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

Include specific dates, time, locations with addresses, cost and a contact number.

Deadline for inclusion is 5pm Friday, to appear in next Wednesday’s edition.

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Improv!

What: SCAD's Improv team in performance, led by David Storck. Recent winners of "Best College Improv Group in the South.”

When: Thursday, free with valid SCAD ID. 8 p.m Where: Mondanaro Theatre at Crites Hall, 217 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Cost: $10. $8 student/senior/military. $5 SCAD. Info: savannahboxoffice.com

Wednesday 64th Annual Coastal Empire Fair

What: Rides, live music, exhibitions, carnival food, fun family times. Opens 5pm weekdays, 12noon weekends. Hosted

by Exchange Club of Savannah, to raise funds for local charities.

When: ThroughNov. 10 Where: Coastal Empire Fairgrounds, 4801 Meding St. Cost: See website for admission.

Info: coastalempirefair.com

Kensington Park-Groveland Historic District Trolley Tour and Lecturer

City Public Input Session: Low Speed Vehicle Regulations

What: The City of Savannah invites the public to give input at this public meeting on a proposed ordinance to regulate motorized carts and low speed vehicles on public streets, during the early stages of drafting the ordinance. Comments may also be made online.

When: 6 p.m Where: Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: (912) 525-1500. blidy@savannahga. gov. savannahga.gov/commentoncarts

opening Theatre: The Amen Corner

What: Partnering with Savannah State University’s Players by the Sea, the Armstrong Atlantic State University Masquers present the drama by James Baldwin. Harlem storefront preacher Margaret Alexander is the leader of her flock about to see her world crumble. In Jenkins Hall Theater.

When: 7:30 p.m., Thu-Sat, 3 p.m. Sun. Where: Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Cost: $10 Discounts for military, seniors, alumni association members, and students/children. Free for Armstrong.

Info: armstrong.edu

Savannah Music Festival 2014 Line-Up Announcement Party

What: Sierra Hull in concert at this kickoff party for SMF tickets, which go on sale Nov. 7 at 10am.

When: 8 p.m Where: Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St. Cost: Free and open to the public Info: savannahmusicfestival.org

Film: The Incident (1967, USA)

What: Based on a stage play about two thugs who terrorize and antagonize a group of late-night NYC subway riders, it’s a cult classic featuring an amazing cast, with the big screen debut of a young Martin Sheen. It’s also the first film Beau Bridges ever appeared in playing an adult (after his child star days). Presented by Psychotronic Film Society.

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

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Cancer Institute, 4700 Waters Ave.

Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: memorialhealth.com

Thursday

Hairspray opens

Art Lecture: Gitanos, Bailarinas and Toreros: Robert Henri’s Spanish Types

Theatre Department presents their fall musical on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, November 7, 8, & 9 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, November 10 at 2:30 p.m.

Where: Savannah Arts Academy, 500 Washington Ave. Cost: General admission is $15 and students and seniors are $10. Tickets can be purchased online at www.seatyourself.biz/saa.

What: Lecture by Holly Koons McCullough, former Telfair Director of Collections and Exhibitions, offering insight into the Spanish Sojourns exhibition now showing at the Jepson. Light reception follows.

When: 6 p.m Where: Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Cost: $5 students/$12 adults/free to members Info: telfair.org

Cancer Survivorship Series: Healthy for the Holidays

What: Part of Memorial University Medical Center's free lecture series addressing the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social aspects of healing Please pre-register.

When: 5:30-6:30 p.m Where: Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson

What: The Savannah Arts Academy’s

Fundraiser for Steel Drum Program and Boys and Girls Club

What: A benefit for Frank Callen Boys & Girls Clubs' new steel drum band program, taught by Melvin Dean, Savannah-area steel drummer.

When: 5:30 p.m Where: Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St. Cost: $25 Info: 912-224-4815. pamelac47@yahoo. com

What: Historian Bob Ciucevich speaks on the significance of the architecture in this up-and-coming National Register Historic District. Association president Pam Miller speaks on living in a historic district. Trolleys depart 6 p.m. Lecture and reception follow.

When: 6 p.m Where: Harvest Church of the Nazarene, 5995 Waters Ave. Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: myhsf.org

Theatre: The Amen Corner

What: Armstrong and SSU combine to present the comic drama in three acts by James Baldwin. Self-anointed Harlem storefront preacher Margaret Alexander is the leader of her flock who is about to see her world crumble. In Jenkins Hall Theater.

When: 7:30 p.m Where: Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Cost: $10, free for Armstrong Info: armstrong.edu

Toast to the Coast

What: Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Wilderness Southeast at this oyster roast and benefit. Dinner,music by Bob and Judy Williams as Cynergy. Proceeds benefit WiSE's public middle school science enrichment. Held in the Group Shelter at Skidaway Island State Park.

When: 6-9 p.m Where: Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

Cost: $50 Reservations required.

Info: 912-355-3357. naturesavannah@ gmail.com

Workshop: Consumer Watch for Veterans Affairs

What: Attorneys Michael Smith and Richard Barid of Smith Barid LLC in a presentation on aid and assistance.

When: 2 p.m Where: Savannah Commons, 1 Peachtree Drive (off Middleground Rd.).

Cost: Free and open to the public Info: savannahcommons.net

Friday Campfire, S'mores and Stories

Theatre: Our Town

What: Meet and greet park visitors for Smores and stories around the campfire. Meet at Amphitheatre across from Picnic Shelter 4.

When: 6 p.m Where: Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

Cost: $5 parking fee. Annual passes available.

Info: 912-598-2300. gastateparks.org/ SkidawayIsland

Improv!

What: SCAD's Improv team in performance, led by David Storck.

Recent winners of "Best College Improv Group in the South.”

Weekend matinees are family-friendly/all ages shows.

When: 8 p.m Where: Mondanaro Theatre at Crites Hall, 217 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Cost: $10. $8 student/ senior/military. $5 SCAD. Info: 912-525-5050. savannahboxoffice.com

Pasta on the Park

What: Carb up before the marathon at this family-friendly benefit feeding frenzy for Liam's Land Organization for Lymphatic Malformation Research.

Children under 6 free.

Music by The Accomplices.

When: 4-9 p.m Where: American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. Cost: $10 advance. $15 door.

Info: liamsland.org

What: Thornton Wilder's play about life in a small town is 75 years old.

Produced by Asbury Theatre Company of Savannah.

When: 7:30 p.m Where: Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. Cost: $10 Info: asburymemorial.org/theatre

Theatre: The Amen Corner

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What: Armstrong and SSU

Art Lecture: Gitanos, Bailarinas and Toreros: Robert Henri’s Spanish Types

What: Lecture by Holly Koons

McCullough, former Telfair Director of Collections and Exhibitions, offering insight into the Spanish Sojourns exhibition now showing at the Jepson.

Light reception follows.

When: 6 p.m Where: Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. Cost: $5 students/$12 adults/ free to members Info: telfair.org

Official Pasta Party & Concert

What: Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon dinner, with music by the Blue Dogs and Fabulous Equinox Orchestra.

When: 5-9 p.m Where: Charles H. Morris Center. 10 E. Broad St. Cost: $25 advance, $30 door.

Info: connectsavannah.com

Seersucker Live: The Big Flock of Birds Episode

What: Featuring six poets from publisher, Birds, LLC. Sommer Browning, Dan Magers, Sampson Starkweather, Ana Bozicevic, Emily Pettit, Chris Tonelli.

combine to present the drama in three acts by James Baldwin. Selfanointed Harlem storefront preacher Margaret Alexander is the leader of her flock about to see her world crumble.

Jenkins Theater.

When: 7:30 p.m Where: Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Cost: $10, free Armstrong.

Info: armstrong.edu

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Saturday Broadway Rocks!

What: SCAD presents a concert version of showtunes.

When: 7 p.m Where: Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. Cost: $5 Info: scad.edu

Comedy: Mike Epps

What: This Def Jam comic is also an actor, appearing in Next Friday, The Hangover and Jumping

the Broom.

When: 7 p.m Where: Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. Cost: $42-$47 Info: savannahga.gov

Ebenezer Creek Canoe Day Trip

What: Canoe with blackwater and observe wildlife as a Wilderness Southeast guide explains the river swamp ecosystem at work.

When: 9 a.m.-1 p.m Cost: $50. Includes canoe. Reservations required.

Info: (912) 236-8115. naturesavannah@ gmail.com

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Ages 18+

When: 7:30 p.m Where: Gallery Le Snoot, 6 E State St. Cost: $10 ($5 w/ student ID) Info: seersuckerlive.com

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Family Game Day sponsored by GnomeCon

What: Planned games include Settlers

of Catan, Carcassonne, Alhambra, Command and Colors, Lord of the Rings mini battles, Bolt Action WWII Skirmish, and Swatters, a bug hunt game by Ganesha Games.

When: 9 a.m.-5 p.m Where: St. Leo University, 7426 Hodgson Memorial Drive, Suite A. Cost: Free and open to the public. $5 donation for Live Oak Public Library encouraged.

Info: 803-300-2353. gamemaster@ gnomecon.org. gnomecon.org

Film: Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987, USA) What: A John Hughes road trip movie

with Steve Martin and John Candy.

When: 7 p.m Where: Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Cost: $8 Info: trusteestheater.scad.edu

Film: Prince Avalanche (US, 2013)

What: CinemaSavannah presents this offbeat comedy about two men painting traffic lines on a highway ravaged by wildfire. With Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch. Directed by David Gordon Green. Loosely adapted from an Icelandic film called Either Way. When: 5 & 8 p.m Where: Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. Cost: $8 Info: musesavannah.org

Fort Pulaski Commemorates Veterans Day with Free Admission

What: To commemorate Veterans Day, veterans will be honored with a full schedule of special activities in the historic fort. The 48th New York Infantry Regiment will recreate many aspects

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of daily life at a major Civil War-era post. Salute to veterans at 4:00 PM on Saturday, November 9.

Where: Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island.

Info: nps.gov/fopu

Improv!

What: SCAD's Improv team in performance, led by David Storck. Recent winners of "Best College Improv Group in the South.” Weekend matinees are family-friendly/all ages shows.

When: 8 p.m Where: Mondanaro Theatre at Crites Hall, 217 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Cost: $10. $8 student/senior/military. $5 SCAD. Info: 912-525-5050. savannahboxoffice. com

Kodac Harrison Book Event

What: Longtime Savannah favorite musician, poet and spoken word artist reads/performs selections from The Turtle and the Moon, his newly published retrospective featuring nearly 40 years worth of poems and song, as well as color plates of Harrison's paintings.

When: 7 p.m Where: The Book Lady Bookstore, 6 East Liberty St. Info: thebookladybookstore.com

Film: Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987, USA)

What: A John Hughes road trip movie with Steve Martin and John Candy.

When: 7 p.m Where: Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Cost: $8 Info: trusteestheater.scad.edu

Piano Concert:Faure, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Liszt

What: Guest pianist Silvije Vidovic, D.M.A. performs Frenchman Gabriel Faure’s Spanish court dance Pavane op.50, Frederic Chopin’s wildly dramatic Sonate No.3 in B minor, op.58, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Variations on a Theme of Corelli, op.42 and Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody no.8.

When: 8 p.m Where: AASU Fine Arts Auditorium, 11935 Abercorn St. Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: armstrong.edu

Rock 'n' Roll Savannah Marathon & 1/2

What: Cheer your friends (an complete

strangers) as they run this full and half marathon, relay, and Kids Rock run.

Bands line the routes, and wrap party is a concert in Forsyth Park.

When: 7 a.m.-9 a.m., followed by Jackyl concert in Forsyth Park Info: runrockroll.com

Theatre: Our Town

What: Thornton Wilder's play about life in a small town is 75 years old.

Produced by Asbury Theatre Company of Savannah.

When: 7:30 p.m Where: Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. Cost: $10 Info: 912- 233-3595. asburymemorial. org/theatre

Theatre: The Amen Corner

What: Armstrong and SSU combine to present the comic drama in three acts by James Baldwin. Self-anointed Harlem storefront preacher Margaret Alexander is the leader of her flock who is about to see her world crumble.

In Jenkins Hall Theater.

When: 7:30 p.m Where: Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Cost: $10 Discounts for military, seniors, alumni association members, and students/children. Free for Armstrong.

Info: armstrong.edu

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Sunday Affordable Health Care Act: Information Session

What: Learn about healthcare options and healthcare changes that are taking place. Hosted by Bill Lucas Insurance.

A one hour presentation provides the basics of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Mini workshops after each seminar.

Movie room with popcorn for kids.

This is not a political event, it is a consumer information session.

When: 9, 11 a.m., 1 & 3 p.m Where: Coastal Georgia Center, 305

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912.604.3627

Fort Pulaski Commemorates Veterans Day with Free Admission

What: To commemorate Veterans Day, veterans will be honored with a full schedule of special activities in the historic fort. The 48th New York Infantry Regiment will recreate many aspects of daily life at a major Civil War-era post.

When: Nov. 9-11 Where: Fort Pulaski National Monument, Cockspur Island.

Info: nps.gov/fopu

What: SCAD's Improv team in performance, led by David Storck. Recent winners of "Best College Improv Group in the South.” Weekend matinees are family-friendly/all ages shows.

When: 3 p.m Where: Mondanaro Theatre at Crites Hall, 217 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Cost: $10. $8 student/senior/military. $5 SCAD. Info: 912-525-5050. savannahboxoffice. com

What: Weihua Zhang, author of Dream Variations: A Journey Across Two Continents, on her early memories of living through a turbulent China, including the Anti-Rightist Movement, Great Leap Forward, Three-Year Famine, and Cultural Revolution. Zhang teaches composition and various literature classes at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home 2013 Gulfstream Fall Lecture Series.

When: 4 p.m Where: Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 E. Charlton Street.

Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: 912-233-6014. flanneryoconnorhome.org

Theatre: Our Town

What: Thornton Wilder's play about

life in a small town is 75 years old.

Produced by Asbury Theatre Company of Savannah.

When: 3 p.m Where: Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. Cost: $10 Info: 912- 233-3595. asburymemorial. org/theatre

Theatre: The Amen Corner

What: Armstrong and SSU combine

to present the comic drama in three acts by James Baldwin. Self-anointed Harlem storefront preacher Margaret Alexander is the leader of her flock who is about to see her world crumble.

In Armstrong Jenkins Hall Theater.

When: 3 p.m Where: Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Cost: $10, free for Armstrong.

Info: armstrong.edu

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Monday Fort Pulaski Commemorates Veterans Day with Free Admission

What: To commemorate Veterans Day,

veterans will be honored with a full schedule of special activities in the historic fort. The 48th New York Infantry Regiment will recreate aspects of daily life at a major Civil War-era post.

When: Nov. 9-11 Where: Fort Pulaski National Monument, Cockspur Island.

Info: nps.gov/fopu

Free Day at Oatland for Veterans and Active Duty Military

What: Celebrate Veterans Day at Oatland Island. Bring military ID and enjoy a complimentary day. All visitors are welcome to bring a picnic lunch.

Where: Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. Info: (912) 395-1500

The Odd Lot Improv Night

What: Improv comedy from some of Savannah's funniest.

When: 8 p.m Where: Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. Cost: call for ticket info.

Info: 912.220.3404. oddlot.org

Savannah Food & Wine Festival: Farm to Table Bethesda Dinner

What: Multi-course extravaganza featuring chef Elizabeth Terry (Elizabeth on 37th), chef Kirk Blaine, and Master Sommelier Robert Jones. Benefits Bethesda Academy. Reception 5pm.

Dinner at 6pm.

When: 5 p.m Where: Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. Cost: $150 Info: savannahfoodandwinefest.com

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Improv!

Lecture: Growing Up in a Tumultuous China

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Telfair Arty Party

Lecture by Holly Koons McCullough: "Gitanos, Bailadoras and Toreros: Robert Henri’s Spanish Types" 6 pm, light reception to follow, Jepson Center

6 pm, Telfair Square

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19th Annual Telfair Art Fair Sat 10 am-5pm / Sun 12-4 pm, Telfair Square

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Sizzling Salsa dance class

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Sizzling Salsa dance class

One session or as a 3-class series, 6 pm, Telfair Academy

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Film Screening of “The Eternal Frame” (1975)

by Ant Farm and T.R. Uthco. About Andy Warhol.

6 pm, Jepson Center

One session or as a 3-class series, 6 pm, Telfair Academy

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JFK 50th Anniversary Lecture by Dr. Bruce Mallard: "The JFK Assassination and the Media" 6 pm, JC

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Cost: Free and open to the public.

Info: 912-660-8525. jessicamnieckowski@gmail.com. billlucasinsurance. com/events

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What: In concert.

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11935 Abercorn St.

Cost: $6. Free for Armstrong.

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Savannah Food & Wine Festival

What: A week-long celebration of fine wine and cuisine. Appearances by Robert Mondavi, Jr. and other food and wine celebrities. See website for details.

When: Nov. 11-17 Info: savannahfoodandwinefest.com/

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by Psychotronic Film Society.

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Savannah Philharmonic: Joe Bonamassa. Nov. 13, Holiday Pops. Dec. 13 and 14, Johnny Mercer Theatre.

Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.

Telfair Art Fair. Nov. 15-17.

Elvis Lives! Jan. 4, Johnny Mer“A Night in Vienna” opera cer Theatre. concert. Nov. 16, SCAD Museum of Art. Nureyev State Ballet Theatre: Sleeping Beauty. Jan. 12, Johnny Children’s Book Festival.

Mercer Theatre.

Nov. 16, Forsyth Park.

Film: Rear Window. Jan. 25, Bay Street Theatre: Hedwig Lucas Theatre. and the Angry Inch. Club Hair. Feb. 5, Johnny Mercer One, Nov. 21-24.

Theatre.

Savannah Philharmonic: Big Band Pops. Nov. 21, Savannah Book Festival. Feb. Hedwig returns Nov. 21-24.

Lucas Theatre.

13-16.

Cirque Dream Holidaze: SCAD theater: Machinal. Feb. Nov. 27, Johnny Mercer Theatre.

13-16, Mondanaro Theatre.

Columbia City Ballet: The Nutcracker. Nov. 30, A-Town Get Down w/The Lee Boys. Feb. 22, Johnny Mercer Theatre.

Morris Center.

The Band Perry. March 7, Johnny Mercer Film: Doctor Zhivago. Dec. 6, Lucas Theatre.

Theatre.

The Collective Face: Bell, Book and Candle.

Muse Arts Warehouse. Dec. 6-22.

The Collective Face: Fool For Love. Muse Arts Warehouse. March 7-23.

Junior Brown. Dec. 8, Randy Wood Guitars.

Savannah Music Festival: March 20-April 5.

David Bromberg. Dec. 14, Randy Wood Guitars.

To the Cold Warriors

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Every year about this time we hear a lot about the Greatest Generation, those Americans who grew up in the Depression and then answered the call to fight and defeat not just one, but two of the most aggressive empires in history.

In this era of long, relatively low-intensity wars, it’s easy to forget America’s role in World War II was quite short: From Pearl Harbor to V-J Day, less than four years. But in that brief period U.S. society was rebuilt from the ground up.

Undeveloped areas dammed and electrified for new weapons factories. Huge population shifts as people flocked to work in them. Women and minorities in the workplace. Rural to urban, agrarian to industrial.

The sacrifice of the Greatest Generation can never be forgotten. But I often think we don’t do enough to remember the veterans who came after them: Those who fought the Cold War for half a century, and kept it Cold instead of Hot. The Greatest Generation finished their war with a pair of nuclear bombs. The Cold Warriors won theirs by not dropping any nuclear bombs.

Surely that’s greatness, too.

But many of them felt the comparison keenly, and never quite recovered from it.

My father answered the call, but in 1950 instead of 1941. A smidge too young to fight in WWII, he grew up hearing the ginsoaked war stories of his own Army veteran dad, in evocatively humid spy-novel settings like the Philippines and the Panama Canal.

When North Korea crashed the border — the first real blow of the Cold War, and it must be said, proof that communists were as hell-bent on domination as the U.S. said they were — he joined a group of fellow Savannahians who eagerly enlisted.

As a unit of the Georgia Air National Guard, they were shipped off to California for training. Then to Japan, then South

Sgt. Jim Moody, Korea, circa 1950

Korea, to be activated as regular Air Force for the duration of the undeclared “conflict.”

They trained first on P-51 Mustangs, gorgeous prop-driven WWII beauties with engines that, my dad enthusiastically recalled, were literally started by the explosion of a special .50 caliber shell.

They were on sleek F-86 jets awhile before settling down with the F-84, a ruggedly handsome straight-winged fighter jet better suited to ground attack.

My dad’s wing spent most of their time, near as I can tell, at a forward airbase alternately known as Taegu, or sometimes just K-2. The Savannah boys put up wooden direction signs pointing the way to Broughton and Bull Streets. I have the photos.

My dad idolized the heroes of WWII, especially the ultracool fighter pilots. But those were the days long before Lasik surgery, and my dad had less than 20/20 vision.

Not only did he miss his chance for glory fighting Hitler or the Japanese, he would never realize his dream of flying in combat.

But God, he loved those planes. He became a crew chief, i.e., head mechanic, on several F-84s. He didn’t fly the plane, but make no mistake, it was his plane. The hotshot pilots just rented it out for awhile.

