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OCT 8-14, 2014

Starring

The Motown Experience

The 25th Annual

Savannah Folk Music Festival 10th, 11th & 12th October, 2014 FRIDAY 10TH OCTOBER

Folk Fest in Ellis Square 7pm-11 pm

Featuring: Chris Desa, Mike Maddox, David Alley, Amburgey & Hanson, Jim McGaw and CYNERGY

Noteworthy Art and Guitar Auction

featuring past and present members of:

The Temptations The Miracles The Capitols Saturday, November 29

Lucas Theatre Savannah

7:00pm to 9:30PM Rainsite: Stewart Hall, First Presbyterian Church 520 Washington Ave SATURDAY 11TH OCTOBER

Youth Songwriting Competition Finals 2:00-3:00 pm Prizes worth $1000/- from event sponsor Portman’s Music Superstore.

Folk songwriting workshop with Michael Johnathon 3:30 to 5:30 pm

Both events will be held at: Stewart Hall, First Presbyterian Church 520 Washington Ave

Old Time Country Dance 7:30-11pm

You’ll reminisce with such hits as Get Ready, Tears of a Clown, Can’t Get Next To You, Tracks of My Tears and Cool Jerk. All performed in that soulful, Motown style with their trademark harmonies and dazzling choreography that made Motown the music of generations.

For tickets and more information visit:

AMOTOWNCHRISTMAS.COM Or call Savannah Box Office 912-525-5050

Notre Dame Academy Gym, 1709 Bull Street Music by: THE HUNGRY MONKS SUNDAY 12TH OCTOBER

CONCERT IN GRAYSON STADIUM 1:30 to 7:30pm Featuring: Ironing Board Sam, Pam Rose, Loren & Mark, Songwriting competition winner, Michael Johnathon and ELIZA GILKYSON Concessions available on site - NO COOLERS please.

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC For more Info: www.savannahfolk.org call (912) 355 3357 or (912) 898 1876 Major Sponsors of the FREE Savannah Folk Music Festival

OCT 8-14, 2014

Come and enjoy an extraordinary, unforgettable evening of classic Motown hits combined with all of your favorite Christmas classics.

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Week At A Glance

compiled by robin wright gunn | happenings@connectsavannah.com Week At A Glance is Connect Savannah’s listing of events in the coming week. If you want an event listed, email WAG@ connectsavannah.com. Include specific dates, time, locations with addresses, cost and a contact number. Deadline for inclusion is 5pm Friday, to appear in next Wednesday’s edition.

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Brush Up: An Arts Networking Event

Art Rise Savannah's monthly networking event for artists, creatives and arts enthusiasts. Email for location and time.

Free and open to the public. info@artrisesavannah.org. artrisesavannah.org

Film: Arriva Dorellik aka How To Kill 400 Duponts (1967, Italy)

A rare, extremely dark comedy that's a satire of '60s caper and crime films. Presented by Psychotronic Film Society.

8 p.m The Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. $6 sentientbean.com

Open House and 15 Year Anniversary Celebration

An open house and information evening about the services this health care center provides, including primary and emergency medical care, dental services, behavioral health care and outreach and enrollment for the Affordable Care Act. Refreshments will be provided.

5-7 p.m J. C. Lewis Primary Health Care Center, 125 Fahm Street.

Free and open to the public.

912-721-6702. jclewishealth.org

Pooler Farmers' Market

Featuring regional farmers, local cottage industries and community non-profits.

4-7 p.m.

Pooler Recreation Complex, Pooler Parkway.

Free and open to the public. poolerfarmersmarket.com

Wednesday Night Supper Club

A new Savannah tradition. Gather at Pacci's community table to make new friends and share in a night of food, wine and Southern hospitality. With seasonally inspired dishes from Executive Chef, Roberto Leoci.

7-9:30 p.m.

Pacci Italian Kitchen + Bar, 601 E Bay St. Call for pricing. Reservations required.

912-233-6002. jackie.blackwelder@paccisavannah.com

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10th Annual Tybee Island Pirate Fest: Buccaneer Ball

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The kickoff to this annual Tybee Island festival features a pirate costume contest and the coronation of the Pirate Festival King and Queen.

6-10 p.m The Crab Shack, 40 Estill Hammock Rd. (912) 786-5444. tybeepiratefest.com

10th Annual Tybee Island Pirate Festival: Pirate Victory Parade Sat / 11

64th Annual Greek Festival

Get your Greek on! Homemade Greek foods, desserts, Greek dancing, church tours, market place, live Greek music.

11 a.m.-9 p.m Savannah Hellenic Center, 14 West Anderson Street.

Free Thurs. and Fri. until 4pm. $2 Thurs. and Fri. after 4pm. $2 Saturday savannahgreekfest.com/

Bethesda Farm Stand

Bethesda students and staff sell fresh produce, organic garden seedlings and farm-fresh eggs.

3-5:30 p.m.

Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. 912-351-2061. bethesdaacademy.org

Celebrate Armstrong Festival

Kick off the Celebrate Armstrong weekend.

More than 50 departmental and student organization booths, ride the mechanical bull, climb the rock wall, games and contests, and a lineup of live entertainment.

12-6 p.m Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Free and open to the public. armstrong.edu/celebrate

Documentary: Pirates of Savannah and Beyond The premiere of a film on pirate history in Savannah, Charleston, and St. Augustine.

Sponsored by filmmaker Michael Jordan/ Cosmos Mariner Productions, The Pirates' House, and Southbound Brewery, which is brewing a Pirate Beer for the occasion.

6:30 p.m The Pirate's House, 20 East Broad St. Free and open to the public. Film DVD available for purchase.

Friday / 10 Let's Build It! Community Radio KickOff Party

Celebrating the beginnings of a new community radion station--Savannah Soundings. Team members meet-and-greet plus a contest: Best Program Idea.

5:30-7:30 p.m Ampersand, 36 MLK Jr. Blvd.

Free and open to the public.

912-231-2252. divervicki@aol.com. https://facebook.com/events/353481524811089/

10th Annual Tybee Island Pirate Festival: Day One, plus Fireworks

10 a.m.-7 p.m.Little Matey’s Cove (kids area) 5pm-11pm Thieves' Market and Main Stage with entertainment by Lynn Ave.; Damon & the Shit Kickers; Chuck Courtenay. Fireworks after dark.

10 a.m.-11 p.m South Beach, Tybee Island. $12. Weekend pass: $22. Children free.

912.713.2321. tybeepiratefest.com

64th Annual Greek Festival

Get your Greek on! Homemade Greek foods, desserts, Greek dancing, church tours, market place, live Greek music.

11 a.m.-9 p.m Savannah Hellenic Center, 14 West Anderson Street.

Free Thurs. and Fri. until 4pm. $2 Thurs. and Fri. after 4pm. $2 Saturday savannahgreekfest.com/

Lecture: Are Students With Criminal Histories Invisible on College Campuses?

Armstrong instructor Maxine Bryant lectures on students with criminal histories on college campuses and how they often feel more invisible and less included than other students.

12-1 p.m Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Free and open to the public.

912-344-2971. armstrong.edu

Discover the Archives Workshop

A general introduction to the City of Savannah's Municipal Archives intended for those who have never visited. Participants learn about the Municipal Archives history, types of records available, and how to identify and request historical materials.

9-10 a.m. & 12-1 p.m Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

Free to attend. Please pre register.

(912) 651-6411. Lspracher@savannahga.gov. savannahga.gov/MunicipalArchives

Dreadful Pestilence: Savannah Epidemic of 1820.

A candlelight upstairs-downstairs tour and living history program recreating the horror of Savannah's 1820 yellow fever epidemic that devastated the city. This is the final year for this program to be available to the general public.

Not suitable for children under age 8.

Oct. 10-11, 7:30 & 8:45 p.m Davenport House, 324 East State St. $15 in advance for adults, $10 in advance children (ages 8-17) and $17 for adults and $15 for children at the time of the performance 912-236-8097. info@davenporthousemuseum.org

Ex Libris 15-Year Anniversary Celebration

SCAD-owned book and art supply store hosts a day of free activities. Vendors presenting art demonstrations and samples, raffle prizes. Music by SCAD Radio. Faculty and Author table with signings.

11 a.m.-4 p.m Ex Libris, 228 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

Free and open to the public.

912-525-7577. exlibris.bkstr.com

Film: Love is Strange (US/France, 2014) CinemaSavannah presents a special screening of this new release featuring John Lithgow and Alfred Molina as a couple who marries in NYC, then one faces termination from his Catholic school teaching job. In English and Russian, with English subtitles.

Spotlight Theatres Eisenhower Square Cinema 6, 1100 Eisenhower Dr. $7 if mention CinemaSavannah

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MONDAYS Free Bacon Night TUESDAYS Dollar Drink Night SATURDAYS Live Music - 8pm Ever changing & evolving food & drink menu Weekly special menu Dreadful Pestilence: Savannah Epidemic of 1820 fri & Sat

t r y H/ 11igh s L o wc o u n Saturday

Every night Service Industry domestic beer & shot - $5

Film: Rye Coalition Documentary

Savannah Folk Festival: Friday Folk Fest in Ellis Square

Chris Desa, Michael Maddox, David Alley, Amburgey and Hanson, Jim McGaw, CYNERGY, Ensemble Sing-along. Rain location: First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. 7-11 p.m Ellis Square Free and open to the public. savannahfolk.org/Events/

Theatre: Spine Tingling Tales

A late night ghost show that's appropriate for most ages, but a little bit scary. Produced by Odd Lot Comedy Troupe.

11 p.m.

The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. $25 soucyman@gmail.com. spinetinglingtales.com

Theatre: The Faraways

An original live musical theater show, presenting its national tour premiere.

Fridays: 7PM Saturdays: 12PM, 3:30PM and 7PM Sundays: 1PM and 4PM 7 p.m Savannah Mall, 14045 Abercorn Street. $17.50; $15/military, $10/children; free 3 & under. savannahmall.com/

10th Annual Tybee Island Pirate Festival: Pirate Victory Parade

Baby buccaneers welcome at this family friendly parade through the island. Parade participants will pass out treasure.

3-5 p.m Tybee Island, Tybee Island.

912.713.2321. tybeepiratefest.com

10th Annual Tybee Island Pirate Festival: Day Two, featuring Mother's Finest Funk rock legends Mother's Finest headlines tonight's entertainment. With Liquid Ginger and Voodoo Soup.

10 a.m.-7 p.m.Little Matey’s Cove 5pm-11pm Thieves' Market.

10 a.m.-11 p.m South Beach, Tybee Island. $15 . Weekend pass: $22. Children free.

912.713.2321. tybeepiratefest.com

OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK 4PM TIL 1AM 4523 HABERSHAM ST | HABERSHAM SHOPPING VILLAGE | 355.5956

50% off Any Adventure Weekend Special

Flying high Sat. & Sun. just got lower with our half price weekends.

2 hour ZipLine tour $45 & 2 hour Aerial Adventure challenge courses $25

64th Annual Greek Festival

Get your Greek on! Homemade Greek foods, desserts, Greek dancing, church tours, market place, live Greek music.

11 a.m.-9 p.m Hellenic Center, 14 West Anderson Street.

Free Thu/Fri until 4pm. $2 Thu and Fri. after 4pm. $2 Saturday savannahgreekfest.com/

AMBUCS Celebrity Bowlapalooza

Watch local celebrities bowl for dollars, to benefit AMBUCS' AMtryke giveaway program for differently abled Savannahians.

Donate to your favorite bowler.

9 a.m.-noon AMF Savannah Lanes, 115 Tibet Ave. Free to attend. Donations encouraged. savannahambucs.com/ continues on p. 6

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ADVEN Hilton URE Head

Book either 2 hour adventure, wall and/or bungeeactivities trampoline.

8 interconnected ziplinesthen try our rock climbing 50 in-the-tree challenging on on a to guided thruwaterfront the trees easy to hard, Zip next door thetour casual Up the Creek Pub & Grill6 courses, overlooking the water & boats. with dual cable racing finale. for a 5-yr-old to a Marine.

Dog friendly. Self-guided, harnessed & helmeted.

Heights to 75 ft, Ages 10+

ziplinehiltonhead.com 843.682.6000 aerialadventurehiltonhead.com

Reservations preferred. Check websites for age, weight and other info. 33 Broad Creek Marina Way, HHI

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Award winning film tells the story of the almost-fame of this New Jersey band.

7:30 p.m Graveface Records & Curiosities, 5 W. 40th Street. ryecoalitionthemovie.com

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Bonaventure After Hours: Stories, Nightfall & More!

Midnight Garden Ride

Family-friendly, nighttime ride benefiting the Savannah Bicycle Campaign, a non-profit advocacy organization working to build a better Savannah through bicycling.

Post-ride festivities include Good & Evil Party in Ellis Square with a live concert, costume contest, raffle and more! Sponsored in part by Connect Savannah.

7 p.m Ellis Square, Barnard Street and St. Julian Street. $35 midnightgardenride.com

Savannah's only after-hours cemetery event, in this riverside Victorian cemetery.

5-8 p.m.

Bonaventure Cemetery, 330 Bonaventure Rd. $35 912-319-5600. info@bonaventurecemetery.com

Celebrate Armstrong: Beach Music Blow Out

Music by Band of Oz. Fireworks. Military salute. Bring a picnic or purchase lowcountry boil, online by 9/29.

6-9:30 p.m Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. Free to attend. $15 for lowcountry boil. $10 w/ Pirate ID. armstrong.edu/celebrate

Dreadful Pestilence: Savannah Epidemic of 1820.

Film: The Goonies (1985, USA)

A candlelight upstairs-downstairs tour and living history program recreating the horror of Savannah's 1820 yellow fever epidemic that devastated the city. This is the final year for this program to be available to the general public.

Not suitable for children under age 8.

Oct. 10-11, 7:30 & 8:45 p.m Davenport House, 324 East State St. $15 in advance for adults, $10 in advance children (ages 8-17) and $17 for adults and $15 for children at the time of the performance 912-236-8097. info@davenporthousemuseum.org

Savannah Folk Festival: Saturday Old Time Country Dance

Theatre: The Faraways fri -Sun

Speilberg classic about a kid rock band trying to save their town. Starring the Corey Feldman, Sean Astin, and Josh Brolin.

7 p.m Trustees Theater, 216 East Broughton St. $8 savannahboxoffice.com

Film: Peter Pan (USA, 1953)

Walt Disney’s 1953 animated classic, based on J.M. Barrie’s play. Originally released on February 5, 1953, Peter Pan is the last Disney film in which all nine members of Disney’s Nine Old Men worked together as directing animators.

The Folk Festival version of this monthly event features music by The Hungry Monks. Sponsored in part by Connect Savannah.

7:30-11 p.m Notre Dame Academy, 1709 Bull St. savannahfolk.org

3 p.m Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. Free and open to the public. lucastheatre.com

Forsyth Farmers Market

Local and regional produce, honey, meat, dairy, pasta, baked goods.

9 a.m.-1 p.m Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St. Free to attend. Items for sale.

912-484-0279. forsythfarmersmarket.com

Savannah Folk Festival: Youth Songwriting Competition

Local young songwriters perform their work for a panel of judges, and the public.

Sponsored in part by Connect Savannah.

2-3 p.m First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. Free and open to the public. savannahfolk.org/Events/

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“If Ever These Rivers Should Speak”

Thursday October 16, 6:30 pm

FREE! T EL FA I R .O R G

jepson center

Telfair presents Words & Shadows: “If Ever These Rivers Should Speak,” a performance of poetic expressions of people and events related to the natural water systems that define Savannah geographically and historically. Directed by artist Jerome Meadows, this performance will encompass spoken word, digitally projected text, drumming, and dance. All of the performers are local and of various ages and, along with poetry, will represent a range of creative disciplines.

THE SAVANNAH RIVERFRONT THROUGH ARTISTS’ EYES

Admission is freej thanks to funding from the City of Savannah. epson center

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Silver Peacock Party

A benefit and party celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home Foundation and the ongoing effort to preserve this award-winning author’s legacy in Savannah.

5-8 p.m Armstrong House, 447 Bullstreet. $100 912.233.6014. flanneryoconnorhome@gmail.com. flanneryoconnorhome.org

Theatre: Spine Tingling Tales

A late night ghost show that's appropriate for most ages, but a little bit scary. Produced by Odd Lot Comedy Troupe.

11 p.m.

The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. $25 soucyman@gmail.com. spinetinglingtales.com

Wilmington Island Farmers' Market

Vendors offering produce, prepared foods, crafts, plus storytime, music.

111 Walthour Rd @ Islands Community Church.

Free and open to the public

Conflict MMA: Havoc

Mixed martial arts is back in town.

7 p.m MLK Jr Arena, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $25 - $75 savannahcivic.com

Sunday / 12 10th Annual Tybee Island Pirate Festival: Final Day

A mellower version to wrap up the festival, featuring Tybee Church at 11am on the Main Stage. Little Matey’s Cove all day.

11 a.m.-4 p.m South Beach, Tybee Island.

912.713.2321. tybeepiratefest.com

Psychotronic Spooktacular at Muse Arts Scare House

5pm: Two Evil Eyes (1990, USA) This overlooked anthology features two adaptations of short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, made by esteemed horror filmmakers.

8pm: Symptoms (1976, U.K.) A shocker about a mentally disturbed in the English countryside.

5 & 8 p.m Muse Arts Warehouse, 703 Louisville Rd. $7 for one film or $12 for complete double-feature (prices include free popcorn or candy at each film) MuseSavannah.org

God on Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors

Part of Asbury's month-long series of services based on Broadway musicals.

11 a.m Asbury Memorial UMC, 1008 Henry St. Free and open to the public. Love offering. asburymemorial.org

Lecture: Personal Experience and Literary Influence

Novelist Larry Baker's novel A Good Man updates the world of Flannery O'Connor's characters through the Bush years and into the age of Obama.

4 p.m

Flannery O;Connor Home, 207 E. Charlton Street.

Free and open to the public. flanneryoconnorhome.org

Naughty or Nice?

• Rentals & Sales • Wigs, beards, hats, feathers, hosiery, & accessories • Professional line of makeup • Open all year round • Over 10,000 sq. feet of costume excitement!

Lecture: The Central of Georgia Railway: A Part of Savannah's History

Allen Tuten of the Central of Georgia Railway Historical Society on the history of the railroad and its economic importance to Savannah.

2 p.m Bloomingdale History Museum, 250 E. Hwy. 80.

Free and open to the public.

912-920-2299. carndt2651@aol.com

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Music With a Mission: Songs of Home

Concert benefiting Emmaus House, featuring performances by Lyric Arts Ensemble with special guest, Kurt Ollmann.

3-4:30 p.m First Presbyterian, 520 Washington Ave. Free and open to the public. Donations for Emmaus House accepted.

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Savannah Folk Festival: Main Event

Headliner: Eliza Gilkyson. Other performers: Ironing Board Sam, Pam Rose, Loren and Mark, Youth Songwriting Competition Winner, and Michael Johnathon.

1:30-7:30 p.m Grayson Stadium, 1401 East Victory Dr. Free and open to the public. savannahfolk.org

Savannah Sacred Harp : Gregorian Chant Meets Bluegrass

Explore the history and practice of shape note music, a 200-year-old style of hymn singing.

4 p.m Flannery O’Connor Home, 207 E. Charlton Street.

Free and open to the public.

912-233-6014. flanneryoconnorhome.org

WildLife Refuge Lunch and/or Sightseeing Cruise

Includes commentary by "Teddy Roosevelt" in the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge.

Oatland Island Wildlife Center brings animal friends on board.

11 a.m.-3 p.m Savannah Riverboat Cruises, 9 East River Street.

Lunch & Sightseeing: $49.95-21.95 912-232-6404. info@savannahriverboat.com. savannahriverboat.com

WWE Live: Pro Wrestling

Fan favorite WWE stars Roman Reigns, Kane, The Lunatic Fringe.

5 p.m Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $15-$95 912-651-6550. savannahcivic.com/events

Tuesday / 14 Green Drinks Eighth Anniversary Gathering

Happy Birthday to this roving monthly happy hour for anyone interested in a greener Savannah.

5:30-7:30 p.m Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St. Free to attend. Cash bar. greendrinkssav@gmail.com

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editor’s note

Two Savannahs, further apart than ever

by Jim Morekis jim@connectsavannah.com

Alderman Tony Thomas: We’ve got to stop making excuses about not doing things until the new chief comes in place. If we wait for the new chief to get in place and get his feet wet in this community, when are we talking about? June. I’m asking for a report to see what our police department has been doing so far. I want to know, because I don’t think enough is being done.

Alderman John Hall: But why do we need it?

What are we supposed to do with the report?

— From last week’s City Council meeting THIS PAST weekend was an incredible snapshot of what Savannah has become.

Saturday morning, the Forsyth Farmer’s Market was bustling. Closer to the waterfront, huge crowds made their way to River Street for the wiener dog races at Oktoberfest. Simultaneously, the Savannah State homecoming parade festively wound its way through downtown.

Massive new hotels continued rising at both ends of Bay Street. Ben Carter’s developments around downtown continued apace, with even more properties apparently acquired.

Meanwhile out on the Southside, the parking lots were jammed with happy shoppers happily spending money.

Sunday night, a record-breaking crowd came to enjoy perfect fall weather at Picnic in the Park. (Traditionally, crowds for Forsyth performances are informally measured by how close they extend back to the tennis courts. For the first time I’ve ever seen, the Picnic crowd went all the way back. We are finally approaching Peak Park.)

Savannah has come such a long way in such a short time. It’s amazing, and inspiring, to see.

But the past week also showed a much more disturbing snapshot of another side of life here.

A different homecoming celebration never happened, as Savannah High School cancelled all weekend events, including the homecoming game with Johnson, because of

a pair of shootings near campus.

In those shootings, a 15-year-old was shot in Avondale and a 16-year-old was shot on Hawthorne Street.

That wasn’t all.

On Tuesday a bizarre extended gun battle happened in Gordonston. Twenty-three shell casings were found.

