When: Tue. Jan. 1, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Fish Art Gallery, 1219 US Highway 80, Tybee Island Cost: Free and open to the public.

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Wednesday Film: Motel (1989, USA)

What: An Emmy- and Sundance Award nominated independent documentary, following the back roads of the U.S. to a few “strange and idiosyncratic motels [that] still clung to existence in the late 1980s.” Presented by Psychotronic Film Society.

When: Wed. Jan. 2, 8 p.m.

Where: Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave Cost: $6 cs

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The world seems to have survived the Mayan apocalypse, so we hope you enjoy our annual Year in Review special issue.

As we usher out 2012 and welcome 2013, I’d like to give a few shout-outs to those invaluable non-staff, non-syndicated contributors to our success over the past year:

• Booyah bicycle columnist John Bennett; • Fantastic Foodie Tim Rutherford; • Fearless photographers Geoff L. Johnson, Bob Jones, Cedric Smith, and Ann Sosbe;

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Fear, ignorance are roots of gun violence

Editor, I’d like to respond to your excellent column about guns in Dec. 19’s issue, “Freedom’s Fable.” As a parent who held my grown daughter in my arms when we learned that her best friend had been shot and killed in a double homicide over Labor Day weekend this year, I take this issue to heart.

I don’t need the National Rifle Association to tell me that people kill people. I’ve long felt that the responsibility for gun violence begins and ends with humans, from the manufacturer who designs the military–style AK–47 or AR–15 to the person who pulls the trigger that ends the life, leaving the brokenhearted family and friends behind to pick up the pieces.

Yes, the gun in and of itself is merely a tool, a means of destruction and often a very effective one. This is where the gun advocates and I agree, but where we part company is in the contradictions that follow.

Guns don’t kill people but gun advocates would rely on them to solve the problem of gun violence. I have never known a gun that solved a problem, have you?

That takes human intelligence and the ability to come up with

solutions that are more complex than simply squeezing a trigger.

Guns are also more than just a fetish to those who hold them in high esteem. The bumper stickers say it all. “God, Guns and Guts made America great.”

What does God have to do with our man–made killing machines? Statements like that put guns at the right hand of God. We may as well pile them up in the community square, coat them in gold, and lay our human sacrifices, including our children at the foot of our idol.

There are lessons to be learned from our Judeo–Christian roots that may serve us well when we finally have the discussion about guns and human beings we should have had years ago.

Human nature hasn’t changed much over the years. We still fear what we don’t understand. We still ascribe human attributes to and seek security from things that have no ability to respond in kind to our dreams, hopes, and aspirations.

In the end, as in the beginning, the solution to our man– made problem must come from human beings without the influence of a cold hard security blanket that’s no substitute for our intelligence when we choose to use it.

Louise Frazier

Don’t take guns, fix mental health care

Editor, An “assault rifle” is not what the deranged young man used upon those innocent children and teachers. An assault rifle is a military weapon that allows three types of shooting. First is one trigger pull and one bullet, second is a three-shot burst for a trigger pull and finally, fully automatic where a trigger pull discharges all the rounds until the trigger is released.

The mentally unstable young man used a semi-automatic rifle with a military look but it is by no means, an “assault rifle.” Few citizens own “assault weapons” as there is a license and a review by the Federal government before one is issued.

In looking at these tragedies, one common thread is each party causing the bloodshed is dealing with mental issues that place him/her outside the norm.

A person can be deranged but not be stupid.

Each tragedy is occurring at a place where weapons are banned. Schools, malls or churches are the targets. These sick, sick people are not choosing a Police Ball or NRA convention or clay pigeon range to savagely execute groups of people. They’re crazy but not stupid.

The real debate should be about mental health care. Spending tax dollars on mental health care is not sexy. Gun control is more sexy and will garner publicity by exploiting tragedy. Politicians may be a lot of things but they, too, are not stupid.

Taking my right away to own and carry a firearm to fix a problem that will not be fixed until we, realistically, admit we have a mental health care issue just does not make sense.

We have a serious crime rate in Savannah. Our police department shows a decline in crime but, again, if you control the definitions, you win the debate.

If you call a burglary a theft, it is not reported as a felony unless you reach the dollar amount required for a felony.

Taking my right to defend my home and myself away from me and placing it with the Savannah-Chatham Metro Police Dept. is misguided. I have no protection under that scenario.

If we call for a gun debate, let us use common terms, let us use non-inflammatory speech and let us examine each issue common to all of these tragedies. We should do so in the context of following the existing law and not create new law to address a mythical solution.

Kevin J. Street

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Growing up, my house abutted the fourth fairway of the Shalimar public golf course and suffered so many broken windows we all had permanent slivers in our feet. I often had to chase away golfers who climbed over our fence for their errant balls as I sunbathed next to the pool. One time, I sat up from the diving board to examine my toenail polish and a ball smacked down right where my eye had been. I feel mine is a justified repugnance.

I’ve never been tempted to play a round, unless you count stealing two Bartles & James wine coolers and a golf cart from the clubhouse and driving it in circles under the giant sprinklers used to keep the acres green in the Arizona heat. (Thanks for not pressing charges, Shalimar!)

Let us say that when it comes to appreciating this sport, I am hopelessly handicapped.

I am aware I am in the minority. Obviously, golf is HUGE. It’s not like my interests are represented in a multi–billion dollar industry that includes its own cable station (though surely there are others who think a Scrabble Channel has tremendous potential?) I understand that for most Americans a nine iron trumps irony, and if you can’t beat ‘em, you just have to join ‘em.

Lisa Kaminsky and her baby brother, Mark Silvers, who beat out 12 other contestants to become the champion of the Golf Channel’s Big Break: Greenbrier.

Not that it was any kind of chore to accept an invitation last Tuesday from the lovely Lisa Kaminsky to watch the season finale of the Golf Channel’s Big Break at the new B&D Burgers on Congress. She and her husband Danny are the consummate hosts, and I knew while there would be golf, there would also be wine.

Lisa’s little brother, Mark Silvers, was one of the final two contestants in the reality TV competition, which can be described as a cutthroat elimination– type show like Survivor, only with ugly plaid pants.

A hundred or so folks had gathered to drink, snack and watch last week’s recap before the finale aired at 9 p.m. Silvers worked the room like the Southern gentleman he is, born and bred on the Landings and a fixture at the Savannah Golf Club. At

26, the Savannah Country Day and University of South Carolina grad qualified for the U.S. Open in 2010 and competed applaudingly on the National Golf Association’s mini– tour circuit this year. If he won the Big Break, he’d automatically qualify for an exemption in the 2013 PGA Greenbrier Classic and one of those vaunted green blazers.

Of course, he already knew whether he won or not, since the Big Break was filmed last June, at the historic Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia. But our blue–eyed homeboy wasn’t telling.

“It was a million dollar fine if the results were leaked, so that’s made it pretty easy,” laughed the softspoken and admittedly shy Silvers over the din. “I just keep telling people I have amnesia.”

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The place roared so loud the ground shook. Silvers ducked a champagne shower and gave his humble smile, the pressure relieved at last.

While each of the Big Break contestants had a story that made them compelling enough for TV, Silvers’ touched the producers’ hearts and many local ones: He and Lisa’s father had passed away just a few weeks before the competition. Many of the Big Break outtakes featured him holding a photo of his dad and sister.

Teary–eyed in his exit interview, the champ who still shleps his own clubs gave a nod to his often–rumbly relationship with his pop and said in the end, they made peace: “I knew that he wanted it for me so badly he couldn’t stand it.”

Looking forward to seeing this young Savannahian make us proud on the greens in 2013. I might even watch. *** In this last Civil Society Column of the year, I’d like a word with you.

Yes, you, buddy. Thanks for reading. I know there are more claims on your time than ever and plenty of other places to put your eyeballs — it’s deeply appreciated that you pick up or click on Connect every week.

Many of you have written e-mails or come up to me out in the world to let me know how much you do (or don’t, for that matter) appreciate what we do here, and I hope you’ll keep up the dialogue in 2013.

A happy, safe and prosperous New Year to all! cs

The mood got tense as the opening credits rolled on B&D’s massive outdoor screen. As the first balls were teed against the lush backdrop of the Allegheny Mountains, I was most delighted to note that Silvers did not embarrass Savannah with any of those hideous golfer pants but kept it classy in polos and khakis.

I think we’ve established that I would rather decorate the undersides of my fingernails with bamboo shards than watch 18 rounds of golf.

But there is something to be said for skillful video editing: In the absence of all that walking between holes and that weird hushed voice that the commentators use on the live tourneys, I was riveted.

Silvers was up one shot after two holes, but missed a birdie on the fifth that put his competitor James Lepp in the lead through the rest of the back nine. There was drama: Our man chipped a vertical shot onto the 12th while practically standing on a cliff, and Lepp got stung on the neck by a bee on the 13th. I peeked through my hands as Silvers drove the ball 124 yards to the 14th green and howled when he missed the putt.

Did somebody say golf was boring?

The B&D patio was at a standstill at the 18th and final drive, with Silvers and Lepp tied and pretty much everyone’s fingernails bitten to the quick. Silvers landed it on the green a few feet from the hole; Lepp’s came down a little farther away. Silvers sank his putt easily, and Lepp missed his, making our man the winner.

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1. Goodbye Rochelle.

Don’t let the door hit you in the...

Yeah, we know you’re tired of reading about Rochelle Small–Toney in our annual Year in Review issue. Over the years we’ve become pretty tired of writing about her ourselves.

But apparently this will be the last time. Or we certainly hope so, anyway.

There can be no doubt whatsoever that one of the top stories in Savannah from 2012 was the epic decline and fall of the controversial and divisive former city manager, who authored a new chapter in the local book of shame.

Though appearing to have consolidated an absolute stranglehold on local politics (and on the newly inaugurated mayor and council) as recently as spring, by the summer a series of damaging leaks hit the local press, and the previously unsinkable SS Rochelle began taking on water.

The first iceberg she hit was the reporting of her myriad of travel policy abuses. Most were individually petty and not atypical for pay–to–play corporate execs — a shuttle rented for $150 to travel one city block, an extra day at a convention to play golf — but for a city manager of a lightly populated burg in the deep South whose salary depended on taxpayer largesse, it seemed extravagant in the extreme.

More disturbing, though, was her cavalier attitude towards documenting those expenses. Small–Toney reserved the right to submit backdated, hand–written “receipts” when she had severely disciplined other city employees for much less egregious accounting oversights.

Immediately after that came proof that a crony she’d hired to run the city emergency management had lied rather egregiously on his resume.

But the real rough seas came when reports came out in late summer that due to Small–Toney’s heavy– handed management the city purchasing department was many months in arrears in paying important vendors. With credit effectively exhausted, the city was faced with imminent disappearance of services taxpayers had

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A previously supportive Mayor Edna Jackson — who among many other residents had hailed the appointment of the first African American female city manager — finally had enough. She first assembled enough votes to formally reprimand Small–Toney in August.

While the terms of the reprimand indicated a probationary period, experienced tea–leaf readers were able to see that Jackson was setting the stage for an eventual, and inevitable, parting of the ways.

By early October, as the damaging headlines continued and Small– Toney kept throwing her subordinates under the bus rather than showing accountability or remorse, Jackson was was able to mobilize five votes besides her own on the nine–member council to accept Small–Toney’s resignation at last.

Small–Toney, who apparently resigned purely to receive a contractual golden parachute and whose resignation letter mentioned almost nothing except how much money she thought she was owed, immediately left her home in Southbridge (outside city limits) for the next bunch of gullible politicians somewhere in this big nation of ours — along with a reluctant parting gift of about $60,000 from long-suffering taxpayers.