Some veterans bear literal scars. Some escape without physical harm, but bear another kind of trauma forever. And sometimes they pass it on to those close to them.

I don’t know what the hell happened over there. Like most veterans, especially of that generation, my dad almost never talked about it.

But I do know a part of him never made it home.

For the rest of his life, some of his spirit stayed on that muddy base with the Quonset huts under cold grey skies, the smell of jet exhaust hanging in the air, still fixing up those F-84s after their low bombing runs on enemy bridges, convoys, depots, and Russian-built tanks.

I don’t have a clue what happened to him. Maybe nothing. Maybe he just loved it too much.

I’ll never know. He died when I was 19.

My parents split up when I was four. The only home I knew was a broken one, broken in part because my father was never all there. I don’t even have his name anymore; after he died I ended up taking my mom’s name. Another column for another day.

Still, when I was growing up we communicated as best we could, on weekends when I’d stay at his house in Thunderbolt. He wasn’t much of a talker, but the one thing he loved talking about was military history.

So decades later, his lefty-liberal altweekly newspaper editor son who didn’t serve a minute in the military and who voted for Bill Clinton once and Barack Obama twice can talk about military history for hours. I’ll make your eyes glaze over.

A career 9-to-5 Air Guardsman, my dad would pick me up from school on Friday afternoons still in his uniform. Until that one weekend, when I was 16 and driving, when I casually dropped the news that I wouldn’t be coming over because I’d be out with friends the whole time. I never spent another weekend with him again.

He took it well. Like a soldier.

Anyway, thanks Dad. You helped save the world in your own way, in your own time.

You never had anything to be ashamed of. cs

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File shots from the first two local Marathons; the headlining concert this year is Jackyl

Extended for another three years, Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon is always a work in progress by jim morekis | jim@connectsavannah.com

Twenty-six point two miles. Over 18,000 entrants. The third year of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon — and Half! — in Savannah is here.

“We learned so much coming out of the first year. Now we’re in the third year and we’ve got it down to a science logistically,” says Malain McCormick, event director with the Nashville-based Competitor Group, which runs the R ‘n’ R Marathon brand.

As from the beginning, the Marathon is a work in progress.

“Year one we weren’t quite sure how everything was going to go,” says Joe Marinelli, Visit Savannah president. “We frankly got crushed in a couple of areas. But we made the necessary improvements for year two.

I really do think our plan this year is the best yet.”

Running-wise, one of the most notable changes this year is the addition of a two-person half marathon

relay, which will have about 700 participants in its inaugural local run.

“We’ll be able to open up the event to people of all abilities, not just those interested in running 13.1 or 26.2 miles,” says McCormick.

It works like this: One person is at the starting line.

“They will run 6.5 miles and hand off the baton to their partner who then runs the remainder of the relay and finishes at the full marathon finish line,” McCormick says.

The handoff point is near Screaming Mimi’s at Oglethorpe and Price.

“The start and finish of the relay are within walking distance of each other, so the partner can go to the finish line and meet their partner as they finish the race,” explaining McCormick of another perk of holding the Rock ‘n’

Roll Marathon in a compact, usable space like Savannah.

As with the second R ‘n’ R Marathon, the main course itself has also been tweaked this third time. “There will be a little route change in the Daffin Park area, highlighting some more of those neighborhoods.”

The main transition point on the Truman Parkway will be at the DeRenne exit. “To offset the additional amount of time on the Truman, we added a mile of music, with more wireless speakers all along the way.”

Another addition is the “Rock Around the Block,” where community groups compete for cash prizes by adopting a costume theme and cheering on runners and walkers during the race.

While the natural evolution of the event is ongoing, the Marathon’s commitment to Savannah is genuine.

Indeed, the City of Savannah and the Competitor Group have agreed to extend the initial three-year contract another three years, into 2016.

“There’s no doubt Savannah is one of the top destinations in our series.

We saw an overwhelming response to the previous two, and that excitement speaks to the destination of Savannah.

It’s such a cool place to visit, and there’s such great energy and atmosphere,” says McCormick.

To keep in touch with what runners are thinking about the course each year, participants are given a survey to fill out.

“We really take what we hear from that to heart,” says McCormick. “One thing we’ve noticed is that runners can comment very differently and they’re running the same race! For us it’s all about being confident in the product and making sure we’ve done our due diligence.”

The other ongoing issue has nothing to do with the course at all, but rather with getting runners their participation packets.

“We knew Hutchinson Island has that top level facility, and that’s where we wanted to hold our Expos,” says McCormick. “The second year we knew we needed to make some changes in the flow of traffic over there. It’s a matter of balancing the use of the ferries and the trolley system to make sure people don’t have to

for-profit corporation which holds the Marathon. A recent San Diego State University study of last year’s Marathon pegs the total local economic impact at over $26 million.

“It’s really interesting, first, to see the number of hotels sold out this weekend,” says Marinelli. “And secondly, the kinds of prices hotels are getting this weekend gives you a real sense of the economic impact. “ “This is a market we’ve seen that compared to others is one of the top destinations — meaning runners will bring one or two people with them and they’re staying longer,” McCormick says. “Among our cities, Savannah is on a par with New Orleans and Las Vegas in terms of nights per person,” nearly three nights according to that SDSU study.

Mentioning that over 80 percent of participants are from out of town, Marinelli concludes, “What I love about this event is it brings 20,000plus people to town who are the kind of people we want visiting Savannah. It’s the demographic of people likely to come back again and bring friends.” cs

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take more than an hour getting their packet. That’s what we’re shooting for.”

That said, there’s always an effort to lessen the Hutchinson crowds on Friday, the day before the run.

“We’re trying to make Thursday the day for locals to get packets, to alleviate the crush of Friday when people are coming in from out of town. So on Thursday there will be hourly drawings for prizes, things like that.”

As one of the physically smallest cities in the R ‘n’ R Marathon series, there have always been transportation issues here and likely always will be.

“In bigger cities we don’t require a separate transportation plan. Bigger cities are so used to moving that amount of people already. When working with smaller cities you have to take a look at capacity and flow,” says McCormick. “We tend to work with police departments most closely, because they’re the ones that know the city and the roads the best. We’re also working with people at Chatham Area Transit to ensure we’re moving and processing people.”

So far, the event seems to be a winwin for both the host city and the

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The (civil) Society Column

by Jessica Leigh Lebos | jll@connectsavannah.com

Here’s to your health (insurance)!

Being a member of the press has plenty of perks, like eating hors d’oeuvres near Alec Baldwin and never having to wear pantyhose. But of all the glamorous fringe benefits of working at Connect, the sexiest by far is the medical coverage.

For the most part, I’m one of those bushy-tailed types who believes that “health insurance” should mean nourishing food and plenty of sleep, along with a sunny attitude and regular exercise. I also follow the sagacity of my Brother the Doctor, a trauma surgeon who advises that the best way to avoid a trip to the emergency room is to stay away from motorcycles, trampolines and guns.

However, accidents happen to even the most cautious of kale eaters. I’m a big fan of my plastic Cigna card because I know how even a small calamity can clean out a family’s coffers: Several years back during a stretch of unemployment, our wannabe gymnast shattered her arm after miscalculating her dismount from the jungle gym. Thanks to the crap policy we could afford back then, with its massive deductible and huge monthly premiums, our out-of-pocket costs for the surgery that required several metal screws and a brief stay in the children’s ward was equivalent to a brand new minivan. We hope to have her bionic arm paid off by the time she goes to college.

I’m grateful that I now get a much fairer deal through my employer, should Little Miss Handspring decide to attempt anymore playground Olympic trials. But I know others who aren’t so fortunate, many for whom a long illness or preexisting condition have wrecked their financial stability and beaten their spirits.

Like that bleeding heart old lady who lived in a shoe, I wish I could claim them all as dependents.

Man, what we need around here is an affordable system that provides decent care and protects patients from suffocating bills, am I right?

In theory, the Affordable Care Act is that system, though so far in practice it seems to be performing about as well as a drunken rhino running the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon. It was disheartening to hear Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius eat crow last week about the ACA website glitches, but it’s too early to tell whether this is gonna work.

Right now we just need to know the difference between “open enrollment” and a gaping flesh wound.

The congressional chagrin over it all may have shut down the country like a nasty strain of H1N1, but I’m far less interested in politics than pragmatism. Who’s eligible and how much does it cost? My current plan already serves my family quite well —

tax credits, he’s hosting a day of free hourly classes this Sunday, Nov. 10 at the Coastal Georgia Center.

“The fact is, these new laws are going to be good for some people, and not as good for others,” explained the affable agent over lattes last week.

“Every individual is going to be different.”

Many business owners already get an analysis of the costs of providing insurance to their employees.

(Under the ACA, some companies will want to send their employees to the exchange while others will try to keep their workers on their group plan versus pay the $2000-$3000 per employee fines.) But Bill understands that no one is deciphering the laws for singles and families.

On Sunday, he and his team will provide a lit torch through the labyrinth of the government website (provided it’s working) on laptops

What if you don’t pay taxes and don’t buy in? Well, it’s not a perfect system by any stretch of rationality.

Bill points out that while the marketplace sounds like consumers get a lot of choices, it’s not always the case. In Georgia, only one company is available in certain counties, and many service providers are opting out. Blue Cross Blue Shield is expected to lose 30 percent of its hospitals and 50 percent of its specialists, creating a glut of demand for already over-worked practitioners. Look forward to some seriously long afternoons reading old copies of People.

And while folks with pre-existing conditions can get covered, the flip side of the ACA is that it sure seems like it’s subsidizing bad habits. The tax credits only ask about income and tobacco use, which means a 500-lb. soda-guzzling Percocet addict could pay less for insurance than the dia-

The fact is, these new laws are going to be good for some people, and not as good for others. Every individual is going to be different. do I really get to keep it? If I contract flesh-eating bacteria from swimming in the Savannah River, am I covered?

Human Resources Coordinator Jennifer Delgado has assured me that our company plan is already in compliance with the ACA and that I won’t notice any changes in coverage, which is fine by me. But even if I wanted to shop around to see if I could get a better deal in the new insurance marketplace, just the thought of having to navigate healthcare.gov gives me IBS. Man, what we need around here is someone to help us figure out what this whole Obamacare thing is all about, am I right?

Enter Bill Lucas. He’s spent the last three decades selling all kinds of insurance in Chatham County and has a knack for breaking down his area of expertise for lay people.

The ACA requires that every American now buys some kind of health care coverage, and to educate folks about available subsidies, plans and

lent by Georgia Southern. Drop-ins are welcome, but pre-registration is encouraged, and there will be familyfriendly movies showing if you can’t find a babysitter. Should it go well, he’s planning more classes throughout the ACA’s first enrollment period, ending March 31. He promises he’s not selling anything; he just sees how confounding it all can be.

“You’d fall asleep reading this stuff,” he grins.

For instance, if your employer charges you more than 9 ½ percent of your gross income for your insurance, you want to check out the marketplace. If you’re a student, selfemployed or otherwise aren’t offered a plan through your job, you have to buy insurance or face a fine.

(No, you cannot go to jail for not buying health insurance: Fines of $96 or 1 percent of your income will be automatically deducted from any tax return you might earn, and they’ll accrue interest if not paid.)

betic who eats his veggies and runs around Daffin Park every day.

Bill is careful not to politicize any of it, though he’s happy for some kind of shift in the American way.

“I’ve been doing this for 28 years, and I can tell you we could not go another ten without a drastic change,” he admonishes.

Even my Bro the Doc backs that up.

We can’t force people to eat right or wear titanium helmets on the monkey bars, but at least we can get everyone covered from catastrophe.

The Affordable Care Act may require future surgeries to bring it up to full functionality, but at least we’re limping in the right direction. cs Free Obamacare classes When: Sunday, Nov. 10, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

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Veteran Sherri Harrison (left) is part of a VA study that tracks the efficacy of treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder. She meets regularly with study coordinator Christi Oates (above, left), who shares and discusses the data with VA psychologist Dr. Keith Cox (below, right, with Oates).

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by Jessica Leigh Lebos | jll@connectsavannah.com

The nightmares started for Army veteran Sherri Harrison after she returned from her first tour of duty in Iraq in 2006. She started drinking to cope with what she’d witnessed in the dusty streets of Baghdad.

“I went through bottles of Grey Goose and Patron like they were water,” says Harrison. “When I drank, I didn’t think about what I saw, what I had to do.”

A second-generation soldier who grew up on Army bases, Harrison thought she was prepared for a career in the military. But could not shake the horrors of combat.

“I’ve been blown up, shot at,” she recounts. “I killed kids to keep myself from coming home in a box to my own kids.”

She served a second tour in Iraq in 2008, surviving a rocket attack on her unit that killed several troops, including a close comrade. When she received orders that she was to deploy to Afghanistan, she declined, feeling

the stress might kill her before the enemy did. She left the Army in 2009 and has struggled with civilian life ever since. Though she doesn’t drink like she used to, she still copes with the aftermath of war.

“I have anger issues,” admits Harrison, an otherwise bubbly mother of three in her early 30s. “I don’t sleep.

I get frustrated at every little thing.

Going out in public freaks me out. I have no patience with my kids. I’ve lost jobs because of my temper.”

She is just one of over 20 percent of veterans who report the chronic irritability, depression, explosive anger and other symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Half of them don’t seek treatment, and of those that do, only

Freedom and Operation New Dawn may be eligible to participate in the yearlong study. They will be required to make weekly visits for the first 12 weeks, monthly visits for the next 12 weeks and 2 visits over the last 24 weeks, all the while monitoring their thoughts, feelings and hopefully, relief.

Of the four other PROGrESS sites, Savannah study leads the participation with 35 vets, with a goal to enroll 114 veterans over the next four years.

“We’re still only at fifty percent capacity, there’s still plenty of room,” enjoins Oates, who has been in nursing for over two decades and worked in PTSD research for six years.

“A veteran might wait six to eight weeks to get an appointment through the regular clinic, but if he or she signs up for the study, we can get them in right away.”

Harrison is three months into the study and says that the PE therapy, along with breathing exercises and laying off the booze, have helped.

She still doesn’t like crowds, but she focuses on small trips out to the mall with her kids and enjoying their company.

But some days are more difficult, especially after the therapy sessions when she must relive the day her unit was hit with a rocket-propelled grenade and her best friend died in her arms. As she describes how she pulled another burning man from the wrecked Humvee only to watch him expire by the side of the road, her voice quavers.

“It’s hard to talk about,” sighs Harrison, who is currently holding down a position in the doctors’ lounge at Memorial Hospital.

“I’ll never be normal again. But I’m learning to deal with what happened because of the study. I know it wasn’t my fault. Being in this program has helped me drastically.”

Oates agrees that while it can be challenging for veterans to relive the trauma of war, it can also be liberating.

“A little treatment and some hard work you can see improvement for the rest of your life,” counsels Oates.

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half get “minimally adequate” care, according to veteransandptsd.com.

Suicide rates among soldiers coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan have soared, and some researchers suggest that is not untoward to categorize the PTSD epidemic as a public health crisis.

But Harrison and other vets are finding solid help in a new research study being conducted at the local Veterans Affairs Clinic. The bright, spacious facility on Montgomery Crossroads is one of four VA sites around the country where veterans with PTSD can receive proven treatment methods and a $300 compensation for their time. Savannah joins San Diego, Baltimore and Boston as a point where vets can help doctors develop future protocol for PTSD. Funded by the Department of Defense, the PROGrESS study — short for Prolonged Exposure/Setraline Study — seeks the best treatment for PTSD by combining a type of talk therapy called Prolonged Exposure with sertraline, an anti-depressant best known by its brand name, Zoloft.

“Previous studies have proved that sertraline is the most effective medicine to treat PTSD,” confirms Christi Oates, a registered nurse and the PROGrESS study coordinator. “It’s already one of the most researched medications.”

Prolonged Exposure (PE) is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy that requires patients to relive traumatic experiences in order to integrate them into the rest of the psyche. PE has shown to be tremendously useful in alleviating PTSD symptoms, especially with soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

In the PROGrESS study, two thirds of the participating veterans receive one treatment or the other, and the last third receives both. There is no placebo; all participants get at least one “gold standard” remedy. Blood tests are taken to gauge the genetic components of efficacy.

“The theory of the research is that it will show that both treatments are effective, but the real question is whether administering them simultaneously is even more effective,” explains Dr. Keith Cox, one of the study’s lead psychologists.

“We’re pretty confident it won’t make anything worse.”

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Art for vets’ sake

Veteran’s Affairs Clinic helps alter perspectives with art

by Chrystal Arboleda Lopez

Most of us have heard about the therapeutic benefits of creating art, but it can go much deeper than just therapy. For some people, it helps them overcome serious mental states — the likes of which many of us will never experience.

At the local Veteran’s Affairs Clinic, Kenneth Martin instructs an art class to help with the fundamentals of artistic technique that will spark creativity in the class. He begins by talking about his roots in the arts.

“I’m from Detroit, and I worked as a welder, on Mustangs, in the ‘60s. So, coming home one night, long story short, there’s an oil spill on the freeway, exiting the freeway, my car skid and I ended up with a spinal cord injury so I couldn’t go back to work,” he recalls.

“So they said, ‘Kenneth, you know, take art classes to help.’ And art wasn’t on my radar then. So, I took some art classes, and got a real job and went back to school. The rest is history.”

The history being that Martin has been oil painting for over 40 years.

Martin shares that in 2011, his initial agreement was to teach art to “veterans for six weeks. And I had no clue. We started with six weeks and

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it just evolved. And at that program level I saw the impact on all of them.

You know, these guys were not artists, they had not painted at all. And they didn’t just get to paint, they began to express a lot of experiences that had affected them. And I was like, Whoaaaa. I wouldn’t call it art therapy. We have fun. So one week went to two weeks went to a month and now I’m on my second year.”

In 2011, their first year, the class was already showing at the annual Jepson Center “I Have Marks to Make” exhibition.

Martin is a proud instructor of these veterans, even though he hadn’t served in the military himself. “I’m just a volunteer. I’m not a veteran at all. I just have a passion. And I see how they reach short change compared to what they do in comparison to what they get out of it, you know what I’m saying, something’s wrong.

It’s a major discrepancy. People in

society in general and whatever is botherthe government as a ing me. Whether it’s whole for some reason an anger manageallowed this imbalance. ment issue or any Talking to the guys, emotional issue.” these guys are Vietnam After being in the veterans, POW, Desert army for 21 years, Storm and everything in and suffering from between,” said Martin.

PTSD from the first While there may be a Gulf War, Orange discrepancy, it’s people needed an outlet. So like Martin that are tryhe gave art a try. ing to tip the balance.

“And now I do it When it comes to every day. And if I Martin’s artistic inspiradon’t, now I feel like tion, without hesitation there is something Orange, below, and his he says, “the guys — how Cedric missing in my life.” self-portrait from basic training it affects them. Once I Lawrence heard, and this is their Brown, who served words, saying, ‘Kenneth, in the Army and I went to drug rehab, I’ve International Guard, been divorced several shared that to him, “it’s times, and this experilike a therapy. A lot of ence, this art, has allowed the time I’ll be sitting me to find myself.’ And I around the house, thinksaid, ‘Whoaaa.’ As an arting about the war and ist, I’m more like ‘art for stuff. And because of all me’. But I see the impact of that I mostly keep to and how this is affectthe house. So when I get ing them and what they in a mood I’ll get out my sacrificed and they get so paintbrush. And then much joy and pleasure out my mind is totally on the of it, there’s no way I can stop.” painting and I won’t think too much.

Cedric Orange, one of the students It’s been a great help to me.” who has been there since the beginCreativity is a part of all of us, ning of the VA program, admitted Martin agrees, adding that “once you that before the class, he had no in art. explore that and it crosses the psycho“None. Never, I just never had no logical, it crosses the emotional, the interest in it,” says Orange. “But my creativity will take off.” cs therapist there suggested that I start attending art classes because it calmed me down. And it helps bring out

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A group of volunteers spent two days digging, mulching and planting on Savannah’s southside, where city crews bulldozed and hauled away a 330-square foot slab of asphalt along Wilshire Blvd. last month. Now 110 crape myrtles stand proudly in the ground that was once covered by concrete.

Under the direction of the Savannah Tree Foundation, a cavalry that included hundreds of ordinary citizens, Girl Scouts and the entire roster

of the AASU baseball team came to help with the effort. According to STF’s Project Coordinator KC Allan, many families had heard of the effort from the STF booth at Food Day on Oct. 26, but no one was sure how many would put in an appearance.

“You never know whether any volunteers will actually show up,” says Allan. “That’s the nature of these events — you don’t expect RSVPs.” These vacant lots had been deemed uninhabitable by FEMA, and the city and STF have partnered to beautify these “disaster sites.” District 6 Alderman Tony Thomas and Chatham County Commissioner Lori Brady were there to lend support, though rainfall the night before had saturated

the ground. Dedicated STF member Reed Engle had to wrangle a floating rootball with a mallet and wooden stakes.

“Without Reed’s more than 90 hours of donated service and astonishing breadth of volunteerism, none of this would have been possible,” says STF Executive Director Karen Jenkins.

STF counts as part of its mission to promote “an awareness of trees as vital environmental resources and an important part of our cultural heritage.” Sounds like Savannah is getting the message. cs For more volunteer opportunities and information, go to savannahtree.com.