On Thursday a 30-year-old man was shot at Seiler and Live Oak. On Saturday morning, a fatal shooting on Waters Avenue.

On Saturday night, a shooting on Damon Street.

Also on Saturday night, a shooting at Oglethorpe and Wilder.

All on the heels of a summer of two dozen shootings, culminating in the officer-involved killing of Charles Smith last month.

The unvarnished, unsentimental fact of the matter is that one part of Savannah has already left the other one behind in the rearview mirror.

One Savannah, largely white and prosperous, has become a vibrant New South hub, envy of its region.

Another Savannah, largely African American and low-income, is plagued by out-ofcontrol gun violence and societal distress.

One Savannah doesn’t understand why the other refuses to talk to police and isn’t more vocal about crime, why they march in anger about a black man killed by a white cop but seemingly won’t make a peep about relentless black-on-black crime.

The other Savannah is tired of explaining why they don’t trust police or politicians, why they long ago stopped believing the promises, why they aren’t as excited about the new planters on Broughton Street.

The gap in mutual understanding is vast.

And the unfortunate, uncomfortable truth is that the gap could continue to widen for a long time to come, with disastrous results.

There is every likelihood that downtown Savannah will continue morphing into a Disneyfied entertainment/tourism zone of corporate interests catering to affluent visitors, ringed with and surrounded by uncertainty and socioeconomic despair.

The near-inevitable split of the City/ County police merger will only highlight our racial and class divide. Once again we’ll have a City police force patrolling the lowincome, high-crime areas and protecting the tourism zone at all costs, and a County

police force mostly concerned with speeding tickets and DUIs in the unincorporated areas.

You may know Pastor C. MeGill Brown of Second African Baptist Church from these pages, in our ongoing contributions from Canyon Ranch Institute and Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health Care, whose board he chairs.

More to the point with regards to local crime, Pastor Brown is not coincidentally a police chaplain and a Savannah High grad.

Commenting on the recent avalanche of shootings, Pastor Brown nailed it when he told WSAV: “I was waiting this morning. When I got up this morning I’m going to get calls from the NAACP. I’m going to get calls from the County Commission, I’m going to get calls from the City Manager, I’m going to get calls from the community leaders. That we need to continue to march, we need to protest, to do something about this. And my phone didn’t ring. Nobody said a word.”

For the Savannah left behind, the only chance for salvation—in every sense of the word—is for more leaders like Pastor Brown to emerge.

Young, engaged, refusing to accept the status quo, and yes, a bit disgusted.

The current crop of politicians, black and white, isn’t cutting it. As the last Council meeting showed, many have lost touch.

Others have simply thrown up their hands. And some don’t seem to really know why they’re in office at all.

It’s not all their fault. Unlike so-called strong-mayor cities such as Charleston, Savannah’s city charter grants our elected leaders very little actual power. Even Mayor Edna Jackson is essentially only one vote out of nine on City Council.

For better or worse, all political power in the City vectors through the City Manager’s office. That fact not only makes it easy for our elected officials to duck accountability, it makes it easy for big money and big developers to continue having their way with downtown Savannah—as many of its surrounding neighborhoods continue to decline and the bullets continue to fly.

Simply put, both Savannahs are approaching critical mass, but in very different directions.

It’s time for a new crop of leaders to emerge who are up to the double-edged challenge. cs

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THEATRE FOR THE ARTS

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By Jessica Leigh Lebos jll@connectsavannah.com

DISNEY’S PETER PAN PRESENTED BY AMIA OCTOBER 11TH 3PM FREE EVENT!

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SAVANNAH PHILHARMONIC

BIZET, BERLIOZ, AND SEBILIUS OCTOBER 17TH 7:30PM

Everybody knows that in this world, you gotta have a thick skin to survive.

Some seem to be born with the ability to shake off adversity and insult, untroubled by the distractions of injustice and imminent environmental catastrophe.

The rest of us fashion reptilian armor to protect ourselves from the slings and arrows of this outrageously unfair and hectic life.

Hearts on sleeves are rarely rewarded and not recommended.

I don’t know about yours, but my alligator hide must’ve been manufactured at the same Taiwanese factory that makes crappy dollar store umbrellas.

The weather’s finally turned fall gorgeous, but last week still brought in quite a storm: ISIS and Ebola and Augusta Avenue and the Koch Brothers marauding our country’s resources and political system like a couple of sociopathic pirates in pinstripe suits.

Pile that on with raising a teenager, a barrage of emails from unhappy readers and a weeping blister accrued by a shitty pair of shoes, and I’m feeling as shredded as a piece of laundry left on the line.

(On that note, I extend an apology to the history department of Armstrong University for erroneously reporting that no local representatives were present at the Slave Dwelling Project Conference mentioned in my Sept. 24 column. Associate professor Dr. Michael Benjamin attended and participated in several discussions after the event profiled in the story.)

Mr. Waddie Welcome would have turned 100 years old this summer.

Fortunately, there was a salve last Tuesday at Muse Arts Warehouse, where activist authors Tom Kohler and Susan Earl had arranged to film the telling of their book, Waddie Welcome and the Beloved Community.

The book follows the life of Savannah citizen Waddie Welcome, born with cerebral palsy and relegated to a faraway nursing home after his parents passed away in the 1970s. Mr. Welcome managed to charm practically everyone who crossed his electric gaze, drawing Kohler, Earl, “angel-on-earth” Addie Reeves and dozens of others into a circle of advocacy that eventually helped bring him home. It’s both a biography and a fable, with a moral lesson far more joyful than any of Aesop’s.

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Waddie Welcome and the Beloved Community has also inspired a play, a spectacular quilt by Beth Mount, an interactive walking tour and other forms of art. Tuesday’s reading—filmed and edited by Jay Self and Andy Young and assisted by Jay’s daughter, Emily—will be released by Inclusion Press and used as an educational resource for organizations like Citizens Advocacy that work to increase the dignity of those living with disabilities.

I have a copy on my nightstand, and I wouldn’t miss the opportunity to see it presented in person. And as it turns out, there couldn’t have been a better place to show up with one’s protective shell in tatters.

As the slowly-dying Absurdivan puttered up to Muse with all the oompf of a

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Soucy Rand and her husband, Mark, always so busy behind the scenes and tirelessly holding this space for art and authenticity.

I didn’t want to scare assistant city attorney Lester Johnson, so I let him off with a firm handshake. But Tammy Kenckel, a service coordinator for Williams Court Apartments, and her husband, Tom, who’s on the board of community radio station Savannah Soundings (see story on page 14), weren’t so lucky. hippopotamus in the last stages of emphyBy the time punk rock goddess Angel sema, I glimpsed a Who’s Who of some Bond and Mike English (the bluesiest bank of Savannah’s biggest champions of social president that ever lived) began to croon and change: strum Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Standing at the stoop of the concrete Come,” I was a bit punch-drunk on the love, staircase was Molly Lieberman, who in a totally non-Beyoncé kind of way. spends her days funneling love and art into For this was the kind of event for which the children and grown-ups at the West Broad Y. Standing next to her was Clinton The (Civil) Society Column was conceived: Edminster, the ever-smiling, octopus-armed A gathering of some of Savannah’s most courageous souls, people unafraid to be booster behind ArtRise Savannah. And then came kisses from my favorite preschool helpful and hopeful, ready to act but not willing to move ahead until everyone else teacher in the world, Ms. Maggie Smith, has caught up. who has preserved playful childhoods for Martin Luther King, Jr. called it the over 30 years at Maggie’s Morning School.

Beloved Community. I’ve come to think of it Within minutes, my drooping spirits were as a far better safeguard for our survival than bolstered from their friendly squeezes. spiky stegosaurus skin. A lot cozier, too.

I traveled down this gauntlet of love “What we believe has so much to do with into the arms of Barbara Daughtry, who I shared some laughs with at the annual Citi- what happens in the world,” counseled Tom from the podium, reminding how powerful zens Advocacy potluck last May. She may only be barely four feet tall, but Barbara has we are when we are brave enough to be vulan embrace that can knock even the heaviest nerable to each other.

He enjoined us to share what lessons we chip off one’s shoulder.

I got a hug out of former Citizens Advo- learned from Waddie Welcome’s story on big posters in the Muse lobby. cacy chairman Robert Cohen, but only I thought a minute, then wrote, “The antiafter he gave me the hard sell for his book dote for despair is service.” of poetry, Joys Fears and Tears, a lovely read After many warm good-byes and “see y’all based on his experiences living in a wheelchair and getting his degree from Savannah soon”s, I went home to repair my armadillo fleece for another day. Amid snuggles from State. and gratitude for my beautiful family, I I collected more handclasps and hugs thought of something else: from fellow writers Amy Paige Condon That hugs are the best kind of medicine, and Kris Monroe, and pressed cheeks with author and SCAD professor Susan Falls. I especially when given with arms wearing flung some good vibrations at Muse’s JinHi hearts all over their sleeves. cs

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by artists including Ben Sollee and the A.J. Ghent Band. This year the party will be held in Ellis Square.

“We outgrew the parking lot and a small sound system from the first couple years, into full concert productions with a live band in Ellis Square this year. It’s really the The exciting to see,” says Wade. festival MidSBC chair William McIntosh agrees, and atmonight Story By John Bennett says he is looking forward to holding the sphere, Garden event in one of Savannah’s favorite public Photos by Wayne C. Moore yet that origiRide, a nightspaces. nal essence has time bicycling event “We were in Telfair Square for the last remained.” that attracts hundreds of two years and had very successful events Previously held on Labor Day Week- there,” he says. “Moving to Ellis Square, people—many in elaborate costumes— end, this year’s event is scheduled for Oct. for a ride through Savannah’s historic however, gives us more room and will 11. Moving the date later in the year is an districts has become something of a local allow more people to enjoy the music and experiment that should yield some key ben- festivities.” tradition, but that doesn’t mean the annual efits, according to event chair David Acuff.

Charlotte’s Ancient Cities is performevent has become staid.

“First off, it will definitely be cooler,” he ing at this year’s Good and Evil Party. The Now in its sixth year, it has continually group was formed by Stephen Warwick, evolved. The route has changed, the number says. “A hint of autumn in the air makes for excellent bicycling weather. And because who gained notoriety in 2010 with his solo of participants has grown, and the location it’s closer to Halloween, we think that album “Talking Machine.” of the post-ride Good and Evil Party has will inject a little extra excitement into the Songs from that release can be heard in moved several times, but the core appeal of annual costume contest, which is already the movie Wicked Blood, starring Abigail the event has endured.

Breslin of Little Miss Sunshine fame. He “I had always loved the mysterious feeling competitive. It’s a friendly competition, but formed Ancient Cities with Justin Fedor of of Savannah’s streets at night by bike, so we it is a competition.”

Not only do contestants develop elaborate The New Familiars, Jonathan Erickson of hatched the idea of sharing that experience,” costumes, many also decorate their bikes to the now defunct band The Noises 10, and says Savannah Bicycle Campaign board keyboardist Matt Braniff. member Drew Wade, explaining the genesis support their costume themes.

The costumed humans and bicycles UK-based music magazine Inforty of the event. enliven the ride and the Good and Evil described the band as, “the gap between “Adding music and costumes to a parade Party, which has grown to include concerts indie-rock and classic rock with swift, fuzzy of bicycles with blinking lights completed

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guitars, excited drumming and dreamy atmospheres.”

Registration, available online at midnightgardenride.com, is required to participate in the ride, but the Good and Evil Party is open to the public.

The route winds south from the National Landmark Historic district, through the Victorian District, Ardsley Park and Parkside neighborhoods to Daffin Park, before returning to Ellis Square.

“This year we’ve slightly modified the route to make it even more enjoyable, both for people who have ridden with us before and for new riders,” McIntosh says.

He emphasizes the Midnight Garden Ride is a casual, social ride, not a race. A police escort closes streets as the ride rolls along and volunteer marshals pedal among participants to keep the ride safe and fun.

The total distance of the ride is approximately 10 miles.

“Riding through Savannah at night, surrounded by people who are excited to ride and happy to help each other out just adds to the beauty,” says Maggie Kantor, volunteer coordinator for the event. “My favorite part of the ride is going through Daffin Park because you can see bike lights like fireflies stretching for miles around you.”

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“I’ve seen bicycling rates increase substantially since I have been here,” says Caila Brown, who came to Savannah in 2007 to attend SCAD. Brown now serves as vice chair of the Savannah Bicycle Campaign board.

“I believe we have had a significant role in this trend through our work with the city government to develop new infrastructure, and our efforts to encourage residents and visitors to ride bikes,” she says.

Savannah’s emergence as a bicycle tourism destination is evident from the national bicycle tour companies that now regularly operate in Savannah, the popularity of Chatham Area Transit’s CAT Bike bicycle sharing program and travel writers exploring bicycling angles in their stories on Savannah.

Last month Visit Savannah launched a webpage designed to help tourists make

bicycling a part of their experience in Savannah.

Locals’ love for bicycling is also growing.

The League of American Bicyclists released a study last week that analyzed census data on commuting habits and found that Savannah is No. 4 in the South for bicycle commuting modeshare.

And the actual ranking could be much higher, as the census data under counts the legions of SCAD students who use their bicycles for daily transportation.

Kantor said the diversity and passion of Savannah’s bicycling community are represented by the volunteers, who are essential to the success of the event. Along with SBC members, volunteers from the Coastal Bicycle Touring Club, the Southeast Georgia Chapter of the Southern Off-road Bicycling Association, the Savannah Wheelmen and the Metropolitan Savannah Rotary Club cooperate to produce the event.

“I love seeing the community come together to make it happen,” she says. “It’s a wonderful event, not only because of the fun ride and concert, but because it gives you the chance to hang out with awesome people.” cs

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GET READY to reprogram your preset buttons: there’s a new radio station in town.

Well, almost. A year and half after the FCC announced that it was opening Low Power FM (LPFM) bandwidth to nonprofits and other qualified organizations, a group called Savannah Soundings has received its license to build.

Touted as “community radio with a global soul,” Savannah Soundings will provide airspace for progressive politics and environmental issues, a variety of musical genres, children’s programming, radio theater and more, with a focus on engaging all facets of Savannah culture. With a minimum of 56 hours a week to fill, time slots might transmit talk shows dedicated to scientific research, blocks of tunes by local bands and bedtime stories in Spanish.

“We want to provide voice and visibility to individuals, organizations, events and projects that showcase the diversity of our local culture,” says Vicki Weeks, the nascent station’s project manager and president of Weeks Consulting.

With a footprint estimated to reach around 200K listeners, WRUU’s 100-watt license has a four- to five-mile transmission radius that will cover metropolitan Savannah and reach as far as Georgetown, Bloomingdale and Thunderbolt.

Studio plans have been drawn up for the basement of the Unitarian Universalist Church on Troup Square, and a sound engineer is on board. The station is expected to begin broadcasting as WRUU at 107.5 on the FM dial in September 2015.

But there’s still more work to be done before the static clears. Weeks and a team that includes social change consultant Sarah Todd and designer Tom Kenkel have now switched gears from the FCC’s arduous application process to fundraising.

“So, how are we going to pay for this thing?” laughs Weeks.

A successful push using the non-profit crowdsourcing site Crowdrise helped fund the initial engineering studies. The team has now launched “Let’s Build It,” a capital campaign to raise the additional $45K needed for the construction phase.

Founding memberships are available for $50 ($25 for students, seniors and military), and businesses can receive on-air exposure with sponsorship.

Some private individuals and public establishments are hosting events to help spread the word; the next one is “Cocktails for Community Radio” at Ampersand this Friday, Oct. 10.

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progressive bent to WRUU programming.

Labor unions, LGBT groups and social justice organizations are encouraged to share their visions as part of Savannah Soundings.

The WRUU team also wants Savannah’s artistic and start-up communities to represent, and the station has already solidified partnerships with The Creative Coast and

By Jessica Leigh Lebos the Coastal Jazz Association. jll@connectsavannah.com “We want to see how our mission can help them achieve theirs,” says Weeks, referfrom Unitarian values, but unlike the last commerce will have a part in Savannah ring to Savannah’s many forward-thinking time the FCC opened the airwaves to nonSoundings’ success, it will be a far cry from organizations. profits and the slots were snatched up by corporate radio, where the money dictates “This is a great opportunity for people churches fostering extreme right-wing view- and groups doing good work to get the word what comes out of hosts’ mouths. points, WRUU is dedicated to the princi“This is not a pay-to-play situation,” out.” ples of tolerance, compassion and diversity. assures Weeks. “We have a media ethics She adds that while the content will be “We hope that our community radio sta- a mélange of music, talk and news, it is far specialist on our governance team to ensure that our programming and fundraising don’t tion will make space for voices that aren’t from etched in stone: The public can still usually heard, either on the commercial air- offer input on programming through a new conflict.” waves or in the public square, and not just She also affirms that while Savannah survey at savannahsoundings.org. amplify our own,” says UUCS minister Rev. Soundings is indeed a project of the UniOn its website, Savannah Soundings Dave Messner. tarian Universalist Church of Savannah acknowledges the support it received through the Prometheus Radio Project, a non-profit that promotes social justice and economic equality through low power FM stations like WRUU. A Prometheus representative came through Savannah in June 2013 to spark interest in the soon-to-be-released bandwidth, and the organization provided Savannah Soundings and close to a thousand other groups with technical, legal and crowdsourcing advice through the FCC’s complicated application process.

“These diverse and inspiring LPFM applicants included schools, churches, Native American tribes, unions, immigrants’ rights groups and local artist collectives,” reports Prometheus policy director Sanjay Jolly.

“By the time the application window closed last November, 3,000 local organizations had applied for LPFM licenses, marking the largest expansion of community radio in American history.”

This week kicks off a steady schedule of fundraising events, culminating in WRUU’s “If first broadcast next fall. Once the station is we get it and has up and running, Weeks says one of Savanright, Savan- nah Sounding’s ultimate goals is to support received nah Soundings additional funda network of community stations throughradio will be an inclusive, out the Southeast. ing from its national imaginative and joyful parent association, “Wouldn’t that be amazing?” she exclaims. experience for everythere is no religious “You could drive all around the South and one it reaches.” agenda that champilisten to what’s happening in like-minded To fulfill the mis- communities.” cs ons the validity of sion of giving voice one belief system to non-tradiover another.

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Calling shenanigans on the new ballpark study ever. Instead, we were apparently planning a mass game-day road trip to Macon to spend our entertainment dollars there instead, but C.H. Johnson, only the allure of the Sand Gnats kept our the Chicago-based hard-earned money in the local economy. consultants paid Shenanigans. $55,000 by the City Reams of research have been compiled Council to perform on the economic impact of sports stadiums, a feasibility study and here’s what we have learned. There is of building a new, none. None. publicly-financed, baseball stadium for the Except for maybe a negative effect given Savannah Sand Gnats, seem to be under the impression we’re such rubes down here that the displacement of taxpayer dollars that we’ll accept anything as hard fact, so long as could have been spent on something useful, like sewers, or buses, or education, or, what it’s expressed as a number. the heck, lower tax rates.

Their “economic analysis” is so full of And C.H. Johnson and Hardball Capital laughable assumptions it’s actually deeply have seen those studies, but they seem to insulting, as a Savannahian, to know this is think we haven’t. So they stacked all these what they think City Council will accept.

There are a lot of little nit-picky assump- assumptions together, came up with the tions I could go after, like that it never rains unsupported idea that average attendance on game days, and visiting high schools put will jump from 2,000 to 3,000 for every game, all those folks will spend $16 miltheir players up in $220 per night hotel lion per year in Savannah that they would rooms. not have spent but for Wonder Stadium, But the fatal flaw of the “study” is one big whopper of a ridiculous idea: All of the and that spending will generate a whopping $90,000 per year in new tax revenue for the money spent in Savannah by people who City. attend a Sand Gnats game, on the day of So accepting all their assumptions, the that game, is directly attributable to the staCity will be able to pay off the $35 mildium. Every dime. lion in new debt it incurs for the stadium So for instance, say a bunch of folks are approximately never. Even if the county in town for a destination wedding, and the pitches in with its annual $500k in magically groomsmen decide to spend the afternoon at a Sand Gnats game. The report takes the brand new tax revenue, it would still take money they spend on their hotel room, and about 70 years to pay for a $35 million stalunch, and dinner, and beer, and their tickets dium, and that’s without any land or infraand assumes that all that money they spent structure costs—that’s just the building.

The final rationale for the stadium is that is a direct economic impact of the stadium. residential and commercial development of This would only be true if the bride the Savannah River Landing site will only picked Savannah for her wedding venue be attractive to a private developer if a large because of our awesome new ballpark. central riverfront portion of the site is used Now I suppose it’s possible that a few for seasonal minor league baseball games bros might swing by for a bachelor party and a few concerts, but sits otherwise vacant, weekend, drawn in by the allure of our surrounded by parking the rest of the year. historic Gnats, and if they did, that would Infrastructure investment, rezoning, tax indeed count as direct economic impact of incentives, and economic recovery may be the stadium. And that would be awesome. good enough to draw Ben Carter and RichBut the report assumes every single person at every single game wouldn’t have oth- ard Kessler to the central and western portions of Broughton Street, but only Wonder erwise spent a dollar in Savannah that day, Stadium can save the eastern end. had they not been drawn to do so by this Say it with me: shenanigans. cs awesome, mind-blowing, revenue-generating, money-printing new stadium.

And that is shenanigans.

Michelle Solomons is an attorney. She adds that she Similarly, C.H. Johnson assumes locals ‘was a very small part of the team that successfully will spend $34 on game days that we opposed $1 billion of taxpayer subsidy to build a wouldn’t have otherwise spent in Savannah, stadium for the Jets in midtown Manhattan.’

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Water, water everywhere Film event inspires awareness—and perhaps activism

By Jessica Leigh Lebos jll@connectsavannah.com

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IT MAY NOT BE as glitzy and glamorous as that other film festival coming up this month, but the Savannah Water Film Festival captivated a full house last week.