Longtime city employee Stephanie Cutter was named acting city manager within minutes of the vote to ax Small–Toney. In a speech which marked a considerable political maturation and step–up in leadership, Mayor Jackson said in council chambers, “This is a beginning again for all of us... not a black Savannah or a white Savannah, but a united Savannah that must stay together for the good of all people.”– Jim Morekis

2. Local crime wave shocks, horrifies

Crime in Savannah in 2012 nearly defied belief: A high school senior, or what was left of her, found in the trunk of a car that had been burned to a crisp. Two people shot and killed by a sniper while driving by in their car. Seven people shot at a crowded fairground. A man shot and killed on crowded River Street. A man with a long criminal history shooting and killing two people and injuring a third. Shots fired at a football game in Daffin Park on a Saturday morning.

And those were just the most egregious examples. In 2012 we had 24 homicides and many, many non–fatal shootings.

The body count and the luridly graphic circumstances seemed like something out of a war movie instead of life in what is touted as a world– class tourist destination. And at times, Savannah felt like a war zone.

Savannah/Chatham Metro Police, led by Chief Willie Lovett, did make meaningful progress in most of the high–profile cases. A suspect was taken into custody for the murder of high school senior Amber DeLoach, as well as the River Street killing. All the fairground shooting suspects were arrested. Police stepped up patrols at the crowded Daffin Park games.

In a disturbing interview toward year’s end — after the terrifying summertime violence spike had mostly subsided — Chief Lovett said that organized gangs appeared to be making a reappearance on Savannah streets after a long absence. Mayor Edna Jackson addressed the city’s parents, insisting that the days of letting them off the hook for their children’s crimes were over.

But despite the best efforts of law enforcement, as the nation reels from the catastrophic school shooting in Newtown, CT — which resulted in a similar death toll as Savannah’s within the space of a few minutes — Savannah remains in the thrall of gun–toting miscreants from the Islands to the Westside, with few real answers in sight. — Jim Morekis

Which one is the profile in courage? Left, Rochelle Small-Toney; right, Erin Brockovich at Ogeechee River event

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Left: Mayor Jackson and a City Hall contingent meet with cast & crew of Killing Winston Jones, including Richard Dreyfuss. Right: The film’s Jon Heder & Joel David Moore

3. Ogeechee River rage

The fight continued throughout 2012 to protect the Ogeechee River from toxic dumping by King America Finishing. After 40,000 dead fish were found floating downstream the chemical manufacturing plant in May 2011, residents near and far have been called to action with protests and petitions.

The Ogeechee Riverkeeper (ORK) has held fast to its mission of protecting the river, launching a public awareness campaign and attempting legal recourse in a multitude of ways.

When the state’s Environmental Protection Department determined that KAF had been spewing effluent from its fire retardant line illegally for five years, it issued a $1 million fine–even though the EPD could have (and most say should have) fined the company the maximum punishment of $50,000 a day, which would have come to $90 million.

To add insult to injury, EPD granted KAF a legal permit to discharge its wastewaster in July, even after more dead fish appeared in May. ORK filed a lawsuit to contest the legality of that permit (as well as another suit that holds KAF accountable for its mess under the federal Clean Water Act.) The permit was withdrawn by the EPD in October thanks to pressure from ORK. A Bulloch County judge invalidated the first pathetic EPD order in July, allowing the Riverkeeper to proceed with its lawsuits. A new consent order issued in November wasn’t much better and details how the paltry $1 million paid by KAF

will be broken down: $75,000 for third–party monitoring of the effluent discharge pipe, $160,000 to improve the decrepit wastewater facilities at the nearby city of Millen, and a little more than $750,000 to build a “nature center to study the ecology of the Ogeechee River” at Georgia Southern University.

No explanation accompanies the EPD memo as to why the bulk of the KAF money won’t go to citizens who have lost their livelihoods and seen their property values plummet but to GSU, which already has a world–class wildlife education facility.

The Ogeechee Riverkeeper and its challenges garnered national support this year. Activist Erin Brockovich visited Savannah in late October to lend her support to the cause. Speaking to a crowd of more than 200 at Love’s Seafood on the banks of the river, the environmental icon promised to help pay for water testing and to use her significant pull to influence national leaders.

“It’s time for the people to direct the regulators... if we keep thinking [the problem] is going away, we are mistaken,” said Brockovich, who famously represented a cancer–ridden community in a 1996 lawsuit against Pacific Gas & Electric for poisoning the groundwater in Hinkley, CA. “What it takes is us as citizens pushing back against the agency ... it’s supposed to be there to protect us.”

There have also been administrative changes at ORK: After ten years at the helm, Ogeechee Riverkeeper Dianna Wedincamp departed at the end of November to start a consulting

firm. Her position has been filled in the interim by Emily Markesteyn, Ogeechee Riverkeeper’s Executive Director, and Jessica Mnieckowski, ORK’s Outreach Director.

Not surprisingly, the Ogeechee River tops the Georgia Water Coalition’s 2012 Dirty Dozen list. It appears as long as KAF is allowed to keep dumping, it’ll stay there. — Jessica Leigh Lebos

4. Movies ‘R’ Us

Who says history never repeats? In 2012, two major movies were made in Savannah ... the first time this has happened since, oh, 2010, when both The Last Song and The Conspirator went before the cameras.

This year it was CBGB, the story of the legendary New York City nightclub (well, it was actually more of a hole in the wall) that gave birth to the Ramones, Blondie, Television, Talking Heads and many others.

Unclaimed Freight Productions was at Meddin Studios in June and July shooting the film, which stars Alan Rickman as CBGB founder Hilly Kristal.

Just wrapped last week, at Savannah Arts Academy, was the dark comedy Killing Winston Jones, with Danny Glover and Richard Dreyfuss.

Along with the location, these films have something else in common: Actor Joel David Moore, who plays singer Joey Ramone in CBGB, is Winston Jones’ director.

“I fell in love with this town,” Moore says. “When I knew that we had the opportunity to shoot in

Georgia, I brought it back to Savannah because of the way that it looked — this beautiful school, and the homes that we were able to shoot in.

And everything around town. It’s one of my favorite little downtowns that I’ve ever been in.”

Moore, who’s appeared in Avatar, Dodgeball and numerous TV series, is a native of Portland, Oregon. “They’re similar in ways,” he explains. “They have a lot of interesting history. And interesting weather!

“I really love Savannah; it’s still a city, but it’s got that quaint, small feeling to it, so it’s not overbearing. We’ve just had a blast. Everybody from the City, up and down, has helped us.

And we got a lot of help from Meddin Studios.”

Moore’s cast also includes Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite), Danny Masterson (That ‘70s Show), Joely Fisher (‘Til Death), Aly Michalka (The Roommate), Lesley–Anne Brandt (Spartacus) and Lin Shaye (There’s Something About Mary).

Moore says he received the script – about a battle over naming rights to a middle school gymnasium – in 2010 from his cousin’s boyfriend (“They’re married now,” he explains. “So he’s my cousin–in–law”).

Georgia, because of the liberal tax incentives it offers to lure filmmakers, is becoming the go–to state on the east coast. That’s what brought the CBGB team here over the summer, with its cast including Rupert Grint, Malin Akerman and Donal Logue.

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post–production in Los Angeles at the moment, “working on sound and color. The film is turning out great.

We’re quite pleased with it.” Rosenberger says it should be ready in the spring, once Unclaimed Freight makes a distribution deal.

“Savannah,” he adds, “was a blast.

The people treated us great. We felt like folks were genuinely excited about our film; everyone I came into contact with was really happy we brought our show to the South! I always got a thumbs–up every time I was in town and was wearing my CBGB T–shirt or laminate. I had quite a few lengthy conversations with folks who just wanted to know about the story, the actors, et cetera.”

He adds: “In particular, the baristas at Starbucks on Abercorn and Montgomery were very friendly and very supportive. And the kids from SCAD were awesome ... talented, hard–working and very appreciative of the whole experience.”

For Moore, playing the lanky New Yorker Joey Ramone was a kind of payback. “The first shirt that I was allowed to buy by myself, because I was a little skater kid, was a Ramones shirt,” he says. “So there’s a lot of history for me in there that was really fun.

“My parents didn’t let me get anything with bones, skulls, crossbows, anything like that — they didn’t want any violence on the shirt. But the Ramones shirt was just the four of them, sitting in leather jackets. So it was perfect. It was exactly what I needed.” — Bill DeYoung

5. Obama back in, Chisolm booted out

November’s election brought a few important developments. The most obvious was the reelection victory of President Barack Obama in Chatham County. In numbers mirroring the 2008 total, Obama received 55 percent of the vote locally in contrast to Mitt Romney’s 43 percent.

The results were only a surprise to the Republican tea party hardcore, however. Most truly objective prognosticators around the country foresaw the same or higher minority

turnout across the nation strongly in favor of Obama, with Chatham County being no exception.

Longtime Washington “outsider” Jack Kingston — actually a veteran congressman first elected the same year Bill Clinton became president — scored another reelection victory, though at 53 percent it was a bit less impressive than his usual romp.

This time Jack’s victory came with the added twist of once again being Savannah’s sole representative in Congress, due to the umpteenth redistricting effort by state Republicans against Democrat John Barrow.

And once again, Barrow was reelected despite yet another Republican assault, this time from the comi-

penalty case against Ashleigh Moore’s accused killer, various lawsuits against Chisolm himself, and a frightening increase in local violent crime pushed more than enough voters to Heap’s side. She enters office with a clear mandate from the citizens as well as a frustrated Police Chief Willie Lovett to take action to stop the revolving door in the local justice system which permits so many recidivist offenders back on the streets. — Jim Morekis

7. Busy businesses

In spite of a national economy that’s slugging along, it’s been a busy year for homegrown Savannah businesses. Some have moved, some have morphed, and there seems to be plenty of prosperity to go around: Levy Jewelers brought major sparkle to the corner of Bull and Broughton Streets in November when it moved into the grand Mid–Century Modern edifice that has housed various department stores and restaurants over the decades. Owner Lowell 6. Otis Brock: RIP Kronowitz, whose great grandfather Savannah’s educational and politiAaron Malitz Levy first operated a cal community was rocked by the downtown watch repair shop in 1900, April death of Otis Brock III, operabought the coveted piece of real estate tions chief for the Savannah/Chatham last year and has transformed its three stories into one of Savannah’s most deluxe shopping experiences.

“It’s a joy to bring this landmark building back to life and make it a retail anchor once again on Broughton Street,” said Kronowitz.

Boasting 5,000 square feet of retail space to showcase beautiful baubles, Rolex watches and exclusive giftware designs, the brightly–lit flagship location is twice the size of its former locaInset, Meg Daly Heap, Chatham County’s new District Attorney; right, Levy Jeweler’s moved into the tion down the street that prestigious old Il Pasticcio space at Bull & Broughton it occupied for 75 years.

Cozy seating, a children’s cally sinister–looking Lee Anderson play area and a refreshment bar are public schools. The 41–year–old left — though not before a ridiculously designed to help customers peruse behind a wife and two young daughover–the–top ad featuring Barrow longer and more happily. On a recent ters. He died of a heart attack while cocking and caressing a rifle made visit, holiday gift shopping season in his office at school headquarters at him a laughingstock all over the interappeared to be in full swing – there 208 Bull St. net and social media. will be plenty of delighted smiles in Frequently mentioned as a possible Far more surprising, and with Savannah when some lucky loved future school superintendent or even potentially much greater local impact, ones open those pretty silver boxes.

Savannah mayor, the enormously was the sound thumping of incumFurther down on Broughton, the well–regarded and respected Brock bent Chatham County District Attornew Blick Art Materials is fulfilling was one of a handful of local citizens ney Larry Chisolm by Republican the prophecy of former Primary Art able to easily cross the often–frustratMeg Daly Heap, herself a former Supply co–owner Robyn Reeder. ing racial divide in Savannah politics. county prosecutor.