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Weed & crack Four suspects were charged and others are sought after Central Precinct Patrol and Crime Suppression Unit officers joined the SWAT team in raiding three houses late last week.

The woman and three men were among 10 people who were detained after the 1:30 p.m. raid of houses in the Cann Park area. Officers served search warrants and seized marijuana, crack cocaine and various drugrelated objects. The drugs were all packaged for distribution.

The raid followed a six-week investigation “that stemmed from citizen complaints of violence and drug activity in the residential area. More arrests are anticipated,” a spokesman says.

Jessie McGee, 29, a three-time convicted felon, was charged Friday

with the sale of controlled substance, attempt to violate the Georgia Controlled Substance Act and possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute.

Travis Young, 32, also a three-time convicted felon, was charged with two counts of sale of controlled substance.

Stephanford Hall, 38, was charged with two counts of sale of controlled substance and possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute.

And Felicia Jackson, 52, was charged with possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute.

• A Savannah man was arrested on multiple charges “after he ran from and then assaulted police who saw him stealing items during a shoplifting training exercise,” a spokesman says.

Ronald Mikell, 27, of the 1100 block of East 33rd Street, was taken into custody after leading SavannahChatham Metropolitan Police on a foot chase through several wooded areas. He “subsequently spit in a female police officer’s face, damaged

a police transport vehicle abandoned along and fashioned a weapon the route police had out of a part he pulled off pursued Mikell. the vehicle during transportation. He obeyed • The FBI, with orders to surrender the the aid of Savanweapon.” nah-Chatham MetHe has been charged ropolitan Police, is with simple battery, interinvestigating the Stephanford Hall in custody ference with government robbery of the Sea property, felony theft by Island Bank on shoplifting, reckless conHodgson Memorial Drive last Friday duct and two counts of obstruction. afternoon.

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I’ve always heard that a notable number of serial killers were bed-wetters. I could never figure out what correlation there could be in any outside-of-TV-land reasoning, besides maybe crazy parents having more ammo for shaming their prepubescent killers-to-be. Is there any truth to it? My neighbors have five kids, four of whom still wet the bed, and I want to get a head start on who to run the hell away from.

—Angel Now, Angel. In an age of random mayhem, surely you can see the value in identifying future criminals. Let’s assume there are two million adult Americans with some history of bedwetting (rough estimate) and 100 serial killers currently at large (very rough estimate), and that all SKs are former BWs (untrue—I’m saying let’s assume).

That would mean the little pack of misfits next door, if they don’t grow out of it, collectively would have a 1 in 5,000 chance of producing the next John Wayne Gacy. True, if you’re working

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triad plus messed-up parents “figure prominently in the ranks of serial murderers,” a notion elaborated on by later researchers.

Evidence for the triad’s predictive power has always been thin. MacDonald provided no data in his 1963 paper and in a later followup concluded the triad didn’t reliably predict homicide.

The most commonly-cited empirical support for the triad comes mostly from a 1966 study by Daniel Hellman and Nathan Blackman. They found that of 31 prison inmates convicted of violent crimes, 45 percent exhibited the triad and 74 percent showed at least one of the three behaviors, much higher than for nonviolent criminals.

In particular, 68 percent of the violent criminals had been bed-wetters versus 28 percent of a group of nonviolent criminals.

That’s interesting, but we’re only talking about a few dozen subjects.

What’s more, from the case studies it’s apparent the violent criminals had so many other bad things going on (abusive parents, personality disorders, mental problems) that it’s difficult to see why you’d attach any great significance to bed-wetting, or to the triad generally. Nonetheless, Hellman and Blackman proposed the triad as a “pathognomonic sign”—when you saw it in a kid, it was a cinch they’d grow up to be trouble.

That conjecture subsequently hardened into the conventional wisdom, not just in the mind of the public fed the usual baloney by Hollywood, but among professionals in the field. It was left to a criminology grad student

writing a master’s thesis to make the case that the triad was an urban legend. In her 2009 paper, Kori Ryan pointed out that: • Little research on the triad as such had been done, although it was frequently mentioned in the professional literature.

• Studies looking at the individual triad behaviors were more numerous but were often beset by methodological problems.

• “The limited empirical research that does exist is not sufficient to support the contention that [the triad] portend[s] later violence,” much less serial murder.

The same could be said of bedwetting specifically, and Ryan suggests recent researchers haven’t taken it too seriously as a presager of bad things—and really, why should they?

Chronic fire-setting and animal cruelty are deliberate antisocial behaviors; whether or not they’re the mark of a future psychopath, they’re not a healthy sign.

Bed-wetting on the other hand is involuntary, and plainly was included in the triad mostly because of halfbaked psychoanalytic notions. It’s also fairly common, affecting something like 1 to 2 percent of those 15 or older, the vast majority of whom aren’t criminals. To suggest it’s a sign of a future serial killer—excuse me, that’s just wrong. cs

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in the PreCrime division in Minority Report, or even just writing papers for the criminology journals, that hardly qualifies as pinpoint accuracy. But at least we’d have narrowed it down.

Or we would if there were any basis for the claimed correlation. However, despite the fact that the idea has been kicking around in academia for more than 70 years and has now become entrenched popular belief, odds are it’s complete crap.

Bed-wetting has often been linked to antisocial tendencies, mostly as part of an unholy triad of behavioral disorders: enuresis (bed-wetting), fire-setting, and animal abuse. Drawing a connection between urination and fire goes back at least to Jonathan Swift and in modern times got a boost from Freud: “It is as if primitive man had had the impulse when he came in contact with fire, to gratify an infantile pleasure . . . and put it out with a stream of urine . . . [representing] a sexual act with a man, an enjoyment of masculine potency in homosexual rivalry,” he wrote in 1930. “It is remarkable how regular analytic findings testify to the close connection between the ideas of ambition, fire, and urethral eroticism.”

Others took this notion and ran with it. A 1940 paper linked bed-wetting with fire-setting and cruelty to animals. In 1963 psychologist John Macdonald tied all three to those making homicidal threats, in the process lending his name to the supposed correlation, now often called the “Macdonald triad.” In a 1986 book Macdonald upped the ante, saying those with the

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“Fantasy sports” are hugely popular, but when fans “draft” players for their teams, they “own” only the players’ statistics. Recently, Wall Street and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs created Fantex Holdings, which will allow investors to buy actual pieces of real players — namely, rights to 20 percent of the player’s lifetime earnings (including licensing and product endorsement deals). The firm told The New York Times in October that it will soon stage an “IPO” for budding NFL star Arian Foster and hopes to sign up many more athletes, plus singers and actors similarly early in their careers. (On the other hand, Fantex’s lawyers drew up a 37-page list of potential investment risks, such as injuries, slumps and scandals — and the fact that the stock will trade only on Fantex’s private exchange.)

Cultural Diversity

• “For Japanese boys, the train driver sits alongside footballer, doctor and policeman as a dream job,” according to a September Agence France-Presse dispatch, and consequently, the system for the Tokyo metro area (covering 35 million people) runs with the “precision of a finely crafted Swiss watch,” where delays, even for as long as a minute, seldom occur. (When they do occur, operators repeatedly apologize and hand out “notes from home” to commuters to present to their bosses to excuse the tardiness.) Among the

system’s drawbacks is the still-irksome of family honor. Zhang Zefang, 94, said groping of females on packed rushshe did not even understand the conhour trains, when operators routinely cept of “lawsuit” when a local official shove as many as 300 riders into cars explained it, but only that she deserved designed for 150. better from the children she had raised • Among the surprising legacies of and who now allegedly resent her the oppressions of communist East neediness. (A village court promptly Germany is modern-day Germany’s ordered several family members to commonplace “clothing-optional” contribute support for Zhang.) lifestyle (FKK, or “Freikoerperkultur” — free Latest Relibody culture). A Septemgious Mesber Global Post dispatch counted “hundreds” of sages IT’S THE CHURCH FKK beaches across the • Recent separate EXPERIENCE country and referenced a testings in 21 springs in WITHOUT THE turned-up snapshot (not Austria and 18 fonts in CHURCH yet authenticated) of a Vienna yielded a conyoung Angela Merkel frolclusion that 86 percent icking nude in the 1960s of the holy water in or 1970s. Foreigners occathe country’s churches sionally undergo culture was not safe to drink shock at German hotels’ — most commonly saunas and swimming infected with diarrheapools, at which swimcausing E.coli and Camsuits are discouraged (as pylobacter. University “unhygienic”). of Vienna researchers • In December China found samples with up joined only a handful to 62 million bacteria of countries (and 29 U.S. states) by per milliliter of water, and the busier strengthening the rights of elderly the church, the higher the count. parents to demand support from their • Various studies show “churchgoadult children — not only financially ers” to be happier, more optimistic and (which has been the law for more than healthier than other people, leading a decade) but now allowing lawsuits by some atheists and agnostics to wonder parents who feel emotionally ignored, whether the church experience could as well. An October Associated Press be fruitfully replicated but minus the feature on one rural extended fambelief in God. Hence, the “Sunday ily dramatized China’s cultural shift Assembly” was created in London, and away from its proverbial “first virtue” has now spread to New York City and

Melbourne, Australia, with 18 other hoped-for openings by year’s end, according to a September report in The Week. Founders seek such benefits as “a sense of community,” “a thoughtprovoking (secular) sermon,” “group singing” and an “ethos of self-improvement,” exemplified by the motto “live better, help often, wonder more,” and they hope that eventually Sunday Assembly will organize Sunday school, weddings, funerals and “non-religious baptisms.”

• First Things First: An alleged drug ring in the Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood of Sheepshead Bay was busted in September after police cracked a stream of Internet messages offering heroin (called “DOB”) and cocaine (“white girl”). Among the messages was one sent at 6:45 one Friday evening advising customers that they had “45 minutes” to get their orders in for the weekend because the sellers would obediently shut down at 7:30 (i.e., sundown) for the Jewish sabbath.

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• Los Angeles Animal Services has proposed that the city be established as a Sanctuary City of Feral Cats and that cats should be an exception to property owners’ right to evict animals causing damage. Under the L.A. City Feral Cat Program, reported OpposingViews. com, felines “will gain an inherent right” to be on residential or commercial property. Animal Services believes that an enhanced spaying program will

People With Worse Sex Lives Than Yours

(1) Optometrist Robert Deck III, 48, was arraigned in Oakland County, Mich., in October on an indecent exposure charge after an August incident in which he allegedly began to masturbate in his office while fitting a female patient with contact lenses. (2) Edward Falcone, 57, a retired woodshop teacher at Brooklyn High School of the Arts, was arrested for public lewdness in October after students on a school bus reported a motorist masturbating as he followed the bus.

(3) Leslie Bailey, 28, was convicted of misdemeanor lewd conduct in San Francisco in October after being spotted by a BART train operator

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Ariel Sinclair, 23, an assistant manager at a Rite Aid drugstore in Virginia Beach, Va., was charged in October with stealing $6,000 from the store’s Virginia State Lottery machine. According to police, access to the machine requires an authorized fingerprint, which she supplied, apparently failing to think ahead that this would eventually be difficult to explain. “We work a lot of different cases,” said a police spokesman, and “some are (easier) than others.”

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It’s been four years since the Blue Dogs, Charleston’s longest-lived Americana band, played in Savannah. Considering the beloved band has been a major draw in South (and North) Carolina for 25 years, it’s something of a mystery why that particular gig (head Dog Bobby Houck can’t even remember the name of the joint they played) hasn’t exactly gone down in local history.

It’s time to change all that.

The Blue Dogs return to Savannah, in a big way, Friday, Nov. 8. They’ll share the bill with Jeremy Davis & the Fabulous Equinox Orchestra at the official Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Pasta Party and Concert.

It’s 5 to 9 p.m. in the Charles H. Morris Center, 10 E. Broad St. Houck and standup bassist Hank

Futch were childhood friends who bonded, years later as adults, over bluegrass music. Over time, as more musicians came into their circle and the sound became more pointed towards electrified Americana (what was quaintly, in the day, known as “country rock”) the group took on the name Blue Dogs.

“We had a 10-year period, from

’96 to ’06, where that was our fulltime, go-for-it phase, where we put out records and actively focused on recording,” says Houck, who also has a Master’s degree in education. “Making very little money, but putting it all back into the band. Doing that whole thing. Sometimes I think maybe we weren’t focused enough on goals.”

Futch recently became a CCIMcertified realtor. Houck’s looking into going back to work in the school system. They both have wives and families to support. “Ultimately,” Houck admits, “I don’t think either of us will ever really stop playing.”

Like all southern musicians, Houck has a big, rich sense of humor.

“I often think about this,” he muses.

“Hmm, all of my friends who I went

have played with the band at one time or the other. Pretty much everybody that’s ever played with the band. We haven’t completely pissed off any one person so far.” See www.bluedogs.com

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At the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon finish line, in Forsyth Park, runners will be greeted by proud friends and family members, towels, copious amounts of replenishing liquids — including coffee (let’s remember it’s way-early on a Saturday morning) and by three performing bands.

These are EARLY gigs for musicians used to working the wee hours.

At least these bands are on a stage, and not plugged in, tuned up and valiantly attempting to rock out alongside the marathon route. Our hats are off to those who chose route duty.

Hilton Head’s Cranford and Sons perform from 8 to 9:50 a.m. on the Forsyth stage, and our own Train Wrecks will tear it up from 12:15 to 2:30 p.m.

In between is this year’s national headliner, the hard rock/metal band Jackyl, best known for its platinumselling, self-titled debut album and the infamous “She Loves My C—k,” which got the album banned in Georgia K-Marts.

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Why wasn’t I worried about that back then? What were they thinking about that I wasn’t thinking about?”

The answer is simple: He was thinking about nothing but music. So was Futch. The future? Not so much.

“Here I am 48,” Houck continues.

“Maybe I should have thought a little bit harder about that when I was 21, instead of just throwing it all to the wind. I’m sure my dad told me ‘You better do something with your life,’ but no one ever said ‘Hey, buy some real estate’ or ‘Put some money into your 401K.’ I just kinda went for it and said ‘I’m going to do this.’”

With six studio albums, three live recordings, two concert DVDs and a wealth of fabulously entertaining road stories, Houck admits he’s had 25 years of experiences not many doctors or lawyers can brag about.

“That is true,” he says, “and I’m not saying I would trade it.”

The Savannah gig could be the basic four-piece Blue Dogs — there’s also drums and lead guitar — or it could include mandolin, keyboards, violin, banjo, saxophone or any number of who-knows-what.

Houck and Futch are ready for anything.

“At this point, we have what we consider to be a roster of talent,” Houck says. “Much like a football team or a basketball team. Depending on where we are and where we’re playing, we plug in different musicians.

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In 2013, the Savannah Music Festival celebrated its 10th anniversary under that name, and under the esteemed direction of Rob Gibson. Through his leadership, the SMF has become a world-class celebration of the international musical arts, recognized as one of the major such destination events in the South, and in the United States.

The Savannah Music Festival has just announced it will celebrate its 25th anniversary season in 2014.

Confused? Allow us to explain.

The precursor to the SMF was the Savannah Onstage International Arts Festival, begun in 1989 by the Chamber of Commerce and a group of community leaders. By 2002, the money was running out, morale was low, and a call went out for somebody to organize things. Somebody who, to be blunt, knew what he was doing.

So while Gibson and his festivalsaving collaborations with associate artistic directors Daniel Hope and Marcus Roberts have a solid decade of service behind them, the music

festival itself turns 25 in 2014.

Gibson announces the schedule for 2014 March 6, during a free Charles H. Morris Center concert from the bluegrass artists Sierra Hull and Highway 111, who’ll return March 27 as the opening act for Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder.

Tickets for the 25th anniversary season (March 20-April 5) go on sale at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7, at the SCAD Box Office (216 E. Broughton St.), at (912) 525-5050 and online at www.savannahmusicfestival.org.

In the meantime, here are highlights from the new calendar. Be advised, there are LOTS more, including return appearances from Hope, Roberts, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Mike Marshall, Wu Han and David Finckel, Preservation Hall Jazz Band and more of your favorites.

The full schedule appears on the SMF website.

Jose Fernandez Torres, who performs under the name Tomatito, is considered one of the most innovative classical guitarists in the world.

He and his ensemble open the festival March 20 in the Lucas Theatre, part of the SMN’s first-ever collaboration with Flamenco Festival International.

This includes a Lucas performance the following night from vocalist Estrella Morente, and two collaborative shows by guitarist Dani de Moron and pianist Aaron Diehl (in

the Morris Center).

Seth and Scott, the Avett Brothers (March 21, Johnny Mercer Theatre) come back to Savannah for another SMF show, which is sure to be a soldout favorite. That’s pretty much always the case with these guys.

Taking place in the North Garden of the Ships of the Sea Museum on March 22, “Southern Soul Assembly” is truly an all-star gathering. Along with the great electric blues guitarists Luther Dickinson (of North Mississippi All-Stars) and Anders Osbourne, the gang includes soulpossessed vocalists J.J. Grey (of Florida’s Mofro fame) and Louisiana-bred Marc Broussard.

The Punch Brothers make their third SMF/Trustees Theater appearance in four years March 22, with mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile in the driver’s seat, this is a band that – more than any other – embodies the spirit of the Savannah Music Festival, by embracing virtuosity and innovation in equal measure. Noam Pikelney plays banjo, Chris Eldridge on guitar, Gabe Witcher on violin and bassist Paul Kowert. This one will sell out.

“SLadies Sing the Blues” (March 24-26, Charles H. Morris Center) features a crack jazz ensemble fronted by vocalists Catherine Russell and Charenee Wade, performing in the 1920s style of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters and Mamie Smith.

Pakistan’s reigning prince of qawwali music, Asif Ali Khan, performs at Unitarian Universalist Church March 25 with his nine-member ensemble.

The Jerusalem Quartet (March 26, Trinity United Methodist Church) makes its Savannah debut with a program, that includes Bartok and Beethoven. Says BBC Music Magazine: “Their wonderfully full and vibrant sound is channeled through rhythms and phrasings that are crisp, tight-reined, and naturally flowing.

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Every deft switch of mood is caught to near perfection.”

Appearing March 27 at the Lucas Theatre, Ricky Skaggs has had the purest tenor voice in bluegrass for something like 40 years (he had a brief run at the charts as a top-selling country singer, too, but bluegrass remains his first love). Skaggs and his massively cool ensemble Kentucky Thunder (in which he also plays mandolin) will be preceded onstage by Sierra Hull and Highway 111.

Vince Gill (March 28, Johnny

Mercer Theatre) played Savannah in 2011, as part of his wife Amy Grant’s family-friendly Christmas show. This concert, however, is pure Vince, one of Nashville’s great guitar pickers, with pedal steel player Paul Franklin. It’s a unique celebration of the Owens/Haggard “Bakersfield Sound.”

The great blues artist Taj Mahal (March 29, Lucas Theatre) makes his SMF debut with a trio. Sharing the bill is singer/songwriter John Simon, who produced classics ‘60s records by The Band, Janis Joplin and Leonard

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Cohen, to name but a few.

Playing an afternoon show March 30 at the Lucas Theatre, Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn have each visited the SMF on numerous occasions.

The two banjo artists even appeared together, as part of the Sparrow Quartet. This year, it’s a full-on duet project – and since they’re married to one another, it’s probably not as unusual as it sounds!

Multiple Grammy-winning guitarist Robert Cray, a shining light on the contemporary blues scene for 30 years, brings his lightning-crack band to the Lucas Theatre April 3.

Fatoumata Diawara is an impressive African singer/songwriter who creates spare and sensual folk/rock imbued with jazz, funk and Wassoulou, her ancestral song form (she hails from Mali). She shares this April 4 Ships of the Sea bill with Nigerian guitarist Omara “Bombino” Moctar.

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Ronnie Spilton used to be a high school principal, so she knows how to get people organized and to do what she tells them.

Good thing, because Our Town — the play she’s directing this month for Asbury Memorial Theatre — has an extremely large cast. If not for Ronnie Spilton, they might be running around the stage like headless chickens.

Thornton Wilder won the Pulitzer Prize for drama for Our Town, which in three acts depicts average, everyday American life in a small New England town (first produced in 1938, the play is 75 years old in 2013).

One of the best-loved and mostproduced dramas in community theater, Our Town is deceptively simple.

On the one hand, it’s about sweethearts George and Emily, and the arc of their relationship from childhood to death. One another hand, it’s about the unexceptional townsfolk of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, and their unexceptional interactions.

On a deeper level, it’s about the richness of the American life cycle.

Yours, mine and everybody we know.

But hey, it’s not as depressing as all that.

“As a matter of fact,” Spillman

Mary Caitlin McMahon and Les Taylor play Emily and the Stage Manager/Narrator, respectively, in Asbury’s Our Town.

points out, “one of the criticisms of the show is that Wilder’s depiction of small-town America is very sugarcoated. The only negative character in the show is the choirmaster, who drinks. The playwright doesn’t deal with all the undercurrent of smalltown life — what’s going on behind closed doors.”

It’s not spoiling things to say that Our Town gives us everything “from womb to tomb” — two of the central events are a wedding and a funeral.

What ties everything together is the character of the Narrator — played in this production by Les Taylor — who interacts with the townsfolk while breaking the fourth wall to talk directly to the audience.