The brainchild of the City of Savannah’s Water Resources Bureau, the Oct. 1 festival invited local middle school students and teachers to watch a series of short films about humanity’s single most important resource.

“We wanted to show the different ways that water is valuable, from drinking water to watershed management to the fun things you can do in the water,” explains environmental planner Margosia Jadkowski, who hopes to make festival an annual event.

“The idea is that by showing students how we rely on our natural resources economically and culturally, they’ll understand how important it is to protect our environment.”

The bureau sponsored buses to bring in 800 eight graders from the STEM Academy, Charles Ellis, Myers, Hubert, Mercer and Hancock Day schools to the Lucas Theatre, which donated the space and provided the fresh popcorn.

Jadkowski said that eighth graders were an optimum target audience for the festival because their science curriculum begins to delve more deeply into biology and ecology.

As drought, pollution and battles over usage rights threaten the water supply and all that depends on it, these students will grow up in a world where these challenges will only continue to compound and increase.

“These issues may not impact these kids today, or even tomorrow. But they are definitely going to impact them in the future,” pointed out Water Resources & Public Works operations director and environmental engineer Heath Lloyd.

“We need to understand that we all share in this resource.”

After a short introduction and cheerful admonition to “change the world” from 16 Lloyd, the slightly rowdy crowd settled in

Chris Hannat’s short film, Before Too Long, examines the deteriorating ecological status of the Savannah River. for a variety of aqueous cinema: The films ranged from Beyond the Drop, which follows professional kayakers as they navigate majestically blue and impossibly steep waterfalls in southern Mexico, to Sunnydale Kids, a fast and furious testament to how a day of surfing can bring joy to kids living in urban neighborhoods.

The audience giggled heartily at the absurd humor of The Majestic Plastic Bag, a mockumentary complete with a David Attenborough-esque narrator that tracks the journey of a single “specimen” from the “open plains” of a parking lot, down a sewage pipe and finally to the “veritable plastic oasis” of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

The atmosphere became more somber as former SCAD student Chris Hannat’s Before Too Long crested closer to home.

Filmed in 2010, Hannat’s nine-minute segment focuses on the pollution of the Savannah River, the fourth most toxic river in the U.S. “We’re looking at a system with so many nooks and crannies that get filled with plastic and junk and polluants and so on that it becomes almost impossible to make it pristine,” Dr. Jay A. Brandes of the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography tells the camera, followed by long shots of garbage-strewn banks and industrial smokestacks.

“I think all of us need to understand that

even if what we’re contributing to the problem is minor compared to other things, it all is cumulative. It all adds up.”

While some may still believe that the South and its plentiful waterways are immune to the increasingly heated usage issues of the western regions of the country, the last film laid that myth to rest.

Who Owns Water follows brothers David and Michael Hansen as they canoe the Chattahoochee River in North Georgia all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. They split up for a few hundred miles as David cruises the parallel-flowing Flint River, and the brothers reunite on the Apalachicola in the Florida Panhandle. Their parallel journeys highlight river culture and ecology and how big city growth affects those downstream, creating a confusing tangle of legalities for Georgia, Alabama and Florida known as “The Water Wars.”

The documentary features lush wilderness landscapes and resonated particularly with the film festival audience, who has been examining the tri-state water use conflict this year at school in Georgia Studies, required for every eighth grader.

“This was so great because it’s exactly what we’re talking about in the classroom,” said STEM teacher April Harvey afterwards in the Lucas’ lobby.

Harvey’s colleague Allyson Morgan

concurred. “It’s taking what we’re teaching and showing how it has real-world issues and applications.”

But the real metric of the Savannah Water Film Festival’s success is whether the students realized the same value.

It appeared to have made a resounding splash as students poured out of the theater towards the buses, excitedly discussing which of the films was their favorite.

Julia from Ellis said she “loved the scenery” of Beyond the Drop while her classmate, John, said that Who Owns Water made him appreciate the different regions of Georgia profiled in the film.

“The one about the plastic bag was funny,” proclaimed Justin, a student from Mercer Middle School, adding that he would remind his mother to bring reusable bags on their next trip to the grocery store.

Others expressed deep concern about the seemingly hopeless plight of the Savannah River and the dwindling resources they’d been taking for granted.

“These films made realize that water is limited,” said André of Mercer, nodding solemnly.

“We really need to use it wisely.” cs All the films screened at the SWFF are available to watch on YouTube and/or Vimeo with the exception of Who Owns Water, available at whoownswater.org.

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Help yourself to better health with health literacy a desire – an expected and shared need among all people – to move their bodies Andrew Pleasant is Senior Director for Health regularly, always eat healthy food, moderate Literacy and Research at Canyon Ranch Insti- their sweets and treats, and love each other tute and a member of the Institute of Mediand themselves at all times. There was an cine (IOM) Roundtable on Health Literacy almost touchable reality that everyone could This article is part 3 of an occasional series live a happy and healthy life. for Connect Savannah readers and is writPeople gathered frequently in public and ten in homage to writer, scientist, and ecologist private to discuss the events of the day and Rachel Carson and Silent Spring, her nowcollectively make decisions about the town’s classic book on the environment. future. Individual choices and differences were always respected, while group cohesion Part 3: Vision of a health literate com- and shared benefit were equally valued. munity In short, this town in the heart of There once was a town in the heart of America was a healthy and happy commuAmerica where health seemed to come nity where health was truly embraced as a naturally for everyone. The town lay in the resource for living a happy and full life. midst of a checkerboard of organic and One day, for unknown reasons, the sun wholesome farms. Fresh fruit and vegetables rose to meet a newly cloudy sky. The light that broke through now revealed a disorgawere bountiful and affordable. Within the town itself, recreational opportunities were nized, gloomy, and unhappy community.

The demand for doctors and nurses free and plentiful – children, adults, and began to rise. People now feared illness as a senior citizens were often seen exercising guaranteed outcome of living. The specter with broad smiles on their faces. of early death began to cloud decisions. Fear Along the roads, local cooks prepared became a deciding factor so that those who and sold wholesome foods. People often walked to work and worked with little stress used to enjoy exercise now feared injury.

People who used to walk to buy fresh proor conflict with their colleagues or their competitors. Education was free and highly duce now stocked up on food preserved by chemicals. Those who used to enjoy cooking valued. a fresh family meal together now reheated Ever-present to those who listened, processed foods of unknown origin. within the clean air was a strong sense of

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By Andrew Pleasant, Ph.D.

In a health literate community, people find ways to move their bodies and enjoy the being with friends. Participants and members of the Core Team from the CRI Life Enhancement Program have formed a walking club as a 18 way to get more exercise every week.

Hospitals became full, emergency rooms became crowded, and the cost of providing “sick care” became a burden on the entire community. Those with less were often denied care, while those with more created havens that isolated them from the community’s shared reality.

Given the increased demands for care and to save time, health professionals developed a way of speaking that was unique to their profession – but no one else understood them. Some people became fearful of medicine and the health system, refusing to seek care until it was too late.

Parks became unsafe. Streets were left unclean. Parts of town began to lack access to fresh fruits and vegetables. Chronic diseases like diabetes, asthma, and heart disease that were once widely prevented became commonplace and accepted as normal. The community’s debt continued to grow from the costs of treating preventable diseases.

To save money, schools were closed or consolidated. Higher education became a privilege for a few – not a right for everyone.

Children who could not read and write well became adults who could not read or write well.

This town that once focused on preventing illness and promoting healthy lifestyles now ran only on fear, instead of on love. Academics often concluded the poor

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and sick were to blame for their problems because they did not comply with the orders from health care professionals that they didn’t understand.

This town is fictional, but the description truly reflects the reality of too many towns around our nation. What has changed over the past several decades is that health literacy disappeared. People lost their ability to find, understand, evaluate, communicate, and use information to make informed decisions about their life.

The poor became disenfranchised, slowly retreating into lifestyles that lacked fresh food and exercise but were abundant in depression and stress. People became shortterm pleasure seekers, instead of thinking about how everyone across their community can be supported to live a long and healthy life. Systems became over-burdened caring for ill and injured people who did not have the ability to care for themselves.

That dismal future, though all too real for too many people today, is not inevitable. We can work together to create a brighter future.

Embrace your own health, embrace your family’s health, embrace your community’s health! Actively work every day to prevent disease in your life. That is the path, through health literacy, to a happy, healthy future where good health is not only a human right but well within everyone’s reach.

A new group of participants in the CRI Life Enhancement Program meets with the integrative health team that will guide them through a 12-week program at Curtis V. Cooper Primary Health. A recent CRI LEP graduate says “this is not a 12-week program – this is a ‘rest of your life’ program.”

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matter has been packed together so densely its gravity is strong enough to keep light from escaping. Most people understand the general concept: you fall into a black hole, you get crushed to nothing, game over.

But there’s more to it. Once a black hole has formed, nothing can keep the matter inside it from continuing to compress till it reaches infinite density: a singularity. At infinity, the usual laws of nature are out the window. This has given rise to much woolly speculation: • Our universe and everything in it was spawned by a singularity and may someday Recently my friends and I argued about what would happen if a singularity were to suddenly collapse back into one.

• A singularity could become a so-called appear in the center of a room. I said it would white hole, basically a black hole that runs be so dense we would probably be super condensed by its gravity, while my friend Tim said backward in time. This turns the second law of thermodynamics on its head and it would slowly draw the rest of the world into itself. My friend Matt said it would simply fuck allows anything to spring fully formed out of nothing—an asteroid, a planet, destrucup all our shit: west would become fish, fish would become cheese, and cheese would become tive cheese.

You see where this is going: all our shit the ultimate destructive power. Who if any would be fucked up. among us is right? —Samuel Vasquez To avoid such things, theorists have come HMM . . . I’d have to say Matt. Little can up with the cosmic censorship hypothesis, which posits that singularities aren’t allowed be said with certainty about singularities. to go around naked in our universe; they’re However, we can reasonably surmise they always inside black holes. Remember, no would fuck up all our shit. light escapes from a black hole. If a singularCouple issues we need to get sorted out. ity is behaving in a disruptive manner inside, The first is assuming a singularity could who cares? Out of sight, out of mind. appear all by itself—a so-called naked sinSince we can’t usefully speculate about gularity. While theorists haven’t been able to singularities, let’s turn our attention to black rule this out, you really don’t want it to be holes. What would happen if one were to possible. appear in your living room?

The bigger issue is that you and Tim, at The black hole would have to be physileast, seem to be confusing a singularity with cally tiny to leave you outside its event horia black hole, a common mistake for spacezon—the boundary past which once you’re time newbs. Allow me to explain. in, you don’t get out (although see below).

A black hole is a region of space where

Even outside the event horizon you’d have to be far enough away that the black hole’s gravity wouldn’t immediately suck you in.

Let’s assume you can resist a force equal to half of earth’s gravitational pull, or ½ g.

If the earth was compressed into a black hole it would have a marble-sized event horizon, and would pull you into it with a force exceeding ½ g from a distance of about 5,600 miles.

Maybe Donald Trump’s living room is that big. Not mine.

A black hole the size of a hydrogen atom would contain as much mass as 1.6 times the water in all the Great Lakes and exert a ½-g pull from 2,000 feet away. Still no go.

A proton-sized black hole, though—that might work. It would weigh just 652 million tons, meaning you could approach as close as nine feet.

What happens if you get closer? The unpleasant phenomenon known as spaghettification. You’ll be torn to shreds by exponentially increasing tidal forces as you’re sucked into the black hole—32 g at one foot, 1,024 g at two inches.

How could a proton-scale black hole come to exist? The earth weighs 10 trillion times as much, but gravity hasn’t collapsed it to that size. What we need are some special circumstances. Options: • When the universe was born, it’s thought many black holes of various masses were created, some of which may have shrunk to micro scale by now due to quantum thermal radiation, as predicted by Stephen Hawking in 1974. The likelihood of one drifting to earth, much less showing up in your living room, is on the order of once every 10 million years.

• Powerful particle accelerators could smash subatomic particles together, creating a tiny region of super high density. But the black holes thereby created would evaporate almost instantaneously.

In short, the odds of a close encounter with a black hole are vanishingly small.

However, Hawking in a recent paper says black holes “should be redefined as metastable bound states of the gravitational field,” which I take to mean they may not necessarily be the one-way ticket to oblivion previously assumed.

In other words, whatever the quotidian vicissitudes, long-term there’s hope for our shit. cs By cecil adams Send questions to Cecil via straightdope.com or write him c/o Chicago Reader, 350 N. Orleans, Chicago 60654.

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And the shootings continue Seventeen-year-old Alvonte Mack, also known as “Mookie,” turned himself in to police last week. He is charged with aggravated assault and possession of a firearm in the commission of a crime, associated with the shooting of 16-yearold Benjamin Webber on the 2200 block of Hawthorne Street in the Pine Gardens neighborhood Oct. 2.

Responding officers found Webber with the gunshot wound on the sidewalk at 3:50 p.m. Webber was reported to have been conversing with a group of teens from the neighborhood who are familiar with each other when the shooting took place.

Webber is hospitalized with life-threating injuries. The shooting is one of two which resulted in Savannah High School canceling its homecoming festivities.

The other shooting was of a 15-year-old male in the Avondale area of east Savannah Wednesday night.

Derek Dupont, of a Florida Avenue address, was transported to Memorial University Medical Center with a serious

female in a pickup truck that had been advertised on Craig’s List and had returned • In non-shooting news, to their Woodhouse detectives are investigating Lane address when robberies of two couples after they were approached • Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan by three gunmen who Police are investigating two shootings Satur- they responded to Craig’s List ads. robbed both of them day night.

In each case, the couples before fleeing, Sept.

Kevin Milton, 47, was shot after he was k, arranged to inspect vehicles 15. involved in a confrontation with someone Mac ’ okie ‘Mo nte Alvo and were robbed either durBoth vehicles that in a vehicle at Carolan and Damon streets charged in shooting ing the inspection or shortly were advertised on about 9:30 p.m.

Craig’s List were And John Bailey, 16, was discovered with after.

A couple in their 60s from Douglas, reported stolen about a week before the a gunshot wound near East Oglethorpe robberies.

Avenue and Wilder Street about 10:20 p.m. GA, was robbed on Chatham Street in the Oakhurst neighborhood of south Detectives advise anyone answering Milton and Bailey were transported to Savannah on Monday. They had arranged advertisements such as Craig’s List take Memorial University Medical Center for to look at a Subaru Cross Track and were care, “insisting they meet in well-populated treatment. met by a “young, slender black female who locations and do not involve cash transac sat in the car while the man looked under tions. Ask for a copy of the title before • Police are investigating the shooting of meeting the sellers and arrange for the a Savannah man in the Live Oak neighbor- the hood,” police say.

Two gunmen approached and robbed transaction to be completed at a later time, hood of east Savannah Thursday evening. rather than in an isolated area. Those who Central Precinct Patrol officers responded him and his wife before driving away in do meet sellers in isolated areas should to Seiler Avenue at Live Oak Street at 5:47 their SUV with cash and their wallets and drive to another location before returning p.m. after a shooting victim had been trans- a purse. The SUV was located abandoned home,” police advise. cs two days later about a mile south of the ported from that area by private vehicle to robbery location.

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Another couple from Savannah Darnell Eugene Fennell, 30, of a West Give anonymous crime tips to reported they had met a young black 55th Street address, was being treated Crimestoppers at 234-2020 wound that was not considered life-threatening after the 8:55 p.m. shooting.

Islands Precinct officers were called to the 2200 block of Alabama Avenue and found the teen on the side of the street.

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The job of determining stress levels in whales is itself apparently stressful. The most reliable information about tension lies in hormones most accurately measured by researchers’ boarding a boat, sidling up to a whale and waiting until it blasts snot out of its blowhole. By catching enough of it (or wiping it off of their raincoats), scientists can run the gunk through chemical tests. However, a team of engineering researchers at Olin College in Needham, Massachusetts, told The Boston Globe in September that they were on the verge of creating a radio- controlled, mucus-trapping drone that would bring greater civility to the researchers’ job (and reduce the add-on stress the whales must feel at being stalked by motorboats).

War Is Hell

(1) The newly inaugurated “Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent” (a project of Osama bin Laden’s successor, Ayman alZawahiri) failed spectacularly in its maiden mission in September when it attempted to commandeer an American “aircraft carrier” in port in Karachi, Pakistan. Actually, the ship was a misidentified Pakistani naval vessel that did not even vaguely resemble an aircraft carrier, and Pakistani forces killed or captured all 10 jihadists. (2) A September raid on an ISIS safe house in Syria turned up, among other items (according to Foreign Policy magazine), a Dell laptop owned

by Tunisian jihadist “Muhammed S.,” containing (not unexpectedly) recipes for bubonic plague and ricin, and (less likely) a recipe for banana mousse and a variety of songs by Celine Dion.

Latest Religious Messages

-- In September, the Seattle-based Mars Hill megachurch announced it would close several branches as founding preacher Mark Driscoll takes personal leave to contemplate over-the-top messages he’s made in the past about women. Among the most striking statements (as gathered by the “Wenatchee the Hatchet” blog in Wenatchee, Washington) were those expressing certainty that women exist solely to support men. A man’s penis “is not your (personal) penis,” he told men. “Ultimately, God created you, and it is his penis.” “Knowing that his penis would need a home ... God created a woman (who) makes a very nice home.” Driscoll added, helpfully, “But, though you may believe your

hand is shaped like a home, it is not.”

First-World Dilemmas -- Catholic priest Gerald Robinson (1) Ten parking spaces (of 150 to 200 passed away in July, and many around the square feet each) one flight below the street Diocese of Toledo, Ohio, were shocked to at the apartment building at 42 Crosby St. learn that his body was buried with full in New York City have been offered for priestly rights. Wrote the diocese, Father sale by the developer for $1 million each Robinson “was a baptized member of the -- nearly five times the median U.S. price body of Christ, and he was, and remains, an for an entire home. (2) New York City plasordained priest of the Roman tic surgeon Dr. Matthew Catholic Church.” In 2006, Schulman told ABC News Robinson was convicted of in September of an uptick murdering Sister Margaret in women’s calf liposucAnn Pahl years earlier. tion procedures -- because -- Recurring Theme: of ladies’ frustration at not hotty toddy Another rogue Muslim cleric being able to squeeze into y’all! enraged mainstream Islamic the latest must-have boots. scholars recently. Egyptian (The surgery is tricky Salafist preacher Osama albecause of the lack of calf Qusi proclaimed via fatwa in fat, and recovery time of August that men could propup to 10 months means erly spy on women bathing, surgery now will not help but only if they have “pure the fashion plates until intentions.” For example, he next fall.) wrote, if a man intended to marry the woman, he might The Continuing Crisis learn some things otherwise Order in the Court: unrevealed before the cerSigns went up in August emony. Egypt’s minister for in the York, Pennsylvania, religious affairs, Mohamed Mokhtar, has courtroom of District Judge Ronald Haskell already banned “tens of thousands” of “unli- Jr. addressing two unconventional problems. censed” preachers from working in Egypt’s First, “Pajamas are not (underlining ‘not’) mosques because of their embarrassing appropriate attire for District Court.” Secfatwas. ond, “Money from undergarments will not -- Televangelist Jim Bakker no longer be accepted in this office.” Another judge, runs the Praise The Lord ministry, but still Scott Laird, told the York Daily Record that operates a church near Branson, Missouri, he’d probably take the skivvy-stored money with a website selling a staggering array of anyway. “The bottom line is, if someone’s consumer goods denominated as “love gifts” there to pay a fine, I don’t see how you can for worshippers who donate at certain levturn that away.” els via the website’s shopping cart. Featured are clothing, jewelry (some “Tiffany-like”), Compelling Explanations bulk foods, “Superfood” legacy seeds, fuel-- Habitual petty offender Todd Bonefficient generators (and a “foldable solar trager, 47, charged with trespassing for panel”), vitamins and supplements, “Jim’s probing various locked doors at a church in Favorite” foods (like ketchup), “survival” Broward County, Florida, in August, admitequipment and supplies, water filtration ted skirting the law a few times, but said it products, and a strong commitment to the was only “to study.” “Incarceration improves supposed benefits of “Silver Solution” gels your concentration abilities,” he told skeptiand liquids ($25 for a 4-ounce tube), even cal Judge John “Jay” Hurley, who promptly though the FDA has long refused to call ordered him jailed to, he said, help him “furcolloidal silver “safe and effective”. Of course, ther concentrate.” books, CDs and DVDs (and a digital down-- American Matthew Miller, 24, told load) of Bakker’s inspirational and prophetic the Associated Press that he had a “wild messages are also available. ambition” when he entered North Korea in April that he wanted to experience prison life there in order to secretly investigate the country’s human rights stance. In September, he was convicted of espionage in a

90-minute trial and will be conducting his investigation amidst hard labor over a sixyear period, beginning immediately.

American Scenes

The Miracle of Meth: Three terrified people screaming out of an upper-story window at a house outside Dothan, Alabama, on Aug. 24 drew police in a hurry. They were trapped, they yelled -- unable to escape because intruders were still inside, shooting at them. One “victim” said she had been stabbed -- and the blade broken off inside her. With their own shotgun, the three had blown out several windows and walls defending themselves. They had even ripped out an upstairs toilet and sink and dropped them on an intruder outside. Police calmed the situation and later told reporters that there never were intruders -- that the “hostages” had imagined the whole thing, except for the estimated $10,000 damage and the woman’s superficial, “defensive” stab wounds.

(The home’s methamphetamine lab apparently remained intact.)

Least Competent Criminals

(1) Mr. Roma Sims, 35, of Westerville, Ohio, was sentenced to just over eight years in prison in August for stealing the identities of more than 500 people between 2009 and 2013 -- before he was done in by having misspelled the names of several cities in various documents while working the scheme.

(For example, the largest city in Kentucky is not “Louieville.”) (2) In Sebastopol, California, Dylan Stables, 20, already on probation, was arrested again mid-morning on July 22 when, with stolen credit cards in his possession, he decided to drive his car, even with transmission problems. Police noticed him as he slowly drove through town in reverse gear.