When it was announced this summer One could also make the case, if Relying on a savvy campaign of that the Blick chain would be buyone is being entirely honest, that he reaching out to likely Obama voters as ing out the beloved Savannah staple, was also a prime mover in the curwell as consolidating Republican supReeder promised that instead of the rent local paradigm whereby sales tax port, Heap was able to convincingly usual tale of a giant corporation suckdollars and the facilities they build defeat Chisolm, who despite a series ing the soul out of a local business, are the drivers of school system deciof well–publicized departmental the new Blick Superstore would be sions rather than purely educational scandals still had the power of incum“like Primary on steroids.” reasons. In any case, Brock’s shoes are bency on his side, as well as President True enough, the airy warehouse certainly big ones to fill, and it will Obama’s considerable local coattails at 318 E. Broughton is twice the be interesting to see how the school among African American voters. size as the old Primary building, board and system continue to adapt In the end, public disgust over pumped with 20,000 different kinds to his loss. — Jim Morekis Chisolm’s mishandling of the death

Though Meddin’s current 22,000 square foot space on Louisville Road has hosted more than a dozen films (including this year’s star–studded CBGB) and countless commercials and t.v. productions, it’s still too small for major Hollywood projects.

To make its facility – and Savannah – a more competitive filming destination, the company has procured the old CitiTrends distribution warehouse, a 2.64–acre parcel near the Greyhound bus station on Fahm Street. A massive, 20,000 square foot warehouse will be the largest of five new soundstages. The renovation plans are under review, and the new Meddin Studios hopes to be open for action by late spring. — Jessica Leigh Lebos

8. Square Fest: All local, all free

People still stop Amanda Hollowell all the time to tell her how cool Square Fest was, back in August. It probably wasn’t Savannah’s first free, all–local, all–day concert in Forsyth Park, but it was the first one in a long, long time.

Hollowell is always pleased and grateful to hear from those who were there. “It’s always like ‘Wow, we actually did something different,’” she says. “And that made a lasting impression.”

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of materials and newly–added custom framing and fine art printing services.

Sales are up as Primary’s core base of SCAD students has been joined with craft enthusiasts and hobbyists shopping for quality supplies.

There are also plenty of familiar details: Blick hired much of Primary’s staff to man the registers and has kept Reeder on as a consultant.

Savannah artist Panhandle Slim has several of his folk portraits hanging on the east wall, and other local artists have hosted pop–up galleries and art demos in the upstairs workshop space.

This is Blick’s 38th retail location, but retaining the independent vibe is part of the corporate vision. Ed Ogorzaly, Blick’s retail president, is proud to have added new jobs to Savannah’s economy while preserving the community created by Reeder and co–owner Amy Spurlock. In fact, it’s their foundation that keeps Blick going strong: “Robyn Reeder and the Primary staff inspire us,” said Ogorzaly in a press release. “Blick is about family, Blick is about community, and — much like Primary — Blick is about supporting the arts and students of the arts.”

The cinematic arts scene in Savannah also got a boost in 2012: Meddin Studios, the former meat packing plant that was transformed into a film soundstage and post–production facility by Nick Gant and Jon Foster in 2009, announced that it will be bigger, better and closer to town in 2013.

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co–producers. “I went in with a lot of naivete about it,” Hollowell says. She battled the City over permits, and that was one of the reasons Square Fest was postponed from its originally– announced date in the spring.

“She doesn’t have a lot of backing,” Word of Mouth bassist Jeff DeRosa told Connect at the time. “She’s really doing this flying by the seat of her pants, and I commend her for that.

“I personally think Savannah has a vendetta against live music — it’s been tough, with the permits and all that, but she’s really kept it together and keep her head on straight under all that pressure.”

The stars ultimately aligned, and for eight hours on a sunny Saturday Forsyth was jammed — an estimated 3,000 people were there at one time or another – to see and hear Word of Mouth, KidSyc@Brandywine, the Royal Noise, Kota Mundi, Dope Sandwich, Elephant Talk, Listen 2 Three and others.

For Hollowell, choosing her biggest source of pride in this accomplishment was easy. “I think it was the exposure for local bands, and showing that people do come together,” she says. “And that music is available for everyone. It doesn’t have to be in the nightclubs. And so, for me that was a big thing. And actually, people peacefully getting together without the City and everyone making a big deal about it.”

Downtown businesses, she adds, were very supportive and helpful, as well as individual donors and even those who bought CDs and T–shirts.

So what’s next for this successful entrepreneur? Well, expect another Square Fest in the first months of 2013. “I’m going to get through the holiday and breathe a little,” Hollowell says, “and then I’m gonna come back strong.” — Bill DeYoung

controlled chaos,” raved about its “sense of psychic exhilaration” that’s “absolutely worth the physical exhaustion: these folks clearly mean what they’re doing, and you can’t help but be swept up in the sonic tsunami.”

Savannah’s top–tier trio sent their debut full–length out of Georgia in a big way a few months ago, by sheer force of will.

Angel Bond, Brian Lackey and Bryan Harder established their own label, Ha! Records, and figured out how to get Cusses heard in the other 49.

What it took, Bond says, was “A lot a lotta work. A lot of cold calls and phone calls. We did a lot of research and found out who are the heads of heads and personally called them straight up. We learned a lot.”

She’s talking about the heads of vinyl and CD distribution companies, the people who can get your product into shops, available online and in front of even more key players in the music industry. It’s also available as a mp3 download.

Last month, some anonymous guy wrote this on amazon.com, where the album is available in several formats: “The vocalist’s voice is so powerful and nuanced it plays like a third instrument. Smart snappy songs that hold your hand one minute and slap your face the next.”

Bond, the powerful and nuanced vocalist, formulated the Cusses game plan with Lackey, the band’s drummer and Bond’s significant other (guitar monster Harder had an excuse — he’s a dad with a day job).

“I was working on the CBGB film for two months this summer, doing props and stuff,’ Bond explains, ”so

Brian was working really, really hard to get the release up. This past year has been the biggest learning experience ever.”

So here’s the story so far: In early December, Cusses was “Band of the Day” on iTunes, and the video for the “Don’t Give In” single was added by mtv.com and by the Canadian network Much Music.

In February, the band will embark on a 60–day tour across the United States (its first), including a showcase spot at SXSW in Austin.

Bond and Lackey wrote and co– directed the “Don’t Give In” video, which is beautifully shot and as incomprehensible as the band’s debut video, “Purses” (in between, they made a fairly straightforward clip for “Worst Enemy”).

“It’s one of the first songs I ever wrote with this band,” Bond says of “Don’t Give In,” which become one of the high points of the live Cusses show. “It’s very much about my childhood and my family. I didn’t want it to be so blatant, but it’s about what we all face growing up as a child. It’s like good and evil; it’s our version of Star Wars. It’s coming up on the world and being approached by a lot of things that could take you to the dark side.”

In the clip, a little girl runs away from monsters wearing hoodies and mirrored facemasks. “The bad guys, as you can see, can be easily defeated,” Bond explains. “And that’s kind of what we wanted to reflect too. If you’re strong enough, and you’ve got the will in your heart, I believe that you can come through any obstacle in your life. It’s just about your perception, and your reaction to everything you’re dealt.” — Bill DeYoung

9. The year of Cusses

Here’s what Stereofly said in its review of the longplayer Cusses: “Right out of the box you want to crank this album, the only way to really listen to it the first time ... The production is great, the guitar and drums lock in almost neurotically, the real secret behind their power.”

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Cusses (from left) Brian Lackey, Angel Bond and Bryan Harder took it to the nexty level in 2012.

10. Savannah Fashion City

The Hostess City was dressed for success this year as multiple events drew the style–minded to the shops and to the streets: In May, Savannah Fashion Week was the place to see and be seen as 15 local boutiques hosted trunk shows and events, culminating in a spectacular fashion show at the Lucas Theatre starring local models. Tickets to the show were a coveted item and proceeds benefitted Safe Shelter.

Two months later, international retailer Express Inc. transformed Monterey Square into a runway to showcase its winter line of fur– trimmed jackets and jewel–hued frocks. Hundreds showed up in their best Express styles in the hopes of snagging one of the many gift cards given away by the company, which brought over 70 staff members and models for the event. How did those models handle the staggering July heat and humidity?

“These are professionals,” laughed Express rep Jennifer Bayley. “They’re the same models in the big magazines that you see wearing bikinis next to an ice floe.”

The show was a marketing coup for the brand, since staging here costs less than bigger cities like Atlanta and New York, and it was nice exposure for our hometown: The marketing collateral shot in Savannah’s squares is now hanging in Express retail stores all over the world.

As the weather cooled slightly, Broughton Street heated up with Fashion’s Night Out on Sept. 6. Billed as a community shopping event held in conjunction with similar events around the world, Savannah’s FNO shut down the main commercial drag and bookended it with massive runway stages. Partnerships abounded between retailers, and those with real estate on Broughton offered pop–up shops to those without in the name of collaboration.

City administrators eased the logistical details and local musicians provided a bumping soundtrack, setting a festive tone for an estimated 4,000 shoppers that evening.

11. On a wall near you On April 16, the Savannah Urban Arts Festival held a panel discussion, with artists, musicians, activists, civic leaders and citizens, called “Changing the Perception of What’s Possible in Savannah.”

Among the subjects discussed was public art — that most basic cross– pollination of the necessities and the niceties of city life. Public art gives the actual public something to look at, along with something to think about.

A new organization called See Savannah Art Walls (SeeSAW) petitioned the city’s Site and Monument Commission to create a public mural policy in 2011. Incredibly, considering the City’s labyrinthine permitting process, it went through.

The first public mural was painted in January — on a wall by a vacant lot at 34th and Habersham, by artist Katherine Sandoz.

“We wanted to set an example of ‘responsible muraling,’ as an example of public art,” said SeeSAW artist Matt Hebermehl, who assisted Sandoz with her undertaking. “I know that people are scared of graffiti, that kind of rogue mentality that goes out and just covers everything in paint, which isn’t what we want to do.”

Later in the spring Hebermehl,

Artists Matt Hebermehl, left, Francis Allen, Megan Luther and James “Dr. Z” Zdaniewski and the wall on Waters.

James “Dr. Z” Zdaniewski, Megan Luther and Francis Allen put up two massive, temporary walls, one at each end of town, with the words “Before I die I want to ...” repeated over and over, each followed by a black space.

Chalk was left at each site, and within days, the walls were full of philosophical, amusing and/or meandering expressions of wish fulfillment from passers–by. The nationwide “Before I Die” project originated with artist Candy Chang in New Orleans.

“This,” Allen said, “is social activism at its most basic. It’s a first person, anonymous expression to yourself and to your community of what you want out of life. You don’t have to write on the wall to be moved by it.”

Not everyone was moved. The eastern version of “Before I Die” — on Waters Avenue — was the subject of complaints from nearby residents who objected to some of the “colorful” (i.e. profane) scrawls. Undaunted, in June the Sandoz SeeSAW piece, on Habersham, was “augmented” by artist Troy Wandzel.

Artist Inope (Adolfo Hernandez Alvarado) came to SCAD from Texas in 2002. “I come from a place that is free with public art as long as you have permission,” he said. “When I got here, it was kind of a shock.”

But Inope fell in with the SeeSAW visionaries, and during 2012 his colorful, otherwordly work showed up all over town — with the blessings of the respective building owners.

He became the next artist to tackle the wall at 34th and Habersham in October, using a combination of

spray–paint cans, stencils and specially–designed brushes. It’s still there.

The members of SeeSaw spent a year in negotiations with city planners in order to get their artistic perception of city beautification across.

“This was our first time making a stand for something we believe in,” Zdaniewski said. “We kept trying to do it the right way. When we hit a roadblock, we couldn’t think about giving up because we knew it was worth fighting for.” — Bill DeYoung

12. Daisy’s legacy

It was March 12, 1912 that Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low invited 18 young women to her home on Oglethorpe Avenue after calling her cousin, Nina Anderson Pape, to declare “Come right over! I’ve got something for the girls of Savannah, and all America, and all the world, and we’re going to start it tonight!”

Thousands of girls in green descended upon Savannah this year to mark the 100th anniversary of the group Low founded, the Girl Scouts of America. Her famous phone call launched a quiet revolution that has empowered American girls ever since.

Those first girls practiced camping skills, learned about business and science and were taught to value comjunity; today’s Girl Scouts learn much of the same and more.