To ensure the focus remained on his characters and their interactions, Wilder wrote Our Town to be performed without sets, props

or costumes. While this is often amended at the discretion of the director, Spillman says she’s kept things to a minimum. “It is really tough to bring everyday life alive,” she explains. “Our Town shows you daily life, the little mundane things people do, over and over, again and again, and that they’re meaningful.”

The town itself, with its all-important Main Street, is now set up on the Asbury floor, staged among the audience members. There is a live church choir. “I want people to be excited about Our Town,” Spillman explains.

“Not just oh, that again?”

So she’s has created a more intimate, realistic Grover’s Corners. “I have not destroyed this show at all, I’ve just made a few tweaks,” she smiles. “I think Thornton Wilder would be glad.”

Others in the Asbury cast include

Mary Caitlin McMahon as Emily, Wesley Dasher as George, and a roster of local theater folks like Cheri Hester, Ray Ellis, Charlie Ribbens, Bonnie Terrell, Genie Brazzeal and even weatherman and sometime thespian Pat Prokop.

Our Town is about the significance of enjoying every little moment. “Life is not a dress rehearsal,” Spillman keeps telling her cast.

“At the end, Emily looks back and says ‘Mama, look at me. Why didn’t I realize how important those days were?’” CS Our Town Where: Asbury Memorial Church, 1008 E. Henry St. When: At 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8, 9, 15 and 16; at 3 p.m. Nov. 10 and 16 Tickets: $10 Info & tickets: www.asburymemorial.org

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Family business kept me away from the big Whole Foods extravaganza during opening week, so I didn’t notice that there were two new Fast Casual restaurants in the lot next to the new market on Victory Drive.

I grabbed my hubby for our usual Friday night dinner date and we rode on over to see if Zoë’s Kitchen was as good as I hoped.

Don’t go picturing bouzoukis playing and mustachioed waiters shouting “Opa!” while hefting plates of flaming cheese — this is a modern, sleek, Americanized version of Greekinspired food. If you don’t let the bland and distinctly non-ethnic décor put you off, you’ll find something special at Zoë’s.

“Fast Casual” may be a new designation to most folks, but it’s a style of restaurant that is making big inroads in American dining, especially with a proven growth rate that tops out even those megaliths of fast food McDonald’s and Burger King. If you’ve been to Chipotle’s next door to Zoë’s, Uncle Maddio’s Pizza or Moe’s Southwestern Grill, you’ll have an idea of what the style is like: Clean lines, modern appliances, color-block designs, often supplemented with calligraphy that spells out cheerful food facts and upbeat slogans.

Step up to the counter to order fresh made menu items in personal combinations, with grilled meats, lots of locally grown produce, healthy options like gluten-free and lowfat and plenty of vegetarian/vegan choices (always specially marked on the menu board).

You can usually see well into the kitchen/prep area to watch smiling young people create your meal — not much hidden in these places.

Zoë’s Kitchen has all this and more.

As the manager stated, the food is

more Mediterranean with a touch of Greek and is based on the founder Zoë Cassimus’ family recipes: a Southern, fresh-from-the-garden feel combined with a devotion to healthy eating.

Lean proteins, olive oil, bakedfresh-daily pita bread, homemade Greek dressing and hummus, simple seasonings, orzo and quinoa salads — these are fixtures in this new and already popular place.

I liked the selection of grilled kabobs, the neat plate of hummus with the swirl of olive oil and triangles of fresh pita and the Greek salad loaded with crisp bell pepper and cucumber slices, black olives, pepperoncini and just the right amount of crumbled feta. My husband’s grilled Steak Stack with portabellas and mozzarella was a little less inspired. It tasted fine but seemed a little sparse and was served on thin sourdough slices.

The sides of rice pilaf and orzo pasta were OK; a sprinkle of their Greek seasoning improved the flavor.

His Chicken Salad Sampler was much better: Big scoops of pasta salad, red potato salad, coleslaw mixed with feta and a decent chicken salad over romaine lettuce. It was filling and delicious (though we both thought

the chicken salad a little bland).

My chicken kabobs made the grade though, and I am looking forward to trying their beef and shrimp versions. I noted that there was no mayo drenching the salads, and that’s nice for those of us keeping an eye on our calories.

Zoë’s Kitchen does serve wine and beer, which is part of the Fast Casual design. It has quick service, low-tomid-range prices and a pleasant outdoor café. I found the servers to be helpful and eager to answer questions, willing to make the effort to listen to the customer.

Zoë’s also specializes in catering and there are several ready-made options for families or business folks who need a quick, healthy meal. Desserts include Zoë’s grandma Ya-Ya’s chocolate cake and oatmeal or chocolate chip cookies.

Last word: It’s a clean, modern place to have a quick, casual meal.

What it lacks in personality and authenticity, it makes up with fresh ingredients and cheerful service. Give it a try and you may find it becoming a reliable family favorite. cs Zoë’s Kitchen 1821 East Victory Drive Suite 107 Phone: (912) 335-1375 Hours: 11-9 Daily

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‘Learn to Homebrew Day’ highlights hobbyist brewmasters BRITTANY ELLIS and Derek Pedersen are new to Savannah.

“We just moved from Connecticut where we have a lot of different breweries and a lot of craft beer and we’re kind of missing it,” lamented Ellis, a recent transfer to SCAD’s sound design program.

“We’re obsessed with food,” she continued. That culinary bent combined with a nostalgia for the expansive beer options they left behind in the Northeast brought them to observe and ask questions at last Saturday’s Learn to Homebrew Day. The event was promoted by the American Homebrewers Association and hosted at the Savannah Homebrew Shoppe.

While the young couple watched a member of the Savannah Brewers League add massive amounts of hops to a clone of Three Floyd’s “Zombie Dust” IPA, several other brew kettles were set up in a parking lot outside the shop on Skidaway Road. Those pots contained the early stages of hazy golden hefeweizens and cinnamoninfused pumpkin ales bubbling under the midday sun.

The do-it-yourself ethos that forms the backbone of homebrewing resonated with Ellis and Pedersen, both musicians who appreciate the handcrafted nature of brewing and equate it to the engineering aspects of performance and recording. “You can take these weird ideas, and I love to explore that,” Pedersen explained.

Homebrewers are a creative lot, and their passion to brew often stems from their passion for food, the science of experimentation or their inability to find their own ideal beer on store shelves. While rewarding, in many cases it is a solitary pursuit, crushing grains, watching the boil, transferring liquids and doing a lot of clean up as a one-person crew.

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Savannah Brewers League president Steve Matthews demonstrates homebrew

League steps in. It forms a support system for local homebrewers to learn more about their craft through education and discussion with experienced practitioners. Steve Matthews is the newly elected president of the group and has been homebrewing for six years.

“It’s not all about drinking — not by any stretch,” says Matthews. After buying a 5-gallon basic starter kit, he quickly became hooked. Like many hobbies, it eventually expanded into more professional equipment. Some of that gear was on display as he brewed an American wheat beer for event attendees.

When asked why he chose that particular style, his response was thoughtful: “It’s easy drinking, very flavorful and it’s a craft brewer’s lawnmower beer. It’s low in alcohol and appeals to many different people. It’s a classic style, made with 100% American ingredients.”

If you’re interested in brewing at home, Matthews advises to start small with the basic tools and focus on extract brewing, a method that involves providing the malt bill as a concentrated syrup or powder rather than the more advanced and time

consuming all-grain process.

To make that first venture into the larger world of being an amateur brewmaster, Matthews suggests to “Go to the American Homebrewers Association website, get recipes off of the internet and visit your local homebrew shop to buy ingredients and equipment.”

Savannah’s sole homebrew store, the aptly named Savannah Homebrew Shoppe, is housed in an unassuming, low key spot on Skidaway Road at 37th Street. Proprietor Jerald Jameson stocks a wide variety of ingredients and supplies and will readily search out and order anything you need that he may not have on hand. It’s a great resource for not only buying the items needed for brewing but also for asking questions and getting feedback.

“You get good, fresh ingredients and support the local community in lots of different ways” by purchasing local, says Matthews. “You meet a lot of people who share the same interest as you.”

The Savannah Brewers League has been fostering that community of like-minded enthusiasts since 1993.

They meet at 7:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of every month downstairs at Moon River Brewing Company on Bay Street.

As a final bit of encouragement, Matthews adds “It’s fun and you’ll be surprised at how good of a beer you can make at home. I’ll wager you can make better beer than you can buy.”

For Derek Pedersen, attending Learn to Homebrew Day was the right decision. “It made me feel more comfortable because I know I can make my own beer now.” cs Savannah Homebrew Shoppe is at 2102 Skidaway Rd. See website for hours or schedule an appointment. More info: savannahhomebrew.com Savannah Brewers League meets the first Wednesday of each month beginning at 7:30 p.m. downstairs at Moon River Brewing Company, 21 West Bay St. More info: www.savannahbrewers.com

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The local reading series Seersucker Live! is pairing with Gallery Le Snoot to bring the acclaimed Raleigh N.C.-based indie press, Birds, LLC, to town this Friday night in its latest “episode,” dubbed A Big Flock of Birds.

“Birds, LLC started because we noticed so many terrific manuscripts not making it through the contest system, and even when they did, they weren’t getting the editorial, design or marketing attention they deserved,” says Chris Tonelli, Birds co-founder and co-owner of Raleigh’s So & So Books.

For Tonelli, everything — press, bookstore, and the So & So reading series he helps host — works together.

“The bookstore, for my business partner Charles Wilkes and I, is a way to participate in and contribute to the downtown Raleigh community. We feature a carefully curated selection of contemporary fiction, non-fiction and poetry, as well as young adult, children’s and graphic literature. We also host First Friday events, book clubs, and readings.”

As for the reading series, which

started eight years ago in Boston, “that’s a way to bring exciting poets from all over the country to the Raleigh community and to provide those poets with a tour stop in Raleigh.”

As for the oft-predicted but as yet unrealized death of books, Tonelli has a useful analogy.

“Take food for example. There has been an explosion of independent restaurants, whose target audience isn’t necessarily the same as the target audience for fast food chains. I think the same is true for poetry,” he says.

“The mainstream publishers have their audience, but there is an audience for a poetry that does something a little different — I wish there were better words than experimental and avant garde — and an audience that appreciates collaborative,

artistic design.”

Same for bookstores, he says.

“I think the market is regulating.

Borders closed, Barnes & Noble is calibrating, and that opens up a niche for smaller, independent bookstores that emphasize curation and customer service.”

In all, six poets will read at this edition of Seersucker, including Tonelli and Sampson Starkweather, as well as award-winning writers Dan Magers, Sommer Browning, Ana Božičević and Emily Pettit. cs Seersucker’s ‘Big Flock of Birds’ Episode Hosted by BJ Love & Erika Jo Brown Music by Brian Dean & Zach Powers WHERE: Gallery Le Snoot, 6 E. State St. WHEN: Friday, bar opens 7 p.m., show starts 7:30 p.m.

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THIS PAST Sunday afternoon, after the clock fell behind, I visited Ashmore Gallery on MLK to witness things that fall apart. There, Jennifer E. Moss presents her MFA thesis exhibition Transient Structures, a series of tapestries that weave together the scientific laws of entropy and the aesthetic theories of beauty.

From the ceiling hang five semitransparent sculptures that are in various stages of oxidation and disintegration. Along the walls are newer works of embroidery on paper, which are less prone to decay but impermanent nonetheless.

They are a parallel body of work to her tapestries that represent “the give and take of order and disorder in nature.” Both sets of work are palpable demonstrations of the effects of time on linen, iron, paper and metal.

In her artist’s statement, Moss describes the process that takes place in her work: “As rust appears on the

surface of the weavings and eventually falls away in a fine dust, the sense of nature’s power to overcome and degrade is made tangible.”

Although these structures will eventually become ashes and dust, for the moment they also convey stillness; a feeling of time being suspended within the fibers and metal of the weavings. All together they create a sense of stability rising from instability and hope rising from despair.

The five sculptures suspended from the ceiling are woven with linen and iron using the modern Jacquard loom; a machine capable of producing textiles from photographs such as the ones that Moss has taken in the weathered parts of the world.

On the computer Moss then elongates or condenses these photographs to abstraction before transferring them onto the fabric, which then creates intricate patterns on the weavings. The results of this technology are a marvel to behold.

After the machine has completed its task Moss transforms this twodimensional surface into a sculpture by removing pieces of linen from the woven tapestry and stretching the iron wire into transparent mountains. These peaks and valleys of raised wire form imperfect lines in impermanent objects.

Just as the threads are stretched across the loom each object stretches across time, demonstrating its effects.

Days, weeks and months have already taken their toll on these structures and each piece bears the signs of the irreversibility of decay.

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The time, light, and air that pass through these porous sculptures have left their marks upon the surfaces, as only they are able to do, creating rust from iron and a past from the present. As a consequence of oxidation, there is an overwhelming sense of loss in each of these structures that the loss of control and the loss of time are etched along the soon-to-be unraveled threads of linen and iron.

These staggered objects of manipulated iron wire and linen invite the viewer to experience the passage of time through their rusty corridors, often entering into seas of burnt sienna and umber rings of rust.

As you walk around each structure you may be overcome with the desire to run your hands along the threads in order to feel the malleability of the iron, the texture of rust and time slipping through your fingers.

Although these melancholy objects will eventually cease to exist, they are is still a balance of order and disorder, flourish and decay, life and death. Her pieces represent an entropic descent into chaos from which there is no return and yet when Moss speaks of her work it is with the quiet acceptance of intentionally creating things that are not permanent.

Although their beauty is ephemeral, there is still beauty in the chaos of these objects. It can be seen in the softening of the hard metal and the linen that bleeds from its contact with rusting iron. It can also be found in the way these semi-opaque sculptures interact with one another and the silent progression of time unfolding within the folds of fiber and metal.

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exhibition incorporates humanity and what an individual person wants to say to another, or about life in general. Fri., Nov. 8, 6 p.m The Sicky Nar Nar, 125 W Duffy St.

bachelors of fine arts and bachelors of arts degree candidates display their artwork produced for this capstone project. Gallery reception: November 15.

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Art Lecture: Gitanos, Bailarinas and Toreros: Robert Henri’s Spanish Types —

Coastal Landscapes: Newsman Mike Manhatton Back Behind the Camera —

Strangers That We Know — Grace Gutekanst’s

Lecture by Holly Koons McCullough, former Telfair Director of Collections and Exhibitions, offering insight into the Spanish Sojourns exhibition now showing at the Jepson. Light reception follows. $5 students/$12 adults/free to members Thu., Nov. 7, 6 p.m Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.

Continuing Abrie Fourie: Oblique —

Guest curated by Storm Janse van Rensburg, Abrie Fourie’s exhibition follows the publication of the artist’s monograph of the same name published in 2011 in Berlin. Gutstein Gallery, 201 E Broughton St. Alex Prager: Mise-enscène — Two of Alex

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Allure of the Near East: Treasures From the Huntington Museum of Art’s Touma Collection — Ex-

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Contemporary Southern Landscape — The unique

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of the 50th anniversary of the death of Nobel Prizewinning author William Faulkner, the artist conducted a three-month residency in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.

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David Gordon Green’s Prince Avalanche opens with the declaration that in the late 1980s, a massive forest fire in Texas burned through tens of thousands of acres, destroyed thousands of houses and claimed four lives. How much that incident ties into the plot depends entirely on how each viewer absorbs the movie that follows.

Green, who made acclaimed indies (George Washington, All the Real Girls) before going Hollywood (yes, he directed Pineapple Express, but he also helmed the atrocious Your Highness) takes a few tentative steps back toward his own origin story, mounting a minimalist, no-budget movie about soulful Alvin (Paul Rudd) and shallow Lance (Emile Hirsch), two road workers tasked with painting yellow lines down the back roads that have been damaged by the wildfire. Alvin, a competent outdoorsman, enjoys the serenity of nature, while Lance is only working for the weekends, when he can head back into town and enjoy the company of prospective girlfriends. They bicker constantly, with Alvin viewing Lance as incompetent while Lance sees Alvin as pretentious.

The only people they encounter on the road are a profane trucker who keeps handing them homemade liquor (a wonderful Lance LeGault, who passed away last fall) and an elderly woman rummaging through the ashes of her former home (Joyce Payne, a nonprofessional local who did lose her home in a 2011 fire).

The encounters with the secondary characters prove to be the best parts of Prince Avalanche, as the confrontations between Alvin and Lance are occasionally tedious, stirring the sense that Green had to meet the quota of a 90-minute running time. What’s more, the efficient work by Rudd and Hirsch can’t disguise the fact that, for all of the picture’s indie charms, these two characters still feel

like the type that would turn up in a bawdy mainstream comedy.

And what of that opening statement? I suspect many will view it as Green’s attempt to make a meaningful movie out of what ultimately turns out to be a fumbled lark, while others will apply it rigidly to the story and come up with a haunting, melancholy work. It’s impossible to explain without spoilers, but this is definitely the kind of movie that can lead to vigorous lobby chatter after the fact.

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It’s been a long time coming, but best-selling author, Brigham Young descendant and allaround tool Orson Scott Card has finally decided to let someone make his popular 1985 novel Ender’s Game into a motion picture. Card had held out as long as he could, even saying that his book was “unfilmable,” but the author (or his accountant) finally relented, with Gavin Hood (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) being handed the plum assignments of writer and director.

Not having read Card’s novel, I couldn’t say whether it was truly “unfilmable,” but what ended up on the screen is indeed “filmable” in that we’ve seen these narrative threads countless times before in science fiction cinema. It’s the future, and the great military leader Mazer Rackham (Ben Kingsley) has successfully defended Earth against hordes of insect-like invaders. Fearing they might return, Colonel Hyram Graff (Harrison Ford)

searches for a new champion and finds one in Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a boy who believes in beating his opponents so thoroughly that they won’t even think of attacking him again. Ender is shipped off to hone his skills as both a warrior and a leader, making friends and enemies alike and questioning authority almost every chance he gets.

Best known for Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, Butterfield is a likable actor, and that innate charm is necessary for us to warm up to a character with such fascistic tendencies. Indeed, the strength of the film is not in its conventional sci-fi elements but in the manner in which Ender relates to everyone around him, particularly the other kids. The rest is rather rote, though the late-inning twist provides a nice jolt.

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Robert De Niro, Richard Dreyfuss and even the late Andy Griffith - Andy Griffith!

- are among the actors who chose to humiliate themselves in this manner, all for the sake of a cheap laugh that failed to materialize.

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sex-seeking Sam (Kevin Kline), realizes that he can perform quite well without it, thankyouverymuch. Similar sentiments can be found throughout the movie, which looks at the exploits of four old guys without feeling the need to constantly make fun of the frailties that accompany their advanced ages. In short, don’t expect to see a geriatric version of The Hangover - the film is better than that.

Of course, let’s not oversell this thing, which often plays out in the predictable manner of most studiostamped comedies. Billy (Michael Douglas), Paddy (Robert De Niro), Archie (Morgan Freeman) and Sam were all close childhood pals, and while most have remained friendly to each other over the ensuing decades, a rift between Billy and Paddy has made it hard for the gang to reunite.

But once Billy announces that he’s set to be married to a much younger woman (Bre Blair), Archie and Sam decide to throw him a bachelor party in Las Vegas - and they trick Paddy into joining them in Sin City.

The material may be moldy at the core, but it gets a boost from the inclusion of several good gags on the part of writer Dan Fogelman as well as four game leads - especially Kline who know how to sell them.

Yet even with the all-male marquee, it’s Mary Steenburgen who earns the highest marks with her ingratiating turn as a lounge singer pursued by both Billy and Paddy. Steenburgen has made a career out of providing extra pizzazz in supporting roles, and with Last Vegas, she once again holds the winning hand.

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Despite Ridley Scott as director and a powerhouse cast that includes Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem, The Counselor is mainly being touted as the first film written directly for the screen by Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prizewinning author best known for such novels as No Country for Old Men and The Road. At its best, this film is reminiscent of the philosophical slant often taken by the Coen Brothers, particularly in (well, duh) their adaptation of No Country for Old Men. At its worst, it recalls the excesses of latter-day Oliver Stone, with a whiff of the awful Savages hovering around its edges. Of course, that’s as much to

do with the storyline as with anything else, given that both works center around the drug trade and its nasty practitioners.

Here, the protagonist is Fassbender’s counselor, a character so onedimensional that he isn’t even given a name. His fiancee isn’t any more developed - or interesting - but she at least comes with ID: Laura (Penelope Cruz), so pure, innocent and naive that she makes Mother Teresa look like Aileen Wuornos by comparison.

Despite words of warning from two of the more benign figures on the scene, the colorful Reiner (Bardem) and the cautious Westray (Pitt), the counselor opts to get involved in a major drug operation involving the Mexican cartel - a decision he regrets once everything starts going wrong.

McCarthy is clearly in love with his own prose, as evidenced by the sizable number of monologues uttered by various characters throughout the course of the picture. As with Mamet or Tarantino, it’s a specialized form of patter, and while there are several clunky passages in the mix, much of it is fresh and fun to follow.

Unfortunately, McCarthy spends so much time on the dialogue that he critically neglects the plot - this is a movie where any number of characters aren’t identified and where key relationships are never explained.