Round Up the Usual Suspects

(1) Charged in August with growing marijuana at their home in Corvallis, Montana: Rodney Stoner, 57, and his son, Adam Stoner, 24. Arrested for performing “sexually lewd acts” in front of drivers at a truck stop in Kirkwood, New York, in September: 56-year-old Calvin Wank. cs By chuck shepherd UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE

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New album in works as band hits the Jinx with Baby Baby

Left: Brian, Angel, Bryan. Above: Atlanta’s Baby Baby.

By Anna Chandler

that’s been going on,” but with the help of a vocal coach, Bond has seen progress, and is determined to get back to normal.

THE TEASER ART for Golden Rat is “I got pretty emotional in the beginning, CUSSES through and through. In the first especially because they were talking about peek at the Savannah band’s sophomore surgery,” she says. album, a young girl ascends from swirling, “That type of surgery is so close to your golden-murky water, clutching tight to the vocal cords—it could either be great, or it hilt of a sword.

Artist Katie Campbell’s image is ominous, could damage your cords forever. So, I’m really trying to go the healthier route and yet emanates a message of conviction and inner strength. It’s pure, distilled rock ‘n’ roll. avoid that.”

Major lifestyle changes—eating clean, Though they’ve always favored “strong being selective about situations in which girls, Joan of Arc, that kind of empowering image,” according to frontwoman Angel she’ll strain her voice, like talking in loud Bond, Golden Rat’s iconography seems espe- bars, and going gluten-free—have been instrumental in her path to recovery. cially relevant in light of the trying year the “It’s not anything I’ve really talked about Savannah trio has had. too much because I don’t want any sympaAfter feeling under the weather for most thy,” says Bond. of the year, Bond noticed a significant “But it’s been tough, for sure.” change in her health. In May, she was diagIt’s a pivotal time for the band. After a nosed with a thyroid disease.

“My thyroid’s covered with these masses,” lengthy, challenging recording session, the Kickstarter-funded Golden Rat is complete, she describes. “It’s pressing on my vocal and reward packages are currently being cords.” delivered.

As a result, Connect Savannah’s readerIf CUSSES knocked the breath out of voted “Best Local Vocalist” struggles to reach you, brace yourself. The difficult studio time her full range, and was forced to cancel a was completely worth it. handful of summer shows in order to heal.

“It’s about trying to bury the first record,” “It makes me sing out of key or flat,” says says drummer Brian Lackey. “I want it to Bond. “They say it’s going to take it a while sound ten times as big as the first record.” to get it under wraps.”

Indeed, it does. Golden Rat is CUSSES But if she let that stop her...well, then she at their most explosive, Lackey and guitarist wouldn’t be Angel Bond.

Bryan Harder at their rawest, Bond at her Since CUSSES hit Savannah in 2009, most versatile.

Bond has booked shows and tours, orchesIt highlights and perfectly captures the trated entire festivals (and successfully dealt band’s bristling live sound, yet the studio with the city attempting to shut down said touches—an extra guitar track here, some festivals), and managed a short-lived but echo and subtle doubling on Bond’s vocals incredibly influential all-ages venue. there—make it a perfect rock record withThe modest frontwoman is quick to say out sounding too over-produced.

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While they returned to Nashville’s Blackbird Studio, where their debut was cut, their first producer also brought in his mentor, the Grammy-nominated Billy Hume.

“He’s done Ying Yang Twins, Lil Jon,” Bond explains. “He’s really killer at what he does—really great ear and a great engineer.”

With Hume’s guidance, the band sought to diversify their sound. The distinct eeriness that seeps from the quieter moments of CUSSES—think Harder’s creeping, reverberating guitar intro on 2012’s “Worst Enemy”—is still there, but they’ve taken the sound into new, imaginative territory.

“I don’t want it all heavy,” Bond says firmly. “Because I feel like we get put in this category, like ‘oh, CUSSES is a heavy metal band.’ We’re really not.”

In the past, Bond has handled all lyric duties; this go-round, she and Lackey collaborated, which helped her open up and take risks.

“Sometimes he knows the kind of things I want to say but I might be afraid to say,” Bond says of her bandmate and partner. “He knows me so well.”

Though Bond is drawn to anthemic, battle-cry choruses that champion individuality and perseverance, Golden Rat has gentle, tender moments between its harsh edges.

Fan favorite, the gorgeously lush ballad “Critical,” is an older track written for beloved Savannahians Robyn Reeder (Hot Pink Interior drummer and Civvies owner) and husband Igor Fiksman (Damon and the Shitkickers).

“Hopefully this record will show people that we really have a diverse palette, and show a softer side of us,” says Bond.

Though Kickstarter folks will get the album ahead of time, Golden Rat’s official

drop date is still to be determined.

“We’re looking at all options,” Bond hints.

“Maybe a label. Maybe on our own.”

In the meantime, Bond’s glad to be back onstage, and looks forward to joining Baby Baby at The Jinx.

The Atlanta band formed the same year as CUSSES. The bands formed a friendship, sharing wildly unforgettable bills in their respective hometowns.

2014 has has been a key year for both bands. Baby Baby are finally getting their due, earning slots at Chicago’s Riot Fest and Brooklyn’s Afropunk Fest.

It’s not only a confident mentality, which allows them to take any stage and turn it into their own personal party space, converting all non-believers in the vicinity. With a sound that dips into funk, punk, and glammy rock ‘n’ roll. Baby Baby really is a perfect fit for nearly any bill.

“Honestly, it doesn’t matter how big or small the club is,” says drummer Grant Wallace. “It depends one hundred percent on the crowd. If they are digging it, then that’s all we need.”

They’re working on new demos and are planning for a new record in 2015.

According to vocalist/guitarist Fontez Brooks, “Every move from here on out is a meticulous move to gain the trust of the world and ultimately take it over.”

A world that’s an ultimate party? Baby Baby and CUSSES on every stage, and Bond back in action? Killer records from both bands on every turntable?

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No longer her ‘First Kiss’ ‘Monomaniac’ multitasker Soko brings moody beats to Graveface

By Anna Chandler anna@connectsavannah.com

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Soko is busy. Between directing music videos, winning awards for her acting, wrapping up a new album, and mastering new instruments, who knows when—or if—she sleeps (even more puzzling: how does she achieve that perfect, enviable bedhead?).

“I need my head totally clear from the other to be able to focus fully on one thing at a time,” says the French songstress and actress (Soko is shorthand for her given name, Stéphanie Sokolinski), as she describes her process.

“I’m a total monomaniac, so I need to just have one thing in mind otherwise I freak out.”

The multitasker is as comfortable stealing the screen as an epileptic girl in 2012’s French historical drama Augustine as she is sharing stages with lo-fi legend Daniel Johnston.

Right now though, she’s focusing on her music. Her headlining tour comes to Graveface Records & Curiosities on October 11.

For those whose notion of “Soko” is best served on the rocks with lime, you actually may have seen the French songstress and 24 actress before.

Remember that “First Kiss” video going around Facebook last March, in which 20 strangers are paired up to awkwardly and adorably canoodle for the first time?

Soko, her blond hair tucked in a beanie, was one of its stars (she’s the woman who cutely requests that she and her partner “look at each other for a second” before diving in). Her song, “We Might Be Dead by Tomorrow,” provided the perfect starry-eyed soundtrack to the clip.

Though viral content is designed to blow up before quickly dissipating in the wake of the next big thing, the video propelled “We Might Be Dead by Tomorrow” to no. 1 on Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart.

Rightfully so. Her gently crisp vocals, laced with delicate guitar picking and string swells, make for a timeless “carpe diem” anthem.

The single is nestled in her warm, grittily folky debut studio album, I Thought I Was An Alien. Widely praised by indie blogs and tastemakers, her vocals give a kind of broken hope to strangely romantic, unflinchingly honest numbers with titles like “Why Don’t You Eat Me Now, You Can” and

of the new album’s songs on bass, and the tone evolved from there.

“I guess the record started to be more intense and with lots of arrangements and epic drum machines and stuff,” she muses.

“More spaced out in dream land.”

Having producer Ross Robinson on board, who previously worked with the fathers of goth pop, The Cure, certainly didn’t hurt, either.

“Ross Robinson pushed me to play all the bass lines on the whole record, and most of the melodic guitars too, and all the organs/ synths! I definitely love playing bass more than ever!” Soko says excitedly.

In addition to handling most of the instrument tracking on My Dreams Dictate My Reality, she directs her own music videos (though “First Kiss” is not the official video for “We Might Be Dead by Tomorrow,” Soko’s directorial approach is heavy on the PDA and charm, as well).

Directing is a welcome respite from her acting life.

“That’s actually almost one of my favorite things to do,” she says. “It’s so easy and fun for me to direct. I suffer such through writing, recording, performing. I’m so intense on set as an actress, and completely letting go and being there for the director.”

“When I’m the one directing, it’s just fun.

My mind goes 100 miles per hour with crazy ideas and excitement!”

Savannahians get to see her between dates with once-indie-gem-now-pop-giant Foster the People, who hand-picked Soko “Destruction of the Disgusting Ugly Hate.” for their tour.

It’s altogether a vulnerably complex, yet At this rate, the Graveface show may fresh, listening experience. be one of the last chances to see Soko in a Soko just finished mixing and mastering smaller room. a follow-up, My Dreams Dictate My Reality, “I do like playing intimate venues, and be due Winter 2015. While I Thought I Was really close to people,” she says. “I feel like An Alien’s inspiration dwelled on death and that’s always my best shows. Where I feel loss at a young age, Dreams turns to childthe most connected! And easier to be fully hood, Peter Pan syndrome, and an ex-girlmyself.” friend for material.

It’s a big change, but the auditoriums and “It is very different,” Soko says. “Less lo-fi theatres she’s gracing with Foster the People are growing on her. and intimate and a bit more gothy, dreamy, “It’s actually my first time playing such big punky, ‘80s sounding.” venues, and I was really nervous at first but February’s single “Love Letter” hinted the first show went so well, and since it’s just toward such. While her early work may be best suited for meditative reflection or mak- been really easy,” Soko says. “So, I’m actually starting to enjoy the bigger venues a bit ing out with strangers, “Love Letter” would be right at home reverberating through Lon- more!” CS don’s historic Batcave.

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“For some people, folk music just is whatever happened in the 60’s,” Desa says. “Yes, the Weavers and Peter, Paul and IF YOU’VE attended Mary, sure. But I think folk music is sung and played by everybody.” any of the Savannah Folk music is so expansive, it someFolk Music Socitimes threatens to fall off its wheels. You ety’s monthly concan get pretty rocky and poppy within the certs over the past few genre’s outer orbits. years, you’ve seen and But Desa does a great job keeping it all heard Chris Desa, the show’s affable host. close to the center.

And if you haven’t, you’ve been missing Among the five musicians traveling to out on one of the city’s best values in musical this year’s festival is a singer-songwriter who was inspired to become a folk musician by a entertainment. neighbor who happened to be Pete Seeger.

Desa, a folk musician himself, usually Now, that’s about as folk as it gets. starts the program. And for five dollars, you “People are tired of the perfect, fake, comget two hours and two acts of real, honest puter-corrected everything around them,” music from the heart. says Michael Johnathon. “They want things Now this weekend brings the society’s that are real. And that’s where acoustic, annual Folk Music Festival, a three-day organic, real, front porch, from-the-heartcelebration of the genre, one of the hardest to get words around. not-the-chart music comes from.”

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Johnathon’s music comes from Appalachia with stories and messages soaked in melody.

He also created “Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour,” heard on radio and TV worldwide, including Saturday nights on South Carolina ETV. I’m also excited about a singer whose songwriting credits include 11 Billboard country hits and Restless Heart’s crossover smash, the beautiful “I’ll Still Be Loving You.” Pam Rose got a well-deserved Grammy nomination for that song. And I’d never heard of her until now. But such is the power of that song that I’m drawn to hear more.

As for Desa himself, he likewise attracted my curiosity from the day he took over emcee duties from former host Hank Wiseman in 2011.

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Desa: “For some people, folk music is what happened in the 60’s. But I think folk music is sung and played by everybody.”

SAVANNAH PODCAST 1960’s. And no corner of the earth escaped America’s folk music revival back then.

“We would have parties and they’d invariably end up with a sing-along,” Desa says. “And that’s when I started hearing tunes like ‘Lemon Tree’ or ‘If I Had a Hammer.’”

Young Desa once got into trouble for carrying a guitar into church. But, as I learned from Teddy Adams a few weeks back, young musicians are frequently led intro trouble by older, streetwise teachers.

In Desa’s case, it was a family friend, the sing-along master.

“He showed me four chords and then I found my way with the rest,” Desa says.

He’s never recorded seriously. His paying gig is maritime consulting. He used to captain oil tankers. When we spoke, he just had returned from a job in Philadelphia.

“A ship owner wanted me to look over the ship and give them some pointers as to what they need to correct before the oil company inspector came on board,” Desa says. “I used to do oil company inspections for many years.”

Folk music is just his free time. And if you have to ask why, listen to a song he played during my interview. It was written for his son, when his son was sick.

“I try to play this tune every day, just as a thank you because we are very grateful,” Desa says. “My son is 99 percent back to what he should be.”

Music can heal and inspire. And this weekend, no matter the background or style, it’ll come straight from the heart. That’s folk music. cs

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By Anna Chandler | anna@connectsavannah.com

➜➜Rye Coalition: The Story of the Hard Luck Five @Graveface Records & Curiosities “If everybody got a chance to see Rye Coalition play, they’d go again,” Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters) once gushed. “And if they could find their records, they’d buy millions of them.”

In Rye Coalition: The Story of the Hard Luck Five, viewers get an in-depth look a seminal emo band that got its start in the golden age of Jawbreaker and Sunny Day Real Estate. Despite a ferociously loyal fanbase, working with industry legends like Grohl and Steve Albini, and persevering for 20 years, the band never truly broke out of the underground.

Director Jenni Matz, who was involved in the same New Jersey/New York scene as Rye Coalition, met drummer Dave Leto and guitarist Jon Gonnelli in 1998.

“Once I saw them play, they instantly became my favorite band,” Matz shares. “I wanted to know why no one else had heard of them!”

Matz toted a video camera to shows, acquiring years of footage without an end goal.

Once Rye Coalition signed to Dreamworks Records in 2003--a deal that eventually (and messily) fell through in the early 2000s industry collapse--Matz few to L.A. to film Rye Coalition’s sessions at Sound City with Dave Grohl.

“We were all sure they were finally going to ‘make it,’” she says.

That’s when the documentary idea came to fruition.

“The story became about much more,” explains Matz. “About growing up, about touring as a DIY band in the ‘90s with no label, and mostly, about friendship and the bond these five guys still have.”

The film has already taken home awards from New Jersey International Film Festival, Kingston Film Festival, and Golden Door Film Festival of Jersey City.

Ryan Graveface has hosted some film screenings in-shop before, but expect more in the future.

“I’d ideally like the store to become a venue for screenings in general,” the musician and entrepreneur says.

In addition to rock docs (Graveface is a big Rye Coalition fan himself ), it wouldn’t be Graveface without some good ol’ horror and gore thrown in.

“My film tastes are oh-so-shocking,” Graveface says wryly. “Horror, documentaries, anything bizarre, and music. So predictable.”

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➜➜Outlaws @Screven Motorsports Complex Through multiple lineups, the deaths of band members, and legal messes, Southern Rock legends and Arista Records stars Outlaws have prevailed. 2012’s It’s About Pride, a 4-year-long endeavor, was a return to form and a chance to present a new band to old and new fans.

Expect to witness their genre-defining, blues-country-influenced guitar shredding-though the solos on newer songs like It’s About Pride’s title track appropriately ease into the sedated swing of the nostalgia-evoking lyrics and vibe, it still feels like the “Southern Guitar Army” could set their fretboards on fire at any moment.

And throwbacks to hits like “There Goes Another Love Song” and “Green Grass and High Tides” will certainly please the crowd.

North Carolina solo act Amanda Daughtry, and BlackHawk, the ‘90s country band helmed by current Outlaws guitarist and vocalist Henry Paul, open.

Friday, gates open at 5 p.m., $20

➜➜Prince Party @Seed Eco Lounge Savannah-based DJ and impresario Ben Umbreit may just be the world’s biggest Prince enthusiast. As the first face you see in the Kickstarter trailer for fan documentary The Purple Circle, he is certainly poised to be.

And it’s not just an impressive vinyl or bobblehead collection that makes him a worthy contender--Umbreit makes Princeloving a communal experience, hosting Prince Parties complete with dancing, impersonators, costume contests, a pancake bar (!), and cuts from his personal collection of more than 2,100 Prince and Prince-related recordings. Savannahians looking for a funky time can hit Seed Eco Lounge for Umbreit’s fifth Prince Party. Whether you’re a fanatic ready to rent a little red Corvette for the evening (which, uh, you definitely should) or just an ‘80s baby, Umbreit guarantees a good time.

“On the surface,” Umbreit says, “Prince parties are fun because people are usually inspired to dress up. He’s also very associated with the ‘80s, which is a very beloved decade. The event also ends up being sort of a tribute to that era. Prince also has an extremely diverse fan base, and the party can be a fun gathering of people from all backgrounds.”

It may be a weeknight, but glitter is proven to cure any case of the Mondays--and your co-workers could use a good, wild story on Tuesday morning.

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Atlanta icons Mother’s Finest put the East Coast on the map during funk’s heyday. Among a packed schedule of rock n’ roll, country, and Americana acts, they headline Pirate Fest on Saturday to remind us all that they’ve still got it.

Playing a fusion of R&B and stadium rock, sealed by Joyce Kennedy’s unbridled, soulful vocals, Mother’s Finest blew headliners like REO Speedwagon and AC/DC out of the water while touring in the 70’s, flooring audiences and gaining the group notoriety as “The Most Dangerous Opening Act in the World.”

The recent Georgia Music Hall of Fame inductees have long been championed for their Sly and the Family Stone-influenced dynamic. They’ve impressively kept the core of their original lineup—Kennedy on vocals, Glenn “Doc” Murdock on vocals and percussion, Gary “Moses Mo” Moore on guitar. And the storied resumes of newer members, like John Kayes, who got his start playing guitar with ‘50s greats The Coasters and The Marvelettes, are sure to keep hits like “Baby Love” as fresh as they were forty years ago.

Saturday, 9:15 p.m., General Admission - $12. Weekend Pass - $22 adv., $24 at gate. Kids under 12 free. CS

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Friday / 10 The 5 Spot Jackson & Maggie Evans Ampersand The Rosies Bayou Cafe Tradewinds Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Mike Sweat & Nancy Witt, piano/vocal

Blowin’ Smoke BBQ Wood and Steel Congress Street Social Club The Nashville Gunshow Ellis Square Folk Fest in Ellis Square Fiore Italian Bar and Grill Annie Allman The Jinx S.S. Web, Ando Ehlers Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Gabriel Donahue Mansion on Forsyth Park Tradewinds Mediterranean Tavern Jon Lee’s Apparitions Molly MacPherson’s Scottish Pub General Patton & the Heads of State North Beach Grill Seth Winters Band Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Jody Espina Trio Ruth’s Chris Steak House David Duckworth & Kim Polote Sandfly Bar & Grill Andrew Gill Treehouse Hunter Price The Warehouse Eric Culberson

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First Presbyterian Church Folk Songwriting Workshop w/ Michael Johnathon Notre Dame Academy Old Time Country Dance

Sunday / 12 17 Hundred 90 Restaurant Gail Thurmond Aqua Star Restaurant (Westin Harbor Hotel) Sunday Jazz Brunch Bayou Cafe Don Coyer Congress Street Social Club Voodoo Soup Grayson Stadium Concert in Grayson Stadium Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Gabriel Donahue Moon River Cicada Brothers The Olde Pink House Eddie Wilson The Sentient Bean Tree Read at The Sentient Bean The Warehouse Thomas Claxton Zunzi’s II Open Mic

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Monday / 13 Abe’s on Lincoln Open Mic with Craig Tanner and Mr. Williams Bay Street Blues Open Mic Bayou Cafe David Harbuck The Wormhole Late Night Open Mic

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Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Ian McLagan performs at The Wormhole (left). Add some bluegrass to your greens at Kayak Kafe Midtown with City Hotel (right).

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LOCAL HISTORY buffs know Michael Jordan as a longtime director and producer of entertaining and interesting documentary videos on sale in bookstores and gift shops all over town.

As owner of Cosmos Mariner Productions, he’s made documentaries about everything from WWII Liberty Ships to Isaiah Davenport.

“But one thing I’ve never really delved into with Savannah history is the pirate connection, and it’s huge. You go down to River Street and there are stores with a massive pirate section.”

Jordan’s newest documentary, Pirates of Savannah and Beyond, isn’t actually part of the Tybee Island Pirate Festival happening this weekend. But he has chosen to premier the new video this Thursday night at— where else—the Pirate’s House.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a pirate thing without strong drink, and at the premiere screening Southbound Brewery will unveil a special Pirate Brew for the occasion.

“I’d always heard there wasn’t any actual pirate history in Savannah—like Pirates of the Caribbean style stuff—but there’s still a pirate connection,” Jordan says.

That connection, he says, came with Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel Treasure Island, which specifically references Savannah and its Pirate’s House, now a restaurant in Trustees Garden.

“Treasure Island not only creates the whole Savannah hook, that book formed the modern conception of the pirate—the eyepatch, the parrot, the treasure map with X marks the spot, the whole Johnny Depp idea we have now,” Jordan says. “It was all sort of out in the ether and Treasure Island pulls it all together.”

The Savannah segment of the documentary addresses that with interviews with an Armstrong University literature professor and a SCAD illustration professor who discusses the impact of the artwork of early editions of the book on our modern image of what a pirate is “supposed” to look like.

The flagship of Blackbeard, aka Edward Teach, was recently discovered off the North Carolina coast.

“Then we move on to the bigger idea and start hitting all the areas around us with a pirate connection, Charleston and St. Augustine in particular,” says Jordan.