Low’s spunky attitude and insistence on inviting Jewish, African– American, disabled and otherwise disenfranchised girls into her “American Girl Guides” might have ruffled

some feathers in the Savannah high society her parents belonged to, but those values of inclusion and equality remain at the forefront of the 2.5 million girls-strong organization.

While most Americans associate Girl Scouts with tasty little cookies, Low didn’t shy away from controversy and neither does the GSUSA national office. It remained steadfast with Low’s vision by announcing its acceptance of Bobby Montoya, a transgendered Colorado 10 year–old in 2011: “We accept all girls in kindergarten through 12th grade as members. If a child identifies as a girl and the child’s family presents her as a girl, Girl Scouts of Colorado welcomes her as a Girl Scout.”

Hundreds of events and activities were celebrated throughout 2012 around the country, but none were as well–attended and exciting as Savannah’s tribute. Held over three days in March, the festivities including a sunrise ceremony in Forsyth Park and a Bridge Ceremony, when 2,000 scouts crossed the Talmadge Bridge to represent crossing into a new century.

Girl Scouts USA CEO Anna Maria Chavez addressed crowds at Christ Church and Mickve Israel, pronouncing 2012 as the “Year of the Girl.”

The Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace was swamped by over 5,000 Girl Scouts that weekend, and troops from all over the country continue to visit Savannah to learn more about Daisy Low and her amazing legacy. We’re just glad it also includes those coconut Samosas. — Jessica Leigh Lebos

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“It can’t be done without everyone cooperating with each other,” co–producer Erin Wessling told us. “This is an entirely local production, and everyone gets to share in the success.”

One cannot discuss Savannah’s style profile without a gracious curtsey to SCAD. The School of Fashion continues to attract style–savvy students as well as world–class speakers: In conjunction with May’s Fashion Week, the school hosted a conversation between Vogue contributing editor Andre Leon Talley and designer Ralph Rucci. Their talk was moderated by Pulitzer Prize–winning fashion critic Robin Givhan.

“SCAD has been on my radar for a while,” Givhan told Connect. “It’s constantly building a reputation, and it’s definitely in the consciousness of people in the fashion industry who’ve never been to Savannah.”

To punctuate that point, Talley’s Little Black Dress exhibit at the SCAD Museum of Art has drawn international attention – be sure to catch it before it goes to New York and Paris Jan. 28. — Jessica Leigh Lebos

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Blotter All cases from recent Savannah/ Chatham Police Dept. incident reports

Year-end Weird Crime Roundup Here are some of the most bizarre local true–crime stories from the second half of 2012:

• A man told police he shot another man because “he had not received crack cocaine he had purchased.” Patrick Russell Stafford, 49, of a Waters Avenue address, was charged with aggravated assault after the 9:23 a.m. shooting in the 600 block of East 38th Street. Nolan Biggins, 42, of a Cowan Street address, was transported to Memorial University Medical Center for treatment.

Stafford told police he had not received crack cocaine he had purchased from Biggins and others so he left and returned with a gun.

• A thief ended up in jail after he took a photo of himself on a stolen cellphone which automatically uploaded it to Facebook. At about 5 p.m. Nov. 22 police responded to the 500 Block of Charlton Lane and spoke to Lori Uhr of Florida. She told police that the previous day her vehicle had been broken into overnight and both her phones had been taken. But about 3 p.m. that afternoon she noticed a photo pop up on her Facebook account.

The photo was turned over to detectives as well as the information on the stolen phones. A detective recognized the suspect from the picture.

He checked on the person he believed it to be and discovered he was currently on probation. The suspect, Timothy Jackson, 18, was arrested charged with burglary in the 2nd degree.

• An 18–year–old Savannah man was charged with two felonies after robbing a pizza deliverer. Kevin Andre Johnson was charged with armed robbery and aggravated

sodomy after the robbery in the 600 block of West 54th Street in which he tried to force the driver to perform a sex act as well.

Johnson was taken into custody by detectives who saw he fit the description provided by the victim.

Their investigation identified him as the man who ordered a pizza, waited in front of someone else’s house for the delivery, then pulled a gun and demanded money. He also has been charged with possession of marijuana.

Four other counts were added to charges against Johnson after detectives determined he recently knocked a 54–year–old man and his 5–year– old daughter to the ground and forced an 11–year–old boy to give him $5 last Friday. The new charges include armed robbery, aggravated assault with intent to rob and two counts of cruelty to children in the first degree.

• A flim–flam theft team coerced a local woman into withdrawing money from her bank.

The 51–year–old victim in Savannah told police she was leaving Savannah Mall about 2 p.m. when the two women got into her vehicle. The woman in the front seat ordered her to drive to her bank and withdraw a considerable amount of money.

Afterward, they directed her to return to the mall and left the car walking into the Target store, taking her jewelry as well. The victim said both suspects hid their hands from her as if to imply they were armed and the woman in the back seat carried a large stack of what appeared to be new currency. cs Give anonymous crime tips to Crimestoppers at 234-2020

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Uh, “riding the cotton pony”? If I ever find myself researching a question about the expat frat-boy scene in South Korea, I know who to get in touch with.

Synchronized menstruation is known as the McClintock effect, after Martha McClintock, the University of Chicago psychology professor who first described it more than 40 years ago. The premise is that when women hang out together for a long time, their menstrual cycles synchronize due to pheromones, chemical signals in sweat that work through the sense of smell. However, later researchers claimed most cases of apparent synchrony were coincidence, and there’s considerable skepticism in the scientific community that human pheromones actually exist.

That’s not to say your girlfriend’s moods and yours don’t swing in tandem—the effect, if there is one, could be purely psychosomatic. Let me introduce you to the concept of sympathetic pregnancy, also known as couvade, probably from the French couver, meaning to brood or hatch. Sympathetic pregnancy is pretty much what it sounds like—a pregnant woman’s partner develops similar physical signs, even putting on weight. There are two forms: ritual couvade and couvade syndrome.

Ritual couvade shows up in some primitive cultures and involves things like pretending to have morning sickness or, in an extreme case from New Guinea, slitting the underside of the penis with a knife, apparently to simulate the purifying postpartum menstrual flow. Various anthropological theories have been advanced to explain these practices. Ignoring the New Guinea

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My girlfriend is having her period. Does that mean that I am riding the cotton pony as well? I am a male, but I definitely notice an increase in tears shed while watching TV dramas, war stories, and cheerleader movies. Is that mutual menstruation stuff just for sorority sisters, or should I stock up on Midol and tissue boxes?—Bitchy in Busan, South Korea

outlier, I notice the common denominator seems to be that the father gets to lounge in bed for a few days after the birth while the mother often has to get up and care for the kid. So it’s safe to say it wasn’t women who thought this up.

Of greater interest in our enlightened times is couvade syndrome, which is involuntary, or anyway ostensibly so.

Male pregnancy symptoms may include vomiting, lassitude, food cravings, headache, fever, abdominal swelling, cramping, dizziness, and, interestingly, toothache. Psychological symptoms may include depression, insomnia, and nervousness.

Though unrecognized as a medical diagnosis, couvade syndrome is seemingly more common than might be supposed. A 1965 British study of 327 men whose wives had just given birth in a modern hospital found 11 percent reported sympathetic pregnancy symptoms. In a U.S. study, 40 percent of lower-middle-class men in Boston said the same.

This isn’t just hipster males showing off their feminine side in solidarity with their partners. Often the men reporting symptoms find the experience an ordeal; some case studies have found the guys are domineering conservative types.

Are they trying to suppress the woman within? Maybe, but some researchers think there’s a physiological basis: • A study of 34 expectant couples in Newfoundland found the men’s testosterone, prolactin, and cortisol levels all changed significantly during the pregnancy, delivery, and afterward—the men’s hormone levels tended to move in step with their wives’.

• In another Canadian study, researchers found that 23 first-time fathers showed suppressed testosterone and cortisol levels and increased estrogen levels in the months leading up to and following their child’s birth.

Some think sympathetic hormone swings have an evolutionary basis.

Fathers with lower testosterone are more likely to care for a crying baby, as are those with higher prolactin, and thus couvade may help to perpetuate the species. Then again, maybe that’s just wishful thinking by defenders of overworked moms. Since you and your girlfriend seem to be attuned, Bitchy, you’re a potential test bed for these notions. If the relationship advances to the procreational level, make sure you take good notes. cs

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news of the weird Artful Dodgers The head of the Perse School in Cambridge, England, recently instituted a “10-Second Rule” for minor disciplinary infractions: Students could avoid punishment if they quickly produced a clever explanation for their misbehavior. “Getting children to talk their way out of a tight corner in a very short period of time” said Ed Elliott, encourages creativity and could produce a generation of British entrepreneurs. Said a supporter, “Often the ones who get further are the artful dodgers,” who “bend the truth.” (Elliott warned, though, that “out-and-out falseness” would not be tolerated.)

Can’t Possibly Be True • Sheriff ’s officials in Deerfield Beach, Fla., arrested nine people in October and charged them in connection with a betting ring that set point spreads and took bets not only on pro and college games but on kids’ games of the South Florida Youth Football League. Six thousand children play in the 22-team association.

• Too Silly To Be True: (1) Police in Geraldton, Australia, reported in November that they had captured a thief they were chasing in the dark through a neighborhood’s backyards.

As the thief came to a fence and leaped over it, he happened to land on a family’s trampoline and was propelled backward, practically into cops’ laps. (2) Guy Black, 76, was charged in Turbotville, Pa., in October with

threatening housemate Ronald Tanner with a chainsaw. Tanner, defending himself with the only “weapon” within reach—an umbrella—managed to pin Black with it as the chainsaw jammed.

(Most people who bring an umbrella to a chainsaw fight would be less successful.)

of us.” Said another enthusiast, “The thing that makes Braco unique is he really doesn’t do anything.” [Washington Post, 10-12-2012]

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• In October, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals petitioned Irvine, Calif., to create a roadside Incredible memorial for the truckload of live fish that had • Deputy NYPD Comperished in a recent missioner Paul Browne traffic accident. On the told reporters in Novemother hand, the traffic ber that, in the 24 hours casualties that day were of Monday, November see you next en route to the Irvine 26th, not a single crimiapocalypse!

Ranch Market to be nal shooting, stabbing, or sold as food. slashing was reported in • The governing the five boroughs. Browne Council of Brentwood, said no police official could England, professes a remember such a day, ever. “reputation as one of (The city is on track to finthe most transparent” ish 2012 with fewer than in the country, but in 400 homicides—compared November, respondto the record year of 1990, ing to a Freedom of when 2,245 people were Information request murdered.) for documents on a • “Braco,” a Croatiangovernment contract, it born “healer” (although merely released 425 totally-blackened he rejects the term), seems to make (“redacted”) pages. The official explanalegions of sick or troubled believers tion was that all of the papers concernfeel better merely by entering a room ing construction of a movie theater and gazing at them in silence for a few were deemed “commercially sensiminutes before leaving. (A Washington tive” and “not in the public interest.”

Post reporter, seeking relief from his (Following an outcry, the Council reallergies, attended a 100-person sesthought the FOI request and disclosed sion in Alexandria, Va., in October, but “considerably more information,” found no improvement.) “Whatever is according to the Daily Telegraph.) flowing through him,” said one transfixed fan, “is able to connect with a part

Michigan Egos On Parade (1) Detroit police chief Ralph Godbee was suspended in October after an affair with a subordinate became public. Godbee’s predecessor had been fired for the same reason (among other reasons), and in fact, Godbee had previously had an affair with the same subordinate who had been implicated with his predecessor. (2) The former mayor of Flint, Don Williamson, who resigned in 2009 while being targeted in a recall, recently erected a large bronze statue of himself outside his home in Davison Township. (3) In June, former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, having served 99 days in jail on obstructionof-justice charges and still awaiting a federal corruption trial, asked Michigan prison officials to relieve him of “community service” parole obligations— because he had a number of paid speeches scheduled out of town.