Consequently, this lack of focus often moves the film past appreciable ambiguity and into unacceptable incoherence.

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Sylvester Stallone headlines as Ray Breslin, who’s considered the world’s leading expert on prison security.

With Lester Clark (a coasting Vincent D’Onofrio) as his boss and Abigail (Amy Ryan) and Hush (Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson) as his accomplices, Breslin is hired by states to land himself in their supposedly escape-proof prisons in order to see if he can break out (thus allowing them to ascertain the weak spots and make the necessary improvements).

Naturally, his success rate is high, doubtless spurred in part by his fee of $2.5 million per prison. When a government agent offers him $5 million to test a new facility that will be used to hold those undesirables

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Captain Phillips Thirteen years after playing in the surf with Wilson the volleyball, Tom Hanks returns to the water in Captain Phillips, an involving adaptation of Richard Phillips’ fact-based book A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea. Despite its real-life hook, director Paul Greengrass doesn’t employ the faux-documentary format he used for United 93 (or even Bloody Sunday); instead, this adheres closer to the slick style of the two Bourne films he helmed (Supremacy and Ultimatum).

This concession toward Hollywood is OK, though, since it allows Phillips to be played by an A-list actor whose strength is that he generally keeps his head down and his eyes forward when tackling a dramatic role.

Hanks has played ordinary guys forced to be heroes in past pictures (Saving Private Ryan, for one), but here his age and demeanor provide him with a gruffness we haven’t quite seen from him before - addressing his men aboard the cargo ship Maersk Alabama, Phillips demonstrates that while his bark is worse than his bite,

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What Alfonso Cuaron’s film lacks in sociopolitical heft and laser-point characterizations it makes up for in sheer visual spectacle, with a side plate of spiritual musing to allow it to emerge as more than just an industrial light and magic show.

It’s an absorbing movie that definitely needs to be seen - and definitely needs to be seen in IMAX 3-D (for once, the extra expense is worth it).

Working with director of photography Emmanuel Lubezski and a crack FX team to create a you-are-there environment, Cuaron puts us in the company of Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) and Matt Kowalski (George Clooney), two members of the Explorer space shuttle crew.

Like Roger Deakins and Michael Ballhaus, Lubezski is a brilliant cinematographer who should have won an Oscar years ago (past credits include Sleepy Hollow, Children of Men and The Tree of Life). I suspect he might finally cop one for this film, which registers as such an extraordinary technical feat that college film courses of the future might place it in regular rotation as required viewing.

Indeed, all of the visuals are so staggering, so awe-inspiring, that they bring up thoughts of the existence of God (or not; take your pick), the mysteries of the universe and the fatal beauty of everything that surrounds us without any need for accompanying text.

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Once the vessel is hijacked by Somali pirates looking for a big payload, Phillips does everything he can to keep his crew safe, but what’s unexpected is the way he reacts differently to each of the invaders.

Most prominent is his relationship with the head pirate Muse (Barkhad Abdi), a wiry man who’s usually smart enough to know when Phillips is misleading him. It’s a pleasure watching the two actors go head-tohead, with Abdi’s intensity playing off Hanks’ anxiety. But mostly, it’s just a pleasure to see Hanks stay away from the bathetic likes of Larry Crowne and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close and ply his trade on something worthwhile.

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deemed unworthy of trials (terrorists, drug dealers and the like), Breslin reluctantly accepts the assignment.

But once inside, he discovers that he’s been set up by someone on the outside (no prizes for guessing who), and that the warden (Jim Caviezel) has no intention of ever letting him leave. Luckily, Breslin finds an ally in another inmate, a hulking, goateed fellow by the name of Emil Rottmayer (Arnold Schwarzenegger), and together they plot to break loose.

While Stallone and Schwarzenegger both appeared in The Expendables and its sequel, this is being billed as the first time these ‘80s icons are starring opposite each other in lead roles.

But for all the film’s potential, the fireworks never erupt. Despite the shared marquee billing, Schwarzenegger is, as in the Expendables films, still playing second banana to Stallone, who has a much larger role.

And while Schwarzenegger is clearly relishing the opportunity to add some eccentric touches to his characterization, Stallone offers nothing new, playing a typically noble-with-acapital-N hero whose only attempts at humor are lamely insulting Abigail’s cooking.

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Tickets: $10 General Admission 912.233.3595 Nov. 8, 9, 15, 16, 2013 at 7:30pm Nov. 10 & 16, 2013 at 3:00pm

1008 E. Henry St. (corner of Waters Ave.) For more info call: 912.233.3595 • asburymemorial.org/theatre “Our TOwn (Thornton wilder)” is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

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Activism & Politics City Public Input Session: Low Speed Vehicle Regulations

The City of Savannah invites the public to give input at this public meeting on a proposed ordinance to regulate motorized carts and low speed vehicles on public streets, during the early stages of drafting the ordinance. Feedback will be reviewed by the Tourism Advisory Committee to assist in the development of an ordinance which will be presented to City Council for consideration. Comments may also be made online. Free and open to the public. Wed., Nov. 6, 6 p.m. (912) 525-1500. blidy@savannahga.gov. savannahga.gov/commentoncarts. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/. Wed., Nov. 6, 6 p.m Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Drinking Liberally

An informal, left-leaning gathering to discuss politics, the economy, sports, entertainment, or anything else that comes up. Every first and third Thursday. Free ongoing, 7:00 p.m.

See website or the Drinking Liberally facebook page for more information, including location. Free ongoing, 7 p.m. livingliberally.org/drinking/chapters/ GA/savannah. ongoing, 7 p.m Muffins with Mary Ellen

Alderman Mary Ellen Sprague hosts a weekly gathering for District 4 constituents every Wednesday morning. Residents and business owners of District 4 are invited to drop-in to ask questions and discuss local issues. Free and open to the public. Wednesdays, 6-9 a.m.

912-659-0103. ogeecheecoffee.com/.

Wednesdays, 6-9 a.m coffee deli, 4517 Habersham St. Public Comment Sought for 2014-2015 Savannah-Chatham County Public School System Schedule

The public is invited to comment on the proposed school year schedule for 2014-2015. The proposed school year calendars are posted for public review and comment prior to a final Committee recommendation being made to the Board of Public Education for the City of Savannah and the County of Chatham. Public feedback for the Calendar Committee to consider should be provided via a brief survey located on the homepage of the school district’s website at www.sccpss.com.

Comments will be accepted until midnight on Sunday, November 24, 2013.

Through Nov. 24. sccpss.com. Through Nov. 24 Savannah Area Young Republicans

Get involved. Contact is Michael

Johnson, via email or telephone, or see website for info. 912-604-0797. chairman@sayr.org. sayr.org. Call or see website for information. Free ongoing.

912-308-3020. savannahyoungrepublicans.com. ongoing Savannah Tea Party

Free to attend. Note new location, date and time. Food and beverages available for purchase. Buffet is optional. Call for additional information. Reservations not necessary. Annual Dues $10.00.

Free ongoing, 5:30 p.m. 912-598-7358. savannahteaparty.com. ongoing, 5:30 p.m Ole Times Country Buffet, 209 Stephenson Ave. Victorian Neighborhood Association Meetings

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

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

Mondays at 7pm on the second level of Foxy Loxy, Bull Street. Call or visit the Young Democrats Facebook page for more information. Free ongoing. 423619-7712. foxyloxycafe.com/. ongoing Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. Benefits Brews & Bites Benefit for Skidaway Island State Park

Savannah’s newest local food festival with brewers and chefs from Moon River Brewing Company and Sandfly BBQ, sharing their wares and discussing their process and their appreciation of local ingredients. Plus info on projects under way at the park. In the Interpretive Center in Skidaway Island State Park. $30 gen. adm. $25 Friends of Georgia State Parks. Thu., Nov. 7, 6-9 p.m. 912-598-2300. gastateparks.givezooks.com. gastateparks.org/info/skidaway/. Thu., Nov. 7, 6-9 p.m Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

Chatham County Animal Control Seeks Donations of Items

Chatham County Animal Control is in need of items for pets in the facility.

Seeking donations of canned and dry dog and cat food, baby formula, newspaper, paper towels, soaps, crates, leashes, collars, wash cloths, and towels. Open daily from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. ongoing. 912-351-6750. animalcontrol.chathamcounty.org. ongoing Chatham County Animal Shelter, 7215 Sallie Mood Dr. Forsyth Farmers Market Seeks Sponsors

Market sponsors invest in a healthy community and show consideration for the local economy. Sponsorship

opportunities begin at $350. Help keep food fresh and local. ongoing. kristen@ forsythfarmersmarket.com. forsythfarmersmarket.com. forsythfarmersmarket.com/. ongoing Forsyth Famers’ Market, 501 Whitaker St., South End of Forysth Park.

Fundraiser for Steel Drum Program and Boys and Girls Club

A benefit for Frank Callen Boys & Girls Clubs’ new steel drum band program, taught by Melvin Dean, Savannah-area steel drummer. $25 Thu., Nov. 7, 5:30 p.m. 912-224-4815. pamelac47@yahoo. com. moonriverbrewing.com/. Thu., Nov. 7, 5:30 p.m Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St. Golf for Birdies

A charity tournament benefiting America’s Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia.

Provides more than 5,000 turkeys for families in need during the holidays.

Lunch and prizes are included. $150/ person, $600/foursome Mon., Nov. 11, 8:30 a.m. 912-721-1789. dfranz@ helpendhunger.org. thesavannahgolfclub.com/. Mon., Nov. 11, 8:30 a.m The Savannah Golf Club, 1661 President St. $5 Bikram Yoga Class to Benefit Local Charities

Bikram Yoga Savannah offers a weekly Karma class to raise money for local charities. Thursdays during the 6:30pm class. Pay $5 for class and proceeds are donated to a different charity each month. This is a regular Bikram Yoga class. ongoing. 912.356.8280. bikramyogasavannah.com. ongoing One Love Animal Rescue Benefit

Special needs animal rescue organization has taken in three more dogs with unique needs. Fundraiser online to benefit medical treatment for these animals. Through Jan. 1, 2014. youcaring.com/pet-expenses/one-love-sspecial-needs-animals/99094. Through Jan. 1, 2014 Pasta on the Park

Carb up before the marathon at this family-friendly benefit feeding frenzy for Liam’s Land Organization for Lymphatic Malformation Research.

Children under 6 free. Music by The Accomplices. $10 advance. $15 door.

Fri., Nov. 8, 4-9 p.m. liamsland.org. alpost135.com/. Fri., Nov. 8, 4-9 p.m American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St.

Professional Clothing Drive at Armstrong

Armstrong Atlantic State University’s Office of Career Services is accepting donations for its Clothing Closet, a professional clothing drive seeking gently used professional attire—oxford shirts, men’s and women’s suits, slacks, blouses, dress shoes. Clothing Closet will culminate with a Spring 2014 campus event where Armstrong students

who participate will be given individual career advice and resume-writing instruction, along with an outfit that will help them look professional at their job interviews, career fairs or internships and full-time jobs. The Spring Clothing Closet will prepare Armstrong students to start their careers just in time for the close of the academic year. Donations are accepted until February 1, 2014.

Drop off unwanted professional clothing in the alumni office in Burnett Hall on the Armstrong campus. Through Feb. 1, 2014. 912.344.2563. careers@ armstrong.edu. about.armstrong.edu/ Maps/index.html. Through Feb. 1, 2014 Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Savannah Food & Wine Festival: Volunteers Needed

Volunteers over age 21 are needed for numerous food and wine festival events. To volunteer, contact Jan Gourley, jan@savannahfoodandwinefest. com or 843-812-5802. Through Nov. 17.

Through Nov. 17 Toast to the Coast

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of Wilderness Southeast at this oyster roast and benefit. Catered dinner,music by Bob and Judy Williams as Cynergy.

Proceeds benefit WiSE’s public middle school science enrichment. Held in the Group Shelter at Skidaway Island State Park. $50 Reservations required.

Thu., Nov. 7, 6-9 p.m. 912-355-3357. naturesavannah@gmail.com. gastateparks.org/info/skidaway/. Thu., Nov. 7, 6-9 p.m Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

Call for Entries 3-D Artist Sought for Gallery

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

City of Savannah Art Competition for College & University Students

The City of Savannah seeks original student artwork depicting the beauty of Savannah’s City Hall building, to display in a permanent exhibit in City Hall’s third floor rotunda. College students attending one of Chatham County’s colleges, universities or technical schools are eligible. Submission Deadline: November 22, 2013, 5 p.m. All artwork must be 11x17, horizontal or vertical orientation and unframed, with a protective sleeve or plastic sheet cover. Students may work

City of Savannah Art Competition for High School Students

Seeking art depicting City Squares and Parks. The City of Savannah seeks original student artwork depicting the beauty of historic Savannah squares and parks to display in a permanent exhibit in City Hall’s third floor rotunda.

Chatham County students 9th through 12th grade are eligible. Submission Deadline: January 31, 2014, 5 p.m.

All artwork must be 11x17, horizontal or vertical orientation and unframed, with a protective sleeve or plastic sheet cover. Students may work in any media, but the final work must be two-dimensional and easily scanned and digitized. Each student can submit up to two pieces for consideration. An information sheet should be completed for each submission. Download the information sheet at savannahga. gov/artcontest. Submissions will be digitized and posted online and the winners will be chosen by an online vote of Savannah’s citizens. Prizes for the winning students include art supplies, gift cards and special recognition at an exhibit opening and awards reception at City Hall. Deliver submissions to: City of Savannah, Research Library & Municipal Archives, City Hall, Room 103, 2 E. Bay Street Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. – 5

p.m. Through Jan. 31, 2014. 912-6516411. Lspracher@savannahga.gov. savannahga.gov/artcontest. Through Jan. 31, 2014

City of Savannah TV Show Seeks Entries

The City of Savannah’s TV station, SGTV is seeking insightful and well-crafted profiles, documentaries, animations, original music videos, histories or other original works by or about the citizens of Savannah to run on “Engage”, a television show produced by the city.

Interested in collaborating with filmmakers, artists, musicians and others in producing original content for the program. While the City does not offer compensation for such programs, SGTV does offer an opportunity to expose local works to a wide audience. More than 55,000 households in Chatham County have access to SGTV. Submit proposals via website. The City reserves the right to reject any programming that does not meet content standards. ongoing. savannahga.gov/engagesgtv. ongoing City seeks applications for Weave A Dream Initiative

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

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

age and older as well as homebound residents is accepting applications at 618 West Anderson Street, on a walk-in basis, from 9:00am to 12:30pm and from 2:00pm to 4:00pm Monday through Friday, with the exception of November 11 (Veteran’s Day), November 28 & 29 (Thanksgiving Holiday), on a first come first serve basis. The following documentations are requested for the Energy Assistance Program to complete applications: written proof of the total household for the last 30 days, social security numbers for all household members, most recent heating bill, proof of age (required for the elderly, 65 years and older), and an authorization statement if someone is applying for you. The name of the person authorized to apply for you must be included in the note, along with your signature. Through Dec. 24. Through Dec. 24 Gallery Seeks Local Artists

Kobo Gallery, 33 Barnard Street, in downtown Savannah seeks 2-D and 3-D artists to join its cooperative gallery. Must be a full-time resident of Savannah or nearby area. Work to be considered includes painting, photography, mixed media, sculpture, glass, ceramics and wood. If interested please submit 5-10 images of your work, plus resume/CV and biography to info@ko-

bogallery.com. ongoing. ongoing Kobo Gallery, 33 Barnard Street ,.

Holidays Art Fair

The Wilmington Island Farmers’ Market is accepting applications for the Holidays Art Fair that will take place December 7, 14, 21. Please email the market if you are interested in participating. Through Nov. 30. wifarmersmarket@aol.com. Through Nov. 30 Wilmington Island Farmers Market, 111 Walthour Rd. Homeschool Music Classes

Music classes for homeschool students ages 8 - 18, and their parents. Offered in Guyton and Savannah. See website for details. ongoing. CoastalEmpireMusic.com. ongoing Seeking Nonprofit Grant Applications for Alan S. Gaynor Fund

The Savannah Community Foundation Accepting The Savannah Community Foundation, Inc is accepting nonprofit organization grant requests for funding from the Alan S. Gaynor Fund, held and managed by the Community Foundation. Applicants must be governmental or public charities and use the grant funds on a public project to benefit the people of Chatham County. For more information about the Gaynor Fund or to receive a grant application, contact by telephone or email. ongoing. 912continues on p. 44

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in any media, but the final work must be two-dimensional and easily scanned and digitized. Each student can submit up to two pieces for consideration. An information sheet should be completed for each submission. Download the information sheet at savannahga. gov/artcontest. Submissions will be digitized and posted online and the winners will be chosen by an online vote of Savannah’s citizens. Prizes for the winning students include art supplies, gift cards and special recognition at an exhibit opening and awards reception at City Hall. Deliver submissions to: City of Savannah, Research Library & Municipal Archives, City Hall, Room 103, 2 E. Bay Street Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Through Nov. 22. 912-651-6411.

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Wilmington Island Farmers Market Seeks Vendors

The Wilmington Island Farmers’ Market, scheduled to open in Fall 2013, seeks applications from potential vendors. Vendor application, market rules and regulations are available on the website. ongoing. wifarmersmarket. org. ongoing Classes, Camps & Workshops Acting Class: Emotional Breakdown

A two-session class for adults (age 17+). November 7 & 14, 7-9pm. Must attend both classes and have had prior training. $150 Through Nov. 14. FirstCityFilms.com. Through Nov. 14 First City Films, Post Office 8185.

The Afforable Care Act FREE-to-the-Public Open Enrollment Classes

“How Health Reform Affects You and Your Family” is a simplified, politicallyunbiased, 55-minute workshop to help people better understand how new health reform laws will affect them personally. Pre-Register Online at: http://billlucasinsurance.com/ events.html Times available: 9:00am, 11:00am, 1:00pm, and 3:00pm. For more information visit our website at: www.BillLucasInsurance.com FREE Sun., Nov. 10, 9 a.m. 912-756-6686, x3.

Ashleigh@BillLucasInsurance.com. cgc. georgiasouthern.edu/. Sun., Nov. 10, 9 a.m Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Art, Music, Piano, Voice Coaching

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

Artist Sacred Circle

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

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

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

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

Beading Classses at Epiphany Bead & Jewelry Studio

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

Beginning Belly Dance Classes

Taught by Happenstance Bellydance.

All skill levels and styles. Private instruction available. $15 912-704-2940. happenstancebellydance@gmail.com. happenstancebellydance.wordpress. com. Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Beginning Sign Language

Sign Language is meaningful, useful, fascinating, and fun. In this course,

| Submit your event online at connectsavannah.com you’ll learn receptive and expressive skills — fingerspelling, and basic questions, statements and negations.

You’ll also be introduced to the culture of the United States Deaf Community.

Enroll to learn the benefits and joys of this remarkable language. $85 Thursdays, 6 p.m.. 912-651-6206. christinataylor@georgiasouthern.edu. cgc.georgiasouthern.edu/. Thursdays, 6 p.m. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Bellydance for Fitness

This dance-based fitness class blends belly dance moves to create a core strengthening workout. These quick paced classes build heat, endurance, flexibility, and strength through core isolations. Be prepared to have fun and sweat as you shimmy. No prior dance experience is necessary. All levels are welcome. $15 for drop-in or 4 for $50 (must be used in 30 days) Tuesdays.

912-293-5727. firstcitysav@gmail.com.

Tuesdays First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. Champions Training Center

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

Classical and Acoustic Guitar Instruction

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

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

Clay Classes

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

Boating Classes

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

Contemporary Soul Dance

Contemporary Soup dance Sundays at 3:30pm - 4:15pm. A softer genre of jazz and hip hop, this distinct dance style is an outgrowth of modern dance blended with elements of rhythm and blues. Dancers are encouraged to place emphases on the connection of the mind and body through movement.

Contemporary Soul will help the recognize traditional boundaries through balance, floor work and improvisation.

This class is open to ages 10+. $15 for drop-on or 4 for $50 Sundays, 3:30 p.m.

404-709-9312. inspiredanceprogram@ hotmail.com. Sundays, 3:30 p.m First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. DUI Prevention Group

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

A must see for teen drivers. Meets monthly. $40/session 912-443-0410.

English as Second Language Classes

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

Facebook for Beginners

If you’re ready to join the Facebook community, but need a little help getting started, or if you already have a page but would like to learn more, here’s the class for you. Learn the basic elements of this social network, including timeline, newsfeed, photos and video, apps, messages, finding friends and Facebook chat. You’ll also learn how to set and maintain your privacy controls. Dates: Monday, 11/4/2013 to Wednesday, 11/6/2013 Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $75 per person Wed., Nov. 6, 10 a.m. 912.644.5967. jfogarty@georgiasouthern.edu. cgc.georgiasouthern. edu/. Wed., Nov. 6, 10 a.m Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Family Law Workshop

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

Fany’s Spanish/English Institute

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

912-921-4646. ongoing Free Fitness Boot Camp

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

Guitar, Electric Bass & Double Bass Lessons

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

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

Housing Authority Neighborhood Resource Center

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

Jazz Funk dance Sundays at 2:30pm - 3:15pm. This dance style is a blend of jazz and funk characterized by a

strong back beat, groove, and electrified sound. It implements all types of improvisational elements from soul and funk arrangements. Jazz Funk will get you in the mood to groove to the music and having fun doing it. This class is open to ages 10+. $15 for drop-in or 4 for $50 Sundays, 2:30 p.m. 404-7099312. inspiredanceprogram@hotmail. com. Sundays, 2:30 p.m First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. Knitting & Crochet Classes

Offered at The Frayed Knot, 6 W. State St. See the calendar of events on website. ongoing. 912-233-1240. thefrayedknotsav.com. ongoing Learn to Speak Spanish

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

Lyrical Fusion dance Sundays at 4:30pm - 5:00pm. This dance style is a combination of ballet, jazz and contemporary styles. Dancers will be instructed how to perform precise movements while conveying the emotion of a song’s lyrics through dance. Lyrical Fusion will challenges the dancer’s flexibility and their ability to perform with emotion.