Charleston has a direct relation to the infamous Blackbeard. In 1718, the legendary pirate literally held the whole city hostage.

Blockading Charleston harbor in his flagship Queen Anne’s Revenge and a few other pirate vessels, Blackbeard stopped all maritime traffic and even kidnapped several leading Charleston citizens.

But rape and pillage wasn’t on Blackbeard’s mind. His only demand? A wellstocked medicine chest, which historians speculate he might have wanted because of a syphilis outbreak in his pirate fleet.

In Charleston, pirate-related sites include the Old Powder Magazine—the last surviving building of the Blackbeard era—and the Exchange and Provost Dungeon, where

pirates like Stede Bonnet were held in captivity before being hanged at the Battery.

“The whole film starts with the Tybee Pirate Festival, and a store on River Street to show the tourist obsession with pirates.

Then we go on a journey to learn the real history.”

Another stop is at the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort, N.C., currently exhibiting the remains of the Queen Anne’s Revenge, deliberately grounded in the Outer Banks. (Unlike the South Carolina city with the same name, Beaufort, N.C., is pronounced BO-fort.)

“Conservators from East Carolina University are still treating the anchors,” Jordan says. As for Blackbeard himself, he was killed off the Outer Banks in a battle with soldiers and sailors hired by the colony of Virginia.

Then the film moves down to St. Augustine, Fla., where Jordan explains, “there’s

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Then, back to Savannah.

“After all the other places we go, we see how much pirate history is here—not much,” says Jordan. “I go to the Pirate’s House, where to their credit, they didn’t have a problem with me telling the truth.”

Jordan says the history of Trustees Garden and the Pirate’s House is fascinating enough itself without resorting to legends.

“The guy who works there dressed as a pirate walks us around the site, to the old seafarer’s den, and tells us what happened at the old Herb House,” part of the Pirate’s House compound and oldest surviving structure in Georgia.

“We talk about real history, about the founder of the Pirate’s House restaurant, Herb Traub, and about his early vision for tourism in Savannah,” which set the stage for the prosperity we enjoy today. cs Pirates of Savannah and Beyond Premieres at the Pirates House Restaurant, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 9.

40-minute film tells the story of true-life pirate history in Savannah and Charleston, SC and St. Augustine, FL. The event is sponsored by Cosmos Mariner Productions, The Pirates’ House, and Southbound Brewery, which is brewing a special “Pirate Beer” for the occasion. Admission is free and open to the public.

Light hors d’oeuvres will be served, and a cash bar will be provided. There will also be door prizes, including gift certificates for free admission to various piratethemed attractions in the area. DVD copies of the film will be available for purchase.

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Not actually an outlaw at all, Drake was instead a privateer, or mercenary, pillaging Spanish interests on behalf of the Queen of England in the 1580s.

“Drake had 2000 guys with him, just wreaking havoc in the Spanish world for months,” Jordan says. “No one’s found any archaeological evidence of his raid until 1998, when St. Augustine was creating a new wing of the local art association there.”

St. Augustine has a city-employed archaeologist and strict rules about building on archaeological sites. But, Jordan says, instead of being resentful at the hold-up in construction when scorched earth and broken pottery was discovered on the site, the art association decided to use the publicity to their advantage.

“Rather than being peeved, they owned it,” says Jordan. “There’s an exhibit where you stand on the spot where the things were found. They took soot and used it to make sketches. They took pieces of artifacts and sewed them into a quilt to display.”

Jordan says despite the occasionally cheesy aspect of St. Augustine pirate tourism, there is actually a top-flight museum there devoted to all things buccaneer—the St. Augustine Pirate and Treasure Museum, relocated from Key West.

“They’re world-class,” he says. “They have one of three existing Jolly Roger pirate flags, and the only known authentic pirate chest.”

A later English raid prompted the building of St. Augustine’s most visible tourist attraction, Castillo de San Marcos. Jordan interviews local experts about the effects of

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culture | the art•Beat of savannah

The truth about Le Snoot

Gallery is a key part of the SoFo cultural renaissance

By Lauren Flotte artrisesavannah.org

THREE YEARS ago, Logan McDonald had an idea that to him seemed simple and logical.

“I was seeing that there were more and more students outside of fine art that wanted to have shows, but didn’t think that was a thing they could do. It wasn’t a thing they could afford, either,” McDonald said.

From this observation he conceptualized Le Snoot, a gallery that exhibits prints, all printed digitally in-house. The unconventional twist that continues to mystify first time Le Snoot artists: Le Snoot foots the bill for the printing.

McDonald, the Founder and Creative Director of Le Snoot, has heard artists new to the gallery say, “I never experienced this before. This doesn’t make sense to me.”

In 2012, he received the same feedback from friends when he was opening up the self-described “non-traditional gallery” that also doubles as a digital print shop.

Originally, Le Snoot was located downtown on State Street overlooking Wright Square. The small gallery space featured wood palettes and tin walls, giving it a comfy, rustic, DIY feel that embodied Le Snoot’s mission of breaking the white-wall gallery stereotype.

This summer, Le Snoot relocated just south of Forsyth Park to 11 W Duffy Street, and McDonald has brought the same homey feel to the new larger space.

The Le Snoot team at their new location. L-R: Kori Gibson, client consultant, Logan McDonald, founder and creative director, and Sasha Loseva, accounting.

Witnessing the changing downtown landscape, McDonald expects the area around the new location to “be a booming area in the next couple of years.”

More importantly, McDonald said, “This is closer to our customers, the people who actually come to our shows, the people who actually come for printing.”

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With the transition to a new space, fans of Le Snoot can count on the continuation of its digital printing services and unique gallery model, plus some new additions.

Their popular shows often use calls for entries to assemble exhibitions. Submissions to the calls, like many elements of the gallery, are free.

A staple of Le Snoot is their small print show, Three Little Prints. Three years ago they launched the gallery space by asking for entries of small 5x5 illustrations.

“Three Little Prints is definitely the baby of Le Snoot and what really gave it its start since the first show was so much bigger than we ever could have thought. We got

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walked in, we had 600 little prints on the walls,” McDonald told Connect.

Three Little Prints has since become an annual affair, and currently the gallery is accepting submissions for their third annual edition till October 24 and the show will open on October 31.

Le Snoot has also carved out a niche in offering artists opportunities to pay homage to pop culture icons, like Bill Murray, Joan Rivers, and Cartoon Network’s imaginative series, Adventure Time. Seeing success in both submissions and attendance, McDonald is looking to make these tribute shows quarterly events.

The newest call for entry in the line of pop culture themes is a tribute to Adult Swim, which is accepting submissions till October 10 for a public opening on October 17.

Along with reprising old favorites, Le Snoot is also bringing new things to the table this year.

“Right now we’re in the process of really spreading out. The first two years, we were really illustration focused. Now, we’re looking forward to having a game art show in the coming quarter and sequential art is a prime example of where we are branching out,” McDonald said.

Comicazi, a show exclusively of sequential works, is accepting submissions until October 17 for an opening reception on October 24.

the Le Snoot team to expand the physical capabilities of their space.

“We built a stage this time around. We had a couple of poetry shows before, but that was always a pain because we had to change everything around and now we’re set up to have comedy shows, small theatre events, bands, all of that stuff,” McDonald said.

As McDonald sees it, setting the space up as a venue strengthens all of Le Snoot’s offerings.

“Being able to have something that keeps people coming in, like the printing or having little events here, is, I think, key for any gallery.”

McDonald also noted that with the move south, Le Snoot has landed in Art March territory and the gallery is excited to join the event in November with an exhibition by the SCAD Illustration Club.

Talking to the Le Snoot team, it’s clear the new space has reinvigorated them, readying them to continue the traditions they have already established while bringing in new elements that they have been envisioning for years.

“We really have the perfect team to move Le Snoot into the future. We’re really excited to see where it goes,” McDonald said. cs Le Snoot 11 W Duffy Street More Information: submissions@lesnoot.com

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IF YOU’RE following the Savannah craft beer scene, you’ve most likely noticed a string of strikingly similar posts on social media from Southbound Brewing Co, Service Brewing Co and Coastal Empire Beer Co over the last few weeks.

Those updates to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram all told of an interesting trend in craft beer that has made it to Savannah: Canning.

Faithful readers may know that homegrown brewery Coastal Empire has made Savannah Brown and Tybee Island Blonde available in cans for quite some time, although they weren’t actually packaged here in Savannah.

In fact, no brewery has locally produced cans in the modern era of brewing. That’s all about to change in a major way.

Craft beer’s availability in cans has grown exponentially over the last few years. The original proponent of craft in a can was Colorado’s Oskar Blues, whose flagship beer, the hop-forward Dale’s Pale Ale, has become synonymous with the concept.

Store shelves and restaurant coolers have been turning over space from bottles to cans ever since. The reasons for choosing canning over bottling are numerous and benefit both the brewery and the consumer.

From the brewery perspective, canning lines have a reputation as being more expensive than bottling operations. But, that higher up-front cost means a superior vessel to package and distribute the beer, making sure that the flavor doesn’t change from brewery loading dock to drinking glass.

Light is the enemy of beer, and the biggest benefit of cans is that they block out all light. While amber glass is more productive at screening out harmful rays than green or (gasp!) clear bottles, it’s nowhere close to being as effective as aluminum. Cans also have a tighter fit to keep oxygen out, which can be important when aging big beers like high alcohol stouts over a period of years.

In addition to quality control benefits, consumers appreciate cans due to their

Above, Service Brewery’s canning line; at right, some test cans. ruggedness and portability. It’s much easier to take cans on a camping trip or tailgating party.

Cans also chill faster than bottles, so the wait time before drinking is reduced. And while recycling efforts are improving, it’s still easier to find recycling options for aluminum cans than bottles, which also helps the environment.

Far too often, criticism of canning stems from the association of cans with “cheap” beers—the flavorless lagers that many of us watched our dads guzzle after Saturday afternoon lawn mowing.

Unfortunately, the price per six pack of craft beer doesn’t reflect savings when comparing cans to bottles. It’s still a rather expensive beverage, no matter how you package it.

Those nay-sayers against canning craft beer will often use the argument that the beer takes on metallic flavors from the can.

If you’re pouring your canned beer into a glass before imbibing, you’ll find that argument doesn’t hold up.

With a nose stuck firmly into a pop-top ring, yes, the beer’s flavor may seem a bit off due to the steely aromas interfering with your sense of taste.

If you need proof that canning doesn’t adversely affect the flavor of beer, craft brew bible BeerAdvocate’s highest rated rated beer in the world is an Imperial India Pale Ale from Vermont brewery The Alchemist called Heady Topper. Heady Topper,

the number one ranked beer, is exclusively available in cans.

What’s more, the brewery recommends that drinkers consume the floral, resinous, hoppy ale directly from the can, throwing dirt in the face of all conventional beer drinking wisdom.

In the coming weeks, Georgia beer aficionados will no longer have to settle for a Sweetwater 420 or Terrapin Recreation Ale when they want to drink local from a can.

They’ll be able to select beers like Ground Pounder Pale Ale from Service, Scattered Sun Belgian Wit from Southbound or one of the aforementioned beers from Coastal Empire, brewed and can-packaged right here in Savannah.

Think of those cans as mini-kegs, providing the best tasting beer possible from these creative local artisans. The fact that you can throw these locally made and packaged cans in a kayak and head out for a day paddling in the marsh is another happy benefit of being a Savannahian during this golden age of craft beer. cs

cutlure | savannah greek festival

Greek Festival: Top Five

By Jim Morekis jim@connectsavannah.com

A YEARLY labor of love of the congregation of St. Paul’s Greek Orthodox Church, the Savannah Greek Festival is now marking its 64th edition.

Held across the street from the church in the Hellenic Center, the Festival always attracts big crowds eager for music, dancing, drink, shopping, and most of all, delicious food.

Here’s a Top Five list of most noteworthy things about this year’s Big Fat Greek Party:

5. Most Notable New Menu Item

While Savannah will get the same delicious Greek dishes we’re used to enjoying at the Hellenic Center every year, there’s one big addition this year sure to excite any Hellenophile: Moussaka.

A particularly Greek version of a traditional Middle Eastern dish, Moussaka layers eggplant, tomato, and meat for a particularly rich and savory treat. While other cuisine traditions serve the dish at room temperature or even cold, the Greeks like to serve it as hot as you can stand it.

Moussaka at the Greek Festival will be $5 per serving and no doubt well worth it.

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3. Most Impressive Dancers

Let’s see, you’ve got the adult troupe Zoe performing Thursday at 6:30 p.m., Friday at 6:30 and 7:30, and Saturday at 12:30, 2, 5, 6:30 and 7:30. They’re a mostly female group tending toward the peaceful traditional women’s dances of the villages.

Then you’ve got Ta Pethia, the little kid’s dance group, unbeatable for sheer cuteness and great photo ops. They perform 6 p.m. all three nights.

Many folks enjoy the teen GOYA (Greek Orthodox Youth of America) troupe, which tends to feature more young male dancers.

In Greek dancing, the flashiest moves are reserved for the boys, with the best or most athletic male dancer usually leading the

These file shots from past Greek Festivals show the effort involved in cooking, and the fun they have rehearsing. circle. They perform Thursday and Friday at 5:30 and Saturday at 4 and 7 p.m.

But the best dancer is undoubtedly YOU. Between dance performances anyone can get out on the floor and dance to the music of visiting band Grecian Echoes.

“windows into heaven.”

Icons have their own intrinsic language.

Highly symbolic and stylized, they were originally intended for medieval congregations with low literacy to be able to immediately recognize the figure depicted. Icons are now regarded as great repositories of art and 2. Most Iconic Reason to Take a culture, and they’re fascinating regardless of Church Tour which faith tradition you’re from.

The Eastern Orthodox Church claims the Free guided tours of the church are oldest Christian tradition in the world, with offered Thursday and Friday at 6 and 8 p.m., liturgies and traditions going back to the and Saturday at 1, 3, 5:30 and 8 p.m. very first rituals of Christianity.

That said, the best reason to tour the his- 1. The Most Important Thing To Know About the Savannah Greek Festival toric St. Paul’s Greek Orthodox Church is to see the beautiful renovation of the sanctuFestivals put on by Greek Orthodox ary, focusing on the traditional icons which congregations do big business all over the are central to Greek Orthodox services. country, and are smash hits from Atlanta to Contrary to some misguided opinion, the Richmond to Boston to L.A. icons themselves aren’t worshipped. Rather, But Savannah’s is one of the most they are revered as representations of the unique in the country, because all their saints and other religious figures depicted, dishes are still cooked from scratch by the

congregation themselves.

Other festivals long ago made the move toward prepackaged Greek dishes from third-party vendors. But not St. Paul’s.

Volunteers from the congregation, often older women, work on the recipes and dishes for most of the year, beginning in late spring and working straight through to the week of the event.

It’s in the spirit of these dedicated older yiayias that the Festival is held, and it’s this fact that makes the Savannah Greek Festival truly special and one-of-a-kind. cs Savannah Greek Festival Hellenic Community Center, 14 W. Anderson St. Oct. 9-11, 11 a.m-9 p.m.

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A lot of folks seek to avoid the often-long lines for food inside the Hellenic Center and employ the tried-and-true drive-thru option.

This year Greek Fest drive-thru is offered all three days of the Festival, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Thursday and Friday, and 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

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GONE GIRL

OOO

The latest must-see movie event from perpetual Hollywood wunderkind David Fincher, Gone Girl is 120 minutes of pure perfection. Unfortunately, the movie runs 145 minutes.

Until it jumps the tracks as it approaches that final bend, this adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s mammoth bestseller -- scripted by no less than the author herself -- is as riveting as anything I’ve seen in theaters these past nine months.

It’s the sort of twisty thriller that needs to be described with the utmost care, lest any spoilers inadvertently make their way to the surface. But it’s safe to reveal what’s basically exposed in the trailer, so here goes.

Amy Dunne (Rosamund Pike), a popular children’s book author and the wife of Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck), has vanished into thin air.

As Ben tells the investigators, Detective Rhonda Boney (Kim Dickens) and Officer Jim Gilpin (Patrick Fugit), he came home to find signs of a struggle in the living room.

The police one-up him by finding lots of blood -- Amy’s blood -- mopped up from the kitchen floor. Nick and Amy’s parents (David Clennon and Lisa Banes) spearhead the search while the police gather more evidence, but something about Nick’s behavior puts everyone ill at ease: He’s not showing as much grief as everyone would like.

Just as Australian Lindy “A Dingo ate my baby!” Chamberlain was believed to have murdered her own baby since she wasn’t emotional enough in the media spotlight, so too does Nick’s reserved behavior lead many to suspect he killed his wife. His allies are few -- certainly his twin sister Margo (Carrie Coon), maybe Detective Boney, definitely not the Nancy Grace-like ogre (Missi Pyle) who goes so far as to suggest that not only did Nick murder his wife but he’s also a bit too chummy with his own sister (“twincest,” someone snickers).

The structure of Gone Girl is unique in that it not only relates the investigation surrounding Amy’s disappearance and possible murder, it also employs (via Amy’s voiceover) liberal use of the diary that Amy had been keeping right up until she vanished, ending with the citation that “This man of mine may truly kill me.”

It’s an ingenious back-and-forth dynamic, offering contradictory descriptions of the Dunnes and muddying the mystery waters even further. But just when it seems the film can do no wrong, it does.

Fincher also directed 1999’s Fight Club, which was adapted from the book written

by Chuck Palahniuk. During my interview with the author on that film’s junket, Palahniuk confessed that he had no idea how to continue the novel until it struck him while he was getting a drink from the

fridge. Considering the twist was ludicrous, it was no surprise that it came to him in such a lazy, off-handed manner, and I’d like to think that’s similarly how Flynn came up with the ending for her novel.

I haven’t read Gone Girl, but since she wrote both the book and the screenplay, it’s likely that both suffer from a turn that’s more than just a wee bit risible and farfetched even by the standards of this story.

It’s a shame, because a stronger third act would clearly have earned this a perch in my year-end Top 10; as it stands, it’s relegated to runner-up status.

The movie’s male actors -- Affleck, Fugit, Tyler Perry as a defense attorney, Neil Patrick Harris as a potential stalker -- are uniformly fine, yet this is clearly ladies’ night out, with the actresses all doing outstanding work. Coon, a Tony-nominated performer fairly new to film, and Dickens, familiar to fans of Treme and/or Deadwood, were inspired choices to play a pair of intelligent women who are fiercely independent in different ways.

As for Pike, I’ve enjoyed her work since she first caught my eye as Miranda Frost in the 007 entry Die Another Day (her film debut); 12 years later, her absorbing work in Gone Girl might end up being her Sharon Stone-like breakthrough. It’s about time.

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O It was Mel Gibson, of all people, who demonstrated that it’s possible to make a quality picture with overt Christian themes without bludgeoning the audience with heavy-handed proselytizing. No, I’m not talking about his garish snuff film The Passion of the Christ, the 2004 ordeal that signaled the beginning of his new life as a misogynistic, anti-Semitic lout.

Instead, I refer to 2002’s We Were Soldiers, which found Gibson headlining a Vietnam War drama written and directed by his Braveheart scripter, Randall Wallace.

As I wrote at the time, “We Were Soldiers is that rare Hollywood movie that isn’t afraid to present its leading characters as devout Christians honestly seeking to reconcile their predicament with a spiritual soothing.”

Of course, in earlier decades, Hollywood made this sort of religious gesture all the time -- front and center in epics like BenHur and King of Kings, yes, but also neatly woven into the fabric of such classics as It’s a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street.

Shame on the film capital for now ignoring the faithful completely -- if a mainstream movie features a Christian character in the supporting ranks, you can be fairly certain that he or she will quickly be revealed as a hypocritical, Bible-thumping rube.

That brings us to Left Behind, the adaptation of the first in a neverending series of novels written by Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye. The initial book was already made into a 2000 film that pretty much went straight to video; starring homophobic twit Kirk Cameron, it was roundly panned but also successful enough to warrant two more homegrown entries (2002’s Left Behind II: Tribulation Force and 2005’s Left Behind: World at War).

So it would seem that the point of adapting the book again -- and in snagging an Oscar-winning actor to fill a leading role -- would be to make a classy version this time, right? Yet that’s not what we get with this shockingly bad film, so amateurish that it gives off the impression that Nicolas Cage somehow found himself in a skit presented by a class of kindergartners.

The anything-for-a-paycheck actor plays Rayford Steele, a pilot who agrees with his college-age daughter Chloe (Cassi Thomson) that his wife/her mother Irene (Lea Thompson, and a Howard the Duck sequel suddenly doesn’t sound bad to her) has become a real pill since she found God. In fact, Ray so detests the idea of being with her that he instead opts to spend his birthday flying to London and checking out a

U2 concert with hot-to-trot flight attendant Hattie Durham (Nicky Whelan). For her part, Chloe visits Mom but storms out when the subject turns to religion.

The film cuts between Chloe hanging out at the mall and Ray flying a plane with a passenger list that includes a kindly Muslim (Alec Rayme), a doting single mom (American Idol winner Jordin Sparks), a perennially pissed off dwarf (Martin Klebba), and a character (Chad Michael Murray) who’s supposed to be a news reporter but looks more like a Harlequin Romance version of a news reporter. Suddenly, as in the manner of The Twilight Zone (though viewers should be so lucky), people disappear into thin air.

After much confusion, it’s finally determined that it’s a worldwide phenomenon, and that millions of people have disappeared, including all the children. (Although I’m fairly certain I still spotted a child in a subsequent mall scene, which, if I’m correct, either means this movie’s headed for a blurb in IMDb’s “Goofs” section or that kid was supposed to be Damien Thorn.) As Ray tries to fly his crippled craft back to New York (yes, it’s suddenly an Airport sequel, with Nicolas Cage subbing for Charo), Chloe attempts to protect herself from godless crooks, shotgun-wielding vigilantes and a driverless school bus.