Perspective • Shortly after drug-possession suspect Patrick Townsend, 30, was arrested in Lakeland, Fla., in November and had allegedly confessed into a detective’s digital recorder, Townsend managed to snatch the unattended recorder from a table, took a restroom break, and flushed it down the toilet. Townsend’s subsequent advice to the detective: “Tighten up on your job, homie.” (“Destroying evidence” was added to Townsend’s charges.) cs By chuck shepherd UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

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Happy New Year! Your music guide by bill deyoung | bill@connectsavannah.com

The outdoor fireworks, as ever, will pop over the Savannah riverfront and Tybee Beach on New Year’s Eve. Indoors, here are a few musically–minded revelries you might want to consider joining, many that come with the usual trappings of such festivities (noisemakers, funny hats, champagne at midnight et cetera): Live Wire Music Hall’s calling its NYE bash “The Royal Ball,” and three of Savannah’s finest will share the onstage riffage: The Epic Cycle, The Royal Noise and Listen 2 Three.

It’s a D–D–Dance Party at the Jinx, with the ever–affable DJ Frost and DJ King James at the tables.

There’s a street party at City Market, with multiple bands, starting at 9 p.m.

Rocks on the Roof (up top the Bohemian Hotel) is doing it masquerade–style with DJ Werd Life (aka Reggie Sykes); DJ Will Rock spins at Seed Eco–Lounge; Basik Lee does DJ duty at Congress St. Social Club. Or dance with a DJ at Rachael’s 1190.

DJ Arty spins at Fannie’s on the Beach, just a stone’s throw from the midnight fireworks on Tybee. Arty’s doing the Karaoke thing, too.

At Screamin’ Mimi’s, they’ll have the ‘80s Academy band along with an ‘80s–themed costume party.

The band Blackjack Billy rings in the New Year at Saddle Bags, while Pocket Change shakes its groove thang at Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub. It’s an all–metal shindig at Taco

Listen 2 Three rings in the year at Live Wire Music Hall, along with the Royal Noise and the Epic Cycle.

Abajo, with (get ready) Align the Sky, Within the Shadows, Run For Cover, Old News, Hollowed Out, My Kingdom Red, An End in Mind, Future of the Willing and Composer. It starts at 5 p.m.

The Wormhole is planning its fourth NYE party, with free “sparkling wine,” the groove metal outfit Future of the Willing and a couple of other bands.

Silicone Sister is back for Wild Wing Cafe’s big–time Monday–night bash.

A Nickel Bag of Funk delivers a soulful celebration at World of Beer.

A day early, but what the heck: The Veraflames emerge from semi–retirement to play a “Farewell to 2012” show at Satisfied from 6 to 9 p.m. (hey, they’re old guys and proud of it) Sunday, Dec. 30.

Other notable music for your New Year’s Eve pleasure: • 2Tone Fish plays Retro on Congress.

• The Gary Byrd Band is at Pour Larry’s.

• The Positions play Tubby’s in Thunderbolt, while members of Lyn

Avenue play Tubby’s River Street.

• Even the Melting Pot is getting into the act, with choco specials at midnight and house music from DJs A–Live and Benobi. And J.J. Bonerz has a DJ, too.

• Catch Jon Lee’s Apparitions at Dub’s Pub. • Les Raquet (a really great rock ‘n’ roll band) does the honors at the Tybee Island Social Club.

• Thomas Claxton and the Bayou Blues Band double up at Bayou Cafe.

• Hear Here & Now at the Mansion on Forsyth’s Casimir Lounge.

• The Hitman (a cookin’ Savannah blues band) is at the Warehouse.

Those of you with a taste for the upscale might consider New Year’s Eve at the Mansion (big dinner, live music), 700 Drayton, Tybee’s Dolphin Reef, the Hyatt Regency, the Hilton Savannah DeSoto (a NYE Masquerade Ball, available with or without buffet dinner), or three – count ‘em – three dinner, dancing and delight options at the Westin Harbor Resort.

And from all of us at Connect, to all of you with whom we connect, Happy New Year, and we’ll see you soon.

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• Our old friends Little Roy and Lizzy Long – Connect cover models a few weeks back – are among the bluegrass greats performing at the annual New Year’s Bluegrass Festival on Jekyll Island, Jan. 3–5. Check out this stellar lineup: Dailey & Vincent (three–time International Bluegrass Music Association Entertainers of the Year), Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver (seven–time IBMA winners and frequent guests at the Savannah Music Festival), the incredible Boxcars (they’ll be at Randy Wood Guitars Jan. 4; read about them in next week’s issue), plus the Grascals, the Gibson Brothers, Darin & Brooke Aldridge and a whole bunch of others. Get all the details at adamsandandersonbluegrass.com.

• Britt Scott, who decamped a while back for Virginia, is coming to Savannah for a visit. This means the lovely Lovely Locks — with Scott, Anna Chandler and Crystina Parker — have a one–off reunion show planned.

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Savannah native Ashley Rauls is all of 19 years old, but her song lyrics hint at an old soul lying deep within somewhere.

Rauls’ debut EP, the five–song What You Want Me To Be, is a mostly–acoustic exercise in looking back, looking forward and looking – with astonishingly mature eyes – at the present.

The young singer/songwriter will celebrate the record’s arrival with a show Thursday, Dec. 27 at Satisfied, the former Loco’s. She’ll sing and play guitar, with assist from Macon’s Shane Bridges Band, the outfit that backed her on the recording (the Bridges band will perform, sans Ashley, the next night at Saddle Bags).

A sophomore at Furman University in Greenville, S.C., Rauls is home for the holidays.

For this listener, the hook on What You Want Me to Be is her voice, which has a sweet but slightly world–weary timbre. She sings like a little girl who’s making her way through a big ‘ol world.

“I don’t really consider myself a singer,” the English major tells me.

“It’s just about the music and the lyrics for me.” Rauls says she made the EP simply as a means to an end. “It’s just that you have to sing your stuff, or no one can hear it.” Her hope is that What You Want Me to Do will serve as a calling card, to get gigs.

Bridges’ production gives the record a gentle Americana, country/rock feel. There’s acoustic guitar, atmospheric banjo and harmonica, and the occasional bass and drums.

“At first, I was worried that it was going to push me towards country,” Rauls says, “because I don’t even know what to categorize myself as. I don’t even know how to put a label on myself. I wouldn’t say I’m trying to be the next Taylor Swift. But I’m really pleased with how it worked out.”

Although Rauls — who started taking music lessons as a toddler — also plays piano and violin, she has no intention of abandoning her schoolwork and her pursuit of a graduate degree. “I’ve always enjoyed music for fun,” she explains, “and I’ve always said I want to do it growing up — it’s something you can do forever. When I was a junior and senior in high

school, I started writing a lot more, and putting chords with the words. I got better at guitar, and I’ve written a lot more in college.”

From “Mile Long Smile” to “Addicted” and an impossibly catchy piece called “Peter Has My Vote,” Rauls’ EP is full of colorful acoustic twists and turns.

“This is a really new thing for me,” she says. “I’ve never considered ‘I’m a musician, rock ‘n’ roll, drop out of school and go on the road.’ I’ve never considered that. It’s a really hard balance now to be a dedicated student and keep up with my work, get good grades, and also try to book gigs and be in the music business.’ But I think it’s definitely worth it.

“But I don’t want to be famous. I don’t want to be in the tabloids or anything. I just want to do it for fun and see what happens.”

Until you do something, she says — wise beyond her years — you’ll never really know what it was like. “I don’t want to wake up one day, be married and have kids, and say ‘What did I ever do with my music?’” cs The show is at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, at Satisfied on Broughton St.

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It takes a certain amount of gung–ho to dash into the chilly waters of the Atlantic on New Year’s Day, especially if you’re wearing a silly costume with glitter, feathers and dangly things, or a bathrobe, or a pair of Speedos and a skintight skullcap.

Every year, however, with their courage bolstered by the previous night’s revelries, copious amounts of coffee, adrenaline or just plain chutzpah, thousands of people do exactly this on Tybee Island’s South Beach.

Welcome to the Polar Plunge, now a 13–year tradition.

This time around, for the second year in a row, the Plunge is a benefit for the Tybee Post Theater, the former Fort Screven movie house that’s being renovated and brought to state–of– the–art conditions to provide Tybee with its first–ever first–class performing arts venue.

The 2012 Plunge (this one, remember, will be in 2013) was a massive undertaking. A total of 2,049 people assembled on the beach wearing

custom–made bathing caps — it looked like a bizarre gathering of Coneheads — to get into the Guinness Book of World Records.

Which they did. Record broken.

Tybee is in the book.

Then, with the traditional conch– shell blast, they all ran into the surf.

You could hear the laughter a mile away.

The theater had considered attempting another Guinness feat this year, according to Director of Operations Amy Kagan.

But how do you top something like that?

So for 2013, it’s Polar Plunge Classic.

“People on Tybee Island like to have fun,” Kagan says, “and we do

everything possible to facilitate that.”

They’ve re–introduced the “Gang of Goofs Contest,” which encourages “teams of three or more to dress up in their funniest, wackiest and craziest costumes,” Kagan explains.

“In addition to the winner receiving the coveted ‘Le Goofs’ trophy, we’re making the contest even more enticing this year by offering some fantastic prizes. The grand prize is a Tybee Wine Festival/Tybee Island getaway for four which includes accommodations for three nights, tickets for our April Wine Festival and more.”

Second and third places prizes will be awarded as well. And everyone who registers receives a limited edition, long–sleeved Tybee Polar Plunge T–shirt.

“So far this year, most of the advance registrations have been from outside of the area,” Kagan says, “which shows that people are aware of this event and are excited about spending New Year’s Day at the beach, and taking the plunge at noon

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Still, one of the best parts of Polar Plunging on Tybee is the infectious community spirit — in 2012, it seemed that everybody on the beach knew everybody else. It was a hell of a party.

And that, of course, is part of Tybee’s perpetual charm.

“It’s a great way for us to promote the theater and what we’re trying to do,” says Kagan, “and a great way to bring people together – not only to celebrate the New Year, but to celebrate Tybee Island — and support a great cause.”

The theater, she adds, “is going to be a venue to be shared with the

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I polled some friends from around the globe to see what food traditions may be in the works. My Haitian friends like Belinda stew up a big pot of soup joumou (squash soup) and prolific cook Nick fondly recalls the Flemish–inspired New Year’s Day menus of tomato soup with mini meatballs, roasted pork or chicken with green veggies and potato croquettes.

Roasted pork and sauerkraut made good luck for the Pennsylvanian family of reader Karen’s youth. Lots of Irish friends rely on the staple corned beef and cabbage as their New Year’s Day tradition.

Angie created her own family tradition years ago by making a big pile of pot stickers and other Chinese– inspired dishes.

Retired NASA employee Ed, who reads my column from North Carolina, has a tradition more familiar to me. Ed writes, “Black–eyed peas, collard greens and a big ‘pone’ of corn bread.”

I take the black–eyed pea thing one step further and make Hoppin’ John — a savory stew of sausage, rice and peas — all flavored with a couple of fatty ham hocks. Of course, there are as many version of this recipe as there are dried peas in a bag.

I called on a John who knows a thing or two about Hoppin’ John.

Chef John Witherington fed me several awesome meals when he was chef of the now extinct Cobblestone Conch House. The self–taught chef teaches hotel and restaurant management at Ogeechee Tech and spends his spare time being a dad, fishing and hunting.

We batted around the origins of the term “Hoppin’ John,” of which there are also myriad legends, myths and theories. You can plow through a very academic treatise on the subject at hoppinjohns.net, or you can just make and enjoy Chef John’s recipe to create your own New Year’s Day food tradition.

Makes 10 bowls Ingredients 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 meaty, smoked ham hocks or pound of smoked bacon, diced cup green bell pepper, small diced cup celery, small diced 1 cup yellow onion, small diced 1 tablespoon garlic, minced 3 bay leaves 2 teaspoons dried red pepper flakes 4 cups stock (pork or chicken) pound dried black eyed peas, soaked overnight, drained and rinsed 2 teaspoons dried thyme 1 cup long grain white rice Salt and pepper to taste Method 1. In large pot or cast iron Dutch oven, heat oil and add ham hocks, bell pepper, celery, onion, garlic, bay leaves, and pepper flakes. Cook until onions are translucent, about 5 minutes. (Add teaspoon of salt to mixture to release liquid. You want to sweat the vegetables, not caramelize them) 2. Add stock and bring to a boil.