This class is open to ages 10+. $15 for drop-in or 4 for $50 Sundays, 4:30 p.m.

404-709-9312. inspiredanceprogram@ hotmail.com. Sundays, 4:30 p.m First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. Music Instruction

Georgia Music Warehouse, near corner of Victory Drive & Abercorn, offering instruction by professional musicians.

Band instruments, violin, piano, drums and guitar. All ages welcome. ongoing.

912-358-0054. georgiamusicwarehouse.com/. ongoing Georgia Music Warehouse, 2424 Abercorn St. Music Lessons: Private or Group

Portman’s Music Academy offers private or group classes for ages 2 to 92, beginner to advanced level. All instruments. Also, voice lessons, music production technology and DJ lessons.

Teaching staff of over 20 instructors with professional, well equipped studios and a safe, friendly waiting area for parents and siblings. ongoing. 912-3541500. portmansmusic.com. portmansmusic.com. ongoing Portman’s Music Superstore, 7650 Abercorn St. Music Lessons--Multiple Instruments

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

7041 Hodgson Memorial Dr. ongoing.

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

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

Novel Writing

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

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

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

PHOTOSHOP BASICS

This class will show you how to use the different tools, layers and filters of your photo editing software to improve your images. You’ll need a basic understanding of computers, digital imaging and photo editing. For homework assignments, you’ll need to be able to write files to a USB drive. $90 per person Mon., Nov. 11, 6:30 p.m. 912.644.5967. jfogarty@georgiasouthern.edu. cgc. georgiasouthern.edu/. Mon., Nov. 11, 6:30 p.m Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Piano Voice-Coaching

Pianist with M/degree,classical modern jazz improvisation, no age limit. Call 912-961-7021 or 912-667-1056. Serious inquiries only. ongoing. ongoing Quilting Classes

ongoing: Quilting classes for beginners and advanced stitchers. Learn to make your first quilt or learn a new technique. See the website, call, or come by the shop. varies ongoing. 912 925 0055. email@colonialquilts.us. colonialquilts. us. ongoing Colonial Quilts and Savannah Sewing Center, 11710 Largo Drive.

Reading/Writing Tutoring

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

Russian Language Classes

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

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

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

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

Savannah Sewing Academy. 1917 Bull St. ongoing. 912-290-0072. savsew. com. ongoing Short Story Writing

Gives students with some experience in fiction and nonfiction storytelling the

opportunity to use assigned readings, writing homework, and workshop style critiques to explore various writing techniques. Works of Ernest Hemingway, Graham Greene, Ann Beattie and others will be studied. Upon completion, students will understand narrative structure and scenic writing, dialogue, character, place, word choice, rhythm and pacing, and the art of revision. Offered by Georgia Southern’s Continuing Education division in Savannah. Call or email for days/times/pricing. ongoing.

912-644-5967. jfogarty@georgiasouthern.edu. ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/ conted/cesavannahmenu.html.. cgc. georgiasouthern.edu/. ongoing Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Singing Classes

Bel Canto is the name of the style of singing invented by Nicola Vaccai, which helps the voice become flexible and expressive, improves the vocal range and breathing capacity and is the technique Anitra Warren uses to train her students. It carries over well as a foundation for opera, rock, pop, gospel and musical theatre. $25 Mondays-Sundays, 6 p.m. 786-247-9923. anitraoperadiva@yahoo.com. Mondays-Sundays, 6 p.m Institute of Cinematic Arts, 12 West State Street, 3rd and 4th flrs.,.

Singing Lessons with Anitra Opera Diva

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

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

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

Stress-reducing practices for body, speech and mind. Five Thursday night classes from 6- 7:00pm. $15 drop-in; $70 for series. Rev. Fugon Cindy Beach, Sensei. Savannah Zen Center 111 E. 34th St. 31401 revfugon@gmail.com ongoing. ongoing Vocal Lessons

The Voice Co-op is a group of voice instructors in Savannah, Georgia who believe in the power of a nurturing community to help voice students blossom into vibrant artists. Each of our instructors have earned the degree of Master of Music in Voice Performance.

Group master classes are held once each month for students of the Co-op.

In the winter and spring the students will have the opportuinty to present a vocie recital for the community. Varies

ongoing. 912-656-0760. TheVoiceCoOp. org. ongoing The Voice Co-op, Downtown.

Workshop: Consumer Watch for Veterans Affairs

Attorneys Michael Smith and Richard Barid of Smith Barid LLC in an hour long presentation on Veterans aid and assistance. Free and open to the public Thu., Nov. 7, 2 p.m. savannahcommons. net. Thu., Nov. 7, 2 p.m Savannah Commons, 1 Peachtree Drive (off Middleground Rd.).

Yoga for Couples

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

Bring and exercise ball. Quarterly, Saturdays 1pm-3pm at Savannah Yoga Center. Call or email to register. $100 per couple. ongoing. 912-704-7650. douladeliveries.com. ongoing Clubs & Organizations Abeni Cultural Arts Dance Classes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Local chapter of the Sports Car Club of America, hosting monthly solo/au-

tocross driving events in the Savannah area. Anyone with a safe car, insurance and a valid driver’s license is eligible to participate. See website. ongoing. buccaneerregion.org. ongoing Business Networking on the Islands

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

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

912-308-6768. ongoing Chatham Sailing Club

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Geechee Sailing Club

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

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

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

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

Attendees pay for their own meals.

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

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

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

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

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

Knitters, Needlepoint and Crochet

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

912-308-6768. ongoing Knittin’ Night

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

912-238-0514. wildfibresavannah.com/.

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

A club for wood-turning enthusiasts.

Call Steve Cook for info at number below. ongoing. 912-313-2230. ongoing

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

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

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

Philo Cafe

Weekly Monday discussion group that meets 7:30pm - 9:00pm at various locations. Anyone craving good conversation is invited. Free to attend. Email for info, or see ThePhiloCafe on Facebook. ongoing. athenapluto@yahoo.com. ongoing R.U.F.F. - Retirees United for the Future

RUFF meets the last Friday of each month at 10am to protect Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and related senior issues. Parking in the rear. Free to all Seniors ongoing. 912-344-5127. ongoing New Covenant Church, 2201 Bull St. Rogue Phoenix Sci-Fi Fantasy Club

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

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

See website or call for info. ongoing.

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

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

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

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

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

Contact by email for info. ongoing. charlesfund@gmail.com. panerabread.

com/. ongoing Panera Bread (Broughton St.), 1 West Broughton St. Savannah Council, Navy League of the United States

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

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

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

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

Monthly meetings open to the public.

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

Guest speakers each meeting. ongoing.

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

Open to women who have lived in the Savannah area for less than two years. Membership includes monthly luncheon and program. Activities, tours and events to help learn about Savannah and make new friends. ongoing. savannahnewcomersclub.com. ongoing Savannah No Kidding!

No Kidding. Join Savannah’s only social club for people without children! No membership fees, meet great new friends, enjoy a wide variety of activities and events. savannahnokidding.angelfire.com/ or e-mail savannahnokidding@gmail.com ongoing. ongoing The Historic District, Downtown Savannah.

Savannah Parrot Head Club

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

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

Savannah SCA

The local chapter of the Society for

Creative Anachronism meets every Saturday at Forsyth Park for fighter practice and general hanging out. If you’re interested in re-creating the Middle Ages and Renaissance, come join us! South end of Forsyth Park, just past the Farmer’s Market. Free. www. savannahsca.org Free ongoing, 11 a.m. savannahsca.org. ongoing, 11 a.m Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. Savannah Story Games

We play games that help us tell improvised stories. Get together over food - roleplayers, storytellers, or the merely curious - and help us create an amazing story in just three hours.

We’ll use games with special rules that craft characters, settings, and conflicts.

Weekends, in different locales - check savannahstorygames.com for more information. free Fridays-Sundays. info@savannahstorygames.com. savannahstorygames.com. Fridays-Sundays Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Savannah Sunrise Rotary Club

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

Helps improve speaking and leadership skills in a friendly, supportive environment. Mondays, 6:15pm, Memorial Health University Medical Center, in the Conference Room C. ongoing. 912-4846710. memorialhealth.com/. ongoing Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Savannah Writers Group

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

See website or call for info. ongoing.

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

A no-agenda gathering of Savannah’s writing community. First Thursdays, 5:30pm-7:30pm. Free. Open to all writers, aspiring writers, or those interested in writing. 21+ with valid ID. Usually at Abe’s on Lincoln, 17 Lincoln St. See website for info. ongoing. seersuckerlive.com. ongoing Tertulia en español at Foxy Loxy

Spanish conversation table. Meets second and fourth Thursday of each month. 7:30pm to 9pm at Foxy Loxy,

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla

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

Prior experience/boat ownership not required. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-598-7387. savannahaux. com. ongoing Veteran’s Day Memorial Service

Please join local veterans, patriots, active duty military to honor all those who serve our country, past and present.

Free Nov. 10-11, 6 p.m. 912-210-9118. rws521@msn.com. vvasav.com. Nov. 10-11, 6 p.m Emmet Park, End of Bay St. Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 671

Meets second Monday of each month, 7pm, at the American Legion Post 135, 1108 Bull St. ongoing. 912-429-0940. rws521@msn.com. vvasav.com. ongoing Woodville-Tompkins Scholarship Foundation

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

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

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

Lessons Sundays 1:30-3;30pm. Open to the public. $3 per person. Wear closed toe leather shoes if possible. Doris Martin Dance Studio, 8511-h ferguson Ave. Call or email for info. ongoing.

912-925-7416. savh_tango@yahoo.com. ongoing Ballroom/Latin Group Class

Every Tuesday and Wednesday we will be having group classes at 8pm!

Tuesdays classes will focus on FUNdamental steps, styling, and techniques.

Wednesday’s classes will be more specific and advanced elements. Each class will have specific themes, so stay tuned for details. $15/person and $25/couple Wednesdays, 8 p.m. 912335-3335. savannahballroom@gmail. com. savannahballroomdancing.com.

Wednesdays, 8 p.m Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

Beginners Belly Dancing with Cybelle

For those with little-to-no dance background. Instructor is formally

trained, has performed for over ten years. $15/person. Tues. 7pm-8pm.

Private classes and walk ins available.

Synergistic Bodies, 7724 Waters Ave. ongoing. 912-414-1091. info@cybelle3. com. cybelle3.com. ongoing

Beginning Pole Fitness

Our pole classes offer a fun and flirty way to get a great workout in a safe and comfortable environment. Our National Miss Fitness 2013 and Miss Georgia Pole 2012 instructor, Sabrina Madsen, will teach you the basics including spins and pole dance moves. All fitness levels are welcome! $25 for drop-in or 5 for $100 (must be used in 30 days) Tuesdays, 8 p.m. (801) 673-6737. firstcitysav@gmail.com. Tuesdays, 8 p.m First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. Belly Dance Classes with Nicole Edge

At Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. Beginners class-Wednesdays 7-8pm Advanced class-Fridays 6-7pm $15 per session, discount for Fitness on Broughton members. ongoing.

912-596-0889. edgebellydance.com. ongoing First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. Bellydance lessons with Happenstance Bellydance

All levels and styles of bellydance welcome. Classes are every Monday from 5:30-6:30pm. $15/lesson. Drop-ins welcome or call Carrie @(912)704-2940 for more info. happenstancebellydance@ gmail.com happenstancebellydance. wordpress.com $15/lesson ongoing, 5:30 p.m. (912) 704-2940. happenstancebellydance.wordpress.com. ongoing, 5:30 p.m Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Suite B. C.C. Express Dance Team

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

Call Claudia Collier for info. ongoing.

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

Dance for Peace

A weekly gathering to benefit locals in need. Music, dancing, fun for all ages. Donations of nonperishable food and gently used or new clothing are welcomed. Free and open to the public. Sundays, 3 p.m. 912-547-6449. xavris21@yahoo.com. Sundays, 3 p.m Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. Dance Party

Join us on Thursdays at 8pm for fun, friendship, and dancing! Parties are free for our students and are only $10 for visitors ($15 for couples). free - $15 Thursdays, 8 p.m. 912-335-3335. savannahballroom@gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing.com. Thursdays, 8 p.m Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

FUNdamentals Dance Lesson

Every Tuesday and Wednesday we will be having group classes at 8pm!

Tuesdays classes will focus on FUNdamental steps, styling, and techniques.

Wednesday’s classes will be more specific and advanced elements. Each class will have specific themes, so stay tuned for details. $15/person $25/

couple Tuesdays, 8 p.m. 912-335-3335. savannahballroom@gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing.com. Tuesdays, 8 p.m Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

salsasavannah.com. ongoing Savannah Dance Club

Home Cookin’ Cloggers

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

Irish Dance Classes

Wednesdays, 7pm,at Doubles Lounge.

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

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

No beginner classes at this time. Call Claudia Collier for info. ongoing. 912748-0731. ongoing Glor na Dare offers beginner to champion Irish Dance classes for ages 5 and up. Adult Step & Ceili, Strength and Flexibility, non-competitive and competitive programs, workshops, camps.

Certified. Info via email or phone. ongoing. 912-704-2052. prideofirelandga@ gmail.com. ongoing Kids/Youth Dance Class

Kids Group class on various Ballroom and Latin dances. Multiple teachers.

Ages 4-17 currently enrolled in the program. Prepares youth for social and/or competitive dancing. $15/person Saturdays, 10 a.m. 912-335-3335. savannahballroom@gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing.com. Saturdays, 10 a.m Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

Line Dancing

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

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

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

Beginner and intermediate classes.

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

Beginners class, Wednesdays, 8pm.

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

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

RAVE NIGHT with DJ ORSON WELLS

Get your Rave on with the the one and only DJ Orson Wells! We got glow sticks! Saturdays, 9 p.m. Saturdays, 9 p.m Salsa Lessons by Salsa Savannah

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

8pm-9pm and 9pm-10pm. Sun. 5pm6pm and 6pm-7pm. Salon de Maile, 704B Hodgson Memorial Dr., Savannah, 31406. See website for info. ongoing.

Savannah Shag Club

Savannah Swing Cats--Swing Dancing

ongoing. doublesnightclub.com/. ongoing Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St.

Sizzling Salsa Dance Series: Dance Lessons at the Jepson

Professional dancer Austin Williams will teach the Salsa to students of all levels, beginner to expert. Lessons take place in the Telfair Academy rotunda.

Participants may attend the 3-lesson block (11/12, 11/19, 12/3) or drop in to take one or two lessons. Part of the Spanish Sojourns exhibition. Salsa dance party on 12/5, 7pm, $20. Price per lesson: $10 non-members/$5 Telfair members. Tue., Nov. 12, 6 p.m. telfair.org. telfair.org. Tue., Nov. 12, 6 p.m Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, 121 Barnard St. Zumba & Zumba Toning with Anne

Ditch the workout & join the party. All levels welcome. Wednesdays, 6:30 PM 7:30PM. Lake Mayer Community Center 1850 East Montgomery Crossroads $5 class - discount cards available Bring a friend & it’s free for you! ongoing. 912596-1952. ongoing Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

Events Connect Savannah Presents Official Rock ‘n’ Roll Savannah Marathon Pasta Party and Concert

Official Savannah Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon pasta party and concert featuring live music on The Southern Eagle Stage with the Fabulous Equinox Orchestra and The Blue Dogs. For those unable to attend the Marathon Health and Fitness Expo, simply print your purchase receipt and collect your entry wristband on November 8, at the Charles H. Morris Center. $25 advance/$30 at marathon Expo and day of event Fri., Nov. 8, 5-9 p.m. charleshmorriscenter. com. Fri., Nov. 8, 5-9 p.m Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St. Farm a la Carte: A Mobile Farmer’s Market

At various spots around town, including Green Truck on Wednesdays, 2:30pm6:30pm. Bethesda Farmers’ Market on Thursdays, 3:00-5:30pm. Forsyth Park Farmers’ Market on Saturdays, 9am1pm. Sustainable meats, organic produce, local dairy. ongoing. revivalfoods. com. greentruckpub.com. ongoing Green Truck Pub, 2430 Habersham St. Fort Pulaski Commemorates Veterans Day with Free Admission

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1919 Bull street. Come practice your Spanish, have a cafe con leche or Spanish wine, and meet nice people....All levels welcome. Free. Purchase beverages and snacks. ongoing. foxyloxycafe. com/. ongoing Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St.

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of special activities in the historic fort.

The 48th New York Infantry Regiment will recreate many aspects of daily life at a major Civil War-era post. Salute to veterans at 4:00 PM on Saturday, November 9. Nov. 9-11. nps.gov/fopu. nps.gov/fopu/. Nov. 9-11 Fort Pulaski National Monument, Cockspur Island.

“Kensington Park-Groveland Historic District” Trolley Tour and Lecturer

Architectural historian Bob Ciucevich speaks on the significance of the history and architecture in this upand-coming National Register Historic District. Community Association president Pam Miller speaks on living in a historic district. Part of Historic Savannah Foundation’s 2013 Preservation Lecture Series. Trolleys depart at 6 p.m. Lecture and reception follow.

Free and open to the public. Thu., Nov. 7, 6 p.m. myhsf,org. Thu., Nov. 7, 6 p.m Harvest Church of the Nazarene, 5995 Waters Ave. The original Midnight Tour

One of the spookiest tours in town.

Learn about the untold stories of some of the most haunted locations here in Savannah Georgia. Guaranteed to give you a few goose bumps and an unexplained need for a night light. 33.00 ongoing. 1-866-666-3323. 6thsenseworld.com. ongoing 6th Sense Savannah Tours, 404 Abercorn Street.

PBJ Pantry

A free food pantry held every Thursday, 10-11am and 6-7pm. Contact Jessica Sutton for questions. 912-897-1192 ongoing. ymcaofcoastalga.org/. ongoing YMCA (Wilmington Island), 66 Johnny Mercer Blvd.

Pirate Preview: Armstrong Open House

a family-oriented event for students and their parents, interested in knowing more about Armstrong. Meet with Armstrong students and faculty, learn about admission and financial aid and tour the campus and residential housing.

Sessions on the first-year experience, the honors program and more. At the Student Union building. Free and open to the public. Sat., Nov. 9, 8:30 a.m.noon. armstrong.edu. about.armstrong. edu/Maps/index.html. Sat., Nov. 9, 8:30 a.m.-noon Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Savannah Storytellers

Tall tales and fun times with the classic art of storytelling. Every Wednesday at 6pm. Reservations encouraged by calling 912-349-4059. Wednesdays, 6 p.m. liveoakstore.com/tubbysthunderbolt.

Wednesdays, 6 p.m Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. Shire of Forth Castle Fighter Practice

Local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism meets Saturdays at Forsyth Park (south end) for fighter practice and general hanging out. For those interested in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. ongoing. savannahsca.org. ongoing Wilmington Island Networking

Meet other Wilmington Island area professionals and business owners at this

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Cash bar. Tue., Nov. 12, 5-7 p.m. Tue., Nov. 12, 5-7 p.m Cocoa’s Martini & Dessert Bar, 4 Wilmington Island Rd. Film & Video Film: Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987, USA)

A John Hughes road trip movie with Steve Martin and John Candy. $8 Sat., Nov. 9, 7 p.m. trusteestheater.scad.edu. www2.scad.edu/venues/trustees/. Sat., Nov. 9, 7 p.m Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. Film: Prince Avalanche (US, 2013)

CinemaSavannah presents this offbeat comedy about two men painting traffic lines on a highway ravaged by wildfire.

With Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch.

Directed by David Gordon Green.

Loosely adapted from an Icelandic film called Either Way. Silver Bear winner of the Berlin International Festival. 94 minutes. $8 Sat., Nov. 9, 5 & 8 p.m. musesavannah.org. musesavannah. org/. Sat., Nov. 9, 5 & 8 p.m Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. Fitness AHA in the AM

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

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

Jivamkuti Inspired w/ Brittany Roberts Mondays 6:30pm – 7:45pm Soul Progression w/ Lynn Geddes Tuesdays/ Thursdays 12:30pm – 1:45pm & 6:30pm – 7:45pm TGiF! Power Hour with Lynne McSweeny Fridays 5:45pm – 6:45pm All Levels Yoga w/ Christine Harness Glover Saturdays 9:30am – 10:45am n/a first Monday, Tuesday, Thursday-Saturday of every month. 912-308-3410. first Monday, Tuesday, Thursday-Saturday of every month Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Suite B. Al-Anon Family Groups

An anonymous fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics. the message of Al-Anon is one of strength and hope for friends/family of problem drinkers. Al-Anon is for adults. Alateen is for people age 13-19. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. check website or call for info. ongoing.