Left Behind isn’t a movie for progressive Christians any more than it’s a movie for people who appreciate top production values, convincing acting or superlative dialogue. Only those with a cowed, Fox News version of religion will subscribe to this film’s odious view of the world. Of course the Muslim gets left behind; he believes in the wrong God, so fuck him.

Murray’s news reporter is nothing but heroic -- the type of guy who would be an asset to Heaven -- but of course he gets left behind while, presumably, born-again warmongers like George W. Bush ascend.

And what to make of all the wailing mothers whose children disappear or, most offensively, the frightened Alzheimer’s victim who doesn’t know what became of the loving husband who was sitting next to her moments earlier?

Never mind their merits; God wants them to suffer. This is the sort of pablum that makes the most liberal leaps from Biblical text and ineptly runs them into the ground, but, like the pseudo-spiritual Atlas Shrugged, it ultimately does more damage to the Christian cause than good. God help us when the sequel hits town.

THE GOOD LIE

OOO What’s this? Do mine eyes deceive me?

Here’s a movie about a group of minorities that actually focuses on the minorities.

After all, these sorts of films invariably spend more time with the camera focused on a saintly Caucasian and his or her petty woes than anything else. In Million Dollar Arm, the cultural assimilation of two Indian lads (Suraj Sharma and Madhur Mittal) newly arrived in the U.S. can’t begin to compare to an American’s ( Jon Hamm) inability to order Papa John’s in India.

In The Blind Side, the homelessness of a painfully shy black man (Quentin Aaron) can’t begin to compare to the naughty country-club gossip endured by the white woman (Sandra Bullock) who shelters him.

And in Cry Freedom, the murder of South African activist Steve Biko (Denzel Washington) can’t begin to compare to a white journalist’s (Kevin Kline) search for a comfortable pair of slippers.

OK, I’m fibbing about the slippers, but the point stands. That’s why The Good Lie proves to be such a pleasant surprise.

Reese Witherspoon may receive top billing and be the star plastered larger-than-life on the posters, but her role is actually a supporting one: She doesn’t even appear until the 35-minute mark, and after that, she’s offscreen for large chunks of time.

Instead, scripter Margaret Nagle (Boardwalk Empire) and director Philippe Falardeau (Canada’s Oscar-nominated Monsieur Lazhar) steadfastly keep their attention where it belongs, on three of The Lost Boys of Sudan, children who journey thousands of miles seeking safety as their country is embroiled in a bloody civil war.

As Mamere, Jeremiah and Paul become adults (and are superbly played at this point by real Sudanese refugees Arnold Oceng, Ger Duany and Emmanuel Jal), they are sent to America to start new lives -- a difficult task as they dwell upon the horrors of the past, cope with stateside eccentricities and seek to be reunited with Mamere’s sister Abital (Kuoth Wiel), who ended up with a family in Boston while the three men toil in Kansas City, Missouri.

Witherspoon, who’s having quite the movie week (she also co-produced Gone Girl), and Corey Stoll are fine as two of the people who help the the immigrants secure jobs and residency. Their characters aren’t particularly filled out, and that’s OK, since it allows the picture to focus on what’s important: the horrors of war, the end of innocence, and the hope of a better life just over the horizon.

THE EQUALIZER OOO

Edward Woodward’s claim to fame—at least among cineasts—remains his starring role in the macabre 1973 classic The Wicker Man (remade, as we all know, as a bad Nicolas Cage vehicle). Yet the British actor enjoyed greater stateside prominence for his hit TV series The Equalizer; running for four seasons (1985-1989), the show found him essaying the role of Robert McCall, a former government agent employing his impressive skills to help out those too weak and powerless to fight for themselves.

In the new film version, also called The Equalizer, Robert McCall has been reborn in the personage of Denzel Washington. At first glance, it seems like a role that could have been filled by Liam Neeson, a one-man factory when it comes to churning out movies in which a reticent outsider lays waste to a sizable number of despicable crooks who sport absolutely no redeeming values whatsoever. Yet Washington has also found himself in similar roles on occasion, and he brings enormous reserves of brains, brawn and bravado to this latest assignment.

Washington’s Robert McCall is first shown working at Home Mart. Respected by everyone, he nevertheless keeps to himself—especially true when he’s off the clock, as he frequents a diner where he can read quietly while sipping tea. He does make small talk with another regular, a too-young call girl named Teri (Chloe Grace Moretz).

He can easily surmise that her vocation isn’t exactly what this Russian immigrant had in mind for herself—that becomes even more clear after she’s brutally beaten by Russian thugs who control her very existence.

Realizing he can no longer stand idly by, McCall taps into his long-buried past to help him with this present situation.

But the Russian crime syndicate will brook no opposition, so they turn to a brutal enforcer (Marton Csokas) to take care of this mysterious man of action.

The Equalizer is about as subtle as a nail gun shot to the temple, with McCall worthy of sainthood and the villains worthy of being Satan’s emissaries on Earth.

Like such Neeson vehicles as Taken and the current A Walk Among the Tombstones, The Equalizer isn’t a film for those seeking moral ambiguity or thought-provoking shades of gray. It’s cinema as catharsis, allowing ordinary people weary of living in a world run by vile criminals and corrupt cops the fantasy of seeing a sentient superman righting all wrongs on their behalf.

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Activism & Politics

13th Colony Patriots

Conservative political activists that meet the 13th of each month. Dedicated to preserving the U.S. Constitution and life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. See Facebook page for meeting location. Free 13th of every month, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 912604-4048. liveoakstore.com/tubbysthunderbolt. Tubby's Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. Muffins with Mary Ellen

Alderman Mary Ellen Sprague's weekly conversation with District 4 constituents.

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/. coffee deli, 4517 Habersham St.

Public invited to apply to boards, commissions & authorities

The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah will be accepting applications beginning Sunday, September 28, 2014 through Friday, October 24, 2014 for appointment(s) and reappointment(s) to several Boards, Commissions and Authorities. Applications and list of openings can be found on the City’s website at www. savannahga.gov/boards. No applications will be accepted after noon on October 24.

For further information, contact the Office of the Clerk of Council at (912) 651-6441 or clerkofcouncil@savannahga.gov. Through Oct. 24. savannahga.gov/boards.

Savannah Area Young Republicans

Get involved. Contact is Michael Johnson, via email or telephone, or see website for info. 912-604-0797. chairman@sayr.org. sayr.org. Call or see website for information. Free 912-308-3020. savannahyoungrepublicans.com.

Savannah Libertarians

Join the Facebook group to find out about upcoming local events. Mondays. Facebook.com/groups/SAVlibertarians.

Savannah Tea Party

5pm social time. 5:30pm meeting begins.

6pm speaker. Reservations not necessary. Free to attend. Food and beverages available for purchase. Mondays, 5:30 p.m.. 912-598-7358. savannahteaparty. com. liveoakstore.com/tubbysthunderbolt.

Tubby's Tank House (Thunderbolt), 2909 River Dr. Victorian Neighborhood Association Meetings

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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/. American Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St.

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Young Democrats

Mondays at 7pm on the second level of Foxy Loxy, Bull Street. Call or visit the Young Democrats Facebook page for more information. Free 423-619-7712. foxyloxycafe.com/. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St.

38 compiled by robin wright gunn | happenings@connectsavannah.com Happenings is Connect Savannah’s listing of community gatherings, events, classes and groups. If you want an event listed, email happenings@connectsavannah.com. Include specific dates, time, locations with addresses, cost and a contact number. Deadline for inclusion is 5pm Friday, to appear in next Wednesday’s edition.

Auditions and Calls for Entries

Programs are to be completed prior to December 31, 2014, and the application must be submitted at least eight weeks prior Slideluck Savannah, the local chapter of a to the start date of the project. Grants are national arts nonprofit, is looking for artists $2500 maximum.Priority for projects for for its November 13 show. Deadline for youth, seniors, and those who have limited submissions is October 24. Through Oct. access to arts. Applicants must be a non24. submissions@slideluck.com. slideluck. profit, 501c3, head-quartered in Savancom/submissions. alpost135.com/. Ameri- nah’s corporate limits. Proposed programs can Legion, Post 135, 1108 Bull St. must also be produced within the City’s Call for Artists corporate limits. No individual artist apThe Sentient Bean seeks experienced art- plications will be accepted. See website ists for one-month-long exhibitions of his/ for application. Mondays.. 912-651-6417. her work. Artists must have a website with cnorthcutt@savannahga.gov. (savannahga. current images representing a sample of gov\arts. the work to be shown in order to be considered. Apply to sentientbooking@gmail.

Benefits AMBUCS Celebrity Bowlapalooza com, subject line “art show." See webWatch local celebrities and their friends site for info. Fridays.. sentientbean.com/ booking#visualarts. sentientbean.com. The bowl for dollars, to benefit AMBUCS' AMtryke giveaway program for differSentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave. City of Savannah TV Show Seeks Entries ently abled Savannahians. Donate to your The City of Savannah's TV station, SGTV, favorite bowler. Free to attend. Donations seeks profiles, documentaries, animations, encouraged. Sat., Oct. 11, 9 a.m.-noon. original music videos, histories or other savannahambucs.com/. AMF Savannah original works by or about the citizens of Lanes, 115 Tibet Ave. Chatham County Animal Control Seeks DonaSavannah to run on "Engage," a television tions of Items show produced by the city. No compensaChatham County Animal Control seeks tion. SGTV offers an opportunity to expose items for pets in the facility. Canned local works to over 55,000 households in and dry dog and cat food, baby formula, Chatham County. Submit proposals via newspaper, paper towels, soaps, crates, website. Saturdays.. savannahga.gov/enleashes, collars, wash cloths, towels. Open gagesgtv.

Gallery 209 Call for Artists daily, 1pm-5pm. Mondays.. 912-351-6750.

Gallery 209, 209 East River Street, seeks animalcontrol.chathamcounty.org. Chaa 3D artist to join its cooperative gallery. tham County Animal Shelter, 7215 Sallie Interested artists call 236-4583 between Mood Dr. 10:30am--1:30 pm, or emailbmrousseau@ Food Drive A canned food drive benefiting local food aol.com. Sundays.. gallery209savannah. pantries, runs through October. Drop off at com/. Gallery 209, 209 E River St. Gallery Seeks Local Artists any Ameris Bank. Through Oct. 31. amerisKobo Gallery, 33 Barnard Street, seeks 2-D bank.com.

Forsyth Farmers Market Seeks Sponsors and 3-D artists to join its cooperative gallery. Must be a full-time resident of Savan- Market sponsors invest in a healthy comnah or nearby area. Work to be considered munity and support the local economy. includes painting, photography, mixed me- Sponsorships begin at $350. Help keep food fresh and local. Tuesdays.. kristen@ dia, sculpture, glass, ceramics and wood. forsythfarmersmarket.com. forsythfarmSubmit 5-10 images of work, resume/CV and bio to info@kobogallery.com. Mondays. ersmarket.com. forsythfarmersmarket. com/. Forsyth Farmers' Market, 501 WhitaKobo Gallery, 33 Barnard Street ,.

Homeschool Music Classes ker St., South End of Forysth Park.

Music classes for homeschool students $5 Bikram Yoga Class to Benefit Local Charities Bikram Yoga Savannah offers a weekly ages 8-18 and their parents. Offered in Karma class to raise money for local chariGuyton and Savannah. See website for ties. Thursdays during the 6:30pm class. details. CoastalEmpireMusic.com.

Oatland Island Seeks Memories and RecollecPay $5 for class and proceeds are donated tions for 40th Anniversary to a different charity each month. This is a Oatland Island Education Center is looking regular Bikram Yoga class. 912.356.8280. for memories of Oatland Island in honor bikramyogasavannah.com. of their 40th anniversary. People who were Party in Pink Zumbathon This Zumba® event has turned fitness into part of the Youth Conservation Corp that an active fundraising opportunity to help helped to build Oatland Island Education Center in the 1970’s. Great memories from prevent breast cancer. Proceeds benefit field trips. Special family memories of Oat- the Zumba® Global Research Grant for Breast Cancer Prevention. $5 Sat., Oct. 11, land Island. Send your photos and stories 9 a.m.-noon. 912-395-5330. ZumbaBranto memories@oatland40th.org. Deadline diStyle@gmail.com. brandimuhammad. is August 31. undefined. 912-395-1500. zumba.com/. Beach High School, 3001 oatlandisland.org.

Weave-A-Dream Grant Applications Sought Hopkins St. Call for proposals for the 2014 Weave-AProfessional Clothing Drive at Armstrong Dream—Cultural & Arts Projects initiative. Armstrong State University’s Office of Career Services is accepting donations for Applications will be accepted through the its Clothing Closet, a professional clothcalendar year, while funds are available.

Call for Artist Submissions for Slideluck Savannah

ing drive seeking gently used professional attire—oxford shirts, men's and women’s suits, slacks, blouses, dress shoes. Clothing will be available to students seeking career guidance assistance. Drop off location: the alumni office in Burnett Hall on the Armstrong campus. Through Feb. 1, 2015. 912.344.2563. careers@armstrong. edu. about.armstrong.edu/Maps/index. html. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St. SCMPD Animal Control seeks Volunteers

Savannah Chatham County Animal Control seeks volunteers to serve various tasks as needed by the shelter. No prior animal shelter experience is necessary. Newly trained volunteers will be authorized to serve immediately after orientation.

Potential volunteers are asked to notify J. Lewis prior to orientation; though, walk-ins are welcome. Volunteers must be at least 17-years-old. (912) 525-2151. jlewis01@savannahga.gov.

Silver Peacock Party

A benefit and party celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home Foundation and the ongoing effort to preserve this awardwinning author’s legacy in Savannah. $100 Sat., Oct. 11, 5-8 p.m. 912.233.6014. flanneryoconnorhome@gmail.com. flanneryoconnorhome.org. Armstrong House, 447 Bullstreet.

Classes, Camps & Workshops

Argentine Tango Beyond Basics Group Class

A class for advanced beginners in Argentine Tango. Prerequisite: knowledge of Basic elements of Argentine Tango. No partner required. This is a 4 week course that will progress each week. $35 Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m.. 912.312.3549. salondebaile. dance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Art Classes at The Studio School

Ongoing weekly drawing and painting classes for youth and adults. See website, send email or call for details. 912-4846415. melindaborysevicz@gmail.com. thestudioschoolsavannah.com.

Art, Music, Piano, Voice Coaching

Coaching for all ages, beginners through advanced. Classic, modern, jazz improvization and theory. Serious inquiries only.

912-961-7021 or 912-667-1056.

Artist Sacred Circle

Group forming on Fridays beginning in March. 1:30pm-3pm. Based on The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron. Contact Lydia Stone, 912-656-6383 or rosesonthemove@ gmail.com. 912-656-6383. rosesonthemove@gmail.com.

Beading Classes

Offered every weekend at Perlina Beadshop, 6 West State Street. Check website calendar or call for info. 912-441-2656. perlinabeadshop.com.

Beading Classses at Epiphany Bead & Jewelry Studio

Learn jewelry-making techniques from beginner to advanced. Call for class times.

912-920-6659. Epiphany Bead & Jewelry

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Beginner Group Guitar Classes

Covers basic chords and strumming techniques, rhythm, tuning, and use of a flatpick. Eight-week course begins Monday, September 8. Kids 6-12 from 4-4:45PM. Adults/teens from 6-6:45PM. $120 for 8 week course Mondays, 4-4:45 & 6-6:45 p.m.. savannahschooloffolkmusic@ gmail.com. savannahschooloffolkmusic. org. Savannah School of Folk Music, 2421 Waters Ave. 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. 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.

Chatham County Sheriff's Office Explorers Post 876

Chatham County Sheriff's Office Explorers Post 876, is taking applications from young men and women (ages 14-20) interested in law enforcement careers. Explorers experience mentoring, motivation, and learn skills which help prepare them for their roles as productive citizens. See Chatham County Sheriff's web page, click "Community/Explorers Post 876 or call. Wednesdays.. 912-651-3743. chathamsheriff.org.

Classical Guitar Instruction

Professional level classical instruction with a university professor. Lessons available for all levels with Dr. Brian Luckett, DMA. Private studio in Starland District. $25/half hour, $45/hour. brian@brianluckett.com. (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.

Coffee Cupping

Like a wine tasting, but with coffee. A lesson on coffee process methods and origins worthy of a connoisseur. Free and open to the public. Donations welcome. Fridays, 11 a.m.. 912-209-0025. perccoffee.com. PERC Coffee Roasters, 1802 East Broad Street.

Conscious Kids Yoga

A yoga class for children age 4 and up, to build skill, confidence, strength, and abilities of the body, mind, and heart. $15 per class or $50 for 6 sessions (to be used within 2 months) Wednesdays, 4-4:45 p.m..

912-544-6387. erigosavannah.com. Erigo, 5301 Paulsen Street.

Creative Magic Mondays

A way to begin the week on a creative note.

Doodling, planning, manifesting, crafting.

Participants bring their own art supplies.

Free. Love donation appreciated. Mondays, 11 a.m.. relaxsavannah@gmail.com. facebook.com/creativemanifest. Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St.

Critical Reading Prep for the SAT - Prep for the Nov. 8th Exam

This course focuses on strategies in active reading that pertain specifically to the SAT. While improving their vocabulary, students will learn to identify key words, recognize main ideas/themes, draw conclusions and make inferences. $160 per person; $135 for groups of 3 or more Mondays, 6-8 p.m..

912-644-5967. personaldevelopment@ georgiasouthern.edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ce/programs/personaldevelopment/satprep/. cgc.georgiasouthern. edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street.

Discover the Archives Workshop

A general introduction to the City of Savannah's Municipal Archives intended for those who have never visited. Participants learn about the Municipal Archives’ history, types of records available, and how to identify and request historical materials in the collections. Session repeats in the morning and the afternoon. Free to attend.

Please pre register. Fri., Oct. 10, 9-10 a.m. & 12-1 p.m. (912) 651-6411. Lspracher@ savannahga.gov. savannahga.gov/MunicipalArchives. Savannah City Hall, 2 East Bay Street.

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. 912-897-3604. islandchristian. org.

Family Law Workshop

The Mediation Center has three workshops per month for people who do not have legal representation in a family matter: divorce, legitimation, modifications of child support, visitation, contempt. Schedule: 1st Tues, 2nd Mon, 4th Thursday. Call for times. $30 912-354-6686. mediationsavannah.com.

Fany's Spanish/English Institute

Spanish is fun. Classes for adults and children held at 15 E. Montgomery Crossroad.

Register by phone. 912-921-4646.

Feng Shui Simplified!

Feng Shui Simplified occurs on the second Sunday of the month. The class covers the nine main areas involved in Feng Shui to boost harmony in your life! $30/class second Sunday of every month, 1 p.m. relaxsavannah@gmail.com. facebook. com/relaxsavannah. Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Figure Drawing Classes

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OCT. 25th May Howard School Wilmington Island, GA

Online Registration >>>>>>>>> Save $5.00

Register by 10/15

www.FleetFeetSavannah.com/trick-or-trot

This event benefits: Midtown Community Center, West Broad Street YMCA, Wesley Community Centers, Savannah Public Schools CAREER TECH, and May Howard School PTA. It also helps support the Georgia Rotary Scholarship Program and other Rotary Programs.

Presented by Savannah Sunrise Rotary Club www.TrickorTrot.net 912-224-6957

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12:30am. $60/4-session package or $20 drop-in fee. At the Studio School. 912484-6415. melindaborysevicz@gmail.com. thestudioschoolsavannah.com. Studio School, 1319 Bull St. Guitar, Mandolin, or Bass Guitar Lessons

Emphasis on theory, reading music, and improvisation. Located in Ardsley Park.

912-232-5987.

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. 912-232-4232 x115. savannahpha.com. savannahpha. com/NRC.html. Neighborhood Resource Center, 1407 Wheaton St. Knitting & Crochet Classes

Offered at The Frayed Knot, 6 W. State St. See the calendar of events on website.

Mondays. 912-233-1240. thefrayedknotsav. com.

instruments, violin, piano, drums and guitar. All ages welcome. 912-358-0054. georgiamusicwarehouse.com/. 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. Fridays.. 912-354-1500. portmansmusic.com. portmansmusic. com. 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. 912-692-8055. smisavannah@gmail.com.

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.

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

Savannah Authors Meeting

Open to published or unpublished writers.

Beginners are welcome. Savannah Authors Autonomous encourages first-class prose writing, fiction or non-faction, using discussion, constructive criticism, instruction, and examples. The group was founded

by Christopher Scott (912) 398-1727 and Alice Vantrease (912) 308-3208. Visit us at savannahauthors.org. We meet every second AND FOURTH Tuesday of the month.

Free second Tuesday of every month. (912) 308-3208. savannahauthors.org. Private Residence, 630 East Victory Drive.

Savannah Folk Festival: Youth Songwriting Workshop

Michael Johnathon leads a workshop for young songwriters. Sponsored in part by Connect Savannah. Free and open to the public. Sat., Oct. 11, 3:30-5:30 p.m. savannahfolk.org. fpc.presbychurch.net. First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. Senior Citizens, Inc.’s Powerful Tools for Caregivers Educational Series

OCT 8-14, 2014

A six-week educational series for family caregivers, Tues. 9/16 - 10/21. How to reduce stress, build self-confidence, improve Learn to Sew communication and decision-making techSewing lessons for all ages and skill levels. niques, locate helpful resources and create Private and Group classes. Tuesdays.. 912balanced lives. Pre-registration required by 596-0889. kleossewingstudio.com. Kleo's 9/5. Presented by Senior Citizens, Inc. Free Novel Writing Sewing Studio, 36 W. Broughton St. #201.

Tuesdays, 10-11:30 a.m.. 912-236-0363.

Life Coaching Write a novel, finish the one you've started, jobrien@senior-citizensinc.org. https:// Group & individual life coaching with a Cer- revise it or pursue publication. Award-win- seniorcitizens-inc.org. Senior Citizens Inc., tified Life Coach. Plan for a career change, ning Savannah author offers one-on-one or 3025 Bull St. Sewing Classes new lifestyle, or an opportunity to pursue small group classes, mentoring, manucreative or business projects. Step-by-step script critique, ebook formatting. Email for For beginners or advanced sewers. Industry standard sewing courses designed to guidance to fulfill aspirations. In person pricing and scheduling info. pmasoninsameet standards in the garment industry. or telephone sessions. Thursdays.. 912vannah@gmail.com.