Add peas and bring back to boil for one minute. Reduce heat and simmer peas for one hour.

3. Remove bay leaves, add rice and thyme and cook with the lid on for about 20–25 minutes or until rice is tender and most of the liquid is cooked out. (This is a point of debate.

Some recipes call for more of a stew– like dish, while others call for the dish to be drier like a pilaf or perleau. Personal preference should prevail.)

4. Add salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste.

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‘Offering of the Angels’: Paintings and Tapestries from the Uffizi Gallery’ is on display at the Jepson Center for the Arts. The exhibit includes priceless Italian Renaissance masterworks such as this work

by Botticelli.

‘Offering of the Angels’ is up through March; the facilities of the Telfair Museums are open New Year’s Eve, Mon. Dec. 31, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

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Call for Poets, Indigo Sky — Indigo Sky Community Gallery is seeking local writers/poets to participate in the spoken word performance series: Blank Page Poetry – Words & Shadows, presented at the upcoming PULSE Festival at the Jepson Center this winter. Writers are sought whose poems deal with the interface between a variety of ever-evolving technological advancements and the human condition. A limited number of poets and their works will be accepted, and participants will recite/perform their poems as part of the event. E-mail galleryindigosky@aol.com by including a sample of work. Indigo Sky Community Gallery, 915 Waters Ave. Ching Levy — During this show, all original pieces are being discounted 50%. The Chinese American artist displayed her work in Savannah at The Gallery and participated at ten Telfair Art Fairs.

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Feast Your Eyes — The Butcher hosts a foodrelated art show to benefit America’s Second harvest of Coastal Georgia. Exhibition will hang through Jan. 4. The Butcher, 19 E. Bay St. 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., Little Black Dress — Curated by SCAD trustee and Vogue Contributing Editor Andre Leon Talley, this exhibit charts the historic and contemporary significance of a singular sartorial phenomenon. Featuring approximately 80 garments from a canon of modern fashion designers, the exhibition includes contributions from veteran designers and those of the International Best-Dressed List such as Marc Jacobs, Miuccia Prada and Renee Zellwegger.

Through January 27, 2013 at the SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.

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, Offering of the Angels: Masterworks from the Uffizi Gallery — Italian Renaissance Masterpieces from the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. Dec. 7, 2012 through March 30, 2013. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 W. York St. Turning Points in Portraiture — The Beach Institute in conjunction with The Hurn Museum presents this look at the history of portraiture’s relationship to the history of art. During its long historical course, the portrait continues to reflect each era’s social temperament.

Through January 31. Hours: Tue-Sat 12-5 pm, www. hurnmuseum.org Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St. Zteven Zangbang — Local pop artist Zteven Zangbang will be hanging a Holiday Pop Art Show Dec. 1-Jan. 14 in the Gallery of Blick Art Materials, 318 E. Broughton St.

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Steeped in violence (enough that the LA premiere was canceled out of respect in the wake of the Connecticut tragedy), the movie overcomes its excessive tendencies with a marvelous first half that follows Django and Schultz on the road. It’s when the film reaches Candie’s plantation that it drops off considerably, largely due to less dramatic

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On balance, though, Django Unchained is fine entertainment, full of memorable characters (Waltz is excellent), great cameos by personalities forgotten by everyone except Tarantino (e.g. Lee Horsley, TV’s Matt Houston back in the ’80s; Franco Nero, the original Django in the 1966 movie), and crackerjack set–pieces (the sequence with Don Johnson’s Big Daddy leading a charge of bumbling racists is pure comic gold). The picture might seem like an odd selection for holiday viewing, but at least the blood constantly on tap matches Santa’s suit and Rudolph’s nose.

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Eagerly anticipated in some circles while dreaded in others, this long– gestating adaptation of the musical stage smash (itself based on the Victor Hugo novel) contains some powerhouse sequences and a couple of standout performances but also suffers from a bloated second half and at least one casting decision that’s impossible to defend.

Oscar–winning director Tom Hooper, better at handling the small–scale challenges of The King’s Speech than the massive spectacle of this project, employs obvious CGI theatrics for the opener, wherein 19th–century French convict Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) is seen toiling on a ship under the watchful eye of the merciless lawman Javert (Russell Crowe). Circumstances that occur after his release allow Valjean to reinvent himself as a wealthy and compassionate man, although the gig is up once Javert comes back into his life. Regardless of his own increasingly cumbersome troubles, Valjean will not break the vow he made to the tragic Fantine (Anne Hathaway) to protect and care for her daughter Cosette at all costs. This becomes harder once Cosette comes of age (now played by Amanda Seyfried) and falls for a headstrong revolutionary (Eddie Redmayne).

As Javert, Crowe is an unmitigated disaster, and his strained voice, pinched expressions and physical immobility suggest that someone off–camera was forcing him to participate by pointing a gun at his head.

As the comic–relief characters of the crooked Thenardiers, a little of Sweeney Todd co–stars Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter goes a

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Fortunately, Jackman is potent in the leading role, and it’s nice to see Hollywood taking advantage of his versatility. Yet the showstopper is Hathaway, who’s tremendous in the disappointingly small part of Fantine.

She breaks your heart with her emotionally exposed turn.

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sleuthing rather than having all the clues conveniently dropping into their lap or cracking the case through some ludicrous coincidences.

The thrust here is that a former army sniper (Joseph Sikora) stands accused of killing five random people (yes, the opening sequence featuring the shootings is indeed unsettling), and only Jack Reacher (Cruise), an ex–military investigator living off society’s radar, can prove his innocence. But the twists begin right away, with the revelation that Reacher appears on the scene ready to “bury” the man, not set him free. From here, the movie refreshingly takes its time laying out the requisite groundwork in terms of characters and conspiracies (but takes too much time on a car chase that’s well–executed but nevertheless overstays its welcome), with such figures as a defense lawyer (Rosamund Pike), her district attorney dad (Richard Jenkins) and a shooting–range owner (Robert Duvall) impacting the proceedings.

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A more accurate title for this cinematic claptrap would have been Psycho and the Unmaking of Alfred Hitchcock. While purportedly taking a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the Master of Suspense’s best movie, it’s often so risible that it’s no wonder I initially misread the name of the director, Sacha Gervasi, as Sacha Baron Cohen.

Hitchcock promises to give us the back story surrounding the unlikely success of Psycho, kicking off when the portly director (played by Anthony Hopkins) is basking in the afterglow of 1959’s North By Northwest and trying to figure out his next project. Hitchcock meets resistance from all corners, including, initially, his wife and frequent (uncredited) collaborator Alma Reville (Helen Mirren). But little by little, it all comes together, and the rest is film history.

Unfortunately, the history seen on screen often differs wildly from the history that actually took place.

Certainly, the director’s lust for the ladies led to some unpleasantness in his life, but as depicted here, he’s less a great artist and more a lecherous pervert who drills peepholes into his actresses’ dressing room walls.

The scenes that actually bother to deal with the filming of Psycho are

entertaining and at least provide a respite from the turgid melodrama polluting the rest of the film. James D’Arcy’s turn as Anthony Perkins is note-perfect (too bad his screen time totals less than 15 minutes), and although Scarlett Johansson looks nothing like Janet Leigh, her performance can’t be faulted. The striking, domineering Mirren is actually miscast as the diminutive, meek Alma, but they obviously wanted an Oscarbait actress for the role, so there ya go. Hopkins isn’t the train wreck that his casting might have suggested, but while he’s superficially amusing, it’s a performance that goes no deeper than the fat suit swallowing his body.

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Even acknowledging the hardship of finding suitable roles for women over 40 in Hollywood, it’s difficult to believe that The Guilt Trip was the best that Barbra Streisand could nab for her first leading role since 1996’s The Mirror Has Two Faces (with only supporting turns in two Fockers flicks in the interim).

The entertainment icon plays Joyce Brewster, a widow whose favorite pastime is doting on her grown son Andrew (Seth Rogen). An inventor hoping to turn his product – the awkwardly named Scieoclean – into the next big thing, Andrew travels cross–country in order to meet with marketing executives for various corporations who might be interested in stocking it. He elects to take his kvetching mom with him, which allows her nonstop opportunities to embarrass her son by questioning his business decisions in front of company officials.

Streisand and Rogen work well together and the movie is free of the coarseness that has come to define modern comedy. But it’s also free of anything resembling laughs – a deadly strike since the dramatic moments prove to be even more feeble.

THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY

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Opting to divide J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit – a slim work compared to the gargantuan The Lord of the Rings — 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), Oscarwinnnig director Peter 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, 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 confronting a lost Bilbo is one of the highlights of the film.

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.

Moviegoers 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, 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 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.

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Writer-director David O. Russell follows The Fighter with a disarming seriocomedy about Pat Solitano (Bradley Cooper), a former teacher who’s been released after a stint in a mental facility. Pat lost it after catching his wife Nikki (Brea Bee) in the shower with a fellow instructor, and no one’s quite sure if he’s really ready to be back in the real world again. His dad, Pat Sr. (Robert De Niro), suffers from OCD, resulting in a prickly relationship between the pair. Pat eventually meets someone who’s apparently as off-kilter as himself: Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), who’s had her own share of mood swings ever since the death of her husband.

Adapted by Russell from Matthew Quick’s novel, Playbook easily overcomes its familiar beats (a sports brawl, a missed appointment, a climactic competition) thanks to a real attention to character detail, a nonjudgmental approach to all the flaws plaguing the players, and a cast that works beautifully together.

Chris Tucker is a welcome addition as Pat’s buddy from his institution days, while De Niro’s late-career mugging actually works for a character who spends every moment fretting over the fortunes of the Philadelphia Eagles. Cooper’s fine as well, although it’s Lawrence who explodes off the screen. Already a franchise star due to both The Hunger Games and X-Men: First Class, she’s likewise solid gold in Silver. CS

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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 912-3083020. [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. January meeting is on January 7, 2013. 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 912598-7358 or Jeanne Seaver at 912-663-8728 for additional info. [121812]

Veterans for Peace Monthly Meeting

The Savannah chapter of Veterans for Peace meets upstairs at Satisfied, (formerly Loco’s Deli and Grill), 301 Broughton St. at 7p.m. on the last Monday of each month. VFP is a national organization of men and women of all eras, branches of service, and duty stations that works to expose the true costs of war and to support veterans and civilian victims. 303550-1158 for more info. [121612]

Benefits Diamond Ball Fundraiser for Cancer Survivor Makeovers

Saturday, January 12, 7 - 10 pm, the Survivor Glam Squad hosts the “Diamond Ball” to raise money for the Cancer Survivor Makeovers aboard the 2013 Fashion Fundraiser Cruise.

Benefiting the American Cancer Society of the Coastal Empire. Location: Mackey House in Savannah, Georgia from 7-10pm. Every person that purchases a ticket to the Ball will be able to nominate a local female cancer survivor to go on the cruise. Tickets: $40 Includse heavy hors d’oeuvres, music by Liquid Ginger, and nomination form. Cash bar and silent auction.

Information/tickets: www.survivorglamsquad. org. or 912-355-5196 or email: jessica.thomas@cancer.org.

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]

Register Now for February’s Seacrest Race for Preservation

The 5K and 10K is a race through many Savannah neighborhoods, finishing with a fun-filled celebration for participants, family, and friends.

Registration savings for early birds, military, first responders, students and children under 12. Race registration is open at Fleet Feet Savannah and Active.com as well the Historic Savannah Foundation website. www.myhsf. org/special-events/seacrest-race/ Or see the Facebook page. Registration fees: $35-45

phase in 1982 (CPS-II). For more information, visit cps3savannah.com, email kitty.karr@ cancer.org, or call 912-355-5196.