912-598-9860. savannahalanon.com. ongoing Bariatric Surgery Support Group

First Wednesday each month, 7pm, and third Saturday, 10am, in Mercer Auditorium of Hoskins Center at Memorial.

For those who have had or are considering bariatric surgery. Free to attend.

Call or see website for info. ongoing.

912-350-3438. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. ongoing Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Beach Body Workouts with Laura

MONDAYS at 6:15 PM at the Lake Mayer Community Center $5.00 per session Mondays, 6:15 p.m. (912) 6526784. Mondays, 6:15 p.m Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

Beastmode Fitness Group Training

Train with this elite team. A total body program that trims, tones and gets results. Personal training options available. See website for info. Meets at West Broad YMCA. 5am-6am and 8pm9pm. ongoing. beastmodefitnessga. com. ongoing YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. Bellydancing Fusion Classes

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

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

Registration is now open for this twoday running event on Tybee Island.

Event dates: January 31 and February 1, 2014. See website for details on the many races and events held during the weekend. Through Jan. 29, 2014. critztybeerun.com/registration. Through Jan. 29, 2014 Fitness Classes at the JEA

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

For anyone caring for senior citizens with any affliction or illness. Second Saturday of the month, 10am-11am.

Savannah Commons, 1 Peachtree Dr. Refreshments. Free to attend. Open to anyone i need of support for the caregiving they provide. ongoing. savannahcommons.com. ongoing Hiking & Biking at Skidaway Island State Park

Year round fitness opportunities. Walk or run the 1-mile Sandpiper Nature Trail (accessible) the additional 1-mile Avian Loop Trail, or 3-mile Big Ferry Trail. Bicycle and street strider rentals.

Guided hikes scheduled. $5 parking. Open daily 7am-10pm. Call or see website. ongoing. 912-598-2300. gastateparks.org/SkidawayIsland. gastateparks.org/info/skidaway/. ongoing Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

Israeli Krav Maga Self-Defense Classes

A system of self-defense techniques based on several martial arts. The official fighting system of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). Custom Fit offers individual and small group training and

intensive workshops. ongoing. 912-4414891. customfitcenter.com. ongoing Kung Fu School: Ving Tsun

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

11202 White Bluff Rd. ongoing. 912429-9241. ongoing Mommy and Baby Yoga

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

Daily classes for all skill levels including beginners. Private and semi-private classes by appointment. Carol DalyWilder, certified instructor. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-2380018. savannahpilates.com. pilatessavannah.com/. ongoing Momentum Pilates Studio, 8413 Rerguson Ave. Pregnancy Yoga

Ongoing series of 6-week classes.

Thursdays. A mindful approach to pregnancy, labor and delivery. Instructor Ann Carroll. $120. Call or email for info. ongoing. 912-704-7650. ann@aikyayoga.com. savannahyoga.com/. ongoing Savannah Yoga Center, 1321 Bull St. Qigong Classes

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

Free fitness workout, every Saturday, 9:00 am at Lake Mayer Park. For women only. Offered by The Fit Lab. Information: 912-376-0219 ongoing. ongoing Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

Richmond Hill Roadies Running Club

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

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

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

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

Handicapped League: Saturdays, 1pm.

Singles at the Sarge: Sundays, 10am.

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

With a one-year, $10 membership,free training programs for beginners (walk-

sampling of traditional, vegan and vegetarian Thanksgiving entrees. Nov. 9, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. 912-898-2131. thrivecafesavannah.com. thriveacarryoutcafe.com/.

Nov. 9, 11 a.m.-6 p.m Thrive-A Carry Out Cafe, 4700 US Hwy. 80.

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

A week-long celebration of fine wine and cuisine. Appearances by Robert Mondavi, Jr. and other food and wine celebrities. See website for details. Nov. 11-17. savannahfoodandwinefest.com/.

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Tai Chi Lessons in Forsyth Park

Turbo Kick Cardio Workout

Lose calories while dancing and kickboxing. No experience or equipment needed. Tues. and Thurs. 6pm, Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton Wed. 6pm Lake Mayer Community Center, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads. $5 ongoing.

586-822-1021. facebook.com/turbokicksavannah. ongoing Yoga for Cancer Patients and Survivors

Free for people with cancer and cancer survivors. 6:30pm Tuesdays. 12:45pm Thursdays. Fitness One, 3rd floor of the Center for Advanced Medicine at Memorial. Call for info. ongoing. 912-350-9031. memorialhealth.com/. ongoing Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Zumba and Zumba/Toning with Mai

Fall/Winter schedule. Mondays at 8:30AM Zumba/Toning Lake Mayer Community Center 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads $5.00/class Mondays/ Wednesdays at 6:00PM Zumba/Toning Windsor Forest Elementary Gym 308 Briarcliff Circle $5.00/class Tuesdays/ Thursdays 10:00AM Zumba/Toning Curves @ Savannah Mall (912) 921-1771 14045 Abercorn St #1610 31419 $5.00/ class (Non-Members) Tuesdays @ 5:30PM Zumba St. Paul CME Social Hall (912) 233-2849 123 Brady St (at Barnard St) 31401 $3.00/class (Non-Members) Wednesdays @ 9:30AM Zumba/Toning Frank Murray Community Center (912) 898-3320 160 Wilmington Is Rd 31414 $3.00/class Bring water, proper shoes and attire. ongoing. 912-604-9890. ongoing Zumba Fitness (R) with April

Mondays at 5:30pm, Thursdays at 6:30pm. Nonstop Fitness in Sandfly, 8511 Ferguson Ave. $5 for nonmenbers. call for info. ongoing. 912-349-4902. ongoing Food Events WINE TASTINGS FOR THE FALL

November-FALL FOR FLAVOR/CHARACTER: -10 Fall Wines (5 Whites/5 Reds) + Meats/Cheeses to nosh on. Come taste wines that can help your Thanksgiving be all it can be! December-HOLIDAY WINES GALORE: 10 Fall Wines (5 Whites/5 Reds) + Meats/Cheeses to nosh on. Our recent tasting suggestions for Christmas, New Years and beyond.

Limited to 50 people-Reservations Required $20++ ($10 dep to hold space) Nov. 7, 7:15 p.m. 912-236-7642. ceasav@ gmail.com. form-cwg.com. Nov. 7, 7:15 p.m FORM, 1801 Habersham Street.

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Savannah Food & Wine Festival: Farm to Table Bethesda Dinner

A multi-course extravaganza featuring former Savannah chef Elizabeth Terry (Elizabeth on 37th), chef Kirk Blaine, and Master Sommelier Robert Jones of Kysela Pere Et Fils. Half of proceeds benefit Bethesda Academy. Reception at 5pm. Dinner at 6pm. $150 Nov. 11, 5 p.m. savannahfoodandwinefest.com.

Nov. 11, 5 p.m Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. Savannah Food & Wine Festival

A week-long celebration of fine wine and cuisine. Appearances by Robert Mondavi, Jr. and other food and wine celebrities. See website for details. Through Nov. 17. savannahfoodandwinefest.com/.

Through Nov. 17 Savannah Food & Wine Festival: Connoisseur Wine Dinners

Multiple course gourmet meals paired with wines. Held at Elizabeth on 37th, Circa 1875, and Olde Pink House. varies by location Nov. 12, 6:30 p.m. savannahfoodandwinefest.com/connoisseurwine-dinners.html. Nov. 12, 6:30 p.m

Savannah Food & Wine Festival: Film: SOMM the Documentary

Host is Master Sommelier Robert Jones.

Nov. 12, 6 p.m. savannahfoodandwinefest.com. savannahtheatre.com. Nov. 12, 6 p.m The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. Gay & Lesbian First City Network Board Meeting

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

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

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

Organizes the annual Savannah Pride Festival and helps promote the wellbeing of the LGBT community in the South. Mission: unity through diversity and social awareness. Second Tuesday/ month, 7pm, at FCN office, 307 E. Harris St., 2nd floor. ongoing. 912-288-7863.

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1 Drill sergeant’s syllable 4 Formal promise?

10 Casablanca’s country: abbr.

13 Land on the Med. Sea 14 He wrote of Walden Pond 16 Diminutive ending, in Italian 17 Pop artist who used faceless stick figures 19 Big shot in the office 20 Serial piece 21 Budget brand of Intel CPUs 23 “Comfortably ___” (Pink Floyd) 24 Jazz great with the album “High Priestess of Soul” 27 Location finder, briefly 28 High-rated search engine, once 29 Hip hop fan, maybe 30 Increasingly hard to find net surfer 31 Calvin and Naomi 33 “The Devil’s Dictionary” author 36 ___ and Guilder (warring “The Princess Bride” nations) 37 They may include twists 38 Dip ___ in the water 39 Handout after a checkup 40 Choke, or a joke 43 15th-century Flemish painter 46 “Damn Yankees” vamp 47 Vlad, as the legend goes 48 Green energy type 49 You, to Yves 50 He played Locke on “Lost” 54 “I’d like to buy ___” (“Wheel” request) 55 With great skill 56 Battle (for) 57 Ave. crossers 58 Had a debate 59 Superlative ending

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1 Outdoors activity 2 Depletes

3 Rainbow creators 4 “Am ___ only one?”

5 “Keep it down!”

6 Condo grp.

7 Part of ETA 8 German cameras 9 Highway sections 10 Of small organisms 11 Two-person basketball game 12 Andy and Mickey 15 “Unattractive” citrus 18 Margarine holder 22 Campfire remains 24 Parachute fabric 25 Finishes a cake 26 Message response that’s not really a response 28 “Footloose” actress Singer 30 Cold sore-fighting brand in a tiny tube 31 Mall booth 32 “___ get this party started” 33 “Gimme Shelter” speedway 34 Oft-mocked treats 35 “Helicopter” band ___ Party 36 Dish served with a distinct sound 39 “Cyrano de Bergerac” star Jose 40 Become available to the general public, as a new website 41 “Thank U” singer Morissette 42 January birthstone 44 Utah ski resort 45 “I ___ drink!”

46 Reed recently deceased 48 Flooring meas.

51 D&D, e.g.

52 “___ Mama Tambien” 53 “Bravo, matador!”

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ers and runners) and experienced athletes. Fun runs. Advice from mentors.

Monthly meetings with quality speakers.

Frequent social events. Sign up online or look for the Savannah Striders Facebook page. ongoing. savystrider.com. ongoing

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heather@savpride.com. ongoing Stand Out Youth

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

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

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

912-352-2611. ongoing Health Affordable Health Care Act: Information Session

Learn about healthcare options and healthcare changes that are taking place. Hosted by Bill Lucas Insurance A one hour presentation provides the basics of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Mini workshops after each seminar that will offer... - Computer labs to help determine your individual situation - Information on tax credits and cost sharing programs - Information about new physician/facility/hospital networks - Medicare Specialist on hand to answer questions - Company representatives to answer individual questions Movie room with popcorn for kids. This is not a political event, it is a consumer information session. Free and open to the public. 912-660-8525. jessicamnieckowski@gmail.com. billlucasinsurance.com/events. cgc.georgiasouthern. edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Alcoholics Anonymous

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

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

Open to the public 24 hours/day, year round. Confidential. All items collected are destroyed by the Drug Enforcement Administration. ongoing. 912-344-3333. armstrong.edu. about.armstrong.edu/ Maps/index.html. ongoing Armstrong Atlantic State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Bariatric Surgery Information Session

Information on bariatric surgery and the program at Memorial Health Bariatrics. Learn surgical procedures offered, support and education programs involved, and how bariatric surgery can affect patients’ lives. Call or see website for info. Free to attend. Hoskins Center at Memorial. ongoing. 912-3503438. bariatrics.memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. ongoing Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave.

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Part of Memorial University Medical Center’s free lecture series for cancer survivor, addressing the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social aspects of healing from cancer. Please preregister. Free and open to the public.

912-350-7845. memorialhealth.com.

Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute (at Memorial Health Univ.

Medical Center), 4700 Waters Ave. Chakras Master Class

The 7 major Chakras are energy databases in the body. Chakra master Ellen Farrell leads a workshop on this energy system with movement,demo,and practice. $60. Reservations required.

(912-­‐247-­‐4263). ellenfarrell.com.

Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Free Hearing and Speech Screening

Hearing: Thursdays, 9am-11am.

Speech: First Thursdays,. Call or see website for times. ongoing. 912-3554601. savannahspeechandhearing. org. savannahspeechandhearing.org/. ongoing Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E 66th St. Free HIV Testing at Chatham County Health Dept.

Free walk-in HIV testing. 8am-4pm Mon.-Fri. No appointment needed.

Test results in 20 minutes. Follow-up visit and counseling will be set up for anyone testing positive. Call for info. ongoing. 912-644-5217. ongoing Chatham County Health Dept., 1395 Eisenhower Dr. Health Care for Uninsured People

Open for primary care for uninsured residents of Chatham County. Mon.Fri., 8:30am-3:30pm. Call for info or appointment. ongoing. 912-443-9409. ongoing St. Joseph’s/Candler--St. Mary’s Health Center, 1302 Drayton St. Health Insurance Marketplace Enrollment Assistance

Enroll in the new health care plan between Oct. 1, 2013 and March 31, 2014.

Free, in-person guidance and counseling for enrolling in the new health plan can be done by appointment at: Curtis V. Cooper Health Clinic, 912527-1115; and J.C. Lewis Health Clinic, 912-721-6726. Or general information at CVS, Kroger, Rite-Aid, Walgreens, or Walmart pharmacies. Through March 31, 2014. 912-651-7730. chathamcountysafetynet.org. Through March 31, 2014 Hypnobirthing

Teaches mother and birth partner to use her natural instincts, trust her body, release emotions and facilitate relaxation during labor and delivery.

Five class series on Monday evenings, 6pm. Location: 100 Riverview Dr. $300/ group sessions. $600/private sessions.

Call or email for info and reservations. ongoing. 912-704-7650. carroll362@ bellsouth.net. ongoing Hypnosis, Guided Imagery and Relaxation Therapy

Helps everyday ordinary people with

everyday ordinary problems: smoking, weight loss, phobias, fears, ptsd, life coaching. Caring, qualified professional help. See website or call for info. ongoing. 912-927-3432. savannahypnosis. com. ongoing La Leche League of Savannah

A breast feeding support group for new/ expectant monthers. Meeting/gathering first Thursdays, 10am. Call or see website for location and other info. ongoing. 912-897-9544. lllusa.org/web/ savannahga.html. ongoing Living Smart Fitness Club

An exercise program encouraging healthy lifestyle changes. Mon. & Wed. 6pm-7:15pm Hip Hop low impact aerobics at Delaware Center. Tues. 5:307:00 Zumba at St. Joseph’s Candler African American Resource Center.

(Program sponsors.) ongoing. 912-4476605. ongoing Planned Parenthood Hotline

First Line is a statewide hotline for women seeking information on health services. Open 7pm-11pm nightly. ongoing. 800-264-7154. ongoing Savannah CPR Initiative

An initiative by the City of Savannah to train 6,000 Savannahians in CPR by year’s end. The City will train 1,000 Savannahians in CPR this year. Each of these trainees will in turn pledge to train at least five other individuals, bringing to 6,000 the total number of Savannahians trained in CPR. The hope is that “Savannah’s 6,000” will vastly improve our community’s ability to respond to sudden cardiac emergencies, doubling our survival rate for witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. Call for info. ongoing. 912-651-6410. ongoing Workshop and luncheon: Refresh, Restore & Renew

Learn about area resources and services available to enable successful care-giving of a loved one. Presenters include representatives from Senior Citizens, Coastal Health District and Riverview professionals. Free to attend.

Please RSVP for lunch. 912-354-8225 Ext. 259. Riverview Health and Rehabilitation Center, 6711 LaRoche Ave. Kid’s Happenings Irish Dancers of Savannah

Savannah’s first organized Irish dance school welcomes dancers, ages 4 and up. Learn Irish Step and Ceili (Irish square) Dancing at a relaxed pace.

Convenient mid-town location. Whether just for fun, or for competition, IDS is for everyone. Adult classes available.

Call or email for info. ongoing. 912-8975984. irishdancsav@aol.com. ongoing Mommy & Me Yoga

Bring your baby (6 weeks-3 years) to this fun class that is beneficial for both of you! Meet other moms, exercise, relax and learn ways to release stress.

No experience in yoga is needed. Sign up preferred, but not necessary. $10 Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. 912-656-9663. awakeningyogastudio.com. Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m Awakening Yoga Studio,

2453A US Highway 17.

Savannah Children’s Museum School Year Hours

SCM hours beginning 8/31/13 will be Sunday 11am-4pm; Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm. Open on holiday Mondays that SCC Public Schools are not in session including Labor Day. For more details go to savannahchildrensmuseum. org ongoing. ongoing Savannah Children’s Museum, 655 Louisville Road.

Toddler Tuesdays at Oatland Island Wildlife Center

Toddlers 6 months to 4 years, and their adults. Themed programs--story books, singing songs, finger puppet plays, crafts, guided walks, up close encounters with Oatland animals. Preregister by 4pm Monday. $5 children.

Gen. Admission for adults ($5 or $3 for military & seniors) Tuesdays. 912-3951500. oatlandisland.org. oatlandisland. org/. Tuesdays Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. Music 13th Colony Sound (Barbershop Singing)

“If you can carry a tune, come sing with us!” Mondays, 7pm. ongoing. 912-3449768. savannahbarbershoppers.org. ongoing Thunderbolt Lodge #693, 3111 Rowland Ave.

An Evening of Island Music with a Southern Flair

The Moon River Café will sponsor “An Evening of Island Music with a Southern Flair” as a fundraiser for the Frank Callen Boys & Girls Clubs Music Maker Program. Music performed by Mr. Melvin Dean, local Steel Drum musician.

The Clubs are sponsoring a Steel Drum Program to expand the knowledge of its members. Other levels of giving are: tenor drum pan: $ 50.00, cell drum pan: $100.00 and bass drum pan: $ 500.00. All proceeds will go to sponsor this innovative program . $ 25.00 tickets 912-233-2939 ext 2 or ext 6. fcbgcdd@ comcast.net. moonriverbrewing.com/.

Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St. Live Music with Craig Tanner

Live music every Wednesday with Craig Tanner and rotating guests such as Eric Britt, Eric Dunn and Mr. Williams. FREE Bonna Bella Waterfront Grille, 2740 Livingston Avenue.

Music: Armstrong Percussion Ensemble

In concert. $6. Free for Armstrong.

Tue., Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m. armstrong.edu.

Tue., Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m AASU Fine Arts Auditorium, 11935 Abercorn St. Piano Concert:Faure, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Liszt

Guest pianist Silvije Vidovic, D.M.A. performs Frenchman Gabriel Faure’s Spanish court dance Pavane op.50, Frederic Chopin’s wildly dramatic Sonate No.3 in B minor, op.58, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Variations on a Theme of Corelli, op.42 and Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody no.8. Free and open to the public. armstrong.edu. AASU Fine Arts Auditorium, 11935 Abercorn St. Piano Lessons

Savannah Music Festival 2014 Line-Up Announcement Party

Sierra Hull in concert at this kick-off party for SMF tickets, which go on sale Nov. 7 at 10am. Free and open to the public savannahmusicfestival.org. charleshmorriscenter.com. Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St. Nature and Environment Campfire, S’mores and Stories

Meet and greet park visitors for Smores and stories around the campfire. Meet at Amphitheatre across from Picnic Shelter 4. $5 parking fee. Annual passes available. 912-598-2300. gastateparks.org/SkidawayIsland. gastateparks.org/info/skidaway/. Skidaway Island State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

Dolphin Project

Dolphin Project’s Education Outreach Program is available to speak at schools, clubs, organizations. A powerpoint presentation with sound and video about estuarine dolphins and their environment. Age/grade appropriate programs and handouts. See website for info. ongoing. thedolphinproject.org. ongoing Ebenezer Creek Canoe Day Trip

Canoe with the flow of clear black water heading toward the estuary and ocean, and observe wildlife as a Wilderness Southeast naturalist guide explains the river swamp ecosystem at work. Paddling instruction included. $50. Includes canoe. Reservations required. (912) 236-8115. naturesavannah@gmail.com.

Free Day at Oatland for Veterans and Active Duty Military

Celebrate Veterans’ Day at Oatland Island. Bring military ID and enjoy a complimentary day. All visitors are welcome to bring a picnic lunch. (912) 395-1500. internet.savannah.chatham. k12.ga.us/schools/oat/default.aspx. oatlandisland.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd.

off at EOA, 681 W. Anderson St. See website, email or call for info. ongoing.

912-238-2960 x126. dwproperty@aol. com. fundingfactory.com. ongoing Walk on the Wild Side

A two-mile Native Animal Nature Trail winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland, salt marsh habitats, featuring live native animal exhibits.

Open daily, 10am-4pm except Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-8983980. oatlandisland.org. oatlandisland. org/. ongoing Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. Wilderness Southeast

A variety of programs each month including guided trips with naturalists.

Canoe trips, hikes. Mission: develop appreciation, understanding, stewardship, and enjoyment of the natural world.

Call or see website for info. ongoing.