Photography Classes Open schedule. Savannah Sewing Acad596-1952. info@roiseandassociates.com.

Beginner photography to post production. emy. 1917 Bull St. Sundays.. 912-290-0072.

Downtown Savannah, downtown.

Math Prep for the November 8th SAT Exam Instruction for all levels. $20 for two-hour savsew.com.

This course gives students the necesSinging Classes class. See website for complete class list.

Bel Canto is a singing style which helps the sary practice, thinking strategies and 410-251-4421. chris@chrismorrisphotogvoice become flexible and expressive, imskills development needed for maximizraphy.com. chrismorrisphotography.com.

Piano Lessons proves vocal range and breathing capacity. ing scores on the math portion of the Piano lessons with a classically trained A foundation for opera, rock, pop, gospel SAT. They will review the use of various formulas essential to solving problems and instructor, with theater and church experi- and musical theatre. $25 Mondays, 6 p.m.. ence. 912-312-3977. georgiamusicware786-247-9923. anitraoperadiva@yahoo. receive information on effective strategies house.com/. Georgia Music Warehouse, com. Institute of Cinematic Arts, 12 West for increasing the likelihood of answering State Street, 3rd and 4th flrs.,. problems correctly. They will take practice 2424 Abercorn St. Piano Voice-Coaching Spanish Classes tests in class and will also learn exercises Pianist with M/degree,classical modSpanish courses for professionals offor relieving test anxiety. $160 per person; ern jazz improvisation, no age limit. Call fered by Conquistador Spanish Language $135 for groups of 3 or more Tuesdays, Institute, LLC. Beginner Spanish for 6-8 p.m.. 912-651-2005. PersonalDevelop- 912-961-7021 or 912-667-1056. Serious inquiries only.

Professionals--Intro price $155 + textbook ment@georgiasouthern.edu. academics.

Pottery Classes for Adults and Children ($12.95). Instructor: Bertha E. Hernandez, georgiasouthern.edu/ce/programs/perFall in love with clay. Pottery on the wheel M.Ed. and native speaker. Meets in the sonaldevelopment/satprep/. cgc.georgiaand hand building classes for adults, teens, Keller Williams Realty meeting room, 329 southern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, and children. Morning, after-school, and Commercial Drive. Tuesdays.. conquista305 Fahm Street.

Mommy & Me Relaxation Class evening classes available. Classes begin dor-spanish.com.

Teaches techniques to face the physical, Oct. 13. $110-$160 Mon., Oct. 13. 912-509- Stress Reduction: Arising Stillness in Zen mental, and emotional changes of a new 4647. www.savannahsclayspot.com. Savan- Stress-reducing practices for body, speech and mind. Five Thursday night classes mother's body, mind and heart with poise nah's Clay Spot, 1305 Barnard St. Reading/Writing Tutoring from 6- 7:00pm. $15 drop-in; $70 for and grace. a variety of relaxation techMs. Dawn’s Tutoring in reading, writing, series. Rev. Fugon Cindy Beach, Sensei. niques for mother and child. For expectand composition. Remedial reading skills, Savannah Zen Center 111 E. 34th St. 31401 ing and new moms as well as those with help with borderline dyslexia, to grammar, revfugon@gmail.com small children (4 and under). $15/class Vocal Lessons term paper writing, and English as a Secor 6 classes for $50 (to be used within 2 A group of voice instructors who believe months) Tuesdays, Thursdays, 10-11 a.m.. ond Language. Fun methods for children in the power of a nurturing community to to help them learn quickly. 912-660-7399.

912-544-6387. erigosavannah.com. Erigo, help voice students blossom into vibrant cordraywriter@gmail.com.

5301 Paulsen Street.

Music Instruction Russian Language Classes artists. Each instructor holds a Masters of Georgia Music Warehouse, near corner of Learn to speak Russian. All experience Music in Voice Performance. Group classes Victory Drive & Abercorn, offering instruc- levels welcome, beginner to expert. Call for held once a month, plus an annual recital.

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Varies Wednesdays.. 912-656-0760. TheV-

oiceCoOp.org. The Voice Co-op, Downtown.

Yoga on the Beach

After Labor Day Yoga, every Saturday until the weather gets too cold or if raining.

North Beach Parking Lot, Gulick Street beach walkover. Drop-ins and beginners encouraged. Bring yoga mat or beach towel. Taught by Ann Caroll. By donation Saturdays, 10-11 a.m.. 912-704-7650. ann@aikyayoga.com. aikyayoga.com.

North Beach, Tybee Island.

Dance

5Rhythms Waves - Dance

This is a free-form dance. Dana Danielson provides the music and sets the rhythm.

Each dancer sets his/her own limits, choreograph his/her own steps. There's no right or wrong, no steps to follow. No experience necessary. $15 drop-in; 5 classes for $60 Tuesdays, 7:15-8:30 p.m..

912-200-4809. info@savannahyogabarre. com. savannahyogabarre.com. Savannah Yoga Barre, 2135 E Victory Drive.

Adult Ballet Class

Maxine Patterson School of Dance, 2212 Lincoln St, offers adult ballet on Thursdays, 6:30pm-7:30pm $12 per class. Call for info. 912-234-8745.

Adult Intermediate Ballet

Mondays and Wednesdays, 7pm-8pm. $12/class or $90/8 classes. Call for info.

Academy of Dance, 74 W. Montgomery Crossroad. Wednesdays. 912-921-2190.

Beginner and intermediate ballet, modern dance, barre fusion, barre core body sculpt, gentle stretch & tone. Tuesdays..

912-925-0903. theballetschoolsav.com.

Ballet School, 10010 Abercorn St. 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. 912-925-7416. savh_tango@yahoo.com.

Argentine Tango Basics Group Class

This beginners group class will focus on the basic elements of movement and Argentine Tango. This class is a 4 week session that will start from week 1 and progress while reviewing each week until week 4. No partner or experience required. $35 Wednesdays, 6-7 p.m..

912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@gmail. com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Awaken with Chakradance™

A free-flowing, meditative dance, with eclectic music selected to resonate with each specific chakra, along with guided imagery. No dance experience or chakras knowledge needed. $20 ongoing, 7-8:30 p.m. 912-663-1306. Chakradancer@ comcast.net. chakradance.com/. synergisticbodies.com. Synergistic Bodies, 7901 Waters Ave. Ballroom Group Dance Class

Weekly ballroom dance classes focus on two types of dance each month. Open to partners/couples or to solos. The $35 for 4 weeks or $10 drop in Mondays, 7 p.m.

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Forsyth Park, 501 Whitaker St.

A group ballroom dance class for beginners through advanced. Rumba, Swing, Tango, Foxtrot, Waltz, Cha Cha, Samba, and more. Singles or couples. $10.00 per person or $35 for 4 weeks (per person) Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m.. 912.312.3549. reservetodance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Learn to dance Salsa & Bachata. For info, call Austin (912-704-8726) or Omar (Spanish - 787-710-6721). Thursdays. 912-7048726. salsa@salsasavannah.com. salsasavannah.com. Great Gatsby, 408 West Broughton Street.

Ballroom Series Group Class

Ballroom/Latin Group Class

Group classes every Tuesday and Wednesday at 8pm. Tuesdays focus on fundamental steps, styling, and techniques.

Wednesday's classes are more specific, with advanced elements. $15/person and $25/couple Wednesdays, 8 p.m. and Tuesdays.. 912-335-3335. savannahballroom@ gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing. com. Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

Beginner's Belly Dance Classes

Basic belly dance moves and choreography at The Guild Hall. All ages and skill levels welcome. Wear appropriate attire and footwear. $15 Sun., Oct. 12.

912-596-0889. edgebellydance@gmail. com. edgebellydance.com. Guild Hall, 615 Montgomery Street.

Instructed by Nicole Edge. All ages/Skill levels welcome. Sundays, 12pm-1pm.

Fitness body and balance studio. 2127 1//2 E. Victory Dr. $15/class or $48/hour. Call or see website. 912-596-0889. cairoonthecoast.com.

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. 912-414-1091. info@cybelle3. com. cybelle3.com.

Happenstance Bellydance

All levels and styles of bellydance welcome. Classes every Monday, 5:306:30pm. Drop-ins welcome. $15/lesson Mondays, 5:30 p.m.. (912) 704-2940. happenstancebellydance@gmail.com. happenstancebellydance.wordpress.com.

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. 912-748-0731.

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.

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Dance Lessons (Salsa, Bachata)

Dance Party

Dance on Thursdays at 8pm--fun, friendship, and dancing. Free for Savannah Ballroom students. $10 for visitors ($15 for couples). free - $15 Thursdays, 8 p.m. 912335-3335. savannahballroom@gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing.com. Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

Disco Hustle Dance Class

Do the hustle! A New York style Disco Hustle group class taught by Jos'eh Marion, a professional ballroom dance instructor.

Sundays at 5pm. Call for pricing. Sundays, 5 p.m.. 843-290-6174. Trudancer@gmail. com. ymcaofcoastalga.org/. YMCA (Habersham Branch), 6400 Habersham St. FUNdamentals Dance Lesson

Group dance lessons every Tuesday and Wednesday at 8pm. Tuesday: fundamental steps, styling, and techniques. Wednesday: advanced elements. $15/person $25/ couple Tuesdays, 8 p.m. and Wednesdays, Beginner's Belly Dance Classes Every Wednes- 8 p.m.. 912-335-3335. savannahballroom@ day gmail.com. savannahballroomdancing.

Beginner's belly dance class instructed com. Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 by local performer Nicole Edge. Learn the Travis Street.

Home Cookin' Cloggers basics of American Cabaret belly dance.

15$ Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m.. 912-596-0889. Wednesdays, 6pm-8pm, Nassau Woods Recreation Building, Dean Forest Road. No edgebellydance@gmail.com. edgebelbeginner classes at this time. Call Claudia lydance.com. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Collier for info. 912-748-0731.

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Irish Dance Classes

Glor na Dare offers beginner to champion Irish Dance classes for ages 5 and up.

Adult Step & Ceili, Strength and Flexibility, non-competitive and competitive programs, workshops, camps. Certified.

Wednesdays.. 912-704-2052. prideofirelandga@gmail.com.

Kids Hip Hop and Jazz

A kids dance class with high energy music.

Students learn different elements of hip hop dancing and how to put it together in a routine. $8 Thursdays, 5:15-6 p.m..

912.312.3549. reservetodance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

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. Savannah Ballroom Dance Studio, 11 Travis Street.

Line Dancing

Take down Tuesdays. Jazzy Sliders Adult Line Dancing, every Tuesday, 7:30pm10:00pm. Free admission, cash bar. Come early and learn a new dance from 7:30pm8:30pm. doublesnightclub.com/. Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Mahogany Shades of Beauty

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17 Terrible dictionary definition of fortified wine?

19 iPod model 20 Tater Tots maker 21 Time out for Timothy Leary 23 Take back 25 Empty ___ syndrome 26 Instrument for Hawaiians and hipsters 29 Paper format?

32 Shaggy’s voice 36 Without company 37 Kenny Loggins’s “Danger ___” 38 “Ewwww!”

39 Hero’s pursuit 40 Ninth Greek letter 41 Plumlike fruit 42 One of Holder’s predecessors 43 Called off 44 California’s Big ___ 45 Major inconveniences 47 Pad prik khing’s cuisine 49 Queen of hip hop 54 Spiny anteaters 58 Put under 59 Speaker of Cooperstown 60 Be a hasty actor?

62 Nutmeg-flavored drinks 63 Killing time 64 Center of activity 65 Needing a massage 66 Mad Libs category 67 Sporty Jaguar

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12 “The Bluest Eye” author Morrison 13 Pick up a few things 18 Cold and clammy 22 Dennis’s sister, in “Always Sunny” 24 Washington-area airport 27 Supposedly crazy birds 28 Join the club 30 Start the pot 31 In need of jumper cables

32 X, in a love letter 33 “Because freedom can’t protect itself” org.

34 Fashionable school for hybrid outerwear?

35 Potato feature 37 Popular wine, for short 39 Farmer’s storage 43 Co-star of Bea, Betty, and Rue 45 Suckered 46 Right there on the map 48 ___ fit (tantrum) 50 Word said with a head slap 51 Iggy Azalea hit 52 Accepted without question 53 “Siddhartha” novelist Hermann 54 Active volcano in Sicily 55 Comfy shoe 56 Brad’s role in “Inglourious Basterds” 57 Colleague of Scotty and Spock 61 Stimpy’s counterpart

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West African, ballet, lyrical and step.

Modeling and acting classes. All ages/ levels welcome. Call Mahogany for info.

912-272-8329.

349-2756. info@savannahpoweryoga.com. savannahpoweryoga.com. savannahpoweryoga.com/. Savannah Power Yoga, 7360 Skidaway Rd.

Beginner and intermediate classes. Fridays 10am-11:15am. Doris Martin Studio, 7360 Skidaway Rd. Call Elizabeth for info.

912-354-5586.

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. Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Suite B.

Modern Dance Class

Salsa Group Classes

The hottest dance class around. For solo dancers or duos. $5 undefined, 5:30 p.m.

912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@gmail. com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

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.

Tuesdays.. salsasavannah.com.

Savannah Folk Festival: Saturday Old Time Country Dance

The Folk Festival version of this monthly event features music by The Hungry Monks. Sponsored in part by Connect Savannah. Sat., Oct. 11, 7:30-11 p.m. savannahfolk.org. notredamesav.org. Notre Dame Academy, 1709 Bull St. Savannah Shag Club

Wednesdays, 7pm,at Doubles Lounge.

Fridays, 7pm, at American Legion Post 36, 2309 E. Victory Dr. doublesnightclub.com/.

Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Savannah Swing Cats--Swing Dancing

doublesnightclub.com/. Doubles Nightclub, 7100 Abercorn St. Sizzle: Dance and Cardio

A class designed to maintain that summer body by dancing and having fun. Incorporates dance and cardio to fun, spicy songs. $10 drop in or 10 classes for $80 Tuesdays, Fridays, 10 a.m. 912-312-3549. reservetodance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

West Coast Swing Class

Instructor Rick Cody teaches the smooth rhythms of beach music and west coast swing. $12 drop in fee or $35 for 4 weeks Wednesdays, 7 p.m.. 912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

West Coast Swing Group Class Series

This 4 week class series teaches the basics of West Coast Swing. Each month will begin a new series teaching you the from the very beginning. No experience or partner required. $35 Tuesdays, 6-7 p.m..

912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@gmail. com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Fitness

$6 Community Yoga Classes

Savannah Power Yoga offers a community yoga class nearly every day of the week for just $6. All proceeds support local organizations. See schedule online for details.

Most classes are heated to 90 degrees.

Bring a yoga mat, towel and some water.

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AHA Yoga Classes

Al-Anon Family Groups

An anonymous fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics. The message of Al-Anon is one of strength and hope for friends/family of problem drinkers.

Al-Anon is for adults. Alateen is for people age 13-19. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. check website or call for info. 912-598-9860. savannahalanon.com.

8811. savj.org. savannahjea.org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St.

Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

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 in need of support for the caregiving they provide. savannahcommons.com.

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

Free Caregiver Support Group

Free Dance and Fitness Classes at Lake Mayer

Every Thursday. 9:30am-10:15am Toddler Class. 12pm-1pm Adult Lunch Break Dance Class. 1:30pm-2:30pm Super Seniors Workout. 5:30pm-6:15pm Youth African Dance Fitness (ages 6-12). 6:30pm7:30pm Adult African Dance Fitness. Wear comfortable clothing. Free and open to the public. Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m..

912-652-6784. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

Dude's Day at Savannah Climbing Coop

Thursdays, 2 til 10 p.m. Savannah Climbing Coop 302 W Victory Dr, Savannah Every Thursday men climb for half price, $5. See Bariatric Surgery Support Group website for info. Thursdays, 2 & 10 p.m.

First Wednesday each month, 7pm, and 912-495-8010. savannahclimbingcoop. third Saturday, 10am, in Mercer Auditorium com. Savannah Climbing CoOp, 302 W of Hoskins Center at Memorial. For those Victory Dr. Hiking & Biking at Skidaway Island State Park who have had or are considering bariatric surgery. Free to attend. Call or see website Year round fitness opportunities. Walk or run the 1-mile Sandpiper Nature Trail (acfor info. 912-350-3438. memorialhealth. cessible) the additional 1-mile Avian Loop com. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Trail, or 3-mile Big Ferry Trail. Bicycle Health University Medical Center, 4700 and street strider rentals. Guided hikes Waters Ave. Beach Body Workouts with Laura scheduled. $5 parking. Open daily 7amMONDAYS at 6:15 PM at the Lake Mayer 10pm. Call or see website. 912-598-2300.

Community Center $5.00 per session gastateparks.org/SkidawayIsland. gastateMondays, 6:15 p.m. (912) 652-6784. Lake parks.org/info/skidaway/. Skidaway Island Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads.

State Park, 52 Diamond Cswy.

Beastmode Fitness Group Training

Train with this elite team. A total body program that trims, tones and gets results.

Personal training options available. See website for info. Meets at West Broad YMCA. 5am-6am and 8pm-9pm. beastmodefitnessga.com. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. Bellydancing Fusion Classes

Insanity Workout Group Class

INSANITY turns old-school interval training on its head. Work flat out in 3 to 5-min blocks, and take breaks only long enough to gulp some air and get right back to work. It's called Max Interval Training, because it keeps your body working at maximum capacity through your entire workout. $10 or $80 for 10 fitness classes Saturdays, 11 a.m. 912.312.3549. salondebaile.dance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Mixes ballet, jazz, hip hop into a unique high energy dance style. Drills and choreographies for all levels.Small classes in downtown Savannah, and on request. $10 per person. Email for info. bohemianbeats. Israeli Krav Maga Self-Defense Classes A system of self-defense techniques based com.

Blue Water Yoga on several martial arts. The official fighting Community donation-based classes, Tues. system of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). and Thurs., 5:45pm - 7:00pm. Fri., 9:30am- Custom Fit offers individual and small 10:30am. Email for info or find Blue Water group training and intensive workshops.

Yoga on Facebook. egs5719@aol.com.

912-441-4891. customfitcenter.com.

Kung Fu School: Ving Tsun Talahi Island Community Club, 532 QuarVing Tsun (Wing Chun) is the world's fastterman Dr. Dance Conditioning est growing martial arts style. Uses angles A class designed to enhance strength, and leverage to turn an attacker's strength flexibility, balance, and overall body fitagainst him. Call for info on free trial ness, with belly dance movements for a classes. Drop ins welcome. 11202 White total workout. $10 drop in or $80 for 10 Bluff Rd. 912-429-9241. classes Wednesdays, 7 p.m.. 912.312.3549. Latin Cardio A cardio-based workout class designed to salondebaile.dance@gmail.com. salondeget students fit while having fun. Latin style bailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile dances like cha cha, samba, jive, rumba, Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial salsa. No partner necessary. Workout Drive.

Fitness Classes at the JEA clothes required. $10 drop in or $80 for 10 Sin, firm it up, yoga, Pilates, water aeroclasses Mondays, 6 p.m.. 912.312.3549. bics, Aquasize, senior fitness, and Zumba. salondebaile.dance@gmail.com. salondePrices vary. Call for schedule. 912-355bailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile

Mommy and Baby Yoga

Pilates Classes

Daily classes for all skill levels including beginners. Private and semi-private classes by appointment. Carol Daly-Wilder, certified instructor. Call or see website for info. 912-238-0018. savannahpilates. com. pilatessavannah.com/. Momentum Pilates Studio, 8413 Rerguson Ave. Piloxing

Piloxing (c) cardio fusion incorporates cutting edge research and fitness techniques to burn maximum calories, build lean muscles, and increase stamina. Uses weighted gloves, toning the arms and maximizing cardiovascular health; also includes dance moves. $10.00 drop in or 10 classes for $80 Fridays, 10-11 a.m..

912.312.3549. reservetodance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Pole Fitness Classes

Pole fitness classes taught by Pole Dance America's 2014 National Professional Champion and Miss Fitness 2013 & 2014, Sabrina Madsen. Pole fitness concentrates on upper body strength and overall flexibility as well dance elements. Beginner class: Tue. 8-9pm. Advanced class: Wed. 8-9pm. Stiletto Sundays 5-6pm. Open Pole, Sun. 6pm-7pm. Call for pricing.

Wednesdays, 8-9 p.m. and Sundays, 5-7 p.m.. 801-673-6737. info@firstcityfitness. com. First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. 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. 912-704-7650. ann@aikyayoga.com. savannahyoga.com/.

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 qigongtim.com/. Anahata Healing Arts Center, 2424 Drayton St. Renagade Workout

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

Richmond Hill Roadies Running Club

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

Monthly training sessions and seminars.

Weekly runs. Kathy Ackerman, 912-7565865, or Billy Tomlinson, 912-596-5965.

Ronin Academy Self Defense Classes

A short course in simple self defense techniques for adults. Uses real life scenarios designed to provide greater self confidence and empowerment. Fees vary. Every 3 days. michael@roninacad. com. roninacad.com. aikidosavannah. com/. Aikido Center of Savannah, 5500

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White Bluff Rd.

Center, 4700 Waters Ave.

Wednesdays, 2 til 10 p.m. Savannah Climbing Coop 302 W Victory Dr, Savannah Every Wednesday women climb for half price, $5. See website for info. 912-4958010. savannahclimbingcoop.com.

Mondays at 5:30pm, Thursdays at 6:30pm.

Nonstop Fitness in Sandfly, 8511 Ferguson Ave. $5 for nonmenbers. call for info. 912349-4902.