Poets and Writers Wanted

Indigo Sky Community Gallery seeks local writers and poets to participate in the spoken word performance “Blank Page Poetry—Words and Shadows.” Interested writers and poets please send an e-mail sample of your work and your contact info. Deadline is the first week of January. The event is at the end of January.

Information: Jerome Meadows: 233-7659, www.indigoskycommunitygallery.com, galleryindigosky at aol.com.

Classes, Camps & Workshops Clay Classes: Savannah Clay Studio at Beaulieu

SK8 Art: A benefit skateboard art show for the Savannah Skatepark

Handbuilding, sculpture, and handmade tiles.

Basic glazing and firing techniques. Contact Anita at 912-351-4578 email: sav.claystudio@ gmail.com. [120212]

Third Annual Tybee Island Pajama Party & Pub Crawl

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 410-251-4421 or chris@chrismorrisphotography.com. A complete list of classes and class descriptions are available at http://www. chrismorrisphotography.com/photographyclasses. [082612]

Over 15 local kids (ages 4-12) participated in a two-day art camp and created their own art on skateboards that will be on exhibit at Foxy Loxy Print Gallery and Cafe, 1919 Bull Street, December 3 - 30. The boards will be up for silent auction for the whole month. Opening reception December 7, 6-9 pm. Come out and support these kids and the skatepark!

Friday January 11, 2013. Start at Spanky’s Restaurant at 8pm. We’ll move to different bars every hour and a half. 50/50 Raffle, prizes, Best PJ’s Contest. Wear your pajamas! A benefit for “Help One of Our Own,” a local charity that offers money to needy recipients for expensive medical procedures. Information: joeladdis@ gmail.com or saltartisan@gmail.com

Yates-Astro Resolution Race 5K Trail Run & Walk at Bethesda Academy

Saturday, January 5, at Bethesda Academy, 9520 Ferguson Avenue. A 5K trail run and walk through 3.1 miles of roads, grass and gravel paths along the marsh, treelines, cattle pastures and organic farm. Proceeds benefit the Women’s Board of Bethesda for the purpose of enriching and improving the lives of the boys at Bethesda Academy. Register online at Active. com or at Fleet Feet Sports Savannah, located at 3405 Waters Ave. Race packet pickup on Friday, January 4 at Fleet Feet Sports. Race starts at 8 a.m.; Registration begins at 7:15 a.m. Fee: $25 through Dec 25, 2012. $35 from Dec 26 Jan 5. Information: www.bethesdaacademy.org or 912-351-2061.

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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

Photography Classes

“Keeping that New Year’s Resolution” Vision Workshop Learn simple techniques to help you stay on track through out the year. January 26, 12:30pm to 3pm, Registration fee $25 due at door. Location: 334 Stephenson Avenue, Savannah, GA 31405 Contact: Lydia Stone, Dream Builder Coach, 912-656-6383 or email rosesonthemove@gmail.com.

“The Mastery of Love” Study Group

A four-week study group of Miguel Ruiz’ practical guide to the Art of Relationship, facilitated

by Lydia Stone, certified Dream Builder Coach.J anuary 17 thru February 7, 6:30pm to 8pm, Registration fee $45 due January 16. Location: 334 Stephenson Avenue, Savannah, GA 31405.

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

Art Classes and Lessons

Drawing and painting classes and private lessons offered by artist Karen Bradley. Call or email for details. 912-507-7138 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.

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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 912-6527981. UGA’s College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences/Coastal Georgia Botanical

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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.

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Champions Training Center

Offers a variety of classes and training opportunities in mixed martial arts, jui-jitsu, 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]

Classical Drawing and Painting Workshop

A Classical Approach to Drawing and Painting the Figurem with James Langley. Feb 14-16 at The Studio School, 1319-B Bull Street. For more information visit: thestudioschoolsavannah.com, email: melindaborysevicz@gmail. com, or call: 912-484-6415.

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 information, 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: 912-4430410. [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. 912897-3604. Contact: James Lavin or Minister John LaMaison www.islandschristian.org.

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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 912-354-6686. [082612]

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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. 912223-7049 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). 912-897-9559. $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, 912-6445967, 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]

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Features 12 spiritual principles which help keep families united. Saturday, January 12, 12noon to 3pm, Registration fee $20 per family, Workbook $40. Location: 334 Stephenson Avenue, Savannah, GA 31405 Contact: Lydia Stone, Dream Builder Coach, 912-656-6383 or email rosesonthemove@gmail.com.

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: 912-692-8055 or smisavannah@gmail.com.

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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]

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Novel Writing

Write a novel, finish the one you’ve started, revise it or pursue publishing your work. Awardwinning 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.

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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.

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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.

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Sewing Classes

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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]

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1 Alabama Shakes or Sparklehorse 5 Tarbell and Lupino 9 Bellicose god 13 ___ about (roughly) 14 Jeremy of “Suburgatory” 16 Lymph ___ 17 It’s the end of The World!...actually, it’s a radio station mentioned at the end of PRI’s “The World” 19 “Yeah, right!”

20 Farm refrain 21 It’s the end of the world!...or, the country home to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world 23 Sound system name 24 “___ Married an Axe Murderer” 25 Food drive unit 26 Throb 28 Earth Day prefix 30 Hole in one’s knowledge 33 It’s the end of The World!...or not, since that was the first company to provide access to it in 1989 37 Become rigid 39 Shakespearean king 40 Snatches 42 Person who says “Breaker, breaker...”

43 Get really mad 45 It’s the end of the world!...if you sort the countries alphabetically 47 Boat with two goats 48 “The Greatest” 50 Coyote score 51 Verbal ability 53 Series set in Las Vegas 55 Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby 59 It’s the end of The World!...or at least it’s seen in the bottom corner of the tarot card The World 62 “Peer Gynt” playwright 63 Dominates 64 It’s the end of the world!...if you want to get really literal about it 66 Be a computer programmer 67 “Cars” singer Gary 68 St. that legalized marijuana in 2012

69 Rope feature 70 Dick Tracy’s girl 71 Chrysler model

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1 Acknowledged the applause 2 Prefix before -plasty 3 Prize given to Carter and Obama 4 Deep-voiced “Simpsons” character 5 “Looking for,” in the personals 6 Nightmare 7 Elroy’s dog 8 What an old comedian chomps 9 Author Loos 10 Maurice’s singing twin 11 Tree of Life location 12 ___ precedent 15 Inseparable 18 Makers of the Mallo Cup 22 Some mil. members 27 “Buffy” spinoff 29 Mag with quizzes 31 Some 32 Combustible heap 33 “Casablanca” character 34 ___-do-well 35 Olympic sport since 2000 36 Looney Tunes spinner 38 Go smaller 41 Think tank output 44 Roles, in metaphor 46 Old-school computer language 49 Lake’s thaw 52 Map-within-a-map 54 “She ___ Coming” (Rolling Stones song) 56 Part of AAA 57 One-eyed “Futurama” character 58 “Return of the Jedi” moon 59 Sure thing 60 Victorious shout 61 Jane Velez-Mitchell’s network 65 IV givers

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ARIES

(March 21–April 19) In the sci–fi film trilogy *The Matrix,* the heroes are able to instantaneously acquire certain complex skills via software that’s downloaded directly into their brains. In this way, the female hacker named Trinity masters the art of piloting a military M–109 helicopter in just a few minutes. If you could choose a few downloads like that, Aries, what would they be? This isn’t just a rhetorical question meant for your amusement. In 2013, I expect that your educational capacity will be exceptional. While you may not be able to add new skills as easily as Trinity, you’ll be pretty fast and efficient. So what do you want to learn? Choose wisely.

TAURUS

(April 20–May 20) Are you familiar with the fable of the golden goose? The farmer who owned it became impatient because it laid only one gold egg per day. So he killed it, thinking he would thereby get the big chunk of gold that must be inside its body.

Alas, his theory was mistaken.

There was no chunk. From then on, of course, he no longer got his modest daily treasure. I nominate this fable to be one of your top teaching stories of 2013. As long as you’re content with a slow, steady rate of enrichment, you’ll be successful. Pushing extra hard to expedite the flow might lead to problems.

GEMINI

(May 21–June 20) Here are some of the experiences I hope to help you harvest in the coming year: growing pains that are interesting and invigorating rather than stressful; future shock that feels like a fun joyride rather than a bumpy rumble; two totally new and original ways to get excited; a good reason to have faith in a dream that has previously been improbable; a fresh supply of Innocent Crazy–Wise Love Truth; and access to all the borogoves, mome raths, and slithy toves you could ever want.

CANCER

(June 21–July 22) In her gallery show “Actuality, Reminiscence, and Fabrication,” artist Deborah Sullivan includes a piece called “Penance 1962.” It consists of a series of handwritten statements that repeats a central

theme: “I must not look at boys during prayer.” I’m assuming it’s based on her memory of being in church or Catholic school when she was a teenager. You probably have an analogous rule lodged somewhere in the depths of your unconscious mind –– an outmoded prohibition or taboo that may still be subtly corroding your life energy. The coming year will be an excellent time to banish that ancient nonsense for good. If you were Deborah Sullivan, I’d advise you to fill a whole notebook page with the corrected assertion: “It’s OK to look at boys during prayer.”

LEO

(July 23–Aug. 22) For years, the gravestone of Irish dramatist Oscar Wilde was covered with kiss–shaped lipstick marks that were left by his admirers. Unfortunately, Wilde’s descendants decided to scour away all those blessings and erect a glass wall around the tomb to prevent further displays of affection. In my astrological opinion, Leo, you should favor the former style of behavior over the latter in 2013. In other words, don’t focus on keeping things neat and clean and well–ordered. On the contrary: Be extravagant and uninhibited in expressing your love for the influences that inspire you –– even at the risk of being a bit unruly or messy.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23–Sept. 22) In 2013, I hope to conspire with you to raise your levels of righteous success. If you’re a struggling songwriter, I’ll be pushing for you to get your music out to more people –– without sacrificing your artistic integrity. If you’re a kindergarten teacher, I’ll prompt you to fine–tune and deepen the benevolent influence you have on your students. If you’re a business owner, I’ll urge you to ensure that the product or service you offer is a well–honed gift to those who use it. As I trust you can see, Virgo, I’m implying that impeccable ethics will be crucial to your ascent in the coming year.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23–Oct. 22) After Libran poet Wallace Stevens won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1955, Harvard University offered him a job as a full professor. But he turned it down. He couldn’t bear leaving his day job as the vice–president of an insurance

company in Hartford, Connecticut.

I suspect that in the first half of 2013, you will come to a fork in the road that may feel something like Stevens’ quandary. Should you stick with what you know or else head off in the direction of more intense and unpredictable stimulation? I’m not here to tell you which is the better choice; I simply want to make sure you clearly identify the nature of the decision.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23–Nov. 21) In 2013, I will try to help you retool, reinvent, and reinvigorate yourself in every way that’s important to you. I will encourage you to reawaken one of your sleeping aptitudes, recapture a lost treasure, and reanimate a dream you’ve neglected. If you’re smart, Scorpio, you will reallocate resources that got misdirected or wasted. And I hope you will reapply for a privilege or position you were previously denied, because I bet you’ll win it this time around.

Here are your words of power for the year ahead: *resurrection* and *redemption.*

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21)

Based on experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, a team of physicists in France and Switzerland announced last July that they had tentatively discovered the Higgs Boson, which is colloquially known as the “God particle.”

What’s all the fuss? In her *San Francisco Chronicle* column, Leah Garchik quoted an expert who sought to explain: “The Higgs Boson is the WD40 and duct tape of the universe, all rolled into one.”

Is there a metaphorical equivalent of such a glorious and fundamental thing in your life, Sagittarius?

If not, I predict you will find it in 2013. If there already is, I expect you will locate and start using its 2.0 version.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19)

In 2013, I pledge to help you bring only the highest–quality influences and self–responsible people into your life. Together we will work to dispel any unconscious attraction you might have to demoralizing chaos or pathological melodrama.