912-236-8115. wilderness-southeast. org. ongoing Readings & Signings Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club

Meets last Sunday of the month, 4pm.

Call for info. ongoing. 912-447-6605. sjchs.org/body.cfm?id=399. ongoing African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Kodac Harrison Book Event

Longtime Savannah favorite musician, poet and spoken word artist reads/ performs selections from The Turtle and the Moon, his newly published retrospective featuring nearly 40 years worth of poems and song, as well as color plates of Harrison’s paintings. thebookladybookstore.com. thebookladybookstore.com/. The Book Lady Bookstore, 6 East Liberty St.

Recycling Fundraiser for Economic Opportunity Authority

Support EOA through the FundingFactory Recycling Program. Recycle empty cartridges, cell phones, small electronics, laptops, to EOA for recycling. They will receive technology products and cash. Businesses may also recycle items on behalf of EOA for credit. Drop

Seersucker Live: The Big Flock of Birds Episode

Featuring six poets from publisher, Birds, LLC. Sommer Browning, Dan Magers, Sampson Starkweather, Ana Bozicevic, Emily Pettit, Chris Tonelli.

Ages 18+ $10 ($5 w/ student ID) seersuckerlive.com. Gallery Le Snoot, 6 East State Street.

Tea Time at Ola’s (Book Club)

A book discussion group that meets the 4th Tuesday, 1pm. Bring a book you’ve read this month and tell all about it.

Treats to share are always welcomed.

Tea is provided. Call for info. ongoing.

912-232-5488. liveoakpl.org/. ongoing Ola Wyeth Branch Library, 4 East Bay St. Religious & Spiritual Art of Peaceful Living

How is it possible to apply the ancient art of Buddhist meditation to today’s hectic and busy modern world? Join us to learn how to solve your problems and develop a peaceful mind by applying Buddha’s classic advice to daily life.

Everyone is welcome to attend, no previous experience necessary. Drop in for

any class. $10 or $5 seniors/students (912) 358-0228. meditationinsouthcarolina.og. unityofsavannah.org/. Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Band of Sisters Prayer Group

All women are invited. Second Tuesdays, 7:30am-8:30am. Fellowship Assembly, 5224 Augusta Rd. Email or call Jeanne Seaver or see website for info. “The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hands of the Lord.”

(Prov. 21:1) ongoing. 912-663-8728. jeanneseaver@aol.com. capitolcom.org/ georgia. ongoing Catholic Singles

A group of Catholic singles age 30-50 meet frequently for fun, fellowship and service. Send email or check website to receive announcements of activities and to suggest activities for the group. ongoing. familylife@diosav.org. diosav. org/familylife-singles. ongoing Clothing Giveaway

FREE CLOTHES! St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church will be having a fall and winter clothing giveaway on November 9th, 2013 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm in the church parking lot. All are welcome! For more information contact the church office at 233-8895.

Free 912-233-8895. alisongaudry@att. net. St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 10 W 31st St. continues on p. 52

Lecture: Growing Up in a Tumultuous China

Weihua Zhang, author of Dream Variations: A Journey Across Two Continents, on her early memories of living through a turbulent China, including the Anti-Rightist Movement, Great Leap Forward, Three-Year Famine, and Cultural Revolution. Zhang teaches composition and various literature classes at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Flannery O’Connor

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A happy hour networking gathering for folks who want to save the Earth. Second Tuesday of each month at 5:30pm.

Location varies monthly. September gathering at Zunzi’s 2. Free to attend.

Cash bar. second Tuesday of every month, 5:30 p.m. second Tuesday of every month, 5:30 p.m

Childhood Home 2013 Gulfstream Fall Lecture Series. Free and open to the public. 912-233-6014. flanneryoconnorhome.org. Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 E. Charlton Street.

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Give the gift of music. Piano lessons with a classically trained instructor, with theater and church experience.

Adults & children welcome. All levels.

Call Renee Miles, 912-312-3977. GA Music Warehouse. ongoing. georgiamusicwarehouse.com/. ongoing Georgia Music Warehouse, 2424 Abercorn St.

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Guided Silent Prayer

ARIES

(March 21-April 19) I’m not a big fan of fear. It gets far more attention than it deserves.

The media and entertainment industries practically worship it, and many of us allow ourselves to be riddled with toxic amounts of the stuff. Having said that, though, I do want to put in a good word for fear.

Now and then, it keeps us from doing stupid things. It prods us to be wiser and act with more integrity. It forces us to see the truth when we might prefer to wallow in delusion. Now is one of those times for you, Aries. Thank your fear for helping to wake you up.

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20) “Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings,” wrote W.H. Auden. If that’s true, then your job is to be a poet right now. You seem to be awash in a hubbub of paradoxical inclinations, complete with conflicting desires and mismatched truths.

There’s no shame or blame in that.

But you do have a responsibility to communicate your complexity with honesty and precision. If you can manage that, people will treat you with affection and give you extra slack. They might even thank you.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20) What can you do to improve your flow? Are there obstructions in your environment that keep you from having a more fluidic rhythm? Do you harbor negative beliefs that make it harder for life to bestow its natural blessings on you? Now is the time to take care of glitches like these, Gemini. You have more power than usual to eliminate constrictions and dissolve fixations. Your intuition will be strong when you use it to drum up graceful luck for your personal use. Be aggressive. Be bold. Be lyrical. It’s high time for you to slip into a smooth groove.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22) In the beginning of his novel *The White Castle,* Orhan Pamuk offers this meditation: “To imagine that a person who intrigues us has access to a way of life unknown and all the more attractive for its mystery, to believe that we will begin to live only through the love of that person—what else is this but the birth of great passion?”

How do you respond to this

provocative statement, Cancerian?

Here are my thoughts: On the one hand, maybe it’s not healthy for you to fantasize that a special someone can give you what you can’t give yourself. On the other hand, believing this is true may inspire you to take an intriguing risk that would catalyze invigorating transformations. Which is it?

Now is a good time to ruminate on these matters.

portunities to increase your cash flow. For example, if you wake up in the middle of the night with an idea for boosting your financial fortunes, I hope you will have a pen and notebook by the bed to write it down.

SCORPIO

way for fun. Toward that end, it’s totally permissible for you to tell amusing stories that aren’t exactly factual and that bend the rules not quite to the breaking point.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Canadians Tommy Larkin and Stephen Goosney are biological brothers, but they were adopted by different families when they were young. They lost touch for almost 30 years. Once they began looking for each other, it didn’t take long to be reunited. Nor did they have to travel far to celebrate. It turns out that they were living across the street from each other in the same small town in Newfoundland. I foresee a metaphorically similar experience in your future, Leo. When you get reconnected to your past, you will find that it has been closer than you realized.

“Not for all the whiskey in heaven,” begins a poem by Charles Bernstein. “Not for all the flies in Vermont. Not for all the tears in the basement. Not for a million trips to Mars. Not for all the fire in hell. Not for all the blue in the sky.” Can you guess what he’s driving at? Those are the things he will gladly do without in order to serve his passion. “No, never, I’ll never stop loving you,” he concludes. According to my understanding of your astrological cycle, Scorpio, now is a good time for you to make a comparable pledge. What is the one passion you promise to devote yourself to above all others? And what are you willing to live without in order to focus on that passion? Be extravagant, pure, wild, and explicit.

Some spiritual traditions regard the ego as a bad thing. They imply it’s the source of suffering -- a chronically infected pustule that must be regularly lanced and drained. I understand this argument. The ego has probably been the single most destructive force in the history of civilization.

But I also think it’s our sacred duty to redeem and rehabilitate it.

After all, we often need our egos in order to get important things done. Our egos give us the confidence to push through difficulties.

They motivate us to work hard to achieve our dreams. Your assignment, Aquarius, is to beautify your ego as you strengthen it. Build your self-esteem without stirring up arrogance. Love yourself brilliantly, not neurotically. Express your talents in ways that stimulate others to express their talents.

VIRGO

SAGITTARIUS

PISCES

This will be an excellent week for you to talk with yourself -or rather, with yourselves. I’m envisioning in-depth conversations between your inner saint and your inner evil twin . . . between the hard worker and the lover of creature comforts . . . between the eager-to-please servant of the greater good and the selfsufficient smartie who’s dedicated to personal success. I think that in at least some of these confabs, you should speak every word out loud. You should gesture with your hands and express colorful body language. It’s prime time for your different sub-personalities to get to know each other better.

Dmitri Razumikhin is a character in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel *Crime and Punishment.* His surname is derived from the Russian word for “reason.” At one point he makes a drunken speech that includes these observations: “It’s by talking nonsense that one gets to the truth! Not one single truth has ever been arrived at without people first having talked a dozen reams of nonsense, even ten dozen reams of it.” Let’s make this a centerpiece of your current strategy, Sagittarius. Just assume that in order to ferret out the core insights that will fuel your next transformations, you may need to speak and hear a lot of babble.

Dr. Seuss wrote his children’s books in English, but he liked to stretch the limits of his native tongue. “You’ll be surprised what there is to be found once you go beyond ‘Z’ and start poking around,” he said. One of the extra letters he found out there was “yuzz,” which he used to spell the made-up word “yuzz-a-ma-tuzz.”

I recommend that you take after Seuss -- not only in the way you speak, but also in the ways you work, play, love, dream, and seek adventure. It’s time to explore the territory beyond your comfort zone.

LIBRA

CAPRICORN

In the coming week you will probably have more luck than usual if you play keno, craps, blackjack, bingo, or roulette. People who owe you money will be inclined to pay you back, so you might want to give them a nudge. I won’t be surprised if you find a $20 bill lying on the sidewalk or if a store cashier accidentally gives you way too much change. In the wake of these tendencies, your main assignment is to be alert for op-

At the 2013 Grammy Awards, actor Neil Patrick Harris introduced the band Fun this way: “As legendary gangster rap icon Katharine Hepburn once said, if you follow all the rules, you miss all the fun.”

Everything about that vignette is a template for the approach you can use now with great success.

You should gravitate toward festive events and convivial gatherings.

Whenever possible, you should sponsor, activate, and pave the

LEO

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Acoustical songs, 30 minutes of guided silent prayer, and minutes to receive prayer or remain in silence. Wednesdays, 6:45-8:00pm at Vineyard Church, 615 Montgomery St. See website for info. ongoing. vineyardsavannah.org. ongoing A New Church in the City, For the City

Gather on Sundays at 10:30am. Like the Facebook page “Savannah Church Plant.” ongoing. ongoing Bryson Hall, 5 E. Perry St. Read the Bible in One Year

A Bible book club for those wanting to read the Bible in one year. Open to all. Book club format, not a traditional Bible study. All welcome, regardless of race, creed, sexual orientation, religion.

Thurs. 6:00pm-7:00pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912-233-5354. ongoing Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, 622 E. 37th Street.

Savannah Friends Meeting (Quakers)

Un-programmed worship. 11am Sundays, third floor of Trinity United Methodist Church. Call or email for info.

All are welcome. ongoing. 912-3088286. savbranart@gmail.com. trinitychurch1848.org/. ongoing Trinity United Methodist Church, 225 West President St. Savannah Reiki Share

During shares, participants take turns giving and receiving universal life force energy via Reiki and other healing modalities. Present at the shares are usually no less than 2 Reiki Masters.

Come share with us on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month at the Sweet Water Spa in downtown Savannah. Sign up at Savannah Reiki Share or Reiki by Appointment on Facebook. Free ongoing, 7 p.m. 440-371-5209. ongoing, 7 p.m Sweet Water Spa, 148 Abercorn Street.

Savannah Zen Center

Buddhist study classes, yoga workshops, retreats, Reiki sessions, attunements, meditation, classes, events. See website for location and schedule, or see Facebook page. ongoing. savannahzencenter.com. ongoing Service of Compline

A chanted service by candlelight held every Sunday night at 9pm. “Say goodnight to God.” Presented by Christ Church Anglican. ongoing. ongoing Independent Presbyterian Church, Bull Street and Oglethorpe Ave. South Valley Baptist Church

Weekly Sunday services. Sunday school, 10:00am. Worship, 11:30am. Tuesday Bible Study/Prayer Service, 6:30pm.

Pastor Rev. Dr. Barry B. Jackson, 480 Pine Barren Road, Pooler, GA “Saving a nation one soul at a time.” ongoing. ongoing Tapestry Church

A church for all people! We don’t care what you are wearing, just that you are here. From the moment you walk in until the moment you leave, Tapestry is committed to delivering a creative, challenging, straight forward, and honest message about the role of biblical principles in your life. Come experience

Theology on Tap

Meets on the third Monday, 8:30pm10:30pm. Like the Facebook page: Theology on Tap Downtown Savannah. ongoing. distillerysavannah.com. ongoing The Distillery, 416 W. Liberty St. Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah

Liberal religious community where people with different beliefs gather as one faith. Sundays, 11am. Email, call or see website for info. ongoing.

912-234-0980. admin@uusavannah. org. uusavannah.org. uusavannah.org. ongoing Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah, 313 Harris St. Unity Church of Savannah

Sunday Celebration services 9:15am and 11am. Children’s Church and childcare 11am. Thursday noon prayer service. See website or call for info on classes, workshops, and more. ongoing. 912-355-4704. unityofsavannah. org. unityofsavannah.org/. ongoing Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Sports & Games 2013 Enmark Savannah River Bridge Run

Saturday, December 7. Conquer Savannah’s Talmadge Bridge, a 1.4-mile span at a 5.5% grade, 196 feet above the Savannah River, on foot. Walkers and runners welcome. See website for info on registration, including fees and deadlines. Through Dec. 7. SavannahRiverBridgeRun.com. Through Dec. 7 Adult Coed Flag Football League

8x8 Coed Flag League. Play adult sports, meet new people. Sponsored

by Savannah Adult Recreation Club.

Wed. nights/Sun. mornings, at locations around Savannah. $450. Minimum 8 games. Ages 18+. Coed teams. See website or call for info. ongoing. 912220-3474. savadultrec.com. ongoing Adult Coed Ultimate Frisbee League

Sponsored by Savannah Adult Recreation Club. Thurs. nights/Sun. morning matches. in Daffin and Forsyth Parks. $350/team. Ages 18+. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-220-3474. savadultrec.com. ongoing Derby Devils Roller Derby Classes

Roller derby league offers 12-week courses for beginners, recreational scrimmaging for experienced players and two annual bootcamp programs.

See website for info. ongoing. savannahderby.com. ongoing Grief 101 Support Group

Seven-week morning or eventing adult support grooup offers tools to learn to live with loss. Tuesdays, 10am-11am; or Thursdays, 6:00pm-7:00pm. Free of charge. Offered by Hospice Savannah, Inc. Call for info. ongoing. 912-3039442. ongoing Full Circle Center for Grief Support, 450 Mall Blvd., Suite H.

Savannah Bike Polo

Like regular polo, but with bikes instead of horses. Meets weekly. See facebook for info. ongoing. facebook.com/savannahbikepolo. ongoing USMNT (Soccer) American Outlaws Chapter

USMNT is a national soccer team that represents the U.S. in international soccer competitions. American Outlaws Savannah chapter of USMNT meets regularly. Call for details. ongoing.

912-398-4014. bdburgers.net. ongoing B & D Burgers (Congress St.), 912-2388315.

Support Groups ACOA-Al-Anon

The “From Survival to Recovery” Adult Children of Alcoholics/Al-Anon Group is a fellowship and support group for those who grew up in alcoholic or dysfunctional homes. Meets Thursdays, 5:45pm at the 24-Hour Club, 1501 Eisenhower Dr. Call for info. ongoing.

912-598-9860. ongoing Alcoholics Anonymous

For people who want or need to stop drinking, AA can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Free to attend or join. Check website for meeting days/times, or call 24 hours a day. ongoing. 912-356-3688. savannahaa. com. ongoing Alzheimer’s Caregiver and Family Support Group

For individuals caring for Alzheimer’s and dementia family members. Second Monday, Wilm. Isl. United Methodist Church, 195 Wilmington Island Rd. Second Thursday, Ruth Byck Adult Care Center, 64 Jasper St. Sponsored by Senior Citizens, Inc. Call for info. ongoing.

912-236-0363 x143. ongoing Amputee Support Group

Open to all who have had limbs amputated and their families or caregivers.

Call for info. ongoing. 912-355-7778. ongoing Back Pain Support Group

Second Monday of every month,7:00pm.

Denny’s Restaurant at Hwy. 204. Everyone is welcome. For more info, contact Debbie at 912-727-2959 ongoing. ongoing Brain Injury Support Group

For traumatic brain injury survivors and their caregivers. Third Thursdays, 5pm. In the gym of the Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial. ongoing. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. ongoing Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Breast Cancer Survivors Group

Tuesdays, 5:20pm at First Presbyterian Church. For survivors and caregivers.

Call for info. ongoing. 912-844-4524. fpc.presbychurch.net. ongoing First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. Cancer Support Group

For anyone living with, through or beyond a cancer diagnosis. First Wednesdays, at Lewis Cancer Pavilion. Call for info. ongoing. 912-819-5704. ongoing Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Re-

search Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. Children’s Grief Support Group

Seven week structured educational support group for children 6-17. Support, coping tools, utilizing play and activity to learn to live with loss. Free of charge. A service of Hospice Savannah, Inc. Call for dates. ongoing. 912-3039442. ongoing Full Circle Center for Grief Support, 450 Mall Blvd., Suite H. Citizens With Retarded Citizens

For families with children or adults with autism, mental retardation, and other developmental disabilities.

Meets monthly. Call for info. ongoing.

912-355-7633. ongoing Citizens With Retarded Citizens, 1211 Eisenhower Drive.

Coastal Empire Polio Survivors Assoc.

Meets regularly to discuss issues affecting the lives of polio survivors. Call or see website for info. Polio survivors and guests are invited. James Aberson, Chatham County ADA Coordinator, will be the speaker. Free and open to the public. ongoing. 912-927-8332. coastalempirepoliosurvivors.org. ongoing Couples with Fertility Challenges

Saturdays, 6:45pm at Savannah Christian Church. For couples dealing with primary or secondary infertility, whether for one or many years. Call or email for info. ongoing. 912-596-0852. emptycradle_savannah@hotmail.com. ongoing Savannah Christian Church, 55 Al Henderson Blvd.

Debtors Anonymous

For people with debting problems.

Meets Sundays, 5pm-6pm at Unity of Savannah. See website or call for info. ongoing. 912-572-6108. debtorsanonymous.org. unityofsavannah.org/. ongoing Unity Church of Savannah, 2320 Sunset Blvd.

Eating Disorders Anonymous

Free, volunteer-led support group for recovery from anorexia/restrictive eating and/or bulimia/binge/purging. Not a diet group, nor for those who struggle solely with overeating. Mondays, 7:30pm-8:30pm. Email for info. ongoing. edasavannah@yahoo.com. ongoing Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. Essential Tremor Support Group

For those with the disease, care partners, family and caregivers. Managing the disease, treatments and therapies, quality of life. First Thursdays, 3:00pm4:30pm. Call for info. ongoing. 912819-2224. ongoing Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. Fibromyalgia Support Group

Second Thursdays, 5:30pm-6:30pm.

Call or see website for info. ongoing.

912-819-6743. sjchs.org. sjchs.org. ongoing Candler Heart and Lung Building, 5353 Reynolds Ave. Gambling Problem 12 Step Program

Twelve step program offers freedom from gambling. Meets weekly. Leave message with contact info. ongoing.

912-748-4730. ongoing Georgia Scleroderma Support Group

A group for people with scleroderma for the greater Savannah area and surrounding counties. Meets regularly.

Call for day and time. Lovezzola’s Pizza, 320 Hwy 80 West, Pooler. Info: 912412-6675 or 912-414-3827. ongoing. ongoing

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an environment that helps you connect with God and discover his incredible purpose for your life. Join us every Sunday morning 10AM at the Habersham YMCA. tapestrysavannah.com. ymcaofcoastalga.org/. YMCA (Habersham Branch), 6400 Habersham St.

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Hospice Savannah’s Full Circle offers a full array of grief support groups and individual counseling for children, teens and adults is available at no charge.

Counseling is offered at 450 Mall Blvd., Suite H in Savannah, and appointments are also available in the United Way offices in Rincon and in Richmond Hill.

Call or see website for info. ongoing.

912-303-9442. HospiceSavannah.org/ GriefSupport. ongoing

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Heartbeats for Life

Free support and education group for those who have suffered from or want to prevent or reverse heart disease and/or diabetes. One Tuesday/month, 6pm. Call or email for date. All meetings at Southwest Chatham Library. ongoing. 912-598-8457. jeff@heartbeatsforlife-ga.org. ongoing Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. Klinefelter Syndrome/47-XXY Support Group

For parents of children with this diagnosis, and for men with this diagnosis.

Started by the mother of a boy with 47XXY. Email to meet for mutual support. ongoing. amkw21@gmail.com. ongoing Legacy Group: For individuals with advanced and recurrent cancer.

Group addresses the concerns of advanced and recurrent cancer survivors from the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social aspects of healing. To register for a specific session and to learn about the group, please call Jennifer Currin-McCulloch at 912-350-7845. ongoing. 912-350-7845. ongoing Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute (at Memorial Health Univ. Medical Center), 4700 Waters Ave. Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma Support Group

For patients with blood-related cancers and their loved ones. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-350-7845.

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