Ladies Day at Savannah Climbing Coop

Savannah Disc Golf

Weekly events (entry $5) Friday Night Flights: Fridays, 5pm. Luck of the Draw Doubles: Saturdays, 10am. Handicapped League: Saturdays, 1pm. Singles at the Sarge: Sundays, 10am. All skill levels welcome. Instruction available. See website or email for info. savannahdiscgolf@gmail. com. savannahdiscgolf.com.

Savannah Striders Running and Walking Club

With a one-year, $10 membership,free training programs for beginners (walkers and runners) and experienced athletes.

Fun runs. Advice from mentors. Monthly meetings with quality speakers. Frequent social events. Sign up online or look for the Savannah Striders Facebook page. savystrider.com.

SIZZLE- Dance Cardio

The hottest cardio class to keep or get you in shape for summer. Sizzle is designed to give you cardio, strengthening, and stretch training that you need for that bikini body.

Enroll now and get the first class free. $10.00 or $80 for 10 classes Tuesdays, Fridays, 10 a.m. 912.312.3549. salondebaile. dance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance Studio, 7064 Hodgson Memorial Drive.

Tai Chi Lessons in Forsyth Park

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

Lose calories while dancing and kick-boxing. No experience or equipment needed.

Tues. and Thurs. 6pm, Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton Wed. 6pm Lake Mayer Community Center, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads. $5 586-822-1021. facebook. com/turbokicksavannah.

Yoga for Cancer Patients and Survivors

Free for cancer patients and survivors.

6:30pm Tuesdays. 12:45pm Thursdays.

Fitness One, 3rd floor of the Center for Advanced Medicine at Memorial. Call for info. 912-350-9031. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical

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Food Events

Pooler Farmers' Market

Featuring regional farmers, local cottage industries and community non-profits. Music, kids activities, sustainability lectures and cooking demonstrations--and, it's in Pooler. Free and open to the public. 4-7 p.m.. poolerfarmersmarket@gmail.com. poolerfarmersmarket.com. Pooler Recreation Complex, Pooler Parkway.

912-544-0026

More local numbers:1-800-777-8000 Ahora en Español/18+ www.guyspyvoice.com

Tim Rutherford, Savannah spirits and wine critic will host this session of six tastes of the South's native spirit. Reservations please. $30 donation Oct. 11, 4-5 p.m. 912437-4473. ashantillycenter@gmail.com. ashantilly.org/blog/?page_id=323. The Ashantilly Center, 15591 GA Hwy 99.

High Gravity Bier Tasting

Featuring obscure, imported biers from around the globe. $25-$45 Oct. 11, 1-5 p.m. 912-349-1163. marshall@thebierhaus.com. thebierhaus.com. The Bier Haus, 513 E. Oglethorpe Ave. Wilmington Island Farmers' Market

Vendors offering produce, prepared foods, crafts, plus storytime, musical perforWednesday Night Supper Club mances, and community information.

A new Savannah tradition. Gather at Pacci's Every Saturday. Free and open to the public community table to make new friends and wifarmersmarket@aol.com. wifarmersshare in a night of food, wine and Southern market.org/. Wilmington Island Farmers' hospitality. With seasonally inspired dishes Market, 111 Walthour Rd @ Islands Comfrom Executive Chef, Roberto Leoci. Call munity Church.

Richmond Hill Farmers Market for pricing. Reservations required. 7-9:30 The City of Richmond Hill's weekly market p.m.. 912-233-6002. jackie.blackwelder@ offers a variety of produce and local crafts paccisavannah.com. paccisavannah.com. to purchase as well as prepared food and Pacci Italian Kitchen + Bar, 601 E Bay St. Bethesda Farm Stand entertainment. Rain or shine. Pet-friendly Bethesda students and staff sell fresh (on a leash please). Free to attend. 3-7 produce, organic garden seedlings and p.m.. richmond-hill-farmers-market. J. F. farm-fresh eggs. Students lead or assist Gregory Park, Richmond Hill. in planting, cultivating and harvesting all items at Bethesda Academy using sustain- Health Armstrong Prescription Drug Drop-Off able, organic farming techniques. 3-5:30 p.m.. 912-351-2061. bethesdaacademy.org. Armstrong Atlantic State Univ. hosts a permanent drop box for disposing of unused Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave.

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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. 912350-3438. bariatrics.memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. Free Enrollment Help for Medicaid and PeachCare

Parents can find the help they need to renew or sign up their children (ages 0-19) on Medicaid or PeachCare. Enrollment Assisters will work with clients through the process. Free and open to the public.

Mondays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and Wednesdays, 1-5 p.m.. 912-356-2887. Chatham County Health Department, 1395 Eisenhower Drive (facing Sallie Mood Dr.).

Free Hearing and Speech Screening

Hearing: Thursdays, 9am-11am. Speech: First Thursdays,. Call or see website

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prescription drugs and over the counter medication. In the lobby of the University Police building on campus. Open to the public 24 hours/day, year round. Confidential. All items collected are destroyed by the Drug Enforcement Administration.

912-344-3333. armstrong.edu. about.armstrong.edu/Maps/index.html. Armstrong State University, 11935 Abercorn St.

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Free will astrology

by Rob brezsny | beautyandtruth@freewillastrology.com

ARIES

(March 21-April 19)

Situation #1: If you meet resistance or doubt, say this: “Ha! This diversion can’t slow me down, because I am in possession of an invisible magical sword!” And then brandish a few charismatic swipes of your sword to prove that you mean business. Situation #2: If angst and worry are preventing your allies from synchronizing their assets with yours, say this: “Begone, dread! For with the power of my wicked crazy songs, I am the destroyer of fear.”

And then sing your wicked crazy songs.

Situation #3: If you’re finding it hard to discern the difference between useless, ugly monsters and useful, beautiful monsters, say this: “I am a useful, beautiful monster!” Your kind will flock to your side.

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20)

In her poem “Advice to Myself,” Louise Erdrich speaks of the human heart as “that place you don’t even think of cleaning out. That closet stuffed with savage mementos.” I invite you to use her observations as a prod, Taurus. Now is an excellent time to purge the savage mementos from your heart, and clean the whole place up as best as you can. You don’t have to get all OCD about it. There’s no need to scour and scrub until everything’s spotless. Even a half-hearted effort will set in motion promising transformations in your love life.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20)

I hope you will learn more in the next eight months than you have ever before learned in a comparable period. I hope you will make a list of all the subjects you would love to study and all the skills you would love to master, and then devise a plan to gather the educational experiences with which you will reinvent yourself.

I hope you will turn your curiosity on full-blast and go in quest of revelations and insights and epiphanies, smashing through the limits of your understanding as you explore the frontiers of sweet knowledge.

CANCER

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Three times a week, I take a hike along a rough path through an oak forest. I say it’s rough because it’s strewn with loose rocks.

If I don’t survey the ground as I move, I’m constantly turning my ankles. Or at least that was the case until last week. For two days, with the help of a rake, I cleared many of those bothersome obstacles off the trail. It took several hours, but now the way is smoother. My eyes are free to enjoy the sights that aren’t so close to the ground. I recommend that you do similar work. Stop tolerating inconveniences and irritations that hobble you. Get your foundations in shape to serve you better.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22)

American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809-

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1849) was ahead of his time. He created the genre of the detective story and mastered the art of Gothic horror tales.

According to the Internet Movie Database, 240 films have referenced themes from his work. British writer Aldous Huxley wasn’t a fan of Poe, though. He said Poe was “too poetical -- the equivalent of wearing a diamond ring on every finger.”

Judging from the astrological omens, I suspect you may be at risk to lapse into a diamond-ring-on-every-finger phase yourself, Leo. While I am all in favor of you unveiling more of your radiant beauty, I’m hoping you won’t go too far. How about wearing diamond rings on just four of your fingers?

of the contestants stuck around when the lizard came to nibble the meat; they all ducked down out of their holes and fled to safety. That was probably wise, although it meant that the prize went unclaimed.

Now I’m wondering, Sagittarius, about what might happen if a similar event were staged in your neighborhood. I suspect there’s a chance you would will yourself to stand calmly as the lizard feasted on the meat just inches from your eyes. As much as I admire that kind of poised courage, I want you to know that there are better ways to express it. Be on the lookout for noble challenges with goals that are truly worthy of you.

VIRGO

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Republican Jody Hice is running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Georgia’s 10th Congressional District. To bolster his authority, he repeats quotes by revered figures from American history.

One of his favorites has been a gem from the sixth U.S. President, John Quincy Adams: “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” The only problem is, those words were actually written by country singer Dolly Parton, not by Adams. Don’t get fooled by a comparable case of mistaken identity, Virgo. Be on the alert for unwarranted substitutions and problematic switcheroos. Be a staunch fact-checker. Insist on verification.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

“I am naughtiest of all,” wrote poet Emily Dickinson in a playful letter to Maggie Maher, dated October 1882. In accordance with the astrological omens, I authorize you to let that same declaration fly frequently from your own lips in the coming week. Feel free to invoke other variations on the theme of naughtiness, as well: “I am exploring the frontiers of naughtiness,” for example, or “You need to be naughtier” (said to a person you’d like to get naughty with), or “Being naughty is my current spiritual practice.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) “There’s a way not to be broken that takes brokenness to find it,” writes Naomi Shihab Nye in her poem “Cinco de Mayo.” I suspect this describes your situation right now. The bad news is that you are feeling a bit broken. The good news is that this is a special kind of brokenness -- a brokenness that contains a valuable secret you have never been ready to learn before now.

Allow yourself to feel the full intensity of the brokenness, and you will discover a way to never be broken like this again.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

In a competitive game show on Japanese TV, 13 people had slabs of meat tied to their foreheads. They then poked their heads up from below, through holes in the floor of an elevated platform, where a hungry lizard was stalking around. But not one

CAPRICORN

Director Michael Bay makes big, loud, fast, melodramatic action films, including *Armageddon,* *Pearl Harbor,* and the four *Transformers* movies. The critics hate him, but he’s unfazed. “I make movies for teenage boys,” he says. “Oh, dear, what a crime,” he adds sarcastically. I love that stance. He knows what he’s good at, and makes no apologies for doing it.

I recommend that you cop some of that attitude right now.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

While walking in San Francisco, I passed the Pacific Heights Health Club. The sign out front said, “Birthday suits tailored here.” It was a witty reference to the idea that working out at a gym helps people get their naked bodies in good shape. I’d like to interpret the sign’s message in a different way, and apply it to you. The time is right for you to get back in touch with your raw, original self, and give it the care and the fuel and the treats it has been missing. Who did you start out to be?

What does your soul’s blueprint say about who you must become? Home in on your source code and boost its signal.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20)

Horror novelist Stephen King has sold more than 350 million books. But when he was young and destitute, still honing his craft, his self-confidence was low. His breakthrough work was *Carrie,* about a teenage girl who develops telekinetic powers. But when he was first writing that manuscript on his old manual typewriter, he got so discouraged that he threw his first draft in the trashcan. Luckily for him, his wife retrieved it and convinced him to keep plugging away. Eventually he finished, and later sold the paperback rights for $400,000. I hope you have an ally who will go digging in your garbage to fish out the good stuff you unwisely discard.

Or maybe this horoscope will convince you not to scrap it in the first place.

happenings | continued from previous page for times. 912-355-4601. savannahspeechandhearing.org. savannahspeechandhearing.org/. Savannah Speech and Hearing Center, 1206 E 66th St. Free HIV Testing at Chatham County Health Dept.

Free walk-in HIV testing. 8am-4pm Mon.Fri. No appointment needed. Test results in 20 minutes. Follow-up visit and counseling will be set up for anyone testing positive. Call for info. 912-644-5217. Chatham County Health Dept., 1395 Eisenhower Dr. Health Care for Uninsured People

Open for primary care for uninsured residents of Chatham County. Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-3:30pm. Call for info or appointment. 912-443-9409. St. Joseph's/ Candler--St. Mary's Health Center, 1302 Drayton St. Hypnosis, Guided Imagery and Relaxation Therapy

Helps everyday ordinary people with everyday ordinary problems: smoking, weight loss, phobias, fears, ptsd, life coaching.

Caring, qualified professional help. See website or call for info. 912-927-3432. savannahypnosis.com.

Intro to Thai Massage Two-Day Workshop

Ideal for yoga teachers, body workers, personal trainers. It is an introduction to an ancient technique, using bodyweight to prevent injury and promote longevity. $325 both days. Saturday Only $195 Sat., Oct. 11, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sun., Oct. 12, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 912-659-4879. ganeshasplace. com/. Ganesha's Place, 2323 Barnard St. La Leche League of Savannah

A breast feeding support group for new/ expectant monthers. Meeting/gathering first Thursdays, 10am. Call or see website for location and other info. 912-897-9544. lllusa.org/web/savannahga.html.

Planned Parenthood Hotline

First Line is a statewide hotline for women seeking information on health services.

Open 7pm-11pm nightly. 800-264-7154.

Register for Functional and Medical Needs Emergency Registry

The Chatham County Health Department is encouraging residents who may be eligible for the Functional and Medical Needs Registry to apply. The Registry is for people who may need help functioning within a general shelter or the support of medical professionals at a more specialized facility and have no other way to evacuate, in a community emergency such as a hurricane evacuation order.To apply, residents should call 912-691-7443. The application and protected health information authorization form can also be downloaded by going to www.gachd.org/ chatham Every 3 days.

Zumba

A total workout, combining elements of fitness, cardio, muscle conditioning, balance and flexibility, boosted energy, mixing low-intensity and high-intensity moves for an interval-style, calorie-burning dance fitness party. Free. Call to register and for eligibility. Mondays, Wednesdays, 4:455:45 p.m.. 912-525-2166. zumbabrandistyle@gmail.com. brandimuhammad. zumba.com/. Moses Jackson Advancement Center, 1410B Richards Street.

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Baby & Mom Yoga

For mothers with babies who are precrawlers. Moms learn poses for baby to help with digestion and sleeping -- and get a bit of relaxation, movement and camaraderie for themselves. $120 for a six session pass. Tuesdays, 10-11 a.m..

912-704-7650. ann@douladeliveriescom. savannahyogacenter.com. savannahyoga. com. Savannah Yoga Center Pooler, 111 Canal Street.

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. Adult classes available.

Thursdays.. 912-897-5984. irishdancsav@ aol.com.

New Mamas Club

A weekly Friday gathering of new moms and their babies. Practice baby & mom yoga, do a planned activity. Dream boards, affirmation writing, personalized aromatherapy and other projects. $20 per session. Six session discount. Fridays, 10 a.m.-noon. 912-704-7650. ann@douladeliveries.com. douladeliveries.com. erigosavannah.com. Erigo, 5301 Paulsen Street.

Pegasus Riding Academy Fall Session

This therapeutic riding program provides equine assisted activities for individuals in Savannah with physical, mental or emotional disabilities. Horse experience not necessary. Tuesdays.. 912-547-6482. prasav.org. Wicklow Farm, Wicklow Ave. (behind Johnny Harris Restaurant).

welcomes all alcoholics, meets Thursdays and Sundays, 7:30pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 311 E. Harris, 2nd floor.

New location effective 11/2012.

Georgia Equality Savannah

Local chapter of Georgia's largest gay rights group. 104 W. 38th St. 912-547-6263.

Savannah Pride, Inc.

Organizes the annual Savannah Pride Festival and helps promote the well-being of the LGBT community in the South. Mission: unity through diversity and social awareness. Second Tuesday/month. Call for location. 912-288-7863. heather@savpride. com. savpride.com.

Stand Out Youth

A gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth organization. Meets every Friday at 7pm. Call, email or see website for info. Fridays, 7-9 p.m. 912-6571966. info@standoutyouth.org. standoutyouth.org. Vineyard Church Office, 1020 Abercorn Street.

What Makes a Family

A children's therapy group for children of GLBT parents. Ages 10 to 18. Meets twice a month. Call for info. 912-352-2611.

Literary Events

Circle of Sister/Brotherhood Book Club

Meets last Sunday of the month, 4pm. Call for info. 912-447-6605. sjchs.org/body. cfm?id=399. African-American Health Information & Resource Center, 1910 Abercorn St. Exhibit: Savannah Historical Maps and Prints

A selection of maps and prints from the collection of John and Virginia Duncan, Savannah Children's Museum School Year tracing the growth and development of Hours Savannah through the 18th and 19th centuSCM hours beginning 8/31/13 will be ries, on exhibit in celebration of the City of Sunday 11am-4pm; Tuesday-Saturday Savannah's 225th anniversary in 2014. Free 10am-4pm. Open on holiday Mondays that and open to the public. Through Dec. 31.

SCC Public Schools are not in session savannahga.gov. Savannah City Hall, 2 East including Labor Day. For more details go to Bay Street. savannahchildrensmuseum.org Savannah Lecture: Personal Experience and Literary Influence Children's Museum, 655 Louisville Road.

Toddler Tuesdays at Oatland Island Wildlife Novelist Larry Baker discusses the converCenter gence of personal experience and literary Toddlers 6 months to 4 years, and their influence in shaping the writing process adults. Themed programs--story books, Baker's novel A Good Man updates the singing songs, finger puppet plays, crafts, world of Flannery O'Connor's characters guided walks, up close encounters with through the Bush years and into the age Oatland animals. Preregister by 4pm Mon- of Obama. Part of the Flannery O'Connor day. $5 children. Gen. Admission for adults Childhood Home Fall Lecture Series. Free ($5 or $3 for military & seniors) Tuesdays. and open to the public. Sun., Oct. 12, 4 912-395-1500. oatlandisland.org. oatland- p.m. flanneryoconnorhome.org. Flannery island.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 E. Charlton 711 Sandtown Rd. Street.

LGBT

First City Network

Georgia's oldest LGBT organization (founded in 1985), is a local non-profit community service organization whose mission is to share resources of health care, counseling, education, advocacy and mutual support in the Coastal Empire.

Members and guests enjoy many special events throughout the year, including First Saturday Socials held the first Saturday of each month at 7pm. Mondays. 912-236CITY. firstcitynetwork.org.

Gay AA Meeting

True Colors Group of Alcoholics Anonymous, a gay and lesbian AA meeting that

Low Country Sisters in Crime, Inc.

A reading group for lovers of crime fiction, focusing on books and authors. Meets the 2nd Saturday of each month, 10am-12pm.

Free and open to the public. second Saturday of every month, 10 a.m.-noon. owcountrysistersincrime.blogspot.com. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. 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. 912-232-5488. liveoakpl.org/. Ola Wyeth Branch Library, 4 East Bay St.

Nature and Environment

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. thedolphinproject. org.

Green Drinks Eighth Anniversary Gathering

Happy Birthday to this roving monthly happy hour for anyone interested in a greener Savannah. Free to attend. Cash bar. Tue., Oct. 14, 5:30-7:30 p.m. greendrinkssav@ gmail.com. moonriverbrewing.com/. Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St.

A Buddhist Meditation Center

Welcoming all lineages and spiritual traditions. Newcomers to meditation welcome. Daily meditation, study groups and classes. Sunday includes a talk given by resident priest on Buddhist philosophy and how it relates to daily life. 912-427-7265 The Savannah Zen Center, 111 E. 34th St. Catholic Singles

A group of Catholic singles age 30-50 meet frequently for fun, fellowship and service.

Send email or check website to receive announcements of activities and to suggest activities for the group. familylife@diosav. org. diosav.org/familylife-singles.

Center for Spiritual Living--Savannah

All are invited to this Science of Mind community. Recognizing the presence and power of God within, and believing that this Support EOA through the FundingFactory presence is in everything in the universe, Recycling Program. Recycle empty carunifying all of life. Welcoming all on their tridges, cell phones, small electronics, lap- spiritual pathway. Celebration: Sunday tops, to EOA for recycling. They will receive mornings. Location: Bonaventure Chapel, technology products and cash. Businesses 2520 Bonaventure Road. Meditation at may also recycle items on behalf of EOA 10:30am Service at 11:00am Childcare for credit. Drop off at EOA, 681 W. Anderavailable in the "Funday School" Sundays. son St. See website, email or call for info. cslsavannah.org.

Columba House 912-238-2960 x126. dwproperty@aol.com.

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Walk on the Wild Side hospitality space dedicated to building and A two-mile Native Animal Nature Trail sustaining a community of faith commitwinds through maritime forest, freshwater ted to social justice with the city's young wetland, salt marsh habitats, featuring live adults, college students, and creative native animal exhibits. Open daily, 10amdemographic. Tuesday evenings 6:30-8pm, 4pm except Thanksgiving, Christmas, includes dinner and a program focused on New Years. Call or see website for info. justice. All are welcome. Free and open to 912-395-1500. oatlandisland.org. oatland- the public. Tuesdays, 6:30-8 p.m. 912island.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 228-9425. Columba House, 34th Street 711 Sandtown Rd. between Abercorn and Lincoln Streets.

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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. 912-236-8115. wildernesssoutheast.org.

WildLife Refuge Lunch and/or Sightseeing Cruise

This annual cruise includes commentary by "Teddy Roosevelt" in the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge. Oatland Island Wildlife Center brings several animal friends on board for an up-close encounter. Lunch & Sightseeing: Adult-$49.95*, Child(ages 4-12)-$28.95*, Sightseeing ONLY: Adult-$31.95*, Children(ages 4-12) $21.95*, Children 3 & under are Free Sun., Oct. 12, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. 912-232-6404. info@savannahriverboat.com. savannahriverboat.com/riverboat/cruises/2014wildlife-refuge-sightseeing-andor-lunchcruise. savannahriverboat.com. Savannah Riverboat Cruises, 9 East River Street.

God on Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors

Part of Asbury's month-long series of worship services based on different Broadway musicals. Free and open to the public. Love offering. Sun., Oct. 12, 11 a.m. asburymemorial.org. Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. Guided Silent Prayer

Acoustical songs, 30 minutes of guided silent prayer, and minutes to receive prayer or remain in silence. Wednesdays, 6:45-8:00pm at Vineyard Church, 615 Montgomery St. See website for info. vineyardsavannah.org.

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Religious & Spiritual

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) 912-663-8728. jeanneseaver@aol.com. capitolcom.org/ georgia.

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