We will furthermore strive to ensure that as you deepen and fine–tune your self–discipline, it will not be motivated by self– denial or obsessive control–freak

tendencies. Rather, it will be an act of love that you engage in so as to intensify your ability to express yourself freely and beautifully.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20–Feb. 18) “Genius is the ability to renew one’s emotions in daily experience,” said French painter Paul Cezanne. What do you think he meant by that? Here’s one interpretation: Many of us replay the same old emotions over and over again –– even in response to experiences that are nothing like the past events when we felt those exact feelings. So a genius might be someone who generates a fresh emotion for each new adventure. Here’s another possible interpretation of Cezanne’s remark: It can be hard to get excited about continually repeating the basic tasks of our regular routines day after day. But a genius might be someone who is good at doing just that. I think that by both of these definitions, 2013 could be a genius year for you Aquarians.

PISCES

(Feb. 19–March 20) Home is not just the building where you live. It’s more than the community that gives you support and the patch of earth that comforts you with its familiarity. Home is any place where you’re free to be your authentic self; it’s any power spot where you can think your own thoughts and see with your own eyes. I hope and trust that in 2013 you will put yourself in position to experience this state of mind as often as possible. Do you have any ideas about how to do that? Brainstorm about it on a regular basis for the next six months.

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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 Project 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

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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]

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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 governmentsupported 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.

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Course fee: $100 per couple. Contact: www. douladeliveries.com or call Ann Carroll at (912) 704-7650 or ann@douladeliveries.com.

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A ministry of MOPS International. Information or registration: call 912-898-4344 or kymmccarty@hotmail.com. http://www.mops.org/ [062912]

Knittin’ Night

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]

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Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet

Meets every Wednesday. Different locations downtown. Contact (912) 308-6768 for info. No fees. Wanna learn? Come join us! [062912]

Crossword Answers

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: 912-238-0514 [063012] 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: 912-660-8585. [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 5965965. [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.

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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 912-3533148 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 creative people from all ages, mediums, and skill levels. Information: 912232-7731 [062912]

Savannah Authors Autonomous Writing Group

Meets the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month, 6-8 p.m. Encourage first-class 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 336-339-3970. [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.

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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 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]

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LARGO TIBET AREA *2BR/1 Bath Apt. $600/month, $600/deposit. *2BR/2 Bath Apt. $665/month, $600/deposit. *All require 1yr. lease. No pets.

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1/2-OFF 1ST MONTH’S RENT! Rent A Manufactured home,14x70,on high/wooded lot. 3BR/2BA,save $$$, Gas, heat and stove, central air, refrigerator,full mini-blinds, carpeting and draperies, washer/dryer hookups, 48sqft. deck w/hand rails and steps, double-car cement parking pad. Swimming pool, recreational areas, on-site garbage service(twice weekly) and fire protection included, cable TV available, guest parking. Starting at $500/month,including lot rent.

800 Quacco Road. 925-9673.

2 & 3BR APTS. AVAILABLE NOW

Furnished with refrigerator and stove. $650-$695/monthly.

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1, 2, and 3 BR $650-$1050/month Ask about our move in specials

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2 Bedroom House 2 bedroom, 1 bath,central h/a, fenced yard, large kitchen, good shape. $675.00 (912)659-1882 2BR/1.5BA, kitchen furnished, washer/dryer connection. Clubhouse, pool and tennis courts. $850/month. 455 Mall Blvd. #45.

912-355-7670 9403 DUNWOODY DRIVE, Savannah, 31406. 3BR, 1-1/2 Baths, all electric, W/D conn., refrigerator & stove. $750/month, $750/security deposit. Call for appt./viewing, 912-772-3050 ARDSLEY PARK: Spacious, cute 1BR Apt. with balcony. $235/week, $235/deposit includes utilities and laundry facility. No smoking, No pets. 912-236-1952 BEAUTIFUL HOME! Ready to Move-in;Lake Shore Community: 6 Allen Brook Drive, Port Wentworth. 4 Bedrooms/2 bathrooms.

2-Car garage. $1,200/Month.

Ph:305-259-4080 BEE ROAD: 2BR/1BA $625.

CAROLINE DRIVE: 2BR/1BA, LR, kitchen furnished, total electric $675/month.

VARNEDOE DRIVE: 2BR/1BA, LR, kitchen $650.

DUANE CT. 2BR/1BA $695 912-897-6789 or 912-344-4164

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2 BD, 1 BATH APTS. Clean, Quiet. Near busline. Lights, water included. Stove, refrigerator, washer/dryer. $200/wk. Call 912-272-4378 or 912-631-2909

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FOR RENT

•109 West 41st: Lower 1BR Apt., 1.5BA, CH&A$450 + security •1127 E. 39th: 2BR, AC, gas heat $550 + security deposit.

•227 Glass St. 2BR house, gas heat $450 + security.

•1202 McCarthy Ave: 2BR apt. window AC, gas heat $450 + sec.

•1610 Ott St. 1BR apt. $350 including water.

•728 West 39th: Large 4BR house, CH&A $700 + security deposit.

Call Lester, 313-8261 or 234-5650

FOR SALE

•825 Jamestown Rd: Nice 3BR/2BA home located in quiet Jamestown Subd. featuring family room w/fireplace & large backyard.

•Investor’s Special! 1815 Mills B Lane:2BR/1BA home, Liberty City area. A little TLC is all you need to make this an excellent investment property.

Call Lester @ 912-313-8261 or Deloris 912-272-3926 FOR RENT 2BR APT. located, 815 West 35th Street. Stove & refrigerator, window unit, A/C, gas heat $450/month + $350/deposit.

912-660-1479

FOR RENT

2 remodeled mobile homes in Garden City mobile home park. Double/Singlewide. Low down affordable payments. Credit check approval. Special ending soon.

Speak directly to Community Managers, Gwen or Della, 912-964-7675

HIGHLAND WOODS 800 QUACCO ROAD 925-9673

Mobile Home lots for rent.

First month rent free! Wooden deck, curbside garbage collection twice weekly, swimming pool and playground included. Cable TV available.

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Home For Rent Nice location 3BR, 2BA fenced yard, fireplace, family room, office, LR, dining room, utility room.

Ready Jan 1. $1000 month, $1000 deposit. Call (770)378-2514

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HOUSES 4 Bedrooms 17 Conservation Dr. $1495 623 Windsor Rd $1200 3 Bedrooms 101 Brianna Cir $1200 412 Sharondale Rd. $995 16 Wilshire Blvd. $925 2 Soling Ave $875 2214 E.43rd St. $850 1906 E.58th St. $750 POOLER: 1254 Robert’s Way $925 2 Bedrooms 318 E. 58th St. $795 1203 Ohio Ave. $700 18 Chippewa $750 2127 DeRenne $750 CONDOS 2 Bedroom Condo 54 Stone Lake $1150 Berwick Plantation Windsor Crossing $650 APARTMENTS 3 Bedrooms 123 Harmon Creek $850 2 Bedrooms 1107 E.57th St. $600 One Bedroom 740 E.45th St. $745 Downtown Loft 321 Broughton St. $1500

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STILLWATER APARTMENTS 1 Bedrooms $499. Single story, W/D hookups. Hurry in for special! 6815 Waters Avenue.

912-354-1398

SUNRISE VILLAS - Eastside A place that you can call home!

Large eat-in kitchen, central heat/air, W/D connections, carpet, mini blinds, total electric. $650/Rent, $300/Deposit. Call 912-234-3043 VERY NICE 4BR/2BA, central heat/air, all electric, and more.

304 STACIE COURT. $1025/month.

•15 GERALD DRIVE: 3BR/1BA $750.

•1319 E. 56 ST. 2BR/1BA $665 •410 DELORES AVE. 3BR/1BA $850 912-507-7934 or 912-927-2853 WINDSOR FOREST: 3BR/1.5BA, family room has been used as 4th BR, new CH&A, new interior paint, new windows and sliding doors. Conveniently located. No smoking. No Section 8 accepted. $949/month, $989/security deposit. Military or Police Discount. 912-920-1936

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2-1/2BR/1 Bath, country atmosphere, carpet, fenced $650 + deposit.

No Section 8. 912-234-0548

RENT TO OWN NO BANK NEEDED! 113 Finn Cir, 3BR, 2BA, $ 1100 /mo, dep 1/2 price. www.leasepurchasewithus.com 678-592-4361

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APARTMENTS FOR RENT

1BR & 2BR/1BA Apartments, LV Room, Dining, Kitchen w/appliances, washer/dryer hookup.

UTILITIES INCLUDED! NO CREDIT REQUIRED! $225 & Up weekly, $895/monthly, Call 912-319-4182, M-Sat 9AM-6PM

SOUTHSIDE

•1BR Apts, washer/dryer included. $25 for water, trash included, $625/month.

•2BR/1.5BA Townhouse Apt, total electric, w/washer & dryer $675.

912-927-3278 or 912-356-5656 SPECIAL! 1812 N. Avalon Dr. 2BR/1.5BA $675/mo, $400/dep.

SPECIAL! 1301 E.66th: 2BR/2 Bath, W/D connection, near Memorial Hosp. $725/month, $400/dep 2212 Delesseps: 2BR/1BA, all electric, W/D connection $695/month, $400/deposit.

11515 White Bluff Rd. 1BR/1BA, all electric, equipped kitchen, W/D connection $595/month DAVIS RENTALS 310 E. MONTGOMERY XROADS 912-354-4011 OR 656-5372

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ROOMS FOR RENT

$75 Move-In Special Today!!

Clean, furnished, large. Busline, central heat/air, utilities. $100-$130 weekly.

Rooms w/bathroom $145.

Call 912-289-0410.

AVAILABLE ROOMS: CLEAN, comfortable rooms. Washer/dryer, air, cable, ceiling fans. $115-$145 weekly. No deposit.

Call Ike @ 844-7065 EAST & WEST SAVANNAH

$100 & Up Furnished, includes utilities, central heat/air, Comcast cable, washer/dryer. Ceramic tile in kitchen. Shared Kitchen & Shared bath. Call 912-210-0144.

FURNISHED APTS. $165/WK.

Private bath and kitchen, cable, utilities, washer furnished. AC & heat, bus stop on property. No deposit required. Completely safe, manager on property. Contact Cody, 695-7889 or Jack, 342-3840.

LARGE VICTORIAN with windows on two sides, across from library, nicely furnished, all utilities.

TV/cable/internet, washer/dryer, $140/week. $504/month.

912-231-9464 Other apts. avail.

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Furnished, affordable room available includes utility, refrigerator, central heat/air. $115-$140/weekly, no deposit.Call 912-844-3609 NEED A ROOM? STOP LOOKING! Great rooms available ranging from $115-$140/weekly. Includes refrigerators, central heat/air. No deposit.

Call 912-398-7507.

ROOM FOR RENT: Safe Environment. Central heat/air, cable, telephone service. $450-$550 monthly, $125/security deposit, No lease.

Immediate occupancy. Call Mr. Brown:912-663-2574 or 912-234-9177.

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130 ALPINE DRIVE: Roommate Wanted. $600/month, NO deposit or $150/week. Near Hunter AAF. Ready to Move-in 12/17/12.

912-272-8020 Roommate Wanted To Share 2BR/1BA Apt near Ferguson Ave Skidaway Island, kitchen/dining room, living room/lanai, fully furnished, CH/A, cable, utilities included.Available Jan.15th. $550/mo. 912-344-4216 transportation 900

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‘97 T-Bird, new brake system and stereo. Reduced $595. Call 912-358-6326.

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Paint & Body Work. Reasonably Priced. Insurance Claims. We buy wrecks. Call 912-355-5932.

JAGUAR S-Type, 2002- V-8, dark blue color, grey interior. Asking $6,500. Call 912-247-7875 JEEP WRANGLER SE, 1997- Manual Transmission, 4 Wheel Drive, 103K miles. Asking Price $8,500. Call 912-660-0233 WE PAY CASH for junk cars & trucks! Call 964-0515

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